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'' 44 " - .ti 4-HL 7' 6l- ; i : l st i t.4" : T .*°171.4 ..1,.:: il' , 111116:77: - .°7-741114 0 -- L l7ltl. -..... „ -'` + ..,. ~t • ~), ' 4 ...„ . • ..... , ..•'''ee-e-2--.8_,ce2,-- ~, ~~~i- ~ ~ .~~ -, G~~~ LINCOLN AND WAKEFIELD RAILWAY. w h „, _The PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE beg to announce that the N ie S' , e , of the SHARES in this UNDERTAKING have been ap troo,!% and will be allotted on the sth of April, with due considera- T,_ "'cal and other interests involved. • 110 C ommittee have also the satisfaction of stating that they have tam of 3 e Per Cant. angem per a nnum, t until for investing if is lodged. with the amount of deposit the Acaountant at an interest - ~+erai year, in accordance with , the Atanding Orders of Par- No. 17,000. LONDON, THURSDAY DLORNING SUN, MARC ET 21, 1844. Chairman of the Piovisional Committee, pro. tern IV - ESTI:RN PRICE sd. ~ .~ J.s THE SUN is Published' EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCE, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS' in LONDON up to that Hour. Ci r REAT SOUTHERN • and RAILWAY. , FIRST DIVISION from DUBLIN to CASIIEL, 'mum BRANCH to A.THY , and CARLOW. Length, 123 Statute Miles. • Djo -".r One Million Sterling; in 20,000 Shares at 501. each. ebolder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription ?fit Deposit, V. 108. per Share. ttre calls not to exceed 21. 10s. per Share, at intervals of not 112. _ tita n Three Months, until after the commencement of the works, nrese of which will regulate the amount of the subsequent calls, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. ZIG N.- PETER PURCELL, Esq., Chairman. ed L ort r of Devon John F.nnis, Esq. If ° ll testgle Peter Eckerslcy, Esq. ,h, 3 , 4 _ a rd Divett, Esq., MP. • •R. R. Guinness, Esq. ruly7 . rf artle,Y, Esq. Thomas Hutton, Esq. g in 2 ard Can, E sq. William Haughton, Esq. ~. on, •or ear nerdy, Esq. Themes Mooney, Esq. Sir Eduard Borough, Bart Edward M'Donnell, Esq. - 87 1 ."4„, 1 / 1 Burke, Bart: - • James Perry, Esq. jaQtataS Butler, Bart. Sir David Roche, Bart., M.P. Joseph Boyce. David Henry Sherrard, Esq. It e e ti Cane, Esq. Richard Williams, Esq. Carr, Esti. 80LicrrA ENGINEER—John Macneill, L.L.D., F.R.S. — Rs—Barrington, Son, and Co., Dublin ; and Fladgatc, Young, and Jackson, London. 81c RITART—William Taylor, Esq., Office, 4, College-green. DUBLIN BANKERS—The Bank of Ireland. —"8 EANEERS--Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co, 67, Lombard t, London; The Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester; Rank of Liverpool, Liverpool. ir -m ` traffic which exists between Dublin and the south and south hunt. diatricts of Ireland, fully justifies the construction of a main an d Alhle'of railway from Dublin to Cashel, with a branch to Athy fo r b ' a rlovr. From this main trunk the country is most favourable 4ed t r :T.,ches to Cloninel, Limerick, and Galway, and of being exten t,. u erß, as pointed out in the Report of Mr. Macneill. lb w :, country to be traversed is singnlarly favourable for the con- Tcn of a railway, and, with a slight variation, is the line recom kg e d by the Government Commissioners in their Report, present.- et, t ,',':_difticulties or obstacles of any kind, and requiring but little or embanking, which enables the Engineer to pledge himself St k oZT cost will not exceed 1,300,0001. for the entire work, including •11 carrying establishment, &c.. complete, being at the rate of 11 - 4,7.1nr Macnsill's great -professional experience, and from the "linhi, and economical manner in which lie has just brought the thp"X and Drogheda Railway works to a completion within his es ' iliiih e — T,the Committee has every confidence that the calculations fur- Ibeto ni r him for the present work will be found sufficient. It is made to that the nature of the country through which the line is to tr s i,re is such, th a t, i n th e ev ent of the atmospheric principle of Rtoth, be ing found,from experience to be preferable to that of loco ,, Sony a .," engines, it may be applied to this Railway without any in lronit_the ence or disadvantage, as no deeper cuttings or embankments 161,1,2 e requimos red pheri for the e locomot iple. ive, than would be prudent or desir • T he " , atprinc /I .traffic is probably not exceeded on any line of equal extent in Ott N .:_ t ed Kingdom at present unoccupied by a railway, and holds ittr iu ''Y great inducements for the investment of capital. The re thalis OR which the calculation of traffic is founded, are taken from st i b i Juiblished by the Railway Commissioners, and which, by a "Ident • Inquiry, are found to be considerably underrated. Give a yearly income of . ......... £182,000 From which deduct maintenance and Working at 40 per cent • • • • • • • ..... • • • • 73,900 Leaving a profit of.. £109,000 per ann. on a capital of One Million, and a loan of £300,000, would tkt.midend of 9j per cent. It is to be observed, that any amount crieg:, 6l by loan from Government, thereby lessening the extent of tte,Mto be called up, must necessarily be attended by an increase A 'mend to the subscribers. 40 . 1) 4 1311 cation for shares to be made to the Secretary, at the o ffi ce, // tibli' n e°ll efte - green, and to Messrs. Richard Williams and Sons, ctit, to Messrs. John Rallton and Son, Manchester ; Mr. James Birmingham ; and to Mr. George Ring, Secretary to the ' ct koo f and Holyhead Railway Company, 62, Moorgate-strect, TILE NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY 44,11IVIDENDS AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED by HIS , DIVIDENDS the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA contains Money Dividends • £6B £7O £72 £BO £9O £lOO £llO £l2O £l5O £2OO £250 £3OO £5OO £6OO £750 41 .000 £1,200 £1,750 £4,000 & £21,000 4 14 bl Amounting together to £154,308 sterling. str dend ibution contains as many Dividends as Bands. Every . 4 Smallest Dividend - - £6B 1:14,. Largest Dividend - - £21,000 "*" for Prospectus, with full particulars, without delay to " HEINE BROTHERS, at Hamburgh. •-...._ Orte HEINE BROTHERS, at Lubeck. li I IRGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur -1 DQes, having gained such great approbation, and the demand tai b .2olitinuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most azt . ti'LrollY to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public .ftil e m liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent in la —. climates have recommended it to the most distinguished ' l :!ce, c onnections, who have all spoken highly in its recomraenda -1: is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint .,gettle families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each _ I . 4,0 10 4 sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well itilhi ns 4 bel having their signature, without which it cannot be BrEGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed Ay ~xCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by there after Ner'e . r,anner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many Shouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. • -Itp T t • S AND CO., PATENT BRANDY * temb_DISTILLERS, 7, SMITHFIELD BARS , have p laced the ;:kkl - .7 Of this country, the Grain grown upon British soil, and , and distilled by native industry, upon an equality with the is skill of the Continent. Their PALE and COLOURED " ) T la • • eq u ., a Pure, wholesome, and palatable spirit , free from acid, in quality to the best Cognac, at about half the price. It is 6_ 4 4 th e Y 'a by the highest 'medical authorities at Guy's, St. George'.., 70 1V es esttninster Hospital, and at other principal hospitals and .44 throughout the kingdom. In stone jars, at 18s. per gallon, 11 2k6e da ded ; - and in-bottles six to the gallon, at 20s. per gallon, or Ray } LPer bottle, the bottles and packages included. A single bottle had ttom the most respectable dealers in town and country, t o ra . names lists may be obtained from the patentees. I ,,Lre'rent fraud, every bottle has the cork and mouth secured by Itk‘ i. .„,,tal . t Metallic Capsules (not tin foil) embossed with the words PATENT BRANDY, 7, S MI TH FIELD BARS.' ' P tnE SKIN AND COMPLEXION. ▪ LOWLAND'S LOTION.—The use of Gowland's Lotion is 4 444 1 Y followed by the disappearance of every species of eruptive ottileY, dlscolotrration, &c., and the establishment of a pure surface ti sue ' accompanied by the brilliant circulation which constitutes ca tbi r of beauty, whilst as a refresher it preserves the most delicate 4 10 a. and sustains to a protracted period the softness of texture • it o MtY Peculiar to earlier years. Itatap . '" 4}4 T SHAW, London," is in white letters on the Government viarb i ' Bl :"._ . thout which none is genuine. Prices 2s. 9d, ss. 6d., ' l° L. Sold by all Perftimers and Medicine Vendors. AT A GNIFICENT DAMASK TABLE „ 0 .SLOTHS 5 yards long, each 'nib Na pkins to match yard square, the dozen los. 6 d. d oten br ic Handkerchiefs, equal to the finest French, 12s. 6d. itDerodooll La wn Handkerchiefs, Si.6d. per dozen ; very good, *en Qdtessed Irish Linen Sheetings, very superior, per pair 12 s. ed. fl o e arl,' 3 yards wide , without a seam, per pair 15 s Od. ,tir o W Linen Sh ee ti ngs, ' from 3s. 9d. per pair ; and very Itlsh d' for servants ' use per pair ntat., 4 e 4 ', stout and free from dress, the piece of 26 yards, vitit• quality, ............ . 2ls. Od. vlssZcellent 26 yards for 252.; and very fine, 26 of •• for Irish, of the purest flax and finest texture, 3 6 425. Od. f„Vllhreetors of the NATIONAL LINEN COMPANY, in a drblicity to the prices they are selling their MANUFAC. tlr q at and feeling confident, from the increased facility of 44 ktlnicai• ion from their factories, they can offer unprecedented mod s , ;ages to Ladies requiring household linens, &c., will forward hp~ftssio,..