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attendance e trade. A transpired , ,n wheat, is r quarter on leared of all Oats and barley un- o-clay aq we Llity sold at •atos, while Barley in to buy, spd p ea a mall• ER QUARTV. 365 to 400 505 t) fOS ~ 50s t' 52 0 .. OOs to 04 OOs to OCS ',854. T's market, imples were ,)er qr. over tioned saw ]ale. Oats, ,t tention of seed, owing great mew A more in• r few cakes tek 50 to 02 1.- 60 to ... 48 to 55 rch- ~.. to -- Lud 42 to 46 Per TO. is Od tooo/ 00 5s Od 101 5 g Os Od to 01 Og Os to 001 00 Is Od to 00 0 . 00s to 000 00s to 0 00 8/ to 1210 0 Od to Os Od no ; been lower 11. Chester cashire an d nd Lincoln, 90 ; North h as been ng tolerabli )o,f ; Leeds C o untiefh. ce, 1-16 p. • ace, 91. ecline in th e II amount of :sterns were ;o remain ere done A t c at 58k. DAY. ~ 30 Pc. 25 52 ' PART 11 Selection (Lucia), Donnizetti ; Solo, pianoforte (Cracovienne); Duett (Oh, well thou in the cold blast), MendleQsohn, the Mipes Brougham ; Galop (Times), Kalozdy; Cavatina (Nabues); Verdi; Id arch ( ilongrois), Kalozdy. LILENFIELD PATENT STARCH (used in \fi her Majesty's Laundry), and IVOTHERS.GON'S Machine made CONFECTIONERY, At..it ‘r A LADE, JAMS, JELLIES, &c., (which gained the Prize Medal of 1851), may be had of all Grocers ; Wholesale of Wothersao n, Mackay, and Co., 66, Queen-street, Cheapside, London, and Robert Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow. SMELTING WORKS.—To be disposed of, with immediate p , ssession, the PENCLAWDD COPPER WORKS, on the River flurry, near Llanelly, about eight miles from Swansea, and three from a station on the South Wales RAllway, comprising about Eight Acres of Land, on which the present Works ace erected, Manager's Residence, a Private Dock, admitting vessels of large burthen, excellent Coal at hand, which is delivered by railway throughout the Works, and an ample and unfailing supply of Water for all purposes. The Erections are of the hest materials and construction, possess every requisite for Copper Smeltimr, for which they have been hitherto used, but may easily be converted for any other purposes, and in creased to any extent. For further particulars apply to Mr. Charles Low, Swansea, or Mr. BUM, 34, Great Winchester-street, London. BONUS TO SHAREHOLDERS. H OME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. A Bonus of 51. Ss. 4d. per cent. will be added to the past year's subscriptions, and in future interest at the rate of 51 Ss. id. per cent. Per annum will be given on all subscriptions, with such addi tonal t onus at the end of the year as the profits of the Society mgy allow. Two Estates have been purchased for this Society during the past year —that at Wood-green (chiefly allotted) has been very satisfac tory and profitable, both to the allottees and the Society at large. The other Estate (not yet allotted) promis^s to be a more successful Purchase than the first. there being a grew demand for plots upon it. It is situated is Wimbledon-park, in tne midst of gentlemen's seats, and is adapted for first-class vilias. There are two special advantages in this Society, viz., members are not required to pay down any part of the price of the land pair to choosing plots. The full amount of the shares drawn in the ballot is advanced ; also that more shares are not drawn in the ballot than can be sup-died with la, (I, so that the member ay have the ad vantage of selling their drawn shares at a premiunT. A share in full is 301., With an entrance fee of Is. By order, HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. ANOTHER NOTE. ANOTHER Note is sent to Russia, possibly perfumed with gunpoweer the PrinCipalitia: are to be relin quished, and the Northern forces to retire. Notes of Interrozation ? and Notes of Admiration! are the notes most anplicable to the Esta blishments of E. 110;ES and S )N. For the advantage o' those who are not thoroughly acquainted with London, it is necessary to ob serve that E. MOSES and •SON'S gigantic houses of business are Minories and Aldgate (opposite the Church), and their West-end branch is New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street. Bat many ask, What are E. Moszs and SON? They are the most noted merchant tailors of the age ! The producers of the best fitting, the hest mate, and the most fashionable Clothing in the word ! For whom do they Make it ? Felt noblemen, clergymen, men of business, mechanics, and all others ; for adults, youth., and children ! What are• their charges? The most economical prices are asked for 11r , t-rate articles ! What do they make besides attire? Shirts, the best in IllateliZ , S, the most fashionable in make, the most elegantly em broidered, and the large.t quantity of plain shirts (In all sizes) which Were ever made by any house of husints. ! They also make every article of clothing for ladies, for 'which they charge the most econo- Meal prices. What do they make, and what (to they sell? All fashionable articles of hosiery for ladies and gentlemen. Furs, hats, Caps, boots and shoes, &c., and the hest selected outfits for emigrants to any country or climate. CAUTION.—E. al():•ES and SON regret having to guard the Public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the stoup concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN O& OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 107, alinories, 83, 84 . 85 , and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 806, 507, 505, New Oxford-street, 1, 2 and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36 Fargate. Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia. _ Merchant Milo. , Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers , Boot a nd Shoo :Makers, and General Oatfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. I MPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will he exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked In plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establislunents are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, " The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain ing full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c., &c., may he had on armlication. or post-free. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1851 can be had, gratis on application. tel I'on pule Francais. ITinryrrinht man Dpnt.ce.h. Qul si parla Italian. Annasa habla Esciano MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. PR. SAMUEL LA'MEIIT, 37, P,EDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Mem' er of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical goeiety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &.c., &c. inAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists, Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exi.:- Mice secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri age's, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con=equenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and Ignorant erapirics, who. with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and Medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEItT should first obtain a copy of his work on SE LF -PRESERVA TION A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by f ifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist In the correct description of their cases, and may be had, price 25 6 d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Itrothers and Co., 23, Patern os t er -row; Hannay, 63, Ox f o rd-stre et ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by 'don for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest den ce.37. BEDFO4D-SQUARE LONDON. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fhlieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY' FOR PREVENTION OF Dow& Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, fromthe TEstablishment, 3a. 6d. in stamps, HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and pkysical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of Mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which Prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. P ERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford- Street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, P ew Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive Organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing Mental and bodily weakness, nervcms excitement, and generative i ncapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator3 Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings, PART 11% contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V.'s devoied to the consideration of mqrriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole stlhiect critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM . . OF ' , YEE ACC M is exclesively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lis and 335. Per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary s YmPtons, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I ls. Per box, a certain remedy for gonorrlicea, Meet, stricture, and chronic inflammstion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11 . A minute detail et the case is . inquired : age, habits, and posi tion in society. Si. Packets, with advice, to he had'at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 's saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, from Eleven till Two s and rive to Eight; on bar.:lsy from Lloyon to One. No . 19,137.] X. s. (1. 