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t, expressed , quietly amens. J-1 s in the in idrnce, and ated penal .he defence, uld scarcely )eing in the [, on cross ich ho was h upon the n the most re unable to proved. It spirits bad ?y found rln on. There- been fully t in the full uld deem flt litigation, it as the case At, Barbican, with hating Ippeared for fendant sold it spirits on with French were 50 per is below the Ur. Child at d the Court, large num' 1 that he had ty of 2001.. :ription were ed in various the gross to LETS. attendance • at, to a trivel week, And 'paid for new P, and c° t 3 Were 4 &mobt aunt be quoted -ally held for load over th® ind malt wer e were offered at ly in retail, 0 ;e surply. The the price °f liness passa c i les, oats, a r ' vet k. W 11 0 ,1' )5; Rape see)" ill descriptio ns very moderat e : vere fully stiP iquiry at f Ol , ll , other article EC. 11.- --5 : 11 : re than on tu old. Quana, exhibited it' nd part ren3 ol " Beef, s 4 6d to .—There vif f , 4 B each v,eigboT •14 at 11646 , 9 at 114 s, 4s 11d 2.19 10 9s, and 2 t • ald thus :"."- .4 o f 6t 112 s 6d, Lis PA', DEC. 1 Ir; , from 8s 6 1 :0 at ditto, 8 1 L i Hay, from C—There wet! and 6 of P ° a dy. Osto i . e _ s o f to 6d per IPP, per bag cleciP' , econd 3a Od —s Ott —s Od —8 Od —s Od Tbiri 225 i n —s w --s n a , Ocl --s 04 193 Act 64 19s 193 190 • 17' ' 6c i 17 6 A • 19i , a 183 „d j • 198 • os 6 9 ,1 18 7: 198 9 a . iss 04 ". 188 • IE 4 pj ▪ 19 5 • 1 " 9 4 19 3 ,4 ▪ 178 o • is' 4. • 17 5 ▪ 19 6 6 a ;ola, hdpk 195 0. 1 ,ley thyr and ~lssa 6 ... . .. . .. 16,7, 3 pd trey market, 14°` Tons ,ton pool es ...... 8 ••••• 'ees iti(ET 6 ' fab l f iy wa s t0!e•,,, i 0 ugh the iP isiderable. tat, estern, was rather,", East Lsilic`.o Lancathire,ijoli. ; d is. p i 4uarters, / 0 ,10. / Band, 4 9 0' 0 ,04 Staffordsh ire ' ad' N. E. P"rolrirKr 0 7 d and LlOl 00 to-day we° 6 / No. 4), 6 I' ro and Lee d6 ' Caledoni an —North k, 59. 2. is pr steausteads , s icAe° w' dipositioo 1 - 0 to ire is kno . "l i s ith ay cone.lll fily; w t ri A 0 Vier ' Of to-day 46 %—AA7,,,,go r , i p 5/. j 'Newcastle, Sherit o, fing Athens , u' ri tiO rising the f e ffiCa e j . tll e 0 11 1,0 Ln aged P e '` eev, DudlG e% With ow % t e erilkie' t i cs 00 n• years arr o is unable `dirl P ei i kind of ° I ca ws s effecta3lolAo can no!' 0, Drugg' s A o o• , rand, 1 • 0 u Jo the y e Of /I o ,k" .a, Esq ., oi - the ladi usse2ct - f tba the vi r s lte c t s CP 4 ,1 r i r 5 .,54 . si t aln be re r Mare 1 . 7 . 1 i c e-f,. v il )uneur, of (11 istitution deat ° , o a igen su Ag' v ivg r L3dY anies, j O D° „ Islin6 re d laevf 'D ° 4 Q UIZ:Cat in the L 9, MIDDLESEX PRI .7 O.TS —To Bakers, But chers, Mealmen, Oilmen, Who'esale Or cars, Brushmakers, Leathersellers, Slopsellers, Soapbollers, and Others. WANTED, at the Howes of Correction at Coldbath-fields and Westminster, and at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, SUP PLIES of the underme,tioned ARM LE3, from the 25th of Docem kr instant., to the 24th of June next inclusive, viz.:—About 19 cw:,• of bread daily, in loaves of various weights; good ox beef, without bone, consisting of clods and stickings; ox heads, weighing on an average 23 lb. each ; mutton, consisting of breasts, necks, and ribs ; molasses, sugar, rice, potatoes, Scotch barley, oatmeal, salt. soap, cis, brushes, &c.; leather, clothing, woollen cloth, bedding, and linen. Person willing to contract may see patterns and samples, accord ing to which the tenders are to be made, and obtain the necessary forms if tender, upon application at either of the said Houses of Cor rection, on any day (Sunday excepted). Sealed Tenders are to be delivered before Twelve o'clock on Trwas 74ar, the 20th instant, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell- green ; and the persons tendering must attend there at that hour personally, With the names and addresses of their respective sureties. The Vl - Justices do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any of the tenders. Dated this 10th of December, 1849. efIARLES WRIGHT, i CHARLES P. ALLEN, Clerk!. MESSRS, WILLIAM TEGG and CO. havin g REMOVED to more commodious and extensive Premises, No. 85, Queea-street (seven doors from Cheapside), respectfully in ns Paren s, Guardians, Conductors of Schools, &c., and Young persons themselves, to an Inspection of their large and varied stock "Juvenile Books, for which this House has been long celebrated, as Well as of their Standard and useful Publications. . . . A Catalogue forwarded free to all parts of the kingdom, on receill or a letter addressed to Messrs. William Tegg and Co., 85, Quem- Street, Cheapsido. Just published, in Two Thousand Pages, royal Svo price 365., the POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for 1850. Principal Divisions of the work:—Official Direc „„torY ; Street Directory ; Commercial Directory; Trades' Directory ; Directory : Court Directory ; Parliamentary Direct, ry ; Postal Directory ; City Directory ; Conveyance Directory; Banking Direc tory ; Assurance Directory ; —with a very great amotnat of general I nformation. For Reviews of the work. which is now the only Lon . den Directory published, see Times, 23d ult. ; Chronicle, 22d ult. ; }Jerald, 23d ult. ; Post, 24th ult. ; Advertiser, 24th ult. ; Daily News, Pd ult.; Sun, 22d ult. ; Globe, 23d ult. ; DiSpateli, 25th ult. ; John Mull, 24th ult. ; Britannia, Ist inst. ; Spectator. 24th ult. ; Her Path's Journal, 24th ult.; Mining Journal, 24th ult. ; Atlas, 24th Wt.; Era, 25th ult. ' • Literary Gazette, Ist inst. ; Examiner, Ist inst. Wm. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court ; and all Booksellers. STERROLAIE BLACK CLOTH. T A TILL AND WILSON, 52, ST. MARTIN'S-LANE, Invite public attention to their important improvements in the dye and finish of Black and other Clo'hs. By their new proeess the blank d Ye I.permanent, does not wear white at the seams, and resists all stains of acid., &c. The finish is peculiarly soft and glossy, is im- Pervious to rain or dust, and retains an uniform lustre in wear. For a description, of the Stereolaic Cloth, see joursal of Designs for De cember, 1849. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. The First of a Series of Illustrated Lectures, by Dr. Backhoffner, On the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation, daily at Two o'clock, and on the Evenings of Tuesday and Thursday, at Eight. —An entirely l ievr Set of Dissolving Views of London in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, with a Descriptive Lecture, daily, at Half-past &Our, and sowne Evenings at a Quarter te Ten.—The Views of Rome are daily, at One o'cleck.--A. Lecture on the Cultivation of the Voice and on the Art of ,Singing, by G. Clifford, Esq., on Tues• ,day, Thursday, and Saturday , at a Quarter to Fonr, and on the al tercate Evenings, at Eight.—Lectures on Chemistry, by Mr. Ashley. " - Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydregen Microscope, Diver aid Diving &c., &c. Admission. Is --Schools, Half-price. MR. FARQUHARSON SMITH be g s to in form the Public that the Lord Chief Baron NICHOLSON rl the JUDGE and JURY SOCIETY will appear THIS and every future EVENING, at the Royal Italian Opera Hotel (late Garrick's ii .ad), Bow-street. The Court sits at Nine o'clock precisely. A new and excellent Ca , e To-night, showing how a Farmer from 44 sex and his Qnaker Friend were decoyed in, and served out. Entertainment after the Case, Mr. Fa' quhars n Smith's Grand Vocal . ntertainm e nt (unmatched in the History of Harmony), admission n se•—/lerr HERMAN, the renowned German Basso, every evening. NOTICE.—We, the undersigned, hereby give Notice to eur several Agents and the Trade, that Letters patent have been granted for our inventoe in the appli ration of the DOWN of the EIDEIt to purposes of WEARING APPAREL, and it after this date we shall take such proceedings as we may be C l ' , lsed, in ord e r t o re str a in others front making, or causing to be Ma de, any infringement upon our said patent and invention. Dec (Signed) H. J. and D. NICOLL, . 