The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-25 00:00:00

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C'e ~ '. ~ ___ _ ha, L L . - Divtr 2 , : s•a - v-i ..st -. .:.- - . - A-4e — ,, , ,,si____. ~v,,,AL.5,.... i te ,?.?.\*lk - -- ~. -,„. • ~„ r. the week gaud for bit much 4,0v0. LONDON. TUESD - A l AY X 111 -- 'k j 9 DECEMBER 25 ) 1.8/19 -7 ''T ° o 17 863, [PRICE op. - UNION - IS STRENGTH. TO the GAS CONSUMERS, and nther INHA BITANTS of the CITY of LONDON. GmyrtEREN, • The Directors of the GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY, have the satisfaction to announce the following facts :- 1. The Directors of the Company have accepted a Tender from • Messrs. Peto and Betts, the eminent contractors, to erect the whole of their Works, equal in capacity to the Manufacturing of FOUR HUNDRED AND 'TWENTY MILLIONS of Cubic Feet of Gas, and to lay down pipes equal to the distribution of EIGHT HUN DRED MILLIONS, fora gross sum of 106,8801., being there than Ten per Cent. less than the amount of Mr. Croll's Estimate. Pay ment is to be made as the Work proceeds, one-half in Cash, and the other half in Paid-up Shares. The Pipes are to be laid at Night, and the Pavement of the Carrlige and Footway is to be made good be fore Eight o'clock in the Morning, in conformity with the Company's Contract with the Commissioners of Sewers, and the whole is to be ready for commencing the Supply on or before the 24th of June next. 2. The Company have purchased the land, and will enter into possession, and the Contractors will commence their Works as soon as the conveyances can be prepared _ 3. The Company have taken a Contract from Mr. Croll, with satisfactory security, to manufacture at their works the whole of the Gas they may reqtyre of a superior quality both as to purity and illuminating power, and to pot it into their Gas-holders at One Shilling and Fou-pence-Halfpenny per thousand Cubic Feet, for rive, Seven, Fourteen, or Twenty-One Years, at, the option of the Company. 4. The Company have securedtonsnmers to the extent of nearly Three Hundred Millions of Cubic Feet at a maximum price of Four Shillings per Thousand. Agreements are in the course of signature, and Consumers—shareholders—are daily joining the Company. As Soon as their united Consumption will, with the former Contrazts, amount to Four Hundred and Fifty Millions, the Comp ny will com mence the supply at Three Shillings and Sixpence, and will reduce to Three Shillings on securing an aggregate Consumption of Six Hundred Millions. 5. The Directors have made it one of the stipulations in their Contract with Messrs. Peto and Betts that the Directors are to I e entitled to claim One Thousand of the Contractor's Shares, uo'n ayment of the value at par in cash, for the purpose of sup lying Consumers only, according to the quantity of their consumption. 351 r. Croll has likewise agreed to relinquish Five Hundred of his own shares at par for tte same purpose, and under the slow co , ?Mons. 6. The Company have Five Hundred reserved Capitalists' Shared 'which they are willing to issue at One Pound per eshare premium' to be applied in payment of pnliminary expenses ; but no issue o , Shares will be made to other than Consumers, except at a premium t By Order of the Beard. J. T. BARHAM, Company's Offices, 48, Moorgate-street. Sec, etary pro tem. P.S. The Finance Committee sit daily to albt Shares to Gas Consumers. inOMMERCIAL HOTEL-KEEYERS through-- N../ out England, Treland. and Scotland, who miybe in posses sion of FUNDS contributed by Commercial Gentlemen, and left at their respective houses, on, and since, the late " Day of National Thanksgivinz," towards the necessary amount for Building suitable School-houses to accommodate Two Hundred and Fifty Children of deceased or necessitous Commercial Travellers, are respectfully re quested to forward the same immediately, by Post-office orders, or postage stamps, to the Hon. Secretary, that the best possible account may be made up and lodged with the Secretary to the " Schools" on the 27th instant, that being the day for the " Annual Dinner," and when it is presumed that all Commercial Gentlemen who have col lected moneys for this benevolent purpose will take care to pay the same to the Secretary for the Building Fund. W. S. RITMSEY, Hen. Sec. pro tern. 3, Queen-street Place, Cheapside, London. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 31. LOMBARD-STREET. LONDON. INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT. TIIIISTEES. Johneamplellßenton,Esq., I.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard Maiins, Esq., Q.C. I James Feller Madoz, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRE,TOB.B. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, DI. Henry Augustus Bevan. Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John I , angerflelel; Esq. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. 0. Parnell, Esq. AZDYTORS. George Cumming, Esq. James Turner, Esq. Samuel Field, Esq. William Ghrimes Kell, Esq. MEDICAL ADVISER. Benjamin PhillipS, Esq., F.R.S. RANKERS. 'Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO. SECRETARY. David Alison, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Atkins and Andrew. MANAGER. Alexander Robertson. Esq. The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE and IN - DISPUTABLE, the Company being prohibited, by the 54th clause of their Deed of Constitution, which is duly registered in terms of the Act, from dis puting a Policy upon any ground whatever. The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and are as low as a due regard to complete security will justify. HALF PREMIUM SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the premiums. with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the convenience of the assured, or allowed to continue, to form a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As surance may be relinquished at any time without payment of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to assure for the first five years at little More than half the usual rate, and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice. WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security of a creditor, holder of a Policy, continues unimpaired, although the assured life should go beyond the prescribed limits. Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a specified age, or at their death, whichever shall first occur. PARTNERAIIIP POLICIES are granted, whereby &joint assurance effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in vested. On the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain their share without having to wait until it can be recovered from outstanding debts. There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of the equator. No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp. Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of the assured life. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons, approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance in connexion with this Company. F RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-strest, Bank, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. NETUAL ASSURANCE SEANCE. Complete security afforded to the Assured lay menus of an ample subscribed capital, and the large fund accumulated from the pre miums on upwards of 9,000 policies. Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the profits, which, after tiro years, will be annually divided among tho Assured. PROPRIETARY BRANCPI The lowest rates consistent with security to the Assured. An increasing scale of premiums, peculiarly adapted to cases where assurances are effected for the purpose'ef securing loans or debts. Halacredit rates of premium, whereby credit is given for half the armunt of premium for seven years, to be then paid off, or remain a charge upon the policy, at the.option of the holder. EXTRACTS FROM THE TABLES. Annual Premiums required for an - - Assurance of 1001. for the whole )f Life. lIIITITAL ABM:MANCH BRANCH. PROPRIETARY BRANCH. Half Pre- Whole Pre- Half Pre-. Whole Pre- Age. minim, first raluaa, after Age. minm, first lintam, after five years. five years. seven years. even years. ---- .S s. d. A s. d. .f s. d. £ s. d. 20 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 18 0 1 16 0 25 1 2 2 24 4 25 019 T , 110 2 39 1 411 29 10 30 1 1 9 23 6 35 1 8 6 217 0 3 5 14 11 29 10 . _ _ - •1, 1 0 0 0 14 A s. d. s. d. 100 2 0 0 122 2 4 4 1 4 11 2 9 10 1 8 6 2 17 0 1 13 3 3 6 6 1 19 6 3 19 2 7 9 4 15 6 2 14 10 5 17 8 2 s. d. 2 s. d. 20 0 18 0 1 16 0 25 0 19 T 1 , 1 19 2 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 35 1 4 11 2 9 10 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 45 1 14 10 3 9 8 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 55 2 12 9 5 5 6 PETER MORRISON, Resident Director, METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3, Princes•street, Bank The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premium fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Nfembers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. Th!s Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1850, an abatement of 51 per cent. has beea declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, December 10, 1849. ARCHITECTS', BUILDERS', and GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 69, Lombard-street, London. CiutamJar—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A. The rates for both Fire and Life Insurances are as low as ca■ with fatety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid eitneryearly, half-yearly, or quarterly ; one-half the annual pre miummay be left unpaid for seven years, or one-third to the end of lie. Thus large slims may be insured at the smallest present ontlty. Pospecinses, Forms of Proposals, &c , may ba had at the Office, 69, :,ombard-street, er of the agents. JOHN REDDISH, Manager, SEA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by ♦et of Parliament, 3i, COENHILL, LONDON. apitslloo,oool., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid In fall on allotment, bearing a guaranteed interest ofS per cent. la perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application Per Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the ()Aces of the Soeiety. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted en the most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially advantageous for investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGRIDGE, Managing Director. DAviggs CANDLES, C i d. and Scl. per lb.; wax-wick moulds, 6d.; composite, 7)44., 9d., and 914 d. ; Ilotanle wax candles, Is.; GermAn wax, Is. ; fine wax, Is. sd. ; transparent wax, Is. SI. and Is. 10d. ; best Wax, 2s. Id.; sperm can dle 9, Is 81. and le. 101 ; metallic, 7cl. and 8(1. ; mottled soap 565. and GOs. per 112 lbs. ; yel ew, 445., 50%, and 565. ; Windsor sow', lc 4d. per packet ; brown Windsor, Is 9d. ; rose, 2% ; almond, 25.34.; arverm oil. 7s. Gd. per gallon ' • solar, 3s. 3d. ; argand, 4s 6d. ; Sealing wax, 4e. 64. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established Warehouse, 63, St. Mart l n's dans, opposite Westminster Cotuity Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house). BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK. The original, and by far the best, requiring no preparation, °Mrs the surest means of protection for every variety of household linen and wearing apparel, against loss or mistake for which reason be earefhl to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor, JOHN BOND, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City. Sold by most Chemists, Stationers, and Medicine Vendors. Price Is. a bottle. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVM INCAPA CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Sew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Jest published, price 2s. 6d., or by nest, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, IVITE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on -IL the Marmites and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate we of mercury, scith remarks en Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis nualificatlems. Illustrated by 24 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. pEnnY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, Bemers-street, Ox ibrd-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 2 1, Paternoster-row ; flantay, 43, and Senor, 156, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titchberne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden llall-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 exceseiveindal deuce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental sad bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative nr...tpacity. Illectrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the Primary or secondary form, and contsdas explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Zugravings. PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Dleease by a simple applicatien, by which the danger of infection Is ob- Plated. This important part of the Work should no eses,a the oader's notice. Palm V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage. and its dotes. The causes of unproductive anion are also considered, and t bo whole sabject eritically and philosophically inqatred into. TanCionnur. Bawd or STRIACIIN is exe'nsively employed in treat s a g nervous and sexual debility, impotence, ;he., 11 s. and 239. per Toe Cloricsutratcd Deteret to nseuce, as anti-syphilitic • i"elY, for purifying the blood J- varet , dfinfection, secondary symp . pole, eraptlors, and the abuse uf trt-..•cury, Ile. and 2343. per tottic. re's Purity irg sp,..cffle 25. 9d. -ts. 6d., and lie. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrLcsa, Cott, stActire, and chrozle inflamma .;oll of the bladder. 7,oosnitation fee if by letter, 11. A minute of t'f:e ease is 'tequind : age, habits, and position in'soclety. d:LPaaets, cvi 4 h advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by ,olch the fec,ll., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, arc in atten ?tilts yat 19, Aerserr-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele- Toro, and rive to Width On Btoldar4 of Maven to 02.1 trained in rks apply mports of 'se of any supplies ily fair of ❑our are or market ble in the icles were ety mani eadily ad- g to s(ts ; Is to 333; 3d to 83 6d fowls, per to 3s 6d ; our bugle's , and l7st y, Kist 01b, >, lBst 71b, Inferior. £llo 0 0 10 0 0 16 6 1 0 0 is, 401 b per d to Ols ad ,18s to 19s, id to 12s tid ions—Beef, 1, ditto, 6d- Od' to Od; Id to ls Od ; es, each, Os , 7d to 8d ; i.; hens, per lucks, ditto, 7s, each, 4s ion (present sr dozen, Oil ,e of 141135, pork large, Os to 03. 7d to Od ; meal, is 2d 2d; barley of a cattle s of grain )ted prices, )er bushel, to 163 6d I. y the num supply of d the sales Beof down ?ef 484 per wt. Bulls, and prices seep much ;id per lb., h. At the ❑ed unsold. rate supply d for every ❑d in some ight an ad - /as done in hit° wheat, , lls 6d to leaf, 108 to wt.; Indian of foreign rably good, beat, 2,837 8, at 8s to 3d per bri d its value• price, while We have red Irish or >ration from of superior rates, but looked for. ho are very ts, on which established. d to, a fair We quote Ve have all e sale for all tinues to be Acing quali re no alters !orn has also n the article• have, how ce.s 6/12s 6d •ry free sale. a 14s Od hirds, 7s to 6a 9d; wheat• 2786 d per tots. to 37a; average taw—Farraell Od to 28s tkif f 6d to 61d; utter, 8d to ed. Coals-- Rest Reath Os per cwt. ;allon. Meat veal 4d to usages 5d pet 6d to 8/ 5s pet to 01; French 12s per ,tonO. 18s to l9s ; re d Is to 11l Pe t t quality, .1 85 i 14s to 1 8 ej 0 11/1 per 2d ; Guano r—Archangelf KETS• r were as fol. Ditto, Ne ff Uidlaud, 45 I Doirer (NO' -day were . 1 tiding 'Union), rs (0 ), 1 M P; 'Grimsby 0 " forth over (No- 4) to• day was' -day were >rdshire, 7%! ExtensieoP . 22. .day were . It ol sle, 6G—ND''" r-day were 15 ,_ Lnd Perth, I" - Glasgow, wo bloods re a zero they " 0 ppFr and that they ,) 0 4 I ordered, $ 13 ,1 „ They hoPv o ion, and tb e A lord assentl Vhen they ha s ask what O'd ittle chagriq, Dated in a d l5 ole .house bteer,a bet it WO' DEC. 22 a 3, and capt,o 4 On, arriYeri 2 Dublin, 0 11 r Mee's CO!' , and wap tsin : Weedon nth' riming D3O- 0 the roster ready for el' ure 1•11 nobar/ Jajor Wele ll ''S hat Hollo ,o, i Van Diet'sB been under ,d was discba r p ne so inisert'oe about with kg his c onditiol l e lf e so comPl et hr s stout, bea st ,f 's to the use d t !niggles, a ll . unclel°P W. Cass, 011.' 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These GARDENS to be LET en LEASE for 23 years, from the sth of January next, together with the Melon-ground, the Glass houses, the Dwelling-houses (except the Head Gardener's House), Stables, and other buildings belonging thereto; and also the Fruit Trecs, Pine Plants, Vines, ShraLs, Stock, Crop, ILensils,.&c. &c. Any persons desirous of obtairtims a Lease of the same, are to send in Tenders in writing, under sealed covers, indorsed " Tenders for Hampton Court Kitchen Gardens," and addressed to the Com missioners of her Majesty's Woods, &c., No. 2, Whitehall-place, on or before T velvs o'clock on FRIDAY, the 4th day of January next, stating the amount of rent they are willing to pay for the same. The premises may he viewed by application to Mr. Turroll, the Head Gardener, and the schedules may he inspected, and particulars of the terms and senditions may be obtained by applying at the Win of Mr. Pennethorne, Architect to the said Commissioners, 7, Whitehall-yard, London. METE POST MAGAZINE ALMANAC and COURT and PARLtAMENTA.RY REGISTER for 1850. Established 1841. Price 6d. 'The Post Magazine Almanac has been acknowledged by almost every journal in the kingdom to be the neatest in arrangement, and the most varied, interesting, and useful in detail ever presented to the public. It is printed upon paper of superior quality, in elegant pearl and nonpareil type, and contains pretty nearly as much read able mailer as is to be found in three ordinary volumes, • 112 pages royal. EYEBROWS MIT.STACHIOS, and, WHISKERS produced in a few akaa i l# 9 ll3 Vllotprevented, by the ass of " • REGENERATOR. If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human figure, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or of any wholesale or retail chemist rr druggist, or perfumer. an I Is. bottle of Grimstone'i Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and gentry, by whom it is h.ghly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read in his pamphlet, in which the bottles are enclosed. Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant, Herbary, Highgate, and be found at page 11, un.er the copy of Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th of August, 1846. _ _ _ . . . , This pamohlet Is forwarded through the post, on receiving two postage stamps. The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the post on receiving a post-office order for 4s. 6d., 7.. Bd., or I is., which in cludes the postage with the case. The lls- size contains four of the 4s. A few of its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published in the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle. Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age, yon will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward, clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? tell you the cause —the universal use of Grimstono's Eye Snuff ! and became it cured Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Jatarsct, Nervous Headach, and Deaf ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67 cases of care being proved by the in'ormers, still it was an act of oppression ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq., altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of the Treasury; the letter of protection, signed by Berries, Fsq., to Mr. William Grimatone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis ters, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order ot Government it is obliged to be stamped. GEMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters, inclosed in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, rimier the Government order, at Is. lid., 25. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. The Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., 3s. 6d., and bs. Bd., ineluding postage, kc. Th e f o llowing lett e r i s one ou t of the many thousand proofs. Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases of Gutta Serena, from G. H. Bontell, Professor of Galvanism : " Senthaea , near Portsmouth , Ilants,sth Nov., 1648 " Ma. W. GILIMSTONIL—Sir—I must in Pune° to yon send the fol lowing Testimonial with regard to tke extraordinary efficacy of your Eye Snuff in cases of Gutta Serena. I have used it in fire eases with the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, yen may advertise this ! ! or make what use you please. The cures hate wholly astonished me and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, Br,c., G. 11. BOIJTELL, Professor of Galvanism." All letters to Mr. William Grimstene ' Herbary, Highgate, near London, at which establishment ke continues to manufacture his far-famed HERB TOBACCO, sa much esteemed in all foreign parts. The following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from the author of the " Pleasures of Home :" " Springfield Cottage, Ifoniton, Devon, 15th August, 1845. _ _ cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now fonad in it a substitute for the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. " I ant your obedient servant, " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. " To Mr. William Grimstene, Herbary, Ifighcate." This extonsively-famed Tobacco is sold by all cbeinl‘ts and drug gists, and others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 7 1 d., Is. 1 d.. 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each, including the Government stamp T " E J U V E N•I L E S There's not a 'dress-mart to be found Throughout the British Isles, To vie with - that of M. and Son, In dress for Juveniles. Moses and Son make boys' attire In all the various styles ; For while they strive to please adults, They study Juveniles. All who behold this famous stock Bestow approving smiles ; And thousands flock to M. and Son, To dress their Juveniles. Moses and Son can also sell Superior Caps and tiles, And boots and shoes, and other things, To suit the Juveniles. E. M. and Son, in seeking trade, Esc' ew all artful wiles ; And so you'll say when once you try Their dress for Juveniles. Their trading patronage has spread For many, many miles ; And far and wide their fame extends In dress for Juveniles A Medal, containing an Almanac for the year 1850, wil Ue pre• sented to every customer. GIST OF PRICES. READY MADE. Autumn and Winter Over Coats, in every stybs ........ ...... .......... •• •• •• •• 8 6 The Bulwer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditt0....... ..... 0 IS 0 Chesterfield, ditto ... • .... •• • • 1 0 0 The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of Ov<r Coat .. • • • • .... . 1 ghootinx Coats •••• • • • .... • • •••• • • .. 0 8 6 Lounging or Morning Coats •• .. 0 4 6 Autumn and Winter Trousers, it Tweed .... 0 4 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 6 Ditto Vests • • .•••.•• .. • • • • 0 2 6 Black Silk Velvet Ve5t5........ • ..... •• •• 0 13 6 Dress Coats •.•..• • • • • • 0 17 0 Frock Ditto .......... ....... •. • •• .. •... 0 19 0 Youths and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, Hussar mid Toile Suits ••• • •• 0 14 6 Boys' Auttunn and Winter Vests ........ 0 8 MADE TO MEASURE. Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats•.tom 1 1 The Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined ...• .• ••..••• • • • • • 1 8 0 The Paletot, handsomely and warmly trimly ed 1 16 0 The Eglinton Wrapper, a very ebgant style of Over Ceat .. • • The Strathmore Withey Over Coat, newest style, lined throughout • • • . •• • • • 2 10 0 Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and • Doeskin ....... ................... ..... 810 6 Best Black Cassimere ditto .. ••••••• • • • „ • • • 1 6 0 Autusnn and Winter Tests •• • • ..... .••• • • • • 8 6 Best Black Cloth ditto .• •• •• •• •••••••• •• •• •13 6 Black Silk Velvet ditto •• •• .• •• •••••• •• 0 18 6 „ Dross Coats •• . • from 323. to 210 • „ Frock ..... ....... • . front 335. to 3 3 0 Hussar and Tante from 1 6 • Superfine ••••• • • • • • 1 IS 0 Men's &looting Coat .. 0 10 0 Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, from ••.• • . A Large Stook of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 601. to 201. naval and Military 11:1 - xiforuss, Liveries, &c. Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes' notion. A Snit of Mourning complete for 11. 111. The new book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with fall directions for golf-measurement, can be had en application, or fbr warded, post free, to any part of the kingdom. Notice—The Fur Department is now replete with every novelty f the season. Observe—Amy article purchased, either ready made, or ready to measure, if not approved of will be exchanged, or the money retureed. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Proollendrapers, Clothiers, Flatten., Hosiers, Farriers, Boot aad Shomakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minorio, and Fl 3, 81, 85, and 86 .11.1 gate, City, London; all commdnicating with each other, and forming one vast Establishment. Cantion.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard the public against imposition; b u t h aving h oar d th a t the natradesmaailke falsehood of being conn ec t e d w i th them, or " It IS t h e same concer n," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obviens reasons, bey beg to state that they have ao connexion with any other hews In or oat of London, except their Branch Establishments, *6, Far gate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire; till those whe require cheap and genuine clothing, &e., should call at or send to the Miseries and Aldgate, City. London ; or either of the Branch Establishments, as above. Tate Notiee.—This Establishment is closed from sunset Friday, to sunset Saturday. when basseess is resumed till twelve o'clock. A I A G E. One half the world are desolately single, and the ether sapposieg them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em_ titter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself ender the plea of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret im comproeing harry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity, and broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness and nodal content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set dement. Honour and justicodentand that health sheuldforre as item in the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted Leper or neglect weend more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CITLVERWELL'S little MEMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. In 2 vols., ic. each (by nest, in stamps, ls. 6d. each), Let no imaginatively refired, or prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor Le hindered oy misinterpretation of their eappoecel contents, from obtaining Mere. They are not intended certainly for mere idle enriesity, bit the* the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom they are offered its antagonistic to the empyrical trash put for on the above subjects, by unenalified authors, which alone or your attention (same price le. ear t h, together, are a diggracc to the age. Furthermore, two other called " What to Eat, Drink, and L bilyt v il e e ld r , oB.l7ibil an c d alti:: :l 6d o . r n to be Happy." They arc not IF erely pamp , iet „ , b u t equal in quantity a library volume, nor are thr y the mere ephemeral scribbling; of the hour, but the study of the 2 other's Ills who ewes his present existence, health, and position to thi s o h. servance of the maxims be would inealcate—to do unto oil- era as h a IVOCaII `se done ante--to lira after nature's laws—and to kt,ep a way , on the "sunny aide of the way." The above works ran be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternegter- row ; Carvalho, 141, Fl ee t- strest • :11ann, 29, Cornhill ; Spokes, 5, Holborn hill ;or direct (by post or ether. wl.,e) from the anther (who may be conferred with personally. moo orni ksenllersgs sag rrodap), ArgYil-Placs 2a it B CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS, T HE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTPTZ - Trow, REGENT-STREET. The First of a Series of Illnitratecl Lectnrcs, by Dr. Eackhoffner, en the Philosophy of 'Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, end in the Evenings, at Eight.