° farnilies residin either in town or country : for approval to thepay ment , and any article sent not giving the most Thy bC be t d'l he Com an are also of a C ro F i l tri n Ca ? ces, re co u u rn n:e;Tanes musfins Y . dimities c h h OY r sp:ctf o ully s 's c gt inquiries or the 'numerous families' e 4 , —l4 nii„'"w e and country. who have patronised their establishment, 1 . 1 „ ,, , can testify not only to the advantageous prices, but to the 41 ,_" 11 tY of their manufactures and bleach. tines containing full particulars of the various goods for Zetiiii 4 0 lists of pikes, can be had at the warehous , s, or by post. Lu d e4 trance 105, Fleet-street, corner of 1. arringdon-street, bottom Lme t,,The nobility can have their own crests made to order on any ' 0 0 .44 ,7 0 e -cloths. V ar i ous superb designs now in the stock. For the 44 nce of families who prefer seeing goods at their own re btittiZ.ta the Company send out goods in their own carts if NO PUFF NOR IMPOSITION. 1.141) N CER'S CELEBRATED CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE. ,h*tliands of individuals who hare had the pleasure of using iN tt a Chinese Liquid fair Dye, pronounce it to be the only Dye *bleb will effect ally change, in a few minutes, red or grey mit i t LI dark brown or black, and it can be proved incontestibly t i > 4 l 4 l : 4 4ll4 Citfest dye in its use that ever was prepared. Red or whiskers, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., are changed without • , Produce usin a comb welted with the liquid; one applica , Littre_a pleas ing and a permanent change. The colour 4edri : ', l- ts to the hair can never be discovered to have been ef ! t e rli ec t i ,T dye, it being so perfectly natural, and neither washing, per beiato, L er anything will in the least fade or affect the colour pro. „ undredof ladie s who wore false hair, because their own 1 1'1 02' h e wear ' new their own. Also, thousa nds . of gentlemen. itTey or red whiskers, which was a great disfigurement, have Z'ult, Aline dark from the use of iPENCER'S CHINESE Ll 'tla AIR DYE. Any lady or gentleman may dye their 1 1 - **e and secresy in a few minutes. Price 3s. bd.,. 65., and 10s. itt te aeh ad • . t , of the sole Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-Place, Fieldgate -4j 4 11 7,altechapel-road, London ; also of Mr. Jotone6B, Corn A tb giz e ;fro 4, Cheepside; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sange r , ; r 150, Ox. L .._,`; Barclay 95. Fainingdon-street; Atkinson , r 4, Old Bond. i'vele , wards, 67 St. Paul's Churchyard; Connell, Camberwell t' ke r anaby, Br:others ,10, Westmoreland -buildings, Aidersgate. nnigin, Milsom-street, Bath ; Elmore, 31, Bull-street, ,itr u j_niun ; Shirley, 40, George-street. Hastings ; and of m.st ‘ 4 ll - 4 , :_and Medicine Vendors in 'Town and Country. Sent to r the kingdom, by sending a remittance, post-paid. arth.,„ " to ask for Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liqu id Hair D y e. ...704. -- g and Captains will receive a liberal allowance for expor- . . 'i :--"-"---L- WLY -INVEN TED SPECTACLES, .9 p t. ,AcousTic INSTRUMENTS for DEAFNESS, TELE bfatsotr OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &c. &c. •tr._, t ..?d„ by his Majesty the King of Hanover, her Grace the Uttchess of No rfol k , h Graces the Archbishop of Can . - ""e klt th e Dukes o Devonshire, Argyle, Marlborough, ~.. bester went I._ MEDICAL TESTIMONIALS. t l Ol m . 41 1. S. and B. Solomons ' newly : invented Spectacle Lenses h'•.se._ th e rti,hing relief to extremely - imperfect vision. We give o t T" Of t eelded preference to every other kind of Lens—the . clear. e. _abi ee the transparency brings every object very distinct, and 14 74 er . ed.....lviduals t• view the most minute particle with perfect 4 1.,, , ihparticularly pleasant by candlelight, as they appear ,-- - 5 - the sight, and so ft en bright and brilliant lights.—J. tilun itzi 4‘ ll ►, '' /1 . 1) , I, Great George-street, Westminster; T. J. Petti efr44-4 f t ._ , P.R.S ,8, Saville-row ;J. Ramsbottom, Esq. M.D. Lett ; - buildings ; -buildings ; A. White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament, illtoo te rga Cursham Esq., M.D., 5, Saville-tow; Frederick p.elao h ',,ak M.D ,7, 'Upper Gower-street ;H. Golburn, Esq., 1171., g t : r `l° , rleyford-place, Kennington . Alexander Farquhar, ki.rtaor k teen, 78, Cadogan.place, Belgrave-square • W. Day, Esq., to b . , Isleworth • Jahn Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, '29, Newington 144'entlitsgton ' Itea. s . • ' l t,, lis at ,„.. • and li . SOLOMONS, Opticians and Aurists, 39, Alhe )4_es of M,, l. Piccadilly, opposite the York .Hotel, Invisible and all I ,.Srrs " . 92 newly-inventld and improved ACOUSTIC INSTRU ,_ 5t 0 ,41 enable individuals at an advanced ag!,. and of 40 and 50 IVatio n ' o lt, of extreme deafness, instantly to join in general con. “eatr e , and to catch the sound of a distant low speaker at Church, *kw., . k k i ik ...t that% in Tb os e t y . pour the conversation into the ears to such an 1 ., „ th ee , evert cases deafness cannot be ob,erved. ta _ Assiv o net Powerful Newly-invented ACHROMATIC OPERA ''', th...„ - ". Which are invaluable on the race-course, as well as at T.,,•••:atee, kr. CVTelescs A t bA .,._ Pea for the waistcoat-pocket possess extraordinary oletto," - "T_l, lo _r shooting, sea purposes, &c.; and with stands for ; i ris, t ,7 n 'cal Übservatione, with the celebrated Lenses of the most 0t.. 4 th, ~."Tarent !valiancy. the powers are so great over all others, ft ito ex ..•enie, se bright and brilliant, that the most minute objects ittl k .., Mary distance are brought completely under the eyes. t ''''. Tourists, cad Sea-side Visitors, will here have a great 'ir t: tie end C t 4 e blo o d er e nt tind MICROSCOPES, by which . the circulation net ,i,e110w,,..„4/ aFl y and a Flea can be seen Bowing in great streams. ho b 4 ao, essrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are • -tedia‘ Net Connected with a Person of the same Name in their 4 IIIt hi i eighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To pre "eaaiCee. be Cautious, And observe, only to be had at 30, street, Piccadilly, opposite the York kioteL lI EST APERIENT AND ANTIRILIOUS Me;DICINE FOR OCCASIONAL USE. KR,AmPToNis PILL OF HEALTH ually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa. •.• ..;" ) ui griping orp rostration of strength. They removellead. the"cess, dizziness p pains in the chest highly grateful (14 d — "Achs Promote' di estion create a ppet i te ,relieve langour suffering to those of a full habit and free Isiti ii ;: i ho are corn inuallv ' suffering from drowsiness, heavine• s, and top e °f spirits t the d and ears, they offer advantages that will not fail k Sold - rzriated. s'y th s vi krout, 229, Strand, London, Price ls. 114 d. ear box t and Ask on of Medicines generally throughout the Kingdom lir libte FMA.MPTON'S IPILL of HEA LTH, and observe the kut ( hkrim mten --...ross Pt Tho mas p r ow, 229, Strand, London," o n the italsp. tb e g to o f sirolusi thoptuo, F the 1,1 . ,Press ler eir 80 poi for for fe ted sore 'ring - 0 0 Ic dal ftf , coo - . 0 ;1 61 ' ce, 6 90 he lit' 10 r ig 0 , 1 ,6 1 1 r vlo' r u poge of s i & of ) the k e te' s o g ate. tlie j 01 'oer ridcl . i . e t e a did eV , p' rttss l a ,he HP l t y x$ o f ie cv or e :t mess tiogo ave_ e d ,10 0 0 a, calL r frA is r I Ivor tOr h t o°' "hee z bv 'l oo rYT e n tb e yr" ell' .or 6111 Y 1 apf ra ilig co ha 0 i d wou bg c ; ss 6 4 a P ore of 1 0 :::. ,of o or wll° "1 1 te te °. :ifial tb° usre' ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE TB 'EE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. GENERAL TOM THUMB, the American Dwarf, exhibiting every Day and Evening at the EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY, previous to his departure for Paris. This beautiful and wonderful MAN in MINIATURE is the smallest per son that ever walked alone. Ile is of the most symetrical form and .proportions, lively, sociable, graceful, and intelligent, Twenty-five inches high, and WEIGHS ONLY FIFTEEN POUNDS ! He will amuse his visitors by relating his history ; also giving imi tations of Napoleon Bonaparte, Grecian Statues, Songs, Dances, &c. No just conception of the extreme diminitiveness and fascinating ap pearance of the General can he formed, except by seeing him. Hours of Exhibition from Eleven to One, from Two to Five, and from Half past Six to Nine. Admission, One Shilling ; Children, One Shilling. No Free List, the Press excepted. The General will be happy to wait on the Nobility and Gantry at their Residences after Nine o'clock, on due notice being given. NATIONAL LOAN' FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums withoat ex pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies— the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as best to suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well as to afford the full benefit to his family at death, and annual division of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that the Society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy on the profit scale a bonus averaging fifty-five per cent. on the amount already invested; and this bonus, according to an equitable scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future premiums. GLOBE PALL-MALL and CO EDWARD GOLDSM ID, WILLIAM TITE, Esq., GEORGE CARR GLYN, Henry Alexander, Esq. Jonathan Birch, Esq. John S. Brownrigg, Esq., M.P. Jonathan Chapman, Esq. Thomas Collier, Esq. Boyce Combe, Esq. James Vvm. Freshfield, Esq. Sir I. L. Goldsmid, Bart , R.S Robert Hawthorn, Esq John Hodgson, Esq. Boyd Miller, Esq. NSURANCE. , RNHILL, LONDON. Esq:, Chairman. F. R.S., Deputy-Chairman. Esq , Treasurer. Sheffield Neave, Esq. Fowler Newsom, Esq. William Phillimore, Esq. W. H. C. Plowden, Esq. John Poynder, Esq Robert Sa•rnders, Esq. Emanuel Silva, Esq. Sir Walter Geo. Stirling, Bart. Wm. Thompson, Esq., Ald., M.P. Edward Vaux, Esq. Benjamin G. Windus, Esq. _ ESTA f: 1803, For FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and ANNUITIES, and the PURCHASE of l EVE RSIO NS and LIFE t ONTINGENCIES. CAPITAL ONE MILLION STERLING. The whole paid up and invested, and entirely independent of the amount of premiums revived. Fire Policies due at Lady-day must be paid on or before the 9th of April. By Order of the Board, JOHN CHARLES DENHA M, Secretary. London, March, 1844. Rates and Conditions of Fire and Life Insurance, er other infor. mation, may be obtained at the Offices in London, and of the Com pany's Agents in the Country. GLOBE INSURANCE. LONDON, MARCH 15, 1'1 , 14. Notice is hereby given that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of SHARES in this CO PAN Y, to be held on THURSDAY, the 25th April next, at the Office in Cornhill, will also be a SPECIAL MEETING, for the purpose of receiving a Report from the Directors on the subject of the Bill now before Parliament, for enabling the Globe Insurance Company to alter and amend some of the pr •visions of their Deed of Settle. ment.