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(N c . 20,108.) [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 513. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, 19rn NOVEMBER, 1856. The COURT OF DIRECTORS of the CORPORATION of the ROYAL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be SHUT from THURSDAY, the 4th of Decem ber next, to TUESDAY, the fith of January following; that the ANIMAL GENERAL COURT app doted by their Charter will be holden at their Office on the Royal Exchange, en WEDNESDAY, the 17th of , ecernher, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, and that a Dividend Will be considered of at the said Court. JOIN A. HIGHAM, Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Further Reduction of Fares between READING and LO NDO The fares by the trains leaving Reading at 8.15 aan, 11.5 a.m., and 7.45 P.m.. and Paddington at II a.m., 4.45 p.m , and 6.15 p.m., and on Sundays from Reading at 5.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and from Paddington at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. are now— For the Single Journey, first class, 2s. , second class, Is. 3d. For the •Double Journey, available on the same or following day, first class, 35., second class, 2s. These tickets will be avalable between Reading and London only, said by the trains above named. Paddington, November 25, 1856. L ONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—SLEEPERS. The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive Tenders for the supply of 3',000 BALTIC LARCH or SCOTAI FIR SLEE PIC 9 feet 10 by 5 half round, to be delivered at any of their stations at the rate of 5,000 per month. Tenders, marked outside " Tender for Sleepers," will be reeeivel by the undersigned up to 10 a.m. on Thursday, the 4th December, 1856 By order. L. ()ROUBLE, Secretary. Waterloo-bridge Station, London, 28tn Nov., 1856. LOADozi" JOINT STOOL BANK. 27TH Nev., 1856. ~_NOTICI IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next 'GENERAL afEET/NG of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will ?ft held in the Board Room of the Bank, in Princes-street, Mansion Home, on I'HuRSDAY, the 15th day of January next, at Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive the Report of the Directors and to elect Five Directors in the plac of Francis Bennett Golding, Esq., William Miller Christy, Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P., Thomas Tillon, Esq., and Henry Grace, Esq., who will on that day 110 out of office, in isonfonnity with the provisions in the Deed of and *ll of ethom offer thlnuselves fo _ re- Inetion - Notieerfittfttlte tliaTa'riy qua 111 . Itterifftkeitic al, to become a candid a t e f or t h e o ff i ce . 4 Diritieor must-give notice la writing of such intention at this office thirty clear days, at least, Previous tattle said day of eleeti - By order of the Board. JNO. WAR DROPE, Secretary. 1 . . CONTRAaT FOR STOCKS AND CAPS FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. DepartmentOiThe Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-place,26th November, 1856. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do - hereby give notice, that on MONDAY, he 15th December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with orb ?arsons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering Into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities Of STOCKS and CAPS, with BALLS, *'shall from time to time be demanded, for the use of the Royal month,' es for 12 months certain, and farther until the expiration of warning. The conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said t r ace, and patterns at the Marine Office, 15, Duke-street, West 511liter, between the hours of 11 and 2. No tender will be received ' l 'W one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor aay noticed unless made tta Printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be riled on application at the said otce. hf:v very tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, `' b ear In the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Stocks and c. with Balls," And must also be delivered at Somersg-place. 1 XVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII Particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive 11~g, will be found in the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES ILDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. itiIuRCHIRON, Esq.. F.G.5.,F.5.5., price 3s. 6d.; by post. 4s. fr• MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of at 1:11SH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines orTthe end of each quarter, the dividends paid, & c. 1 2 6 Review for the qua rter ending 30th Sept. last contains a Map Bassett district, price Is. 44 A The book will be found extremely valuable."— Observer. valuable little book."—Globe 41 A, valuable guide to investors ."— llerapath. 7 11, efril little volume."—Morning Herald. great value to caitalists."—Sunderlani Times. 6. 4 _ 1 rarties requiring information en mining investments will find no e ....4:". and safer Instructor tha n Mr . Murchison."—Leeds Times. v sl e of the m os t va l ua bl e m i n i ng pu bli cat i ons wh i ch has come ;net' our notice, and contains more information than any other on a ubiect of which it treats "—Derby Telegraph. " To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this wo r k Of the fi rs t i mportance. "—Welshman. ._•• T his work enables the capitalist to i nves t on soun d principles; it 14...111 truth, an excellent guide."—Plymouth Journal. ; ; Illes of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's 11T, illshopsgate-street Within, London ; and reliabl,. infor '..nlos and advice will be given at any time to those who may re (Mire it. TOLOVERS •of FlSH:—Fif t h S eason. _ Genuine YARifOUTNI BLOATERS. These highly esteemed delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount, rid under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order 100 prime •• 6s. (Id.? 100 especlalry selected.... Sc. 4d. Package included. 50 ditto 4s, 6d. Bend full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad dean, THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. A RGYLL ROOMS.-LAUR,ENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan tnuls are now opeu every evening for the winter season, with Z'grent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. i, 4l enart. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this Zunriable place of resort ha , t been entirely redecorated during the ir._ e al. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis .7 une Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, Ni) 4 , Coventry-street, Leicester-square.--Open (for Gentlemen tose " - onl 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models heab7 e Parations, illustrating every part of the human frame in 2,4" _and disease, the race of men, Sec. Lectures delivered at 12, hig4,7 1 , 11 half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and by rh.'" n iteresting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery 81 11111,,.. 14 RN, at a quarter put 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One ~... '.old Building Ground and Houses—Liverpool and Ever ton. ° BE SOLD BY AUCTION, pursuant to an D om Order of the]lligh court of Chancery, made in a cause of Itin i l,,Logan, plaintiff, and John Stewart and others, defendants, 'itch l e approbation of the Honourable the Vice-Chancellor Sir Tt an dorin Kindersley, by Mr. Samuel Turner Winstanley, at /4,ii‘La r eadon Room% South John-street, in Liverpool, on IVED ,I‘,74Y, the 17th day of De cem b er , 1856 , at two o ' c l oc k in the laiiirnn, an extensive and valuable p'ece of Freehold Building Nev e : adietning Vauxhall-road, in Kirkdale, near Liverpool ber;:! Pieces of Building Land (copyhold of the manor of West I )> in and near Sackville-street, F.verton. near Liverpool ; and ik,,ereehold Dwelling-house, in Blackfield-terrace, Kirkdale, and Nev,, sl ,. l) Yrelling-houses (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), in of B;1 410- street, Everton. In 12 Lots Particulars and conditions Le*, - ,..,,1nay be obtained gtatis from Messrs. 