—An entirely new Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century. and as it now is, witk a Descriptive. Lecttrre, daily, at Half-past Font - , and in the Even ings at a Quarter to Ten.—Tho 'Views of Route. including new Views of the Interior and Exterior of St. Peter's. with Dioramic ef fects, are shewn daily, at One o'clock.—Lectures on Chemistry, with brilliant experiments, by Mr. Ashley.--Experimeits with the Diver and Diving-blit.—New Exhibition of Chrotnatropes.--The Ma chinery, M , de's, Src , explained. Admission, le---Sehools, Half-price. p ERFECT EON—THE OFFSPRING- OF COMPE rITION Gentlemen desirous of seeing garments cut in the purest style of art should call at the fashionable Establishments of L. HYAM and CO., Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Outfitters, 56, OXFORD-STREET, and 36, GRACECHURCII-STREET, LONDON. p ALETOTS, PARISIAN SACS and OVER COATS. 'The largest, cheapest; and Most recherehZ stock in the great me tropolis of the above - fashionable garments is now to be seen at the Establishments of L. HYAM and CO., Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Outfitters, 86, OXFORD-STREET, and 3 , 3 G tACXCHU.RCII-STREET, LONDON. • WELCOME NEWS for WINTER DAYS. If you are desirous of attiring yourself in the warmest and most beautiful garments, at the lowest scale of charges, visit the ex tensive Establishments of L. TIYAM and CO., 85, OXFORD-STREET, and 36, GRACECITURCIDSTREET, LONDON. Excellence in fabrics, perfection in cut, and superiority in workman. ship are the great characteristics of these fashionable Establish. menta. IS IT YOUR PURPOSE TO SAVE MONEY r If so, patronise the ext:nsive Establishments of L. HYAM and CO., Merchant Tailors, Woollen Drapers, and Outfitters. METROPOLITAN ESTABLISHMENTS. 86, OXFORD-STREET, and 3ti, GRACECHURCII-STREET, LONDON. BRANCH MTABLISITMENTS. 63 and 65, Lord-street, Liverpool 61, King-street, Manchester. 23, New-street, Birmingham. 26, Market-street, Manchester. 42, Wine-street, Bristol. 42, Briggate, Leeds. 6. Union-street, Bristol. 17, Market-place, Hull. 193, High-street, Exeter. 48 Argyle-street, Glasgow. BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS Copy of a letter from Mr. J. J. Wilson, Chemist, Moak Bar York, " To Mr. Thernas Prout, " 14th June, 1847. "Bn:4—Having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years from repeated attacks of the gout, and receiving no benefit from the best medical advice I could obtain, I was induced )(bout six weeks ago to try a box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic When I commenced taking them, which was in the afternoon, my feet and elbows were very much swollen and inflamed : I was suffering the most intense agony. I had that night sound and refreshing sleep, and awoke in the morning comparatively free from pain; and before I had finished the box. I never was better in my life : they have not only entirely removed the gout, but have also very much improved my general health. I have since recommended them to four individuals, who have suffered much from gout and rheumatism • and t!'ey all speak highly of the benefit they have received from them. If you think my case worthy of insertion among the many cures effected by your wenclerful inedicinz, 3 ou are at perfect liberty to publish it. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " J. J. WILSON." . . _ The above testimonial exhibits the never-failing effects of this valuable medicine, which affords to the afflicted with gout, rheuma tism, lumbago, sciatica, and all analogous complaints, speedy and certain relief. They require neither confinement nor attention of any kind. and Invariably prevent the disease attacking the stomach, brain, or other vital part. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," im pressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. Ca RoNoL , .Feb. : Shrove Tuesday.., .oct: 12 13 31 Ash Wednesdi3 ., Easter Sunday Low Sunday.... ALMANAC FOR 1850. CAL IgOTES. Holy' Thursday... Whit Sunday.... . Trinity Sunday.... Advent Sunday... [arch .pril January... July February !August ...I March.. ISeptemberl April ',October ~ May November June....... December 2 10 17 24 4 11 18; 2 5 12 19 26 7 [4 21' 28 10 17 24 31 THE COUNTRY MARKET. IPSWICH, DEC. 24. The market was thinly attended, it being held this day instead of Tuesday, Christmas Day. The supplies of both wheat and barley were small; the former sold readily at fully la pnr quarter advance, and barley also sold more freely at late prices. Beans and peas steady. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red 39s to 4Rs Beans, old Do., white 42s to 455. Peas Barley, malting 26a to 28s Oats .. . DJ., select DJ.. grinding 23s to 24s Halt Beans 26s to 27s Flour, per sack.. 00s to 00e AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 22. Wheat 1,593 quarters at 40s 10d. Barley Oats Beans 72 ,9 28s Od. Peas 129 ~ 28s . 51. - Rye . The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 17th Dec., 1849, to the 22d Dec., 1849, both inclusive:— ti . I t (A I 41: Colchester.. Harwich .. Leigh .. Malden 5711519 2341 - 2231 300 22 33 20' 211 - 177 HADDINGTON, DEC. 21.-7 ie followini are the prices of grain at our market to-day • Wheat. I Barley. Oats. ( Beans. 405 Od I 248 Od I 19s Od I 27s Od Second Third 358 7d 213 2d l6B 'H 25s esd 28s Od 161 Oct 14s Od 23s ai Total quantity of Wheat •in market 577 qrs.,' 571 sold Do. Barley do. 584 qrs., 562 sold Do. Oats do. 514 qrs., 400 soh: Do. Beans do. 70 qrs., 64 sold KIRKALDT, Die. 22.—The following are the quotations up to this date: — Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Peas. First 43s Od 23s 6d 20s Od —s Od —3 CO Second. 403 66 21s 66 17s Od —s Od —a Od Third 3ls Od 163 6d 14s 6d —s Od —s Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs. imp.. 24s to 00s Od. GLASGOW, tic. 20. - --Provisions—Cheese, 46s v to sOs Od per cwt • retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 18s to 00s per cwt. Country fresh butter, 9d to Ild per lb ; Irish pow dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 7id to Bd. Country eggs, 9d per dozen; carried hen ditto, 5s 6d per hundred, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s Od per pair ; ducks, 2s Od. _ _ STIRLING, Dsc. 21.—Wheat, foreign, 21s to 24s Od ; ditto, home, 21s Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, 16s to 18s; barley, per boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to 003 Od ; ditto new, 12s to 17s 6d ; oats, common, 12s Od to 13s Od ; ditto new, 9s Od to 10s Od ; ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt distillers, 33s to 351; ditto brewers, 355 0d to 38s ; b eans , per boll, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 16s Od to 17s 6d; peas, 14s 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 34s to 35s ; ditto common ditto, 24s Od to 25s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new 26s ed to 283 ; ditto per peck of 7lbs, Sid to Os Od ; fresh butter, per lb, 8d to 10d; eggs per dozen, 6d to 7d; hay per ton, 41e to 475. KELso, DEC. 21.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, 20s to 27s 6d ; barley, new, 11 s to 16s Od ; ditto old, 00s Od to 003 ; potato oats, 00s to 00s ; ditto new, 11)s to 12s Od ; com mon oats 00s to 00s Od ; ditto new, lOs to 121 Od ; peas, 003 to 001 Oct; beans, 00s to 00s pc! , IK.II of siz imperial bushels. 86 796 955 6 20 27 First 2 9 16 23 5 12 IS 27 5 12 19 26 PERTH, Mc. V.—Wheat, 32s Od to 44s Od ; barley, 186 to 23s Od.; oats, 14s to His ; peas and beans, 25s Od to 28s Od per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 26s to 28s. FALKIRK, Dec. 20. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 606 bolls; wheat at 16s 6d to 21s Od per 13 , 11 ; barley, 14s 6d to 16s 9,1 ; oats, lls 9d to 133 6d; beans, lls Od to 13s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. HAWICK, Dtc. 20.—Wheat, new, 24s Od to 29s Od; barley, new, 15s to 17s Od ; ditto old, 00s to 00s ; potato oats, 12s Od to 14s Od ; common oats, lls to 14s 0d ; peas, 20s Od to 24s Od ; beans, Vs Od to 24s Od per boll of six imperial bushels. BERWICK, Dzc. 20.—Wheat, 30s 7d ; barley, I9s 2 d , oats, lbs 4 d ; rye, Os 04 ; beans, Ins 04 ; peas, 00s 04 ave rage per imperial quarter. COAL MAR E' T.....YESTE 111) AY. Bate's West Hartley... 15a Od Lambton Primrose .i 17a 6cl Buddle's W. Hartley.. 15s Gd Bell - 178 Od Oarr's Hartley Davison'sWevt Ilartloy 15s tid' Hetton . lBs 6d East Adairs Main..... 13a 3d Haswell ISs 9d HastinFc's Hartley lss 6d Hutton Hedley's Hartley North Percy Hartley lss Od:Jonassohns New Tanfield ... 