—Choir to be taken at One o'Clock precisely. By order of the Board. JOHN CHARLES DENHAM, Secretary. rpHE MARINERS and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. _ _ Expressly established for Insurances on the Lives of Mariners, (whether members of the Royal or Mercantile Navy) and Military officers.—lt is to be noted that the Policies of this Company will cover voyages of every description and service In every part of the globe. The Lives of Fishermen and Boatmen also insured. High rates of premium have hitherto operated against this kind of Assurance, but as the scale now adopted will be found as low as is consonant with the risk, it is believed that this fact, coupled with other advantages, will induce a great increase of insurers. Deferred Annuities to Mariners granted Upon very moderate Premiums. The Premiums for General Assurances are based upon a new ad justed table of mortality. Ten pound per cent. of the profits to be applied in making a provi sion for destitute and disabled Mariners. Arthur-street, London-bridge. WM. M'NIELL, Manager. 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Mr. GREENE moved that it be an instruction to the Committee on the Eastern Counties Railway Bill to hear the petitioners against the Bill on any ground of objection arising out of the lease of the Northern and Eastern Railway, thereby intended to be confirmed, although such grounds of objection be not specifically set forth in their petitions, provided it be shown to the satisfaction of the Committee that such petitioners have a right to be heard before them.—Agreed to. Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Chichester, praying. that:the- 111 onseAvould!adopt, some .means which would tend to put an end to the practice 'Ordneltint: - Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from the weavers of Aberdeen, praying for a fall, fair, and free representation of the people. DROPPED . ORDERS. The dropped Orders, in consequence of the House being counted out last night, were re-appointed. NEW WRIT. A now writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Hastings, in the room of the Right Hon. Joseph Planta, who has accepted the office of the Chiltern Hun dreds. When the next clause was proposed, Mr. SCOTT moved, as an amendment, that the words " knights of the shire" should be omitted, and the word " coroner " substituted in its place. Mr. PAKINGTON opposed the amendment. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE supported the amendment, on the ground that as the clause stood at present it would disfranchise many persons, and ha hoped they would not consent to a disfranchising Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment 7O Against it Majority in favour of the amendment —2s On our readmission to the gallery, we found clause 7 under discussion, which was. agreed to ; after a few words from Mr. PAKINGTON. Clauses 8,9, 10 were agreed to, without amendment. Clauses 11 to 19, inclusive, were agreed to, without alteration. On clause 20 being read, Mr. PAKINGTON said it would be in the recollection of the House that when they were last proceeding with this Bill a good deal of discussion had taken place on the subject of remuneration to coroners, and much differ ence of opinion prevailed. It had been maintained by several Honourable Members, that when the coroner had two or more inquests he charged mileage for them all, and was authorised by the law to do so. From that opinion he (Mr. Pakington) had differed, and, in looking into the law authorities, he found his opinion to be a correct one. The law permitted them to charge for the several inquests only from place to place, the dis tance from their homes they were obliged to go. This was the law; but he had been astonished to find how the practice had varied from the law. To remedy this state of things, and make law and prac tice march together, he proposed to add to this clause the following words :—" Provided always, that whenever any coroner shall take more than one inquest on the same day, then, in respect of every inquest after the first, the said sum of one shilling per mile shall be computed and paid to such coroner, for every mile only which he shall be compelled to travel in going from the place of holding any one inquest to the place of holding any other inquest on the same day." Mr. B. ESCOTT hoped his lion. Friend (Mr. Pakington) would not press the proviso. The proviso was then agreed to, after a slight verbal alteration. Clause 23 was agreed to. Clause 24 was also agreed to, with an amendment for the insertion of a paragraph including the County Palatinate of Chester. The re training clauses having been agreed to, Mr. PAKINGTON moved that a clause be added to the Bill, by way of rider, to the effect that—" Whereas by the Act 6 and 7 Victoria it was enacted, that for the purpose of holding coroners' inquests every detached part of a country, riding, or division, shall be deemed to be within that county, riding, or division by which it is wholly surrounded, or where it is partly surrounded by two or more counties, ridings, or divisions, within that one with which it has the longest common boundary : and whereas, as to some such detached parts of counties, ridings, or divisions, there were, at the time of the pass ing of the said last-mentioned Act, coroners appointed expressly for and having jurisdiction in such detached parts only, and doubts have arisen whether such last mentioned coroners were superseded by such last-men tioned Act ; be it therefore enacted, that as to every such detached part of any county, riding, or division, for which at the titne of the passing of the said last mentioned Act there was a coroner appointed for and acting in such detached part, such last-mentioned coroner shall (if now living) continue to hold and exer cise his former office and jurisdiction within such de tached part, for so long a time and in such manner as such coroner would have held and exercised the said office and jurisdiction if the said last-mentioned Act had not passed, anything in this or any , other Act to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding." The clause was agreed to, and the House resumed. The Report was brought up and received, and the Bill was ordered to be read a third time on the 27th of March. the powei of disposing of cases respecting claims for wages by domestic servants. Sir J. GRAHAM thought the Hon. Gentleman had better allow the Bill to go through Committee, and move the addition of the clause to which he had ad verted on the third reading, when he (Sir J. Graham) would give it his best consideration. Mr. BARCLAY said he would adopt the course re commended by the Right Hon. Baronet. The Ist clause was then agreed to. Clauses 2 and 3 were agreed to. Mr. 1Y EYNCOURT, after a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM, said, he should at a futnre period, move as an amendment, that to render this clause operative, the coy tract should be made in writing. Mr. DARBY would oppose the amendment, because of the extreme rarity of such contracts ever being per feked In Writing." • Mr. AGLION‘ BY thought it would be very difficult to define the distinction between what was called in the Bill domestic servants and those employed out of doors. Sir J. GRAHAM said, they had not yet had suffi cient time to consider this Bill, so as to be able to make the definition alluded to by the Hon. Member. He thought it would be better if they were to report progress, when they would have an opportunity of con sidering the matter in Committee. The House resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and the Bill was ordered to be recommitted on Wednes day next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Seven o'clock. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceednegs of the House of Commons.) MONDAY, MARCH 18. • FACTORIES BILL.