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w'7 11 0 1 , reb" ldt e bea/i 11 ,1 req i ,o irate 1:11 . . t o e rg opt wrii.4l, Sir d' 60° 9 3 t he c't to; VP. NAriONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. liikozinEAT LEAGUE MEETING in GOVENT-GARDEN C OUNCIL of the NATIONAL ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE 146', ann ounce that the AGGREGATE MEETINGS of the 4.x e l,E , in the Theatre Royal, Govent Garden, will RE-0031- . To-Moaxow EVENING, the 17th of December. ttiq.ultGE WILSON, Esq., will take the Chair at Seven o'clock pre e'eeting hill be addressed by Richard Cobden, Esq., L e k: Esq., 31 P. ; and W. J. Fox, Esq. ° fadtnission to all parts of the house may be had as usual t. tot-street. 1414,4e'vt48 will in fut ure b e reserved for all farmers w h o ma y ap tmake b„L I at the Offi ces of the League, 67, Fleet-street, up to the hour Prtt-Z311; and th e i r attendance, whether favourable or opposed to a x o '_ ll ale, is especially requeste. Pplieation for tickets by letter can be attended to. I . GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION 4 ilp s e(letriNY'S splendid and powerftil • first-class STEAM kgaPpointed to leave the Custom House or Tower for— Sat,7 - ',, lt tal, carrying her Majesty's Mails —Every Wednesday licyri,!,.ay Morning. b, 'RBAlti, carrying her Majesty's Mails—from Blackwall Pier „,,Tw„ - -nQsday and Saturday at Ten, Morning. TeL ‘,"'.P—From Blackwell Pier—The Soho every Thursday, 14 ,7 ( lraing, St ~P---From St. Katharine's Wharf—Dec. 20 th, 25 th , an d Morning. %/I, From London Bridge Wharf, for— LOl;C u i ,,, — Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. e_4l L ti' z - xt — Every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. 4 U1,/.2.7,..Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. iyAitau E very Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. s ot PUTH—lieuced Fares—Tuesday, Thursday, and atur Sid Evening. ~TB 0,,, "' From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for — GTl—Reduced Fares—Dec. 10th, 25th, and 27 t h, at g. Downe's Wharf—Reduced Fares—for— 'in,llll/G,r,Uti TLE—Every Saturday, at Eight, Evening. and DIEPPE —Every Saturday, Dec. 20th, at Three, 4 11 ; 27th, at Te., M4rning' To and BOULOGNE—The Magician—Daily. 4 totrb a i."`' e Berths, f o r Freight and Bills containing hours of e, e fa res, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard - street; 37, 4s; and 35, Leadenhall-street. E j INDIA lIOUSE, OCT. 29, 1845. -4 COURT of DI itECTORS of the EAST , t ,„ II A-t Et . ,,,,1ND1A COMPANY do hereby give notice, 6, 1 4 IZ'ARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY % , 1,)!i at their House, in Leadenhall-street,:on WEDNESDAY, tht - ' 4, ber next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. JAMES C. MELYILL, Secretary. _ 4t, EAST INDIA HOUSE, DECEMBER 10, 1845 . 3 / 4 COURT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST 1 1)TA, at „, s COMPANY do hereby give notice, %Ist t h ` 't O PRIETOR of EAST INDIA STOCK has given notice 17,7 het,' Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed tast;:t their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the ''44, he will PREFER CERTAIN CHARGES AGAINST „Ne al mionel CHARLES OVANS, late Resident at Sattara. the an of the charges intended to be made was delivered in t Ce Proprietor at the last Quarterly General Court. telerli. e ,„ , anie Proprietor has also given notice, that at the same ~..6er,kittieral Court he will move that, " Whereas on the 25th 0.91;(4,,, x r, 1819, a treaty of perpetual friendship and alliance was 1144,441),etween the Honourable East India Company and his 4/,`,laharajah Pertaub Shean, the Raja of Sattara; e 11 1 ( 5 '. an y "ereas, his Highness Pertaub Shean so conducted himself ht,,. the r the East India Company, that on the 29th December, 'et ors ()flowing letterwas unanimously agreed to by the Court o ti t-1. Ilighness,— have • 1 0 +. e been highly gratified by the information, from trine 4 t y ou transmitted to us by our Government , on t he sub -4el s i t ' . Highness's exemplary fulfilment of the duties of that ~:A to _ uation in which it has pleased Providence to place you. t, ur se ef conduct so suitable to your Highness's exalted sta 4, hs, a s ,, e ,, w ell calculated to promote the prosperity of your do ahr,"" the happiness of your people, as that which you have 1 / 4 4 e ar " Uriiformly pursued, while it reflects the highest honour on 14 4 rath a ae ter• has imparted to our minds the feelings of unqualified kti N and pleasure. The liberality, also, which you have dis- O lri , aa e,xeeuting at your own cost various public works of great tethkes" which has so justly raised your reputation in the eyes of Ntati e all d People of India, givos you an additional claim to our k g ;tl 4 , 4 , r _ n • respect, and applause. • 41sc s %., s "-d with these sentiments, the Court of Directors of the Ip - "; - ;, er nPany have unanimously resolved to transmit to you 14C:4 ( 1 ° "'ell will be presented to you through the Government of 4 tn, rt ,, Which, we trust, you will receive with satisfaction, as a e•. ' itriti." e . ir high esteem and regard. 'Nu; ,alneere wishes for your health and prosperity, we subscribe nk the name of the Court, Your Highness's most faithful friends, " W. S. CLARKE, Chairman. whet " J. R. CARNAC, Dep ut y .' --ereas, i n 1836, eartain enemies of his Highness the Baja d id conspire to effect the rain and dethronement ef that i t ''trti,„ Preferring false charges against him to the Bombay t 15 :4, 1 " w t l ',.,e r eas, when these charges, and the evidenc e in support ef tt i l(l 4. . 4 • - "Jen forwarded to the Court of DlreCtOrs, and had been 41 , 4 by them, it was the decided opinion of th at bod y that it , k i til t a Waste of time, but seriously detrimental to the cha ‘ter, "e Government, to carry on any further inquiry into the G, Nv , nereas this opinion was communicated to the Government Ic; t O no. pLand the Government of India, in dispatche s from the .: . .144,'' r eetors, dated respectively the 13th June, 1838, and the tl it A na z . ,1 7, 1839 ; 41 1 ce r ", i ' e reas Sir James Rivett Carnac, on his appointment to Governor of Bombay, received no instructions from the liTeetors to dethrone, or otherwise to punish, the Raja of at io irlq,,,f t ! on the contrary, was empowered to suppress all fur ,‘ '"Y into the charges that had been made against the Raja, 4 1 41,1 i gn the matter to entire oblivion rats Sir James Carnac did, in a minute, recorded by , itith June, 1839, propose that the Resident of Sattara 1 1 , 1 c e LnE trUCted to assure his Highness of the desire of the Big -4,,kl.l.4rntnent to maintain the relatio , s of amity with him ; and 4 • thea, That the British Government had nothing to kibt Raja, and could afford to act with generosity *,_*l„ ,whereas Sir James Rivett Carnac did, at a personal inter -474• the ai (.4 R _a, on the 23d August, 1839, inform his Highness I mportant violations of the Treaty had been proved against itt N ka ..,„ t he sth Article, in having, during a series of years, held annunications with the Goa authorities ; A t tile same Article, in having held a clandestine intercourse '11 . 1, 4 Sahib, the ex-Raja of Nagpoor ; dept 42 haying tampered with the native officers of the 23d Regi- Op i rve Infantry ; ijol,, * whereas Sir Janies Rivett Carnac, did, at a subsequent in the 27th August, peremptorily require the Raja to sign 410141 - Z el ei , to which the following preamble was affixed, viz. : T h : h i „.„ation having been received by the British Government ighness, misled by evil advisers, had, in breach of the Placed you on the throne, entered into communications ftsi l British Government, an inquiry into these accusations i el , tilj" er ed indispensable. This inquiry has satisfied the British • fiance that protect ighness has exposed yourself to the sacrifice andion. Nevertheless, moved by considerations t c int4, - "eY towards your Highness and your family, the British Go t, . i nt h as resolved entirely to overlook what has passed on the • aiZy c onditions, namely, &c. &c. ; whereas th e Raja of Sattara did, at thes e interviews, de }l,44•*7 entire and absolute innocence, and earnestly implore eer d - Ott heard in reply to the charges which his enemies ha gainst him, and in refutation of the evidence in support of ,' , 121 4 did also express his willingness to submit to any con -51,14,dr, 'eh did not require him to abandon his religion, or to ac ,:4141;.e, in violation of his conscience, that he had been the enemy twtish Government ; c• d whereas for the sole reason of having refused to sign the fan preamble submitted to him, he was, on the sth of Sep• k:1 , 11 ° . 39 , and by the authority of Sir James Carnac, forcibly +i ▪ prisoner and dethroned, and a proclamation issued by the 'ekil declaring his brother, Appa Sahib (his bitter enemy), the • " f Batt ths• A rad era ; • It hereas, by the 3d Geo. 111., chap. 52, sec. 43, it is enacted ter all not be lawful for the Government of Bombay, &c., to it ' s te a „ Issue any order for commencing hostilities, or levying war, ~,,enate or conclude any treaty with any Indian prince or 441' 1 ' t e ept In cases of sudden emergency or imminent danger, „ el lail appear dangerous to postpone su ch hostilities or i _mniess in pursuance ef express orders fro m the Governer -7111:' . the Board Council, of or from ; the Secret Committee, by the au ' i whereas it is further enacted, in section 42 of the same Act, ?L illoC t : Wall not be lawful for the Governor-General in Council, (7 1, 3, " the express command and authority of the Court of Di t:Zto of the Secret Committee, by the authority of the Board of 1 / 4 Z,ttik h ,l l , any case (except where hostilities have actually been Ii `illti or preparations actually made for the oommencement of , %b ins ' ' , agait host British nation in India), either to declare war 4 . "ance lities, or enter into any treaty for reeking 4 4 4 soiv.,, p s --That the dethronement of his Highness Pertaub l ct k k"e x-Raja of Sattara, under the circumstances now violetion of the above statute, and was, therefore, an i llegal JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. - L FOR STOPPING DXCATIID TEETH. %th e , Price 2s. 6d. I by her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. 