49 6 6 48 16 0 47 18 0 47 4 6 4G 10 6 45 17 6 45 4 0 44 10 6 43 17 6 43 4 0 206 7 6 190 4 6 141 3 0 tiguous, and they do so regularly. 'We do not consider it to be necessary for the protection of the public to have men specially set to watch the whole of the strand. The Chairman—Do the metropolitan police watch the strand of the river ? Mr. Harvey—Their men do not walk along there, but the metropolitan police afloat, I believe, have their eye upon the barges and th e wa terside, and if they see any depreciations committed they arrest the offenders and bring theta to the City courts if the case comes within the City's jurisdiction. Ido not believe the metropolitan pollee on the Southwark side of the river specially watch the strand there, although it is simi larly situated to the City's bank of the river. The Chairman—Then you think that no inconveni ence arises to the public from any uncertainty prevail ing as to whose jurisdiction the strand of the river belongs ? Mr. Harvey—l cannot see cause for any, The Chairman—Proceed with any statement you may have to make. Mr. Harvey—The suggestion has been made that the City police should be incorporated in the general metro politan system. On that point I would say, that if there were to be one uniform system of police throughout the metropolis, its real heart and centre ought to be in the City, and not in Scotland-yard. Where there is one detective case brought before the metropolitan police there are ten such cases brought before the City police. Again, great injury and insecurity to the City would result from merging the smaller jurisdiction in the larger, and from combining Cheapside, for instance, with Whitechapel, 04 Bishopsgate with Shoreditch, without reference to thi.dietinet peculiarities of each dis trict. The same amount of force which suffixes elsewhere would not do for the City. I will illustrate this by a few figures. Mr. Hickson has stated the area of the City to be a mile and a half, and the area of the metropolitan police to be nearly 700 square miles. Now, the City police consists, of 579 men, and the metropolitan police of 5,492. Last year the cost of the City police amounted to 44,3411., or at the rate of 74/. 17s. 11d. per man ; and the cost of the metropolitan police was 391,8251., or 711. 6s. 11d. per man ; making the City police to cost 31. 10s. 21d. per man more than the metropolitan police. The question of amalgamating the two forces was investigated years ago, when it appeared to be thought that 300 policemen would be sufficient for the City ; but that is far below the number which we now find it absolutely necessary to employ for the due pro tection of the City. I do not speak under corporate influence when I say that I consider that the City ought to have an adequate proportion of police to watch, and should also have.a co-equal authority with the me tropolitan commissioners, because to expect the mer chants, bankers, and traders of the City, absorbed in business as they are, if they want advice or assistance, to go all the way to Whitehall-place for it, would be tantamount to saying that they must do without the service of police at all. I have upwards of a hundred persons coming every day to my office on various sub jects connected with the police, and these persons are not content with seeing m y superintendent—they w i sh to consult with the highest authority. The City police, if I may use the expression, is, in fact, regarded as a sort of " parental police." A great proportion of the force is required for special services. A certain number of men are necessary to keep order in the police courts, from 25 to 30 constables generally have cases to attend to, 18 more have the charge of Smithfield -market on Mon.- ' days and Fridays, and about 30 additional have to attend Guildhall on Saturdays, when the omnibus and cab cases are being heard. It thus frequently happens that from 70 to 80 men are draughted off in this way ; and if there were but one force throughout the metropolis, and its extra strength were brought to bear to assist the City police on occasions like these, the City, no doubt, would be benefited to a certain extent, because there would be uniformity of protection. Still I think that the City should not be swamped in the general system of metro politan police, because it should be remembered that there is this specialty about the case of the City—viz., that although the residents number only 128,851, the number of persons who come into the City daily for business purposes is 316,000 ; giving a total of 444,851. The number of persons passing through a single street (Cheapside) daily, in 14,000 cabs, omnibuses, and other vehicles, is 52,100; and the number who walk on foot is 67,500 ; thus making the total number of persons who pass daily through a single street in the City, in conveyances and on foot, 119,600. Another reason why the City requires a greater proportion of police than the rest of the metropolis arises from the fact that at night a vast number of warehouses and places of business, containing large quantities of valuable goods, are regularly deserted by those persons who are engaged in them during the day ; and it is only by hav ing a large and efficient staff of constables that such an amount of property Ro situated can b 3 properly pro tected. I will now come to the question of the efficiency of the City police. This may be judged of from the fol lowing statistics :—ln the 10 years ending in 1852, the City police took before the City magistrates 51,667 persons ; and the metropolitan police, within the same period, took 660,764 persons before the stipendiary magistrates. Of the total number, there were dis charged in the City 20,346, or about 39 per cent. ; whilst in the metropolitan districts the number discharged was 333,960, or about 50 per cent. In the City, there were summarily convicted, within the same period (10 years), 27,208 persons, or 52 per cent. ; whilst in the metropolitan districts the number was 278,348, or 42 per cent. The committals for trial, in the City, within the same period, were 4,113, or 8 per cent. ; and in the metropolitan districts they numbered 48,456, or 7 per cent. The number tried and convicted was 2,426 in the City, or 84 per cent. of those committed ; whilst in the metropolitan districts the number was 37,480, or about 77 per cent, of the committals. The number tried and acquitted was,' in the City, 687, or 16 per cent. ; and in the metropolitan districts, 10,976, or 23 per cent. What I wish to show by these statistics is, that the offenders brought before the City magistrates are dealt with in a way that will challenge investigation as compared with the statistics of the decisions of any magistrates external to the City. The number of rob beries committed in the City during the same 10 years ending 1852 was 15,415, whilst in the metropolitan dis tricts the number was 122,761, or about 8 to 1. These last figures are apparently in favour of the metropolitan districts, but the record of robberies committed is not kept so complete in the other districts as it is in the City. The value of the property stolen in the City within the same ten years was 117,3131., of which the total amount recovered was 66,277, or 56 per cent. ; whilst in the metropolitan districts the value of the property stolen was 3 77,800/ , the proportion recovered being only 86,770/., or 23 per cent. Every case of rob bery committed within the City, from the person or otherwise, is thoroughly investigated when reported at the stations, and the offenders diligently searched for ; and notwithstanding the great number of persons who come into the City daily, bringing and carrying away with them large sums of money, I would be perfectly ready to guarantee that the total loss shall not be more than 30/. a d a,y, on an average, and this I think is some proof of the efficiency of the City police. The number of summonses issued within the City within the 10 years above stated was 21,857, the convictions upon which amounted to 18,350, or 83 per cent. In the metropolitan districts the number of summonses issued in the same period was 36,969 ; the convictions consequent upon which were 31,944, or 86 per cent. I now come to the cost of maintaining the City police. The Government pays one fourth of the expense of the metropolitan police out of the Consolidated Fund ; and a similar contribution to wards the cost of the City Po li ce is paid out of the City's cash by the corporation. On the occasion of the Duke of Wellington's funeral, the corporation paid out of its own funds the additional sum of 2,0001. for extra con stables; and, in fact, it never hesitates to pay considerable sums, on occasions of a public nature, from its own re sources. The pclice rate in the City amounts to 7d. in the pound, and that of the metropolitan districts is 6d. ; bit the cost of collection has to be added to the metro politan police rate of 6d., which brings it up, in fact, to an amount quite equal to the City rate. In the parish of Marylebone the inhabitants pay as much towards the police as the residents in the City do ; but then Meryl& bone has only 300 men to the square mile, while the City has 587, and has, in addition, the entire control over its own police. My opinion is th a t no i nconvenience arises to the metropolis from the existence of two police juris dictions within it ; and on all great public emergencies the two separate forces act in conjunction. Mr. G. W. K. Potter examined—l am secondary of the