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The Second Edition, , just published, price 55., by post free, Ss. fa, TRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. t'7 THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHR In all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R C.S.E. "We know of no man to whose care we would sooner Intrust the treatment of a severe stricture ,"— Medical circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A MORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. TIIE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED Sold it, Cases containing 448 Packages—each Package One Feed, at the cost of three Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage paia to any railway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH TILORLEY, the Inventor, 115, 'High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. CONWAY VALLEY RAILWAYS. (Construction of Railways from the Chester and Holyhead Railway, near Conway, to Llanrwst and Bettws.y-Coed, and Incorporation of Company.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in tended to be made to Parliament in the next 'session to bring in a bill to incorporate a company for making and maintain ing the following railways, together with all necessary sta tions, approaches, and other works connected there with (That is to say)— First, a railway commencing by a junction with the Chester and . HOlyhead Railway, at a point oppo site the 44th mile post from Chester, in the parish of Llangwstenin, in the county of Caernarvon, and to termi nate about the centre of a certain field in the parish of Llanrwst, in the county of Denbigh, the said field being situate on the east bank of the river Conway, and adjoining the turnpike-road, and being the second enclosure on the north side from the Llanrwst Union Workhouse. Second, A Railway commencing at the last-mentioned ter minus of the said intended railway, and terminating in the said parish of Llanrwst, in the centre of a certain arable field, called or known by the name of Cae'r Pant, and situate on the west aide, and adjoining the turnpike road. • from .. this( iron bridge At _,Bettwg.y.cood, to Llanrwst, and about 36 chains north of the said iron bridge ; which said intended railways, works, and conve niences will pass from, in, through, or into, or be situate within, the several parishes, townships, and extra parochial or other places following, or some of them, that is to say, Llangwstenin, Llanbedr, Caerhyn, Dolgarrog, Ardda Treview, Llanrhwchwyn, the Abbey lands, and Alaenan, all i i the said county of Caernarvon, Eglwysfach, partly in the county of Carnarvon, and partly in the county of Denbigh, and Llansautffraid Glan Conway, Trallwyn, Trellan, Bodnod, Cefu-y-coed,, Llanddoget,Tre'r Dre, and Llanrwst, all in the said county of Denbigh. _ _ And it is intended by the said bill to obtairiall necessary powers for the purchase of lands and horses by compuLsion or agreement ; and also powers to stop up, alter, or divert all turnpike and other roads and highways, tramways, aqueducts, canals, reservoirs, rivers, streams, brooks, water courses, and other works, within the said several parishes, townships, or places, or any of them, which it may be neces sary to stop up, alter, or divert, for the purposes of the said railways ; and it is also intended by the said bill to obtain all necessary powers for the purpose of levying tolls, rates, and duties, and to grant exemptions from such tolls, rates, and duties in certain cases, and to vary or extinguish all rights or privileges which may interfere with the construction, main tenance, or use of the said intended railways. And with the said intended Act will be incorporated the Company's Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, and the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, or such parts thereof as may be necessary. Aid Notice is Hereby further Given, that duplicate plans and sections of the said intended railways and works, with books of reference to such plans, and a published map show ing the general line and direction of such railways and works, and a copy of this notice, as published iu the London Gazette, will, on or before the 29th day of November instant, be deposited for public inspection at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the said county of Carnarvon, at his office at . Carnarvon, in the same county ; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Denbigh, at his office at Ruthin, in the same county; and that on or before the said 29th day of November a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of reference as relates to each of the parishes and extra-parochial places, in or through which the said railways ar e p ropose d to be made, and a copy of this notice, as pablished in the said Gazette, will be deposited with the parish clerk of each such parish at his place of abode, or, in ease of any extra parochical place, with the clerk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto ; and that on or before the 31st day of December next printed copies of the intended bill will be deposited in the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons. Dated this 14th day of November, 1856. PIMLICO IMPROVEMENTS.—Extension of Time for Compulsory Purchase. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in. tended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an Act to extend the time granted by " The Pimlico Improve ment Act, 1853" (public), for the compulsory purchase of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, authorised by the said Act, and also by the Act of the 15th and Pith Victoria, cap. 78 (public), to be pm-chased or taken by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, for the purposes of the said Acts, er either of them. Dated this seventh day of November, one thousand eight lundred and fifty-six. By order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings. JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor, Board of Works, &C., Whitehall-place, Westminster. rUBLIC OFFICES EXT ENSION . — NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That ap plication is intended to be made to Parliament, in the next session, for an act to empower the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Works and Public Buildings to pull down and remove certain houses and tenements, situate in Upper Crown-street, Crown-court, Lower Crown-street, Charles-street, Duke street, Upper Charles-street, King-street, Whitehall, and Parliament-street, in the parish of Saint Margaret, Westmins ter, in the county of Middlesex ; and to appropriate the sites of the said houses and tenements, and a small portion of Saint James's-park, and all the ground described in the plan hereinafter referred to, whether now used as streets, "ways, yards, pleasure grounds, vacant ground, or otherwise, as a site or sites for the erection thereon of offices for the public service. Also to empower the said Commissioners to stop up any streets, ways, paths, or passages which now lead into, or pass upon, through, or over the site hereinbefore de scribed, or any part thereof; and in such act powers will be contained for the compulsory purchase of all such lands, tene ments, or hereditaments as may be necessary for carrying the purposes aforesaid into effect, and to vary or extinguish all rights and privileges in any manner connected with the lands, tenements, or hereditaments proposed to be taken for the Purposes aforesaid. And Notice is hereby further Given, that a duplicate plan and section, describing the situation of the houses and tene ments proposed to be pulled down and removed, with a book of reference thereto, containing the names of the owners, or reputed owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers of t the said houses and t enements, and also a copy of t hi s no ti ce , apublished in th e L on d on Gazette, will, on or before the 30th day of Novemb er i nstant, be deposited for public inspec tion with the Clerk of th e P eace for the county of M id d l esex, at his office, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, in the said county of Middlesex ; and with the Clerk of the Peace for the of Westmi ns t er, at his office, at the Sessions Clerkenwell aforesaid ; and th a t on or before the said city House, a n d liberty 30th day of November instant, a copy of the said plan and book of reference, and also a copy of this notice as published in the London Gazette, will be deposited with tho Parish Clerk of the said parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, at his place of abode. Dated this seventh day of November, one thousand eight nundred and fifty-six. By order of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings. JOHN GARDINER, Solicitor, Board of Works, 4c„ Whitehall-place, Westminster. THE CATASTROPHE ON BOARD THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMER PARANA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. The inquiry into the circumstances attending the boiler explosion on board the Royal West India Mail Company's steam-ship Parana, opened yesterday, was resumed this afternoon, before Mr. Coxwell, coroner for the borough of Southampton. Captain Robertson, R.N., of