1 4 .. : 11 " THOMAS'S S UCCED ANEUM for 01 1,1 Stop p i ng decayed Teeth, however largo the cavity. It is 011 1 ,:be tooth without any pressure or pain, and will remain Kitti,,,` • tooth for many years, remiering extraction unnecessary, ersij the further progress of decay. All persons can use Mr. -4 01",, s t uccedaneum themselves with ease, as full directions are 0 14 ',"„ Price 2s. 6d. Oe?, ', Savory, 220, Regent- street Sanger, 150, Oxforel-street '11,_,, - *Leheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Johnson, 66, Corniull ; Or V 3, Oxford-street ; and all medicine venders. eel ) , '°lllas continues to supply the loss of teeth upon his new 74bf self-adhesion, without springs er wires. This method I '44' require the ex t r action of any teeth or roots, or any painful kr.l,n,+L Whatever. -••• Th omas, Surgeon Dentist, 64, Eerners-street, Oxford-street. r~ - 6 4 VIES'S BEST MOULD CANDL ES, 6d. .1 , 7 BE, with the improved W ax Wicks ; Store Candles, 4. 1:t 6 Superb Composite, 9%d. ; Price's , 10 d. ; Ogleby s Be ax., Is.; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Wax, yikl iar ent Wax, Is. Bd. ; Genuine Wax, 2s ride; Genuine Sperm, Palmer's Metallic, 6!4fid. ; Hale's Metallic, 7%d. ; e., , 4 °aP. 465., 525., and 58s. per 11211)s ; Mottled, 60s. and Windsor, Is. 4d. per Packet ; Paha, Is. 4d.; Old ▪ Vt;ndsor, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. Gd. ; Superfine 340, Wax, 4s. 6d. per lb.; Genuine Sper m Oil, 7s. 6d. par gallon I:fhj Patent Oil, equal to Sperm , 4 s. 6d. ; Solar, 3s. 6d. . 1L 7,4, 41 , at DAVIES'S Ol d E stablished Warehouse, 63, St. Mar ▪ oPpvsita New Slaughter's Coffee-house. ~AES'S DEMULCENT COUGH LO -41• ‘ 2. ...„7-x ,GEs, the best remedy ever discovered. Persons afflicted 114 isii't n, asthma, difficulty of breathing, consumption, or ther 0 1 or derange ment of the respiratory organs, will experience 211te relief, and derive permanent benefit, by the use of 4 1• 1 DtMULCENT COUGH LOZENGES, which are so erica • -.Let the will eut short the most violent paroxysm of cough % a are so agreeable to the palate that they may be eaten by tol; l , ' ln ' ktt the, proprietor, Peter Jones, operative chemist, 11, If vQ bore"llopsgate-street, London, in boxes ls. 1 aad in tins at duty included and by meat chemists and patent meill— in town and country. ULES VEGETALES, TONIQUES 4-411,41P:RITIYES D'EUDE, Pasa.ge des Families.—EUDE'S 413 LE TONIC APERIENT F AMILY PILLS, ens trial elei r r:". to be the most valua ble medicine of modern times. "ems liter, efficacy has Seen fully tested in affections of time Igk t 4 4l Ver, and stomach, in rheumatism, gout, cough, with pain and : 0 43, 1 %3 It the chest, tic, constipation, piles, obstructions, &c. In 4 41, 1 1 tPtion it is the most valus.ble tonic-aperient known, not °sti ii,ll,4„,bowels afterwards, as every other aperient does. Great Titchfleld-street, London, aAd23, Place Yendome, th rrice Is. I%d. and 2s. 2d. per box. The poor will be supplied 4 t14: Portion of the medicine gra tis, at the depot, 73, Great Titch pk,t ,trs,st every Saturday morning , a t Ten.—Forwarded to any 'tiLte r t he tee kingdoms (free on recei p t of Is. and two penny Po A A C ROS TIC addresed to MR. GRIMSTONE, ON HIS INCOMPARABLE EYE SNUFF. G ifted of men, who by thy wondrous art, R enowned in every clirne, through every part, n Europe's wide and civiNed domain ; al tdst Asia's contless millionS, ODd again, S tretching from Afric's broad and scorching shores "r 0 where the mighty Niagara roars : 0 h ! here accept this tributary lay, N or deem that I can ever well repay, X xeept in gratitude sincere, profound, tieh wondrous benefits I so long have found. 'en from the moment I was led to try OUT mary'llous SNUFF, the SAVIOUR OF THE EYE 1 ase, health, and comfort, now attend my day. afe from the lamp's bewild'rin dazzling blaze, IC or dreading e'en the sun's TOO burning rays. U nflt, in former days, for much employ, F eeling, not seeing : now, indeed, my joy, ir roe and unbounded, thrives without alloy ! Se pt., 1845 J. M. S. ' • -.rve—The gigantic balance of all, the Public Press ! eulogise 1,„2 Xeellent compound of British Herbs. The reader will remein c;a`raths at this celebrated Eye Snuff has been before the Public up- Ti , It lt thirty-three years, advancing in the favour of a ll who use t ern odoriferous Snuff is sold loose at 6d. per ounce, or in cams kies:rng the above Royal Authority, and the sanction of her 23.4, s Lorna of the Treasury on each canister, at Bd., Is. 3d., 4s. 4d., Bs., and 15s. 6d. each, by all Tobacconists, Merchants, ill others. others. This Eye Snuff is exported in white stone canisters to sQuarters of the globe. A liberal discount allowed to Merchants, r b ers, Agents, and others, on taking large quantities. 4 3 7° 0 k well to the Signature of the Inventor, W. GRIMSTONE, ',s- __ ' O XFORD STREET, and 24, KING STREET, LONG ACRE, box . se * *"` For the convenience of Tobacconists, Grocers , and others wh o n „. L uis 14erbaceous Eye Snuff loose, and wish to have it in large --es, they can be now supplied with canisters containing ten n a us, or upward s , if re quired. Y sen ding a Post Office Order for 3s , a 2s. 4d. canister will be zw 4 en z . with full particulars, postage included, and so on in l ike ''Portiou. -- T - : -------- : ---,------ 7 - 7 - : - ' --- ' ------ - 7 . 7 ,- -,-- '. •. - ~ . ,„ , . ' : -• .--:-.,.-. P .. . , . - C ZP; ------ X -------:- ,"- ' , Z . ----2---Z------ . ° V -- 4!"- el••••el l'---- ----- • , _ _ . ~ ' /- , . . • , . . - - " ' • .„ . . . 0.12 I. ' . • . . . liiiii..... -- ' , ...:—.. '• - ' N• #I7 kilik S b . 4" 1 e a • i .12 4 , . r.:. 41: 444 *,',., _ .. .... ' n2l . 2 -\ 4 / f &-,„ J. ' • ~-, ' .4,-,-,- --- "‘ ‘i 4 c , ) - 2 l'Sk:., ,. '. .' . I , .`..A! A' . s , , JP , . .. , ... . . 0 i , -7', (4,* s 2 -;'' iA . 1 , \.l :- \ HA 1. H,... 1 s.rk ./ . .t i W , '.. N 4 • . l - (,) • e , _."....... ✓ 5 w4.,..4 :: .. 2 1 ' 0 .471 , , 2,. ,' . 4 7 i -. ' . __ ~ „ , 1,13 5— .,;-, ''', e"; ' 6* *,' :?:,,' ;40 "..,,-. 2 ..:Cft; 'A,. ~..v.,.. ••,,,,.1 , ;. ~ I' - 1.. 1 , . 1 / .. , ilrt 7 _ :1 i , • ...,_ . , i , . -:.,.. , 1.. 1 0 ,-1,*, , , -:• ' ' .) 41t. ,k , ' i bP , 4O ~, • - 7) /Eti , EA, - ' TS ' • 5 ~ ~.,, • . , ~,i _ ~--, , D Ro. „ L. , / ..____/ --- -4 , z• N. .. ,- ' , /li ~ 0 e . ti ' Char, P RICE SD. E , r 7.1 i nM,F 3 P S DECEMBER 16 4r No. 16 641. LON DON' v TUESDAY • l ag: " .4 g IN3 trx , Jo T a MEETING of the ELECTORS of the . CITY of LONDON, held at the Guildhall, on Monday, 15th December, 1845, the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair, the following resolutions were unanhnously adopted : On'• the motion of JOHN. DILLON, Esq., seconded by RALPH Rt • • ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, A Lecture -on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES, and the. Means of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, will be delivered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at - Nine. Profesior Bachofflier's varied Lectures, with experinients, in one of whin he clearly explains the principle of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, a model of which is at work Daily. Mr. Downs; the celebrated Flutist, will perform, at. Three o'Cleek, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and .Saturdays. Coleman's .NEW AMERICAN LOCO MOTIVE ENGINE, for as.;ending and descending Inclined Planes. A beautifnl series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. New OPTICAL IN -STRUMENTS, :se. Experiments with the DIVER and DIVING BELL, &c &c. • " • Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. csano, Esq.— let. " That the principle of protection in commerce is unsound ; false in theory and is practice; delusive to the classes who seek pro tection ; and incurious to the counnunlty at large. That the great practical rule of leaving all commerce unfettered, applies more pecu liarly, and on. still stronger grounds, ofjustice as well as policy, to the trade in corn, and in all articles whatsoever which form the food of the people, than to any other trade." On the motion of J MALTBY ROBINSON, Esq., seconded by MILLER CHRISTY, Esq.- 2d. " Thatthe protective law, commonly called the corn-law, has in this country wholly failed in• either benefiting the agriculturists, or ' in providing for the wants and protecting the interests of the com munity. That it has engendered strife among classes at home, and provoked against us hostility and retaliation abroad. That it has , neither secured the promised stability in price, nor regularity in supply. That it has neither made ns independent of foreign supply, nor provided for against the recurrence of scarcity and famine. That the sliding-scale particularly has added the risks of chance and the spirit. of gambling to the common irregularities of trade and the uncertainty of the season. That this law, whilst it, has altogether failed in realising the advantages promised by its supporters, has brought upon us all, and more than all, the evils predicted by those who were opposed to its introduction." Ott the motion of CHARLES PERKINS, Esq., seconded by imam HAWES, Esq.- 3d. " That looking to the present pblitical; commercial, andecono. mical state of this country, it is indispensable (as part of a more liberal and enlightened system of policy) that the present corn-law, and all laws which levy a tax upon the food of the great mass of the people, should be immediately repealed." On the motion of P. A. TAYLOR, Esq., seconded by Dr. . BOWRING, M.P.- 4th. " That our four representatives be requested and instructed to support such repeal in the Commons House of ParliaMent." On the motion of W. WANSAY, Esq., seconded by Joins DILLON, Esq.