1, 1849. REGENT-STRRET and CORNIIILL. rHE NOVELTY most recently introduced by MF.SSRS. NICOLL Is called NICOLL'S EIDER DOWN s, .LETOT, such novelty consisting in the adaptation of Eider Down : 1 ! , the several purposes of wearing apparel, but more particularly in ‘ formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original elegance and utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved. E lders are found in greatest numbers in Iceland and the Ferr Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down is well known to bt proof, against the most severe cold, and even the small quantity w ), u ‘ch can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wit in the formation of a Palctet, which, while it has most extra ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the finest thlcke3t blanket, the great desideratum for a winter garment! ' J el ] , l l/ thus accomplishes], namely, personal warmth without fatigue. tre üblic inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale ant warerooms, 114 116 , and 120, REGENT. STREET, and 22, CO:tNIIILL, Lom'on. TFIX NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment secured by Royal Letters Patent from !eneral imitation. It has all the advantages of Messrs. NICOI.L'S riginal invention, the REGISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA LOTH. The NICOLLTALETOTS are charge One, Two, Three, nd Three-and a-half Guineas, according with the climate or pur ..oso for which they may be required, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET ; also 22, CORNMILL 'facing the Exchan....e. THE SEAL FUR PA.LETOT The eoetly nature of the miterill will necessarily confln• he use of this garment to a :elect few ; but he who can afford the cnense will pronounce it to be the most gentl:tmanly, elegant, and mu lons artile of dress that can passlhly be conceived. Messrs. :ICOLL will, however, continue to supply he SEAL FUR 'ALETOT at its present moderate pric i --that is to say, so ong as 'le demand does net interfere with the supply ; for it must be 'erne in mind that the number of Seal Skins in Vie Eiglish market 'very limited—at least such as are capable of a lantitio to the went purp-lse, that of being binned into the grze f a garment ailed NICOLL'S PALETJT. Reentered 6 and 7 cap, 6i. 1 early inspection and purchme wo therefore, he desirable. .! J., and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET, ad 2 2. CORN ki IL L, LONDON. CTIRISTMAS.—One of the new patented inven t ons called NICOLL'S EIDER DOW P ‘LETOT will ,71ptless form a most accept4ble gift at the approaching season of when it is somewhat difficult to se.ect the best token of flidship or affection. The lightness and warmth of this garment 7/ Tender it iti , 4hly setviceahlc for coveria; an evening costume ,ithout causing the least disarran:ement and frora the peculiarity f the formation of the whole it precludes the necessity for any mea . a ., lr ement being taken, as merely some sli%ht de s cription of heleht or e l 9 - Fice w i ll , ti fik e t o ena bl e the patentees to supply an EIDER ," r.kLETOT, at the cost of SIX GUINEAS , and which may ' be described as one of the best preservatives of health tvor yet itro duced to the public. v. 11, J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, and 122, Regent -great, and 22, ' 44111 11. London. THE NICOLL PALETOT ( Re g ise'red 6 and Viet., eap. 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 1%0, REGENT- L.!•CET, and 22, CORN HILL. . / . 1 -,.,,any have assumed the use of the word Pa LETOT. but Messrs. ,;;,LL are the sole Patentees of the design and material. Wholesale and Courting House Departments for the London Zilehts in the Shipping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE- Lt CORNHILL, and 120, NEGHNT-STREET. IVECHI'S TABLE CUTLERY has long been famed for Its admirable qualities, combined with cheapness. IN m anufactory is at 4, Leadenhall-street, four doors from Cornhill. 041 _'ed-handles, in sets of 50 pieces, 21. 10s., 31. 10s., 41. 10s. ; ,`,!'on kitchen, per dozen, 10s., 12s , IGs. Gd., 215., 255. Table 4 4 , .I)atent sharpeners, cases of dessert knives, Sheflie'd plated . u ,... 'cc. Mechi's penknives are excellent and economical, from ti o _Pwards. Ills peculiar steel razors and ma,gic strop and paste ' gl , en comfort to many a suffering shaver, and the ladies pro his scissors to be unequalled. A TATTLE on the CATTLE. Two gentle , nen (myself and Mr. Dyall) Conversel together in faMillar speech : And now, for Moses' sake, I'll make a trial To tell, verbatim, what was said by each. " Sir (said my friend), do you intend to go To see this famous Smithfield Cattle Stow ?" " Yes, Sir (said I, In my reply), Iran be well, I'm certa'n to be there, For I enjoy the sight at Portman-square, Not only for the oxen, sheep, and pigs, On which Friend Punch delights to play his rigs, lint for the well-dresse gentlemen and ladies, Whose fashions are a prof what Moses' trade is." " Exactly so (said Dyal ), I and you On such a subject have the self-same view. 1 never went, I do declire, To see the prizes at the square, Without admiring Moses' dresses there. I certainly conPss (Said Mr. Dyall), That such su erior dress Should cause us ev'ry one to make a trial." "Just se (said I), I acquiesce In all you .ay of Moses' dress. The Paletots (and you I see have ens), Do credit to the Mart of M. and Son." GMT OP PRIMUS. READY NAM Autumn and Winter Over ;'oats, in every ZI 8 6 The Balwer,handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 18 0 The Paletot, ditto— .. .• •• 08 0 Chesterfield. ditto ..... 1 • 0 Tho Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style of oy , r Coat .. ••••••••• • '' • • • • ••• • • • 1 8 • Sh a° lll l2 Coats • 0 I 6 Lounging or Morning Coats .. •• ••••• • • • • • •4 6 it •k r rluaot and Winter Trousers, in Tweed •••• 04 6 Ditto ditto Doeskin 0 7 6 Ditto Vesta .. ...... 02 6 Sck b il i k t :elvet Vests.-- 0 13 6 Tenth s . •• • . 019 0 and Boys' Over Coats, in every style, u nitssar and Tunis Sults •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 14 6 Ys' Autumn and Winter Vests •• •• • • 0 3 M. 4311 TO MEAOII/1.1. t i ,a* •l l Autumn and Winter Over Coats .. from 1 1 T he Chesterfield Wrapper, in a warm ma terial, lined • .. •••••••• • • • • • • " " 1 ;ue Paletot,handsom . ely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0 12 * Eglinton Wrapper, a very elegant style of ~,,Pver Coat •• ••.••••• •• •• •• -40 Strathmore Raney Over Coat, newest A style. lined throughout 2 10 0 ' Lll alnn and Winter Trowsera, in Tweed and Doeskin. ....... „ .......... .. 1 45 ' 4 Bisset Casslmere ditto .. ••.••••• • • • • • • 1 6 b u tatnn and Winter Tests •• • • .....• •••• • • 0 6 6 iulest Black Cloth ditto l ack Silk Velvet ditto •• • • ...... 0 18 6 *. Dress Coats•• •••••• • • • • •• from 32a. t• 2 HI • Frock •• it l assar and Tunic Suits• ....... •• ....from 1 OUp.-- ...... 1 15 0 h Csat .....• ••••• • • • • • • 0 15 0 Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, i e 0 4 4 rile Steck of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201. Naval and Military Inifenns, Liveries, &e. 'downing to any extent at Five Minutes' notice. A Suit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s. ii r ~ h e "" r book, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with fnll era rd t e i d ens ter Self-measurement, can be had ea application, or for- Post free, to any part of the kingdom. tli . '" -- The Fur Departm ent is new replete with every novelty 'sem ° , ..Ob lery • "easu r . m any article purchased, either ready made, or made to • m r ;,'2°t approved of will be exchanged, or the money returned. 1 4 4. -- ",","e•S and SON rs Woollendrapers. Clothiers, Hatters. ;. ur rlers. Boot ' an d S o hc ' esnakers, and General Outfitters, 154, 4eai tc ;-.. and 157 Min u ories and 82, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, %title nu bnim ni ting ;vith each other, and forming one vast n ca e itv `Lul. .1,4114°U, • -- E. Mates and Bon regret having tO guard the pal? lie leise4 o iniDosition ; but having • heard that the nntradesman ,14 to L i being connected with them, sr "It is the same cChtOrn. eY be resorted to in many instances, and for obvieus reasons, er o nt state that they have no connexion with any other bons. ca fib of London, except their Branch Establishments, 36, Far t.„.etta'l4; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; el or whe require che a p an d ge nu i ne clothing, &c., ehenld cal the 11* 1(1 to the Minorlea and Aldgate, City, London ; or either of teh hdahmenta, as above— ta ‘te N ott sThis Establishment M closed from sunset Friday, when backless liFicaumod till,twolvo o'clock. , ~. T . . , _ . 7 ,- 7 . 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BRUNEL. as to-day -g244taatyegdu underbnys , u 62 r. o ß h o o b r e s ret Commander pcos.wt Allen, r y , e n b s y The Termag a nt s t eam -f r i gate, by White, of Seaward, l l n n ss l e e 6 n i t m o t , o u n n t oft Cowes,l e B master of that ship, to the measured mile in Stoke's Bay, to make a further trial of her steaming powers —a better result than heretofore achieved being de sired by the Admiralty in return for the immense cost of the ship—about 70,0001. ! Captain Ellice, controller of steam machinery, on behalf of th 3 Admiralty, came down expressly to witness and report upon this result, and was particularly im• pressive upon all who seemed likely to communicate reports of the trial that none should " get into the papers" before the Admiralty were first served. Two members of Messrs. Seaward's firm also came down to attend the trial. Mr. Murray, chief engineer of the dockyard, also went out in the ship, and numerous oiler officers. She was trimmed as if in commission, and drew—forward, 16 feet 2 inches; aft, 17 feet 10 inches ; making her 20 inches by the stern. She made six runs, at the measured mile, with the follow ing result : Runs. Knots. Reduced mean. First •... 10.112 Second ... 6.452-8,282 Third 10 . 