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481 Od 42i 7d 384 CA 741 Rold 453 50'd 4‘'o sold 143 told MR. ALBERT smines MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and every evening (except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday Mornings at 3. Stalls, 30. ; area, 2a. ; gallery, IL—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARLL ROOMS.—LAURENT'S CASINO W OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet a Piston , . Bouicourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shil/inf. •, - Laurent's new Varsoviana every night. 4kr 'MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, lit Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, , and Costume, concluding with an Impersonation of Mile. Rachel, as Camille in " Les liori.ms." Every evening, at 8. Private boxes and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Poly phic-liall. King William-street, Charing-cross. 7 2-1208 11-12 t la Infet . 18• alq 20- 0 38a Od 'A.DAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LINU EXETER HALL. THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. or buitiel It is respectfully announced that Mr. and Madame GOLD RCHMIDT will give an EVENING CONCERT of SACRED and MISCELLANEOUS MUSIC, with Full Bend and Chorns, at Exeter on TUESDAY EV FiNING, March 11th, 106, the proceeds of which will he presented to the Nightingale Fund. On this occasion the seats throughout the Hall will be numbered and Resented, price One Guinea each. • Application & Tickets received by Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond street. The places will be appropriated according to priority of appllca• tion ; and tickets will be ready for delivery on and after Monday, March 3. d to is Oa Ito Os Ta to 4s Oa Ito 3r, Od Ito 3s (Ii I to Oe ol to 5 , 4 Oa 1 to OH 01 Od to 861 6dtooa Royal library, 33, Old Bond-street. T HEATRE ROYAL COVENT-GARDEN. ENGLISH OPERA. First Appearance at this Theatre of Lucy Escott and * Mr. Henry Haigh.—Re-appearance of Mr. Leigh Murray. Professor ANDERSON h much pleasure in being able to an nonnee that he has succeeded In obtaining the services of the whole of the available English Operatic Talent for this Theatre. THIS EVENING, Monday, Feb. 111, and on Wednesday, Feb. 20. will be performed the BOHEMIAN GIRL. Arline, the celebrated American Prima Donna, Lucy Escott (her first appearance at this Theatre); Thaddeus, the new tenor, Mr. Henry Haigh (his first ap pearance in London); Devilshoof, Mr. Farquharson; the Count Arnheim, Mr. Durand. To-morrow, Feb. 19, Bellini's Opera of Le Sonnambul a. Amina, Lucy Escott; Elvino, Mr. Henry Haigh; Count Rodelpho, Mr. Durand. Each of these operas will be produced on the grandest scale, the whole of the unlimited resources of this, the first theatre in the metropolis, will be called Into requisition for the occasion. The mice en scene will be characteristic of all that has been produced on the boards of Covent-garden. Conductor, Mr. Loden Full band and chorus. The opera to be followed each evening w ith the new Farce (con densed) of WRAP DO YOU WANT? (in consequence of numerous inquiries). The Wizard, by Professor Anderson ; the other Wizard by Mr. Leigh Murray, who will have the honour of introducing his celebrated fac-similes of Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Charles Kean. The Performance to conclude each evening with the Ballet of L'ECOSSAIS FRETILLANT, supported by Mr. Flexmore, Mr. W. Barnes, Mr. Charles Brown, and Miss Emma Home. Mile. Auriol will make her first appearance these eight years at this theatre in the role of Josephine. Private boxes, 31. 3s. 21. 2s , 11. Is., and 12s. ; grand balcony, 41.; upper boxer, 2s. 3d. ; pit and amphitheatre stalls, 23. ; gallery, Is. Private boxes and seats in the balcony, stalls, and upper boxes, may be secured on application at the Box Office of the theatre, which is open, under the direction of Mr. O'Reilly, daily from Ten to Five. Doors open every evening at Half-past Six. Commence at Seven. Second price at Nine o'clock. , to 1810 d Is toOs 1 0 a ,2d to 23d 8d Lo 38413 1 ; rapeseed ; bßkerb to 315 Od Post ofdoe W due 0 EntOnnd. Feb. 14 Feb. 11 BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D., 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine tha Plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectnaos and Forms for Opening Accountasent free on application. PETER MORRNON, Managing Director. Feb. 21 Uncortid Mar. 6 L AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. FNE, 1856. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That . a 7rn SPECIAL RrABY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Society will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 2M day of February instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of confirming • (if thought flt) Resolutions passed at the General Meeting of Proprietors, held on Saturday, the 2d day of February instant, authorising the alteration of various clauses in the Society's Deed of Settlement. Feb 16. Feb 16 Uncaftot Feb. 15 Ta.Tb:s By Order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. Mar. 4 Two .-~ia~' GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (Incorporated by Act of Parliament.) 71. Lombard•s , reet, ondon. "NOTICE IS HEREBY' GIVE‘, That the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this. Company wi'l he held at the Company's oMce, 71, Lonibard-street, on TUESDAY, the 2Gth instant. at Two o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Divi dend for the Half-year ending the 31st December, 1853. MARTIN PRATT, Secretary. rwicolgO rob I Dar, I & 20 ni° London, Feb. 1, 1856. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the following Gentle inen have notified their intention of offering themselves as candi date, for the Direction at the Half-yearly General Meeting of the S hareholder., advertised to take placs on FRIDAY, the 29th Feb ruary Instant : James Goodson, Erg , The Albany, Piccadilly. David Waddington, Esq., M.P., Adelaide ouse, Entteld. Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., 28, Great Winchester-street. James Packe, Esq., Mildlnhall, SafTolk. Joseph Robert Morrison, Esq., Theobalds, Herts. Robert Orr, Esq , Sydenhsm, Thomas Williams Helps, Esq., Dean's-yard, Westminster. Ralph Walters, Esq., 3. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. Michael Reilly, Esq., Bishops Stortford. 7neertlu' rwice , " Feb. 16 i&tOrli Feb. 16 YncArr. fA J. B. OWEN, Secretary, Bishopsgate Terminus, 15th February, ISM. & 16 ma LONDON and NORTH WESTERN, MAN ermsrga, SHEFFIELD, and LINCOLN - SHIRE, and 1111/LAND RAILWAYS. The public are Informed that the above Companies have' RESUMED Woaxima Fas - r Tamma between London and the undermentioned places, at the following fares and Times from Loudon : & 16 moo --- rill gee (le' rryllo (CIO totted al London .... •• •• - liTottliiiliarn Newark . • •••• • Lincoln .... •• • • •- - - Ent% via Lincoln .... BlieMel I, Victoria Station • Doncaster •• •• • •• •• •• '' • ormanton. .... Wakefield, via liormanton— Bradford •• •• •• York ..... .......dep. ... ...arr. I st Class s. d. 6 0 6 0 10 0 15 0 11 3 6 0 14 0 1:5 0 15 0 15 ft 15 0 6 0 R 25 9 12 9 35 2d Class. P. 4. 3 0 3 0 0 1n 0 5 8 3 0 9 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 ft q been. 9torda! • 814 I :henirb, 'ahead, shares, By order. Feh. 7, 1856. MARK HUTS ET. JAB. T.T.PORT. ED. WA.TKIN. n doing orn and LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILW IY—REDUCTION of FARES between LONDON and PETERFIOROUGTI. —Until farther notice, the Fares between London and Peterborough wal be — First Class bown Trains leave the Euston I Up Trains leave Peterborough. Station, London. 6.31 a.m. 9. 1 5 „ 10.30 „ 2. 0 p.m. 5.45 „ 18,Z46t1 s brisk stocks• Lngbars 6.31 a.m. 10.15 „ 2.20 p.m. 4. 0 „ 6.15 „ By order. Genera Maniger's Office, Euston Station, February, 1858. :totem, 14i-- VIIIRSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of William G reening. and in s (muse, Richard Greening and others against Wal ter Stanton Bousfield, the CREOrTorti of WlLLlitt GREENING, late of No 22, Marlborough-place, Old Kent-road, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, deceased, the Testator in the proceedings named (Who died on or about the 6th day of .Tune, 1855), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 29th day of February, 1853, to come in andprove their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Si r n Stuart, No. 12, Old square, Limoln . s-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Thursday, the 6th day of March, 1856, at one of the clock in the Af ten.oon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju dicating upon the claims. Dated this 12th day of February, 1856. 9CI-- ee per SO3-- -- mterap k, 2O 1 and - ALFRED HALL, Chief . REMRY BATT, Dyers' Hall, London, and Wandsworth, Clerk Serrey, p' laintiff's Solicitor. NEW LABEL—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit l a b e l s o f A . ROWLAND & SONS' the ACASSAR OIL, now in circul a ti on , an d wh i ch so nearly resemble original as frequently to deceive the unwary—they have em 't ployed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who. great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded 1;1 Prodneing from steel " A NEW L ABEL," vhich cannot be forged. 't Is composed of a section of an engine -turned circle, repeated one hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground, I, Pon which is engraved in white letters, FGR " ROWLANDS' MAC ASSAR OIL, THE GROWTH, RESTORATION. AND OR BEAUTIFYING THE HUMAN HAIR." Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors in Red Ink A. ROWLAND & SONS." Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemtets and perfumers. STIR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, 9, 2. BRITNSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrive) of th .... 11 W 111 8 Trains from Fonchurch-street, lOU, 314, weather permit 4. The Packets will call at the Basherville, Greenhithe, Purfleet iind North Wool w i c h Pi ers . 4. 0 or tom Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. lid. Erith and L0nd0n.............. ••• .• Bd. ~ os. 10d Erith and Blackwell or W001wich...... 6d. .. Oa. Bd. 6W e Gravesend and Intermediate Pieta.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. October 23. 1855. tirLPOZEAS COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians, nr cessfully administered i n t h e Paris and London Hospitals, and s ! e k nowledged by them t o b e the best remedy for a certa i n di so rd er . ( i " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli 121eattml.—Pice per 100, 43.6 d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, 01RIEL JOZEAU, French chemist,;49, Haymarket, London, and .`" the Principal chemists. TIN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. RIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the 11th ofJune following was made perpetual, against Joseph Itr anklln and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou- Sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Voinnalc de Pharmacia d e Par i s, and the Imperial College of Medicine, TIESEMAR, No. 1, Is a remedy f or Rela xatio ß n, Sperrnatorrhcea, and an the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are efti- Cacious in youth, manhood, and old age; and t those persona who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIRSEMAR. No. 2, e ffectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubeb 'lave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the Lwow or 4 vast portion of the population. T R IE SEMAR, No, 3, the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whit , nnrc rtunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in writable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sar saparilla in the world cannot remove. TRI ESEMAR, Ncs. 1, 2, and 3, are alike de vo i d oftaste or mei, a nti , O f an nauseating qualities. They may li e on the toilet tab'. Witht their use being suspected. are slid in tin cases, pri ce th . ere . TiIrE`ERAR, Nos. 1, which 3, lls., or 'our eases In one for 338 , saves lls. ; and in 51. eaes, whereby 18 a saving of I/. I 2s. • divided int ,, s pirate dose,, es adminig. te ` et' by Valneau, Lallemand, Roux. & '., &C. To be had Wholesale and Rv.all in Londcn of Johnston . 6s, Fornhiii ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str et: and Sanger, 150, ox. ord-street ; it. n. Inghan, druggist, 46. Si arket-street, Manchester : R. Itradb Bolton i J . Priestly, chemist, 52. ury, book/feller, Deansgate,J. tord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, • 21'4 ; W llll l4ll, bookseller, High-street 131.1T4111fhanl. MIA HOUSE, 30rn jARVAIIT. 1856 THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDTA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a (JA RTE NLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their house in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th March next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. The eased i eallh D.— rlage rand Co:. race- 68, '54, Rev. ton. Cev. of ,ard 54, 1 of the 91, I. 15. t~ N o . 19,773. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready la 2 vols., with Illustrations, 21s. bound, THE WANDERER IN ARABIA. By GEORGE T. LOWTE. Esq. "An excellent book, pervaded by a healthy enthusiasm, novel and varied in its incidents, and running over with human interef t."— Sun. Burst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Celbarn. In one vol. decoy Bvo., with Ham 12s. 6d., INSIDE SEBASTOP OL, new lisue of ts work contains a defence of the author's account 07 the Repuls hi e at the Redan, and an answer to some foolish critieisins Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly. -- MR. WILKIE COLLINS'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the libraries, in 2 vols., R D ARK. By WiLma Cowan, author of . Basil," •• Ride and Seek,' &c. London . :—Emith, Elder, arid Co., 65, Cornbill. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, PrincesTstreet, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. - - DIRECTORS. ]Major-General ALEXANDER, Klackbeath Park, CrfAlßatArs. William Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street. . G-orge Bevington. Esq., Neckinger Mills Bermondsey. F. P. Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. George Cohen. Esq., Shackiewell. Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. John Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. T. S. Girdler, Esq , 7. Tokenly use-yard. H. L. Smale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. STANDING COUNCIL.—H. P,ellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn. Souctroas.—Messrs. M`Le'd and stermipg, 16, LOnlion+Street, Fenchurellsatreeto Dinsedale. Drewett; Fowlers, and Barnard, 50, Corabill. Increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans or Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Snm assured payable nt Sixty or at death if occurring previously. Provision, during minority, for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Half-credit policies—the unpaid half premiunt.s liquidated out of :he profits. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) ...—..—............ ----- Half I Whole half Quar. a premium premium Age. Annual Yearly telly be , First for Ite -1 1 Seven , malnder premium Pre- Pre mium. mitun. Years. I of Life. -; ! ' - - - 4 s. d.' £ s. d. Years. Months X s. d.I I X s. d.l 4 s. d. 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 31 1 4 20 12 3 40 1 9 2; 218 4 3 2 7 6 1 4 41 012 4 50 ! 2 2 6 4 6 0, I 6 , 2 7 10 1 4 6 0 12 5 60 3 6 86 13 4] 9 2 8 2; 1 4 80 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Reeident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, Two Millions. Established in 1836. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. Officel : 37, Castle-street, Liverpool; 20 and 21, Poultry, London; and 61, King-street, Manchester. TRUSTERS. Slr Thomas Bernard Birch, Bart. Adam Hodgson. Esq. I Samuel Henry Thompsoi, Esq DIRECTORS IN LIVERPOOL. CHAIRMAN —TaONIAS RHO K tOSANK. Esq. DEPUTY -CHAIRMEN—Joseph C. Evart, Esq., and Fraids llaywood, Esq. Secretary—Swinton Boult, Esq. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. Chain - min —MATTHEW FORSTER, Esq. Deputy-Chairman —George Frederick Young. Esq. Resident Secretary—Benjamin Henderson, Esq. DIRECTORS IN MANCHESTER. Chairman—SAMUEL AS EITON, Esq. E. R. Lanworthy, Esq. James Aspinall Turner, Esq. Edward Tootal, Esq. 1 Thomas Wrigley. Esq. Resident Secretary—R. A. Kennedy, Esq. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Premiums received in 1353 were 113,6121.; and in 1854, 146,096/. Insurances may be effected in this department on to: ms as low as those of most other Companies. Farming Stock Insured at 3s. per cent., free from the conditions o average, and allowing a Steam Thrashing Machine. LIFE DEPARTMENT. Premiums received on Now Business were, in 1853, 6,9131.; and in 1851, 10,2671. Annuities Immediate and Deferred. Bonuses guaranteed when the Policy is hatted. No Stamp Duty charged on Life Policies. Prospectuses and further information may be obtained at the Offices of tke Company, or from any of the agents. SWINTON BOULT. Secretary to the Company' G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq.;Chltirmsn, HENRY HULSE 13ERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Dart. John Nfartln, Esq., M.P. Sir Waiter R. Farquhar, lin. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Tlankey, Esq., M.P. James Morris, Em. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. ever. A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. I Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPAATMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par lament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June. 1860, when all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year tit Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total eversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000. At Christmas last the Assurances in force amounted to upwards of 4,210,0001.: the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,0051. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East end West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the Unitel States of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.---Persons who are not - in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values. Pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have .ittained in each case a value not under 501. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. FIRE -DE PA RTMENT.--insurances effected upon every descrir tion of property. at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES —ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. Sir Georgeo t John O WilliamA C p N t e a a y l:u s: T W F :I bgrbrCo Barclay,a Il E 2 EC 9 s hs q i qa . P , . Bart.. r A G I :Drosi Deputy-Governor. ! A v e r e . ' rn L' or. Yn-liCif°avnenrnin:,.El4o. DIRECTO: . n. John T. Leslie Melville. Henry Bainbridge, Esq, Henry Nelson, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. John Garrett Oattley, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. SirJ ohnl G le e n o r rg y e P ß e o ll b y ar , Bart, William William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. P revost, Esq. Alexander Druce. Esq. Abraham Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson. Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William-Soltau, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Req. Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. el Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notie,e.allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling duo at Christmas will expire on the 9th January. Notice.—The cll usual ltiF fiff E ee lti n g— da S y a s tnu FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. The kesured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and payment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation In profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Life Policies has averaged 2 per Cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not exeee ling 10,0001. may be assured en one Life. The Conporation boars the cost of Polley Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra chugs is made for service in the militia within the United Kingdom. LOANS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a half. There is but one older life office in existence. ROYAL EXCEANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGLIA.X. Actuary and Secretary. • THE WRECK OF THE JOSEPHINE WILL IS.—THE OFFI CIAL Itieurriv.—On Saturday Mr. Yardley, assisted by Captain Robertson, R.N., resumed this inquiry, at the Court-house, High-street, Poplar. James Gentles, chief engineer ; Peter Paterson, boatswain ; Patrick Mahony, Channel pilot ; and several of the crew of the Mangerton, were then examined at some length, but their evidence was a mere repetition of that previously given. At the conclusion of their evidence, Mr. O'Dowd said he bad exhaused all the evidence he proposed to adduce in suppert of the inquiry. Mr. Yardley said he thought it desirable that some of the crew on board the Deal log ger should be examined, and therefore the inquiry had better be adjourned. After some discussion, the inquiry was adjourned to the Thames Police -court on Tuesday, into at five o'clock. the thteerm cir cumstancesi termi nation o t THE RUGELEinYquriOrileSsONrefGorCe A th sE e coroner S i nce theattendant upon the death o f the persons, for na the murder of whom Mr. Wm. Palmer has been com mitted for trial on the coroner's inquisitions, much addi tional information, we are informed, has been obtained, and which will, of course, be produced at the trial of the prisoner. In order that he may have every cp per• tunity of knowing the nature of this additional evidence, it is intended that the examination of the prisoner shall take place before the mngistrates, on a day yet to be fixed, when the whole of the evidence will be gone into and the cases completed, for presentation of bills to the grand jury. The heariog will take place, we be lieve, in the County Prison. We observe that the bill introduced into Parliament for the purpose of removing such trials to the Central Criminal Court, London, pre pared with a special view to this case, has passed several of its stages in the Hou se o f L ords, w i t h ou t oppos i t i on. aajordeiirc Advcreifer. 9 45 10 10 10 In 10 5n 110 35 11 5 11 0 F_ - - - • z - zz Ar i k 'AVM " ccu /,8 :Z:Pi/Z- 42 /it 71 • • k. ,$t • ~r `1 .44 1 6 ; + • , • 0 11' ° - - C.?' CP ~AM , '‘. Al ft) i • ~• / i( - 7 149 2eor,,,Cad 5.) - ra INTEWE: g‘eV Naval and Military Intelligence. 01i ,,, 44 The Telegraph stea m -t ransport, No. 184, Captain\ Nicholson, arrived at Spithead on Saturday afternoon. She sailed from Corfu Jan. 22, Zante 25, Malta 28 ; are rived at Gibraltar Feb. 2, and sailed thence on the 11th The same day, at the entrance to the Straits, she sig. nailed the Daedalus, standing in. Tne Grasshopper, 2, gun-boat, Lieut. Lee, arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday morning from the eastward. The Geyser, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tower, sailed on Saturday morning , from Port-nvuth for Liverpool. The Rodney, 90, Capt. Wilson, was taken into dock at Portsmouth on Saturday for repairs. The Centaur, 6, steam-frigate, Capt. Clifford, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth on Saturday. The Thistle, 2, gu n -b oat, was taken out of dock on Saturday, and the Charger, gun-boat, taken in. The Falcon, 17, steam-sloop, Commander Pollen, will ha'-e her compasses swung to-day. Tee Cleopatra, N 0.136, steam -transport, hauled along side the yard on Saturday to take in troops. The following ships are in Portsmouth harbour :—The Victory, St. Vin Cent, Illintriouse Victoria and Albert, Calcutta, Colossus, Falcon, Perseverance, Volcana, Sealark. Pigmy, Fairy, Sp r i g htl y, Fire Queen, Elfin, Fanny, Cornet, Echo, and 11 gun-boats. At Spithead—The Royal George, Duke of Welling ton, Algiers, Cm:ar. Hawke, Pylades, Irnperieuse, Vr. gent, Gorgon, and Resistance. At the Motherhank— 18 gun-boats. In Dock ---The Rodney, Bellerophon, Shannon, Fox, Centaur, Vulcan, Basilisk, Charger, Skylark, and Pioneer. In tl e Fitting Basin --_The leleitheim and Centaur. In the Steam Basire—The Marlborough, Victor Em manuel, Arrogant, ;Lapwing, Fury, Flying Fish, and Whiting. The Majestic, 80, and the Forward gun-boat arrived at Spitler td on Saturday night from Sheerness. The Calcutta, 84, will relieve the Winchester flag ship on the East India station. The hired sailing -transport Alipore, Capt. Milman, from Black Sea, was towed out of Plymouth Sound, by the Coniance steam-tug, on Thursday, and sailed for the ea , tward. The hired steam-transports Northumberland and Cum berlend, and the private steam-ships City of Paris and :Madge sailed on Saturday for Constantinople. The crew of the ecrewstearn-ship Conqueror, 100, Capt. Thos. C. Symonds, C. 8., turned over from the Vigo hulk on Saturday, and she was placed at her sailing mooring!. If the weather be favourable she will take her trial trip round the Eddystone to-day. The crew of the screw steam-ship, Orion, 91, Capt. Jno. Erskine, have bent sails. She will be taken out of the basin-dock at Keyharn to-day. The screw steam-sloop Varier, 17, Commander Sam. H. Derriman, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday evening from Portsmouth and sailed again for the eastward on Saturday. The gun-boat Skipjack, having completed coaling, went from Hamoaze into Barnpool, Plymouth, on Sa turday. The steam block-ship Forth, 12, Captain Lord John Hay, will go out of harbour on Wednesday next, at Plymouth, to try her engines. At the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, last week, 340 barrels of pork were condemned as unfit for use in the Royal Navy. The bakers at this este blis'ament commence working 12 ovens daily from to day. On Wednesday next tenders will be received there for the supply of 3,000 quarters of wheat. The following items of intelligence respecting the sta tions of her Alajesty's steam-ships in the West Indicts were received by the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magdalena, which arrived at Southampton on Friday night with the West India and Pacific mails :—At Bar badoes, the Boscawen (Rear-Admiral Fanshawe), the Medea, and the Vestal ; at Port Royal, the Imam, the Powerful, the Terrnagent, the Argus, the Hermes, and the Daring ; at •Port au Prince, the Malacca and the And) ; at Greytown, the Eurydice and the Espiegle. Two Lords of the Admiralty—Admiral Sir M. F. F. Berkeley, K.C.8., M.P., and Admiral Sir Baldwin Walker —accompanied by Mr. Charles Berkeley, secre tary, went down to Woolwich on Saturday for the spe cial purpose of inspecting the progress of fitting out the numerous gun-boats, and more especially the new de scription of despatch gun-vessels—namely, the Coquette, Intrepid, Sparrowhawk, &a., in process of being cop. pered aryl prepared for service in the dockyard. Their lordships' visit was confined to the inspection of the above-named vessels, over which they were conducted by the respective officers of the shipwrights' department, and were attended by Mr. Macdonald, master attendant of the dockyard, and Commander Hoare, of her Majesty's ship Vesuvius. The steam-despatch gun-vessel Coquette, Commander Risk, was taken out of the dry dock and admitted into basin at Wohlwich on Saturday. The Intrepid despatch-vessel, and the paddle-wheel ~ tearber Vesuvius were docked on Saturday at Woolwich, the former to hi coppered, and the latter to undergo some considerable repairs. Two new gun-boats, the Fervent and the Forester, were towed down to Woolwich on Saturday, having been launched from healers. Green's at Blackwell, and will go into the fitting basin to-day. Two gun-boats, the Louisa and Mayflower, arrived at Woolwich on Thursday, and were taken into basin oa Friday moraine, in order to pass through the hands of the riggers. The engines of the Louisa were tested un- • der steam in the basin and answered remarkably well. Tee Mayflower was built by Pitcher, of Northfleet, and the Louisa, at Limehouse, by Fletcher. Toe gun-boats Goshawk and Violet have been taken into the west dock at Woolwich, to be coppered. The Nightingale, Griper, and Herring are likewise in course of being equipped for the spring campaign. There is a numerous fleet of gun-boats and s t eamers of variou s de-criptions lying at Woolwich, many of which are already in commission and ready for service, as will be found by the f.dlewing list,—The Fiegard, the Black Eagle, the Merlin, the Coquette, the