the engineering department of the Board of Trade, was present to watch the inquiry on the part of the Government. Captain List., managing director of tho Royal Mail Company, Captain Vincent, the superintendent, and Mr. Mills, chief engineer of the company, were also present. Mr. Robert Ritchie was then called. Ho said -I am foreman, under Mr. Mills, in the engineering department of the Royal West bidia Mail Steam Packet Company. I was acquainted with the engines and the boilers of the steamship Parana. I have examined the boilers today and yesterday. The starboard forward boiler has a rent in the after part, at the root of the steam chest of the length of 8 feet. In the forward part we found a rent to the extent of 14 feet, and of a width from the point of the steam ()hest to the shell of the boiler of 9 feet. There are 16 cross-stays in the boiler, all of which are carried away. Fourteen of these stays are one inch and a-half in diameter, and secured to the shell of the boiler by angle irons 9 inches long and 3•# by 2t inches wide. Two of them are 11 inch diameter only, and one of these is a little defective now, so as to be equal to only five-eighths of au inch in fact. Those stays were secured to the boiler by nuts fastened inside and outside, and the forward stay has been strong enough to tear a piece out of the shell 'of the boiler. I cannot find anything to lead Lae to—believe - the-boiterroakriffiefienat t abate at the tinie of the accident. The gfneral oubstavca of the 44ates of the boiler is three eighths of an inch.— that the general thickness. • I have risen thinner plates used for boilers of the•same description, but we do not use them at Southampton. I have been inside the boiler, and have examined carefully the edges of the rents; there is no part presents any particular appearance. The sal water and steam which escaped at the time of the acci. dont, combined with the heat, have so blackened the edges that nothing can be ascertained from them. In the after /rent there is a patch, where a piece of iron was put on when the boilers were repaired two years ago; but I remem ber very well that that was' done not for the purpose of strengthening the boiler, but to stop a leakage of steam, observed in the passage of the ship from London. 1 can discover nothing to account for the accident. Yesterday, on first going into the boiler, I found the safety valve open to the extent of about an eighth of an inch. This would not be sufficient for the escape of a large quantity of steam. It, however, showed the state in which the chief engineer had left the valve. By Capt. Robertson—With the valve in the state I dis covered it I don't believe there could have been 171 b. pres sure on the boiler. There might have been 121 b. The valve was loaded to 161 b. Examination-in-chief—l was on board the ship when the explOsion occurred. I knew that experiments were going on just before the accident. They were to ascertain what the h'eat might be in the "up-take." That experiment could in no manner affect the amount of steam generated in the boiler. By Capt. Robertson—The original thickness of Jhe boilers was 3-Bths of an inch, and there has been no peV ceptible diminution. The leak which I have described to have been repaired by a patch arose from some defect in the rivetting or the caulking, and not from any defeat in the plate of the boiler. The pack was about two feet long by throe or four inches wide, and one rent goes directly through it. The patch was secured by 14 nuts, four or fire inches apart. Ido not think the insertion of these nuts would have weakened the' boiler. Had it been a strength ening patch twice the number of rivets would have been inserted. The steam had been up to 171 b. during the ex periments which have been spoken of, but it had fallen to 121 b. before the explosion. By the Foreman—l can give no opinion, setting aside the indicator and the valve and everything else, whether this boiler really exploded at a pressure of 121 b. By Captain Robertson—There is only one safety-valve to each boiler in the Parana. This is the Government safety-valve, which is always kept under lock and key. The lock of this valve was opened by Mr. Sumner's instruc tions after the accident. We bloke the lock, as the captain had the key in London. The valve was open by the lever, and on examining it we could discover nothing to inter fere with its free action. Capt. Ritbertson—But do you kuowingit as well as you do, sure of 1616. or 171 b. ? Lean to say that that boiler, Witness--I can account for the accident in no other way. The Foreman—Do you consider the other three boilers to be safe and in working condition I Witness—Well, after what has happened, from what I have seen of the other boilers, I think it might be prudent to put in a few more stays. (Murmurs among the jury.) By the Foreman—Bearing in mind the valve being open to the extent of one-eighth of an inch, to what degree would that retard the rapid increase of pressure you have spoken of ? Witness—Not very materially, I believe. I cannot tell without making a calculation. ➢lr. Alexander Wylie, recalled and examined by the Coro ner—My object in keeping the pressure at 121 b. on Wednes day afternoon, when the ordinary pressure at sea is 151 b., was, that I had no object at the time in having strong steam —and as the machinery was not in motion I used the safety valve as a means of taking away the steam which, under ordi nary circumstances, would have been consumed by the en gines. It is the usual practice when the engines are not under way to have the safety valves eased. The safety valve was not eased on Wednesday from any apprehension of danger. Capt. Robertson—How do you account for the accident— al! these circumstances taken into consideration ? Mr. Wylie—l am of opinion that by a different method of staying in the original construction of the boiler this accident might have been prevented. lam able to form this opinion now after the explosion. I never entertained that opinion previously to the accident. Capt. Robertson—l can't understand this. You have been working at sea at 151 b., and snore lately at 171 b,, and now the boiler explodes at a pressure of 121 b. ? Mr. Wylie —I can only account for it by this, that a piece of iron will stand a certain number of years, and at last give way. Mr. Sumners was sworn and examined. He said—l am in spector of steam machinery at the port of Southampton under the Board of Trade. lam acquainted with the machinery •f the Parana. On Sunday morning last I received a letter from Mr. Mills, requesting me to survey the machinery of the Pa rana. I understood the steam was to be got up on Wednes day. I went on board the ship at a quarter to 4 o'cloolt on that day, and found the steam was up. I looked first at two steam gauges. My attention was first of all called to this one which I hold in my hand. (The witness produced a steam gauge.) This was fixed near the foot of the engine room stair case, and I observed that it stood at 121 b. to the square inch. The steam at that time was blowing off freely from the waste pipe. The donkey-engine was at work keeping the boiler supplied with water. The men were firing the furnaces readily and steadily from time to time, but they were firing easily. I saw the water-gauge, and there were several inches in the glass, which was about 3-4ths full. I observed at this time a little steam coming up under the gallery where I was stand ing, near to the after end of the gallery, which has been rup tured. I looked round about the engines, and made a remark to Mr. Wylie and Mr. Ritchie that their donkey was a very noisy one. I remained until 20 minutes past 4 o'clock, and, after asking several questions of Mr. Wylie, inquired how song he was going to keep up the steam in that boiler. He replied until half-past six o'clock, because he was trying some experiments on the heat of the smoke or gases escaping by the " uptake" into the chimney. He said, "We have put into the uptake' one ladle containing a quantity of tin, another containing a quantity of lead and a pyrometer." I forgot to observe that when I saw the leakage of steam I have spoken of I inquired where it came from, and tried to find it myself, but was unable to do so at the time. As I was passing up the staircase of the engine-room, on my way out of the ship, I again took particular notice of the steam gauge, and it was standing still at a pressure of 121 b. On reaching the deck, as I was passing the forward hatchway of the stoke hole I looked down at the men who wore at work there, and then I looked up from where I was standing at the waste steam-pipe, from which the steam was blowing steadily. I 'then left the ship and went home. About 