14s 6d l LEmbton Old Tantield Ord's Rodhengh Ravensworth'sW.Hart 15s 6d!rinssell's lietton ..-- IBi 3d South Peareth l4s 01 Stewart's 'Canfield Moor .... ..... 15s Od Caradoe ..... ...... Far:field Moor Butes... 143 ( d 'Cassop.. ..... ... • l7s 9d Walker's Primrose ... 13s 91 Denison ... 16s 9d West Adairs .... ... .. 14s Oa, ifeugh Hall West Hartley .. lss 6d Kelloe West Wylam Wylam Wall's End, &e i West Hetton l7s 31 Acorn Close Brown's Gas . l3s 3d 'Adelaide Tees - 17a ed Brown's ... l6a 3 , 1 Co , lddn T —17 s ,:own.._ -ses ... ..... . s ‘,. Bensham .... .. liewieke and Co. - l7s 6d 'Seymour Tees Buraton Killingworth 17s OdSouth Durham l7s Od Gosforth ..... Hedley - , 18s 9d Barton Hotspur is Od Heaton ....... Morrison ls 6d Notthumberland : , Original. Gibson Peareth Percy... Killingworth ...... Eden Main RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS: MANCHESTER, Dac. 24. STOCK EXCILLNOE. Che transactions to-day were as follow :—West Riding Union, 6% dis. Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C ), p. —North Staffordshire, 10 dis.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3 1 4 —East Anglian, 6 per cent., 1 Clitheroe (No. 1), s —Leeds, Fifths, 6% dis.— Peetwood, Is. :d.—Caledonian, Preference, 7 3 4 —Sheffield, Preference, B—North Union (A), 226 Old DA-er, 19 c.— Chitheroe, Preference, IN. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 24. Sroct ExcrrAwas.—The only transaction to-day was— London and North-Western, 111 1 , 2 . YORK, Lose. 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Eastern Counties, 6 7 4—York and North Midland, 16% York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 16% —Caledonian, 10% LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEELV'S BENCH, Dec. 24. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice EaLB and a Special Jury.) ALLEN V. DREW. This was an action to recover compensation in damages from the defendant, for the injury which the plaintiff had sustained in consequence of having been given into custody at the instance of the defendant. The plaintiff is a manufacturing chemist at Bow, and the defendant is a member of the firm of Drew, Hayward, and Co., wholesale druggists, in Bush-lane. The parties had had transactions together for some years to the amount of 400/. or 500/. a year. The business transactions generally took place between their warehousemen. On the 6th of September the plaintiff received an intimation from Bristol that a cask of tartaric acid would shortly be required. The plaintiff and his foreman communicated upon the matter with the foreman of the defendant, a man named Ferrers. He was asked by the foreman of the defendant where he could get what he wanted. He replied that he could not tai him where he could get it, but that he would order a cask for him if he thought proper. Shortly after the cask was ordered, and 60s. was paid for it by the plaintiff, through the hands of the foreman of the defendants, Ferrers. The plaintiff sent the cask to Bristol. In the succeeding March the firm of which the defendant is a member found. that their foreman had been robbing them. They ascertained that the cask in question, instead of corn:tug from the manufacturers, had come out of their own warehouse, and that the foreman had appropriated the r.aoney to his own use; believing that the plaintiff knew that Ferrers had stolen the cask, and that he had feloniously received, he was given into custody, and taken before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion •house. He was remanded, but was admitted to bail. In a week or ten days he was brought up again, and dis charged. For the plaintiff, it was shown that he was taken ill shortly after, which was attributed to the charge made against him. Ferrers was charged with the offence at the Old Bailey, and convicted, but in con sequence of having given evidence against the plaintiff, only received a nominal punishment. Sir Frederick Thesiger was for the plaintiff, and the Attorney-General for the defendant. The , defence set up and relied upon by the Attor ney-General was, that there was a reasonable ground of suspicion against the plaintiff, and that the defenrants were perfectly justified in acting upon it. The , jury, after a short consultation, found a ver dict for the plaintiff— Damages, 1001. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCE. The following is a correct list of the sentences passed during the recent sittings of this Court! — Sent enco of Death Recorded—Johanna Brown, Marga ret Forbes. Trar,sportation for Fifteen Years—Henry Bathurst Monkh.ouse, Ann Plummer. For Ten Years—Harriet Jones, Julia Collins, Wil liam Macdonald, Caroline Hill, William Tyler, William Peel, EL'zaboth Surridge alias Emma Surrage Robert Whitehead, John Lees, Ann Elizabeth Phillips alias Wiltshire, John Wright, Charles Cooper. For Saven Years—William Rhodes, John Hardy, Hannah. Crawley, Alfred Sinclair, Thomas Whitehead, Richard. Ayres, William Baugh, William Hughes, Henry Dubenson, Henry Caxall, John Sims, William Berclly,. Ann Holmes, Ann Donovan, Amelia Hawkins, Ellen fkandley. Imprisonment for Two Years—Joseph Middletor, \Fm. Tarbuck. For Eighteen Months—Thomas Murray. Twelve Months—William Dean, John Bartholomew, Mary Guijon, Elizabeth Springfield, Charles Burkett, Alfred Yepscombe, George Thomas, Sarah Spencer, Thomas. 'Taplin, Jobn Clayton, John Crag, Patrick Fee, Georg. Clark, Mary Beardmore. Nine - .Months—Henry Pope, Richard Whitehead, Josiah Thompson, John Herbert, Peter Young, Samuel Marchan,t, William Harrison, Mary Bedle. Six lf.;onths—Joseph Piz3y, William Rag, Elizabeth Hillery, Ann llsnsley, James Kelly, Rachel Dean, Joseph Dean, Robert Swift, Thomas Barr, Thomas Pierton, John Williams, Thomas Brooke, Henry Wil liams areas Bryant. - Isaac Keates, Susan Harris, Mary Ann Kelly, John Girvin, Thomas Winter. Fuur Months—Jane Nicholson, John Woodward, Mary Gatinore, Gustavus Hestruan, Frederick Burrell, Joseph Surridge, William Hancock, Samuel Marlow Philp. Three Months—Elizabeth Neale, John Pottinger, Robert Moore, Mary Draney, Eliza Wo , c,d, George Day, James Thatcher. Two Months—Edward Darling, Daniel Burton, Caro line Pratt, John Roberts. For Ott Month an A unJer —Charles Hill, William Wall, George Newell, George Terry, Mary Humble. Accpaitnli—Hugh Sway', Willi%ca Lake, Thomas Bernard Maeerthy, James Grady, George Grout, Richard: IVebber, John Harwood, John Smith, James Porker, Charles Smith, Alfred Humphreys, George Hetherilgton, John Clegg, Henry Simon, Jane Cun ningham, Bills "KA Found—Eliza Ann Frazer, Joseph Lahir, Thomas Bagley, Henry Manning, John Frost. Remands until next Sessi , m—JAtnos Welsh, James Cramley, Daniel Fitzgerald, Francis Pratt, Robert Law ler, Alexander Waddilove, Edward Nairnes. Prosecutions Abandoned—Thomas Freeman, Eliza beth Brown, Henry Johnson. These prisoners stood in dicted by the Mint authorities on a charge in each in stti,nce of making counterfeit shillings. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. An elderly man, named Daniel Blackmore, of No. 30, Fleet-bin; shoemaker, was charged with stab ping, with intent to murder, Henry Alexander Mat tham, 213 of the City Police, while on duty in the Old Bailey. George Bloomfield, 286, said, about twenty minutes past eleven o'clock last night I heard a rattle spring, and the cry of " Murder" repeated several 'times from the north end of the Old Bailey. I ran up Skinner-street, and met my brother officer, No. 213, being Jed along by two gentlemen. He exclaimed, "Oh, my God, George, lam stabbed. I shall be a dead man." From what I heard, I ran round the corner into the Old Bailey, and found the prisoner lying on the pavement on his back. The mob around sit he had stabbed my brother officer, who had knocked him down with his truncheon. Some other constables came up, and they got a stretcher and took the prisoner to the hospital, as he appeared to be insensible. Alderman Cluans asked, if he was really injured or was simulating ? Bloomfield said, he did not think it was feigned, but at the hospital they said he was not hurt, and he was then taken to the station and locked up. Alfred Waddilove, of No. 2, Holborn-buildings ' said—Last night, between eleven and t we l ve o ' c l oc k, I was standing by the porters' pitching block in the Old Bailey, and observed the constable and the prisoner a short distance from me.