Poultry Compter, and was appointed in 1831. My official income amounts to 1 ,0001. per annum. My duties are the same as those of under -sheriffs in all other counties throughout the country. I attend the Courts of Aldermen and Common Council when matters con nected with the sheriffs are under consideration ; and I also prepare the register of the Parliamentary voters within the City. Mr. George Payne examined —I am policsereceiver in the city of London. My duty is to examine and certify the police expenditure, amounting to 40,0001. per annum, and also to press forward the collection of the arrears of the police rate. I am appointed by the police committee, and receive a salary of 3501. per annum. I wish to make an explanation in answer to the statement of a previous witness. Mr. Elliott, when examined by the commission, stated that the citizens lust 10,0001. a-year by the separate police jurisdiction, and that the metropolitan commissioners of police estimated that the police of the City, under a combined system, would not cost more than 25,0001. a-year. Now, the answer to this is, that the estimate of 25,0001. contemplated that only 300 policemen would be required for the City, whereas the number actually employed, and necessarily so. is 579. The police rate in the metropolitan district raises a clear 6d. in the pound, and actually amounts to Wel. or 7(1. The average number of men em ployed in watching the City on an average of the last ten years, was 545. The cost of this excess of men over the 300 included in Mr. Elliott's calculation would be 17,150/. Now, deducting from this last amount the sum paid towards the police out of the City's cash (an item exactly corresponding with the allowance made from the Consolidated Fund towards the support of the metropolitan police), viz., 0,7801., there would be left a balance of 7,3651. in favour of the citizens, as compared with the expense to the ratepayers of the metropolitan police. If the City were only to have 300 men, as con templated by the plan for consolidating the separate L jurisdictions, a net fourpenny rate would 'p e sufficient,' instead of the sixpenny rate now paid by the other metropolitan districts. Mr. W. B. Richardson, clerk to the City Comptroller, was also examined, but his evidence added nothing material to the facts adduced by previous witnesses. Mr. Josiah Temple, hall-keeper at Guildhall, was next called, and stated that his salary and emoluments amounted to 4121., in addition to which he was provided with a house and fuel at the expense of the corporation. In the City accounts for the year 1852, there appeared various payments in his name for newspapers and inci dental expenses connected with the lighting, cleansing. &c., of Guildhall and its offices, the total amount of which was 1,131/. 15s. The mode in which the item for newspapers was incurred was this :—Three hundred copies of the newspaper containing the fullest report of the meetings of the corporation were ordered from time to time, and delivered to the members of the Court of Common Council and its officers who numbered alto gether about 280 persons. He did not personally make the selection of the particular newspapers that should be bought, but left the news-agent to determine that point. Mr. Gentry, a retail trader in the City, appeared to complain of the hardship he had endured by being com pelled by the City authorities to take up his freedom contrary to his own wishes, and said he thought that such a power should not be entrusted to the corporation and its officers. 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A short time after, however, it came to blow strong, and the wind was right against them, so that next morning they again found themselves close to Holyhead. During the whole of Friday and Friday night they struggled with an adverse wind, and on Saturday morning were endea vouring to make the north channel, not being able to steer to the south. Heard on board, and has no doubt of the fact, that several hours before the .vessel struck the helmsman informed the captain that he saw land ; but the course of the ship was not altered. About a quarter before 12 on Saturday the passengers were able to discern land, the weather being at the time thick and hazy. The land must have been then very close to them, fur they ran upon the rocks just under the cliff, as near as he could say, about half-past 12. It was his opinion, and the general feeling on board all along, that the ship was hardly manned for the voyage, having a crew consisting partly of Chinese and Lascars, who could neither speak nor understand English, and, as he thought, were inadequate to work the ship. The vessel, owing to a vain attempt to keep off the land when it was too late, went broadside upon the rocks, and imme diately after the stern began to sink. So close were they to the rocks that a black sailor at once jumped on shore, and five or six of the men immediately after followed his example. A rope was then got from the ship to the shore, and made fast, and the third mate managed to put a plank from the ship to the rocks, so close were they, and by these means, and these means alone, the single rope and the plank, were many lives subsequently saved. The 'people called out to the captain to lower the boats, but he said, What use ?' and accordingly no boats were lowered ; and the crew, as well as all the rest of the people, appeared utterly paralysed, and un able to do anything to save life. The people crowded together to the head of the vessel, which was high out of the water when the stern went down ; but the waves continued to wash over them, and each wave carried away some of the unfortunate passengers. The sea was so boisterous among the rocks that he does not think any of those who fell into the water were saved ; and in about forty minutes after the vessel struck the whole of the wreck went down, leaving the masts over water, and all who were then clinging to the wreck Perished, with the exception of one man, who got into the rigging, and remained there until next morning (Sunday), when he was got off by the coast guard. The rea son nobody else sought refuge in the rigging was, that all were endeavouring to get near th% rope and the plank, which could save very few at a time. There were about 200 women, at a rough guess, and perhaps 50 children on board, and all of those, with the exception of two women and one child, perished. In fact, all the weak and helpless were lost, and nobody who was not able to make an effort for him self was saved. He saw the second mate perish, and also the doctor, the latter having made gallant efforts to save his wife and child, both of whom were lost, only for which he might have saved himself. His child was at some distance from him, and in endeavouring to reach it he lost his own life. No asssistance in saving life could be rendered from the land, the only persons there being the coastguard men, who knew nothing of the affair until they were told of it by the black sailor, and as all was over then, they could, of course, do nothing. They remained by the wreck until about three o'clock, when it was too late to attempt to cross to the main, and by the coastguard's boat, and the first communi cation to the main land was not sent off until about 6 the next morning. During the night they suffered a great deal from the wet and cold. It is a lamentable circumstance that the greater number of the passengers were Irish. There were also several foreigners among them." , . The full extent of this fearful calamity was but imper fectly ascertained until yesterday afternoon, when the Prince steamer returned to the Northwall, having on board the miserable survivors of the wreck, who were taken off the island of Lambay, which had afforded them a refuge from the time the ship went down. In the gloomy annals of nautical disasters the recent one will probably take the foremost place, not merely on account of the great sacrifice of human life, but from the circumstances by which the catastrophe was attended. The following ample details are furnished by the Free man's Journal of this morning : " The Tayleur left the Mersey on Thursday last, hav ing on board about 660 souls, including crew and pas sengers of all ages. The ship made fair weather of it for some hours, until she got off Holyhead, when the wind headed her, and she struggled against an adverse gale during the whole of Friday and Friday night. The captain, despairing of getting down Channel against such a gale, determined to try the course north about, and accordingly the ship's head was got round, and she stood on amid thick and heavy weather from daylight on Saturday morning. Owing to the dense fog, and, perhaps, some error in the reckoning, the ship was found at about ten o'clock within sight of land, which was first seen by the man at the wheel, and in half an hour after the look-out man at the bows cried, `Breakers on the starboard bow 1' The ship's course was altered, but in less than 20 minutes after she struck with fearful violence on a reef of rocks on the east side of Lambay Island. The terrible consequences of this catastrophe will be best gathered from the subjoined accounts. In short, out of the entire number on board this ill-fated vessel (660, including the crew), only 282 individuals have been rescued, many of whom are severely maimed and injured. The shore of the creek where the ship lies wrecked and the coast adjoining are strewn with corpses, some of which, we