Intrepid, the Firefly, the Pearl and Devastation (at Greenhithe), the Tartarus, the Vivid, the Herring, the Julia, and the Dee, commissioned ; the Tyne, in commission ; the Hesper, the Wildfire, and the Black Prince, Government transports ; the Niger, the Vesuvius, and the Ardent, lying in ordinary fir repairs ; the Griper, the Nightin gale' the Violet, a n d th e G os h awk, fitting for service ; the Spitfire and the Vixen, in ordinary, undergoing re pairs ; the Janus, under orders to be broken up ; the Alayfl. , ,tver and the Louisa, being rigged for service; mor tar floats, Nos. 1 and 2 ; mortar pontoon raft. Large quantities of ammunition for revolvers have been received at the Arsenal at Woolwich, samples of which have gone through the ordinary proof satisfacto rily. Immense supplies of Eley's prepared cartridges have likewise been received there, and stored ready 'for an emergency. A continuation of experiments is bo be carried out to day in the Woolwich Arsenal marshes with Capt. Boxer's improved Congreve rockets. Some were tried a few days ago with success. In addition to the 86th Regiment and a battalion of the Rifle Corps, which are about to be despatched to Canada, it is understood to be the intention to send out several other regiments to British North America, so as to form a powerful force in that country. In an ticipation of this step being taken, it is rumoured that almost ev, ry regiment now attached to the home station has rere'ved private intimation that their services may be required in Canada, and such early notice has been given in order that- the regimental clothing, which is made expressly for that station, may be in readiness in case the exigencies of the service should require a large body of troops to be moved to that country. Two companies of the Royal Sappers and Miners (the 17th and 24th) will leave Brampton barracks on Wed nesday next to embark for the Crimea. The 17th com pany will be under the comment' of Captain Augustus Meyer Lochner, R.E., and the 24th will be commanded by Capt. George Pelly, R.E. This will be the first draught of this important branch of the service, which has left Brompton since the establishment of the head quarters at that station. Col. F. E. Chapman, C. 134 • It E., is the officer appointed to take the command of this divison of Royal Engineers, and Lieut. G. M: Stop ford has been appointed adjutant. 99 A t h Wexfordme number of fine young Militia, have joinedm en , the volunteersdepo depot froth oftheBt3hde Regiment at the Chatham Barracks. Assistant-Surgeo n J. M. ffide, 14th Regiment, is re lieved from duty at Chatham garrison, and has received orders to proceed forthwith to Portsmouth, there to em bark on board the Cleopatra steam-ship, in medical charge of a draug,Lt of the Medical Stllf Corps and other troops for the Ea't. Acting A4sistant-Surgeon J. J. Henry, at present doing duty at the Provisional Battalion, has received orders to be attached to, and do duty with, the Ordnance Corps at Chatham garrison. A party of volunteers from the East Norfolk Militia have joined the Pro v i s i onal Battalion at Chatham dical Staff Co r p s at Chatham, Regimen; of Light ? i for the depot of th e 52d In at Captain S . G . Bunbury, commanding the Me has received online for &- detachment of 80 men, belonging to that corps, to leave to-morrow morning for Portsmouth, under the command of Capt. Walter B. Persse, 90th Light Infantry, to am bark on board the Cleopatra, for the hospitals at Scutari and Balaklava. Colonel Crutchley, commanding the Provisional Depot Battalion at Parsonstown, on Thursday last received orders for the following officers, belonging to the 63d Depot, to proceed to the Crimea to join their regiments, viz, :—Capt. Bouverie, Lieut. Grant, Ensigns Pour, Bunbury, Crowther, Stokes, Carnegy, and Icinahan. These officers are going out to supply the vacancies caused by a number of officers who have been transferred to the Land Transport Corps, and of those who have and are returning home on medical certificate. 23 men of the 2d Dragoon Guards, end 41 of , the,, m ;3 Dragoon Guard s , w h o recent l y arr i ve d in Exeter'frii Dublin as vol un t eers i nto t h e I s t D r agoon Gnardr, no* i n the Crimea, are a t presen t w ith the depot of the regime n t at the Ex e t er b arrac k s , an d will remain there until ordered to the Crimea. In the Gazdte of Tuesday last the name of Arthur Fleming Stack Payne, appointed Ensign in the Worms. tershire Regiment of Militia , was erroneously p r i nted In the list of officers who left P ortsmouth Chas, CO% in the Indian, for Malta, th e name given o S n la T ck h u P r a s y da n y 'e. as E ns ign Coney should have been 'Ensign MILITIA,. L a e t i C th ul) F a o r, rt, Volunteering from the Fife Mili tia Artillery took the the head- quarters of are at present quartered. M a j or Thompson, of the 7th where detachment s a eßaeg f i e m w en d t a , y a s nd il 2 Dragoon Guards, and Li eut. E. L. Forster, of theßoy a Artillery, accompanied by Staff-Surgeon J. Anderson were in attendance for the purpose cf receiving **fun teers into their respective corps. 23 fine young fellows who would have done credit to any regiment fell . ou and, after being examined and passed by the surgeon were at once enrolled for the above regituelOs few L isayipgjoined the Sapper& LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, F EISRUARir is, 1856. THE TU.RKL3II ARMY IN MINGRBLIA. (From the Times Correspondent.) TURKISH ARMY, MINGRELIA, Jan. la—Since the date of my last letter the tranquillity of the camp has been in no way disturbed by the enemy, who is sup posed to have retired as far as Senakria. On the 2d inst. Aali Pasha wade a reconnaissance with four bat talions of infantry, and explored the country for some distance to the left of the Kutais road. He reached a point on the bank of the river Seva, from which a small encampment of militia could barely be made out by the telescope. Expedrtione have been sent in other direc tions also, the chief object of which is to exercise the men in marching, and to withdraw them for a time from the stifling atmosphere of their chareoal-heated ' tents. The rear of the camp just reaches the brow of a hill overlooking the valley of the Seva ; and on this bill formidable earthworks have been thrown up and guns mounted, rendering the position nearly impregnable. Huts are springing up in all directions, and officers and men are anticip a ti ng th ree mont h s of not unpleasant idleness. The axes of the Turks have completely changed the face of the country, and the dense forest which clothed it a month ago has nearly disappeared from the neighbourboOd of the camp, so that the inva sion mu eventually have a great influence in promoting the cultivation of the rich alluvial soil. Improving roads are steadily working changes for the better is the ,condition of the troops—changes doubtless due, in some measure, to the presence of Omer Pacha, at Redout Ealeh. Strings of beasts, laden with . clothing and provisions, may daily be seen upon their way, although the difficulty and expense of transport are such as still to limit the supplies. This limitation has just made itself felt in an order directing all uzbashis (captains) and all officers of inferior rank to sell their horses forthwith, so as to diminish the demand for forage ; while the baggage animals have been so long on starvation allowance that their numer ous carcasses scarcely attract the wild dogs and jackals of the country. It is much to be wished that civilisation could so far pretail in Constantinople as to Nrocure the addition of lime juice to the Turkish ration ; for, as at present fed, the approach of summer will inevitably see the men decimated by scurry, as they were last year at Eupatoria. There has been a distribution of honours and rewards to the troops engaged on the Ingour, a distribution which has afforded an amusing illustration of the contrast between Western and Oriental notions. The officers who commanded in the action were ordered to send in lists of such of their subordinates as they deemed worthy of the Medjide. Lieut.-Col. Ballard satisfied himself by a list of 13 names, Osman Pasha, who had about Vac Caine number of killed and wounded, and whose force occupied a position scarcely of equal importance, sent in 230! The requisition of each officer was strictly complied with. tinder Col. Ballard the men of real merit were decorated. Under Osman Pasha every officer who either was or ought to have been engaged—those who ran away, those who remained at their post—all received the order of merit. Among the number were numerous pipe -bearers to the principal officers ; but, under the Turkish system, rewards to these men are more ludicrous in seeming than in reality. An officer of any rank, when his troops are going into action, has his carpet spread upon the ground they are about to leave, dismounts from horses, squats down, calls for pipe,- wishes his men God speed, and endeavours, more or less successfully, to deaden ter ror by the soothing influence of tobacco. The cbibouque jee, compelled by respect to stand behind hie master, is, of course, far more exposed to danger than he, and ser vants of this class who will do their duty within sound of firearms, and will constant:y be ready with the so lace so much needed by their employers, are not only highly valued, but d eserve d ecorat i on at least as much as their employera. It is, however, unfortunate that an order, founded with good intentions, should be be stowed so indiscriminately as to lose all valise, whether in the eyes of officers or of men. The cost of the decora tion, given alike to the brave man and to the coward, is a fruitless expenditure of money that cannot be too strongly condemned. Together with the orders some jewelled swords were sent t , ) the officers of Osman Pasha, and of these swords one has fallen to the lot of a colonel who sought refuge in a hospital during the whole battle of the Ingour, and whom the surg e o ns va i n ly a tt emp t e d to dislodge. Accustomed to the bravery of every class of our own troops, English readers will scarcely com prehend or credit the cowardice of Turkish officers. Some of those under the orders of Col. Ballard sheltered themselves in a house during the action, and, when directed to join their men, objected, saying that there was no cover, and that they would be exposeil to fire on their advance. It- is reported that Cul. Ballard promised these men the cover they required, and that he actually afforded it, by taking them ono by one behind him on his horse, and thus conveying them to their posts o duty, do the 6th the arrival of a mail from England brought out copies of Lieut.