- There was no one else near at the time; when suddenly I heard the ofiher call out " Murder, murder !" and on ru s hi ng to the spot he exclaimed, pointing to the prisoner, " This man has stabbed me." Alderman CHALras—How close were you to them when the officer cried out? Waddilove—About 20 yards off." The prisoner said, "I've done it; I've done it." • Alderman CHALLIS—Did you observe anything in his hand ? Waddilove—He held up his hand, but I did not observe anything in it. I followed him a few steps, and in consequence of my exclaiming to some persons coming up, " Mind, he'll stab you," an officer struck hien down with his staff, but who did I can't tell, as there were several officers up nearly at the same time. I then tent for the stretcher, and assisted iu taking the prisoner to the hospital, and thence to the station-house. Alderman Cu.kuus--- - -You did not see the officer stabbed Waddilove—l did not. Alderman CHALLIS—Did the prisoner say anything beyond what you have stated ? Waddilove—He did not. Alderman CIIALLIS—Hio the knife been found ? Bloomfield—l found it about four feet from the prisoner's head, when he was lying insensible on the ground. Mr. Charles Willis, of 16, Old Bailey, said, about , t.t.n o'clock last night I was standing talking outside my door to a neighbour named Churchlow, when the prisoner came from the direction of Giltspur-street, and said, " The police have locked my wife up, and I'll do for hill), and be locked up in Newgate before two days are over." Alderman CHALLIS—Had he been drinking ? Mr. Wil'is—He appeared to be excited, but from what I can't say. About half an hour after I saw the police man, and asked him if he had taken a womau to the station-house, and Mattham replied that he had. I then informed him that a man, who I thought was her husband, bad been talking to Mr. Churchlow and myself, and I told him what had been said about doing for him. The policeman thanked me for putting him on his guard, and left, after which I saw no more of him. Alderman CHALLlS—Prisoner, do you wish to ask any questions ? Prisoner—l have none. I was drunk at the time. Alderman CHALLIS—But you said an hour before, when to all appearance sober, that you would do for the policeman? Prisoner—l do not recollect it. Alderman CHALLIS—You were sober enough to carry your threat into execution. Sergeant Edward Harding, No. 3, said, about half past I i o'clock on Sunday night he was about thirty yards from the corner of the Old Bailey, when he heard cries of " Murder!" and " Police!" and, on proceeding to the spot, found a crowd assembled, and several officers round the prisoner, who was lying on the ground senseless. Bloomfield told him what bad occurred, and he asked where the weapon was, and told hiR to turn his bull's-eye on, which was done, and the knife was found but a few feet from the prisoner... . The knife, a shomaker's one, with a blade nearly three inches long, was here produced. Harding—l assisted in conveying the prisoner to the hospital, and having ascertained that he had re ceiTed no injury, he was taken to the station-house. I afterwards proceeded, both last night and this morn ing, to the hospital, and found Mattham in a very exhausted state. The following was the certificate given to me : "St. Bartholomew's Hospital Surgery. " This is to certify that Henry Methainwai admitted into the hospital December 23d, having received a punc tured wound in the walls of the abdomen. His present symptoms do not give sufficient information for me to tell the probable result. " Dec. 24." " J. KINGDOM, House Surgeon. Alderman CHALLIS asked if there was any one present who had seen the wound ?—George Viles, re siding at Bermondsey, said he was present that morning at the hospital, when the nurse was dressing the wound. It was a hole above the navel, a little on the left side. William Mobbs, 265, said he heard the spring of a rattle, and cry for police, and on running to Skinner street he saw two gentlemen bringing the wounded officer between them. Mattham exclaimed, "Oh, Mobbs, take me to the hospital, I am stabbed ;" and, finding he could not stand, a cab was procured, and he was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Alderman CnimAs—Then he was very weak ? Mobbs—He was exhausted, and only spoke three or four words afterwards. Alderman CHALLIS—Did you see the wound ? Mobbs—l did. It is about an inch in length, and about an inch and a half above the naval. It had been bleeding, but it stopped before arriving at the hos pital. lie was also cut across the hand, which Mat tham said was done in his attempt to take the knife from the prisoner. Charles Thomas Price, 226, said—About 20 minutes past eleven o'clock I was proceeding along Ne wgate street, and saw some persons together at the corner of Skinner street, and about a minute after heard my brother officer cry out " Murder." I ran over and asked him what was the matter, and he replied, " I am stabbed." Alderman CHALLIS—Where was the prisoner at this time ? Price—Within five yards. Alderman CHALLIS-Did the wounded man say who stabbed him. Price—l asked Mattham who did it, and he pointed to the prisoner, saying, "That's him." I went into the crowd with my truncheon drawn, and before I could capture the prisoner Matt ham followed and gave him (prisoner) a blow on the head with his truncheon, which brought him to the ground. I then commenced a search for the weapon, while other persons took the officer to the hospital, and saw Bloomfield pick it up. Alderman CRAWS—The charge was yours, and why let Bloomfield take it ? Price—Because he was there as soon as I was. I afterwards stayed to clear the mob away. Alderman CHALLIS asked if the two gentlemen spoken of were in court ? Bloomfield replied they were not, but they had left their addresses at the station-house. The prisoner declined putting any questions to the witnesses, asserting that he was unconscious of what had taken place. Alderman CHALLIS remanded the prisoner until Saturday next, to ascertain what turn the unfortu nate man's wounds might tale. SOUTHWARK. Ann Murphy, Ann Lee, Mary Reddington, and Ann Reddington were brought 'Wore Mr. A'Beckett, charged with knocking down and robbing Mr. George Edward Lowe of his watch and chain. The. complainant stated that on Saturday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, he went into the Globe wine vaults, at the corner of York-street, Montagu-close, and while taking some refreshment at the bar, observed the prisoners Murphy and Lee standing there together. He remained but a short time in the house, and on quitting it, in passing Montagu-close, which is rather an unfrequented place at night, the woman Murphy, who must have followed him from the Globe, came up to him, and without saying a word struck him a violent blow on the face, which stunned him for the moment; and before he had time to recover, she rushed upon him with such force as to throw him down. While he was on the ground he heard his assailant call out " Jem," and at the same moment lie felt a tug at his watch pocket ; and on placing his hand there, he found that both watch and chain were gone. The assault and robbery were perpetrated so instantaneously, that he had no oppor tunity of seeing the person who snatched his watch, but he believed that Murphy was the woman, although he did see a man come up when she called out " Jem," but whoever that man was he could not say; and he had reason to believe he did not interfere, although he was present, and saw him (complainant) lying on the ground. The complainant added, that he had previously seen the other prisoners i❑ Mur phy's company before the robbery took place. In reply to Mr. A'Beckett, the complainant said that he had been drinking on the evening in question, and was slightly under the effects of liquor, but that he had a perfect recollection of all he had described now ; he was convinced Murphy was the woman who struck and knocked him down. The complainant added that, although he had been so roughly used, and robbed of his watch and chain into the bargain, still he did rot wish to prosecute, and begged that his Worship would dispose of the case summarily, so that he might have no more trouble in the matter. Mr. A ' BECKETT expressed his surprise that such an application should be made to him under the cir cumstances; the complainant's convenience, on such an occasion, was not to be consulted, for the public had a right that an outrage and a robbery of the above description should be thoroughly investigated, parti ticularly at a time when highway robberies, attended with ruffianly violence, were so frequent in different parts of the town. The magistrate then asked Mur phy whether she wished to say anything on the sub ject of the charge ? Murphy said that she: knew nothing about the robbery, and, in proof of her assertion, said that no watch was found in her possession. The complainant said she had ample time to pass his watch to the man who came up when she called "Jetn," and that the other man disappeared altogether before the policeman can to the spot. The policeman said that robberies were very fre quent of a night near the same spot, which is situ ated close to the dry arches of London-bridge, and used by pedestrians as a short cut to Bankside and B lack Liars - bridge., Mr. A'BECKETT said that he shoull remand Murphy, and in the meantime exertions should be used to trace the complainant's watch. With respect to the other prisoners, as there was no ev id ence to implicate them in the offence, he should discharge them. HEALTH OF LONDON clurive the WEEK. (Frem the Registrar-General's Report.) In the metropolitan districts the deaths registered in the week ending last Saturday were 1,043 ; the weekly average of the last quarter of five previous years, corrected for increase of population, is 1,162. In the corresponding week of the year, 1846, 1,276 deaths were returned; in that of 1847, 1,946 deaths, when the mortality was increased by influenza; and in the same week of 1848, the deaths were 1,118 But though soil eonshlerably less than usual, the weekly contingent now shows a tendency to rise to the winter rate of mor tality, • and the present return shows an in crease of forty one on the deaths of the previous week. In three succe:sive weeks ending Decem ber 15, the deaths from bronchitis were respectively 60, 86, and 89 ; last week they rose to 110, whilst the average is only 68; from