- sth. " That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Right- Hon. the Lord Mayor for his kindness in calling this meeting, and for his ability and impartiality in presiding at the same." - . IMMENSE SALE OF LAMPS AT HALF-PRICE. CLARK and COMPANY, 447, West Strand, beg to announce that they intend making extensive alterations in their establishment, and, in consequence, are compelled to dispose of a large portion of their immense and excellent stock of lamps. The stock consists - of the New' Light, Clark's Patent Carcel Oil Lamp (the best oil lamp 'ever Made); Solar Lamps, and all other oil lamps. Young's Vesta Spirit Lamp, the Gem Spirit Lamps, Oil and Candle Chandeliers, Candelabras, and Ormolu Candlesticks, and richly cut Lustres ; Palmer's Magnum Candle Lamps, and every description of Palmer's and Clark's Candle Lamps.that can be required. In fact, their immense variety provides a choice for all, and gives all satisfac tion. ' The whole will be 'Sold considerably under the usual charges. The reduction in prices "commence 'Tuesday, 16th December, and will only continue one month, or perhaps less. Please write down Address, CLARK and Co., 447, WEST STRAND, the Immense Lamp Depot. NORFOLK RAILWAY.-G 0 ODS TRAFFIC• The Directors respectfigly give notice to the public that the goods trains are now running. The Company undertake to forward all sorts of merchandise, grain, cattle, &c., between Yarmouth, Norwich, Attleborough, Thetford, Brandon, and London. The classification of goods, and scale of rates, may be had on ap plication at the Seeretary's office, London, and to the Superintendent of the Norwich Station. Guildhall -buildings, London RICHARD TILL, Secretary, STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES and LIVER POOL and MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. The Committee regret that circumstances, over which they had no control, have prevented the necessary deposit of the Plans, &c., in time for the ensuing session of Parliament, and which will be fully explained to the Shareholders at a future period. In the meantime, it is due to the Solicitors of the Company to state that no blame attaches to them. (Signed) R. E. HE ATHCOTE, Chairman. 1, Hope-street, Piccadilly, Manchester, Dec. 11, 1845. OXFORD, THAME, HIGH WYCOMBE, AND UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Offices, 43, Moorgate-street. THE MANAGING COMMITTEE. Hubert de Burgh, Esq., Chairman. Viscount Curzon, Deputy-Chairman. Lord Albert Conyngham I Deane John Hoare, Esq. Lieut.-Col. Lothian Dickson John Lane s Esq. Charles Collins, Esq. Malcolm Maclean, Esq. Thomas Edwards, Esq. Richard Christopher Preston,' : sq. Frederick Win. Etheridge, Esq. Richard Twiss, Esq. A. W. Hillary, Esq. The Committee of Management have deferred closing their Share Lists until they were assured that the standing orders of Parliament had been complied with. The Plans and Sections having been duly deposited with the Board of Trade and the several Clerks of the Peace of the counties through which the line passes, they now give notice that no application for Shares will be received after the 27th instant, and until that period they will continue to be received at the Offices of the Company, 43, Aloorgate-street ; of the Solicitor, F. T. Gell, Esq., Carltm-chambers, 8, Regent-street; and of the following Brokers :—R. H. Wilkins, Esq., 4, Bank-chambers, London; Henry Itrenchly, Esq., Cushion-court, Old Broad-street, London. R. MORTON CALEY, Secretary. DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have much satisfaction in informing the Shareholders that, notwithstanding the late period at which this Company was formed, they have been enabled to comply with the standing orders of Parliament, and to deposit in proper time the Plans, Sections, and Books of Reference at the Board of Trade, and with the respective Clerks of the Peace in the several counties through which it is proposed this railway shall pass. The requisite notices to owners and occupiers are now in course of active preparation. The Committee have additional pleasure in assuring the Share holders that the great care and indefatigable industry bestow.. d on the preparation of these documents will enable them to stand the test of the strictest scrutiny before Parliament, and in the end fully sus tain the high position which this Company has attained. The Committee are now actively engaged in taking all further steps necessary for effectually carrying out this important undertaking. The resolutions to support it, adopted at public meetings recently held in the city of Wells, at Sheptoa Mallet, and elsewhere, and the great local support promised by the landowners on the line, as well as the negotiations now pending towards amalgamations between this Company and other powerful and influential Companies, afford the strongest grounds for believing that their exertions for obtaining the consent of Parliament in the approaching session will be crowned with complete success. By order, 20, Poultry, December 13, 1845. T. H. SAUNDERS, Secretary. VCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, val 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William W. Ciuntmax—The Right Hon. THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS. Deem Camastax—HENßY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this Society : Lower Rates of Premium than those of any other office, which en title the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. No Proprietary participate in the profits, the whole being divisible among the Assured. The first Bonus, in 1834, averaged 16/. per cent on the Premiums paid. The second ditto 1839, ditto 31/. ditto since the Ist division. The third ditto 1844, ditto 36/. ditto since the 2d division. P r ospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on application to CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. NITATiONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 96, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital Aboo,ooo. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This institution offers important and substantial advan ages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. the assured has, on all occasions, the power to bornw, without en 'nse or forfeiture of the Polley, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurancei or terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT : J. The success and increasing prosperity of the Society hat enable? , be Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third Bonus, 'varying from 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. i~ •-• Bonus in I A 5 Cash. o I it a • Et 114. t &c. ro w T "1 Qict Y I~ R ,j f W .4 Premium. 1 Bona. 1 1 , added. A 1837 £l9l 13 .Z S. 1838 185 13 .0 1 .030 74 3 4 1839 138 138 13 1840 89 0 £B7 13 5 1 74 13 10 61 14 3, 41 13 4, 'AI3 17 1 11 6 6 9 210 6 0 0 £395 II 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 5 The dirrision of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De terber of the present year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, gee. CADETS for INDlA.—Every information con nected with OUTFITS for INDIA, partictre of Passage by ship and by the Overland route, detailed Lists of Outfits both for Ladies and Gentlemen, with the necessary variations for officers, writers, cadets, assistant -surgeons, and others, me be had on ap plication to Messrs. THRESHER and GLEN NY, East India and Colonial Outfitters, 152, Strand, London, where all outfits are sup plied at the wholesale prices. BRANDY AND CAPSULES.-Mr. BETTS (the late - firm of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy Distiller, 7, Smithfield Bars, feels it due to himself and the publis to state, that the Manufacture of the PATBNT BRANDT was not, and never has been known to any person except to himself and ono of his sons. And that he was succeeded in the business of the Dis tillery, 7, Smithfield Bars, by his goes, J. T. BETTS, jun., and CO., on his retiring therefrom, ht 1843. Mr. BETTS further states, that be is t h e sole Patentee, manufac turer, and voider of the Metallic Capsule, (or solid metal covering fer the mouths of bottles), that no other Brandy in England, except BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, is thereby protected ; te Patent Metallic Capsule if, therefore, applied to any other Bran h dy, must have been surreptitiously obtained. Metallic Capsule Manufactury, 1, Wharf-road, City-road. TIRETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, certified by the Ar Faculty of England to be the purest spirit, and guaranteed by the Patent Metallic Capsules, embossed " Betts's Patent Brandy, 7, Smithfield-bars," is sold at 3s. 65., bottle included, by the most respectable dealers, lists of whom may Ise obtained at the Distillery, where quantities of not less than two gallons, in bulk or bottles, are supplied. Address, 7, Smithfield -bars. I HE BREAKING UP! The " breaking up" will soon take place, And then, what joy Mums the face In fancy can each school-boy' trace The promised Suit from HI AM What joy—what rapture fills his breast, To be so grand—so richly dress'd ? Aud what delights them all the best, They must be bought of HYAM Then, parents, call at lIYAM'S MART, His Tunics, and Hussar Suits smart, Are such as must please every heart, Because they come from lIYAM The juveniles, with ruddy face, You here can dress With neatness —grace ; Some thousand sizes here you trace, Produced with care by lIYAM I List of Prices for Winter Garments ready-trade' MR. DISRAELI'S Two ROMANCES.