2 56-8.354-8.318 Fourth 6.779-8 517-8.435 Fifth ... 10.112-8.455-8 481 Sixth ... .. 6.629-8.370-8.407 Mean of means-8.400 knots per hour. The engines performed al their functions in the most perfect and eminently aatisfactory manner, and elicited marked praise and attention from the Admi ralty Controller. They made from 31 to 33 revolu tions. The thermometer in the stokehole indicated 100 deg, and in the engine -room 89 deg. The trial was under favourable auspices; the wind was E , with a strong topgallant breeze and smioth water, in which she made the half-circle in 3i minutes. With the tide the wind was on the quarter; running against the tide the wind was three points on the bow. The result was considered more favourable than that obtained on her last trial on the 20. h ult., which we do not clearly comprehend, as she then made, as the mean of six runs, 8.544 knots, whereas on the pre sent trial she made 8.400 only. She will be docked in a few days, and have divers means tried to improve her, after which sbe ,will be tried again with a new screw. N, Chads, C.B , of the temporary figship 1114• went on board and read the Admiralty letter an nouncing the result, which was that Mr. Drury, clerk, and Mr. Wortley, acting mate, be summarily dis missed from her Msjestv's service ; that Mr. Patterson, acting mate, and Mr. it amsey, midshipman, lose one year's time ; that Mr. Cator, acting mate, Mr. Wilds, second master, and Mr. Freeman, clef k, lose six months' time; nod that Mr. Lushington and Mr. Drake, naval cadets, lose three months' time; all the latter to be admonished to be more circumspect in their conduct in future. We may now announce under what circumstances the above punishments have been inflicted :—lt appears that the midshipmen's mess took in for the voyage home a larger amount of live stock than the service permits, end without fodder for the stook. Thirteen sheep were among tWs stock , a number never hi-ard of in such a mess before, and caused the First Lieutenant to remonstrate with tie "young gentlemen" upon the subject, but with no satisfactory result, the mess " arguing the point" with that, important officer. The first lieutenant then granted them 10 of the sheep, and requested tl , at the o'her three might I.e killed or disposed of. This wai refused, end the for mer e,fiicer there-upon ordered the three to be killed, giving the mess the option of salting the carcases for provisions. This they woull not do, and when the carcaes b . :;csme dt cimposed, and th;:-rely highly offensiva and injurious to the health of the ship's company, the first lieutenant ordered them to be thrown overboard, which was done. This brought upon him all the ire of the midshipmen's mess, and they wished to bring him to trial by court-martial ; also charging him with eating cauliflower of theirs, we pr( some), " knowing the same to have been stolen.' A court of inquiry sat on board in this harbour two days list week, and thoroughly investigated the case, fully reporting to the Admiralty the evidence pro and con The above adjudication, to-day put in force, will let the public and the service know the final result, and will serve to show that discipline must be preserved, especially in those ranks whence is expected to be shown a good example to others less fortunate in point of position, and more prone to corruption from evil communications than themselves. So salutary and so summary a lesson cannot be with out its fullest effect upon the ruing generation of naval officers. N°. I ,853. J LONDON THURSDAY I G - 7 DECEMBER 13 , 1849. ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK; And 14, PALL-MALL. Chairman—The Rght Hon. the LORD MAYOR. Deputy-Chairmau —WILLIAM LEAF, Esq. Richard E. Arden, Esq. :J. Ilumphery, Esq., AM. William Banbury, Esq. • Gupsrt IngleV, Esq. F.dward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman. Thomas Camplin, Esq. !Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq. James Cliff, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq. .4.UDlTORS—Professor Hall, M.A.; J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq. PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeadreson, 2 Finsbury-square. SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. CONSULTING ACTUART—Protesser Hall, M.A., of King's College. STANDING CoUNSEL— Sir John Romilly, Solicitor-General. SOLICITOR —William Fisher, Esq., 19, Dotwlity-street. ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY. In addition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders hare the security of an _A:surance Fund of more than a Quarter of a Million, and an annual Income approaching 70,0001. a year, arising from the issue of 6,500 l'oMos. -PREMIUMS TO ASSURI £lOO. WHOLE TEM.!. Aged One Year. (Seven Years. .I r With Profits. Without Protitv, X 1 15 10 £1 11 10 285 2 0 7 3 0 7 2 14 10 4 6 8 4 011 6 12 9 6 0 10 20 £0 17 8- .£0 19 1 30 1 1 8 1 2 7 40 1 5 0 1 .6 9 - 50 1 14 1 1 19 10 60 3 2 4 3 17 0 One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit for seven years, or ouc-third of the Premium may remain for life as a icht upon the policy at b per cent., or may be paid off at any time without notice. _Claims paid in one month after proofta have been approved. Loans upon approved se..urity. The medical officers attend every day at Throgmorton-street at a quarter before two o'clock, at Pall-mall at a quarter before three. E. BATES, Resident Director. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR. ANCE COMPANY. \"o. 11, LOMBA/tD-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post office, London. DIRECTORS. JOIIN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman. THOMSON HANKEY, jun., Esq., Deputy-Chairman. 'lenry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq. John Dixon, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. ohs Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. TORS. :•4amuel Jones Loyd, Esq. 'hornton, Esq. oavies, Esq., F.R.S. AUDI' 1.. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes ACTUARY-Griffith In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at ow Rates without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At each of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made, the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received; and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com pany exceeded 530,0001. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 501. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared the 6th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same s now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted), between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and Aso by the Agents iu the Country Districts. Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christ mas Day must be renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. I, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall or with the Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. GEORGE KEYS, Secretary. EA, FIRE, LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. Established by Act of Parliament, 31, 4lortmliLL, LONDON. Capitalloo,oool., in Shares of 20s. each, to be paid In Bill on allotnient, bearing a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. In perpetuity (irrespective of further dividends) upon the paid-up capital. Application for Shares to be addressed to the Directors at the Offices of the Society. Marine, Fire, and Life Assurances granted on the most liberal terms. Immediate and Deferred Annuities granted on terms especially advantageous for investment of capital. By order, AUG. COLLINGIZIDGE, Managing Director. REAT EXHIBITION OF THE WORKS it. I OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, MI. The FIRST LIST of the Names of Promoters and Subscribers to this Exhibition will shortly be reported to the Prince Al bert, President of the Society of ,rts. The Merchants, Rankers, Manufacturers, and other Gentlemen coni:ected with the City of London who are desirous that their names should be so recorded, are requested to communicate immediately with the Honorary Secre taries of the CITY of LONDON COMMITTEE, addressed to Guildhall. STEPHEN REED CATTLEY, Hosiorary DAVIT) WILLIAM WIRE, 5 Secretaries. Guildhall, December 12,'1849. In Svo. cloth, lettered, price 128. I ETTERS on the THEO'R'Y of PROBALI. ,1 TIES, applied to the Political and Moral Sciences. By M. A. QUETELET. Translated from the French by Mr. 0. G. DOWNES. " We have no doubt that the work Neill be eminently useful in th's country." - London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Ma gazine. " We have rarely seen a scientific work rendered with so much elegance."—Atlas. " M. Qnetelet is an able reasoner, and chooses his illustrations very happily, so as to render an apparently abstruse subject of easy comprehension. The study of esuses is shown in natural pheno mena, such as the flowering of plants ; and the proba'Alities of life, in the domestic superstition of thirteen to dinner.'"