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1, 1 1 1111 ,~' / '-. ',., - /4- . 4 111111j * .\ • e • 1 • • ! F t.' - ; ma • s• - • .) . . 4 4 ' 6) ; • 4 1 •1. 4.1, 0 l e t //z • tql • *it ' 1 • 14E QP -j l . ! . !;ti 94 4 : Zi rt .• - , . ap, fig . t E tr ' \T 4 t•,. • a b - 4. ~_ CONTRACTS for BN LTIC TIMBER GOODS and NORWAY SPARS. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, March 23, 1849. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord high Admiral Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TUESDAY, the 24th April next, at One o'clock, they Will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con tract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with RIGA STAND MASTS and FIR TIMBER, DANTZIC DECK DEALS and FIR TIMBER, and NORWAY SPARS. Distributions of the Articles and Forms of the Tenders may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, er an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset -place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound With the person tendering In the sum of 5,0001. for the due perform ance of each of the Contracts for Riga and Dantzic Goods, and in the sum of 5001. for the Norway Spars. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. LOANS ON DEBENTURES. The. Directors of this Company are prepared to receive (under the Powers of their Act of Parliament) Tenders of Loans of Money on security of Debenture.. Tenders, stating amount, and term of years Of proposed Loans, to be addressed to the undersigned, By order, N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway Office, 449, West Strand, London, March 21, 1849. RAILWAY ROBBERIES. TRIBUTE to GEORGE BROWN, Esq., of Finsbury-place, Solicitor. February 3, 1849. At a Meeting of the Friends of Mr. C. Nash, it was agreed that, consideration of the extraordinary expenses and upright labours of Mr. George Brown, and to express their appreciation of his untir ing exertions and talent in the arduous litigation for them with the Great Western Railway Company, in the cause "Alton nainst Rus sell," arising out of the celebrated Railway Robberies of 1845, he be Presented with 50 Guineas, in such form as a Committee may deem suitable.-37, South Molton-street. The service of plate will be on ►iew at Mr. Mott's, 12, Cheapside, from the 25th to 30th March, 1849. —Also, a Piece of Plate to Mr. Nash, in consideration of his services tlierein, apart from his three years' labours and expenses against the depredators, yet unrecompensed. ART -UNION of LONDON. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The Subscription List will CLOSE on SATURDAY next, the 31st instant. ,Each Prizebolder, at the Annual Distribution, will be entitled to Select FOR HIMSELF a Work of Art, as heretofore. Every Subscriber will receive for each Guinea an impression of a t Line Engraving, by P. Lightfoot, after W. E. Frost, SABRINA," a proof of which may now be seen at the office, and in addition to this, an Engraving, after a design in bas relief„ of "Christ entering Jerusalem," for which the Premium of 1001. has been awarded to Mr. J. Hancock. GEORGE GODWIN, 2 Honorary LEWIS POCOCK, S Secretaries. 444, West Strand, March, 1849. IV E TAOP OLITAN COUNTIES AND -1 GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TRUSTEES. Spencer IL Walpole, Esq., M.P..P. Edward Vansittart .P. Richard Spooner, Esq. m.r. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. Neals, Esq. DIRECTORS. Samuel Driver, Esq., Whitehall. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Piccadilly. John Palk Griffin, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside. Capt. Hon. G. F. Hotham, RN., United Service Club, and Brighton. Edward Legh, Esq., the Limes, Lewisham, Kent. Edward Lomax, Esq., St. John's-wood-park. Samuel Miller, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq., Scuth Audley-street. Sir Thomas Newby Reeve, Richmond, Surrey. William Studley, Esq., BriRIDII, Surrey. William A. S. Westoby, Esq., Hyde-park•place. Thomas Littledale. Esq., Liverpool. The LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT of the Society em braces : Assurances upon single or joint lives, contingent survivorship, or the survivor of two or more lives. Endowments of widows and children. Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities. The payment of fixed sum s to the assured at any specific age, or to their re,resentatives in case of death before that age. on Premiums may be paid year l y , half- y early, or quarterly, or up the half-premium plan for the first five years. Loans granted on an entirely lie , ' principle. RAILWAY ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. All persons, of whatever class, travelling by Railway in Great Britain and Ireland, assured in the event of loss of life by accident Whilst so travelling, at the moderate premium of 10s. per cent., is One single payment, for the whole period of life. EXAMPLE.--_ person may by one single payment of 5/. assure to his family or others the sum of 1,0001., to be paid in the event of his losing his life by railway travelling in Great Britain or Ireland. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN P ALETOT. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford- Street. This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced In the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria ; the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the choicest article of the kind extant. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETO T. By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford- street. - The local Agents for its sale in the British Empire are Mr. John Hollingsworth, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Mog ford and Antwiss, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Cross-street, Manchester; Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury; Mr. George Davison, Norfolk-street, Sheffield ; Mr. W. S. Bevin, Ches ter Mr. Robert Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight; Mr. John John Ron, Ashton-under-Lyne ; Mr. Whitmore, Stockport ; Mr. Thomas MulThack, Berwick-on-Tweed ; Mr. Ralph Wilson, Gray-street, New castle-on-Tyne ; Mr. William White, Edinburgh ; and Mr. John Whitty, 8, College-green, Dublin, sole agent for Ireland. ARKNESS REIGNS NO MORE. The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene. Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light. decidedly the best Night Lamp known. All should use them. Price, for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are 64. per box. The Albert Lamps, with the genuine Lights for them, can be had at HARD the Establishment of the Metrop olitan Light Company, RIC CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. "I EVOLUTION IN LIGIIT-GOOD NEWS. WL) What Lights are these? Vi lons of by-gone times, but now realities—The Diamond Lamp is perfect—lts equal is unknown. The Diamond Light for India is tranquil amid the draught of the Punkah—The Vertical Lamp is shadowless and simple to perfection —The Pearl Candle Lamp is worth a hundred other Candle Lamps All who desire the best of Lights can obtain them only here—The Star, the Golden, the Glass, and the Reflecting Gas Burners are be- Yond comparison the most brilliant of Gas Lights. The Metropolit an n he Light Company her Maj est y 's dominions with Light supply. Public will have none other. The Eight New Lights are constantly burning at the Company's Establishment,RlCllAßD CLARK, Resi dent Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph Company. N.B. Guard all from buying the Carcel Lamps, they are leaky and Useless. THE WAR in the PUNJAUB. A WORD TO LORD GOUGH. My Lord, you'will pardon a pun on the Punjaub, When I say 'tie a bad job as well as a done job. Napier, it appears, is to start as your peer, Commanded to take the commandership here. Gough must go of, so the rulers declare, And another must settle the Sutlej affair. This decision, my Lord, may be painful to you, But I view it as proper—l certainly do. Only think of the victims who fell by the Jhelum, I fain would restore them, and raise them, and heal'em, And view the brave captains who now are no more, Who fought•their last fight on the Jhelum's red shore. But, my bord, I forbear, and at once I would waive A topic so touching—a subject so grave. I was thinking, my Lord, that the subject is one Which may give an idea to E. MOSES and SON. Though you as Commander-in -Chief must come back With something which greatly resembles the sack. St'll. still Messrs. MOSES and SON are displa) ed As the gallant Commanders-;n -Chief of the trade. Encamped on a spot for which muttitudes search, Commanding a view of St. Botolph's tall church. E. MOSES and SON in a mercantile war Have faced competition, and made him withdraw. THE GARMENTS OF MOSES Command admiration, As samples of fashion, whatever our station. And al who such articles wisely procure A very commanding appearance ensure. THE lIATS A ND THE BOOTS Bought at M SSES depot Command approbation wherever they go ; And MOSES' command the respect of the buyer Precisely the same as they do in attire. While armies of ladies (excuse such a phrase), Honour MOSES and SON with unlimited praise: FURS, HOSIERY, SHAWLS, And in fact all the rest, Command vast support as the the ipest and best. And thus Messrs. MOSES and SON are displayed As Commanders-in -Chief in the h ittle of trade. LIST OF PRICES. SEAM MADE. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles• • from £0 9 6 Chesterfield and Codrington's, and every description o f Over-coats, hands omel y trimmed •••• • • . •••1 5 0 The Preraier ••••••••••• • " •• •• • • • • • • • 0 15 11 Shooting Coais• ••••• • • • • • •••••••••••• •• • • • • • • •• 8 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers .• •••••••• • • •• • • •• 4 6 Doeskin ditto •••••••••••••• •• • • • • • • • • • • • ........ • 0 12 6 Autumn and Winter Vests .. •• . . Dress Coats .. ••••••• • • • .• • '.• • • •••• • • • • ........ 1 0 0 Boys' Hussar and. Tunic Suits ••• • • • • •••• • • • •• • • 0 1 6 6 MADE TO mmasults. Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style from £1 6 0 Milled cloth Coat T wee d Trousers • •••••••••••••••• •• •• •• •• • • •• • ••0 9 2 0 6 r ese ed Wrappers •• .• ..... .•••• .• 0 16 6 .......• 0 18 New Patent Trousers , in all th e approved styles • • . . . .. 1 2 0 .. D oes kin Trousers• • ............... ..... .• .... 1 6 0 Best, or Dress• • ,•• • •••• • • ••• ••• •• Dress Coats " . ....... ...• ••.