—The public will be glad to learn that Mr. Disraeli has permitted the re publication of his two extraordinary romances, entitled "Contarini Fleming" and " Alroy." If the one is distin guished by an air of wildness and exaggeration which seems scarcely compatible with these matter-of-fact times in which the incidents are laid, it abounds the more in spirit and vigour; and it possesses a two-fold interest from blending with the imaginary history of the hero the veritable adven tures and observations of the author during his travels in Spain, Italy, and the East. how much ho has profited by information so acquired is manifest in " Alroy," a tale rival ling in richness of invention and gorgeousness of description the startling marvels of Oriental fiction. Nothing could be better devised than Nicoll's Re gistered Paletot to suit the ever-varied nature of our climate, forming, as it now does, not only the sine qua non of the railway traveller, but is equally so adapted for any gentleman taking out-door exercise. It may be said distinctly to mark the costume of the nineteenth century, if that is rightly called marked which is only conspicuous for an unpretending and graceful bearer, the wearer feeling so much at ease. Certainly as an over-coat it is patronised highly, and is also a general public favourite, being so peculiarly nglish, and avoiding all foreign extravagance o f style. It must be ac knowledged as a vast improvement over the old great coat, associated in our remembrance with an uncomfortable sensa ' tion of tight buttonings, which, from its very clumsiness, defeated its object, the warmth of the person, as interfering with the proper circulation of the blood. The principal hues are black, blue, brown, and olive • also the clerical mixture called Oxford, and can be had Of the patentees, or only of the most respectable clothiers out of London. Every winter paletot is three guineas, and is stampted in the lining with the words, "Registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. 11. J. and D. 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Immediatelyinvented placed Lenses beforeupen a i m p n e e r w . G en tlemen's Chesterfield and Taglionis , from • • •• • • •• • - £ Gentlemen's Over-coats from .............. •••••• • • • • • • O OL 13. 15 dO6 c 1 1 0 I feet vision, tha t mist and dullness which a pp ear b efore the eyes • • G e ntlemen's D'Orsays and Glenlyons .... Boys' Over-coats ................. ..... ..... .......... 0801 is at once r emoved ; ever y ob j ect becomes clear and distinct, so Youths' Chesterfields and Taglionis •.•• • • • • ............ 0 10 6 I O o p ri t s i t c r l u a . ! that the m ost a g ed and im p erfect si g ht becomes bright and Dress Coats, in all colours , bra ided ed g es, from .. ••.. . ~ 1 1 "' brilliant, a nd is brou g ht to its y outhful, natural, and original . Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses. Micro- Surtouts, ditto ditto . . Trousers, in Cloth and Doeskin, from ••..••• • • . .. .... .. 0 8 6 state. Vests, splendid patterns, In every material, from ...... -• 0 4 G i scopes, Invisible and all kinds of Acoustic Instruments, for List of Prices for Winter Garments to order, in first-rate style and , relief of most extreme deafness. Caution—Not in any way con . fashion : X 8 . d. 1 netted with a person of the same name in their immediate . neighbourhood. To prevent mistakes, be cautious, and observe._ Chesterfield and Taglioni Over-coats, from ..............0 18 0 On ly_to be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite — D'Orsay and Glenlyon ditto, from ...................... 1 10 0 Albert and Codrington walking ditto .. ••••• • • • • ......... 1 5 0 0 14 0 i the York H otel, and 25, South Castle-street, Edinbur g h. Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields ••.• • • • ..... Dress Coots, made in superior style, from . ] —BOTANIC WATER AND BEAR'S Cutouts, from .• •. • 1 15 0 G K EASE.—When t he hair is becomin g thin, and fallin g off , . .. . . Trousers, in Black and Fancy Doeskin, from the only effectual remedy, besides shaving the head, is the use above-named articles, applied alternately —the bo- Vests, of the newest materials, from ........... ... 0 7 0 The Ordered Department is conducted entirely distinct and aepa- ' of the two rate from the Ready-made, and buyers will find patterns and ina- . tanic water to cleanse the roots from scurf and as a stimulant, Serials quite original. , and the bear's grease as a nourisher. If any further evidence An immense assortment of Youths' clothes kept constantly on was required of the virtues of bear's grease for renovating and hand, of warranted durability, at very reduced prices. Mourning of eve ry description, and to any extent , can be had at five minutes' Preserving the hair, Mr. Catlin 's account of the qu an tity use d, and the length of hair obtained by some of the North Arne notice. A book, entitled "The Talk of the Town," containing list of rican Indians, would be a sucint answe r.intro Ro uced ss and th Sous ns, prices, can be had on a pp l y in g to L. Ilyam, Pantechnethoca, 36, 119, and 120, Bishopsgate-strffieet,e who first de e Grace-street, London. :No business transacted on Saturdays u ntil the evenin g . of bear's grease in th is country, and who fat and kill the ani mals, recommend the public to purchase none other but with DREDGE'S HEAL 1 their obtaining' or CELEBRATED EMBROCATION ~ the hair are worse than useless. Has long been known throughout the West of England as the [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dr. Bright, of Ely-place, most efficae'ons remedy for rheumatism, lumbag o, p ains in the limbs and numbness, sciatic and paralytic affections, face-ache,of a P P hy il s h ici a a n n d to O P in ro tin fes e s n o t r — Ht i Ly Holborn, r f n r 0 , m and this Holloway's celebrated sprains and bruises, barns and scalds, spasms and cramp, stiffness letter : of the joints or neck, frozen limbs, chilblains before they are " Sir,—l think it but an act of justice to inform you that I broken. It is likewise an infallible cure for that dangerous disorder, have tried your Ointment and Pills in several old cases of nice the quinsey or sore throat, in which It was never known to fail after rated sore leg s, .11 . h for a considerable time had resisted , ii, le a few hours' application. ••;ERVE—That none can be genuine unless the S tam p affixed ever kind of treatment, but which were afterwards effectu a l] y y to ° e ß ac'h Bottle contains the Name and Address of BARCLAY and cured by the use of your medicines. In cases of bad breasts 1 SONS, No, 95, F aingdon-street, who have purchased the property have also found them of great service. Indeed, from my prac in this valuable article from the executors of the Inventor, William tical knowledge, I think them most invaluable in most cases." Itetail price, Is. lid. and 2s. 9:1. (Si gne d) " R ic h ar d Bright, M.D." To be had of all chemists, Dredge, late of Wishforc l, Wilts.-- per bottle ; and sold retail, by all respectable median° venders in and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. town and country. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. - i BOW-STREET. ROBBERY AT AN HOTEL.-0a Monday, Charles Bowen, Charles Wood, George Lake, waiters at the Trafalgar Hotel, Spring-gardens, with Joseph Bailey, the portor, were placed at the bar, charged with stealing bank notes amounting to 1501., and John Daqcock and George Bates, of the Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge, with receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. the bar for re-examination on the charge of having ',wilfully stabbed with his bayonet a young man named John — Sluggeridge, who, in consequence of the injury inticted upon - him, -- has - ISee6 Under surgical treatment, and in all probability will be deprived of the sight of one of his eyes, The plaintiff Muggeridge, who was accommodated with a chair, said—l am a paper-stainer, and live at No. 6, Paradise-street. On the night you speak of, sir, I was going home, and saw the prisoner pull out his bayonet to stab a young female whom he was following, but, she got away from him, and he put his bayonet again into its proper place. I said to the girl why don't you get from him and go home, and he then drew his bayonet which he thrust into my eye. I have been in the hospital ever since. Inspector Otway, A division, stated that on the night of the 28th November last, the porttfonteau of the Rev. Mr. Lewis, of Cardigan, who had been stopping at the Trafalgar Hotel, and who had received the notes in question, the same day at the Bank, was opened with a false key, and a 501. note, five 5/. notes, and ten 101. notes were stolen, a portion of which were traced to the two first prisoners. It would also be proved that the two last prisoners had changed another portion of the notes in different parts of town, in the purchase of goods, having taken the precution .to write false names and addresses on each, to prevent detection. Robert Talbot, principal waiter at the Trafalgar, being sworn, said that on Sunday last, seeing his waiter, Lake, very much depressed in spirits, and unable to go through his work, having previously heard of the robbery in which he suspected he was concerned, he questioned him upon the subject, saying,. " George, the fact is you are concerned in the robbery, I suspect, and you may as well tell everything you know about it," when he re plied, " I was drawn into it by our Charley (meaning Bowen, his fellow-servant, and at that time in custody). I took the money from the portmanteau by means of a false key to pick the lock, which was- procured by him. The money consisted of a roll of noteg, which he told me consisted of about 701., an.A afte,z• some conversation I proposed that he should bring it to you, and tell you that we found it on the mat at the door ; but he ob • jetted to any such thing, but at the same thee asking me if I had any silver about me to pay for the hire of a cab, as he would take the money over to a friend at the Ade laide Hotel, London-bridge, which he did about eight o'clock that evening, and did not return during that night." The money, he added, was taken from the portmanteau of the Rev. Mr. Lewis, who was then stopping at the house ; , and when Bowen returned the next morning he said that he had given the money to Wood at the Adelaide Hotel, but that he should write to him to hand it over to