—lllu.s -trated London News. London. Charles and Edwin Layton, 150, Fleet-street. Just published, price 2s. Gd., or by post 3s. FI E MOT HER COUNTRY; or, the Spade, the Wastes, 2nd the Eldest Son. An Examii:ation of the Condition of England —Home Col ttization . . —Poor Law—Peasant Proprietary--Entail and Primogeniture -Cor porations -Charities, Endowments - Church Property—Peace—Re ligion— ree Trade—Taxation—Communism—A Paternal Govern ment—The Age of Shams, &c. By SIDNEY SMITH. John Kendrick, 4, Charlotte-row, Mansion House, London. ItOOFF'S IMPROVED RESPIRATOR (Pa tent), for CONSUMPTION, ASTIf MA, and DELICATE LUNGS, is particularly recommended for the easy respiration it permits, having separate channels for the inspired and expired air; formed of tubes instead of wire gauze, it warms and purities the at mosphere without becominz clogged, and neither requires cleaning nor repairing. No unsightly appearance. Testimonials seen, and descriptions sent.—Depot, 183, Strand, near Norfolk-street. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Dec. 12. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) John Robinson was indicted for forgery. Mr. Monk and Air. Joseph Pollock prosecuted, Mr. James defended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner had planned and exe cuted a series of forgeries which have been carried on in Manchester, the metropolis, and elsewhere with great ingenuity and succese. The fraud consisted in forging cheques on the different banks, by obtaining by some means the genuine signatures of the parties who kept accounts at the several bankers', and then in skilfully filling up cheques, signing the name, and obtaining the money. Apprehensive of detection when getting the cheques cashed, a plan was devised fer making use of persons unconscious that any such fraud was being practised. In the case now tried, the prisoner was indicted for has ing, on the 28th of April last, at Manchester, forged a cheque for the sum of 3251. 95., with intent to defraud William Burton. In a separate count he was charged with uttering merely. It appeared, from the statement of counsel and the witnesses called, that on the IS - h of April there appeared an advertisement in the Liverpool Courier, for a young man required to fill a commercial situa tion. A young man named Frederick Whitfield, now clerk is a house in Dublin, answered this advertise ment; and subsequently received a letter from the prisoner, who 'adopted the name of "Whittam." Whitfield was requested by the writer to meet him at the Corn Exchange, in Manchester ; and they met there accordingly. Prisoner, after talking with Whitfield for some time, and representing himself to be a corn-merchant, left fur a while, saying that he had some one to see. On his return he requested Whitfield to go and get cash for the cheque in ques tion, which the other agreed to do. The cheque was on the bank of Sir Beni smin Heywood and Co., and purporting to be drawn by Mr. William Burton, who, it appeared, had kept an account at that bank for some time before. Whitfield went to the bank, re ceived the money ix six 501. Bank of England notes, and the remainder in ca.* and brought it to the prisoner. Prisoner then_ asked him to carry the notes to the Branch Bank of England, in King street, Manchester, and get them exchanged for gold, giving him sixpence to pay for a bag to put the cash in, and observing that he did- not like to go as the bankers were jealous of being called on to pay in cash. Whitfield thereupon went to the branch bank and got the gold, prisoner having en dorsed the notes, " Whittam, Preston." To prove the guilty knowledge in the prisoner, on the charge of uttering, there were several other similar previous utterings by him. Two of these were made subjects of distinct charges by two other indictments. The prisoner had obtained by these means, in the whole, about 1,5001. Verdict—Guilty. Sentence—To be transported for twenty years. NISI P - RIUS COURT.— (B, , fore Mr. Justice TALFOURD.) Thomas Hardman was charged with having mar ried Jane Haswell, his former wife being then alive. Mr. Monk prosecuted; Mr. Joseph Pollock de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner was married on the Ist of January, 1835, at Bolton, to one Eliz. Raws thorne, by whom he had several children, who, having become chargeable to the parish at Wigan, .the poor law guardians instituted the present proceeding, havitg. discovered that the prisoner was married at Gretna Green on the 14th of November, 1847, to Jane Haswell, who was a barmaid at an inn in Carlisle, from which place they eloped, and were duly married by John Murray, a toll-collector near the border. The first marriage having been proved, and the second wife having given evidence as to the second marriage, the Counsel for the prosecution called John Murray, who said I am a toll collector at Alison's Bank, in the parish of Gretna. I produce register of marriages which I keep (the following is an extract) : " Alison's BAnk Toll-house, Parish of Gretna, Scotland, 14th November, 1847. " We, Thomas Hardman, residing in the parish of St. Mary's, in the county of Cumberland, and Jane Has well, residing is the parish of St. Mary's, in the county of Cumberland, d) hereby acknowledge ourselves to be married parsons ' in testimony whereof we have re quested William Graham and William *Can to sign this as witnesses to the genuineness of our signatures. " Wm. Graham. " THOS. HARDMAN, his mark. " Wm. M•Can. " JANE HASWELL, ; - ..1 her mark." Witness, in continuation—When the parties came into the room I asked tham to stand up. I said, " Are you, Thomas Hardman, a single, unmarried man ?" and he said, " Yes." I then said, " Are you, Jane Haswell, a single, unmarried woman ?" and she said, " Yes." I then asked Thomas Hardman if he took Jane Haswell to be his lawful wife, and he said, " Yes." I then asked Jane Haswell if she took Thomas Hardman to be her lawful husband, and she said, " Yes." I then told Thomas Hardman to put a ring on her finger; and he having done so, I asked them if they declared themselves to be man and wife before God and the witnesses, and they said " Yes." This is a usual form of marriage in Scotland. Cross-examined by Mr. POLLOCK—My place is called Alison's Toll-bar. I am nearer Carlisle than Mr. Linton's, the original blacksmith. I have mar ried for seven years, at the rate of about 400 couples a year. They generally take a little whiskey both before and after the marriage. Alexander Downie—l am a writer at Dumfries. I have heard the evidence given by the last witness. That is a perfectly good marriage, according to the law of Scotland. Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the prisoner, contending that, from the evidence of Jane Haswell, the prisoner had been drinking on the morning of the marriage at Gretna, and was not in a state to render any contract made by him binding. Hie LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of Guitty.—Sentence deferred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Samuel Lourio, Bernard Gordon,; and Loderick Faderman, underwent a long examination on Tuesday evening before the Lord Mayor, upon the charge of having engraved plates in imitation of the plates used by the Imperial Bank of Russia, with which notes are struck off for issue, and with having prepared the spurious notes with intent to defraud the Russian Government. . Mr. Clarkson attended for the Emperor of Russia, instructed by Mr. Peachy, from Messrs. Oliverson and Co., Old Jewry; Mr. Isaacs and Mr. Norton at tended for the prisoners. Mr. Clarkson, who had produced upon the first examination of the prisoners as much evidence as he considered to be necessary to justify a remand, went upon the present occasion into a full detail of the circumstances of the case. He prefaced his statement by representing that the law considered as guilty those who committed, through the instrumentality of an innocent person, an illegal act, without at all in volving the latter, although aware of the fraudulent intention of the persons accused. He then, in the clearest manner, described the whole progress of the work, and called Mr. Feger, from whose evidence we select what was not adduced upon the first exa mination, and which was as follows :—I first saw Gordon 18 months ago, when he came and gave me en order to prepare cards for him. On the same evening I saw Lourio and Gordon, and the latter said he did not like to see any young man about, and that the business must be transacted with me alone. In engraving a plate of this description there are various branches of the trade engaged, and I employed several assistants. Four plates were necessary (be sides the numbering on either side of the bottom in the circles) to complete the note. Lourio and Gordon paid me three half-crowns to buy the copper before I saw Faderman, whom they called the " gentleman." I received no other money until S e pt em b er , w h en they said the gentleman had arrived, but I had asked before, and they made excuses. In the middle of that month I received from Lourio, in the presence of Gordon, a blue five-rouble note, that I might engrave a fac-simile of the back for a ten- rouble note, anal after that order was finished I was to have a good order for the blue. When Lourio gave me the five rouble note, he made a comparison with an eyeglass of the back of the ten-rouble note, to see if they were the same. When I entered the house in which Federman was, they appeared to shield me from the observation of any one, and locked the door of the room in which we were. There was a rumbling in the next room, and they looked in, and sent down a woman who was making the bed. ' , After some conversation, I said, " When the plates were finished I should go into the country, take the plates with me, and there work off the notes." On the 29th of September I took to the lodging of Federman, at Kennington, .the print of the front plate, with the writing and the arms on it. I showed it to all the prisoners, who handed it to a foreigner who was with them, and held it up to the light of the candle to see if the watermark was right, and they appeared satisfied, and spoke to me about taking a house in the country. On the 12th of October Lourio and Gordon came again to me, and gave me 11. to pay a deposit for a press which we had been looking at, and about a fortnight afterwards they gave me 41. 