•••• • • • • •••• •• • 112 0 Best qaallty Cassimere est.. • ••• • • 3 3 0 Satin, Plain er Fa • n • c . y ••• ;: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 0 0 12 0 Ilussar and Tunic Suits ..::•.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Mourning to any exte • n • t • a •• t • F • i • v • a • M • in•tit•es.•n•o•ti.c.e. 1 8 0 tk Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. 16s. A neW wor k, entitled " The Treasury with full directions for self of Taste," containing a de or forwarded t a iled list of prices for each department, nacasur em ent, may be h ad on application, guars the public tr Caution. —B. M o ses and Son regret having to post-free.arn against imposition ; but hav e learned that the u adesman-like falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern," has been resort ed to in many instances, and for Obvious They have no con nexion with any other house in or outof reasons.,o ex cept their Branch E s t a blishments , 36, Far g ate, S h e ffi e ld ; anueldou• l 9 Thornton's-building s, Bradford, Yorkshire ; a 3.1 those who desire , g e nuine and cheer clothing. Ste.. should call at, or send to eithe of their Branches, or to the Miseries and Aldgate, City, London. and General Outfitters, for , E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters Hosiers, ',furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minoriex, and 83, 84, 85, and g 6 Aldgate, City. London; and their Branch Establish ments, 30, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad ford, Yorkshire. Take .—This Establishment iS clOSed from sum set Friday, till sunset Salloticoturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock. Several first•rate Cutters wanted for London and Country ; apply on Tatodar Mornings, at Ten o'clock. ARR I A and the other E. in One half the world are desolately sin g le, !appeal** them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em bitter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea Of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un comprosing harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrance , / to domestic happiness and social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set tlement. Honour and justice demand that health sibsuld form as item in the compact; It alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or neglect vronnd more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if t h e se surmises concern you, procure Dr. CIIIXERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., is. eac h (by post, in stamps, ls. 6d. each). Let ne imaginatively refined, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered by misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but for the closet perusal of those more dezply interest, o w orth on hom they are offered as a nta g onistic to the ernpyrical trash ed put t f the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or together, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other little publications claim roar attention (same price Is. each, by p os t Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and Avoid," and "How to be Nappy." They are not merely pamphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the snare ephemeral scribblings of the hour, hut the study of the author's Dfe,who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob servance of the maxims he would Inculcate—to do unto others as he would be done unto--to live after nature's laws—and to keep always on the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paterncster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann, Oil, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other- Wilse) from the author (who may be conferred with personally, Illogzsad evenings), 10, Argyll-plate Regent-street; and all No. 17,6271 LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING UNITED STATES and CANADIAN EMI GRATION SOCIETY. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE ;MURRAY. Esq., Chairman. Wallop Brabazon, Esq. N. Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. Dominic Daly, Esq., M.P. for Maurice O'Connell Esq., M.P. Canada. M. Charles Maher, Esq. Charles Dudeney, Esq. Edward S. Symes, Esq. Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Colonel C.C. Keymes Tynte, M.P. T. Colley Grattan, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. MEDICAL BOARD —E. S. Symes, Esq. ; It. F. Power, Esq. BANKERS—National Bank of Ireland. SOLICITORS—WiIIiam Tatham, Esq., London ; P. and D. Mahony, Dublin. AGINTS—James Irvine, Liverpool ; James Watson and Co., Glasgow. SECRETArcr —Dudley Byrne, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The large number of emigrants who have left Great Britain for the United States and the Canadas in the past year has suggested the idea of an Association for the purpose of affording increased facilities to those intending to emigrate towards gaining for them a location there with the aid of the smallest expenditure in acquir ing it. This Association, having already formed a very extended con nexton in the United States and the Canadas, proposes to confine its operations exclusively to these countries, and chiefly to the former. It is found that nine-tenths of those who emigrate to the United States are composed of small capitalists, who, for the most part, have barely sufficient money to meet the expenses of the voyage and the purchase of a location. To such parties loss of time is a great disadvantage, and the expenses incurred in search of a location too frequently absorb their small means. They are in general unacquainted with the geography of that vast country and its varied resources. Titles to land, when they do not come direct from the Government, are often defective, and the unaided emigrant runs a great risk of not being able to fix himself in that portion of the United States where his previous knowledge could be turned to the best account. These and many other considerations equally important will naturally in duce emigrants to avail themselves of the agency and place themselves under the auspices of an Associaticn having the disposal of lands more or less extensive in every State of the Union, and respecting which every authentic information has been obtained and can be fur nished the emigrant beforehand. The choice of a state is often of much importance. The quality of the land, its title guaranteed, its contiguity to markets, the coot of labour and value of produce, facilities of transport, as well as the climate and the healthiness of the district—all these are of great con sequence. In fact, a prudent emigrant should endeavour to possess himself with as much information before leaving home, as, if acting on his own experience, he could barely hope to acquire after a lengthened residence in the country. .• In addition to this, the Association, by its arrangements for the , voyage out, and transport of the emigrant from the port of debark ation to the interior, will enable the emigrant to economize his is cans so that neither his time nor his substance would be wasted before his industry began. The plan the Association proposes is chiefly to dispose of lands on commission; not to speculate in lands by purchase and re-sale on its own account, but to afford the emigrant the benefit of its dealing for the land, either with Government or proprietors. Ifs extended connexion, information, and establishment will be placed at the service of the emigrant who seeks a new home under its directions. The Association agrees beforehand to sell at cost price, adding merely thereto a commission, graduated proportionally to the number of acres in each farm or location, founded on the cost and expenses attending his transport to the spot. The lands which will pass through the hands of the Association from the original owner to the ultimate occupier will be for the most part in block ; their cost price per acre to the Association will be much below that for which an individual could procure a single loca tion in any of the States where Government land is not to be had ; the emigrant will in this respect alone have a direct advantage. When he adds to this his saving on his outward expenses and journey to the spot, his loss of time, the disappointments often incurred on the other side, he will find the actual outlay per acre of his acquisi tion much less by a direct purchase through the Association, whose arrangements will enable it to render him a service he would fail in attempting for himself. It is a case of the commonest occurrence with those who go out to the United States to waste all their means and small resources with out ever arriving at the object of their wishes. Too many are thus left for the time destitute, and forced to become labourers, instead of proprietors of land. It is for the purpose of enabling the uninformed emigrant of small means to avoid this almost inevitable consequence that this Asso ciation is formed; to advise him before departure of the advantages and disadvantages of settlement in each state, to assist him in the choice of a location, and to inform him on what point to direct his means and efforts. By this means he can ascertain to a trifle the cost of his own and his family's removal. He will be told how he should stock his land, what implements to purchase ; and in fact he may acquire a year's experience in advance as to the best mode of turning himself to account by the instructions to be given him through the officers of the Association on the other side. In some of the newer States, where labour is not abundant, the Association will undertake to supply the emigrant with labour, by offering such inducements as will secure it. These will form the subject of special schemes of settlement, which the Association will notify from time to time, and the price of land per acre will range accordingly. The owners of tracts of land in the United States will find it ad vantageous to avail themselves of the Association, it being the in tention of the Association to select the most suitable occupiers and cultivators. As a gearantee of the good faith of the Association, it proposes to look to its chief profit, after payment of expenses in the manner stated, to reserved lots, which ere not to exceed one-fourth of the en tire quantity in any one block. These reserved lots will be disposed of afterwards at their real market value, and without reference (as in the case of the first emigrants) to prime cost. The settlement of considerable tracts of land, and the voyage thereto and location thereon of a number of families, will give rise to many considerations which cannot be easily enumerated, but, to insure success, cannot be overlooked by the Association. The phy i cal wants of the emigrant will require medical attendance on him to the spot. Provision will be made likewise for his spiritual com fort, by providing a clergyman, in conformity with the religious per suasion of each hundred families ; and, as it not unfrequently hap pens that many families depart from the same neighbourhood, in all cases where practicable, the choice of the p astor will rest with the emigrants themselves. The plan of the Association, therefore, embraces the following points, viz. : I. The acquisition of tracts or portions of lands in the several States of lie Union and in Canada, for sale on commission. 