regret 'to add are said to have been stripped naked by some mis creants. The ship lies in about two fathoms of water. None of her spars seem to have been carried, but there appears at present very little chance of the hull or cargo of the vessel being saved. " Captain Noble states that, after clearing the Mer sey on Thursday last, he encountered heavy weather, with dense fogs, so thick as to prevent any observations being taken. It was found also that the compasses, al though fitted with compensating apparatus suitable for ironbuilt vessels, varied considerably, and sail was slackened on the ship, which was carrying on under top sails, mizentrysail, and foretopstaysail when she struck. The wind had been sufficiently fair to enable the ship to lay her course from the time she left the Mersey until about 8 o'clock the next morning, when it came on to blow from the south-west, with thick weather And a heavy sea, the ship was close-hauled, and, despite of all that could be done, she made no way off Holyhead ; and throughout all Friday night the same weather con tinued, thick and hazy. On Saturday morning the man at the wheel called out that he thought he saw land looming high on the lee quarter, though at the time nothing of the sort could be seen by the look-out at the bows of the ship. That was at or about half past 11 o'clock on Saturday. In order to avoid any possible danger the ship's course was altered, and she was hauled up two points to windward. It was while on this course, and in about half-an-hour after, that the man in the bows on the look-out cried out 'Breakers on the starboard bow.' It was then blowing heavily, and a high sea running. The helm was put hard astarboard, the sheets of the head sails let go, and every means taken to bring the ship round on a course free from the threatened danger. It was then impossible to see a cable's length from the vessel, and in about 20 minutes more she struck with great violence on a reef of rocks running out from a creek right to the eastward bluff of Lambay Island. The shock was tremendous, shaking the vessel from stem to stern. She rose on the next wave, And drove in rather broadside on ; and when she struck again, still heavier the sea made a clean breach over her amidships, setting everything on deck afloat. After two or three more shocks the ship began to sink by the stern, and the passengers rushed up the hatch ways screaming and imploring help. The ship's quarter drifted on towards one side of the creek, and one of the cook's assistants (a black man), two Lascars, and three seamen, contrived to jump across on shore, and thus saved their lives. A rope and a spar were afterwards got across, and by this means a number of lives were rescued, chiefly through the activity and devoted gallantry of two or three young men, passengers, whose exertions in saving the lives of their fellow-suf ferers deserve the highest praise. Those who attempted to escape by the bows of the vessel, all, or nearly, met a miserable fate. The moment they fell into the water the waves caught them and dashed them violently against the rocks, and the survivors on shore could perceive the unfortunate creatures, with their heads bruised and cut open, struggling amidst the waves, and one by one sink ing under them. The surgeon of the doomed ship, Dr. Cunninghame, was remarkable for his efforts in en deavouring to save, first the lives of his own wife and child, and also the lives of his fellow-passengers ; and it is one of the most melancholy features of this disastrous occurrence that this intrepid man lost his life in the at tempt to save the lives of others. When the vessel struck, amid the dire dismay and confusion that pre vailed, Surgeon Cunningham was seen everywhere try ing to restore confidence and courage among the pas sengers, and endeavouring to preserve order and cool ness. He was next seen crossing the perilous means of escape with his little child on one arm, supporting the infant still more securely by holding its dress in his mouth. The ship heaved on the surge of the sea, the rope swerved, he was swept from his hold, and his child was torn from him by the force of the sea and perished. He himself sank twice, but at last made good his gr,lp on a projecting point of rock. While in this precarious position a drowning wo man swept by hint--he grasped her, and was ob served to raise her up, and hold her above the water. He put back her hair from her eyes, and seemed to encourage her ; but a very heavy wave tore her from his grasp, and she perished. Mr. Cunning ham then seized hold of a rope ladder hanging over the side of the ship, by which he lifted himself on board, hand over hand, and soon alter appeared, carrying his wife for the purpose of rescuing her. He had nearly succeeded in getting her across tile spar by means of the rope, when another heavy wave rieshed on and swept off this devoted man and his wife, who were b oth swe p t out in the under tow, and drowned in si g' nt of the sur vivors. The captain states that on r..iuste r g the num berin that had been saved, they proceetled. in a body to wards the coast-guard station, where t hey endeavoured to obtain whatever accommodation they could get. On intelligence reaching the mainland of the sad occurrence, and of the destitute condition of the survi rors, a quantit y of provisions, consisting of four carcases of mutton a n d some gallons of spirits, were sent by ordi n - Ps of Sir Roger Palmer for the relief of the sufferers. Subsequently Lord Talbot de Malahide sent down his steward and a body of assistants with provisions and c l iothing." One of the first cabin passengers, irnr. W. J ones, of London, a highly intelligent a.nd respee, able gentleman, has given us the following statement of the melancholy occurrence : The following cldar and graphic narrative has been given us by another first cabin passenger, a gentleman of great intelligence and humanity, who exerted him• self in the most praiseworthy manner to assist the un fortunate sufferers : " I was a cabin passenger on board the Tayleur, which left Liverpool, with a fine breeze and beautiful weather, at 12 o'clock on Thursday last, in tow of a steamer. We were off Lynas Point about 6 o'clock in the evening, when the pilot left ; and almost at the same in stant a squall came on, when orders were given to shorten sail. No sooner was this done than it became evi dent to those as ho were at all acquainted with nautical affairs that the crew were totally incompetent to man age the ship. The mate could not get any to go on the yards to shorten sail, and the ship was completely at the mercy of the wind and waves. Some idea may be formed of the incompetency of the crew when it is known that it took nearly three hours to take in the inizen topsail, and nearly one hour and three quarters to take in the foretopsail, and neither the maintop sail nor the lower sails could be got in at all. We, however, struggled through the . night, our sails flapping and beating in a frightful manner. The boat swain and third mate exerted themselves a great deal, but the men did not appear to know their work. tt imme diately began to be whispered about that we should never reach the end of our voyage, the crew being a mixed med ley of many nations, having a very imperfect acquaint ance with the English language, and being consequently unable to understand the captain's orders. About mid night we passed within a stone's throw of some light and land, which the passengers supposed to be Holyhead. The weather continued rough, and our confidence in the crew decreased every minute, though we saw we had a splendid vessel under us. A inure beautiful ship I believe never sailed the seas. During the night of Friday the weather moderated a little, and when we came on deck next morning we found the ship with topgallant sails, topsails, and lower sails set. A person who came from Devonport with us, Mr. Nicholls, said to us, 'The captain is doing wrong in hoisting so much sail ; we shall have more wind, and the crew will not be able to take in sail should any emergency arise.' The weather, as the day wore, became boisterous and hazy, and about, I think, ten o'clock, the long line was thrown, when it was said we were going five knots an hour, steering south-west by west. About twelve o'clock a friend came down to the cabin where I was, and said— ' There's land close to us, and they are afraid the ship will go ashore.' I proceeded on deck, where a horrible scene of confusion met my eye. Before us, at a short distance, rose the bleak and rocky island of Lambay, round the base of which the waves were dashing furi ously, -while the vessel, quite unmanageable in the hands of her crew, was drifting towards it with fearful rapi dity. The deck was crowded with passengers, male and female, who, perceiving their danger, were in a state of almost frantic terror. The captain attempted to wear the ship, but she would not pay off, but continued to drift towards the rocks. He then ordered the staysail, and, I think, the spanker to be set, which was done. The mate then directed the man at / the helm to keep her full, but it was of no use. Just at this moment I heard the chain running q out with the anchor ; the first mate called out Hold on,' but both anchors were let go—they snapped like glass. And now began a scene of the most frightful horror—some running below to get what they could, others praying, some taking leave of their friends, wringing their hands and beseeching them