145., and told me to add 6s. to it and pay 6/. for the press, which I did. Two days after wards they came to look at it, and took an im pression in red ink of the back ground of the front plate, and said the " gentleman" did not like the impression in black ink, and wanted to see it in red in which it was to be printed. On the 4th of November I went with my assistant to Faderman's at Kennington, where the other prisoners also were, taking with me an impression of the back of the note to show them for their approval. Feder man read it, and Lourio corrected the errors with a pen. He read it in a foreign language as I could do English. There were about 25 corrections in it, and before they were made Federman and Li,urio corn municated together. Before I left Federman's that day Lourio produced whit I beliwve to be a Bible in Hebrew and English, and said to me the "gentleman" wished me to swear that I would lose no time in exe cuting the work, and that I would pay no attention to any other work but theirs till I had done it. I went through the ceremony of swearing on the book. The others were sworn also, and then we shook hands and parted. On the 20th of November my man and ' I went to Faderman's lodgings, with impressions printed of the note entire, all but the figures 40. Federman was alone, and he examined it, and. said, " Good, good," and we were again sworn. He handed the book to me, and kissed it, and gave it to me ; and he said " Lose no time," and I kissed the book. The witness in the course of his evidence particularised .the various sums of moaey he -re ceived as he proceeded in the work, and described the frequent visits he had received and paid up to the day on which the prisoners were apprehended by John and Daniel Forrester, the Mansion-house officers. The witness underwent a long cress : examination by Mr. Norton and Mr. Isaacs, the object of which appeared to be to show that, inasmuch as the prisoners were not actually engaged in the work of engraving and printing, and no issue of the notes had taken place, there was no legal offence committed by them The witness said he had never engraved any plates of the kind before, nor been before a witness in such a case. Mr. Clarkson stated that Mr. Feger had acted with a great deal of judgment and discretion in applying, the moment he discovered the intentions of the pri soners to be fraudulent, to his solicitors, Messrs. Wire and Child, and acting exactly according to their advice. The Learned Counsel requested that the prisoners might be remanded from time to time until the arrival of the necessary witnesses from Russia. The LORD MAYOR acquiesced, and remanded the prisoners till Tuesday next. It is said the amount of the whole mass of notes, if they all git into circulation, would exoeed 150,0001. Mr. ARNOLD said he was so much surprised at th.., eitraordinqry nature of the proceedings, when the matter was first brought under bis notice, that he had been unable to give that attention to the terms of the Act tinier which they were taken which was neces sary to arrive at a correct judgment upon the case. After a careful perusal of the ath section of the steuta up ,n which the course against the defendant was groun led, he was clearly of opilion that its intention was solely to refer to persons who were paupers in the ordinary sense of the word, and receiving relief from the parish funds, wl.e:tas in this instance it was shown that the defendant was a gentlem m and a professional person, and, so fir from being a common vauper, voluntarily seeking aid from the parish, had been in. veigled into the workhouse, ani forcibly detaine 1 there 94.ainq his will, which he consi lered was not sufficient to render him chargeable within the meaning of the act. fraying arriv.d ar, this conclusion, after mature deliberation, he coesidered that it was not in his province to determine whether the defendant was a lunatic or not, as the case had not properly come within his jurisdiction,' and he must therefore order the defendant to be forthwith discharged. Immediately the Magistrate pronounced his decision, Mr. Bowers, the medical attendant upon Mr. Eliot's family, and another gentle:nan, named Wise, stepped forward to obtain warrants against the defendant, for using threatening language towards the former, and assaulting the latter, both of which offences were alleged to have been committed in the interval which had elapsed since the defendant was last before the magistrate. The first of these cases was . partially gone into, but adjourned for the production of a necessary wit ness, and Mr. Bowers, who preferred the charge, expressing his conviction that he would not be safe from personal violence, if the defendant were allowed to go at large without some security being takM fur his protection, Mr. ARNoLntrdered the defendant to put in two substantial bail, in 301. each, for his peaceable be haviour towards the complainant until the next exa mination, and the defendant, who laboured under much excitement, being unable to procure them, was transferred to the House of Detention in the prison van. Our obituary of to day records the death of this distinguished engineer. By birth he was a French nun, but his life and genius were almost wholly devoted to the invention and construction of works of great public utility in this country. Sir I. Brunel was born at Ilacquevitle, in Normandy, n ,eit in the Department de l'Eure, in the sear 1769 ; a year since remarkable for having given birth to m any eminent men. His family his for many centuries held, and now hold, the estate on which he was born ; and the name of B:unel is found constantly mentioned in the at: lent archives of the province. He was educated for the church, with ths prospect of succeeding to a living, and was accordingly sent at an early age to the seminary of St. .Nicain, at R men. Bat he soon evinced so strong a predilection for the physical sciences, and so great a genius for mathemaPics, that the superiors of the establishment recommended he should be educated for some other profession than that of the church. His father strongly objected to his adopting the profession of an engineer, as one more likely to prove beneficial to others than him self; and he therefore determined that he should be educated for the naval service, in which he thought his son's proficiency in mstlismetics might lay the foun dation of his advancement in that profession. At the proper age he entered the royal navy, being indebted for his appointment to the Alareschal de Castries, then the Minister of Marine. On one occasion he surprised his captain by producing a sextant and quadrant of his own construction, and which he used for making observations. He made several voyages to the West Indies, and returned home in 1792. At this time the French Revolution was at its height. As Mr. Brun.