2. The disposal of these lands to emigrants in such quantities as n ill suit their individual means on the basis of the cost price of the land, adding do much per acre as will cover the charges attendant on the examination of the lands and their titles, and a staff of in telligent officers to take charge or the emigrants and their interest up to placing them upon the land, under the most favourable cir cumstances. 3. Contracting to place the emigrant and his family on the land for a fixed sum, including ali expenses of voyage out. and in the interior, so the' he may k , ow beforehand how far his money will go in securing the object of his wishes. 4. Th- supply of labourers on each locations as may require it, at so much per acre, to be added to prime cost of the land, if not otherwise paid for by special agreement with emigrants. 5. Holding an interest in reserves not to exceed ono-fourth the original acquisition ; these reserves not to be disposed of by the Association for less than double the original average prime cost per acre. 6. Provision for the moral and physical wants of the emigrant, so that his safety and comfort will be secured from the ordinary acci dents attendant on the unaided efforts of a single individual. The Directors are engaged in the settlement of a tract of land in Eastern Texas, containing 153,400 acres, and are preparing a scale of prices for the locatiort of emigrants ther LE eon. DUDLEY BYRNE, Secretary. 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, London. NEIL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite Adam street. Visitors to the Theatres will find the Nell Gwynne Coffee Room, which is fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived, the most comfortable and convenient Tavern for Luncheons, Dinners, and Suppers. Private DMing-rooms and Good Beds. Table d'llote at rialf-past Five (Sundays excepted). [lot Joints until Eight. Excellent Wines and Spirits, fine Ales, Barclay and Perkins's Stout Proprietors, JOHN ARCHER and THOMAS HOLT. R OBERT WHITE, Green Drairon Commercial House, Leesning-street, Mansfield. Good Commercial-room, excellent Bed-rooms and Beds, good Stabling, Wines, Spirits, &c., of first-rate quality, with moderate charges. The above house has been conducted by the late Mrs. White and the present proprietor 24 years. Robert White begs to return his most grateful thanks to his Commercial and other friends, and trusts to receive a continuance of their patronage. THE SEIK SOLDIERS AND THEIR SIRDARS. A HISTORY of the REIGNING FAMILY of LAHORE. By Major GEORGE CARMICHAEL-SMYTH , 3d Bengal Light Cavalry. To be had at Smith and Elder's Cornhill. See Atherimum, Examiner, and Westminster Review. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST EDITION EVER PUBLISHED. On the 31st March will be published, Part 1., price Is., of Tallis's Imperial Copyright Edition of r HE ILLUSTRATED ATLAS, and Modern 1_ history of the World, Geographical, Political, Commercial, and Statistical. Edited by It. MONTI iOMERY MARTIN, Esq., Author of thOilistory of the British Colonies, &c. &c. Part I. will contain a Map of the Punjab (the seat of war in India), illustrated with views of the Fortress of Ghuznee, the City of Lahore, and a Scene on the Indus ; also a Map of the Eastern hemisphere, with descriptive letter-press. Part 11. will contain Maps of Austria and California. The MAPS are drawn and engraved by J. Eapkin, from Govern ment and other autheivicated sources, including all new boundaries, discoveries, and lines of railways, of which accounts have been re ceived in London up to the time of going to press. Each Part will contain Two finely coloured Maps, with descrip tive letter-press. Published by J. and F. Tall's, London and New York. H E ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REWEINT-STREET. Lectures explaining the Art of Magic by Mr. Winer, with il lustrations, changed every week, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every Evening at Nine.—Lecture on Chemistry daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Illustrations on As tronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at One o'clock. — Lectures on the Ventilating of Mines, &c., by means of the Steam ,Tet.—A View in the Gold District of California is added to the New Dissolving Views.—New Chromatrope.—Machinery and Models explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed by• Dr. Wallis. Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (includin , aturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten. Admission, lg.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, le. TN consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see BANVAItD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS SISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HILL, Piccadilly, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions every day during the holleays. This immense Painting is the Largest in the World, and exhibits more than 2,000 miles of Ameri can scenery.—The Day exhibition will commence every AfterneDa, at Half-past Two, and the Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock; doors open half sin hoar before commencing. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured EngraTings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA• CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTg TO MARRIAGE. gew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 25. 6d., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on 1 the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul ;ence, and their lamentable effects oa the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement and generative ncapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and centaies explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Engravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's notice. PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. TeceConmar. BALK OF ST111101:3 1 is exclusively employed in tr eat hag nervous and sexual debility, impotence, Bcc., 11 s. and 331. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lie, and 3 3 5. per bot tle . Perri's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., is. 6d., and I Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhnaa, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflamma tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A rainut retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 5/ . Packets, with advice, to be bad at the Establishment only, by which the fee,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele- TOn 1111 Two, and Five to Eight on Bandays from Eleven to One. INLAND REVENUE. OLD BROAD-STREET, MAucn 9, 1849. WHEREAS, pursuant to the directions of the Satutes 1 and 2 W. IV., c. 22, and 7 V., c. 86 respectively, and on the days stated, the following ARTICLES, LEFT In HACK NEY and METROPOLITAN STAGE CARRIAGES, were depo posited in the Public Carriage Department of this Office, notice is hereby given, that unless such Articles be claimed, and the owner- Ship of them proved, between the hours of Ten and Three, and within one year from the time of their deposit, they will be disposed of as directed by the above statute _ . By order of the Board, JA No. Description. Date. I 1848. Nov. 13 11,984 Umbrella - ; 1,985 Handkerchiefs 11,988 Coat - - 1,991 Rug - 1,982 Rug - ; 1.996 Umbrella - 2,000 Umbrella - 2,002 Mackintosh Apron - 2.003 Pocket Book - 2 004 Parcel - - 2,005 Shawl - - 2,006 Coat - 2,008 Neck Scarf 010 Tin Case 2,011 Gloves - 2,014 Umbrella 2,015 Parcel - 2,017 Umbrella 2,018 Umbrella 2,020 Umbrella 2,021 Um , rela • 2,022 Umbrella - 2,924 Parcel - •• 2,030 Waterproof Coat - 2,031 Coat, &C. &C. - 2,033 Ceat' - - - 2 035 Chess Men - - 2,040 Coat - - 2,042 Two Rings - - 2,044 Child's Muff - 2,046 Purse - - - 2 052 Shawl - 2,053 Umbrella - 2,054 Coat - - 2,055 Book - - 2,056 Pencilcase - - 2,058 Cane - - - 2,061 Waterproof Coat - 2,062 Umbrella - 2,070' Umbrella - 2,078 Umbrella • 2,081 Umbrella 2,082 Muff - 2.033 Worsted Bag - 2,084 Studs - 2,087 Umbrella 2,089 Cloak - - 2,092 Umbrella and Stick 2,093 Shawl Pin - 2,095 Leather Bag - 2,096 Umbrella 2,099 Paper Parcel - 2,100 Umbrella - 2,101 Boa - - 2,102 Bank Note - 2,107 Cloak, Umbrellas, and Parasols 2,108 Two Umbrellas 2,10, Coat - - 2,110 Paper Parcel 2,113 Cap - 2,116 Shawl - - 2,119 Cloak - - 2,120 Cane - - - 2,123 Paper Parcel 2,125 Leather Bag 2,126 Umbrella and Parasol 3 2,127 'Umbrella - - 3 2,129 Rug - - - 5 2,130 Scarf - - - 5 2,131 Shawl - - - 5 2,133 Cane - - - 5 2,134 Purse - - - 5 2,137 Eye Glass - - 7 2,138 Umbrella - - 7 2,139 Umbrella - - 7 2,141 Bundle - - 8 2,144 'Writing Desk - 8 2,145 Muff - - - 8 2,146 Umbrella - - 9 2,148 Coat - - - 10 2,129 Umbrella and Stick 10 2,150 Rug - - - 2,152 Scarf - - - 2,154 Umbrella - 2,155 Coat - 2,156 Coat - - 2,157 Muff - 2,166 Scarf - 2,167 Rat - 2,175 Umbrella 2,177 Carpet Bag - '2,183 Book - - 2,187 Mackintosh Cape - 2,188 Umbrella 2,191 Coat - 2,192 Parasol - 2,193 Coat - 2,194 Leather Bag - 2,195 Case - - 2,196 Rug - 2,197 Umbrella - 2,199 Umbrella - 2,200 Umbrella - 2,201 Coat - - 2,202 Cloak - - 2,203 Coat - 2,204 Cloak, Lady's - Umbrella - 2,203 Trowsers - 2,209 Mackintosh Cape - 2,211 Purse - 2,212 Cloak - 2,21 Z Book 1,748 Hat-case 1,750 Brooch 1,751 Shawl • 1,752 Umbrella 1,754 Victorine 1.757 Parasol - 1,759 Stud - 1,762 Shawl - 1,763 Parcel-books - 1,764 Hat and Scarf 1,765 Gun-case - 1,767 Umbrella - 1,768 Rug - 1,770 Umbrella - 1,771 Muff - - 1,773 Shawl - 1,775 Boa - - 1,781 Shawl - - 1,782 Umbrella - - 181 1,784 Umbrella - - 20 1,765 Umbrella - - 20 1,786 Rug - - 20 1,794 Swimming-belt - 22 1,795 Mantle - - - 22 1,798 Money - - - 23 1,803 Umbrella - - 25 1,806 Railway Companion 27, 1,807 Umbrella - - 27. 