asthma there were 21, 16, 26, and 19 in the last four w eeks ; from pneumo nia (or infl unmation of the e eleg+ ae as9o; 'The - mortality from - pne -is less ihtici the average, occurs to a much greater extent among children than aged persons; and the latter class are now the principal sufferers from the increased cold ness of the weather. Three men and five women died last week at 90 years and upwards; two of the women had turned 95 years. From diarrhoea and dysentery the deaths were 19; a woman of 70 died on the 16th of December, in Great Pulteney-street, from debility which succeeded en attack of cholera. All epidemics are less fatal than usual, except measles, which rather exceeds the average. It is gratifying to find that in addition to the ana lyses which have been already drawn up at the General Register Office, others have been undertaken by private inquirers. And Dr. Guy has favoured the Register-General with the following account of the professions or occupations of 4,312 men of the age of fifteen and upwards who were destroyed by cholera. It will be seen that the disease in London was not only fatal to the poor, but to many artisans, tradesmen, shopkeepers, professional people, and persons of inde pendent means. Of the men who died of cholera, 135 were returned simply as gentlemen, or of independent means, 6 were clergymen or ministers of religion, 16 medical men, 13 magistrates or lawyers, 11 archi tects or engineers, 11 merchants, 11 officers in the army and navy, 25 master mariners. 100 clerks or accountants, 11 Custom-house, 7 Excise officers, 14 builders, 14 booksellers, &c , 14 carpenters, under takers, &c., 13 cheeseniongers, 17 drapers, &e., 11 fishmongers, 12 fruiterers, 20 grocers, 13 oilmen, 42. licensed victuallers, 5 wine merchants, 8 master shoe makers, 6 master tailors, 6 tobacconists, 19 travellers. Of the classes returned as artisans and labourers, 52 were bakers, 32 butcher, 102 weavers, 80 tailors, 151 shoemakers, 47 bricklayers, 17 mesons, 20 plasterers, 70 cabinet makers, 111 carpenters, 28 coopers, 73 painters and plumbers, 33 sawyers, 20 shipwrights, 22 tanners, 18 turners, 16 coachmakers, 35 cabmen, 57 coachmen and cabmen, 15 saddlers, 52 carmen and carriers, 37 grooms and ostlers, 6 drovers, 44 en gineers, 10 railway guards, 13 stokers, 16 letter carriers and postmen, 99 porters or messengers, 24 policemen, 7 watchmen, 62 soldiers, 299 sailors and Greenwich pensioners, 27 watermen, 18 bargemen, 7 ballast heavers, 52 coal porters and coalheavers, 25 footmen and man servants ; 756 labourers are returned. Dr. Guy has given "a rough approximation to the ratio which the deaths bear to the living," in the se veral occupations. This determination is as difficult as it is interesting. The occupations were only re turned for the metropolis in a very general way by the Census Commissioners in 1841 ; and in the trades masters were not distinguished from men. The re sults, which deserve most attention are those which relate to well-defined, numerous occupations. " La bourer," "gentleman," " man servant," are terms very loosely employed ; but .the statement that 1 in 67 labourers, 1- in 200 gentlemen, and. in 1,572 men servants, including footmen, died of cholera, expresses something near the risk incurred by the three classes in the epidemic. The domestic men servants of London were 39300 in 1841, and 25 died of cholera; the clergy, doctors, and lawyers did not exceed 12,000, yet 35 persons belonging to the learned professions died cf cholera in 1849. The mean daily reading of the barometer at Greenwich Observatory was above thirty inches on the last three days of the week ; the mean of the week was 29 952. The daily mean temperature, which was 51° on Sunday, gradually fell to 33° on Friday and Saturday; the mean of the week was 42°, rather more than the average of the same week in seven years. The daily mean was about 10° above the average on Sunday and Tuesday, and 6° below i on Friday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAT. Tha extent and nature of the business transacted yes- terday will be gathered from the subjoibel quotati Ina; littlQ or no change will be found, and only one of the Derby favourites, viz , Voltigeur, was i n force. CHESTER CUP. 2,000 to 40 agst Capt. Hervey's Lismahagc—taken 50 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius—take 1,000 to 15 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. W. S;ebbings's Malton—taken 1.000 t) 15 agst Mr. Bumb)'s Velox—taken 3,000 to 45 agst Mr. Gregory's Damask—taken 1,000 to 12 agst Mr. E. Parr's Idle Boy—taken 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Godwin's Hotspur—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby—taken 5,000 to 50 agst Mr. Isaac Dsy's Cockermouth—taken 3,000 to 30 egst Mr. E. R. Clark's Giselle—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Thringarth— taken 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Pedley's Chatterer—taken 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. B. Green's Cadger—taken 1,000 to 10 aget Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES, 2 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's Beehunter—take 9 to 4 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ghio—taken DERBY, 1850. 17 to 2 sgst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—take 9 to 2 11 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum— take 12 to 1 11 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel— take 12 to 1 16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—taken to 251, and afterwards offered 17 to 1 apt Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—take2o to 1 20 to I agst IPrd Zetland's Voitigeur—taken to about 2501. 1,000 to 40 agst Mr. PiAlley's Sweetheart—taken and afterwards off.,red 1,000 to 35 agst Duke of Bedford's John o' Groat-30 to 1 also laid to 501. 30 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's William the Con queror—taken to 504 and afterwards off. 30 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Mayors—taken to 1504 and afterwards off , :red 40 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Harding° 1,000 to 20 apt Lord John Se,)tt's Windhound—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Palmerston's Yew Tree—taken 2,000 ,to 20 agst Mr. Murphy's Brother to Dough (Brandy B-t colt)—taken 2,400 to 20 agst Mr. C. Breton's Python—taken DER/SY, 1851. 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Jamrron's Anchorite—taken. DRAYTON MANOR.—The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel have enterteined a large party at their seat in* Staffordshire since Tuesday last, on which day they were honoured by the company of the ex-Kin. , ut the French, the Duke de Nemours, and the Duke d'Aumale. The visitors at the Manor have included the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and Viscountess Mahon, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, the Hon. Colonel A. Gordon, the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Dugdale, the Rev. E. and Mrs. Peel, General and Mrs. A'Court, Ad miral Repington, Mr. A'Courr, Captain W. Peel, 12. N., Mr. F. Peci, M.P., &c. LEICESTER TRADE.—There has been considerably less business doing this week ; bang the general period of stock-taking, but few purchases have been made. Still resumed activity is anticipated at the commence trent of the new year. The prices of wool and worsted remain firm at the last advances, and the cotton list con tinues the same.—Nottingham Journal. lIAMBURGII, DEC. 21.—The harbJur is almost clear of ice. Several vessels came in this morning— among them the steamers Archimedes, Thames, and the ISl7„leutrn Browne; and several have quitted it. There is a good deal of fresh ice forming in different parts of t'le Elbe. The English schooner Nicholas and Elizibeth, which put to sea ycsterdav from 'Cuxhaven, has run aground at Steilsand.—liamburgh Borsenhalle. — At the audit of George Maywood, Esq., of Busby Hall, at Northallerton, en Wednesday last, that gentle man generously returned his tenants 20 per cent. upon their half-year's rent:.--Newcastle Journal. INSTITUTION CIVIL ENGINEERS. The annual general meeting of the institution was held on Tuesday, December 18th, Joshua Field, Esq , President in the chair, when the following gentlemen were elected to form the council for the ensuing year : William Cubitt, President; I. K. Brunel, J. M. Rendel, J. Simpson, and R. Stephenson, M.P., Vice - Presidents; J. P. Bateman, G. P. Bidder, J. Cubitt, J. E. Erringt on' J. Fowler, C. H. G regory, J . Locke, DIP., I. R. M'Lean, C. May, and J. Miller, Mem , hers; and J. Baxendale and L. Cubitt, Associates of Council. The report of the council, which was read, alluded to the past season of unexampled depression in the engineering world, but at the same time held out hopes of improvement, on account of the agitation of the subjects of better supplies of water and gas, the sewerage and drainage of towns, the construction of abattoirs, and other sanitary questions; whilst the im provement of canals, in their struggle with the railways for the heavy traffic, the construction and ameliora tion of harbours, the embanking and improving of rivera, the recovery of marsh lands from the sea, and numerous other work?, which had been neglected on account of the more attractive railways, would resume their former importance, and eventually afford ample employment for the majority of the members of the profession. It was shown that the careful administration of the funds had been attended to, and that a considerable quantity of publications had been issued. The alteration of the commencement of the session was shown to have worked well, and in general the report of the progress of the society was very satis factory, in spire of the had times for engineers. Ile debt contrac*7ed for the improvement of the house of the institution was stated to have been en tirely liquidated by the liberality of a number of the Members. Telford Medals were presented to Lieutenant- Colenel Harry D. Jones, R.E. ; Mr. R. B. Dockrny, and Mr. J. T. Harrison : Council premiums of books to Mt esJs. J. T. Harrison and J. Richardson ; and Telford premiums of books to Messrs. R. B. Grant ham, T. R. Crampton. W. Brown, and C. B. Mans. field ; the President addressing a few complimentary expressions . to each of these gentlemen on presenting the premiums. 