-(IN THE COMMITTEE.) Interpretation Clause :—" And the word • night' shall be taken to mean from eight of the clock in the evening to six of the clock on the following morning :"—Question put," That ' six' be inserted :" The Committee divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 161. Acland, Sir T. D Fuller, A. E. Murray, A. Acland, T. 1). Gardner, J. D. Napier, Sir Charles Ainsworth, Peter Gill, Thomas Neville, Ralph Antrobus, Edmund Gladstone, J. N. Newport, VI count Arundel, Lord Gore, M. O'Brien, A. S. Astell, William Gore, W. Ormsby Ossulston, Lord Bankes, George Gore, Robert Packs, C. W. Beckett, William Goring, Charles Paget, F. Beresford, Major Granger, T C. Paget, Lord Alfred Bernal, Ralph Gregory, W. H. Pakingtou, J. S. Blackstone, W. Grey, Sir G. Palmer, R. Blake, M. J. Grimsditch, Thomas Palmerston, Viscount Borthwick, Peter Grimeton, Lord Pennant, Colonel Bradshaw, James Grogan, Edward Plumrstre, J. P. Brameton, T. W. Guest, J. Pluntridge, Captain Broadley,Henry Hanmer, Sir John Polhill, Frederick Brocklehurat, J. Harcourt, G. G. Pollington, Viscount Brotherton, J. Hardy, John Praed, William T. Buller, C. Hastie, A. Pusey, Philip Busfeild, W. Hawes, B. Ramsbottom, J. Butler, P. S. Hayes, Sir E. Rashleigh, Wm. Byng, Hon. G. S. Heathcoat, J. Rendlesham, Lord Cavendish. Hon. C. Henley, J. W. Repton, George J. Cavendish, Hon. G.' Hindley, Char Ps Richards, Richard Cayley, E. S. Hollond, Rcbert Ross, David R. Chapman, it. Hope, Alexander Russell, Lard John Cnetvvode, Sir John Hornby, John Russell, J. 1) Cochrane, Alex. Hersman , Edward Ryder, G. D. Colborne, Ridley Howard, C. G. W. Sandon, Viscount Colquhoun, John C. Howard, Lord Shaw, Frederick Copeivnd, Alderman iinwirk, Lord Sibtherp, Colonel Cowper, Hon W. Humphery, J. Smith, J. Abel Crawford, W. S. Inglis, Sir R. Smith, R. Vernon Cresswell, A. J. B. James, Sir Walter Smollett, Alexander Curteis, H. B. Jocelyn, Viscount Strickland, Sir ti. Davies, D. A. S Johnstone, Sir John Taylor, Edward Dawnay, %V. H. Kemble, Henry Taylor. J. A. Denison, F B. Knight, H. G. Tollemache J. D'Eyncourt, T. C. Law, Hon. C. K Toml.ne, d. Dickinson. F. H. Lawson, Andrew Towneley, John Duff, James Lefroy, Anthony Trotter, J. Duke, Sir James Legh, G. C. Troubridge, Sir T. Duncombe, T. S. Leveson, Lord 'lufnell, H . Duncombe, 0. Lindsay, H. Vane, Lord Harry Dundas, Admiral Lowther, John H. Vivian, J. H. Du Pre, C. G. M'Geachy, F. A. Wakley, Thomas Easthope, Sir John Mahon, Lord Walker, R. Ebrington, Viscount Mainwaring,„"T Wawn, J. T. Ellice, E. Mangles, R. D. Williams, W. Ellis, Wynn Manners, Lord J. Wilshere, W. Emlyn, Viscount Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Yorke, H. Redhead Farnham. E. B. Miles, William Feilden, J. Milnes, Richard Fox, C. R. Morris, David French, F. Muntz, G. F. TELLERS. Ashley, Lord Wortley, Hon. JohnS MINORITY—NOES, 153. A'Court rapt. Escott, Bichkam Mitcalfe, Henry Aldam, William Estcourt, T. G. B. Mitchell, 'l'. A. Arkwright, George • Evans, William . Morgan, Octavius Bailey, Joseph, jun. Filmier, Sir E. Mundy, E. Miller litailhe, Colonel H. Fitzmaurice, W. • Nichol' Hight Hon Balfour, J. M. Flower, Sir James Norreys, Sir D. J. Baring, Hon. W. B Forster, Matthew O'Ferrall, It. M. Bating, Henry Fox, S. Lane Owen, Sir John Baring, F. T. Fremantle, Sir T. Parker, J. Barrington, Viscount Gibson, T. M. Patten, John Wilson Barron, Sir H. Gisborne, Thomas Pattison, James Bentinck, Lord G. Gladstone, W. E. Peel, Sir Rob•-•rt Blak emote, R. Gordon, aptain Peel, Jonai Lan Boldrro, H. G. . Goulburn, Henry Philips, G. It. 'letfield, Serials Graham, Sir J. Pringle, Alexander Bowes. J. Hamilton, Wm. , J. Protheroe Edward swell Bos Dr. Hardinge, " Sir J H. Ricardo, J . L. Bright,John Hay. Sir A. L. Rushbrooke, Colonel Bruce, Lord E. Herbert, Sidney Sanderson. It. Bruges, W. H. L. Hinde, J. H. Borden, R C. Buck, L. W. Hobhouse, Sir J. Scott, Robert Buller, E. Hodgson, Frederick Shelburne, Lord Cardwell, Edward Holmes, W. A'Court Smith, T. B C. Carnegie, Captain • Hope, Charlo Smythe, Hon. G. Castlereagh, Viscount Hope, G. W. Somerset, Lord G. Childers, J. W. Houldsworth, T. Sotheron T. H, Chute, Willi em L W Howard, P. H. Stanley, Lord Clay, Sir W. !fume, Joseph Stanley, Edward Clayton, Rice R. Hussey. Thomas Stuart , Lord J. Clerk, Sir George Hut:, W. Stuart, Villiers Cockburn, Sir U. Jennyn, Earl Strutt, Edward Colebrooke, Sir T. Johnstone, A. Sutton, Hon. H. M. Collett, W. Bickford Johnstone, Hope Tennent, J. E. Corn , . Henry , Jones, Ca ptain Thesiger, F. Craig, W. Gibson - - Knatchbull, Sir B. Tnompsou ' Aid. CriPPs. W. • Knlghtley, Slr C. Thornely, Thomas Darner Colonel Laboucbere, H. Thornhill, G. Darby, George Lemon, J SirC. Tollemache F. J. Dawson, T. V. Lennox, Lord A. Trelawny, J. S. Denaistoun, J. Lincoln, Earl of Walsh, Sir John Divett, E. Lockhart, William Warburton, H. Dodd, George ' Lyall, George Wellesley, Lord C. Douglas, Sir C. E. Lygon, General Wilbraham, It. B, Douro, Marquis of Mackenzie, W. F. Williams, T. P. Duffield, T. D. lii`Neill, Duncan Winnington, Sir 'I. Dugdale, W. S. Manners, Lord C. S. Wood, Colonel Duncan, Viscount March, Earl of Wood, Coloue IT. Duncan, George Marshall, W. Wyndham Colonel Duncannon, Lord Alarsham, Viscount Young, John Egerton, .T. Martin, C. W. TELLERS. Lord Eliot, ord Masterman, John Hodgson, It, Elphinstone, Howard Meynell, Captain Collett, John RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PARLIA , MENT. TUESDAY, MARCH 19. Garnkirk, Glasgow, and Coatbridge Railway to ex tend the line of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway; to 'enable the Company to raise a further sum of money, and to alter and amend the Acts relating to the said Railway," presented, and read a first time. Whitehaven and Maryport Railway Bill—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Leeds and Selby Railway Purchase (No. 2) Bill—read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Bill—Report considered; Amendments agreed to ; Bill to be engrossed. North Wales Mineral Railway—Petition for Bill reported; Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Sheffield and Chesterfield Junction Railway—Petition for Bill reported ; Report referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. Great Western Railway Bill—Report considered; Amend• ments agreed to ; Bill to be ingrossed. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI NEERS-MR. THOS. STEELE. On TueSday, at the conclusion of the meeting of the London Institution of Civil Engineers, the distinguished President, Mr. Walker, said, that, before separating he hoped the as bly would give expression to its gratification in having among them again their brother member, the head pacificator of Ire land, and the proposition was received by a crowded meeting with loud applause. . . . Mr. STEELE rose, and after expressing, in energetic terms, his fervent gratitude for such a resplendent compliment from such a body, said that he was not going to make a speech, but that, having given utterance to his own feelings, he begged permission to say a few words on the part of his country. He then gave assurance, with deep solemnity, that there has been generated by recent events, in the souls of his countrymen, a spirit of intense gratitude and of attachment to the people of England for their conduct, such as never before existed in Ireland since the creation of the world. He then resumed his seat. C 0 MMISSI ONE] A Return to show in columns of the Board of Customs, in each was appointed to the E Age, the Occupation, Call each filled previously to be EIS'OF CUSTOMS. the names of the Commissioners ; London, with the Age at which ;aid Office, and also his present Ling, or Office (if any), which ing so. appointed. Age when appoint- Years. Commis sioner 36 Chair : man 45 Present Age: Office or Occupation held immediately preceding his appointment as Com missioner of Customs. Years. 70 Custom-house, Bth March, 1844. Chairman of the Com mission of Special Re venue Inquiry in the W. Indies & America. IChairman of the Board for Auditing the Pub lic Amounts. ( Secretary to the Board 1 of Customs. 1 Private Secretary to one of the Secretaries of the Treasury. Barrister-at-Law. Barrister-at-Law and Memb. of Parliament. f Ree elv er-Gener al of the 1. Customs. 1 Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Ex chequer. r Secretary to the Admi t rally. C. SCOVELL, Secretary. -- ----- On Tuesday evening, shortly before six, an alarm ing fire broke out at the Cooper's Arms public-house, in Huntingdon-street, Hoxton. The inmates and neighbours endeavoured to extinguish the flames, but, owing to the stroll hold they had obtained, they spread with astonishing rapidity. The parish engine was soon on the spot, followed by three brigade engines and the West of England. An im mediate supply of water being obtained, the three first en gines poured a great torrent of water upon the flames, but some time elapsed before the fire was completely out. The fire originated from a spark flying out of the tire amongst the furniture in the room. Mr. Benton is insured in the Atlas Fire-office: . SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The defeat sustained b Ministers on Lord Ashley's proposed li m i tat i on o f the hours of labour for women and children employed in factories to ten hours. has filled the anti-manufacturers with delight. The Standard pronounces it a "glorious triumph ;" and " laments that her Majesty's Ministers voted in the mi nority." ‘‘ It is the first time they have so voted ; be cause," says the recently-installed organ of the Govern ment, " it is the first time they have been wrong !" The Post absolutely revels in contemplation of the difficulties in which the adverse vote has involved Sir Robert Peel, and in the self-stultifying contradictions which Sir James Graham uttered, in utter obliviousness of for mer speeches. The Times, which on Saturday in voked heaven and earth to aid Lord Ashley in accom plishing his god-like purpose, was yesterday sobered by the vote of the preceding night, and looked at the ques tion with the eye of practical common sense. This morning there is—no unusual thing with the Times—an inclination to give the other side a turn. Sir J. Graham is alternately rated and ridiculed for rigorously adhering to the 12 hours he originally proposed as the maximum of labour for females and children employed in factories. Sir Robert Peel is hit off as a statesman distinguished for infirmity of purpose ; who sees the right course, but is seared from pursuing it by the difficulties which pre sent themselves :—" He (Sir R. Peel) sees the future duties of the British legislator only to shrink from them. He sees, in the protection of the British labourer, nothing but a horrible bugbear, pursuing the unfortunate Minister, session after session, through town and country, factory and dwelling, through a labyrinthine intricacy of public and private relations." The truth of the description given by the Times of the Premier, and of his man-of-all-work at the Home office, we are not disposed to question. But we greatly doubt whether the prediction that journal ventures •to put forth as to the fate of the Bill, in favour of which it embarks so much zeal, will be realised by the vote to which Sir James Graham last evening announced he intended to appeal on Friday night, when'the Bill will be further considered in Committee. Mr. Labouchere having inquired of Lord Ashley "what his intentions were as to the amendment on the Factory Bill, which he succeeded in inducing the House to adopt on the preceding (Monday) night ?"