1,810 Carpet Bag - - 27 1,813 Parcel - - - 28 1,815 Keys - - 1,816 Scarf - - 1,817 Coat - 1,821 Rug - - 1,824 Spectacles 1,826 Shawl - - 1,831 Umbrella - 1,832 Sailor's Bag - 1,833 Umbrella - 1,834 Umbrella - .1,837 Umbrella - 1,840 Umbrella - 1,846 Fhawl - - 1,847 Umbrella - 1,849 Cap - - 1,851 Umbrella - 1,853 Handkerchief - 1,854 8r00..h. - - 1.856 Parcel-books 1,857 Music-book - 1,858 Map in case - 1,859 Cloak - - 1,860 Fan - - 1,862 Coat - 1,863 Umbrella - 1,867 Mantle - - 1,868 Boa - - 1,869 Coat - - 1,871 Cape - - 1,873 Machinery - 1,874 Umbrella - 1,875 Umbrella - 1,876 Umbrella - 1,877 Coat - - 1,883 Umbrella - 1,885 Boa - - 1,886 Cap - - 1,890 Victorine - 1,892 Cape - - 1,894 Cloak - - 1,896 Mackintosh Cape - 20 1,898 Masonic Ornaments 20 1,902 Umbrella - 21 1,903 Waterproof Rug - 21 1,904 Parcel-books - 21 1,906 Leather Bag - - 22 1,907 Umbrella - - 22 1,910 Umbrella - - 22 1,911 Umbrella - - 23 1,914 Umbrella - - 23 1,919 Parasol - - 1,921 Victorine - - 26 1,926 Umbrella - - 26, 1,927 Umbrella - - 27 1,928 Victorine - 27 1,929 Scarf - - 1,931 Coat - - 1,933 Umbrella - 1,934 Paper Parcel - 1,939 Rug - 1,940 Umbrella 1,9 t 3 Rug - 1,948 Leggings GREENSTREET, Assessor. No. Description. Data. 1849. Jan. 6 - Dec. 2 2 - 5 - 5 - 6 6 6 - - 13 - 13 - - 25 - - 25 - - 29 Feb. 1 - 19 - 30 1849. -Jan. 1 1,949 Paper Parcel - ,950 Coat - - ,953 Umbrella - ,954 Cloak - - ,955 Umbrella - ,959 Papers - - ,960 Umbrella ' - ,965 Paper Parcel ,966 Waterproof Coat - ,967 Basket - - ,969 Lady's Bag - ,970 l4racelet 971 Scarf - ,972 Shawl - ,973 Clogs ,974 Coat - ,976 Umbrella ,977 Coat - ,978 Fur Tippet - ,979 Brooch - ,9 80 Rug - March 1 2 2 2 2 r 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 - - 5 - - i - 5 - - 51 ( THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, MARCH 23.—We have only moderate sup plies, but have a good show of most articles. Wheat is held firmly for the prices of this day se'nnight, and a fair business is passing. English barley commands last week's prices, and is not plentiful ; foreign goes off slowly. Oats and shelling are without change. Beans are offering freel N ew. Old• s. WHEAT, per qr. 8 bushels 601 b s. S. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... 45 to 47 Ditto, white ... 48 50 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 43 —45 —— Ditto, white ... 45 —4B —— Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 41 —45 —— Ditto, white ... ... 45 48 -- Yorkshire, red ... 41 45 Ditto, white ... ... 45 —4B Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. 46 —4B 47 —5O Lower Baltic and Hamburgh, red... 42 —44 42 —45 Mediterranean, red ... ••• —— 36 —4O BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels : Norfolk and Suffolk... ... ~. 27 —29 —— Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. 26 29 —— Scotch ... 28 —3O —— Grinding per 30 stone ... 24 —27 —— Foreign ... 24 —26 —-- BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... 29 —32 32 —34 Ticks ... 28 —3l 80 —33 Foreign ... ••• ••• ••• 27 —29 —— OATS, per stone : Mealing • ••• -- 9d to 10d —d to —d Feeding ... 8d to 10d --d to —d Foreign ... ... 8d to 9d —d to — d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b ... 24 —25 —— MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 36 38 - PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feet to - 30 - 34 26 - 30 ARAI' Qrs. Wheat ... ... 7,177 'ALS. Barley ... ... 3,754 Oats ... ... 1,215 Rapeseed ... .104 •• • Shelling ... ... ... 85 Linseed .. ... .. Malt ... ... -- Flour ... ... ... ... ... Beans— ... ... ... 1,202 Peas ... ... ... ... 164 Tares ... ... ... ... LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23.—At this day's market there was a good attendance of town and country buyers, and a consider able business was done in wheat, at the full prices of Tuesday, and in some cases at a slight advance. Only a moderate de mand was experienced for oats, but fine samples brought a little more money. For barley and peas there was no inquiry, but beans were better sold. Barrel flour was readily saleable at 23s per barrel, but 6d advance was generally asked. No change can be noted in Indian corn, but fine yellow being scarce, was held for 30s 6d per qr. Indian meal neglected. NEWBURY, MARCH 22.—T0-day's market is moderately supplied with wheat, yet more than sufficient to meet the hand. to-mouth requirements of the trade. Finest qualities sold slowly at a decline of is per qr., and other descriptions were almost unsaleable, although to elect sales a larger reduction would have been submitted to. Barley moderate supply; fine malting obtained full rates, and other descriptions for seed were in more request at late rates. Beans and peas short supply, and fully obtained last week's prices. Oats large supply and Lb. trade Q.... Jingly d.pr.s.e.d, it being very difficult to sell at Is per quarter decline. NORTHALLERTON, MARCH 21.—Wheat, white 6s 3d to 6s 6d ; red 5s 9d to 6s ; oats Is 9d to 2s 3d ; beans 4s 6d to 4s 9d ; barley 3s 6d to 4s per bushel. BITYL, MARCH 21.—Wheat, 15s to 15s 3d per 1681bs ; barley, 8s 6d to 9s 6d per 1471bs ; beans, lOs 6d to 12s ; peas, lOs 6d to lis6d P • vetches, 10s 9d to 12s per 1801bs ; oats, 4s 9d to 5s 9d per 1051bs ; clover, 4d to bid per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 23.—About 100 hhds West India constituted the whole of the week's business, the offices being still bare of samples, and supplies are badly wanted. The refined market is dull, and rum is again quite neglected.—Bristol Mercury. INVERNESS, MARCH 20.—New wheat, per quarter, weighing 1621 b per bushel, 40s to 43s ; barley, 641 b per bushel, 245; oats, 421 b per bushel, 17s to 17s 6d ; seed oats, per qr, 421 b per bush, 20s to 225. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 15s; second, 14s; barleymeal, I is 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 153; bran, per stone, 6d to 8d ; first flour, per 2801 b, 38s to 40s • second, 28s to 30s; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, is 6d; second, Os Od; barleymeal, Is 2d; peasemeal, is 6d; first flour, 2s 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3d cash, 2s 6d credit. Pota toes, per stone, 6d to Od; beef, per pound, 6d to 8d; veal, 4d to 6d ; mutton, 4d to 7d ; pork, 4d to 7d ; fowls, each, 12d to 15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d; eggs, pzr dozen, 5d to 6d; butter, fresh, per lb, 11d tol2d ;: salt, I Id to 12d ;:croudie (curds) 2iel ; four-pound loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, 6id to ; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 6d. CORK, MARCH 21.—Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 15s; extra 15, 6d; seconds 13s to 14s Od; households lOs to 12 s ; thirds 8s to per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal lis to lls 6d; Indian meal 8s; wheat meal II s per cwt. Indian corn 712 s 6d to 71,10 s per ton. Bran 41 lOs per ton. Hay Farmers 25s to 38s Od ; average OOs ; dealers 44s to OOs; average OOs Od per ton. Straw--Farmers 15s Od to 23s Od ; average 00s ; dealers ON Od to 00s Od; average OOs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6id to 7d; household loaf bid to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; L'dney 17s ; Landore 16s ; best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 44a per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6id.; veal Sid to 7d; pork 4d to sad; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark—Barbary 61 to 7l; Valonia 11/ to 131; French 61; English 61 per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stone. Hemp 351 per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 183 to 00s; red ditto 25s to 27s per barrel • Newfoundland 10110 s to 121 per ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ lOs ; old scarce; red pine 31 15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 20/; second quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market Ils to 16s; salted Ils to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2d; market 2d to 2id per lb. Potatoes, white 10d to I2d ; Minions 18d to 20d ; Guano— Peruvian, 10/10s ; Ichaboe 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 18s I per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. its standard, 99/ 7s ; average price per 21 cwt, 61135. La s t Sale —Standard, 1.14/ 12s; produce, - 81. COPPER. ORES FOR SALE AT POOL, APRIL 5. North Pool 559—Wh. Seton 506—East Wh. Crofty, Dudnance, and Lengclose 447—Camborne Vean 451—Fowey Consols 326-, Tincroft 325 —Condurrow 300 —Wh. Basset 281—East Pool 211—Dolcoath 178—South Wh. Frances 174—Wh. Mary 139' —East Wh. Seton B—East Crinnis 4—Mica Bay 3,--Tetal, 3,942. COAL MARK ET.-17zsrEaDAY. Buddle's W. Hartley.. 143 9d Keepidr . 15s 9d Carr's Hartley , ..... .... -145 9d' Lambton Dean's Primrose ...... 13s 6dLyons . . 155 6d' Holywell Main '.... .. . . 14s 6d , Russell's Hetton . 16s 3d North Percy Hartley.. 14s 3d Shotten Canfield Moor . West Hartley .. lss Od , West Keepier . 15s 6d West Wylam Wall's End, &c. Caradoc ..... ........... 15s 6il Bewicke and Co. Framwell Gate ...... ... 14s 6d' Hudson's Hartlepool.... 14s 6d Hotspur l4s Odllleugh Hall .. 14s 9d Hilda l4s Od , Thornley _ ........ ....... 15s 6d Killingworth ' Percy Bensham l4s ed Whitworth 135 Od South Killingworth ... 12s Od Denison .. 145 6d Wharncliffe • 14s 9d Seymour Tees den Main • lss 6d fees, ... , . ..... .... .... —.. 16s-6d 1 Belmont lss 9d West Cornforth Braddyll's Hetton l6s 3d Derwentwater Hartley 14s 6d , Bell , lss 0. Howard's W.H. Neth. 14s 9d 5 1 Hetton Haswell , Sidney's Hartley _ 14a 9d Jonassohns Ships at market, 102. 7 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. 7 WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Exeter, March 22. 9 CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) 0 John Hill (on bail) was indicted for shooting at Liam French, witkintent to do him some grievous bodily ;0 harm. Mr. Collier was counsel for the presecution ; Mr. Stone, Mr. H. T. Cole and''Mr. Cox, defended the prisoner. This case excited considerable interest, from the re spectability of the accused, whois the son of a veterinary surgeon residing at -Colebroke, in this county. The witnesses for the prosecution were subjected to a severe cross-examiaation, and varied considerably in their account of the transaction. It also appeared that so vio lently was the prisoner treated in the efforts made by the prosecutor and his man to take him to the farm-house, that they tore his coat, waistcoat, and shirt from his back; he , however, slipped from their hands and ran home. He went the next day and lodged a complaint with the magistrates against the prosecutor for assault ing him, and a counter charge was made by French, the prosecutor, against the prisoner, the same day, of his attempting to shoot him. Mr. STONE addressed the jury for the prisoner, con tending that it was impossible for a jury to rely on the evidence adduced on the part of the prosecution, and that the prisoner was the really injured party. The gun no doubt went eff in the struggle, but by accident. A host of most respectable witnesses were called, who gave Hill a moss excellent character, as a humane, peace able, and well-conducted young man. Mr. Justice WILLIAms having summed up, the jury instantly Acquitted the prisoner, who was immediately discharged. NISI PRIUS COURT.