-Colonel Simmons's despatch. Col. Simmons mentions with due honour the names of Qolo nels Ballard and CAdell, and the name of the late Capt. Dymock ; but he passes over in total silence the two other British officers who were concerned in the engage ment. Surgeon Edwards, of the British medical staff, and his assiNtant, Mr. Turner, were stationed by Colonel Simmons at a point from which the roads taken by the three columns of attack diverged. They remained there, exposed to firo, during the whol9 time of the battle, had the entire charge of all the wounded, and were occupied without intermission until daybreak on the 7th in the performance of operations and in attendance upon in juries. They subsequently had all the patients under treatment until fit for removal, and then accompanied them to Shemserai, where, for the first time, the poor unfortunates were handed over to the tender mercies of the Turks. Omer Pasha, although himself t a ki ng th e standard military view f the value of doctors, could not shut his eyes to the services of Surgeon Edwards, and requested Col. Simmons to convey to that gentle man his especial thanks. But Col. Simmons did not think this sufficient to procure for Surgeon Edwards the honourable mention he so entirely earned ; and from which alone he could derive real credit or permanent advantage, as a consequence of the proper discharge z of his ardu ous duties. AUSTRIA'S COMMUNICATION TO THE GERMANIC DIET. The Nouvelliste de Ilambourg publishes the text of the communication laid by Austria before the Diet at Frankfort on the 7th inst. : In conformity with the orders of this Court, the Im pedal Envoy, presiding at the Diet, has the honour to deliver to the distinguished assembly copies of a despatch addressed by the Imperial Cabinet on the 16th Dec. last to Count E,terliazy, the Austrian Envoy at St. Peters burg, and of a document from the Russian Chancellor, Count Nesselrode, dated Jan. 16, and addressed to Count Eisterhazy. The Diet will observe by these documents that the Im perial Court, after putting itself in agreement with the Governments of France and Great Britain upon the pre liminaries of a peace, which those Powers find in con formity with the object of their alliance and the general interests of Europe, has urgently recommended the ac ceptance of these conditions to the. Court of St. Peters burg, and that his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, moved by the desire to restore the blessings of peace to his empire and to the world, has decided to adhere un reservedly to the Austrian proposition. The Imperial envoy has instructions moreover to trans mit a copy of a protocol signed at Vienna on Feb. 1, which states that the representatives of Austria, France, Great Britain, Russia, and Turkey have paraphrased the text of the above-mentioned preliminaries, and have at the same time made known the intention of their coerts to name plenipotentiaries who will assemble at earia in the course of three weeks, at latest, in order to proceed to the formal conclusion of a preliminary convention to the negotiation of an armistice, and to the opening of negotiations for a definitive peace. It is a lively satisfaction for the Emperor Francis Joseph to be able to express in the midst of the govern ments of Germany the hope that the moment at length ec n he which tph t a h aot e i fi u toh n ee h o a di o p i st p ti y oi no c g. oumi Hiss:hp l e i dcma assemblyt a io e n e el t y of i l e a o t wo t ni e l r l_ years w n bi i l g el f h or er i fully participate in his sentiments. If a guarantee was necessary in this respect, it would suffice to the Imperial Court to know that the government of his Majesty the King of Prussia, the august friend and ally of the Em peror, has employed all its influence in order to bring Russia to conciliatory decisions, and that the lank Liege of the other German Courts, expressed at St. Petersburg, has contributed to the same end. Hailed with joy in all parts of Europe, the return to peace, the Imperial Government may be permitted to believe, will be received by the Diet with a peculiar satisfaction in consideration of the important bearing which the objects destined to constitute the tenor of the treaty of peace have upon the political and commercial interests of Germany. These conditions are the same in their essence as those of which the Confederation has already generally ap. proved, by an t er i or reso l u tions, and the first two of which it has es p ec i a lly reso lved to maintain in the point of view of German interests. If the basis for the mainte nance of which th e C on f e d era ti o n has in som e d egree pronounced, h ave rece i ve d t o -d a y a m o re com pl e t e de velopment,don—whose deliberationsthe couldo f V o n t r gramme of mo d era t e peace— b a d hut i n v i ew t h e d ou b le object of p reven ti ng i n the most efficac i ous manner the return of the di sastrous trou b les wh i ch the wor ld at t hi s Vienna, ut P p a rorldsti,o and moment desires to see removed, and to secure, by a suf ficiently precise wording of the preliminaries, a Stronger guarantee for the re-establishment of a definitive under standing. The distinguished governments of the Confe deration will see that the guarantees which the future peace will bring will only be made the more precious for Germany by the development given to these points. On the other hand, the Diet will not misunderstand that the said Powers, faithful to the principles—the collec tive recognition .of which forms the bond of their alliance —are conscientiously interdicted from any proposition which would not be fully justified by an ,incontestable European interest, and which, for this veryreaaon would not be of a nature w hi c h could not be honourably ac cepted by any one of the great Powere sharing its the l 'first rank the responsibility of the peace and prosperity o f Europe. The Imperial Court firmly believes that this spirit of moderation and of solicitude for the general good of the peoples will also dominate in the Confer ences about to open, and that consequently the right expressly reserved to the belligerent powers in the Fifth Point to propose, in addition to the Four Guarantee Points, new conditions in the ,European interest, will not be exercised in a sense which could give it the effect of again compromising the work of peace so auspiciously commenced. • As a member of the Confederation, the Imperial Court hopes that the distinguished assembly will see in the present communication a motive for declaring, in the face of Europe, that entire Germany, united to Austria, accepts and is resolved to maintain therbases upon which the approaching Conferences are to build and consoli date a general peace. AUSTRALIA By the Magdalena steamer we have received, via Panama, five days' later news f rom - .4elbotarne, being to the 20th Nov., and Sydney to the 14th Nov.:— (From the Panaina Star, Jan. 23.) We have received files of • the Melbourne Argus to the 29th Nov., via Callao.; .they contain, how ever, little nesis of interest. The price of.geldinis'declined at Melbourne 6d. per, ounce, being quotecl,at 3/. 