9 o'clock that evening I received a note from Mr. Mills informing me a serious accident had occurred, and requesting my attendance on board the next morning. I went on board in pursuance of his request, and with Mr. Mills, Mr. Wylie, Mr. Went°, and Mr. Ritchie, went into the boiler in question. The man hole had only previously been disturbed. I examined the boiler, and found the whole of the 16 thwartship stays had separated from the casing. Fourteen of these stays were secured to the shell of the boiler by angle-irons, 31 inches by 2k inches in diameter. Two of them were only 1 inch diameter, and one of the latter was so defective as to be equal to not more than Buis of an inch. There was a rent at tke after end of the boiler about 8 feet long, and one at the forward end 14 feet long. The "uptake" of the boiler had partially collapsed at that part to which the stay s had been attached. I saw over the fractured parts at the after end of the boiler a plate about three feet long had been put iu and secured to the boiler by 14 three-quarter inch bolts. At the time I was in the boiler the water was about two feet below the top of the flues. I saw no appearance of defect in any of the flues, and I am certain they had not been overheated. The boiler was very clean inside. It had been painted all over the interior of the steam chest, and the paint was still there. On looking up into the aperture of the safety-valve inside the boiler I saw it was open: about one•eighth of an inch, I thin looked into the aperture of the stop of the valve inside the boiler, and saw it was open about five inches. I then got out of the boiler and went to satisfy myself of the cause of the small leakage of steam I had before noticed. I found that a small nut used to secure the lagging to the boiler had broken, and through it a small quantity of water had escaped, producing the stem which I had observed. I then asked for the key of the safety-valve; and was informed the captain of the ship had it, and that he was in London. I ordered the lock to be broken, the cover removed, and the valveand its weights taken out. I saw this done, and I had water poured down into the valve-chest in eirder to see if the waste waterpipe was clear. It was per. feetly clear. then had the weights and the safety-valve taken to the Royil Mail Company's factory and had them weighed. I found the weight on the safety-valve exactly equal to IGlb. on the squardinch. I then returned to the ship and had the gauge disconnected from the steam-pipe of the boiler which had exploded, in order to seo if the steam-pipe was clear, and when I blew a breath through it its action was such as to satisfy me it was clear. I marked the gauge which I now produce, and 'Sent it to my factory to be tested. It was done by my cousin. The Coroner—This _result certainly shows that the gauge did not mark the amount of steam correctly. Are you able to account for the4tecident in any way ? Mr. Summers—My impression is that the defective stay before referred to first gave way, and that then the wind pressure of the side of the boiler came upon the ends; and caused the rents I have already described. I consider the partial collapse of the " uptake" occurred also In consequence of the breaking of the stays. This is the only manner in which I can account for the rending of the boiler casings. By Captain Robertson I made an official survey of this boiler in June last, and granted a declaration of sufficiency to the sth November inst. • By the Coroner—The boilers were made by an eminent en. gineer, and had I gone into them altd eXamined them before as I have done to-day Fohonld have co . • ,ered myself warranted briertrtiZtoTr-OC . , kr -the liext ttto; months: By the Coroner-I do not think the accident" would affect the condition of the steam gauge. It is quite clear to my mind that the valve being raised only 1-Bth of an inch would not be sufficient to - keep the boiler safe. The valve ought to have risen with a'pressure of 161 b. Supposing the valve had been entirely open, I believe the escape of steam generated would have been sufficient, though the engines were not working. By the Foreman—l do not believe the boiler exploded at a pressure of Nib. nor of 20lb ; When the boiler burst. the pressure must have been quite 241 b. (Sensation.) The pres sure must have been greater thin that indicated at 171 b. or 201 b. at an earlier period of the afternoon. The Coroner—All eircumstaires considered, to what do you attribute the accident ? ! Mr. Summers—l believe the Accident must be attriblted. to the giving way of the defective stay. When that Stay gave way the pressure was thrown upon the sides; and hors the rent c mmenced, extending itself towards the steam chest, near to which the principal explosion has occurred. - After a lengthened consultation, the proceedings were mately at a late hour adjourned. The man Godfrey, reported yesterday as very dangerouSly ill, has rallied, and hopes exist of his recovery. THE HU9DERSFIELD MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. The anniversary proceedings of this instituiion com menced on Wednesday evening, with a public distribu tion of prizes to the students in its classes. The hall was well filled, there being upwards of a thousand persons pre sent, among whom were many ladies. Mr. F. CURSON, the secretary, read a short report, from which it appeared that the award of prizes last year had immediately produced an increased punctuality in the at tendance of the pupils, besides attracting public attention to the institution. Lord GODERICH, who was much cheered, said this was a. very interesting occasion, for they were all brought that night face to face with a large number of the young men of the town, who had been decided, by competent judges, to have shown great ability and great industry in various branches of learning. Now that men were becoming con vinced that in every kind of employment, public or pri vate, it. Nees more than ever necessary to look less to the sort of coat that a man might wear, or to the name by which he might be called, than to those intellectual qua lifications which were tested and demonstrated by exami nations such as the one just concluded, and also to those moral qualifications which must rule and direct the others. It gave him and the rest of the meeting very much gratification to meet, out of so large a number as from 700 to 800 young men of that town, those who had be en pick e d out as the m os t p ro fi c i en t . (Applause.) It had been said, and truly so, to a great extent, that the undergoing of such an examination was not merely a direct evidence of intellec tual attainments, but was also some indirect evidence of moral superiority. But if young men studying at the uni versities, or seeking clerkships tinier Government, showed themselves, by undergoing such examinations, to be pos sessed of self-denial and self-control at the time of life when those qualities are most 'difficult to exercise, then it could not be doubted that those qualities were displayed in a yet higher and more meritorious degree by poisons of a different class who pursued their studies ender all the diffi culties; Which must beset the path of many of the members of this institution. It must therefore be of „great inspoit ,eiraktiqt pmptoyeiv ortebour, -- .lf they verreaneu.be.yr Q uid not say to their duty, but to their own plain interest, to find out such young men. But there were strangers present also, whose motives for coming were of a more public character. The Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution was well known for its instruction class organisation, from which had sprang these examinations for the last two years; and though the gentlemen there present who felt a special interest in popular education would perhaps find in the institution some faults to point out, he did flatter himself, without exaggeration, that the example of Hud dersfield would give them some encouragement in their noble endeavours, and convince them that there was no reason to despair, or to abate one jot of those high hopes of the progress of education, those utopian desires as some persons had called them, which the zealous friends of the cause had been wont to entertain. (Cheers.) The distribution of prizes was then commenced, and occupied nearly an hour. The Right Hon. Sir JOHN PAKINCTON, M.P., then rose to speak, amidst great cheering. He said he rejoiced to have witnessed the successful result of the classes in this institution. His own experience prevented him from say ing that this was the first institute to establish such classes, because in his own part of England (Worcestershire) he was acquainted with a very well-conducted mechanics' in stitute which had established them, but he could not say that the results obtained in Worcestershire were anything equal to those he had now seen at Huddersfield. He understood that this was one of the institutes which composed the Yorkshire Union, and that he had the plea sure of speaking in the presence of the president (Mr. Babies) of that association. If there were differences of opinion between Mr. Baines and himself as to the best mode of attaining a great object, he was glad of this oppor tunity of stating publioly his opinion, and not for the first time—that there was no more dittiuguished or more sin cere friend to the cause of popular education than that ovitleman. (Cheers.) He believed this was one of upwards of 100 mechanics' institutes which did honour to the county of York, and that the members of these institutions num• bored not loss than 20,000. Now he would humbly suggest that the great county of York, with its 1,800,000 inhabi tents, ought not to be content with 20,000 members of such institutes. (Applause.) Positively, it was a great number, but comparatively it was not many. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that encour agemen t wou ld b e derived from the ad mirable example of Huddersfield. It was because he had been informed that there was not one such more dis tinguished than this institution, in its efforts for the bene fit of the working classes, that he had accepted the invita tion to be present, doing so for his own ple a sure and in struction. (Applause.) One thing was most striking to li any friend of education who had the privilege ca seeing such a sign of progress, and that was that the classes in this institute embraced a wider range of study than it was possible for any ordinary elementary school to bestow. (Hear, hear.) He had heard this evening little boys of nine years old called out to show that they could read ; but he had heard others of the same class, bat more advanced years, called out t o s h ow t h a t t h ey had occupied their leisure to their own honour and great benefit in the more difficult attainments of science; he had had proof that some devoted their attention to the softer charms of music; and the walls of this room were covered with proofs that the art of drawing had been amply cultivated. (Hear.) These were gratifying proofs of the eagerness for knowledge which existed in all classes, when the means of knowledge were fairly held out, and those who thus exerted them selves might rely that they would find, in every walk of life, their toil sweetened by intellectual acquirement. They would find that they were happier and more virtuous men by thus directing their intellectual powers to such attainments, and thus cultivating the noble gifts of reason which God had given them. 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Being of the tame colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albernaxle street, Piccadilly . Observe--opposite the York Hotel. From the London Gazette of Last Night. TREASURY, Nov. 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Vis cqunt Monek, the Right Hon. Lord Belper, the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, Sir Alexander Young Spearman, Bart., and Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of• England, to be Commissioners to enquire into the existing regulations under which allowances on retirement are granted to persons who have held civil offices in her Majesty's service. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27. - - - - The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee o. Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Madrid, reporting the following alterations in the Spanish tariff : Bookbinders' prepared cloth to pay an import duty of 8 reals per lb. under the national flag, and 8 reals 10 cents per lb. under foreign flag. Tarred tow and felt, 10 reals 60 cents per quintal under national flag, and 15 rends 90 cents under foreign flag. Saltpetre, raw, 28 reals per quintal under national flag, 38 reals under foreign flag. Saltpetre, in lumps, 36 real s p er qu i n t a l un der national flag, 46 reals under foreign flag. Saltpetre refined, 48 reels per quintal under national flag, 58 reals under foreign flag. WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, Nov. 28. 16th Light Dragoons—Thomas Duffield, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieuten a nt Williams, who has retired. Scots Fusilier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain, and .Brevet -Major Edward Neville, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Frank lyn Lushiegton, C. 8., who retires; Ensign and Lieut. Robert Farquhar Shaw Stewart to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Neville ; Henry Hardinge Denne Stracey, Gout., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, vice Shaw Stewart. 14th Regiment of Foot—Ensign William Noel Watson ) 1 k 8 1.)e 811 .1 30 r 1 0 1 .•4t. cik.L41.7414 4 0.-14.00111.4a40,911, , \:11kOt Diirett Healy, to be Lieu *ant, without, purchase, yica . Moyle, cleceased. 26th Foot—For thfines Bridge, Esq., to be Paymaster, vice Craigie, appointed to adistrict, hich appeared in the Gazette of 24th October, 1856, rem], Lieutenant James Bridge,.from the LAnd Transport Corps, to be Paymaster, &c. 32d Foot—Quartermaster John Giddings to be Paymas ter, vice William Garforth, deceased. 49th Foot—Captain John Hopkins, from half-pay of the 49th Foot, to be Captain, vice W. W. Maitland, deceased. 70th Foot— Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Watts from the 94th Foot, to be Assistant-Sargeon, vice Grant, deceased. 86th Foot—Ensign George Albert Conran, from the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lepper, promoted ; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Stilwell Barry, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fitzgerald, ap. pointed to the 91th Foot. 88th Foot—Lieutenant John Berkeley Michell has been permitted to resign his commission ; Assistant - Surgeon Richard William Meade, from the staff, to bo Assistant- Surgeon, vice Harris, resigned. 94th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Francis Lewis Fitzgerald, from the 68th Foot, to be Assistaut-Surgeon, vice Watts, appointed to the 70th Foot. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur Wm. Barron to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Callanan, deceased ; Ensign Alexander M. W. Samson to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, Tice Barron, whose promotion, on 31st 0ct.,856, has been cancelled. 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. Edward D. Lye has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission. Gold Coast Corps—Lieut. Charles Fox Duke to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bird, promoted ; Ensign Edward N. Robert Gatehouse to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dake. HOSPITAL STAFF. Deputy Inspector• General of Hospitals, John Mac A ndrew, M.D., to be Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Dawson, placed on half-pay. Assistant• Surgeon William Alexander Davidson, M.D., Supernumerary in the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Assibtant- Surgeon to the Forces, vice Barry, appointed to the 86th Foot. _ • Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Bayly has ceased to do duty, there being no longer occasion for his services. BREVET. Major John. James Grant, Unattached, employed on a particular service in south Africa, to have the local rank of Lieutenant• Colonel in South Africa, while so employed. COMMISSION SIGNED By THE QUEEN. 4th West York Regiment of Militia—John Kendall, Gent., to be Quartermaster. CO MISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. 4th or Royal Sonth Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Joseph Samuel Lavies, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice George, resigned. Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry —George Henry Finch, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Heygate, promoted. let Devon Regiment of Militia—Henry Fitz william Flallifaxr vice Macdonald, resigned. Ist Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Frederic Courtenay Trower, late of the 9th Lancers, to be Adjutant, vice Little, deceased. North Devon Regiment of Mounted Rifles—The Hon. Mark George Kerr Rollo to be Cornet, vice Marshall, pro moted. • _ _ • [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared . in the Gazette or tbe - 28ttrOctober hurt:l - • - 6th Regiment of West York Militia—Charles Musgrave Norris, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Maher, appointed to the Glamorganshire CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 28. Days and Places for holding Special Commissions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, at the following places. Northamptonshire, Thursday, Dec. 4, at Northampton. Lincolnshire, Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln, the same day, at the City of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire, Thursday, Dec. 11, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham, the same day, at the Town of Net t) gham. Derbyshire, Saturday, Dec. 13, at Derby. Warwickshire, Wednesday, Dec 17, at Warwick. BANKRUPTS. George Danby, wine merchant, late of Watford, Hert fordshire, now of Old-street, to surrender Dec. 10 and Jan. 14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee • Chidley, Basinghall-street. Alfred Guest, grocer, Kidderminster, Dec. 12, and Jan. 3, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Batham, Kidder minster; Knight, Birmingham. Simeon Lord and Edward Lord, millwrights, Bacup, Dec. 9 and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Cobbet and Wheeler, Manchester. Samuel Palmer Chapman, grocer, Lincoln, Dec 10 and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Kingston upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Chambers, Lincoln. Dan Asquith, innkeeper, Halifax, Yorkshire, Dec. 12, and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax. _ _ . William Briscoe, timber dealer, Ashton-under-Lyne, Dec. 12 and Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Charles Oswald Robson, wharfinger, Belmont-wharf, Tork-road, King's-cross, Dec. 10, at one, and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Giles, London-wall. Michael Willis, fire wood manufacturer, Shot Tower Wharf, Lambeth, Dec. 12, at twelve, and January 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee, Guildhall-chambers ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. William Hughes, builder, Liverpool, Dec 12 and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. George Sleddall Wright and John Wright, brewers, Liverpool, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Margaret Jane Stoveld, ship builder, Blyth, Northum bet landshire, Jan. 16, at twelve, at _the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Charch-yard; Thomas and William Chi ter, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankrupty—E. F. Ellis, stockbroker, Royal Exchange-buildings- V. Chauldron and F. Bdain, dealers in perfumery, Dec. 19—A. Eves, flour factOr,Jndd• place, West, Dec. 22 —E. Benson and S. Benson, hotel keepers' Mansfield Hotel, Mansfield-street—W. Duncan and T. Hamper, hop merchants, Tooley-street—F. Brig den, harness maker, Arundel—S. L. Sanville, merchant, Skinner's-place -L. Ensoll, Great Titchfield-street—W. Button, builder, Erith—J. Gathercole, gas manufacturer, Eltham —W. Crole, jun., merchant, Rood-lane—F. J. ironfounder, Wisbeach--W. C. Strange, builder, Henley-on-Thames, Dec. 19. At the Manchester District Court—T. Shannon, manufacturer, Drumbeater, Jan. 16— W. E. Cooper and D. Cooper, tallow chandlers, Manches ter and Mottram, Dec. 22. At the Liverpool District Court—R. Flynn, grocer, Liverpool, Deo. 22. At the Bris tol District Court—H. N. Hobhouse, J. Phillott, and C. Lawder, bankers, Bath, Jan. 8. At the Leeds District Court—J. Mackenzie and S. Cotton, machine makers, Leads —J. Bapty, woollen yarx manufacturers, Huns]et—H. Leadbeater, woollen cloth merchant, Huddersfield, Dec. 19. At the Sheffield District Court—W. Marratt, attorney, Doncaster, Dec. 20. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturd, ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for ay the 22d gay of Nov., 1856. 'AILTMENT. _ ISSUE DEP, Notes issued ..... 23,761,025 Government debt.... 11,015,10 i. Other securitiea....., 3,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 9,286,025 Silver bullion - £23,761,025 £23,761,025 IL MAR MALL, Chief Cashier. :41856. 'PARTMENT. Dated the 27th day of Nov(mbei BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Re5t........ Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National De,bt, Say- Governmentsecuritlee • (Includg.Dead Weight Annuity).... • • .... 10,454,867 Other securities .. .. 18,232,446 Notes . • . • 4 218,055 Gold and silver coin 611,611 ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 5,106,831 Other deposits ...... 9,735,455 Seven Day and other 8i115........ . 858,122 £33,516,979 £33,t 16,979 E. MARSHALL, Chief CaNtei, 1856. Dated the 27th day of Novemth AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR• The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Nov. 25, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 36 3 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 33 7 Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 34 11 Average of the three foregoing descriptions THE G01:1) FIELDS OF NEV SOUTH WALES. Respecting the gold mining districts there is little to be said in addition to what was contained in our last summary. From various causes the excitement preva lent in the early part of last month has much subsided. Some of those who have left this city have returned dis appointed, and the acclunts they gave of the fields which they had visited were such as to dishearten others. Most of these disappointed men, however, it is well known, started without sufficient capital to enable them to give the diggings a fair trial, and because their anticipa. twos were not realised within the time they prescribed, and with the labour they felt disposed to bestow, they abandoned their claims and sought for an excuse in any other but the true source. That such was the case is also proved by the fact that at Rocky River the holes in several of the deserted claims are not bottomed ; and at the western districts those who, though unsuccessful at first, gave 'other fields a trial have met with sufficient en couragement to induce them to remain. The postpone. meta of the amendment of the gold fields regulations iu consequence of the present Ministerial changes has also had an effect in causing many quondam diggers to delay rssutning their former pursuits. There is also compare tively little prospecting carried on, owing to the unsatis factory encouragement given wider the present regula tion . Further, the quantity of gold that was expected by this time has not been received, particularly. from Rocky River; but this is to be attributed to the wantof an escort and to the fact that the diggers there keep posses sion of what gold they find except se much as they are compelled to diTose of in order to meet the oast of liv ng. Ail these circumstances combined have some• what damped the feeuug that existed in the city at t-ie hegin ... tiing of Avast. -Netovi • - gratifying to be - able to itate" r thit' - thellcco - iiitii re ceived from those ‘‘ ho have contnued at the fields are satisfactory and in some cases highly encouraging. Certainly, Stoney-creek has not been found so extensive afield as it was thought to be, but this may be owing to O. e want of proepecting; seeing that the gold in .that quarter was found to be deposited in patches. To a great extent this is also the case at Rocky River. It has been ascertained that the gold there does not run in a lead as at Ballarat, and the diggers from Victoria feel mot a little annoyed by this circumstance. On the 13th of last month 2,019 ounces' were received in the city from the Rocky River. It had been purchased by one person in the course of four weeks. Several other small quanti ties have been received, and the latest accounts are that most of tie holes pay. In some great quantities are found ; and a few days ago a letter was received by a victoria digger in this city which stated that a party of his friends took 6,000 ounces cut of a hole 160 feet ,leep. This statement, however, has not yet b:-en confirmed. The latest accounts state that generally from three to four ounces were found in a tin dish full of stuff. At S oney-creek there have been some very good finds, though not so great as those mentioned in our last sum mary. The field, however, has a generally prosperous appearance, and some new spots have been discovered.. At several of the ether diggings there have been some re markable instances of good fortune. In the neighbour hood of Braid wood a party of four found a nugget of upwards of 103 oz, At Tuena one party took out 100 oz. in eight days. At Merob one person purchased 2;0001. worth of gold, and, if he had had the means, could have purchased about double that amount. Some old ground has been reopened at Major's-creek, and is turning out well, between 60 and 70 oz. having been obtained from 1 cwt. of earth. The quantity of gold lirought down by the escort from the southern and west ern districts on the 23d ult. was little sheet of 4,000 oz., or double the amount usually brought from the two dis tiicts.