— (Before Lord DENMAN and a City Jury.) Samuel Horrup was indicted for having stolen a post letter, containing two brooches, the property of the Post master-General, he, the prisoner, being in the employ of the Post office. Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Poulden, were counsel for the Post office, and Mr. Stone and Mr. Pool defended the prisoner. It appeared by the evidence that the prisoner was in the employ of the post-office at Exeter, his business being to assist in sorting the letters, and also to act as letter-carrier. During the time that the prisoner has been employed in the office numerous letters, containing valuable property, have been lost. On the 9th August last, a lady named Walters , who was staying at Chel tenham, gave an amethyst brooch to a jeweller there, named Basket, to repair for her. She also gave him 801120 small cameos to be formed into a brooch. When these orders were executed he was to send the brooches to her in a packet, through the post-office, directed to her at Torquay, and also to write to her there, inform ing her that he had sent them, she being about to proceed to that place to reside. Oa the 19th August Mr. Basket enclosed the two brooches in a packet, and posted it, di rected to Mrs. Walters, at Torquay. He also wrote a letter of advice to her there. The letter arrived, but the packet did not, and nothing more was heard of the brooches until the 10th October, when a London police , officer, who came down to make inquiries, searched the prisoner's house, and found the cameo brooch in a lady's reticule, which the prisoner took out of a drawer. It was shown that the Torquay letter came to the Exeter post office, and was sorted there, when the prisoner could have abstracted the packet if he chose. The brooch was clearly identified as the one sent .by Mr. Basket through the post. Mr. STONE having addressed the jury for the prisoner, and called witnesses to his character, who had been nine years in the Post-office, the jury found him Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for ten years. March 23. - NISI PRIUS COURT. —(Before Lord DENMAN.) MINING INTELLIGENCE COPPER ORES SOLD AT TRURO, MARCH 22.—Total, 2,885 tons ; average produce, 9i ; quantity of fine copper, 272 tons 7 cwt; amount of sale, 19,122 i Os Od; average THE MAIL ROBBERY ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. .--- - Henry Pool and Edward Nightingale were placed at the bar charged with having feloniously stolen twelve post-letters (containing various articles), the property of the Postmaster-Generalott St. Thomas's, in this county. In other counts the robbery was laid to have been com mitted in Somersetshire. Mr. Rogers, Q.C., and Mr. Poulden, prosecuted; Mr. Cockburn, Q.C., Mr. Stone, with whon was Mr. Collier, defended the prisoners. This case created the greatest interest, and the court was crowded to excess. 'lt appeared by the , evidence that on the night of the Ist of January last, the mail• bags for the west were dis patched from the Post-offic e' • St: Martin's - le - Grand , London, in the usual manner, under the care of a guard called Leonard Barrett, to the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway, t o b e di sra t c hed by the mail train. They were then plac e d i n the mail tender. It was the custom for the guard to rema in in the mail ten der with the mail-bags until t h e tra i n a rrived at Bristol, where a carriage is attached to the train called a tra velling post-office, to enable the letters going further went to be sorted, the west mail being carried by the railway as tar as Laira-green, near Plymouth. Two clerks of the Post-office always went down by this travelling post-office to tort the letters, and they were also as sisted by the guard of the mail, who left the tender at Bristol and went down by the travelling post office on the night in question. The train arrived at Bristol in due time, all sa f e, an d on the guard leav ing the mail tender all t h e bags were safe. He gave the Bristol bags to th e Post-office porter , and put them into the tende r, and arra nged them; and th en , as was his duty, went into, the travelling post-office. He was there joined by the, re ceived the down bags, two Post-office clerks, whose duty it was to sort the letters in the travelling post-office, whose names were Silk and Bircham. When he got into the travelling post-office he was informed by the clerks that a robbery' had been effected of the mail bags of the up-mail train from Exeter. Barrett upon this was anxious about his bags, and again went into the tender, and found all safe. He returned to the travelling post-office, and the train backed out of the station where it arrives, and was run down to the station from whence the express trains start and from which, also, to save time, the mail trains start; At this platform the two prisoners, Pool and Nightin gale, got into the train.. The train when it started con-, sisted of the engine and tender, then two second-class carriages, then the travelling post-offices; next to thii was the Post-office tender carriage, and then one first-class carriage, containing four compartments; two of which were divided in the middle by doors with windows in . th . em, the othet luggage van. When . the prisoners Iwo compartments being undivided. The only, other carriage was a Come, gentlemen, get inp• got into the train they looked into the different cord got into a compartment whicb partments, and the train being about to start, the guard named Andrews, a solicitor at ( w R e ycnahne, cant r t) stay;s I d and to them,th they was divided. In the compartment nearest to the plat:- Modbury. The prisoners passed through this first divi sion of the compartment, and went into the inner divi sion. They shut the door, and pulled . down the blind. At this time Mr. Andrews o bserved a piece of string clinging to the foot of one of them , and part of it removed in the division in which Mr. Andrews was. He picked it u*, and pulled off the piece which remained in his division of the compartment. The train started, an d did not stop, as is the custom with the ni g ht ma il tra i n, until it arrived at Bridgewater. Barrett, the mall guard, then went into the mail tender, and imme diately discovered that some of the mail bags bad been disturbed and o p ened, the strin gs with which they had been tied cut, and the seals broken. They had been tied up again, but not resealed. O n ma ki ng this discovery, Barrett immediately communicated the fact to the two clerks, Silk and Bircham. They then communicated with the two guards of the train, Ryii heart and Thomas, and also the policeman at Bridga water. Inquiry was immediately instituted, and no one allowed to leave the car riages, which were watched of both sides. The carriages were then examined. In tbe first compartment of the first-class carr i age only one gentleman was found; in the next there were Mr. Bar low, a director of the Great Western Railway, and also Mr. Hennet, the contractor. They were known to the guard. He informed them what had happened, and • they came out. In the third com partment persons were heard talking, the blind being down, and it must be here mentioned that the train stops at t h e contrary si d e of the line to that which it does at B r i s t o l—b o th the up and down train running into st a ti ons on t h e same side of the line, but a littl e di stan d e from each other, ther e being a crossing from the down line ; consequently, the division into which the prisoners bad got was nearest to the platform although it had been t he far thest at Bristol. On the' door being opened two i persons were found i n t h e divi sion. The guard insisted on all the persons in the car riages being searched, and he entered into the compart ment where these persons were, one of th em was d resse d in a large cloak with a Jim Crow hat on, an d a hand kerchief up to his face, a nd this person was lying curled up with his head to the platform. The other had a S U large, great coat on. Barrett said to them, " Let me pass." They drew up their legs, and Barrett passed into the inner division of the compartment. He there found Mr. Andrews. Barrett told him that the mail had been robbed, and that he wished all the first-class pas sengers to be searched. Mr. Andrews- expressed his rea diness to be searched, and pointed out his baggage which was lying opposite, and went into the carriage where the other two persons were.abe policeman of Bridgewater came to the carriage, but the guard said he knew Mr. Andrews, and did not wish him to be searched. A. slight search was made in the division in which the two per sons had been sitting, and in the pocket two crape masks were found, and in a pocket in the door dividing the compartment a piece of candle. At this time Thomas, the guard, came to the door of the carriage, and told Barrett that he believed the man lying down, with the Jim Crow hat on and cloak, was Pool. He also told this to Mr. Barlow, who came to the door of the carriage and called to him "Pool" three times. He made no answer, upon which Mr. Barlow pulled him by the hat. He took no notice, but kept the handkerchief to his face. Mr. Barlow then pulled off his hat, saying. " Pool, you are very sleepy to-night," upon which he sat up and wiped his face with the handkerchief. It was then KliscoVered - tliat it was the prisoner Pool, who had been a guard on the line for four or five years, but had been diScharged. All idea of further search at that time was then given up, and it was resolved to take on all the passengers to Exeter. Mr. Gibbons, the su perintendent of the Bridgewater:police, whe happened to be at the station, was then placed in the division with Pool and Mr. Andrews, and a policeman named Wil liams, and Rynheart, the guard, in the other with the person who had been found in the division with Pool, and who had been put into the other division. This person subsequently turned out to be Nightingale.. The train then preceded to Exeter. During the journey Rypheaxt observed Pool fumbling under his cloak, and found he had a pocket-book in his band; he took it from him, and in it were afterwards found a pair of false moustaches and some string. A conversation took place during the journey, and both Nightingale and Pool stated they were not travelling in company. EIGHT o'CLocx.