14s. 6d. The t 4iaplaced the rate of exchange with, Eng land at fdt. on N6v. 1 19. The closing price of flour on Nov. 17 at Geelong was 49/. t k o 60./. per ton for Chilian. Business there was rapialj improving. At , Adelaide flour was rising in price on Nov. 13, and is.ooted at 551. to 601. From Sydney our advices are to the 14th Nov. Little was doing in the house, says the Argus cor respondent. The "Steam Postal Bill, having passed through committee, may be considered' as already on the statute book. The sum of 20,0001. has been inserted as the contribution of New South Wales towards a general line for all Australia. The Emma from Liverpool, the Rajah of Sara wak from Bristol, the Forest Monarch from the Clyde, had arrived at Melbourne. The James Baines was advertised to sail from Melbourne on the 25th Nov. for Liverpool ; the Emma on the 10th Dec. for Liverpool ; the Admiral on the Ist Dec. for London ; the Statesman on the' Bth Dec. for London ; the Blackwall on the 20th Dec. for London ; the Sussex in January, also for London. SUICIDE OR JOHN SADLEIR, ESQ. MP, Shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning, a police constable found the body of a gentleman on Hampstead heath, and immediately had it conveyed to the work. house. From a paper found in his pockets, it was sup posed to be the body of Mr. Sadleir, M.P. for Sligo, who was, for a short time, one of the Lords of the Trea sury under the last Administration, and has long been chairman of the London and County Bank. The collar of his shirt, and a cambric pocket handkerchief were also marked with the name of Sadleir. In his pocket's were found-71. in gold, Bank of England note of 51., No. 32,302, 12s. in silver, and threepence in copper, a silver cream ewer, washed with gold crest " lion rampant," containing a portion of bitter almonds, bottle containing a portion of hitter almonds, labelled as such in six places, and marked " poison," razor case containing two razors, white handles, lead pencil, some loaf sugar, and blotting paper, paper knife, and steel blade. The deceased had on a black hat, named Christy, Bond-street, grey wrapper, with frock-coat, raised silk plush waistcoat, fancy tweed trousers, grey lambs' wool socks; walking shoes, buck skin gloves, black silk neckerchief, and • a fancy shirt. Dr. Nichol, of Hampstead, was in immediate attend ance, and pronounced life to have been extinct some hours, and, to all appearance, from the essential oil of bitter almonds. Dr. Nichol At once proceeded to the residence of Mr. Sadleir, M.P., 11, Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, and saw the housekeeper only, who informed him that she bought the poison yesterday at Maitland's, Chester-terrace, Hyde-park, by her master's order, that her master wrote many letters yesterday, and one to a Mr. Norris, who was expected at his house in the course of the day. At a later period of the day two gentlemen visited Hampstead, and identified the body as that of Mr. Sadleir. It will remain at the workhouse waiting the inquest. DEATH OF MR. BRARAM. We have to announce the death of Mr. Braham, which took place yesterday—a carne of which the world has heard little for some years, but which will call up many recollections, and will long live in the memory of Englishmen as the greatest of English singers. It was John Braham who, beyond any other man, excited in\ this country a knowledge and love of the highest musical art ; but the unbounded popularity which be so long en joyed was derived not so much from the Italian opera, as from the fact that he expressed, in his well•known songs, with wonderful force and fire, the national feelings of his time. The immense fortune which his genius and energy had onco gained, was lost by unfortunate specu lations ; but his declining years have been passed in the most cheerful comfort, secured to him by the care of his daughter, Lady Waldegrave. Me died unexpectedly, but not unprepared; full of years and of honours. AUBMALIAN MAILS.—PLY3fOUTEG Feb. 16.—The sailing ship Kent, Captain Coleman, left the Sound this morning at 8 o'clock, and the screw steam-ship Royal Charter, Captain Boyce, in the afternoon at 4 o'clock, both for Port Philip ; wind easterly ; fine breeze. COURT OP COMMON COUNCIL.—At a Court of Com mon Council hold on Friday, some conversation took place upon the subject of corporation reform, the result of which appeared to be that the Government bad given an intimation that it had not yet been able to mature a bill upon the subject. A very long discussion ensued respecting the report "on the several petitions relative to the bathe and washhouses in Goulston-square, White- chapel, and recommending the purchase thereof, at the earn at which they are offered, viz., 11,5001." Mr. Towse referred to the opinion of Mr. Simon, the late Officer of Health of the City of London, and to various circumstances, with a view to show that the opportu nity of benefitting the poorer classes by the purchase in question ought not to be neglected, and moved that the report of the committee be agreed to. The motion was seconded by Mr. Abraham, who said that the question was not whether the establishment would pay, but whether it would not be advisable to purchase at a low price the means of improving the health and increasing the comforts of the poor. Mr. Cox spoke in favour of baths and waehhouses, but condemned the proposed purchase as a job, and moved the previous question as an amendment. Mr. Anderton, who seconded the amend ment, said that he also was an advocate for baths and wasbhouses, and he then proceeded to state various ob jections to the establishment in Goulstone•square. Mr. Bell said that his name appeared to the report, but he put it there to forward the principle of baths and wash houses, and he was decidedly opposed to the motion. Mr. H. L. Taylor opposed the report. Alderman Law rence supported it. Mr. Fry said the corporation ought not to look to profit alone in speculating upon the advantages of a purchase. He denounced that doctrine, but he was not quite sure that the present was a specu lation into which the corporation ought to enter, and he should therefore withhold his support. After a few words from Mr. De Jersey, who opposed the original motion and from Mr. Towse, whn replied, the previous question was carried by a majority of 45. The num bers being—for the amendment, 62 ; fur the original motion, 17. The following notice of motion has been placed on the paper of business for the Court of Common Council : "That the physical and moral condition of man is much influenced by cleanliness in his dwelling, person, and apparel, that the want of public baths and wash houses in this city is severely felt ty the labouring and poor population, and that it be referred to the Coal, and Corn, and Finance Committee, and Improvement Com mittee, to consider and report to this court, the best means of supplying the want alluded to, and the esti. mated cost thereof." SOUTHAMPTON DOCK COMPANY.—The half-yearly re ,rt of this company has just been printed, and will le presented at the general meeting of the shareholders on the 27th instant. By this document it will be seen that the net revenue for the half-year ended the 31st of December, 1855, after payment of the interest on the debenture debt, of the dividends on the preference stocks, and of all the working expenses, re pairs, &c., amounts to 8,2771. lls. 2d., and enables the directors to recommend a dividend of 225. 6d. per share for the half-year, being at the rate of 44 per cent. per annum, and making, with the amount paid for the half year to the 30th of June fait, a dividend on the ordinary stock of the company of 4 per cent. for the year 1855. This division of profits will leave a surplus, including the balance of 4411. Os. sd, to the credit of the previous half-year, of 7381. 19s. Id. to be ca ried to the credit of the revenue for the current half-year. The tabular state ment printed with these accounts exhibits the followingpro eressive increase in the amount of gross earnings : —lB5O, 20,6131. • 1851,26,3911.; 1852, 30,303/.; 1853, 39,705/ 4 1854, 43:501/. ; 1855, 52,442/., and the dividend on theor dlnary stock of the company has during the same period steadily advanced from nil in 1850 to 4 per cent. for the year 1855. The directors report that the reconstruction of the entrance curve has been most satisfactorily com pleted, and has been found to be a great improvement to the entrance into the open dock. they also report that they have been able to afford at a small cost a consider able increase of accommodation in the close dock. By lengthening the other two jetties on the west side of that dock they are now able to berth satisfactorily six of the largest screw steamers alongside of the three jetties, an arrangement which has already on several occasions been found useful, and which is very important with reference to the great increase of trade which may be expected on the termination of the war in which we are now engaged. The com parative statement of the Years ending December 31, from 1844 to 1855, is as follows --1844, 4,018/. 7s. 5d ; 1845, 8,9771. lls. 6d ' • 1846, 13,2031. Is. s d. ; 1847, 17,3331.145. 7d. ; 1848, 19,534/.85.7d. ; 1849, 20,543/. 16s. 6d. ; 1850, 20,613/.18..6d. ; 1851, 26,391/.15.11d.; 1852, 30,302/. 03. Bd. ; 1853, 39,705/. 15s. 10d ; 1854, 43,501/. 12s. Od. ; 1855, 52,4421. 3s. 10d. The aggre- gate amount of tonnage which entered the Southampton docks during the past year ia thrift given :—West 46,626 tons ; Brazil., 13,926 ; East Indies via Alexan dria, 23,156; Gibraltar and Peninsula, 15,822 ; Black Sea and Crimea, 54,90 ; America, 14,993 ; Australia (steam-ships), 4,087; Australia (emigrants), 26,774 Cape of Good Hope, 1,400 ; Baltic, 1 ,014 ; Ost en d , 607 ; French, 42,230 ; Jersey, 38,203 ; Irish, 51,486 ; colliers, 50,706 ; coas ters , 12,671 ; to repair f rom sun dry ports, 15,91 1; total, 414,567 tons. Messrs. Davi son, Liggins, and Young are the retiring directors, but Are eligible for re•elootioX DREADFUL MURDER AT ISLINGTON. Last evening the neighbourhodd of Lower Islington was thrown into a state of great excitement by the ru mour of a horrible and inysterions murder which had been committed at No. 18, Linton-street, New North road. Immediately on the intelligence reaching the police station the officers proceeded to the spot, and upon searching the house found concealed in the coal-cellar the body of a girl, apparently abeut 13 or 14 years of age, with her throat cut in a frightful manner. The circumstances of this appalling affair are at pre sent involved in considerable mystery. All that is posi tively known is that the house is occupied by a foreigner and his wife, who are young, and have been married about 18 months, but whose name and occupation are involved in some obscurity. The unfortunate deceased, it is said, is a niece ofthese-00001e :The