for help. The vessel after striking lay so close uponthe rocks that several persons attempted to jump ashore The first person who jumped on the island struck his head against the rocks, and fell back into the water with his head frightfully cut, and, after struggling a short time, sank. The person . Chinese and jumped from the vessel made good his footing, and was followed by several others — I be lieve the and Lascars belonging to the crew. They also succeeded in making good their landing , and, a done so, scampered with all haste up thes on s 0 as they had rocks, never at tempting to assist those on board. Several now swung themselves on the rocks, which werebutafewfeet from us. I managed t o swin g myself on shore, and re tained the rope in my hand ; I passed the end of it up to some of those behind, and by this means a great many were enabled to come on shore. To attempt to paint the h ear t r ending scene on boar d the ship would be impos sible—wives clinging to their husbands, children to their parents, women running wildly about the deck uttering the most heartrending cries, many offering all they pos sessed to persons to get them on shore. Among some of the earliest who attempted to get on shore were some young Irishwomen. Most of them lost their hold of the rope, and fell into the sea. The doctor of the ship, a most noble fellow, struggled hard to save his wife and child ; he had succeeded in getting about half-way to the shore on a rope—holdinc , his child by its clothes in his teeth — but just then the ship lurched outwards, by which the rope was dragged from the hands of those who held it on the lower rocks, and was held only by those above, thus running him high in the air, so that the brave fellow could not drop on the rock. Word was now given to lower the rope gently, but those who held it above let it go by the run, and the poor fellow, with his child, was buried in the waves ; but in . a short time lie rose again above the water, manfully battling with the waves and the portions of the wrecks that now floated about him. He at length swam to a ladder that hung by a rope alongside the ship, and got upon it. After he had been there a minute or two a woman floated close "The Tayleur sailed from Liverpool a t 5 minutes to 12 on Thursday forenoon, virit.rn passcng ers and crew amounting in all to about 65(1 souls, inclw.. l ing children. For several hours they had a ,lair wind, and bout eight to him. He immediately took hold of her and dragged her on the ladder, tenderly parted the hair from her face, and appeared to bo encouraging her, but in another mi nute she was washed from his hold, and sank almost im mediately. He then got up again into the ship and tried to get his wife on shore, but they both perished. He de served a better fate ! The scene was now most truly awful. The most desperate struggles for life were made by the wretched pa,ssengers ;great numbers of women jumped over board, in the vain hope of reaching land ; and the ropes were crowded by hundreds, who in their eagerness, terror, and confusion,frustrated each other's efforts for self-preser vation. Many of the women would get half way, and then become unable to proceed further, and, after cling ing to the rope for a short time, would he forced from // Itheir hold by those who came after them. Three women only, out of 200, were saved. One of these had got part of the, way across when her legs fell, and she hung some time by her two bands over the foaming waves ; her husband then came on the rope, and managed to assist her to the shore. Two men came on shore with children tied to their backs ; but of the whole who fell into the water not above five were saved. I saw one fine girl, who, after falling from one rope, managed to get hold of another, which was hanging from the side of the ship, and which she held on to for more than a quarter of an hour, the sea every moment dashing her against the side of the ship, but it was impossible for us to lend her any assistance. Some one got a spar out, by which several got on shore ; but it soon broke, and now , might lie seen hundreds hanging to the bulwarks of the ship, each struggling to get on shore. I saw on s e young woman hanging on the middle of the rope for some time by her two hands, but those pushing to get on shore soon sent her to her doom. The ship's stern now began to sink ; the ship made a lurch, and all the ropes were snapped asunder. The scene now was most har rowing. Every wave washed off scores at a time ; we could see them struggle for a moment, then, tossing their arms. sink to rise no more. At length the whole of the ship sunk under water. There was a fearful struggle for a moment, and all, except two, who were in the rigging, were gone. The coast guard, who had been apprised of the wreck, now came up, but all they could do was to attempt to save the two who were in the rigging. They managed to get a line to one of them by fastening two lines, at the end of each of which was a piece of wood, to a single line, and guiding it from the rock to the spot where the poor fellow was, so that he could reach it. They then dragged him ashore, There was one fine young man left in the top, but they could not reach him, and when he saw them ing Away hi s cries were h ear t- ren di ng. Ab ou t t wo o'clock the next morning the coast guard managed to reach him, after he had been in the top 14 hours. You may fancy the poor fellow's joy at his deliverance." The follo wing is a list of passengers saved : " William Vevers intermediate • Thomas Johnston, Johnston,first cl ass ; Francis do. ; ' Thomas Ward, do. ; John Phillips, second class; Messrs. Doite, intermediate ; Vonbourg, do. • Bayard, do. ; H erman , d o. ; M ar io, do. ; Barbier, dn. ; ' Lorenzo Stehardt, d o . ; J. F a ph, do. ; A. De Conners, do. ; J. W a t son , s t eerage ; Tho mas Tiberton, first class; J. F. Robinson, do. ; W. Good, steerage ; W. J. Blair, intermediate ; Thomas Constantine, steerage • F. Orm s b erg , secon d c l ass ; F . Coppin, do. ; Michael Byrne, intermediate ;, Thomas Conner, ste erage; G . F . Chamberlain, intermediate; A. Ea, sy, steerage ; C. Chaddick, do. ; James Raleigh, steerage; John Friend, third class; James Popham, steerage ; Virgoz, second class • Koppin, third class ; J. Berryman, intermediate; J. Swift, ditto, John Foy. do.; Thomas James, ditto ; M. Matthews, third class' W. Turner, second ditto ; F. S. Sh aw, ditto ; Gezzad Burke, ditto ; J. Wilson, ditto ; J. W. Hegarty, first class ; Charles Barrow, steerage ; J. Brownie, ditto ; Jonathan Carter, third class ; George M'Bride, steerage ; W. M`Carley, ditto ; George Downes, second class ; Barton, steerage ; J. Montford, ditto • J. Mille r , secon d class ; George Fisher, fi rs t c l ass ; John M`Naughten, first class ; W. Geffrey, interm e di a t e ; J o h n Th omas, first class ; W. A. Gordon, second class ; Robert Holland, first class ; Robert Dawson, intermediate; James Stodhart, first class; Stephen Huntley, steerage ; James Richmond, 'ditto ; Alfred Cowley, intermediate; Michael Green, ditto; Thomas Willite, steerage; Alexander Titiss, second class ; G. Catts, first class ; August Laramie, intermediate ; Per rard, ditto ; James Whitmash, ditto ; James Oldfield, steerage; Bentz - , steerage; --, Pole, first class ,- S. Frock man, intermediate ; A. Wetyle, first (lass ; B. Watson, second class; Michael Ridy, ditto; Michael Fleming, ditto; Patrick Cormick, steerage ; Joh n Gib son, second' class ; John O'Brien, steerage ; Ci Ryan, ditto ; John Diamond, ditto ; Michael Cormick, ditto ; Richard Leahy, second class ; William Clarke, first class; James Tobin, interme diate; Richard P. Browne, steerage; John Grundy, first class ; D. Driscoll, steerage ; R. Alexander, second class ; R. Shewell, steerage ; J. Smith, second class ; J. M'Kay, steerage ; James M'Kay, ditto ; George Lewis, interme diate ; James Harpen, steerage ; Alexander Lyons, ditto ; Thomas Lloyd, intermediate; Richard Gibbon, ditto; Samuel Thomas, ditto ; William Sawdy, Henry Bridge man, steerage; Thomas Twill, intermediate ; Richard Ryder, ditto ; John Ryder, ditto ; William Ryder, ditto ; John Gill, ditto ; Samuel Jenkins, ditto ; John Luscam, second class • James Organ, steerage; P. M'M a h o n, ditt o ; Richard Sheridan, first class ; James Worm, inter mediate ; William Thompson, saloon ; Alexander Frazer, steerage ; Hugh Frazer, ditto ; William Lenehan, ditto : B. Klatorshaft, ditto ; John Oufferht, second-class; Albert Jackson, ditto ; H. Brayman, ditto ; John Vout, ditto ; Thomas Moody, steerage • William Starman, se: cond class; E. Hall, steera g e; Thomas Taylor, ditto ; W. Collins, ditto; James Shawe, intermediate; Francis Bow den, first class ; Thomas Comballach, ditto ; Jos. Wearon, ditto ; A. Thomas, first class ; P. F. Framaine, ditto ; B. Bowden, ditto ; Richard Wearne, ditto ; Samuel T. Toy, ditto ; William Cuddy, ditto ; Samuel Bishop, ditto ; W. Bishop, ditto ; John Johnston, steerage ; Thos. Browne, ditto ; Michael Hurst, second class ; Thomas Creen, steerage ; George Yates, intermediate ; T. Cattrani, second class ; R. T. Lawson, first class ; R. Smeril, third class ; Thomas Meara, ditto ; Thomas Kerkhouse, interme diate ; W. Philips, second class ; James Eddy, ditto ; Walker Addison, third class ; John Carty, ili:to ; Anne Carty, ditto ; Alexander Berr, ditto ; John Berr, ditto ; William Thomas, ditto ; Peter Finlay, intermediate ; D. Hackney, ditto ; Richard Yeo, second class ; W. Spenser, ditto ; E. Borne, intermediate ; John Swan, steerage ; James Berryman, intermediate ; Hamilton Sloan, ditto ; John Collins, steerage ; A. Magee ditto ; Thomas Crop, ditto ; H. Abrahamson, ditto ; William Legge, interme diate ; James Williams, ditto; R. Thompson, of Ohio, steerage ; Edward Tew, second class ; John Thompson, ditto ; Samuel Carley, intermediate ; Sarah Ann Carley, his wife ; Robert Carley, his son, intermedi a t e ; J o h n B a ll , ditto ; James Thompson, second class ; Joseph Todhunter, ditto ; William See, ditto ; George Crawford, st eerage ; It. Cherry, intermediate • Thomas Kemp, first class ; an infant of nine month old, with no person to claim it ; a man on the island, not known ; four left the island, one black seaman. Total number of passengers saved., 225." The following are the names of the crew who were saved : M. A. IL Adams, purser • Archibald Jack, coo k' s ma t e ; W. Skellzig, steward ; John Roberts, seaman ; Henry Wallace, apprentice ; William Cowen, do. ; William Ray, In. ; F. J. Roberts, steward ; Thomas Trotter, passenger, servant ; Edward Wallis, steward; Thomas Burke, do. ; William Taylor, passenger's cook ; John Greenub, steward ; J. Ferguson, passenger, steward ; William Cook, passenger, steward ; John Rice, cook ; John William, seaman ; Simon Prairam, steward ; Thomas Harper, steward ; W. D. Sheridan, boatswain ; joseph M. Lennan, seaman ; George Humphrey, assistant purser ; B. Leenehan, cook ; W. Leenehan, do. ; W. Rendell, assistant-steward ; E. Pratt, second purser ; John Burban, seaman ; John Martin, seaman ; Peter Reed, boy ; Abo, Abo, Abo, three Chinese seamen ; John Frazer, carpenter; John Saunderson, sailmaker ; James Browne, seaman ; Henry Fitzimon, ditto ; Charles Maxwell, ditto ; John West, ditto ; Thomas Roberts, ditto ; J. I rw i n; ditto ; Archibald Maclean, ditto ; T. Rowland, ditto ; John Ayl mer, ditto ; Frederick Hunt, ditto ; John Marromati, ditto ; John Jones, ditto ; William Denis, ditto ; Demetri Rolando, ditto ; Nicholas George, ditto ; Nicholas Can dari, ditto ; Antonio Nicholas, ditto ; R. Mitchell, seaman; Peter Wolechewick, William Trumbell, Judge Julian. " Total passengers saved, 225 ; ditto crew, 51; Captain Noble, 1; William Murphy, chief officer, 1; Cowan, third officer, 1. Total saved, 232." (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, TUESDAY NIGHT. Owing to the storm, the inquest is adjourned till Wed nesday. Captain Walker has arrived on the part of Government. A STRANGE EVENTFUL HlSTORY.—Yesterday MT. Brent held an inquest at the Queen's Head, Keppel street, on Mary Madget, aged 72, the widow of an ex tensive American cotton planter, whose history was of a singular character. Deceased, who was highly con nected, her grandfather being a viscount, eloped with her husband at the age of eighteen, and they shortly afterwards set sail in one of his vessels for America, where he owned several cotton plantations, and large estates in Pennsylvania and South Carolina. At the time they started for America Europe was involved in war, and while on their outward-bound voyage they were seized by a French privateer, which carried them into Brest, whence, after being detained for some time prisoners, they effected their escape to England. After a short stay in England, they again set sail for America, and were again captured by the French, but before their vessel could be conveyed into port, both vessels were recaptured, and taken to New York. The deceased and her husband. then settled down in South Carolina, where they lived luxury cume n precedingt a s n d f 0 c ut o nh n te : f o iA r n t md u ee nii c l a sa t ne h d e 7g o a u rr t o, b o r mw e a ,h k he n o e in n f 1 he e c t o l I r t e • d e i g v n t r g ) e l u a t t t o i e : d n t r husband was massacred, she herself was cruelly beaten until left for dead, and their wh ole illesnpsrosterty was confis cated. Afte r severa l months ' conveyed in getting on b oar d a British vessel, which° v back i to her nati ve country after 20 years' absencey.edUp h o e n r in England she was unable to discover any of her relatives, and was reduced to the lowest depths of poverty. She then applied to the Government for com pensation, but in consequence of her being unable to sustain her claims, through the absence of the original deeds, her prayer for redress was not complied with. Still, however, several of the nobility, from a conviction of the justice of her demands upon Government, and sympathising with her fate and that of her husband, occasionally contributed towards holt wants. At length she found out some of her relatives, who granted her a small allowance, which, with what she obtained from other quarters, enabled her to sustain life, until her body and mind sank under the pressure of accumulated mis fortunes, which terminated in her sudden death on Satur day morning, when she was found dead in her room. It is the intention of deceased's relatives to prosecute her large claims upon the Governm en t for compensation. OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—On Monday last a lady, resid ing in the Liverpool-road, having received some money at one of the banks in the neighbourhood of Regent street, took an omnibus there, into which she was fol lowed by a quiet, respectable, and gentlemanly-look ing young man, dressed in a suit of black. During the journey towards the Angel at Islington several changes of passengers occurred, which apparently gave occasion for the gentleman to change his seat, and finally to place himself at that side of the lady on which lay her dress pocket containing her money. On arriving at the end of Baron-street, the lady alighted ; the gentleman also very politely assisting her. She proceeded a few yards down Baron street, and feeling for her money found it gone. Her suspicions immediately fell upon the gentlemanly young man, and, turning her steps, she proceeded down the New-road towards the Angel, and caught sight of him just coming out of a passage. She seized him and charged him with the theft, which he very coolly denied and threw her off, trying to escape. Fortunately, he came in contact with a gentleman to whom the lady was known, and by whose assistance his escape was pre vented. 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Jan. 26 ~ Feb. 9 Feb. 2 n Feb. calls Wfllvi! le India patChe' — nos s 0 1 ' DrNO eh ' r avo o urs arrableyo ss vaull t of :Awe° c • bout 8 118 , 11 hese Y 4 l ) Ling P il ' o f course el. aucliecilu pg 7 all &If ent, 3 istif of soh 5/1. cone fight, tile I to 1 g tb Grif to ntoe, i 01 - Dl ~ k Leiter' 3 ,00 146 t mteritai ridOW Of in her J ,tpeo u ntY" 1 year° )0 00, 0.1 12 ' PI 4, Moorgata-strect, London PROGRAMME FOR VIE DAT. PANT I. WRECK OF TUE TAYLEUR.—NOTICE TO PASSENGERS. THE surviving Passengers, insured in the MARITiMP, PASSENG' It's ASs'ITRANCE COMPANY, can have their policies endorsed, free of exp , :nse. authoi is:ng them to sail in any other first-class ship. by application at the Chief Offices, or to the "Agent through whom the insurances were effected. The legal representatives of passengers who were lost, should humedi ately give notice to the Resident Director, when they will be supplied With the usual form of claim. JOHN GLARY, Resident Director. 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London: Published by the Proprietors, Atkinson and Company, G 9, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-6rldge-road, Lambeth. 3,TINING INVESTMENT. —Parties seeking FA_ sate and profitable investments should turn their attention to the shares of those companies formed for mining, especially when their estates are in Co: nail and Devon. The dividends front many of these are equal to 10, 15, and 20 per cent. upon the outlay while others not yet paying dividends, but having excellent prospects of soon doing so, afford ahunilant scope for speculation, not alone from anticipated early returns to the proprietary, but likewise on account of the great enhancement in the value of the stock at tendant thereon. Air. JNO S. LANE, 32, Poultry, London, having correspondents in all the' richest mineral districts in England, is in a position early to advise his clients. Parties communicating will re ceive all requisite information, and Mr. LANE will recommend either dividend paying, or non-dividend paying concerns, to those wishing to embark in mining enterprise, and state his reasons for so doing 32, Poultry, London, Jan., 1854. LIFE ASSURANC•E; 1.4 REPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the HOUSE of COMMONS,' and the DEPOSIT', SYSTEM—the New and Important Feature of Life Assurance adopted by The DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. The fellow•ing is an extract from the Report of the Select Com mittee : - ' "THE OBJECTS which persons HAVE IN VIEW IN EFFECTING IN SURANCES upon their lives, are GENERALLY OF AN IMPORTANT AND SOLEMN characte , , viz., the PROVISL,N FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS after the death of their NAI URAL PROTECTORS; lIIIHk9 any ordinary transaction of trade, a CONTRACT ONCE ENTERED INTO CANNOT BE DISCHARGED OR ABANDONED, if doubts of tho stahility of an office should arise, WITHOUT A SACRIFICE OF PREMIUMS PAID IN PAST YEARS, and the necessity of effecting new policies in other offices at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the assured ; persons are thus placed in the ANxious AND UN HAPPY DILEMMA OF BEING COMPELLED TO PERSEVERE IN PAYING PREMIUMS FROM YEAR TO YEAR, with SOME suspicion and doubt as to the ultimate advantage of doing so, OR OF INCURRING THE SE RIOUS LOSS WHICH. UNDER THE MOST FAVOURABLE CIRCUMSTANCES, MUST ATTEND THE ABANDONMENT OR SALE OF A POLICY." On the DEPO§IT SYSTEM a person is NOT " COMPELLED" to pay from " YEAR TO YEAR," and he does not, if desirous of " ABANDON ING" his Policy, incur any' sextons Loss," but, on the contrary, he may pay such amounts, and at such !imes as he may find most con venient ; he can stop paying whenever he pleases, and he can with draw the whole or part or his premiums. If tile whole be with drawn the Policy is cancelled; if part only, then the value of the Policy is diminished by the assured value of the part withdrawn. A B, aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment of 5/ , which it will be seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes. a o © .. z - c,. WOO -nomcmcg,om-.,T-.., ... EEt 3 ::,,-..