—The case for the prosecution is just jury for and Mr. Cockburn is now addressing the for the prisoners. The case cannot be finished until a late hour. HOME CIRCUIT—Lewes, March 22. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) John Pearson, groom, 23, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Ann Newman, on the 12th of Novem ber last, at the parish of St. Leonard's, Hastings, by beating her on the head with a spade. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Horne prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The trial commenced at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, and was not concluded until nearly twelve o'clock at night. From the testimony of a great number of witnesses, it appeared that for some time prior to the day named in the indictment, the prisoner had been in the service of a gentleman named Moore, residing at Caterina Villa, St. Leonard's, but he had been discharged from the service on the 31st of October, and it would ap pear he went to London to take up his abode. The family of Mr. Moore consisted of himself, his sister, a coach man, housemaid, and the unfortunate deceased, who was cook to his family. It appeared to be the practice of Mr. Moore and his sister to attend a Baptist Chapel in the neighbourhood of Hastings, and they were regularly driven there by the coachman. Some of the servants attended a church near the residence, and it appeared that on Sunday mornings the house was left in charge of the deceased only. On Sunday, the 12th of November, the family went to church and chapel as usual, about a quarter to eleven o'clock in the morning. The unfor tunate deceased was left at home alone ; and on the return of Mr. and Miss Moore, about one o'clock, a dreadful scene presented itself. It was first discovered that the doors had been fastened on the inside, and upon an entrance to the house being effected through a win dow, the body of the deceased was found lying in the passage adjoining the kitchen. She appeared to have received some dreadful injuries upon the head, which had evidently been occasioned by a spade that was lying near her, covered with blood; and, although she was not dead, she was perfectly insensible, and after lingering for two days she expired. Upon further examination it was discovered that some watches, plate, and a good deal of valuable property had been stolen, and it was evident that the crimes of murder and robbery had both been committed, and a suspicion almost immediately appeared to arise that the offences must have been perpetrated by some person well acquainted with the habits of the family. Inquiries were immediately set on foot, and the prisoner was taken into custody in Hastings the same day, and after several examinations he was at length committed to take his trial for this offence, and also for the robbery. The evidence to support the indictment was entirely of a circumstantial character. It was proved that on the Sunday before the murder the prisoner had come down into this part of the country, and he was seen by several persons going in the direction of Hastings on that day. On the 12th of No vember, an hour after the murder, in all probability, had been effected, the prisoner was seen at the public-house of a person named Hicks, about two miles and a half from Hastings. He appeared very agitated, and asked for water, which was given to him, and he drank off nearly a pint. The house of this person, it appeared, was on the road leading to the prisoner's mother's, and he was proved to have called at the house of another man very soon afterwards, where he a second time asked for water, and again drank copiously. It then appeared that the prisoner proceeded on to his mother's house, where he asked for a change of linen, which was given to him, and he at the same time requested his mother to give him a pocket handkerchief, as he said he had lost his own, and this fact proved a very material ingredient to the inquiry. It was shown that very near to a wood, when the prisoner was in this neighbour. hood, a gamekeeper, who was in a shed near the house kept by Hicks, saw some appearances which induced Min to make a careful search; and the result was, that he discovered, hidden under a quantity of dried leaves, the wnole of the property that had been stolen from Mr Moore's at the time, no doubt, when the murder was committed, tied up in a blue and white handkerchief. A woman with whom the prisoner had lodged in London, upon this, was summoned as a witness, and she stated that a day or two before the prisoner left London to go down to Hastings, she had seen a handkerchief of a similar description to the one that contained the pro perty in the prisoner's possession, and she also said that when she asked him to let her wash this handkerchief he refused, and then washed and ironed it himself, a:AI she expressed a strong opinion that it was the same handkerchief, and it at all events appeared to be of exactly the same pattern. Besides these facts, evi dence was adduced to show that the footmarks in the place where the property was found corresponded with the shoes that were upon the prisoner, and the footsteps that were upon a bank outside the wall of Mr. Moore's garden were also represented to corres pond with the prisoner's shoes. In addition to these facts, a witness was also examined, who stated that about the time when Mr. Moore's family usually went to church, he saw the prisoner standing in a position from whence he could command a view ot• the premises, and see every person who left the house. There were a few other minor circumstances in the case, but the above nar rative comprises the whole of the material facts that were adduced in evidence. Mr. BALLANTINE questioned all the material witnesses at great length, and by his cross-examination, suc ceeded in creating a doubt with regard to the identity of the handkerchief and the footmarks. Ile then made a most energetic address to the jury on behalf of the pri soner, urging, with great earnestness, that although un doubtedly a ease of strong suspicion had been made out, the evidence was not sufficient to justify a conviction for murder. Mr. Baron PARKE then summed up, and the jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was then arraigned upon the indictment charging him with the robbery, and no evidence being offered for the prosecution, a verdict of Not Guilty was recorded. _ _ _ Marsh 23. Hannah Sandles, 47, widow, was indicted for the wil ful murder of her son, Thomas Sandles, by drowning him in a well. Mr. Cobbett and Mr. Johnson prosecuted. No coun sel was instructed to defend the prisoner, but at the request of the Court Mr. Clarkson watched the case in her behalf. The evidence for the prosecution made out the charge against the prisoner in the most conclusive manner. It appeared that she was left a widow with twe children— a boy and a girl, aged respectively six and eight years. In the early part of last year she was again pregnant, and she was admitted with her two children into the Chayley union workhouse, and in July last she was delivered of the unfortunate infant whose death formed the subject of the present inquiry. It appeared that before the child was born the prisoner was frequently heard to express a wish that it might not come into the world alive, and she appeared deeply impressed with a feeling of shame at the position in which she had placed herself by her mis conduct. She remained in the union, with her three children, until the Bth September, when she expressed her intention to leave, and go to London with her family, where she expected to get work. The master of the workhouse advised her to remain, but she persisted in her determination to go to London; and she left the workhouse on the morning of the day in question, a six pence and some bread being given to her to help her on her journey I The prisoner was observed, with her three children, going along different parts of the road towards London; but in the afternoon she went into a been shop about five miles from the workhouse, and at this time the baby was missing. The prisoner proceeded on her journey to London, and nothing more d until the 16th of September, when a woman name ho Mand ners, who occupied a cottage and garden upon t roa between the workhouse and the beer-shop, There the prisoner was seen with out her baby, discovered in the well upon her premises the dead body of a child. It was quite naked, and the death had been occasioned by suffocation from drowning, or some other cause. Inquiries were made, and it was speedily asc ertained that the infant was the prisoner's, and the same she had taken away with her from the workhouse a few days before. Immedately upon this discovery , taking place an officer of the Sussex, constabulary was MARCH 24 , 1849. ~~: . [PRICE OD. dispatched to London, accompanied by the master of workhouse, to Seek for the prisoner, and having found her, she was asked what had become of the - baby. When the question was put to her she became dreadfully agi tated ; but at length said she had left it in charge of one of her sisters, which statement turned out to be utterly false; and on her being further questioced, she refused" to give any explanation, or to say what had become of child. She was then taken into custody; and on her room being searched, the clothes that were upon the poor infant ss hen the prisoner took it away from the workhouse were found tied up in a bundle. There were other circumstances in the case which tended completely to exclude the possibility of the prisoner's innocence, and there appeared to be no doubt that in a moment of desperation she had thrown the_ child into the well, although it appeared in the course of the case that up to that period the prisoner had treated her children in a kind manner. The Learned JUDGE having gone carefully through all the material points in the case during his summing up, The jury, after a very short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, on the ground that her conduct to her children had formerly been kind and affectionate. His LORDSHIP then put on the black cap, and passed sentence of death upon the prisoner, and he at the same time told her not to place any reliance on the recommen tion of the jury, as. he was afraid, from the dreadful cha racter of the offence, the jaw mist' inevitably take its course. He would; however, transmit the recommends= tion to the"proper- quirter but be again entreated her ndt to imagine that it would be of any avail in procuring a mitigation of her sentence. Judgment was then - passed in the usual form. The wretched prisoner, who was almost in a fainting state, was then_ carried away by the gaolers quite in sensible. NORTHERN CIRCU IT.