-1 entertained Royalist opinions, which he was not very careful to suppress, his life was more than once in danger, and he was, like many others al that time, forced to seek safety in flight. He emi grated to the United States, where necessity, fortu nately, compelled him to &How the natural bent of his mind, and to adopt the profession of a civil en gineer. He was first engaged to survey a large tract of land near Lake Erie lie was employed in building the Bowery Theatre, in New York, which not many years ago was burnt down. He furnished plans for canals, and for various machines connected with a cannon foundry then being established i n th e s t a t e o f N ew York. About the year 1799 he had matured his plans for making ship blocks by machinery. The United States was not then the field for so inventive a genius as Brunel's. He determined upon visiting England and offering his services and plans for this purpose to - the British Government. Lord Spencer, then we believe First Lord of the Admiralty, la,came his friend and patron. He became a frequent guest at Spencer-house, and never failed to speak warmly of the assistance and encouragement he derived from the friendship of Lord and Lady Spencer. From this time he continued to reside in England, and refust d to entertain many propositions made to him to leave England and settle abroad under the auspices of other Governments. After much opposition to his plans, for a very powerful opposition was arrayed against him, not lessened in that day by his being a French man, he was employed to execute them in Portsmouth dockyard. To perfect his designs and to erect the machinery was the arduous labour of many years. With a true discrimination he selected Mr. Henry Mandalay to assist in the execution of the work, and thus, possibly, was laid the foundation of one of the most extensive engineering establishments in the kingdom, and in which, perhaps, a degree of science and skill has been combined and applied to mechanical invention and improvement scarcely exceeded by any other in the world. The block machinery was finished in 1806, and has continued ever since in full operation, supplying our fleet with blocks of a very superior description to those previously in use, and at a large annual saving to the public. It was esti mated at the time that the saving in the first year amounted to 24,0001. per annum; and about two thirds of that suns were awarded to Mr. Brunel. It is needless to describe the originality and beauty of this well-known machinery. Even after the lapse of forty years, notwithstanding the marvellously rapid strides we have made in the improvement and con struction of machines of all kinds, it remains as effective as it was when first erected, and unaltered. It is still an object of admiration to all persons in terested in mechanism. A few years afterwards he was employed by Government to erect sawmills, upon a new principle, in the dockyards of Chatham and Woolwich. Several other inventions were the off spring of his singularly fertile mind about this time —:he circular saw, for cutting veneers of valuable woods, and the beautiful little machine for winding cotton thread into balls, which greatly extended its consumption. About t.vo years before the termina tion of the war Mr. Brunel, under the countenance of the Duke of York, invented a machine for making shoes for the army by machinery, the value and cheapness of which were fully appreciited, and they were extensively used; but the peace of 1815 lessen ing the demand, the machinery was ultimately laid aside. Steam navigation also at that time attracted his attention. He was engaged in the building of one of the first Ramsgate steamboats, and, we believe, introduced the principle of the double engine for the purpose. lie also in laced the Admiralty to allow him to build a vessel to try the experiment of towing ships out to sea, the possibility of which was then denied. Many other objects of great public utility occupied his mind, which in this mere outline of a long and active life must be excluded. The visit of the Emperor Alexander to this country, after the peace, led him to submit to the Emperor a plan for making a tunnel under the Neva, where the accumulation of ice, and the suddenness with which it breaks up on the termination of winter, rendered the erection of a bridge a work of great difficulty. This was the origin of his plan for a tunnel under the Thames, which had been twice before attempted without success. In 1824, however, a company was formed, and supported by the Duke of Wellington, who took from first to last a deep in terest in the week. Many men of science also joined it, amongst whom the late Dr. Wollaston was the most prominent, and whose brother long continued one of the most active and able promoters of the scheme. The work was commenced in 1824. It was stopped more than once during its progress by the breaking in of the river, and more effectually at last by the exhausted finances of the company, which never extended beyond the command of 180,0001. At length, after the suspension of the work for many years, by a special Act of Parliament a loan was sanctioned, the Exchequer Loan Commissioners advanced the funds necessary for the completion of the work under the river, and, notwithstanding many weighty profes• sional opinions were advanced against the practica bility of the work, from both the loose alluvial nature of the soil through which it had to be con,tructed, and the superincumbent flood of water, it was finished and opened to the public in 1843. In a scientific point of view this work will always be regarced as display ing the highest professional ability, an amount of energy and perseverance rarely exceeded, and a fer tility of invention and resources under what were deemed insurmountable difficulties, which will always secure to Sir I. Brunel a high place amongst the engineers of this country. During Lord Melbourne's Administration Mr. Brunel received the honour of knighthood, on the recommendation of the late Lord Spencer, then Lord Althorp. Sir I. Brunel was a vice-president of the Royal Society, a corresponding member of the Institute of France, and a vice-presi dent of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was also a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He was unaffected, simple in his habits, and benevolent, and as ready to do a kind act as be was to forget an in jury. He died in his 81st year, after a long illness, which first visited him soon after the completion of the Tunnel. The care, anxiety, and constant strain of body and mind, brought on a slight attack of paralysis, from which he never thoroughly recovered. He leaves a widow, Lady Brunel, one son, the eminent engineer, and two daughters, the eldest married to gr. Hawes, the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the youngest to the Rev. Mr. Harrison, the vicar of New Brentford. LEASE OF THIS CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTON SHIRE RAILWAY —This railway has been leased for a period of six years, to Messrs. G. and J. Burns, the well-known steam-`'eat proprietors, on the following terms :—First year. nwtt 5,000/., yielding 2i per cent. ; second year, nett 7,0001., yielding 31 per e.7nt. ; third year, nett 9.000/ , yielding 4} per cent. ; fourth year, nett 10,0001., yielding 5 per cent. ; fifth year. 10,0001, yielding 54 per cent. ; sixth year, nett 11,0001, yielding 5i per cent. The cal ital required to complete the line and meet the outlay of every description, is estimated not to exceed 200,000/. It is believed that it will not be necessary to make any further call ; but eve❑ if this should be required, it will not increase the capital be yond the sum stated. It is rumoured that the Messrs. Burns are backed by the Forth and Clyde Canal Corn piny and certainly the Parliamentary notices in the newspapers give an appearance of probability to the rumour. But desirable as this connexion would be, the high standing and respectability of the lessees render the arrangement as it now stands perfectly satisfactory.— Scottish Railway Gazette. DEATII OP MR. DEPUTY DIXON.—This gentle man, well known in the City circles from his lung con nexion with the ward of Cripplegate Without, died yes terday morning at tho advanced ego of 73. his decease was not unexpected, he had suffered from illness for some time past. Ile has left a numerous family to mourn his loss. GUILDHALL. George Clamp, of 4, Flask•row, Ebury street, Pimlico, was brought up for further examination, charged with having presented a forged cheque for 490/. at the banking house of Messrs. Child and Co., Fleet- street. At the previous examination Mr. Alfred Mortimer, clerk in the house of Messrs. Child and Co., stated that on the 6th instant the prisoner presented a cheque for 4901., purporting to be drawn by F. J. H. Temple, Park-lane, solicitor, on Messrs. Child and Co. Mr. Te.nple had an account at their house, but witness detected that it was a forgery, although the handwriting was an excellent imitation of that gentle man's. He accoriingly questioned the prisoner as to who gave it to him, and he replied that he met a short gentleman coming from Lord Brownlow's in Bel grave-square, who requested him (prisoner) to get it cashed for him. He had not seen the gentleman before, but was to take the money back to the same place. On being further questioned he said he was a servant out of place, but was in the habit of jobbing in the Queen's-mews, and other places, at the same time mentioning the name of Mr. Lewis, the manager of her Majesty's stables. He was then given into custody, and when brought here Mr. Temple deposed to the cheque not being in his handwriting, although it was an excellent imitation. Mr. Mortimer now handed a bundle of cheques in Mr. Temple's handwriting for the Alderman to examine, and called his attention to one in particular, and the forged one that had been