inforthation wai given by the servant- girl, who' - said that on Satur day night, when in bed, and, as far as her memory serves her under the dreadful circumstances, about 11 'o'clock, she heard considerable scuffling and noise in the house, followed by a sound of screaming, which she thought was caused by her mistress quarrelling with the supposed niece and locking her up in the coal-cellar. Soon after she was terrified by a person whom she suspected to be her ma-tress suddenly entering her zoom, advancing haatily to her with a light and pressing her hand over her face, but which did not cause her to lose her pre seaoe of mind or prevent her from successfully feigning sound sleep, for the intruder soon left the room, as the girl supposed, satisfied that she was asleep. These unusual circumstances much alarmed her, and aroused her suspicions, which were redoubled when, on the fol lowing day, she found that the supposed niece did not make her appearance. She, however, concealed all emotion till towards the evening, when, an acquaintance calling, she seized the opportunity of getting away from the house. As soon as in the street she became very agitated, and bursting into tears, related to her compa nion the above incidents, and upon her advice she, pro ceeded to the nearest station-house, and gave the infor mation which led to the discovery of the murder. The man and his wife were still in the house on the arrival of the police, and were forthwith taken into custody. The body remains where it was found, awaiting a coroner's inquest. The house has been taken possession of by the police. FATAL ACCIDENT ON A RAILWAY. DONCAMER, Saturday Evening.—Last night an acci dent occurred near this town, on the Great Northern Railway, which has terminated fatally. Immediately after the up-express train leaves Doncaster a train is despatched to Retford and Lincoln. That train left at the usual time, 6.20 p.m., and on approaching the Decoy-crossing, one mile from Doncaster, the driver per. ceived something on the up-line, but, it being dusk, was unable to make out what it was. For safety ke opened his whistle, as a warning of the train's approach. On getting nearer he found that it was a child, between two or three years old, upon the railway, and at the same moment saw its mother, Mrs. Gibbons, the gatekeeper's wife, cross over, and run after it, she walking on the six font. On seeing the danger in which the child was placed the steam waiturned off and the engine reversed as, quickly as possible, hut it was too lat e . M rs. Gib bons bad just seized hold of the child when the buffer struck them both at the same moment, killed the child on the spot, and the woman was knocked down. When the train was brought to a stand, the guard returned to the spot, and found the woman and child lying bleed ing on the line. He helped to remove them to the gate house. Assistance was speedily procured from Doncas ter, and H. C. Fairbpk, Esq , the company's surgeon, was soon in attendance. He found that the poor woman had been run over by the wheels of the train, which had cut off her left foot below the knee, broken her collar bone, two of her ribs, and the toes of her right foot, and severely fractured her thigh. Amputation was pro 'nounced necessary, but the sufferer is to too prostrate at this time to admit of ;ta being carried out. The child was upon the line unknown to its parents, and it was proceeding to meet, as was lama!, two men, who resided with her father, to one of whom, 'William Iron dale, a plate-layer, she was particularly attached. These men saw the accident, but. were at too g rea t a distance to rend er any aid. Not th e s li g h test hope is entertained of the mothet's recovery, as beyond the injuries above-named she is bruised internally. MR. WALPOLE-3IR. WARREN. The triumphant return of Mr. Walpole for Cambridge University, and the unopposed election of Mr.. Warren for Midhuret, are among the noteworthy incidents of the week. Mr. Walpole is known during his brief tenure of office to have discharged the important duties of the Home Secretaryship with an efficiency and con scientious care exhibited by few of his predecessors, and certainly manifested by None who have succeeded him in that arduous post. The Cambridge University has gained in him an able representative, and, what is of more importance than mere ability, a stauncn and sted fast supporter of our institutions in Church and State. But gratifying as Mr. Walpole's return for Cambridge is, as indicative of the prevailing political feeling in that ancient ;seat of learning, it is an additional cause of rejoicing that it has furnished the opportunity of intro ducing to Parliamentary life our own able and excellent recorder. Mr. Warren in his youth won for himself a name in literature that will be honoured se long as the Eng jib language is read ; in lat>r years he has not only added to hi: literary fame, but compere 1 the recognition of his claims to the title of a learned and aLle lawyer and an upright and painstaking judge ; and now, in the full vigour of manhood and the ripe maturity of his intellect, ho enters upon a political career—a career in which those who know him the best anticipa'e for him the greatest successes. He will, we are persuaded, servo his constituency and his country faithfully and well. A scued Conservative in politics, a true Protes tant, a reverence of the sanctity of the Sabbath, ad up holder of the Christian character of our Legislature, an advocate of the religious education of the people, and a sanitary reformer, Mr. Warren may be counted upon as an able champion of the true interests of the people of this country. Not that we anticipate he will rush hastily into debate and eagerly seize on every oppor tunity for oratorical display. Oar recorder, we are per suaded, has too much self-respect to mingle among the fry of the chattering lawyers, who, like the Pharisees of oil, think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Indeed Mr. Warren hinted his intention to abstain from unnecessary talk, in the excellent address which he de livered before his constituency, and which we report elsewhere ; and we have no doubt that his Parliament ary conduct will be guided by sound judgment as well as by sound principle.—Hull Packet. It is not correct, as stated in some journals, that Sweden has sought to be represented at the °ming Congress. IMPORTATION OF RICE.—The Vanguard, Captain Mid dleton, has arrived in the West India Docks with an entire cargo of rice from Madagascar. We believe this is the first importation of rice from that quarter. THE EAST INDIA SERVICE.—The following is a list of the assistant surgeons who have passed at the laQt exa mination for the East India Company's service : Ed mund Darby, M.D., M.R.C.S., England ; Frank Powell, M. 8., L., M.R.C.S., England ; E. L. Dixon, M.R.C.S., England ; John Ince, M.D., St.A., M.R.C.S.; F. J. Pettingal, M.R.C.S., England ; J.Jones,, M.R. C.S., England; J. Brown, 8.A., .M.R.C.S., Ireland; R. S. Batson, M.R.C.S., Ireland • W. H. James F.R.C.S., Ireland; C. Joynt, M.D., M.R.C.5.,1 England ; W. E. Cates, M.R.C.S., England ; James J. Fraser, M.R C.S., England; Thos. P. Wright, M.R.C.S., Eng land; C. N. Chavasse, M.R.C.S., England • A. D a ll as , M.R. C. S.,England ;C. Wilkelly, M. 8., T. C. F.R.C. S., Ireland ; T. H. Woodward, M.R.C.S., England ; G. Bidee,M.B.,M. R.C. S., Edinburgh ;J. G. Reed, M.R. C. S., England ; M. J. S. Bush, M.R.C.S., England ; John Henderson, M.D., Edinburgh; A. Bloomfield, M.R.C. S., England ; J. H. M I G. Ross, M.D., M.R.C.S„ Edin burgh ; J. M`G. Donn e lly, M.D., Co r k • J. Cruick shank, C. T. E ves , stone, M.B. T.C.D., smh M.R.C.S., k . c s M. , EnglandD. , III ; H .RC. S . . C , Edinburgh Ktg ll M.R.C.S., I re l an d ; J. S. Ridings, M.R.C.S., Eng land; J. F. Heffernan, M.R.C.S., Ireland ; N. Brig stocke, M.R.C.S., England; R. M'Connell, .M.R.C.S., Ireland ; D. W. Trimnell, M.R.C.S., England ' • C. K. Colston, M.R.C.S., E ng l an d ; C. F. Ogilvie, M.R.C.S., Edinburgh E. P. Burrows, M.R.C.S., England ; W. 11. Colville, M. R.C.S., England; C. Johnson., M.R.C.S., England.—Smith, and Elder's Overland ;Vail. [ADVERTIEMIENT.j—A Lieutenant of Dragoons cured of Rheumatism by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— This officer, who is in the Dutch army, states that Hol loway's pills and ointment have cured him of rheumatism which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea bathing, vapour baths, nor preparation vaunted as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatment of the doctor, after several m on th s ' tr i a l , was without success. At this juncture he commenced taking these pills, an d ru bbi ng the ointment i n t o th e complaining parts twice a day, which effectually cured him in the c purse of six weeks. The truth of this statement can be vouched for by Mr. J. B. Stratinan, of Bois-le-Duc.