Robert Snow, who would get hard cash for it, but he subse quently told Lake that Snow had run away with the money. The prisoner went on to say, " I then threat ened to confess all unless Igot part of the money, but Bowen told ran that Wood had got 81., which you can have, and I'll give you my I 0 U for a little more, upon hearing which I went on the 7th to the Adelaide Hotel, where I saw Wood, to whom I said, I plainly see you have led me into this, and now you are going to divide the money without giving me any part o; it, and as my mind is very much troubled about the matter, I'll con fess all I know about it, but Wood desired that I would say nothing about it but to little Jem, the porter, who was quite safe." Mr. HALL inquired if the witness had any conversa tion with any of the other prisoners upon the subject ? Witness replied that about ten o clock on Sunday morn ing, when Inspector Otway and others called to make inquiries, the prisoner Bowen not being then in custody, he seemed very much interested about their business ; and, upon witness expressing ignorance upon the subject, he seemed to make light of it, saying that he supposed that something was up. Mr. James Barrack, proprietor of the Trafalgar Ho• tel and the Union Hotel, in Cockspur• street, said that Bowen had been in his service for six weeks, and Lake about nine months, as waiters, and continued so nntil they were apprehended, witness happening to be unwell about the time the robbery was committed, and,. upon Bowen being refused leave of absence by the head waiter, he said be would take French leave, and left the house. Elizabeth Dolby, a servant out of place, said the pri soner came up and began talking to a young friend of mine. They were in conversation about live minutes to gether, and I told her to leave him. Prisoner asked me what I had to do with either him or her, and he gave me a blow. I gave him another, when he took out his bayonet twice and attempted to stab me with it, but I stepped back and very fortunately escaped being injured. On Muggeridge coming up and asking what was the matter, I saw the' prisoner run the bayonet into his (Nluggeridge's) eye. The latter hadpraviously observed to him that if lie could get him up stairs he would throw him out of window. The witnesses were cross-examined with the view of showing that the prisoner was somewhat the worse for drink, and that he was annoyed by various persons who had congregated on the spot, but such was not proved to have been the case. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. WANDSWORTH. Ins. two driverson the works of Richmond Railway, were re•exammed upon a charge of having unlawfully intimidated one William Taylor, also a driver in the same employ, and caused him to depart from the said employment. Mr. Henry Knill, the contractor, attended to conduct the case. William Taylor, of Watford-heath, stated that he was a labourer employed on the Richmond Railway; the prisoners were also employed in the same capacity. On Thursday morning last witness had commenced work, when the prisoner Simmons came to him, and said it would serve him right if he gave him a punch of the head for not doing the same as the others, who had struck the night before, about washing the horses' legs. The prisoner Wilcox said nothing to him. James Lackingon Rice stated he was foreman to Mr. Henry Knill. On Wednesday evening last he heard that the prisoner and others bad refused to wash the horses' legs, and acquainted Mr. Knill with the fact. They did wash the horses' legs that night, but said that they would not get washed next morning. The next morning Taylor had his horses ready tackled for work, when Simmons said, " You I should like to give yon a whopping." Witness asked Taylor if he had been threatened, and he said, "I am afraid to go to work." He also said, in the presence of Mr. Knill, that if he went to work he should be leathered. The prisoner Wilcox stood in the stable calling the men together, and said, " Now, boys, what shall we do, shall we wash the horses' legs to-night or in the morning ?" The witness Taylor, on being recalled, admitted that he had told Mr. Knill that he was afraid to go to work. Police-constable Hook, 312 V, gave evidence corro borative of the witness Rice. Mr. John Knill, brother of the contractor, proved that on Wednesday evening last he was informed that there was a strike among the drivers. He went to the stable and asked Wilcox what was the matter, and he said they had come to the determination of not wash ing the horses legs. He appeared to take an active part, and the whole of the men seemed to be governed by .him. Mr. William Porter, the sub-contractor, said that on Thursday morning he was ready and waiting for the horses and their drivers, and in consequence of their not coming the navigators could not work. The prisoners, in explanation of the strike, said they had been required to do what they had never been asked to do before, and that was, after a hard day's work, to wash the legs of the horses in buckets. They had always been accustomed to take them to a pond or river, and as they did not like this extra labour, they had all agreed to leave the work. Wilcox said he had worked for Grissell and Peto, and Inspector Otway said, that after he apprehended Bowen, and told him that the prisoner Lake had made a confession, he said that Lake had stolen the money, amounting to 701., and if there was more he must have kept it. The prisoner Bates was subsequently taken into custody, and being told the nature of the charge, he said he was not aware when he had changed the notes that they had been stolen, and that he had received them from his friend Jack, meaning Dancock, who was also apprehended. They both had new hats, which were purchased in the New-cut with a portion of the property. The other notes were traced to different parts of town. Mr. HALL said that the evidence did not affect the prisoners Baily and Wood, and they might be dis charged. The inspector said he had reason to know that Mr. Lewis was at present in town, and as he could bring for ward persons at a future day by whom the notes had been changed, he had to apply for a remand. The prisoners were accordingly ordered to be re manded till Thursday next. CLERKEN WELL. Mr. John Seawood Gri f fiths, of 14, King's-road, who described himself as a constable of her Majesty's house hold, was charged with assaulting police-constable Nott, 99 G, in the execution of his duty, and attempting to rescue a prisoner from his custody. In the course of the proceedings Mr. Griffiths charged Nott, as will be seen, with brutually ill-treating his former prisoner. The case occupied a great part of the day. Nott deposed that on Saturday night he took a woman named Jenkins, into custody, in Laystall street, and was about removing her to the station, when the prisoner came over, collared him, and flourished a baton, sur mounted by a crown, which be took from his pocket. A mob of eighty persons assembled, and the woman got away. The prisoner said " You vagabond, do you dare take that woman ? what do you want with her, you shan't take her," and add e d "I am a consta bl e of the Queen's household." Witness:gave the prisoner into the custody of another constable. The prisoner was sober. He shook witness, and flourished the staff over his head. they never required it. Mr. Knill said he had been fourteen or fifteen years at railway work, and the men never attempted to raise the question as to what they would or would not do. He paid the drivers better than the other labourers—they had 18s. per week. He would not have proceeded so far against the prisoners, but that they induced the others to leave their work. Summers observed, all that he said to Taylor was, " You want a punch of the head." He had agreed the night before not to work. Mr. CLrvE said there were two questions in this case to be decided. The first was, whether the prisoners were at liberty to cease working at the close of any particular day: he apprehended that if they were not satisfied with ;heir wages they were at liberty to do so, but that was no reason that they should attempt to deter others from continuing in the employment. With re spect to Wilcox, he could not find words that would amount to absolute threats, although it seemed to him that he had been the cause of getting others to leave good wages. He should discharge him. With respect to the prisoner Simmons, there was sufficient proof, upon the evidence of the foreman and policeman, that he did make use of threats. The prisoner was at liberty to go and work where he liked, but he was not to intimidate others, and must be taught the consequences. As this was the first case of the kind that had come before him, he should not inflict the full term of imprisonment, but commit him for one month. In all future cases he should send ) the offender for the full period of three months' imprisonment. The prisoner was then committed. Police-constable 142 G, partly confirmed the above u testimony. on d you are Heard drunk."th e say prisonerto Nott, ot walked` ` yo "you quietlyv ag a - withrw. GREENWOOD itiiesso the inquiredstation-houifseNott was drunk at the . Mr. time which the prison er alleged, and still persevered in stating. Inspector Penny and half a dozen of constables swore that Nott was perfectly sober at the time, and that he was a man of sober habits, who had been fourteen years in the force. The prisoner in defence said that Nott, who had taken a woman into custody, was ill-using her in a shameful manner, dragging her along the pavement. She was screaming and crying out that the constable would break her arm by which he was dragging her. Witness corn passionating her, went up to the constable, who ap peared to be tipsy, and said, " Don't ill - use this woman, she will go to pri son quietly." The constable immedi ately released the woman and seized him by the collar of the shirt, and squeezed and dragged him with so much force, that had not his shirt collar given way, he