—Liverpool, March 20 NISI PRIUS COURT.-(Betore Justice COLERIDGE.) KERSHAW V. CASS.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. In this case Mr. Wiesen, Q.C., and Mr. F. Robinson, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Hugh Hill for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff; an elderly widower, aged 67, to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, an elderly widow of 57, for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant pleaded that she did not promise in manner and form. Mr. WATSON, in opening the case to the jury, said the case seemed to excite some mirth, as being an action brought for a breach of promise of marriage by a gentle, man against a lady. Both the plaintiff and the defendant were past that period of life when the sensibilities of youth were wounded by such a contract being broken. The plaintiff was a widower, and resided at Rochdale, where he hal acquired considerable property; but in consequence of having speculated in railways a gooddeal of it had been wasted. The defendant lived at a place called Carr, near Burton, which was near Bury. The plaintiff was a little above sixty, the defendant was not quite so much. In the course of the past year the parties had become acquainted with each other, and an agreement of mar riage had been come to between them. The defendant was possessed of some property—a few acres of land and a house. In the month of September last year, the plaintiff made advances to the defendant. He could not prove what had taken place between the plaintiff and the defendant when the marriage was agreed upon be tween them, as they were alone. But he should be able to prove that overtures of marriage had been made by the plaintiff to Mrs. Cass, which had been well received by her, and that ultimately she had agreed to marry him. On the 12th of October, 1848, a letter was writ ten by Mrs. Cass—or rather by her brother-in-law, Mr. Rose, a local methodist preacher, as her agent, as he should prove—to the plaintiff. That letter was as fol lows: " Waterhead Mill, Oct. 12, 1848. " Dear Sir,—l write to you to say I shall not be at home till Monday next; and also I have considered the question you mentioned in all its bearings.—(Langhter.) I have come to the conclusion, : at least for the present, not to enter into the solemn and important state of mar riage. I hope you may direct your attention to another quarter. I think you may possibly find one who will suit you much better. Wishing you the true enjoyment of the things of this life—(Loud laughter)—but above all, the meetness to enjoy the things in an eternal state, and subscribe myself, " MARIA CASS." This letter was obviously telling the plaintiff when the defendant would be at home, and she was clearly also taking time to consider the question, and that it was open to her to change her mind, because she only said that this was the conclusion she had come to "at least for the present." The Learned Counsel said he never saw a letter more calculated to advance a man's suit. The plaintiff had accordingly pressed his suit, and in due time it was agreed upon between them that they should be married. It was agreed that the marriage should be performed by li cense on the first market Monday of 1849, at Rochdale, and a wedding ring was purchased, and the plaintiff 'a son was to go to the 'defendant's house to take an in , ventory of her goods to be settled upon her. To his surprise, however, on going for this purpose on the 15th of December, the defendant said, "No • that something had arisen between herself and his fath er, and she had changed her mind." The plaintiff accordingly went over to see what the change was about, when the de fendant told him she had heard he had been married twice, and had treated both his wives with great cruelty, and she would not, therefore, have him. This was not true, and, for anything the Learned Counsel knew, was the invention of some person who probably had an eye to the widow himself. The Counsel for the plaintiff then proceeded to call his witnesses. Joseph Andrew Kershaw, a young man of about 30 years of age, son of the plaintiff, examined—He lives at Rochdale, and is a fruit dealer. His father had some household property. Is a widower, and his mother had been d• ad seven years. The defendant is a widow living at Carr in Burton, near Bury, four miles from Rochdale. At the end of last year his father used to visit at Mrs.Cass's. Witness on the 17th of last Nov. went over with his father to Bury, and saw the defendant. They took tea with her. Witness told defendant that he was very much grieved at his father's choice, but should like to see them living comfortably. She thanked him, and told him she would be an affectionate mother-in-law. He replied he would endeavour to be a dutiful son.— (Loud laughter.) In November last he drove Mrs. _ Cass, the defendant, and her sister (Mrs. Rose), from Bury to Rochdale in a gig. They dined at his father's house, with him and his father. AI conversation then took place respecting the marriage. She made an inquiry about being married by banns of the clerk of the parish church at Rochdale; and on being informed that the banns must be published in the parishes in which both resided, she objected to it, and his father proposed that they should be married by license, to which she agreed, and the marriage was fixed to take place on the first market Monday in 1849. On driving them home again through Rochdale, Mrs. Rose desired him to stop at Mr. Williamson's, the jeweller's shop, to obtain a wedding-ring for Mrs. Cass. He was also requested to take an inventory of her goods to be placed in her marriage settlement. On the Friday fol lowing he went accordingly to take the inventory, when Mrs. Cass told him she was very sorry to disappoint him, but something had happened between her and his father, and she had changed her mind and wished to see her father. He was afterwards present when his father saw Mrs. Cass. His father said, " I hope you have changed your mind, Mrs. Cass:" she said, " No, I have not." His father then pulled a ring out of his pocket and tendered it to her, and hoped she would per. form her promise. She said, " No, she had heard he had had two wives, and had been a cruel man to both." He said it was false. She said, she had heard it front two parties. Ho then said, " Then why, Mrs. Cass, did you promise me marriage, and induce me to buy the ring if you did not intend to fulfil your promise?" His father then said—" Mrs. Cass, I have conducted myself like a gentleman since first I proposed to you. I have never deceived you." She said—" You did, air." Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—Was your father in tears when he came away from Mrs. Cass's?—(Loud laughter.) Witness—No; I don't think he was. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—What age is your father ? Witness—Sixty-seven. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—Your father first saw the defendant in September, and all was arranged in Decem ber—was it? Witness—Yes. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—Did not your father dress himself up and pull the hairs out of his nose before he went to see Mrs. Cass?—(Roars of laughter.) Witness —I am not aware that he did. Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—What had you for dinner the day Mrs. Cass and Mrs. Rose came to your father 's house? Witness—Mutton, potatoes, and pies.—(Re newed laughter.) Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—Don ' t you know that your father was paying his addresses to Mrs. Holden, the land ladytime be of the White Bear, in Manchester, a short fore the time you have spoken of? not aware that he was. W i tness—No; lam Mr. Sergeant Waartes go to the White Bea r, uandlad Manchester, disguised in a —Didn't you, some time ago , smock frock, to ma ke the y believe your father was poor. Witness —No. D.d landlady d a l h a d d , y a t der th t White ü ß n e t a r r y , Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—. n you, in order to break go to the house off the c our h tsh s ip e say, " Has m fey bin here u? rtehsese I don't recollect that I ever did. Witness — In answer to somefurther questions, the witness said ( farmer'sLa gh t e r l . a ) d that some time ago the sheriff sold his father's furniture, and that he (witness) was now the tenant of the house in which his father lived. Was not aware that there were now two executions out against his father. His father had lost a deal of money in railway speculations. Nuttall did not lend plaintiff his slippers. Joseph Williamson, a jeweller and watchmaker, in Yorkshire-street, Rochdale, proved the purchase of the ring. Mary Shepherd deposed to having provided the dinner at plaintiff's house on the 13th December, when Mrs. Cass and Mrs. Rose were present. Cross-examined by Sergeant WILKINS—Did not bor row any farniture on that occasion. Saw Mr. Nuttall bring in three chairs and a glass, and two or three spit toons.—(Laughter.) Had never called the plaintiff " Old Flockey." Mr. Sergeant WILKINS—No; you are too much of a tlewoman for that; but was he ever •talled so ? Wit 3SS-rhave heard others call-hins so--u-monny e time." —(Roars of laughter.) This closed the plaintiff's case. • Mr. Sergeant WiLarsis then addressed tbe jury for the defence. He said after the doleful appeal which had been made to their sympathies by his Learned- Friend on the part of his youthful, broken-hearted, love-sick swain, he hardly knew bow to address himself to the case on the part of the defendant. So numerals and morous were the facts that they reminded 4ini once celebrated cat in a tripe ; fhop—he : k new 0 where to begin.