—Lord Ashley stated, that "in order to make his amend ment as little offensive as possible in quarters which he wished to concili a t e , h e i n t en d e d t o su b m it certain modifications (which he stated at length) in the clause as it now stood, and by which he hoped the oppo sition with which the ten hours' clause had been threatened would be diminished, if not wholly with drawn." Sir James Graham's reply was at once prompt, explicit, and—we apprehend—decisive of the fate of the measure. We have expressed ourselves as doubtful re specting the policy of this legislative interference with the rights of capital and the interests of industry, now sought to be more stringently applied. The humanity which is urged as the basis of the interference is, we fear, short-sighted, though sincere. Let u s n o t b e mistaken. We are no advocates for the ceaseless toil to which the la bouring classes are subjected, and from which females and young persons especially ought to be exempt. Un remitted labour is debasing to the individual, and dan gerous to society. But the severity of labour which is demanded from the working classes, and the meagre ness of the remuneration which most of them receive, is chargeable —not upon the manufacturers, to whom all kinds of cruelty have been imputed, bid to the opponents of extended commercial intercourse, and the partizans of monopoly. To these the charge of cruelty to the factory women and children is far more. justly applicaLle than to the master manufacturers ; who. themselves share the disadvantages of the restric tive commercial policy, which necessarily falls with crushing weight upon those in their employ. The Ten Hours' Bill strikes at the root •of none of the evils which affect the poor. The opponents of ill mamnoodrs at nut e" t ‘t' l e e or : f :a t Po i t o : n ir el ir o a f m t the t measure e fo o r p people, ra i o c r t h en of h ot a s iunng b d e t ah e m n e op p nh ri p st hi o c s ea e lm d a , on i s n d; noisy clamourers for diminishing by law the hours of labour in factories, with the certainty of, by so doing, diminishing the earnings of the labourers, and thus further curtailing their already insufficient supply of. food. Those who originated this questionable measure —we speak not of Lord Ashley, who has been induced to take the lead by the impulse of his heart, which has, in this instance, refused to be guided by enlightened judgment in a matter in which his. feelings have become embarked ; but .of the origina tors of this Ten Hours' Bill, and those who were most active in launching it upon the tide of benevolent, but, as we think, mistaken philanthropy—the originators of this project are among the number of those who were content to leave the people uneducated and uninstructed in domestic economy; they were horror-stricken at the thought of their being politically enlightened; they were the indiscriminating defenders of the old vitiat ing poor-law system; they are the champions of re strictions on trade—and they would add to the bene faetions of their microscopic benevolence, the paltry boon of reducing the hours of the labour of the ill-paid poor, thus making them still poorer ! Surely these re collections are sufficient to create suspicions as to the soundness of the philanthropy whence this scheme has emanated, and to justify a disinclination to accept from such quarters, without the fullest evidence to confirm its claims to confidence, a project which comes recom mended from so questionable a source ! STANDARD.—Lord Ashley last night declared his willingness to agree to any terms uponwhich the abridg ment of the hours of factory labour, determined upon by the vote of the House of Commons on Monday, should be introduced in the most gradual manner. He was ready to continue twelve hours for six months, then to pass to eleven hours, and not to make the complete reduction to ten hours before 1846. This proposition, we lament to say, was not received as we think it ought to have been, by the opponents of the reduction, Sir James Graham declaring his resolution to adhere permanently to the twelve hours. This perseverance is to us per fectly inexplicable. The limitation to ten hours will be made final in 1846 as certainly as the year 1846 shall arrive. The feeling of the whole country commands it, and that feeling has grown up too gradually, and is too much the effect of rational conviction, to be changed in twenty-four months or twenty-four years. The Leaguers will no doubt attempt to operate a diversion in favour of their tyrannical monopoly, by new and fiercer attacks upon the agricultural body, but the Leaguers are in truth already dead beaten—beaten, not solely or principally by the agri cultural associations, very properly formed to check their progress in the rural districts, but beaten in the first place by the good sense of the population in the towns and in the manufacturing districts. It was a consciousness that their fallacies and their sordid purpose were seen through by the intelligent townsmen and manufacturers that drove them into the country to look for proselytes ; there is, there fore, no hope for them unless the representatives of agricultural districts again throw the town popu lation and the manufacturing population into their hands by opposing the ten hours resolution. Let the agri cultural Members look to this. They have the League at their mercy • they may crush it into annihilation by supporting Lord Ashley ; they may revive it in aug mented strength by opposing his Lordship. Last night, the 19th of March, 1844 (we mark the time exactly, be cause, if the agricultural Members now make a mistake, we may have to recur to the state of public feeling at this particular time), last night the emissaries of the League were ignominiously chased from a meetingcalled by themselves in the metropolis of England—from a meeting, not only in the metropolis, but in its very centre—and that part of London where League notions might be expected to be most popular. The meeting was held on Clerkenwell-green, and, of course composed in much the greater part of the electors of Finsbury—the constituents of Mr. Coroner Wakley and Mr. Thomas Slingsby Duncombe. This shows the estimation in which the League is now held. The agricultural Members of the House of Com mons may, by their votes on Lord Ashley's Bill, either confirm the prostration of their enemies, or revive them; and with this assurance, that it is not in their power, or in the power of mortal man, ultimately to pre vent a Ten Hours' Bill, though it is quite competent to them to resuscitate the enemy who would ruin them and their constituents. But, excepting such efforts as the Leaguers may make in the interval to divert public attention from the question, what is there that can occur to shake the present universal conviction that the hours of continued labour for women and children in factories ought not to exceed ten ? Arguments will no doubt be offered in favour of prolonged labour, and we welcome them, for we never met one that would stand ten minutes of calm investiga tion. We have, indeed, met few that, properly con sidered, did not conduct to a conclusion precisely the opposite to that to which it was intended to lead. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 14 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10}d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 50i ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 65, it follows that gold is 0.58 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 434 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exc h ange of 13 94 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 1 lf f , it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.—At a Court of the Governors of this institution, held on Monday, 185 presentations for boys were issued for th e curren t year; an d at t h e same t i me a highly honourable testimonial of the approbation of the Court was unanimously voted to Mr. H. J. S. Maine, 8.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, a former pupil and present exhibitioner of Christ's Hospital, on the circumstance of his having been placed at the head of the Classical :Trips at the recent examination for honours in that University. EXAMPLES. Entr Policy. Sum. A tio. Annual Bonus Cash Prem. y . ge. Prem. Added. Bonus. Reduced. X X s.d. £ s.d. £ s.d. £ s.d. 18371. 39 59 1,000 67 8 4 132 14 6 58 19 9 819 4 1838 ll4 56 3,000 175 15 0 296 9 7 123 0 6 16 9 7 DEFERRED ANNrITIES, Another Bonus will be declared ht the preaent year. The beet and most varied provision for after-life hitherto offered every 2/. 12s. per annum, paid from the age of twenty, will, at sixty eve, give the policy-holder the choice of an annuity of 47/. 161. 6 d., or 3491. lie. cash, or policy at death of 4661. similar advantages at fifty, fifty-five, and sixty, through an increased annual payment— two-thirds payments lent at any time, and two-thirds returned to re presentatives In cases of premature death. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec. THE NAPOLEON MUSEUM. We alluded last week to an incident that took place at this most interesting and extraordinary national exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, relative to the unfortunate Queen Marie Antoinette, on one of the occasions when his Grace the Duke of Wellington honoured it with a visit, and in order that our readers may be able to form some idea of its merits from other sources as well as ourselves, we have much pleasure in giving them copies of the follow big interesting historical documents, from these we were enabled to take : —lst. His late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex •nnd Lord Holland's protests in the House of Lords against the Bill for detaining the late Emperor Napoleon at St. Helena. 2d. The late Mr. O'Meara's lettt r to the proprietor after visiting the Napoleon Mu seum in company with the Count Survilliers and Prince Lucien Bonaparte, many years before a public exhibition was contemplated. 3d. The Baron Emanuel Las Cases' letter to the proprietor on presenting him' with one of the two pens with which the late Emperor corrected the MSS. of the Memoirs he dictated to the Counts Las Cases and Montholon, and General Gourgaud, at St. He lena; and4th, Lord Holland's letter, in 1828, to the writer of a Memoir of the late Duke of Reichstadt, who dedi cated the same to his Lordship. The Duke of Sussex and Lord Holland were among the Peers who individually protested, in the House of Lords, shortly afterwards, against a Bill, called " Bona parte's Detention Bill." Their protest was as follows: " Becomse,without reference to the character or previous conduct of him who is the object of the present Bill, I disapprove of the measure it sanctions and continues. " To consign to distant exile and imprisonment a foreign and captive chief; who, after the abdication of his authority, relying on British generosity, had sur rendered himself to us in preference to his other ene mies, is unworthy of the magnanimity of a great coun try ; an the treaties by which, after his captivity, we have bound ourselves to detain him in custody at the will of sovereigns to whom he had never surrendered him self, appear to me repugnant to the principles of equity, and utterly uncalled for by expediency or necessity." " 16, Cambridge-terrace, Edgware-road, " Nov. 26, 1835. "My dear Sir,—l am very glad to learn that you con template printing a catalogue of your extensive and valuable Napoleon collection. It is, I believe, unique, and contains numerous exquisite objects, which, not being an artist, I am incapable of describing, and shall not attempt to paticularise. I can, however, speak with confidence as to the strong likeness to the deceased Emperor in several of the portraits ; amongst others, that in a bust executed by an Italian sculptor, whose name Ido not recollect. A similar observation was made by his brother, the Count de Survilliers, in expressing his approbation of your splendid collection. Altogether, I think that your Museum is most interesting, and does great credit to your industry and good taste. " Believe me to be, my dear Sir, yours very sincerely, " BARRY O'MEARA." (comr.) The original is among the MSS. in the Napoleon Museum. " Sir,—l am much flattered by your dedication, and the approbation you express therein of my conduct in Parliament on the occasion of the imprisonment of the late Emperor Napoleon. " It is my firm conviction that, the more the trans actions of that day are examined by a dispassionate pub • lie, the more every just and generous Englishman will regret the decision taken by the Government of this country. _ _ " Accept my best thanks, and believe me, Sir, your obliged, " VASSALL HOLLAND. "'Holland House, 22d Dec., 1828." " Sir,—The magnificent,labours you have undertaken relating to the Emperor Napoleon induces me to present you with one of the pens he wrote with, and which I send herewith. He made use of it at St. Helena in the year 18 16. In giving it to you, Sir, I am making a great sacrifice, as I possess but two of them, and was prevented from obtaining other things which belonged to the Emperor Napoleon by the sudden and violent manner in which I was separated from him. I offer it to you, Sir, nevertheless, in consi deration of the labours you have gone through in favour of the memory of that great man, who is, and ever will be, the subject of my affection as well as of my vene ration.—Believe me, Sir, your devoted servant, "BARON DE LAS CASES." THE PROPOSED TAX ON COALS. MEETING AT OLD BRENTFORD. Tuesdayafternoon a public meeting of the inhabitants of Old and New Brentford, and of the towns in the adjacent neighbourhood, was held, pursuant to public notice, in the Committee-room, Old Brentford, for the purpose of petition ing Parliament against the imposition of a tax of fivepence per ton upon all coals imported into the port of London, to defray the expense of erecting an embankment and terrace on the banks of. the river Thames, at London. The Rev. Mr. Thompson, the minister of Old Brentford, was in the chair. Mr. T. LAYTON, of Old Brentford, moved the first reso lution. Mr. W. JUPP seconded the motion. Mr. J. MONTGOMERY, of Old Brentford, moved the second resolution. _ _ Mr. KEEN, of Isleworth, seconded the resolution. , Mr. W. JUPP begged to ask if the coals brought to Brent. ford, and further upwards, were not already taxed by the City three-halfpence per ton after they passed Strand-on the-Green, while as far up the river as Chiswick they were not liable to the tax.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WNICON said that was a fact. Mr. BucuAN (agent at Brentford to the Clay Coal Com pany) said, from the inquiries he had made, he understood . that that the proposed tax would apply equally to inland coals as to seaborne coal, and that all coals coining into Lon don, whether by sea or canal, &c., will be liable to the tax. Mr. R. B. ROWE, of Brentford .Soap Factory, in moving the third resolution, said the tax was, in his opinion, a most unjust one.—(Hear.) Mr. J. FLETCHER seconded the resolution, which, as well as the preceding one, was carried unanimously. Mr. AVARNE then moved the adoption of petitions to both Houses of Parliament, folinded on the resolutions, which weie carried without a dissentient voice. A Committee was then appointed to carry out the object of the meeting, and a subscription was commenced to defray the expense. The meeting then broke up. Mus. GlLmoun.—There has been some gossip circulating in town these few days past, to the effect that Mrs. Gilmour, whose trial before the High Court here lately created so much interest, had been again apprehended on a new 'charge of a similar nature. We believe it to be en• tirely unfounded. Certainly the Glasgow papers have not a word about it. The rumour, however, has been greedily devoured.— Scotsman. INTERMENT IN TOWNS. Mr. TURNER wished to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government in tended to submit to the House of Commons any, general plan of cemetery interment? Sir J._ GRAHAM said that more than one Hon. Mem ber had put a question_ to him of the same kind, at a for mer part of the session. He-could'onlygive a general answer to the question. If he understood the Hon. Gentleman, he wished to know whether the Government intended to bring in a general measure with respect to interment in cities. Mr. TURNER explained that he wanted to know if the Government intended to introduce a general ram . sure on the subject, applicable to the whole country. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had already stated that it was not his intention, on the part of the Government, to introduce any measure that should prohibit interment in the ancient churchyards of the country in which the dead had been interred for centuries. COUNTY CORONERS' BILL On the motion for the Order of the Day for bringing up the Report on the County Coroners' Bill being put, Colonel T. WOOD said he objected to the Bill on prin ciple, because it transferred the appointment of an ancient county officer from the county electors to the town electors. The consequence would be that the town constituency would overwhelm the freeholders of the country. An other objection which he had to the Bill was, that it clubbed together the country and town constituencies, which were heretofore kept distinct. He should there fore move that the Bill be committed that day six months. Mr. PAKINGTON said as he had several amend ments to propose, he thought it would be better that the Bill should be recommitted. After a few words from Mr. SCOTT, the Report was received, and the Bill was recommitted. After a few words from Sir J. GRAHAM, Clauses 1,2, 3,4, and 5, were agreed to, with some verbal and immaterial amendments. Clause 6, was also agreed to, after a few observations from Colonel T. WOOD. MASTERS AND SERVANTS' BILL. On the reading of the Order of the Day for the further consideration of the Report upon this Bill, Mr. HAWES expressed his dissatisfaction with the measure. He thought the clause which gave the power of imprisonment particularly harsh and oppressive. Sir J. GRAHAM said he had not been able to give to the Bill the attention he could have .vished, but he had been given to understand by his Hon. Friend the Member for East Somersetshire (Mr. Miles), that the clause was in its penalties only a re-enactment, but that it was made to extend over work and labour done under contract, which was not the case with the former Act. Mr. MILES said the only effect of this Bill was that it repealed all old Acts, and consolidated them into one. Clause 4, which the Hon. Member fur Lambeth (Mr. Hawes) considered too harsh, was exactly the same in its provisions and penalties as in the repealed Acts, but it took a wider scope by giving a power over jub and piece work ; but the penalties complained of were just the same as those enacted by the 6th Geo. 111. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE thought that some words ought o be ' giving magistrates dis cretionreferred to the case o f a young woman imprisoned, ii3li in Worcestershire, t introducedin certaininto ho cases. was the iie for leaving her master's service without notice, her de fence being that she was compelled to go through a man's bed-room to her own. The magistrate, in justi fication of the course he pursued, said the words of the Act of Parliament were absolute, and therefore he had no power to do anything else but sentence the young woman to imprisonment, it having been sworn that she had suddenly left her master's service. He (Mr. Dun combe) therefore thought that some words ought to be introduced into the Bill, giving magistrates discretionary powers. After a short discussion, the motion that the Report be considered was withdrawn, and the Bill was ordered to be recommitted. _ _ _ ..... The House then went into Committee on the Bill. On clause 1 being proposed, Mr. DAVID BARCLAY moved that the clause (which relates to domestic servants) be struck out, and magistrates be authorised in petty sessions to act in cases of masters and mistresses and domestic servants, with respect to claims for wages. He wished to give additional facilities to domestic servants for recovering their wages. As the law at present stood they had no such power, and in consequence it was not an unfre quent circumstance to find a poor servant girl who had been arbitrarily discharged from her situation driven to prostitution to support herself. He hoped. therefore, that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Sir J. Graham) would agree to a clause giving magistrates in petty sessions Name. Rich.BetensonDean, S Esq., Chairman Z The Hon. Edward 11 Stewart, Deputy Chairman ••.• • • Henry Richmond, Esq. Stephen Geo. Lush- i, ington, Esq. • • • • • The Hon. Wm. Cust • The Hon. Heneage/ Legge J Culling Chas. Smith,l Esq. '' 1 The Hon. Stephen Edm. Spring Rice The Right Hon.Geo.l Itobert Dawson 5 John Thornton, Esq James Titlloch, Esq. [TORS. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I George Stone, Esq. ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June 1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearly equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas 1842. On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to about 27 per cent. on . the total premiums paid thereon during those seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three Septennial divisions exceeded 530,0001. In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of 81 per cent. was de clared on the 7th of June, upon the premiums received on Policies which had been in force seven years and upwards at Christmas 1842, and such return is now payable at this office daily (Friday and Sa turday excepted) between the hours of ten and three o'clock ; or by the respective agents in the country. Notice is hereby given, That Assurances which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall Mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. • GEORGE KEYS, Secretary, HEALTH AND STRENGTH. Just published, iniige7aredinielopetiii;&.6:l.; and sent free, on rxeiving a Post-office order for Three Shillings, RGANIC HEALTH ; a Comprehensive and Physiological Treatise on a peculiar and delicate class of Nervous Complaints, arising from the decline of Manly Strength— ill-restrained gaiety—excess tropical climate—late hours—self-abuse —intemperance—debility or infection. Addressed to the NOBLEMAN —STATESMAN—CLERGYMAN PA RENT—TUTOR —TRA YELLER; and especially to the ANGLO. NDIA N. By GOSS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons. 7, Lancaster. . . place, Strand (neir Waterloo-bridge, London. GYNONII A - or, the Physiology of Woman, in a sealed enve. lope,price:N. fXI., by post, 3s. TESTIMONIALS " These works can be safely recommended, as well for the moral truths contained, as for the extensive and successful result of the au thor's experience "—London Morning Journal. " We agree with the Editor of the London Morning Journal, and recommend Mr. (loss's publications for general perusal."—Edlnburgh Weekly Pape " 1 he precepts contained in these works are interesting and useful." gh Paper. This publication, while it neither spares the aged vol up t uary , no, the youthful prodigal, offers to both the most important advan tages."—Glasgow Paper. " These works are properly called an analysis of certain complaints ; they arc written in a very peculiar style of moral admonition."— Dublin Morning JournaL .• Utility's combined with simplicity, and we recommend the works accordingly."—Dublin Weekly Journal. The above may be had st Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster-row, I ondon ; Porter, 72, Grafton-street, Dublin ; and of all Booksellers. Price 2s. 6d. each, in a sealed envelope. Messrs. GO -S may be consulted, every day, at their house ; and Patients in the remotest parts of the country can he treated success. fully on their describing minutely the case ; and if enclosing a fee of I/. for advice, an answer will b (immediately sent. Medicines can oe forwarded to any part of the world ; no difficulties cad occur, as the Medicines will be securely packed, and carefully protected from observation. 7, Lancaster-p.ac Strand, near Waterloo-bridge, London. to The work will be torwarded by pos ton receiving a Post-office order for Three Shilling'. DEATH OF M. J.. F. BLAI B. Never had we a more painful duty to discharge than this which now devolves upon us in announcing the death—the sudden and unexpected death of a gentleman, long con nected with this establishment, and respected and esteemed by its governing authorities, its numerous proprietors, and the public generally, in the direct ratio in which the pro gress of time and extending associations afforded means of appreciating his character and intrinsic merit—a man whose worth could be truly estimated only as circumstances afforded scope for its development, and of whom, in a word, it may be said that he f a ithf u ll y, efficiently, and zealously discharged all the duties of the several stations in which Providence placed him. When we announce the death of Mr. James Frederick Blake, the Secretary of the Incorpo rated Society of Licensed Victuallers, in whose service he had been engaged for the long period of thirty-five years, and whose members have on more than one occasion pre sented to him distinct and enduring testimonials of their appro bation, we feel that we announce a calamity that will be de plored, not only by every member of the Society, but by every one favoured with Mr. Blake's acquaintance, or with his private or public association. The painful event took place on Monday night, and the following are its particu lars, as elicited at the inquest held last night in this office Last night an inquest was held before Mr. Payne, in the Committee-room of the Morning Advertiser office. There unusuallywasaanndresideilt s of thefullatteudanceof neighbourhood, mo to serve strespec as i trades menleurymen The room was thronged; and among the gentlemen present were the Governor (Mr. Keasley), several members of the Committee, &c. Mr. Blake's servant stated that her master not coming down to breakfast about the usual hour, and that having subsequently knocked at his door, without receiving any answer, she informed Mr. Blake's sister, Mrs. Berry, who resided with him, of the circumstance. Mrs. Berry went. and entered the room , an d th en ascerta i ne d t h at her brother was dead. Medical aid was immediately sent for. The servant was particularly examined as to Mr. Blake's habits, and what she had observed of his health. She said that she had only observed him to have a slight cough. She saw him shortly before eleven o'clock the previous night. He generally sat up till twelve o'clock, or there abouts, to read. She had not the remotest reason to be lieve otherwise than that the death was occasioned by na tural causes. The attendance of Mr. Blake's sister before the jury was dispensed with under the melancholy circum stances, as it was clear that to require her presence could only lead to her agitation, without adding to the testimony already given. Mr. M'Laughlin, the publisher of the , Morning Advertiser, deposed to having seen M r . Bl a k e in his counting-house on the previous evening ; at which time Mr. B. was pursuing his usual avocations with the account-books of the office. Dr. Sheridan, the editor of the Morning Advertiser, being present, was requested to state what he knew of Mr. Blake's health, as well as the habits of that gentleman. In answer to the coroner's inquiry, Dr. S. stated he was a Doctor of Medicine, and, as a professional man (having mentioned that he had seen Mr. Blake on the previous evening, at or about ten o'clock, on, the business or the office) that it . wo u ld b e diffi cu l t to decide whether the immediate cause of death was a disease of the heart, ossifica tion, or, as it is termed, angina pectoris; or effusion of blood on the brain. Mr. Blake had, on some previous occasions, complained of pain in the shoulder, which was indicative of the heart being affected ; but, from other circumstances, ho was rather inclined to believe that the death was caused by effusion of blood on the brain. The deceased had not made any serious complaints regarding the state of his health, but he had no doubt whatever that the death ensued from na tural causes. Mr. Ray, also a medical gentleman. and who was called in immediately after the discovery of Mr. Blake'a position, supported Dr. Sheridan's testimony as to the cause of Mr. Blake's