would certainly have been strangled ; the mob was by this time very large, and in the struggle and bustle, both fell. Nott said that he did not fall until the prisoner col lared him ; but he did not say the prisoner knocked him down. The prisoner admitted having exhibited his staff, which he produced in Court. Told the constable he ought to be ashamed of himself. It was from a motive of humanity he interfered. Never collared the consta ble, who, before prisoner went up, called for assistrnee in the Queen's name. Mrs. Sadth, the wife of a tradesman residing in Port pool-lane, deposed that she saw the constable, Nutt, on duty in Leather-lane, :it seven o'clock on the same even ing. He was then evidently in liquor. He was talking Between e to a young woman, and she, too , said he was tipsy. Nott :aidm t a h e n e d ninehe constable wou ld take the girl into custody. o'e g o'clock u shep o a boy, was t going to market, when she the sawigi time who had a little muffin stall, and tell him to remove it. The po liceman kicked the stall with his foot, and it fell, where upon he said it had fallen on his feet, and it must be re moved. Mrs. Jenkins, who was passing at the time, said that could not be the case, tor he was not near enough to it. Thereupon, he seized her, and dragged her along in a most brutal way. In the dragging her cloak and bonnet wer-' torn off. The prisoner went up, ald said it was a sha ire to see a lady used as she was. She could not say what fur her occurred, as th e mo b was very great and surroonded them. John Staine, living at 29, Union-street, con fi rme d t h e last witness's account, as regarded the interference of the constable with the poor mu fifn-boy, in the first i ns t ance . The constable dragged the woman along in a shameful manner. She was crying out and screaming. She ex- , claimed that the constable was breaking her arm. The prisoner interfered in the manner described by the last witness. The constable seized him by the neck, although at the time the prisoner had done nothing whatever to the officer- Could not say a hat further occurred. Eliza Sims described the treatment of Mrs. Jenkins, the woman apprehended in the first instance, as very cruel. Her cloak, bonnet, and shawl were torn off by the constable, The woinsn was crying, and exclaimed, "lam a decent marrie6 woman—l have done nothing." She begged of the constable, who held her by the arm, to release her. When the prisoner came up he gave the woman a push, and told her to go about her business. Several persons presen: told the woman not to do so, but to make the constable' go before a • magistr a t e , and say why he had so treated r. J. M. Griffiths, the prisoner's son, d e p ose d t h at h e thooght the constable was tipsy, but it was i mposs ibl e f or him to say. Thought his father would have been strangled by the constable. The constable collared his father in the first instance. Af ro . J enk i ns walked with him to the station. Mr. GnEEswooD Cecided upon sending the case for trial, - The prisoner said he was very glad of it, as he was de termined to have the matter Lifted to the bottom, and have an example made of the constable. The Clerk suggested that he might be made an example of .hituself. The pris iner was : admitted to hail, in two sureties of 301. each. Mrs. Jenkins, the woman alluded to in this case, was charged with obstructing - the footway, but discharged. MARY LEBONE. THE POST-OFFICE ROBBERIES. RUGBY, DEC. 13.—William Garrett, was brought up for final examination this morning. The Court, as at the previous examinations, was crowded to excess ; but owing to the kindness of the Magistrates, and Mr. Blox hi!rn, their clerk, our correspondent was provided with every accommodation. The following Magistrates were present :—Mr. H. S. Gibb, jun. ; J. W. B. Leigh, the Rev. R. Lickorish, Major Moultrie. Mr. R. W. Peacock attended to conduct the prosecu tion on the part of the Post-office, and called Mr. William Block—ls one of the Presidents of the Inland Department of the General Post-office, and re• sides at 10, Albion-grove, Barnsbury-park, London. During the last four months numerous applications have been made for cash letters addressed to Rugby, which had not reached their destinations. In conse quence of this, witness caused several letters to be written, and addressed to certain parties residing at Rugby, after which marked coin was put in them. They were then sealed with witness's seal, and taken by himself to the General Post-office, in St. Martin's le-Grand, London, about two o'clock on the afternoon of the 4th instant. He presented them at a window where paid letters are usually posted, and gave them to a clerk, to whom he paid the postage. Those letters would, in the usual course, be forwarded the same night in the mail-bag for Rugby, where they would arrive early the following morning. One of the letters was directed to " Master Girardot, Rev. J. Penrose's, Rugby," and con tained a sovereign, which was marked in four places. Another letter was addressed to " Master Pinder, School-house, Rugby," awl contained a half-sovereign, which was also marked in four places. The sovereign, half-sovereign, and letters produced are the same as those sent by witness to the parties already named. The let ters were found upon the prisoner after be was taken into custody. Ann Harris resides at Rugby, and is an assistant in the post-office. Knows prisoner; he was letter-carrier for the town. lie was on duty on the sth instant, and went out for delivery about ten minutes past eight in the morning. Any letter posted in London on the 4th instant after eight o'clock in the morning, would arrive at Rugby on the sth, and would be given to prisoner for delivery the same day. The letter produced, addressed to " Master Girardot," bears the Rugby post mark of Dec. 5, and would, in the regular course, come into prisoner's hand for delivery. He delivers letters at the Rugby School-house, and also at the Rev. J. Penrose's. By the prisoner—Do you recollect giving me the letter referred to on the morning in question ? Witness—l cannot say that I do. By Mr. Peacock—Did prisoner come back to the office, as usual, on the morning of the sth inst. ? Wit ness—He did after he had completed his delivery, and left the bags. By priEoner—ls your sister appointed by the sur veyor, or employed in any capacity by the Post-office ? Witness—She is not. Mr. Peacock said he did not see that these questions had anything to do with the charges against prisoner, and he was, therefore, of opinion that the witness need not answer them. The COURT thought just the reverse. It had already been shown that very great negligence and mismanage ment had been practised by those persons who were em ployed to carry out the arrangements at the office, and it was highly important that the public should know to what extent this had existed. Witness—My sister is not appointed to perform any duties at the Post-office, but she has assisted me during the illness of the late postmaster, and by his direction. By the COURT—Was your sister employed by the Post-office, or had she made a declaration ? Witness — She had not. By the prisoner—Has not Hewett, who drives the omnibus to the railway-station, frequently opened the London bags, to take out newspapers for Addison, the newsvender ? Witness—He has, but always in my presence. By the COURT—Was Hewett employed in any capa city by the Post-office ; or had he made a declaration. Witness --No. By the prisoner—Have not I and Hewett opened the bags without any one being present ? Witness—Not to my knowledge. Prisoner said that both he and Hewett had frequently been left in the office by themselves, and when the Lon don mail bag came, he was allowed to open it, and take out the newspapers for Addison. By prisoner—Do not certain parties, who have private William 111‘Ca , t11y, a corporal in the Royal Marines, doing duty at Deptford, was brought up and placed at boxes, come into the office, and take their letters ? Wit" news—They take their own letters. By prisoner —Have not Mr. Voile and Mr. Staple's sorted letters, and looked over money-order accounts ? Witness—They have been in the habit of coming into the office and taking up letters to look at them, whilst witness was writing them ; they have also looked over the money-order accounts. By th© CoußT—Were Messrs. Voile and Staples au thorised to perform any duties in the Post-office ; had they made a declaration, or had they any connexion with the establishment ? Witness—They had not ; hut Mr. Voile was one of Mr. Ashley's sureties, and Mr. Staples was his uncle. The COURT—What business had they in the office at all ? Is the correspondence of every individual, or their money accounts to be exposed to the gaze of every per ' son who has curiosity enough to pry into them ? North Pindar is a scholar at Rugby School, and boards at the school-house ; he did not receive the letter ad• dressed to him, containing half a sovereign. Mr. Peacock said this closed the case for the p.r,o.se cution. A parson named Benolis, a jeweller, residing at Rugby, ro=e in an excited manner, ar.d exclaimed " No: gentlemen, the case is not closed ; I am a great sufferer by these robberies, having for some time past been in the habit of transmitting 201. or 301. worth of jewellery through the medium of the Post-office, and many of these packets have not come to hand ; conse quently when he heard that prisoner was taken into cus tody, and that a great deal of property had been found in his possessiDn, he (Benolis) went to look at it. Amongst the articles of jewellery he identified a gold chain and brooch, which were worth 31. 