—(Laughter.) ,Barring tte' / evidence of the plaintiff's son, which calme shorrPa most tuts. rtre picious and interested quarter, this - was the, most meagre 04 case ever presented to a juraki::- This was about the, third time in the history of casesoatthis kind in which af' n6- man had been booby enough--to.--bring—such--au- action. --- Had they ever before, in the whole Ours° of their lives, • , heard of a man, 67 years of age—nearly' three score years and ten—bringing such an action against a woman of 57? What injury had the plaintiff sustained? How was he damaged? It was clear that he was all but a - pauper. Surely the plaintiff did not come into court to complain that he could not be a pensioner on an old rIS woman for the remainder of his life? He (the Learned . 4 ?; Sergeant) was strongly reminded when the son came into the witness-box of what old Sam Weller said to his son in "Pickwick":—"Sam," said he, "if there be a weak ness that I have in this world, it is my affection Is r • widdies, and especially if they happen to have , th alittle e blunt at the bottom." The plaintiff h a d . a great pen chant for "widdies," whether they kept th e W h i te Bear at Manchester, or lived quiet at Bury, so l ong . as , was a little blunt at the bottom." lie could fancy the plaintiff preparing himself for his first visit after de widdy " was recommended" to him, pulling the grey hairs out of his nose and tying his choker tight round his neck, to puff the wrinkles out of his cheeks; and after wards going to visit her in her garden. They had read • of Romeo and Juliet, and of youthful passion springing • up in a moment; but in this case, an old man of 67; to whom a widow had been recommended by a doctor, just as he would recommend his medicine, had in some two months perfected his suit, and they found his son talk ing to his prospective mother-in-law, and promising to be'" a dutiful son" as early asNovember. The plaintiff had evidently lost no time. His Learned Friend had treated the letter which had been put in as a spark cal culated to fan into a flame the plaintiff's brilliant fancy. Ile (the Learned Sergeant) did not see it in that light. It began " Waterhead Mill." As his brother Murphy observed, that was a cooler to begin with.—(Laugh ter.) [The Learned Sergeant then read the letter.) Much as they might approve of the closing sentiment of the letter, he certainly never read a less amorous one. Then came the evidence of the scene in which the plain tiff's son expressed his anxiety to be a dutiful son-in law to the defendant. His Learned Friend had introduced the plaintiff's son as a " fruit merchant," but he (the Learned Sergeant) was fond of plain language. The plaintiff's son was what they called in London a " costermonger." He dealt "in taties, tarnips, yapples, and sparagrass."—(Loud laughter.) The whole pro ceeding had been of the most business-like nature. Then came the conclusion : " Love they say is growing old, Arithmetically cold, Sells his favours now for gold." The plaintiff began at the final meeting not with " I hope, dearest Maria."—(Laughter.) He did not address her, " Light of my life, charm of my soul, and delight of my eye"—(Continued laughter)—but he said, " I hope, Mrs. Cass, you have changed your mind?" " Oh, no, I have not." " Very well, then, " he says, "1 tender the ring—(Laughter)—if you don't marry me, I have a son to come into the witness-box, and I will bring an action for breach of promise of marriage against you." Did they suppose the plaintiff cared twopence about this widow ? His Learned Friend said, this was not one of those cases in which " affection could be said to be like a rose nipped in its bud." A rose nipped in its bud I —en old worn out stump'.—(Loud laughter.) " I am cold, I am worse, I want a nurse I want sweet wedlock's pleasure." The plaintiff wanted this old lady's society on purpose to keep his back warm—(Roars of laughter)—and he wanted the old lady's purse to keep his stomach warm. Burns had said— " Oh gie me the lass that has acres of charms, Oh gie me the lass with the weel stocked farms." This history of the courtship of " the Widdy Cass" would henceforth be memorable. The plaintiff's name would live in old song. "Did you hear of the Widdy Malone, Oh-hone ! She lived in the town of Athlone Alone. She bother'd the hearts Of the swains in them parts So lovely was Widdy Malone. 'Till one Mr. O'Brien, of Clare, How quare Put his arms round her waist, Gave ten kisses at laste, And says he, You are my Molly Malone.'-' —(Roars of laughter.) He would now ask them if it were not a waste of time further to consider this matter? Was there a man among them who did not despise the man who came into court with such a case as this ? The plaintiff was called " Old Flockey," which, in Lon don dialect, meant " Old Silky," and was indicative of the man's character, and of the wheedling business-like way in which he had sot about winning the defendant's acres. He trusted the jury would teach him a lesson, and bow rightly to estimate his conduct, by giving him as damages the smallest coin of the realm. His Lonnsnrr summed up. The jury retired, and, after an absence of a few mi nutes, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, one farthing. Tho defendant's Counsel wished his Lordship to cer tify as to the costs, but this was opposed by Mr. Watson. His LORDSHIP said he would consider, before deciding upon the application. On the following morning he cer tified in favour of the defendant, and each party will, of course, have to pay their own costs. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The following paper was laid before the House of Commons last night, and which was announced in our Third Edition : Admiralty, March 23, 184 g. " The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are under the necessity of hying a supplementary estimate for the relief of the Arctic expeditions under Sir John Franklin and Sir James Ross upon the table of the House. " Their Lordships having been apprised by the last letters received from Sir James Ross that it was his in tention to direct the Investigator to land all the sup plies that she could spare at Whaler Point, and to pro ceed to England, if no tidings of the expedition under Sic J. Franklin were received by the whale ships now about to sail, leaving the Enterprise to prosecute the search alone, have consulted the highest naval authorities as to the probable consequence of this step. " They find it to be the unanimous opinion of those most conversant with the Polar Seas that such a separa tion of the ships under Sir James Ross would be most perilous to the ship remaining in the ice, and would pro bably neutralize the entire object of the expedi tion, if Sir John Franklin's party were to be discovered at a time when the Enterprise had nearly exhausted her own stores. They have therefore, determined upon sending out a fresh supply of provisions for both ships by the North star, which is now fitting for this purpose at Sheerness, with orders to proceed across Baffin's Bay, and as much farther as prao • ticable in the direction of Lancaster Sound and Barrow Straits, looking out for the Investigator, or her boats. " In the event of the Investigator not being fallen in with, the commander of the North Star will be directed to land the supplies at such points on the south side of Lancaster Sound, or other places indicated by Sir James Ross, as may bo accessible to the North Star, in sufficient time to secure his return across Baffin's Bay before the winter sets in. " The expense of fitting the North Star for the ice will be 6,0561, and the wages of the crew, stores; and provi sions on board 6,6021., making 12,6881. in all, which constitute the supplementary estimate now submitted to the House. But, in addition to this, her Majesty!A Go vernment has determined to offer a reward of 20,0004 to be given to such private ship, or distributed amongst such private ships, of any country, as may, in the judgment of the Board of Ad m i ra lty, have rendered efficient assist ance to Sir John Franklin, his ships, or their crews,, and may have contributed directly to extricate them f !pm !fi e H. G. WARD. lee. The satisfactory state of the colonial markets which we have bad to report a %o m ill a cot e n li m gb en t c e e b m e en ek t . of The • in most articles o f produce has been on an ex tremelybusiness instances former moderate Beale, and in ono or two instances tes have barely been maintained. The sugar former rates market opened on Tuesday with less animation than pre viously, and in some cases a reduction of 6d per cwt. was submitted to, since which the quantity brought forward has been small, and the market has to-day closed at about the rates then realised. In the West India mar ket the want of activity has been such that only 285 hogsheads have been sold. Coffee has also been but spa ringly dealt in, the public sales having been small, with an absence of private transactions. The auctions held by the Dutch Company, both at Amsterdam and Hotter dam, were brought to a conclusion on the 15 th instant, the whole of the quantity offered having met with a ready sale at an advance upon previous quotations of to 1 per cent. for ordinary, and of 2 to 3 cents. for eo tt on for,loury abd qualities. ba s gbb e ß o i ff c e at tas barely aga l in beenast week'sve rates, whil e r little inquired nar bo t i a s s e t i o arrivals o f s . about n f ther6o d. e a m per China, cwt, n market, saltpetre, on the other hand , has been in active dema n d, high prices having been realised for parcels dispo se d o f 0 t hwe pr i vately, inlgastto pt the establishingebliveery u n sale's, ciaii rise n trade have been disinclined to ope ra t e, and at so me public sales of green held this morning there ere scarcely any offers; this, however, is usually the case at these auctions, and we hear that th • nce succeeded by private treaty in realising a considerable portion at fair market rates. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23.—The Atalanta steamer has arrived here from Havre with 500 bales of valuable French goods for the New York steamer Her mann. Yesterday the Havre cotton market, owing to the non-arrival of advices by the Europa and Sarah Sands from Liverpool, was in a complete state of stag nation. The Royal West India mail steamer Dee is not yet in sight. PARISH OF P AD DINGTON.—The result of the second day's poll yesterday, in this parish, for the adoption of Sir J. C. Hobhouse's Act, was—ln 'favour of the Act, 1,180; against the Act, 910; majority, 270. The poll closes to -day at foar o'clock.