-../..OMMM.—.Ot..NNV A V, qt 4 ?== ' '' --"c) .1.c...?, 0 w .m y . W .4 „ , 9 .,, =2 MN .-..1.C) t•.t...M.t.. 0 Z ..., .. 1 . g 42 o . 0 2,...v -20 t-20.2 ..02.4 ...4 of g Z.l ~' t; . Ll', ~ F 4 q".7.'2.3 "2 ‘,7,1 24;, , 3 '' $' ' F., .--) Z C) 4 . 4 .1' 40 0 41 31( 8 ~,,.. ,-. . 'llll 11—'111 N "4 g. 7 M M . M 0 7,87., 4 .2 - . W• 5 t+a A 43 • I-4= t 4) V 0 .-. N N N M NN ,D W NM. N V ' 8 ' :4 43 . U y a F. E. Fo cs .;g 44-7-42w?.2925g ; t, 74 ), F m c.. ; .4 .. 0 . tz 4 6B 4 1 . t. . ,. .4.2 ..- .021 5 u S ,L- Q u, 5. .4 r. - -, 4 '1 c- - .t s , g ..... I. . .et,' •_4". :! : : :-: F,k , gmcn.gm.". ;I ° 1 O .' i t -7,.. T .2. 9' .t.,5.1 t!aS , g k , k A ~...z0"..4.1.-aAeI.,CAm. ,4 C 4 M ~ W t-- d W. W kr, . M n WW WO. W M M W WM MM O .... ..-. ..... .... ..-. ..... 44 Thus A B, in 10 years, has saved and invested at different inter vals various sum; amounting to 97/., by which he had hem insured in case of death for 2601. 12s. 7d ; hnt A B requires 221.; he draws this sum out, and diminishes the value of his Policy by 60/. Bs. 3d. at different times, leaving him in case of death a Policy for 2001. 4s. 4d., and during his life a fund of 75/. to draw out at any time, in part or wholly. The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance Company was upon a deposit of le/. which a parent made for each of rive children, instead of aiding it to an account they had at the Savines Bank. One of them died a few days sifter the 101. was de rosited, and the father received 34/. Cs., being the amount of the De posit Policy. EXAMPLE No. 2. Supposing A B, aged means, and continues in the same way as he 23, when he opens a Deposit Policy hs the , oLuNTAittLY to pay the same sum every year is COMPELLED to do in the ordinary system. Year, 1851.......... ..... . 1851 .... ............ 1853 . 1857....... ..... 1861................ to 1865...••••• ...... 1870..•• • •• 1871................ to 1814•••••••• •• 1875..•••• ...... •••• to 1880. ......••...... 1881..............•• to 1836 ..... .......•••• to 1891— ......•• ..•• •• 194 13 6 147 18 .6 182 10 6 1,525 b 6 Th premium of 181. commencing at 23 years of age, and paid neon an ordinary Policy (As IT MUST BE) every year till A.B. is 45 years old, will secure the same sum, viz., I,oo^/., hut if A B lives 17 years longer (which is the probable , !uration of life at the time he effected the insurance) his Deposit Policy, for the same payments as for an ordinary Policy of 1,000/., will have increased to 1,525/. Gs. 6d. TRI7STEES, The Right TTonourable the Lord Tac4;tint Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C., Comptroller of her Majesty's Household. Major-General Sir W. Clayton, Bart., 79, Gloucester-place, Port- man• , cuare. -ir Charles Price, Bart., Banker, London. \lee-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect House, Southampton. CHAIRMAN. The Right Ron. the Lord Viscount Drumlanriz. M.P., P.C., Comp troller of her Majesty's Household. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. STANDING COUNSEL. R. B. Crowder, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Recorder of Bristol, Counsel to the Admiralty, and Judge Advocate of the Fleet. R. Molina, Esq., Q.C., M.P., Lincoln's-inn. Chief °Mee, No, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. Loans granted at 5 per cent. on real or personal security. Annuincs on most favourable terms. Diseased lives and lives de clined by other offices accepted at equitable rates. For Prospectuses and further information apply to the agents in the country, or to C. W. Bevan, Resident Secretary. Agents wanted in all parts cf the United Kingdom. N.B.—Life Assurances effected on the ordinary plan. ITseful Pamphlets, to be had gratis on application at the Publishers (if by letter enclosing a postage stamp.) THE. EQUITY COURTS.—It is understood that on Satur day, at a meeting of the leading members of the equity bar, a resolution was agreed to, confining the Queen's counsel to practise in one particular court, and not to receive briefs in any other. FIRE IN BARBICAN.—Last even i ng , a b ou t 8 o' c lock, a fire broke out i n an ex t ens i ve p il e o f premises—occu pied conjointly by Mr. Plumner, a wadding manufac turer; Mr. Matthe w s, cu tl er , o f Fl ee t- s t ree t ; Mr. Phillips, a braid m a k er ; M r . Clarke, an ivory turner ; g Mr. H a ll, a scissors finder ; and Mr. , Bentley, a saw mill Barbican,soa proprietor—situ ate factory extending Cubitt's-court, Golden-lane, in one time r e directionaeh the a as far scene,as t t h h e e large and various houses of Golden-lane. Before a sin g l e eng i ne had flames had seiz e d upon a considerable portion of the premises. Fortunately, an abundant supply of water was procured, from which the engines were set to work. Mr. The flames eventually s e i ze d th e sawmills of Bent ley, from which they extend e d t o t h e braid factory Mr. Phillips, and the premises of M r . Matthews, ofd n those of Mr. Clarke. After two o r three hours' hard working the firemen got the flames extinguished, but n ot until Mr. Bentley's sawmills w ere destroyed,' and considerable damage done to the factories of Mr. Phil lips, those of Mr. Matthews, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Hall. ESCAPE OF PRISONERS FROM HORSEMONGER-LANE GAOL —Yesterday morning, a little after 8 o'clock, Thomas Richardson and John Clark, two convicted prisoners, contrived to escape from the above gaol in a very singular manner. Both prisoners were tried at the December sessions for Surrey, and convicted for robbe ries with violence ; Richardson was sentenced to six years', and Clark two years' penal servitude. The pri soners cutting s w o convictedoo dand ar e t yemployed itin . bundles, prison t o be chiefly in sold among the shopkeepers. At eight o'clock, while the turnkeys ytii were the a rea i t breakfast, of kfast,the prison,thetw oc s o e n d vi s c o ts ee g ee o d t e o d v i e o r the making their escape. They had by some means con trived to make a ladder with the pieces of spun yarn and wood. A large stone was affixed at one end, and thrown over the wall where it got attached to the coping stone. The prisoners having climbed that, let themselves down into Mr. Fellowes's rope walk, and crossed it un perceived by the workmen. A lad named Dunn, how ever, saw them, and pursued them as far as Lock's fields, but he was obliged to give up the chase, and the convicts made their escape. On examination of that part of the gaol, it appeared that they had forced their way through a water-closet into the inner garden, and by that means got easy access to the outer wall. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1854. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The Royal Commission sat again in the Privy Council Chamber yesterday. Present : The Right Hon. H. Labouchere (chairman), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Cornewall Lewis. At the opening of the sitting, The Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, the City Recorder, stated that he wished to explain, with reference to the instance he had adduced in his previous evidence of the danger arising to public bodies like the City corporation from exposing its title to litigants unless upon compul sion, that he had thought the case in question was that of the corporation of Hull, but he had since ascertained that it was the corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The case was reported in the Bth vol. of Vesey, jun., page 140, and the suit involved an analogous point to that involved in the action against the corporation of London to compel it to produce its titles in the metage suit with Messrs. Combe and Delafield. The effect of the exhibition of the charters of the corporation of New castle was, that an objection purely technical was taken to its title ; and the consequence was, that it lost a re venue of 7,0001. a-year. Mr. Lewis—Was that 7,0001. in property or in tolls? Mr. Wortley—l believe it was in dues. _ _ _ The right hon. and learned gentleman then said that he wished also to explain, with regard to the negotia tions between the corporation and the Crown in refer ence to the suit respecting the right to the soil and bed of the river, that in the bill which was introduced into Parliament in 1847 for effecting a compromise between the corporation and the Crown on the subject in dispute between them, a power was given to the Crown in the bill to exercise a veto upon the election of five members who were to be chosen by the corporation to sit upon the proposed new conservancy board. The Court of Common Council agreed to this part