111 - ?rnoirs were read of the following deceased members :—Altlrs. J. Green, P. Roth well, R. Sibley, and D. Wilson, inenibers ; A. Mitchell, Lielitenant .-Coloprel- A. W. Robe, R.E. ; C: K. Sibley, W. Mitchell, and J. C. Prior, associates; and J. Woods, graduate. - The following extract from the " Memoir of Lieu tenant-Colonel A. W. Robe" will give a specimen of the meaner in which civil engineers treat aed speak of the memory of their deceased brethren, whether civil or military : " Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Watt Robe, R.E., was born at Wcolsich on the 31st of January, 1793; he commenced his military career, as a gentleman cadet, at Great Marlow, removing from thence to the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and obtained a commission in the corps of the Royal Engineers in 1811 ; finally attaining the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel in that distinguished corps in 1837. By a remarkable combination of circumstances, although he was continually appointed for active service, his appearance was generally the harbinger of peace. He joined the army of the Pyrenees in 1813, just before the termination of the war in the Peninsula; and in 1814 was attached to the forces under Sir Edward Pakenham, in the expedition to New Orleans, but only arrived at the cessation of hostili ties. Immediately on his return to England he re ceived orders to re-embark for the Netherlands, but only reached the seat of war a few days after the battle of Waterloo. He remained with the army of occupation until 1818, and shortly after his return was appointed to the Ordnance Trigonometrical Sur vey, the duties of which post he performed with great skill and ability until 1841, when he proceeded to Halifax, Nova Scotia, as second in command of the Royal Engineers; and in 1843 was appointed com mandint of the Royal Engineers at St. John's, New foundland, in which command his honourable and useful career terminated with his valuable life on the 2d of April, 1849, which was shortened by disease, originating in over-exertion on the survey in the North of Scotland, and aggravated by fatigue during the great fire at St. John's, where he toiled inces santly for forty-eighthours in prote c ti ng t h e li ves and property of the inhebitants. " Colonel Robe was descended from a line of an cestors who had all been in the military and naval services ; his four brothers were also distinguished officers, and two of them fell gloriously in the service of their country. He was devotedly attached to sci entific pursuits, and was emininently aseful in pre motieg the object of the societies which he joined, and for this his mathematical acquirements and topogra phical knowledge peculiarly qualified him. 119 was elected an essociate of this institution in 1838, and served on the council for come years, with great zeal and attention, being continually present at the meetings, and inducing the frequent production of original papers, or presents of charts, tee., for the collection. " In the performance of his civil and military duties, his zeal and ability were unbounded ; as a son, a . brother, and a friend, he could not be surpassed, and the public estimation in which he was held was fully testified by the general mourning for his loss, at St. John's, Newfoundland, where he died, and where it was said of him, that it seldom fell to the lot of a military man to be so beloved by civilians.' The secret of this respect and esteem was the active and untiring benevolence of his character, which was only equalled by his unassuming manner, and the frankness and mildness of his demeanour; and the highest eulogium that cin be paid is that those who knew him best esteemed him most.'" The thanks of the institution were voted unani mously to the president, vice-presid-nt, members, and aFsociates of council, to the auditors, scrutineers, and the secretary, for their attention to the interests of this institution. The PRESIDENT returned thanks very briefly, and and on retiring from the chair, after holding it most worthily for the two past years, he recommended to the members his successor, Mr. Cubitt, whose active energy and high position in the profession rendered him every way fit to occupy the chair of sub a society. The address wai very warmly received, and it was proposed to the council to consider by what means the eminent past presidents could be enabled to con tinue their valuable services, in conjunction with the acting council. The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 8, when the following papers were announced to be read :—" An Account of the Blackfriars Landing Pier," by F. Lawrence ; and "A Description of a Timber Bridge, erected on the 1'413 of the Lynn and Ely Railway," by J. S. Valentine, Mem. Inst. C.E. INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS AND MSS. Last week, on Thursday and following days, the well-known Winston collection of dramatic MSS. was brought to the hammer by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of Piccadilly. The sale excited much interest in the dramatic world, and th was considerable anxiety to examine, and in som cases to repurchase, letters long since forgotten by the writers, whose altered circumstances and position at the present day contrasted in many cases very re markably with those under which those letters were penned. Rarely ever has there been amassed such an amount of material for petty scandal as in the memo randa and letters composing this collection, aed which we are gratified to know in many cases re turned to the possession of the individuals to whom they related, doubtless for immediate destruction. We cannot help thinking it is an obvious abuse of confidence to preserve, index, amplify, and leave, even to the chance of impertinent curiosity in a public sale-room, letters written in an unguarded moment, or on matters never intended to be brought to the notice of a third party, revealing parti culars the publicity of which can effect no good ob ject, but may create much ill-natured remark end private heart-burning. The collection now referred to affords ample occasion for these remarks. Did we su;:pect that every hasty letter we pen may one day form an item in an auctioneer's catalogue, there is at once an end to freedom in epistolatory intercourse. With regard to the muniments, so to speak, of the great patent theatres, also forming part of the collec tion, there must have been great carelessness exer cised in their custody, else we cannot understand how they have been separated from the archives of the theatres. The collection, on the whole, brought good Pr • We may mention a collection of letters, &e ., • -;ces of Edmund Kean, lot 451, which sold for 8/. 155.; lot 477, Vice-Chamberlain Coke's papers relative to the King's Theatre, 1706 15, which sold for 121. 10s.; lot 672, the original MSS. of the Rejected Ad• dresses proposed to be spoken at the opening of Drury lane Theatre in 1812, 91. A collection of engraved dramatic portraits closed the sale, and appeared to p.oduce high prices. On Monday the same auctioneers sold Mr. Mitchell's small but interesting collection of autograph letters. From the catalogue we extract the fallowing as amongst the most interesting lots, with the prices at which they sold :—Lot 14, letter of Lord Brougham on Parliamentary Reform, sold for 11. Lot 21, letter of Cinq Mars, sold for 11. ss. Lot 53, a short note of Haydn, sold for 11. 95. Lot 75, a letter of Moses Mendelssohn, sold for 1/. 10e. Lot 89, a letter of Smollet, the historian, sold for 31. 17s. 6d. Lot 105, a letter of Voltaire, sold ler 11. 165. Several letters of Lady Hamilton, and a curious document, being a a bill for her funeral expenses, amounting to 281. 10s., sold together for Si. 4e. Lot 140, a letter of Mrs. Jordan, sold for 1/. 13s. The sale concluded with fifty letters of David Garrick, which were sold singly, and for the most part were bought by Mr. Colburn, the publisher. In one of these letters, written on the ...•• les u(t,tees 178 Od West Cornforth ........ 16s 6 14's 3d Woodyfield ~... 17s Od Corpen Hartley -17 s td 13`37SgentwaterllartIsni - 58 6 ▪ 16s dd Nixon's Merthyr and ' .... 16s 9d Cardiff ............ :21s 3 .... 14s Od Sidney's Hartley .... 16s 3d Snapethorpe l6s 6 , ▪ ... 17s Od Ships at-market, 326. .... 17s 6d ...May . 9 ..111sty 26 . Dee. 1 4 11 18 26 112 13 119 20 126 27