presented. Alderman Musmaovs, after carefully comparing a great number of them, asked Mr. Temple if the cheque for 201. to a Mr. Coyle was in his hand writing, at the same time handing the cheque for his inspection. _ _ _ Mr. Temple (after examining it)—Yes ; I believe Alderman MUSGROVE—You believe it is. Do not you know your own handwriting? Mr. Temple—lt is my handwriting, although some persons say it is not. The fact is, Mr. Coyle owed me 301. and gave me a note for 50/, and I gave him this cheque for 201., that being the balance of the note. Al ltrmati MusGaovE—You should have said at fist it was your writing, and not that you believed it was. Di i you ever see the 201. cheque before you were told that the 4901. cheque was a forgery ? Mr. Temple—The cheque being in my handwriting I must hive seen it before I heard of the forged one. Alderman MUsGaovE—Then the cheque for 4901. is not your writing ? Mr. Temple—The 201. cheque is mine, but I repudiate the 490/. cheque. Alderman Musonova asked if Mr. Coyle receired the 201. ? Mr. Mortimer said he did, on the same day it was written. lle had spoken to Mr. Coyle since, and he declared that from the time he received it from Mr. Temple, he never parted with it until he presented it at the bank about three o clock the same day. Alderman MUSGROVE asked whether the 4001. would hare been paid had the forgery not been dis covered? Mr. Mortimer said it would, without reference to the account. Alderman Mosaaova—And if you had done so Messrs. Child and Co. would have been at the loss ? Mr. Mortimer—Most decidedly. Alderman Mut.uaovE—lt appears to me that the 201. cheque awl the 4901 cheque are evidently in the same handwriting, while all the other cheques of Mr. Temple are quite different, and that seems to me to be the most mysterious part of the affair. Mr. Temple—The 201. cheque is mine, and is written on a different paper to the 4901. one. Alderman MusGaovE—Still the handwriting is the same on both. 'Was Mr. Coyle present ? Daniel Forrester, in whose hands the case is now placed to trace out the guilty parties, said that he was not. He had seen Mr. Coyle that morning, but no intimation had been given to him for his at tendance. Mr. Mortimer said he hoped the Alderman would grant a further remand, as he had written to the country respecting another cheque which had been presented at the bank, but he had received no answer. Alderman MUSGROVE thought it most desirable that the ends of justice should not be defeated in what be considered a most singular case, and therefore the prisoner was remanded until Fri day next. MARI BOROUGH-STREET. Laurina Smith appeared to answer a charge of perjury preferred against her by Benoni Joseph Mo retie, a foreign upholsterer, living in Xiargaret-street, Cavendish-square. The defendant had sworn a child to the prosecutor, and had produced such convincing evidence as in duced the magistrate to make an order on the prose cutor for the payment of 2s. 6d. per week. The order was appealed against, but the sessions confirmed it. The prosecutor then preferred a bill for perjury before the grand jury, but the grand jury would not entertain it. The prosecutor then brought the young woman to this court, and engaged Mr. Ballantine to prefer a charge of perjury against her. Mr. Davis, of Boswell-court, solicitor, defended the young woman. The prosecutor swore that he never was intimate with the young woman, who was one of his work women ; that he never slept with her at any house ; that he never gave her money; that he never ironed her gown for her at her lodgings, having only on one occasion called at her lodgings and put her in the way of doing this piece of work, the same way as it was done in France; and, further, that he never called on the young woman on the 4th of May and the 19th of May, he being at that time on the continent. On the other side evidence was produced to show that the prosecutor had slept all night with the young woma❑ at a coffee-shop; that he had called cs ith his wife on the 4th of May at the young woman's lodg ings, being the day when she was confined, and gave her money ; that he had several times given her money; and that on the 19th of May he also called on the young woman and saw her at her lodgings, and gave her more money. Mr. IIARDwicK made some pointed observations on the case, and immediately dismissed the charge. WORSHIP-STREET. Mr. James Eliot, vestry-clerk of St. Jude's, White chapel, a presbyter of Dr. Dillon's Reformed Chur c h, in hite s-row, Bethnal-green, officiating minister for a considerable period of a congregation assembling for worship at a chap , 4 in the City, and by profession a soli.itor, appeared before Mr. Arnold, at the instance of the parish authorities of St. Mary, \Vhitechapel, to undergo the necessary examination as to the state of his mind, preparatory to an order being issued, under the Bth and 9th of Victoria, chap. 126, sec. 48, for his removal to a proper asylum, as an alleged pauper lunatic chargeable to that parish. PORTSMOUTH SAILORS' HOME. We have much pleasure in announcing the follow ing munificent donations to the above excellent insti- tution :—Rear-Adinirid 11 ,, nry Hope, C 13.. 501.; Rear Admiral Sir Edm and Chetbam Strode, K C.B , K.C.I 1., 51.; Comniaader Coute, 501. The funds of the charity, thus augmeLted, mill soon enable the cotrariktee to commence operalione.. Messrs. Legg, SollivAn, Morgan, Phillips, B.oad head, yvitn, arid Sainsbury , mates, passed the i r ex aminations in seamanship and navigation for the rank of Lieutenant, at the Royal Naval College, yesterday. Ten of the crew of the Royal yacht, undi r Com mander Crispin, w ill proce,d✓by railway to morrow morning to bear the coffin of her late 111..jety the Queen Dowager to its final resting place :—John Ilayles, A. 13.; James Berry, Boatswain's -mate; Henry kios, quartermaster ; Samuel Long, quartermaster, who WAS Queen Adelaide's cockswain of the barge, when her Majesty was cruising in the Mediterra nean , in the Hastings, 74 ; Jeremiah Gl anv ill e , b oatswa i n ' s mite ; Bickford Hill, boatswain's mate ; Philip Perry, Captain's cockswain ; John Brodie, A. 13. James Gradly, yeoman of signals ; and J o h n Gl ass, A.B. The following ships in this harbour will fire 30- minute guns each to-morrow : The Excellent to fire at I lh. 30m. A.M. The Blenheim ... ... 12 The Illustrious 12 30 The Victory . 1 P.M. The Royallery will commence firing 60 minute guns from Blockhouse Fort at half past one o'clock, au! a like number of guns in succession from the platform saluting- battery, ceasing at sunset. The Royal Marine Artillery will fire 30• minute guns from Fort Cumberland, 60 as to cease at sunset. His Royal Highness Prince Alb rt will leave 03- borne at half-past eight o'clock for Gosport, quite pri vately, no saluting or guard of honour being reiuired. On Friday all the colours will be hoisted at the staff masthead, and the bands and drums of regiments play as heretofore. Det.:ehments of the 44th and 69th Regiments will embark at Cowes on the 14th inst., in the ship Wa verlev for Malta. WOOLWICII, DEC. 11.-It is understood that Capt. Sir James Stirling, Knight, at present commanding the Howe, 120, on the Mediterranean station, is to be the new Lord of the Admiralty, in the room of Captain Lord John Ilay, C. 8., on the latter gallant officer proceeding to Devonport to succeed Rear- Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart., on his retirement from the superintendentship of that dockyard, which will shortly take place. There is not expected to bi any change in the controllership of the coast guard, at present so ably filled by Captain Houston Stew art, C.B. The master blacksmith of the blacksmiths'-chop at the east end of the yard, has received permission to employ two superior workmen, at 6s. 6d. each per day, to assist him in the increased work which will take place on the Nastayth steam-hammers being transferred from the factory department. The usual wages in the east blacksmiths' shop is 4s. per day, or 245. per week. An order has also been received that 25 men are to be discharged from the factory department. DEc. 12.—The Minx steam-vessel, fitted with a screw-propeller abaft tYe rudder, and one of Bishopp's disc engines, of 10-horse power, went down the river on an experimental trial, under the charge of Lieu tenant Robertson, with Mr. Casey, chief engineer of Captain Austin's department, and Mr. Taplin, second Essi,t.lnt to the chief engineer at Woolwich Dock yard. - The trial of this engine caused considerable interest, and Captain Mangles Denham, F.R.S., who has for a considerable period been engaged in inquiring into the causes of accidents to steam vessels ; Commander Forsythe, studying steam at the factory ; Mr. F. Rufford, M.P. for Worcester ; Mr. Laming, Managing Director of the General Screw-Propelling Shipping Company; Mr. Donkin, civil engineer; Mr. Farey, civil engineer ; and Mr. Mylne, civil engineer of the New River Company, were on board to witness the experiments. The days are at present !o short that it was considered advisable on starling from Woolwich at 9 40 A.M. to have a hawser from the Monkey steam-vessel attached to the Minx, and both vessels to put on their full power to get down to the measured mile at Long-reach with the least possible delay, that the two runs up and two down the measured distance might be accom plished, and the vessels return to Woolwich with daylight The arrangements were well carried out, and the experiments were made in a very excellent manner, and with a very satisfactory result. 