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's establishments, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ;A. Stamps, Constantinople; .A. Guidioy, Smyrna; and E, Muir, Malta. [PRICK 4D. STAMPED SD• AN IMPERIAL MARRIAGE AT ST. PE TER SBUI?.G. A correspondent of Le Nord, writing from St. Petersburg on the 7th, ;ivies the following account of the marriage of the Grand Duke Nicholas : Yesterday evening 'the ceremony of marriage be tween the Grand Duke Nicholas NicolaiewitCl and Madame the Grand Duchess Alexandra,-Potrovna, eldest daughter of Prince Peter of Oldenburg, was celebrated,,ett the Winter Palace. • This now alliance in the Imperial family of Russia has been followed by the sympathies of all classes of society, from the day upon which the news became known to the pub lic. Five volleys fired from the ramparts of the Fort of St. Petersburg announced yesterday, at 10 o'clock in the morning, the day of the celebration of mar riage. The august bride wore, during the ceremony, a magnificent, crown of diamond's. The train of the crimson velvet ,dress, lined with ermine which she wore was borne by four chamberlains, and by the general director of the new court of the Grand Duke Nicholas. A splendid suppei• in the Marble salle of theirMajesties' Palace brought together the Imperial familyand the high civil and military dignitaries. The coup d'ceil wasfatry-like. The leadingartistes of the Italian Opera performed, during the banquet, a vocal concert, occasionally introducing brilliant morceaux of instrumental music, played by a select orchestra. The toasts, proposed to the flourish of trumpets, were followed by discharges of cannon fired from the fortress, opposite the palace upon the other bank of the N e v a . Th e c it y was Lima. nated, and the streets crowded with people. Inßussia the entire population connects an event of this kind in the Imperial family with its own life—with the very existence of the country. It was necessary to see the immense Place, which extends before the Winter Palace, 'covered with brilliant equipages, in files resembling new streets —one must have seen the movement in the different streets to have obtained a correct idea of the afflu ence of the city and of the order which prevailed. I should add that the public, admitted on this occasion to the Palace, was composed not only of the very numerous personnel of the Council of the Empire, of the Senators, Ministers, diplomatique corps, the high plergy, officers of all grades of the army ' -and navy, foreign merchants and their ladies, as well as some Rus sian merchants of the first two guilds, but also of a very numerous public consistingof ladies, who do not belong to the Court, to whom Russian hos pitality, of which the Court ever sets an example, opened the tribunps or galleries of the halls of the Palace. The steward of the Imperial Court distri butes on these occasions more than 2,000 tickets ; men aro excluded from the tribunes. On the oc casion of the marriage the Grand Duke Nicholas and his brother the GrandDake Michael have been named Aides-de-camp General. The first has also been named Superior Chief of Engineers and Se cond Grand Master of Artillery. THE BE TV BISHOP OF CARLISLE. The Hon. and Rev. Henry Montague Villiers, M.A., who has been appointed to the bishopric of Carlisle, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Hugh Percy, is a younger son of the late Earl of Clarendon, and brother of her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The bishop nominate was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where in 1834 he took his de g! ee of bachelor of art, but he does not appear to have taken honours of any kind either in classics or mathe matics. In 1841, being then 29 years of age, he was ap. pointed by the Lord Chancellor to the rectory of St. heldclGa George's , s a , rteos Bloomsbury,eidatre: the iaprßy, .Both sti heBn: present t . e. a s year ; in 1847 ho was no minated by Lord J. Russell, then Prime Minister, to a time, appointmentsPouf,u C t at t h b e e d .y a will, hie e worthhas held up to the prese n t time, but tbe,r will be come vacant on his consecration to the episco pate, the rectory of Bloomsbury lacing the gift of Lord Cranworth, and the canonry in St. Paul's in the gift of Lord Palmerston. Mr. Villiers has been for many years past one of the, leaders of the 'evangelical party in the Church, but has never interfered in politics. He declined to vote in the memorable Oxford contests, the one on the occasion of the general election in Juiy, 1852, when Mr. Gladstone was opposed by Dr. Robert Bullock Marsham, the warden of Merton College ; and again in January, 1853, when, having accepted the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Aberdeen's Administration, he presented himself for re election, and was opposed by Mr. Perceval. The honourable and rev, gentleman's " confirmation" will take place in the parish church of St. James's, IVestininster, as soon as the letters patent are made out; and he will be conse crated in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, by the Arch bishop of York, who will be assisted by the Bishop of Ripon, Chester, Manchester, and Sodor and Man. The new bishop will riot have a seat in the Lords until the avoidance of and appointment to some see other than Canterbury, London, Durham, and Winchester. AUSTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS. On the Fiery Creek gold-fields, at the date of our last summary, there was some 20,000 persons congregated, and the results, as far as could be ascertained, were very satisfactory. The number on the ground was estimated by many to exceed considerably the numbers we have stated, and 30,000 diggers were by some asserted to be congregated at Fiery Creek, drawn thither by the suc cess of about twenty or thirty men, who had steadily worked the ground for several months. The result of their reported success was a " rush " from all the other gold-fields. The rushers being all experienced diggers, with the will to work, and the knowledge how to work to the best advantage, by fat the greater number were highly successful - in their search for gold. A reaction, of course, took place, as is always the case with gold-fields hurriedly peopled, arid many returned to the diggings whence they came or started in search of new spots; but there are, by the most reliable estimates, stilt about 15,000 diggers left, the great majority of whom are doing well, and Fiery Creek may be safely ranked as one of the established and practically inex haustible gold fields of the western district. It forms, in fact, a portion of the great gold field of the Pyrenees, the creek after which the diggings are named, taking its rise in that range of mountains. Lest the name of Fiery should leave an impression on the minds of our home readers of a parched or sultry locality, we may mention that the name was given by Sir Thomas Mitchell, during his exploration journey, because of the number of fires seen there made by the aborigines. Far from being a parched or fiery country, it abounds with fertile valleys and green glades ; it is, in fact, a portion of the district named by Sir Thomas Mitchell Australia Felix, from its beauty and fertility. Fiery Creek is easily accessible from Geelong, coaches running the distance right through in one day.—Australian, and New Zealand Gazette. CONTINENTAL MUSICAL AND DRAMA TIC GOSSIP. , Feb . 16. " Don Giovanni" has be e n g i ven PARIS this week at the Italian Opera. Not one of the singers appeared to comprehend the music of Mozart. The whole opera, with the exception of the trio of the masks, went off very flatly. Madame Frezzelini, as Donna Anna, sang like a great, artiste, but she threw very little perception into the part ; nor was Madame Borghi so successful as usual. The impresario works this lady too much. Within the last week or two she has been called upon to sing the music of Mozart, Rossini, and 'Verdi, each demanding a distinct character of vocalisation. Everardi, as the Don, gave us nothing but a young fresh voice. Carrion, the tenor, appeared to be suffering from indisposition, for he certainly did not let us bear the full powers of his organ, " Don Giovanni" has been so often well given, both in Paris and London, that its reproduction is somewhat dan gerous under the present circumstances. ~ M. Bottesini's new opera, "L'Assedio di Firenze , the libretto by M. Corghi, which has been at rehearsal some time, is announced for representatlon on Thursday next. Madame Ristori is positively promised us for the be ginning of next month. The ajich,es are already up, and, besides the names of the artistes who form the troupe, give the titles of the works which will be per formed during the season. ie m. P hi , mh andArn a i pFp Ferraris r a r r a s r so is b ha b . p b r e e e s n e n s u t c t c h e e s s s f t u a l A new opera has been g iven at L a Pergola, of Flo, M lie rence, called "Le Domino B l anc." The cotnpos er of the ballet at Home. SAILING OF THE AMERICA. —The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship America. Captain J. (24. Wickman, sailed from Liverpool on Saturday after noon, at 4.15, with the usual mails, a large cargo, and upwards of 100 passengers. MUNICIPAL REFORM IN SCOTLAND.—A bill of Mr. Ellice, Mr. Ewart, and Mr. Baxter extends the provi sions of the Scottish Municipal Reform Act to certain royal burghs in Scotland now excluded from the benefits thereof ; these are Dornoch, New Galloway, Culross, Lochmaben,• Bervie, Wester Anstrutber, Kilremy, Kinghorn, and Kintore. Provision is made for the elec tion of a town council in each burgh, the number of councillors to be six. DREADFUL DEATH.—A sad accident, resulting in the death of Mr. Gibson, manager of the Glan-r-afon Col liery at Mold, has just occurred. Mr. Gibson, finding that an engine he was abcut to set in motion needed a start, placed himself upon one of the spokes of the fly wheel. The great accession of speed suddenly effected caused the unfortunate man to f a ll w ith his head which, in revolving, his a wthit! range of the wheel, ca ughthe ad and shattered it to atoms. H e h as l e ft a wife and three children, and, being greatly respected, his death has cast 1 great gloom Over the neighbourboo#4_