death. During the investigation a question arose as to the age of Mr. Blake, Mr. Best, of Queen Anne street, Marylebone (a member of the Conimittee), stated that about a month ago Mr. Blake mentioned to him that he was then 58 years of age. The coroner having submitted the case to the jury, they immediately returned the verdict of " Natural death." In early life Mr. Blake was associated with the Mechanics' Institute, and, supported by the late Dr. Birkbeck, edited a periodical publication connected with that Society. Wh en the Mechanics' Institute, Southampton-buildings, was opened, Mr. Blake was not only an efficient member at its Committee, but an active attendant on the lectures delivered in the the atre; nor did his zeal end there; for, amid the laborious oc cupations that he had to fulfil in this office, he found time to prepare full, and remarkably neat and clear reports of such lectures, of which reports were afterwards published in the columns of the Morning Advertiser. The fact deserves to be mentioned now, not only as proof of, Mr. Blake's tasteful and cultivated intellect, but as highly complimentary to his judgment, for he then saw how valuable were the tendencies. of those institutions, which, instead of being reported„ were, with the single exception of the Morning? Advertiser, everywhere frowned upon. The literary taste and artistical science which he then cultivated had, in his subsequent course of life, many opportunities of display,, but he contented himself with their unostentatious exercise, The words and music of the Hymn sung at the recent Jubilee Festival were of his composition ; and little did those who heard that Hymn, or witnessed the hale and joyous manner in which Mr. Blake participated in the festivity, anticipate that lie should be so soon and suddenly called from the,eareer of usefulness to which his life had been devoted. Our purpose is not to write an elaborate poneuric, but simply to record the more prominent facts of a valued and and valuable life. The untiring assiduity of Mr. Blake in, his official eapacity—his anxious vigilance over the interests of the Society—his readiness at all times to afford information to its members on all matters upon which information might be sought, and his unswerving integrity, elicited the uni versal reaped of the Corporation ; while his social qualities, his .general urbanity, and mild and genial flow of generous sympathy, endeared him to all favoured with his intimacy.— Advertiser. MR. SPENCER T. HALL AND Tll HALIFAX MESMERIC COMMISSION. • (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) We noticed last week that the startling expetiments of Mr. Hall, the . *esmcrist, had led to the formation by the liberal-minded medical gentlemen at Halifax, of a Commis sion' of Inquiry into the phenomena of Mesmerism. This Commission sat four times, and Mr. Hall exhibited before them the experiments he had performed in public, as well as some others of a more subtle and important character. What occurred at the first two meetings was not published ; but it. was then deemed advisable that each medical gentleman should have the liberty of admitting three non-professioxer gentlemen of his acquaintance. The sittings have been held in the lecture-room of the Literary and Philosophical ciety ; and as Mr. Hall was about leaving Halifax, the fol lowing resolutions, after many severe and critical tests, were come to on Thursday last, W. Briggs, Es q ., occupying the chair :- 1. " That the manner in which Mr. Spencer T. Hall has brought his experiments before the meeting is such as to cu ticle bim to its confidence in his integrity. 2. " That the phenomena witnessed are indicative of an influence (whether acting directly, or through some mental procesg)_which leads to actions independent of, or contrary to, the volitionof the persons actedupon. _ 3. "-That this Committee consider's it desirable that tha subject be still further investigated by medical men and others interested, in order, if possible, to extend a knowledge of the.. laws which regulate vital phenomena. • 4. " That the thanks ot the Committee be tendered to Mr. Hall, and to the parties who submitted to be operated upon, for the patient and satisfactory manner in which their ser vices have been rendered during this investigation." It is hoped, says the Halifax Guardian, that this inquiry will continue to be carried on, though Mr. Hall has left the town ; and that medical men will attempt at their own houses those experiments which he produces in public, and which, if mesmerism be true, at least some of them can also effect. in private. _ At the conclusion of the proceedings, Mr. Hall expresses: his determination not to relax in his own search after the im portant principles indicated by the phenomena brought, hit.- fore them ; and said he should be glad to aid in any fittatre rational inquiry at Halifax or elsewhere. He was under in— vitation to several of the most important provincial cities ands towns, and should certainly visit them with this view, if hist engagements in London, which are of great importance s would permit hi m. DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS. --- TWENTY LIVES LOST. Within the last three or four days the destructionnf two fine Liverpool ships has been reported at Lloyd's, namely. the Georgians, Captain Wilson (a barque), two hundred souk twenty-seven tons burthen, and the Caroline, Captain Jack son, burthen nearly six hundred tons, the amount of which losses, it is said, is little short of 45,0001., and what the wrecks more painful is, that they were attended with tt i e loss of upwards of twenty lives. The intelligence concerning the Georgians came to hand at a late hour last evening. It appears that she left Liverpool for Arica, in South America, with a general cargo, on the morning of Saturday last, a stiffish breeze blowing at the time. She, however, proceeded -favourably until the morning of the following day, when she was driven with much force on to a dangerous shoal, called the Blackwater Bank, about nine miles to the north-east of Wexford. Every endeavour was made to get her off; but the gale still increasing, she was completely driven right over the bank into deep water. The commander instantly ordered the fore-anchor to be let go, in order that she might be, brought up. This had the desired effect for a short tinu 4 ., but site soon broke adrift again, and a second anchor then dropped. At that period, however, it was found tl2:att, the vessel was fast sinking; and a cry was raised " To tine boats!" They were speedily lowered, and the crew quickly shoved off from the ill-fated barque, and. used all their exertions to gain the land. The: surf was running tremendously strong, and the wind was as equally boisterous. The boat, (notwithstanding made way until they had nearly approached the beach, when they were hurled bottom upwards, and the crew as, quickly thrown into the sea. Some of the unfortunate fel lows tried to regain the boats; others attempted to swi'a ashore ; but out of the whole number ' consisting of fol.°. teen persons, only two survi v ed, W. Curren, chief mate, and David M'Lean, seaman, the remainder, including the captain, perishing amidst the breakers. The Georgians sub sequently foundered' in twelve fathom water, and, come , quently, is a complete loss. She was the property of Mr. J. Worral, of Liverpool, and it is reported that her loss will amount to 30,0001., a great deal of which is insured. The Caroline was a fine packet ship, and belonged' to Wilson and„ Dawson, of Chapel-walk, Liverpool. She left that port the early part of last week, with a general outward-bound cargo for Africa, her crew consisting of twenty-nine perscaie. On her arrival off the Welsh coast, it came on to blow vary hard, and Captain Jackson deemed it prudent to run for 4he Studwell Roads for shelter. The entrance had scarcely teen gained before both her anchors were obliged to be dre.pped for her safety. The gale increased from the W.N.W. -with a. tremendous rolling sea on, and after weathering for soma! time, she was driven from her moorings on to the rocks on the westernmost Studwell Islands, and quickly wCnt to pieces. The captain and some of the unfortunate fellows swam to the island, but were as soon swept off by the surf and perished. The remainder of the crew saved themselves by the jolly and longboats, although in a most dreadful state of exhaus tion. Her loss will be very heavy, and she is partially in sured in the city. Loss OF THE GEORGIANA.—By a letter receivtd at Lloyd's, from Wexford, under date the 17th inst., the Mowing addi tional particulars of the loss of the Georgiana, from Liver pool, are extracted:—" This vessel, comthanded by son, was bouud to the west coast of America, and left Live r. pool, on Saturday, for her destination, at nine .A.l l . ; but about four A.M., on the 17th, struck heavi"*: on the Blackwater Bank, beat over it into deeper water, when both anchors were let go, at about one ' / al e f rom the beach. The crew took to the boat, which was outewne. The d of the for Arteen men in h sh e7 tl w y ere caps un iz fo e r d t , u vessel sunk in about twelve fathoms water. The men S' aved are William a n n at d ely twe d i r v o Curren, chief mate, and David M‘ Lean, seaman. Little of the cargo is expected to be saved, as the ship lies in deep water and a strong tide runs between the Blackwater Bank and the main. TUE LATE FATAL. ACCIDENT * T - 4 LORD W. HILL.— The unfortunate youth, named P ram cr who had a fall from the same horse which hi s L ordsl - ,ip ro de : a ft er lingering until the evening, expired. His herd and' all parts of his boly gwere severely brui se d, and thi , i accick lit has occasion?' the reatest distress to the mother, a witl. )w, ith nine children, who has very slender mea#4, of suppo: rting4o large a family.