35.; and he did not see why other cases, in which the property was not worth 4d., should be selected, whilst his was smuggled out ; the Post-office could as well have prosecuted in his case as in that of others ; and he considered that it not only showed great partiality, but exhibited a great want of fairness on the part of Mr. Peacock, in selecting other cases, and not including his ; as, unless he had an opportunity of identifying his property at the trial, he could not recover it." Mr. Peacock said he should most probably have selected the case referred to as one for the prosecution ; but the fact was, Mr. Benolis came to him, on his arrival at Rugby, and requested, as a particular favour, that he might not be called as a witness, if it could possibly be avoided ; and as there was quite sufficient evidence against the prisoner without including Benolis's, he complied with that person's wish, but what made him ask so earnestly his meaning, for what, on Wednesday he was so desirous to be excused from, he must leave to Mr. B.'s very peculiar mind to reconcile himself. As to the articles spoken of, there could be no question that they were Mr. B.'s property, and they would be given to him after the prisoner had taken his trial. Prisoner, upon being called to make his defence, said that when he entered upon his late situation, he was told that he would receive 7s. per week at first, but that it would soon be raised to 10s. or:12s:, and that Mr. Ashley would make it up 11.; some time, however, elapsed, and his wages still remained the same; he made repeated ap plications upon the subject to Mr. Ashley, who said he would write to Mr. Churchill, but nothing resulted from this, and all that he had was 7s. per week. He was fre quently left in the Post-office by himself, and he had every opportunity to steal letters without being detected; but, notwithstanding all that had been said about him, he was not guilty of half that was laid to his charge; and if others in the Post-office had been searched as sud denly and closely as he was, there would have been as many letters and as much property traced to their pos session as there had been to his; and when Mr. Peacock first came down, he told prisoner that " all the parties connected with the Post-office would be prosecuted." The COURT—And so they will, if there is any evidence against them. Prisoner—Oh, well, that's all right! because I do not see why I should go to Coventry alone, when others are as bad as myself. Prisoner was then fully committed, on all the charges, to take his trial at the ensuing assizes at Coventry. There seems to have been throughout the whole ma nagement of the Post•otiice a want of care exhibited that was censurable in the highest degree. Shortly after the appointment of the late postmaster, who was generally respected, he was seized with an illness that incapacitated him from attending to the management himself, and it was consequently left to subordinates. It appears most extraordinary that suspicion was not excited against the prisoner before, inasmuch as complaints have been made of the non-arrival of cash and other letters and news papers almost ever since the appointment of the prisoner, whilst he was in the habit of spending :is. or 4s. a day in public-houses, and he and his wife dressed in as respect able a style as any tradespeople, and yet in the face of this it was known that he only received 7e. per wctk. SALE AND TRANSFER OF SCRIP. The following is the opinion of Mr. Addison, of the Northern Circuit, on this subject : " QUESTIONS. " Whether the 7th and Bth Victoria, chap. 110, sec. 26, prohibits the sale of scrip in railway companies not re gistered under the Act, or only registered provisionally? " Whether such prohibition is limited to subscribers and persons actually possessed of scrip at the time, or extends to all contracts for sale of scrip prior to com plete registration ; whether the contracting party is, or professes to be, possessed of the scrip at the time of the contract or not ? " Would a contract made prior to complete registra tion for procuring a transfer of scrip after registration, or of shares, after the passing of the Railway Act, be binding? " OPINION. " I am of opinion that the statute 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110, sec. 26, prohibits the sale of scrip, or any interest in shares, in all companies the formation of which shall have commenced after the Ist of November, 1844 (in cluding railway companies, and whether provisionally registered or not), before such companies have obtained a certificate of complete registration according to the provisions of that Act. The prohibition does not ex tend to companies formed, or begun to be formed, before that day. " I think the prohibition extends to every sale or disposal of any interest in any share, whether the party selling is possessed of the scrip or not at the time, or whether it be for an immediate transfer of scrip, or for a transfer of scrip to be postponed until the certificate of complete registration shall have been obtained, or for a transfer of shares after the Act shall have been obtained. " I have had considerable doubt as to whether the 26th section applies to railway companies; but, after a careful perusal of the different clauses of the Act, I think it does. It certainly is not expressly applied (sec. 2) to companies formed for the purpose of executing works under the authority of an Act of Parliament. And the whole machinery of the section is more applicable to other companies, more particularly the former part of it. But the registration sections by " special provision" extend to railway companies (see sections 4,7, and 9); ' and the restrictions contained in the latter part of the 26th section, as to the sale of shares, is part of the registration enactment, being for the purpose of encou raging and enforcing the complete registration. There would seem also the same reason and necessity for ap plying the restriction to railway projects as to others. And further, the clause is expressly applied to all com panies the formation of which shall commence after the Ist of November, 1844. " JOSEPH ADDISON. " Temple, Nov. 1, 1845." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YEsTERDAY. Business comparatively brisk, but beyond an outlay of upwards of 2001. on Fancy Boy at 40 to 1, and constantly repeated offers to take 15 to 2 about Sting, destitute of interest. The quotations will save us the trouble of any further preliminary. CIIESTER CUP (ENTER OR NOT). 50 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Bennett's Hope—taken. 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Nereus—taken. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—take 15 to 2 15 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—take 16 to 1 30 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—taken to 100/. 30 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's Spithead—taken to 50/. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Malcolm—taken, aft. offered 35 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser—taken' 40 to 1 agst Mr. D. Cook's Fancy Boy—taken freely 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Hoorrab—taken & aft. offered 1000 to 25 agst Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum—taken. The backers of lago and Fancy Boy would have gone on. OAKS. 15 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanish—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Mendicant—taken. SALE OF THE LATE EARL OF VERULAM'S BLOOD STOCK. Gs. Duvernay Corumba ..................................... . 155 A bay mare, by Ishmael, out of Corumba 145 Charlotte A brown filly, by Muley Moloch, out of Corumba, 2 yrs 34 out of Corumba 180 hristina 4 yrs 40 A A b br a o y w in n a y re e , ar b l y in E g a c u o r l e t, l, b o y u S t l o a f ne c , A chesnut colt, by Plenipotentiary, dam by Ishmael 53 A bay filly, by Plenipotentiary , out of Corumba DEATH OF W. .FRANCIS HARRISON, E SQ ., F.A.S . —On Monday morning, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an in quire at St. Marylebone Workhouse, on view of th e b o d y o f W. 'Francis Harrison, Esq., ' F.A.S. Rich ar d B ryant, cab • ma n, said that about eleven o clockon Friday m orn i ng l as t he took up deceased in his cab, in Baker -street. The de ceased gentleman had been to see the cattle show, and he seemed perfectly well. 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PORTSMOUTH, Dr.c. 14.—The two-deckers late-11 - forming the experimental squadron under the-coniMand of Commodore Willes, of the Vanguard, are to be sta tioned as follows, but kept in readinera for sailing on the shortest notice:—The Rodney, 92, Captain Collier, C. 8., and the Superb, 80, Captain Corry (the latter we be lieve, however,-will ultimately proceed to the Nore), will remain at Spithead. The Vanguard, 80, Captain Willes, will proceed to the Cove of Cork, and take the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Pigot, now carried by the Crocodile, 26. The Albion, 90, Captain Lockyer, C. 8., and the Canopus, 84, Captain Moresby, C. 8., will re main at Plymouth. Such we believe are at present the destined stations of these fine ships, and we applaud the project of keeping them in our roadsteads, ready for any emergency. The Rodney and Superb are refitting at Spithead; and in order that no time may be lost in repairing their de fects the artlzans sleep on board. The Rodney, we are informed, has fewer defects to repair that any other ship of the squadron. The Nautilus, 10, Lieutenant-Commander M`Donald, is also detained at Spithead by contrary winds. The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander Caffin, is pro gressing very rapidly with her fittings and manning. She will have another bed for her mortar cast, having split her first when lately practising with the mortar. It is intended we believe to try wood. The Lizard iron dispatch boat, Lieutenant Commander Tylden, is refitting with all dispatch alongside the jetty. The Rattler steam-sloop, Commander Smith, in dock, will be ready to leave next week. The Excellent gunnery ship, Captain Chads, is likely to change her position up the harbour for one outside, near St. Helens. We hope the report is true, as it is impossible officers and men can be properly trained in the practice of gunnery afloat in still