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Fern's purifying Spocitc I 'ls, 9d., 4s. 6d., and lie. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrLcea, f::eet, stricture, ar.d chronic inniMame ion of the bla :dor. ,onscisteon fee, If by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is eqrd!od : age, habits, and position in society. Packets, vi.s advice, to be had at the Establis. - smsut only, by which the fea,;l., is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten dances isiiy at 19, iternara_streu, Oxford-street, London, from Mo ven WI TIM and rive to Eight. og sandays trove glivon to Ore LAMBETH. Thomas Stevens, William 111 - Donnell, Ann Plum mer, and Catherine Hilts, all suspected characters, were finally examined before Mc. Elliott, and fully committed for trial, on a charge of drugging and robbing a gentleman, named Stone, of a valuable gold watch, chain, and seal, and about 141. in gold and silver. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF LOUIS HENRY SHAD WELL, ESQ. The localities of Barnes, Putney, Alortlake, and Richmond have been thrown into a state of great sensation by the discovery of the body of Mr. Louis Henry Shadwell, barrister-at-law, and second son of Sir Launcelot Shadwell, the Vice-Chancellor of England, in a ditch dividing Barnes Elms park, the residence of the Vice-Chancellor, from a farm in the occupation of a Mrs. Sharpe. The circumstances attending this most melancholy affair are at present enveloped in much mystery, but it may be as well to state at once that there is not the slightest ground for the supposition that the death was otherwise than accidental. The deceased had for a long time past used as his dormitory a room in the lodge at Barnes Elms-park, which opens into the lower road leading to Putney ; and to reach this from the mansion it was necessary to traverse, the park a distance of a quarter of a mile. The last time the deceased was seen alive was at half-past nine o'clock on Sunday night, when the butler opened the wicket-gate, and saw Mr. Louis Shadwell on the path which led direCt across the path to the Gothic-lodge. The night was not only dark, but there was a dense fog. The deceased was, however, so accustomed to the route, that he declined the aid of a lantern, and as nothing more was heard of him by the family that night, it was presumed that he had reached the lodge in safety. On the following (Monday) morning the woman who has charge of the lodge, finding that Mr. Shadwell did not make his appearance at the cus tomary time, went up to his sleeping apartment and knocked several times; receiving no answer she became alarmed, and communicated with the butler, who procured a ladder, and, obtaining admittance to the room, the appearance of the bed, &c., convinced the butler that Mr. Shadwell ha I not occupied the room the previous night. Upon the family becoming acquainted with that &et, a messenger was dispatched to Mr. Shad well's chambers, in King' s Bunch-walk, Tem ple; and it having been ascertained that deceased had not been there, the worst fears began to be entertained. la consequence of the inquiries that were set on foot by the po:ice, it appeared that the landlord of the Crabtree, at Hammersmith, which is exactly opposite the Vice-Chancellor's seat, and a bargeman, heard on Sunday night, from about a quarter to eleven o'clock till a quarter past, shrieks from the Surrey shore as from a woman, and the words " Oa, Lord! oh, Lord I" repeated several times. These parties pro ceeded to Hammersmith- bridge, obtained a boat and lights, and on reaching the spot from whence the cries proceeded, : plainly perceived the mark of a naked hu man-foot; particularlyinall, on the towing path ; and this fact strengthened their previous opinion that it was a woman, but they were unable to discover any thing further. On the landlord and bargeman being taken to the same place, at noon on Tuesday, they pointed out where they had traced the footmarks to, and in a ditch on the inner side of what is termed a cotter bank, made to prevent the influx of the tide, police-constable Line, 282 V., and Boyce, the Vice-Chancellor's gardener, found the body of Mr. Louis Shadwell; the water was not more than two feet six inches deep, but the deposit of mud was still deeper. One glance showed that the unfortunate gentleman had lain there many hours. Dr. Willis was sent for, and made an external examination of the body, which it should be stated was dressed, with the exception of the feet, which were naked ; there was no trace of the shoes, but deceased's socks were found in his pockets; his trowsers and other portions of his dress had been much torn, apparently by the brambles at the side of the ditch, which the deceased had evidently caught at to save himself, if possible, in his downward descent. A ring and other valuable property were on his person, showing that the deceased had not been the victim of robbery. The general supposition is, that the deceased on leaving the mansion diverged out of the right path, owing to the heavy fog, and fell into the sluice connecting the lake with the river. The tide being then up, and Mr. Shadwell, being a most noted and fearless swimmer, it is presumed he swam out into the river, and then landed on the towing-path; and that in endeavouring to regain the park he inadvertently fell into the ditch; where it was evident his struggles had been most terrific to extricate himself. The cries heard by the landlord of the Crabtree and the barge man were, doubtless, those of the unfortunate gen• tleman. ST. MART • LE. STRAND PAROCHIAL SCHOOL—The friends and supporters of this invaluable institution dined together on Tuesday, at the Piizzt Coffee-house, Covent-gsrden, John Glenny, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. Sixty-five gentlemen sat down to dinner. The amount of subscriptions announced was 601. Thy festi vities wer, kQpt up till a very late hour. THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE S WEDNESDAY. —The first public exhibition to-day was attended by au immense concourse of persons, many of whom came from a great distance. Colonel Wemys, one of the equerries to Prince Alb,.rt, was present, and his Royal Highness remitted 50/. towards the expenses of the show. The stock exhibited is fast selling, at good if not extravagant prices. The dinner to-morrow at the Town-hall bids lair to conclude the prcz:eedings of the third day with eclat, and, as far as can at pres sent be judged, the success of the exhibition will be • mnplete. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday last a serious accident occurred at the Caledonian Rillvvay station at Coatbridge, by which a person named John M'Neil, who is a spirit-dealer in New Wyaii, was seriously injured. It appears that M'Neil had been at Coatbridge on some business, and, after his taking his ticket in the evening to return to Glasgow, instead of going into the station house, be crossed the line to the down side. It being very dark at the station at the time, he did not observe that the 81 train from Glasgow was approaching; and, while in the ant of crossing the line, be was caught by the engine and dragged forward. He bad both his legs broken, and was otherwise severely injured. He was after wards r, moved to the Glasgow station, v.hence he was carri-d home on a stretcher in a very weak condi tion. It is feared that amputation of one or both his limbs will be necessary- to save his life.—Glasgenv Paper. NARROW ESCAPE.—On Wednesday afternoon a man considerably more than half-tip , y, made his *p re /ranee at the I3arrhead Railway station, asd endea voured to get a place on the locomotive beside the engine driver. 'This, of course, was denied; but the hair-brained fellow, under the influence of his potations, contrived to get himself perched in the middle of the train, with his feet resting upon the buffers of one of the passenger carriages, where he was not discovered till after the train was in motion. It is almos,t marvellous that the man was n .t killed on the spot; but the engine was fortunately stopped in time, and the infatuated individual removed to more secure quarters in the Gorbal's Police-office. He was examined before Baillie Bryson, on a charge of disorderly conduct, and fined in the sum of 55., with a suitable warning from the bench of the narrow escape ho had made with his life.--Glasgow paper. TITS REGIST E R E D SYRIAN PALETOT, 379, OXFORD-STREET. EVERT SIZE, IN ALL COLOURS, READY FOR WEAR, AT MESSRS. SWAIN IND CO.'S