of the bill ; but, unfortunately, owing to the session being near its close, and the proceedings in the suit instituted by the Crown having been revived, the negotiations were interrupted, and the bill failed in passing. The right hon. gentleman then proceeded to give evidence with regard to the City courts of judicature. He said the Central Criminal Court was not properly a city court, although the City, out of Its own funds, paid the judicial salaries connected with it. He agreed with Mr. Pulling in thinking that recent legislation with regard to the Middlesex Sessions had proceeded in the wrong direction. The effect had been injurious, and he thought it would be desirable that the whole of the criminal jurisdiction of the metropolis should be concentrated in one court, sitting almost permanently at the Old Bailey, her .Majesty's judges only presiding there occasionally, as they do at pre sent. Great inconvenience arose at present from the Central Criminal 'Joint sessions and the Clerkenwell sessions being held at the same time, as the attendance of witnesses and counsel was often required in both courts simultaneously. There was only one bar for both courts, and briefs had often to be handed over from one barrister to another, and they often fell into the hands of counsel who were not informed about the nature of the cases they had to conduct. He would, also, give the criminal jurisdiction of the Courts of Quarter Sessions for London and Southwark to the Central Criminal Court. The Lord Mayor's Court was ? very cheap and useful court, and since his appointment as recorder he had done his best with the assistance of the deputy-re gistrar, to effect all the improvements in that court which it was possible to carry out without the aid of Parlia ment. The Lord Mayor's Court had been thrown open to counsel, but there had been some difficulty in admit ting attorneys to practise in it. In 1841 there were four privileged attorneys who held their offices by purchase, with the right of alienation. Since that time two of the attorneys had died, and their successors had been appointed by an arrangement which left them without the power of alienation ; and the third attorney had also sol I his right of alienation to the corporation. The object of the corporation was to throw open the court entirely to solicitors as well as to barristers, and the secondaries committee had been in negotiation with the privileged attorneys, to induce them, for a considera tion, to surrender their exclusive claims. Some difficulty occurred in fixing the amount of compensation to be awarded them; but the corporation hid thrown the court open in the meantime, in order to determine, by the re sult of the measure, what would be the probable amount of the loss which it would entail on the privileged attor neys, and then deal with them afterwards. The period of that experiment had not yet quite expired ; but 131 attorneys had been admitted to practise in the court, and the number would no doubt have been much greater, but an action was brought by one of the privileged at torneys against one of the new attorneys admitted for disturbance in his office. Lord Chief Justice Campbell, on the trial, expressed the opinion that the privileged attorneys were entitled to compensation, and the ques tion had since been raised, whether the statute admitting attorneys to practise in inferior courts applied to the Mayor's Court of London. If that statute do so apply to the Mayor's Court, it was of course not only in the power but the duty of the Court of Aldermen to throw the court open to the whole profession ; but tie question was still pending ; and that very day he (Mr. Wortley) had to at tend the secondaries' committee with the view of urging forward the negotiations with the privileged attorneys, in order to get rid of all difficulty. This and the other improvements introduced into the Mayor's Court have largely increased the business transacted in it. The entries of actions, from 1846 to 1852, numbered 903 per an num. Since the opening of the court only eleven months had elapsed, and in the course of that period the number of entries had reached 1,506. He held the court once a month ; its jurisdiction was confined to cases in the its practice The costs of the court had been reduced, and practice simplified, and it was now as cheap and facile a tribunal, he believed, as the county courts. The cus tom of foreign attachment prevailed in this court, which he believed was a valuable custom, and one that might advantageously be extended to all great commercial communities. In the country districts it would not be necessary, but would do no harm. The amount claimed by attachment in the City, on an average of seventeen years, was 171,0001. The Mayor's Court, he was sorry to say, was liable to writ of habeas corpus in actions, to writ of certiorari in attachments, and to a writ in the nature of a certiom ari issuing out of Chancery in cases of equity ; and the latter process might be issued at the very last moment. There was no appeal from the judge of the Mayor's Court, and no new trial could be ob tained except before the same judge who heard the first. New legislation on these and other points would be ad vantageous, and if such improvements were effected, he believed it would be very desirable to retain the Mayor's Court, as being cheaper and less cumbrous in the admi nistration of justice than the superior courts. Mr. D. W. Harvey, Commissioner of City Police, was next examined. He stated—l was appointed under the City Police Act of 1839. Under that act my salary was fixed at not less than 8001. a-year, in addition to which I was to be provided with a suitable residence. In 1846 my salary was raised by the police committee of the corporation to 1,0001. per annum, with a promise of a further allowance of 2001. a year for a house. Since that period I have regularly received the 1,0001. a year, hut have never been paid the 2001. for a residence. Be fore the salary was increased, an inquiry had been in stituted by the corporation into the duties of my office. I had previously received 800/. a year salary, and 2001. for a residence. lam allowed to live within a radius of six miles from the City, for the benefit of my health. My duties in superintending the City police occupy the whole of my time. Since January last we have increased the pay of the City police force. The qualifications of the City police are higher than the qualifications of the Metropolitan police. The City police have no men less than 5 feet 8 inches in height, while the standard of the Metropolitan police is 5 feet 7 inches. We require strength and appearance in the men. The nature of the duty from Temple-bar to Cornhill is so arduous, that men of muscular power and great discretion are indispensable for the proper discharge of it. To secure the services of an efficient class of men, we must allure them by greater pay. We recently lost between 70 and 80 men, who had either emigrated to Australia, or taken situations in which their circumstances were improved ; and therefore it was necessary to raise the wages of our men, in order to retain them in our service. The Chairman—Before raising the pay of your men did you not communicate with the Metropolitan Commis sioners ? Mr. Harvey— We did not. The ChairMan—Would it not be advisable, as a matter of policy, that when you contemplate altering the remu neration of the police of your portion of the metropolis, you should first communicate with those who have charge of the police for the rest of the metropolis ? Mr. Harvey—l have not considered it to be my duty to do so. I have to look to the efficiency of the City police, and when I have come to a resolution I carry it out, and it would not affect my intention if the Metro politan Commissioners differed with me in opinion. The Chairman—Then you look simply to what is ad vantageous for the City, and have no interest in what concerns other parts of London ? Mr. Harvey—l should have no objection, if the rise of wages in the City made the Metropolitan Commissioners of Police raise the wages of their men likewise. (A laugh.) The Chairman—Does your force work harmoniously with the metropolitan police ? Mr. Harvey—lt does ; but we do not very often have to act in conjunction with them. We co-operated however, together, in the case of the Chartist disturb. ances some years ago, and again at the Duke of Wel lington's funeral. The Chairman—Are you aware of the complaint of Mr. Saward respecting the neglect of the police to watch the strand of the river between high and low water marks ? Mr. Harvey —I have seen Mr. Saward's evidence ; and, first, I would say that he wrote to the authorities of the City p o li ce , b ut rece i ved no answer to h i s com munication, because it is the invariable practice of my office never to allow a letter to remain unanswered for twenty-four hours. With respect to the coal-yard and premises at the rear of Chatham-place, which 'it is complained aro not watched, the fact is that they are private property, which aro locked up at night, and the police have nothing to do with them. Then as to the strip of land at the edge of the river, formed by the re ceding of the tide, we do not consider it to tall within our jurisdiction, and we have not thought it worth while to have a man specially charged to patrol it night and day when the tide is out ; but our men are instructed to watch the foot of the bridges and the waterside con- ~ : ' r " , N -