—Sydney Herald of Sept. 1. ANOTHER ARCTIC VOYAGE. Lieut. Bedford Pim, R.N., in a communication to the Times, says : "In your columns of the 27th inst. I observe a lead ing article severely animadverting upon my proposition A the Royal Geographical Society for a further search to ascertain the fate of the expedition under command of Sir Jobn Franklin. " Although throughout that article a decided prejudice against another effort is most apparent, it is to be hoped there is sufficient impartiality in the Times to allow space for a few words of an opposite tendency. "In the first place, you Fay 'just the Same kind of thing was said or written years ago.' I answer, most advisedly, that you are in error on that point. " Secondly, you make the unqualified assertion that `;Franklin and his unfortunate companions are dead long since.' I reply, prove this and it ends the questi)n. i "Thirdly, and lastly, the results of our efforts in the J"olar Sea have not terminated in complete disappoint speet. On_the contrary, the problem of centuries is fTlved, many timusand miles of coast delineated on our arts, and a band of sailors brought forward unequalled r mental as well as physical resources. I "Now, sir, I beg to state a few reasons why the search ought to be continued. Firstly, there is conclusive evidence of the precise lccality where the missing ships have been stopped. Secondly, the ,nost experienced officers stake their reputation on the facility with which they can be reached. Thirdly, the space to be searched is so circumscribed that the work can be accomplished in one season by a Comprehensive scheme of search intrusted to volunteers from among those young but experienced commanders already proved in the icy regions. Fourthly, there is ground for hope that some still survive. Fifthly, it is ,not characteristic of Englishmen to leave anything unfinished, especially when there is reason to expect a successful issue ; and, Lastly, can we allow our children to read in the his tory of their country that two ships, with 138 public servants, were lost in the Polar regions ; that for six years the most untiring efforts were made to find them ; that by the merest accident conclusive evidence of their whereabout was at last obtained, and then, and not till then, all further effort was abandoned? You may be "really sick" of the subject, and pro nounce "the scheme frantic," but by doing so you incur heavy responsibility, inasmuch as you diminish the con fidence of future navigators in that humane considera tion and thoughtful care of their countrymen at home which at present upholds them in moments of direst peril. As regards the latter part of your article, " If the scientific gentlemen wish for another expedition, let them ;moan the ships in their own proper persons, and prove 'that they do not shrink from the perils to which they would expose others," I have merely to remark that no lank of volunteers has ever been experienced, whether scientific or otherwise, as evidenced especially in my Siberian expedition, on which occasion, hazardous in the extreme as it was pronounced to be, upwards of 100 private gentlemen, many of high scointific attainments, applied to share its perils, and I do not hesitate to say that, this country will produce, whenever called upon, a host of volunteers anxious to devote themselves to so noble a cause. THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT RHODES. The Presse d'Orient publishes a letter which gives some details of the destruction of a part of the town of Rhodes by the explosion of the powder magazine : " In the afternoon of the 6th Rhodes was visited by a most violent thunderstorm, and several houses were struck by lightning and more or less injured. Suddenly a tremendous explosion was heard ; the ground shook ak from the effect of an earthquake, and windows were smashed in every direction. The explosion was followed by two others, and a dense black smoke arose. It was after a time ascertained that the lightning had fallen on the Church of St. Jean, and bad penetrated into the subter ranean vaults underneath used as a depot for gunpowder, and in which an immense quantity of that commodity had recently been placed. It is impossible to depict the horror of the scone. Not a house was left standing in the whole quarter of the city near the church, and that buildiog itself was completely levelled with the ground. The quarter was the ricbest and handsomest of the town, but not a vestige of it now remains. Disfigured bodies were lying about on the ground, and the groans of the dying were heard on every side. Had prompt and immediate assistance been giVen, there is no doubt that many lives might have been saved ; but every one was threwn into such consternation by the suddenness of the catastrophe that but few had presence of mind enough left to undertake the painful task. Night soon arrived, and from some strange motives of safety, which are in explicable under such circumstances, the gates were closed, and the operations for assistance were for a time suspended. Mr. Campbell, the English Consul, having assem bled some workmen, had the gates agai n opene d and proceeded to the scene of the disaster, and as well particularly fitil l living i n at g as they cou l d cleared away the ruins, the places where the groans of persons were the most distinctly heard. This work was one of great difficulty, for the rain fell in such tor rents that it was impossible to keep a torch burning. At daylight next morning more efficient means were orga nised. several dead bodies were got out, and two young girls of 12 and a child of 7 were afterwards extricated alive. Ti rese and three or four others, who were saved on the previous night, are all that survive out of a popula tion of between 400 and 500 who were in the quarter at the time of ti ie explosion. Only about 150 of the bodies have yet been found, as th e y ara all so deeply buried under the ruins. Only two Christians were killed, the quarter being inhabited entirely by Turks. The family of the Mal Mud ari Perlev Effendi, composed of 18 persons, have all perished. His mother, his wife, and his daughter were fou ad about 500 yards from their house. That functionary was at the time proceeding home, and was oily slightly injured by some falling stones. The Governor-General himself was slightly wounded on the head by some broken glass. Some idea of the forcer c,f the explosion may be formed from the fact :that a barge in the harbour was sunk by a 1 quantity of stones falling on her, and beating a hole througt i her bottom, and by a sailor being killed by a stone et. riking hint on the head at a distance of more than half a na ile from the spot." NE wsp A p ER , . • A MONTH'S IMPRISONMENT 1?0,0 Or\ A - PASSING UN ONE'S OWN .144 4 # - q. 9" . \%) (From the. Norfolk New s o f this cla 0 y ) We had hoped that we should hear no mQ. - et . the Holt rabbits, and that the claims of the pi 41 S men to every advantage from their own heath would be acknowledged, or at least not objected to, by the parish authorities. But the powers have ordained otherwise. And at the moment that we are writing, two of the labourers belonging to theeirs'i for whose benefit " The Lows " was, al-• lotted •aearly half a century ago are in prison and at hard labour, under sentence of the petty sessions at Holt, for insisting on what they believe is in law, and what all know is in equity and common honesty, these poor men's just and inalienable rights. - Ou Saturday last, Lord Hastings, the Rev. J. H. Sparke, Col. Astley, Mr. Pemberton, and Mr. Cozens-Hardy, sat to try the two culprits, whose names are John Loads and William flagon. The charge was that they had trespassed on "The Lows" in pureuit of rabbits. Toe defence was that the land was in fact the property of the occupiers of certain ancient houses in Holt specified in the schedule to the Holt luclosure Award, in two of which houses Loads and Hagon lived. " The rec tor, churchwardens, and overseers of the poor, and the visitor and guardian of the workhouse," 'were by the award appointed trustees, with no beneficial interest, but only for the purposes of the award and for the protection of the parties entitled to the ad vantages conferred by the allotment. The occupiers of the above houses were to have, under the award, all that could be derived from the land, whether as pasture, or from the cutting of flags, ling, brakes, and furze. This land, it appears, grows rabbits as well as ling, brakes, and furze ; and the poor me n who, it is admitted, may lawfully feed stock on the land, and consume what the land produces in wild bushes, &c., are sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour if they dare to catch a wild rabbit fed and housed on theirown soil. They may take thefurze, but not the rabbit in the futze. The rector and his coadjutors have let the shooting over the poor men's land —under what authority no one can tel —to a "adere n 9f 9 th DL, geneteman'elaims the rauvo, and is content to put in his pocket what he can; get for them, though he knows that they prov \ ender ea the ‘. poor men's land. We presume Mr. Barker''pr his gamekeeper is the prosecutor in this case. The rec tor and the parish officers were friendly to tbe- pro-: secution, and the j ustices above named—all otwhiAti are, we are informed, game preservers, or at least take a - deep interest in the preservation of game-- Tr were the judges. Our correspondent does not tell ut • whether the poor men had any advocate, nor do we know the details of the trial. But our readers have enough before them to justify the conclusion that a more disgraceful case has rarely come before the public, even in connection with game-law abomina tions. But we do not regret that the poor men have been consigned to prison, because we hope and believe that this extreme measure will excite in their favour a sentiment of sympathy and a willing ness to help which a too lethargic public might not, under ether circumstances, have manifested. We are also glad that at least one magistrate refused to concur in the conviction. We hold it to be a crying evil that in questions of this nature, magistrates who know and feel that they have a strong bias towards a rigorous enforce ment of the game laws should sit on the bench and pronounce judgment affecting the rights and liber ties of almost friendless men. If magistrates have a bias, let them deal fairly with their own con sciences, and act honourably in the face of the public, by referring the question in dispute to those who can deal with it impartially and ac cording to its merits. Under the excise laws, a magistrate is not allowed to inter fere in a case relating to any article in which he deals or has an interest. Why should the law make a distinction between questions of game and questions of tobacco ? It is, we repeat, a crying evil, and it brings discredit on the admi nistration of British law. We hope the case of these two poor men will not be lost sight cf when Parliament meets. It may be that in strict law the niagistratos are right. It is not for us to pronounce an opinion on that point. But it also way be that the magistrates have mis- . taken the law. in that case, we trust the law will be vindicated against mal-administration. But if it be that these poor men have broken the law, and trespassed on their own land, we say again the law itself is a crime—a wicked trespass on the rights of the poor ; and though they who transgress such an arbitrary and unjust law may incur its penalty, and magistrates may be found to enforce it, yet the transgression carries with it no moral stigma, and public opinion will even applaud the men whom the law has deprived of liberty. But other considerations are suggested by gds case. Each of the defendants was fined three shillings, and prdered to pay costa amounting - to" eleven shillings. In default of the fourteen shil lings each was sentenced to imprisonment and bard labour for one month. The month's imprison ment and hard labour was the consequence of their being too poor to pay the fine and costa l This system of punishing try fine, and in default of pay ment by imprisonment, is manifestly unjust to wards the poor. The rich man convicted of a vio lation of the law takes out his purse, pays the penalty, and walks off with an air of unconcern, if not of insolence. The labourer is fined ;he has no money and no monied friends ; magistrates who, had they been left to earn their ow:living, might have been poorer even than he, order him to prison and the treadmill, and consign his weeping wife and children to the workhouse. Money makes the only difference between the convict at large and the convict at the wheel. ~~, But of what avail are these compl a i n i ngs an d protests, if the victims are to work out their time and no effort is made to reverse the past and pro tect them for the future ? If there be in this large county any who have manliness and energy enough practically to protest against a wicked laiv, or against a shameful straining of the law, if such it be—if there be any disposed to help friendless men in their extremity, let all such speak out, as it becomes them, without delay. If it be possible to effect the discharge of these men bysetting aside the conviction, let that be done. If it be possible (notwithstanding the laws for protection of magistrates from the conse quences of their mistakes) to make those magis trates defend their decision before a higher tribunal let that be done. If nothing else be possible, let p u blic opinion pronounce its decision, and let Parliament be called upon to confirm it. • HOLT. - ANOTHER RABBIT CASE. —Much indigrat ion was ex cited in this town on Saturday last, by the decision of the bench of magistrates, in a case which was brought before them. The magistrates present were _Lord Hastings, Colonel Astley, W. 11. Pemberton, ri i iq, , Reverend J. I_l. Sparks, and W. H. Cozens- Hardy, Esq. It will be remembered that a few months since a poor man was fined for catching rabbits en a "common" called the "Lows," a tract of land com prising about 120 acres, which was allotted to certain cottages at the enclosure in 1810. The fine was paid by the parties who obtained the conviction, and the man, not living in a cottage having a "common right," was told not to trespass again. The rector, churchwardens, and overseers for the time being, are trustees, and have let the shooting over the common to George Barker, Esq., of Holt Lodge. John Loads and Wm. Hagon, labouring men, living in cottages, having a " common right," went upon the " Lows," in the exercise of this right, to catch rabbits ; they were seen by Mr. Barker's man, and summoned on Saturday e last beCire the magistrates, for trespassing on saidt "Lows" in pursuit of rabbits. Mr. Cozens -Hardy he thought the trustees bad no power to let theshoeoteieng. on the cumnihn, and refused to concur in a C 0 1 , 7 01 t i ' nion but all the other magistrates present were t that the men had committed a trespass, together them each 3:i. and the expensee, making. th with hard 285., or to be imprisoned for a be nl m n o n nen and have of d p fined labour. The men COUI4 - A not been imprisoned accordingly. motherless children 1 ur children of flagon, and the __twoWorkhouse. Notwith standing Loads, will be sent to th 6 „dnesday, a considerable standing this decision, on VV. , eg entitled to "The Ipnaya;ew days the wife and number of the occupiers of hou cefa _ y, II to their estate, Lows" went in a boiy, but who looked on, but did not ae.eining theirrights, as they and captured rabbits in the poor men, who are only Tit to the mercy of the believe, will not be left defenceless,l) r in cP s t Pe e an r f e e e r 8: of the W el) police-officer, trust ice-o tfi t h e e e s r e P . has v eeiebinitnor vicinity. and e , are happly to learn that a su S e to an issue. f or med, to bring question a committee rabbit preservers of flohltraindttistas MESSRS. STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES.—Yesterday, by direction of the assignees of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Bates, Messrs. Plews and Wail offered to public competition, at the Auction Mart, .a number of policies o f assurance on the lives of Sir J. D. Paul, Mr. Bates, and others. In the course of the sale the auctioneer stated, in answer to sorne . remarks, that the bankrupts were now at the Model Prison, Pentonville, and he bad been in formed some time since, on what he believed undoubted &Charity, that they would not be sent ont of the couatrya an d no doubt would soon get a ticket of leave. Eleven policies of assurance were put up, and realised 8,3621. The sale was well attended, and for some of the lots con siderable competition took place. Da. BEECLIEB.—Dr. Beecher ince said to an old lady, who had expressed her wonder to him that she was per mitted to live as she could not do any more good, " You are doing a great deal of good ; you help me to preach every Sunday." She was greatly surprised, and inquired how it could be. "In the first place," said he, " you are always in your seat on the Sabbath, and that helps and,anu y in on the eok third right place, u i'n to I ome ; in the secon d p l ace , you are always wide awake, my fte fa n c s e ee an t d he th te a a t r h s e rrna m in e g ; down your face, and that helps me very much."