water, which is the case now, and has been since the appropriation of the Excellent as a school of instruction in the art of naval gunnery. By mooring this vessel " outside," she would be subject to the unimpeded action of the sea, and consequently enable her officers and crew to become far better acquainted than they can possibly be at pre sent with the practice of firing when the vessel is ; added to which, she would be, in such a situation, a tar more efficient protective floating battery than half a dozen block" ships. The following officers are undergoing their half-yearly examination at the Royal Naval College : Captains—Hon. G. Ilamings, Jones, Giffard, and Halstead. Commanders—lngram, Sullivan, Fisher, Fishbourne, Help man, and M'Cleverty. Lieutenants—Griffiths, Ryder, Royer, and Wood. Lieutenants of Marines for the Artillery Companies— Meape, Gell, Henry, Davis, and Baynes. Mates—Brandreth, Molyneux, Partridge, West, and Parish. PROMOTIONS. Lieutenant—ll. C. Hanston, to the rank of Com mander. Mates—ll. Bayley (1838), of the Volcano ; W. E. Fisher (1838), of the Crocodile ; J. C. Clark (1839), of the Rattler ; A. D. Gordon (1840), late of the Ides trious ; C. 0. Wood (1838), of the Queen ; C. M. Ayn sky (1841), late of the Scout ; G. A. Brine (1840), of the Curacoa ; J. C. W. N. Taylor (1838), late of the Ardent ; E. G. Simpkinson (1838) ; T. L. Gausshn) (1838), of the Rodney ; and C. T. Leckie (1840), of the Hibernia, to the rank of Lieutenant ; F. K. Hawkins (1841), of the Eagle ; and A. B. Davies (1838), of the Coast Guard, to the rank of Lieutenants. Assistant- Surgeon--Edward Heath (1841), to the rank of a surgeon. The following mates passed their examination for the rank of Lieutenant at the Royal Naval College, Ports mouth, on Tuesday :—F. L. Cotton, of the Excellent ; J. A. Sandford, late of the Carysfort ; A. B. Davies, of the Coast Guard ; W. F. G. Fead, of the Trafalgar ; G. T. Colville and A. Sugden, of the Excellent ; P. C. Crough, E. Algar, and T. D. Sullivan, late of the Thoa. At the same time Mr. Ponsonby May Carew Croker, and Mr. John Cree Giles, passed examinations fur com missions in the Royal Marine corps. APPOINTMENTS. Captains—George Robert Lambert (1825), who was midshipman of the Eagle from 1809 to 1814, and under the late Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., shared in all the services of that ship in the Adriatic, including the taking of Trieste and Fume, where he served ashore, to the Endymion, 44, at Davenport ; Thomas Henderson (1840), who commissioned and fitted out the Endymion, to the Sampson steam-frigate at Sheerness. Lieutenants—Henry Need (1841), who was mate of the Druid, and promoted for his servic,s at the taking of Canton, and when lieutenant of the Harlequin served in her boats in a severe encounter with pirates on the coast of Sumatra in 1844, to the Terrible steam-frigate, at Woolwich ; Edward Evans Grey (1827), late of the Bonetta, to command the Viper brigantine, at Sheer ness ; J. C. Clarke and C. 0. Wood (additional), to the Vernon ; W. E. Fisher (additional), to the Penelope ; P. W. May, to the Alarm ; W. G. Herbert. to the Bittern; J. Rawstorne, to the Trafalgar ; J. W. Tarleton, to the Endymion ; R. M. Floud, to the Nimrod ; C. M. Ayns ley, to the Terrible ; W. Crawford and the Hon. H. D. Keane, to the Scourge ; J. Simpson, to the Vernon ; W. C. Forsyth and H. Bayley (additional), to the Hi bernia ; W. Cashman (additional), to the Vindictive ; E. Hempstead (additional), to the Collingwood C. H. Young (additional), to the Agincourt ; 0. Borland, to the Nimrod ; A. F. Webster, A. F. Austin, and H. S. Hawker, to the Samson ; W. R. Rolland, to the Alarm; R. T. Bedford, to ch.., Superb. Masters—H. C. Allen, to the Terrible ; P. Welling ton, to the Alligator; G. Wilson (acting), to the Samson. Surgeons—C. H. Fuller, to the Grampus ; C. Carter, to the Terrible. Paymasters and Pursers —G. H. Moubray, to the Terrible ; W. G. Parmeter, to the Daring ; W. Drury, to the Samson. Chaplains—Rev. J. H. Laing to the Grampus ; Rev. J. Thompson, to the Alligator. Naval Instructors—J. Laing, to the Grampus ; T. Eastman, to the Excellent ; M. P. Sambell, to the St. Vincent. Mates—P. Hudson and E. Scott, to the St. Vincent ; N. De C. Blennerhasset, to the Alecto. Assistant-Surgeons•—A. Elliott, M.D., to the Terri ble ; W. T. Alexander, D. Davidson, and R. D. Prit chard, to the Alligator ; C. S. Lester (acting), to Haslar Hospital ; and R. Sparrow (acting), to Plymouth Hos pital. Second Masters—E. L, Buist, to the Terrible ; J. Cut tijar, to the Samson. Clerk in Charge—W. H. Turner, to the Viper. Midshipmen—H. H. Sainsbury, to the Rodney; F. G. Meekham, to the St. Vincent ; J. W. H. Thompson, to the Amazon ; H. Christian, to the Sydenham. Naval Cadets—H. M. Knox, to the Endymion; A. P. Willis, to the Trafalgar. Clerk's Assistant—J. F. Harris, to the Alarm. WOOLWICH, DEC. 15.—The Gladiator steam-frigate is commissioned at Woolwich by Captain John Robb (1841). The Grampus, 50 gun frigate, Captain Martin, C. 8., is to be taken out of the basin into the river to-day. The following change has taken place—R. Taylor, gun ner, vice Wicks, cancelled. The Terrible steam-vessel, commissioned on Tuesday last by Captain Ramsey, has had the following officers appointed to her :—C. M. Aynsley, lieutenant; Dr. Car ter, surgeon; Dr. A. Elliott, assistant surgeon; G. H. Moubray, paymaster and purser, vice Brickwood, ap pointment cancelled; R. C. Allen, master, vice Cbegwyn, appointment cancelled ; R. Beatson, carpenter, vice Tucker, appointment cancelled. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander William Bryant, left Woolwich on Friday for Sheerness. The Joseph Soames, hired convict ship, still remains off the Royal Arsenal, and the Nymph Woolwich steam packet brought down 150 convicts on Friday to complete the number (286) she is intended to convey to Norfolk Island. RECRUITS FOR THE ROYAL ARTlLLERY.—Twenty eight fine young men arrived at head-quarters at Woolwich. on Friday evening last, from Lisburn, Ireland, where they were enlisted by the recruiting party under the charge of Lieutenant Clark, at that station. The recruits were in spected yesterday at the Ordnance Hospital, and all passed as eligible to join the Royal Regiment of Artillery. A re cruiting sergeant left Woolwich for Carlisle, and a party for Taunton last week. The accounts from Elgin, Scotland, do not afford much prospect of success in that quarter, none having been obtained as yet. A. report has stated that the bounty has been raised, but such is not the fact. REPRESENTATION OF WINDSOR.—Some doubts having prevailed amongst a large portion of the electors of Windsor as to the: certainty of Mr. Neville again offering himself. at the next election, and a general election being considered by many, under recent circumstances, to be on the eve of taking place, it was deemed advisable on the part of those who introduced Mr. Neville to the constituency in 1841, to communicate with him on the subject. A letter was received yesterday morning from that gentleman, which set at rest all doubts and speculations; Mr. Neville explicitlystating that it is his intention to offer himself at the next election for the borough whene ver it mi g ht take p lace. Payne of h j el o d h a n n c i o n e q k u i es n, t a at ch S i t id ßa th rt r h ee olomew months M YS TERIOUS DEATH OF INFANT.—Late last old. The friends of deceased l ive at No. 15, Plough-court, ej o e s n p i i n tal g, M o r n . F et t er -lane. The deceased's mother was ver y muc h a ddi c t e d t W he body to drink, and on Saturday night she returned home in a state of intoxication, retiring to rest about midnight. Next morn ing, about six o'clock, she called some of the lodgers and said her child was dead, and she believed death had resulted from inflammation, produced by a cold under which deceased had been labouring for the last fortnight. Soon after she brought the dead child into the street, when City police-sergeant, 909, noticing her standing without shoes or stockings, with the child in her arms, quite dead, at once removed her to the station. house, and the deceased to the hospital, where it was pronounced to have been dead for some hours. The house-surgeon opened the body, and considered that death had occurred in the course of nature, probably accelerated by exposure to the cold. Verdict, "Natural causes." FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAlL WAY.—Yesterday morning a labouring man was killed by a train running over him near the West Drayton station. A special train, containing some scientific gentlemen, left the Paddington terminus at seven o'clock for Exeter, to test the speed on the broad gauge, and immediately after passing the station at West Drayton, a labouring man named Green, who happened to be on the down line, was knocked down and literally cut in two. The accident qccurled in a similar nearly the same spot where two persons met th e i r d eath manner about thirteen months since. The unfortunate man was rather late, and not being aware that a special train was expected, kept on the down line, as there was no regular train to pass before eight o'clock. The remains of the de ceased, which are shockingly mutilated, were for th e present conveyed to the luggage warehouse, but were removed in the evening to the village, to await a coroner's inquest. The deceased was forty-seven years of age, a n d marr i e d , b ut h as n ot left any family. A Sussex farmer, on his return from a late great agricultural dinner in that county, dignified by the presence of grandees of the highest rank in the Peerage, was asked by a neighbour, how he liked the entertainment? The honest yeoman, referring, perhaps, to the redundancy ) t poultry on the table, replied, in his provincial dialect, "that he was sick of the dewkes and fules that he found there."— From an Old Subscriber. . ~ 7 ;4 • . , • 11- ►j 111 0 , 4 g . Ur 111 , 4 cns oi echo J. a t or; on a "d n the ;1 1 °' th ;AO io d Id 0 0 elf ...,`~ i '"_