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TO GAS INSPECTORS. 'WANTED, by the Commercial Gas Light and , Coke Company, an active intelligent person, o: good address, an I N - SPECTOR of LIMITS. iv_ antler particulars may be had at the offices of the Company, ter P and ,, 'u applications st , accompanied by testimonials as to charac ,,„ s4ftr. sc'ency, mu be made by letters pre-paid, addressed to the "trY of the Company, on or before MoNDAy, the 22d inst. By order of the Board, H. AVERT, Secretary. Stepney, December 17, 18 4 5. ATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. The 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dec. IG, 1815. iJirectors of the National Provincial Bank of England do er.Z.,!,7 give notice that a DIVIDEND, at the rate of FIVE PER PER ANNUM, for thehalf-year ending the 31st December, ~,p; will be pay a bl e on t h e C ompany ' s s t oc k, on an d a ft er th e 16th ,t"Altir next, when the Dividend Warrants will be obtained 1 . ... * 0 ompany's Offices, 112, Bishopsgate-street, or at the dif .ent branche T ransfer i ßooks will be closed on and after WEDNEIDAY, the tla nstant, until the Dividend becomes payable. By order of the Court of Directors, DAN. ROBERTION, Agent and Manager. 11 11 011 . N GHA AI and BOSTON DIRECT Th e c RAILWAY. olnittee Lego to annOunce that the Allotment has been 11 ; 0, 0 an M d the ttrs posted. . lions, Sections, and Books of Reference have been duly Arci e at the Board of Trade and with the severl Clerks of the and the Committee fully antieipate the successful issue of a pplication to Parliament in the ensuing session. By order, () Mee J. ELLIOTT, Secretary. 2 t3, Moorgate-street, Dec. 17, 1845. L E EDS and CARLISLE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that an amalgamation, on terms , tad J. , Y adv an t ageous, h av i ng be, effected with the YORKSIIIRL fibs . 1 ; ASGOW UNION RAILWAY COMPANY, by which an Parliamentary opposition is obviated, the Shareholders in thei r "do and Carlisle Railway Company are requested to ibrward ote ees k riP to the offices of this Company on or before the 31st of tber, 1845, i n or d er t o h ave it stamped, agreeably to the ar w'tacilt entered into by the Directors. By order of the Committee of Management, CHA -s RLES LOCOCK WEBB, secretary. ' °44ila noems Ilasin halltreet, London. g Ch. AND SHARE EXCHANGE OF ' MANCHESTER, PASSED AT TILE LEEDS STOCK EXCHANGE. %sqat transactions on the fate of a pubic prospectus, in shares It hich4 o actual existence, are no more than provisiond contracts, come absolute only in the event of a bona fide formation of ilN e ,, a ny, and issue of shares in substantial conformity with the on which the provisional dealings were founda ; and t,„ , re the projectors of the scheme contemplated by such pro- ZEo, , Without having constituted the proposed Company, entered Zgig47arrangements essentially varying either in constitution or `bra the scheme originally pub . lished, , and involving the virl oluZlionment of such scheme in its original integ.taty l ne, ,, V.,; fat the original prespec - Lus iiecome inepei au e u. In accordance with the foregoing resolution, all contracts In , ‘ l l --u° of the ' Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, are a and void." tt itt4 at in accordance also with the foregoing resolution , all con ' ..En4 ln der the name of Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North .itTaad,ar e nu ll an d vo id." tieb a n e Monthly meeting of the members of the Stock and Share u ri ge of Manch solutions ofester, held on the the Leeds 15th day Stock Exchange hef December, 1845, a ' l° ,l above reaving W to the meating, tt "as n Ny nantmously resolved, that this Association denies the right ~,,4 1 118 t "Lock Exchange to declare any contracts void under such cir ‘Ots i t i nc es, and that the above resolutions cannot be viewed in any ght than that of wholesale epudiation. Mfd UM' Association pledges itself not to transact any business ary member of the Leeds Stock Exchange, intil the `4ll.! — ' ol titio ' ns are rescinded, and the members honourably fulfil • "gagernents. By order, WILLIAM MARSHALL, Chairman. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR- ANCE SOCIZTY, 26, COIitU LONDON. Capital 2500,009. I„Tlit s ,_ Empowered by Act of Parliament. uo ttatt on offars important and solstantial advan- L , e respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. i2Os s —°4 has, on all occasions, the power to borrow , without ea r ~ e forfeitu re of the Folic-, two-thirds of the premium paid, Cl lhi 't); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion t erzu rests to mee granted convsninces or neccvity. Assurances °f . Years are on the lowest possible rates. atiis DIVISION OF PROF/T:. - s' - sows and lacreating prespirity of tits Society has er,avii e d Bopeisectoro, at the last anneal investigation, to ( kola". a third p P o ir" r -Ying from 30to 75 per cent. on the preaultr aid on As cY eCeete4 on the Profit sonic. EXAMPLF.S , ; ppremium.' Bonus Ben'AS 111 0 5 added. ;Ash. . 5 5 04. . &Vr 2 i .g ;40 4 . V' ( „I t ~ 1000 .. d 1837 £,91 13 51.487 13 5 1 11317 1 f 1 74 3 4 1 1 2, 115 1 1 3 3 6 0 74 61 1 1 4 3 1 3 0 1 9 1 2 8 10 6 1 / 4 ii;* - ---_______ lB4O 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 S 11 / 4 4 : *. i i i ? e prefitz is annual, and the next will be made in De ..,„........... ~`he. Preceat year. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Flee. N 4 IITII BRITISH INSURANCE £395 Il 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 45 COMPANY. Established 1009. l b rotectlng Capital 1,000.0001., fully subscribed. ti:p r ace the Duke of SUTHERLAND, .G., President. t r Teter Laurie, Alderman, Chairma of t the London Board. 111 1 t l e is Warden, Esq. (Director H.E.1.C.), Vice - Cha i r m a n. ~...10,;`c L M. Boyd, rsqrs., Resident Managers. o Webster, F.R.S., 24, Brook-street, Physician. u, T . 4 4 %titution is incorporated by Royal Charter, and is so consti lo4 afford the benefits of Life Insurance in their fullest extent inee'llolders, combined with perfect security, in a fully sub -4'4ok t e4 Pital of One Million Sterling, besides an accumulated Pre or' in „ a, exceeding 442,0001., and a revenue, from Life Premiums l i .,,itlit,," lo, vards of 90,0001. per annum. - I , %ept,,, l , ii i* cent., or four-fifths ef the total profits of the Company, ,v'to ally divided among the assured, I %4oo 7elrctus, containing tables of premiums, with the names of Th,,,,1bj; 41 , Vice-Presidants, Directors, and Managers, who ars all ItuirPson 1 34 rtners, may be obtained ef the Secretary, Henry T. tagt:' ' , sit., 4, New Bank-buildings ; or of the Actuary, 10, Pall- t.__ rtLICAN LIFE I 70, LOMBARD-ST/MEI Establisl DIRE( JOHN KING, Actuary, NSURANCE OFFICE 7, and 57, CHARING-CROSS., It ied 1797. 'TORS. Att w C ot . o d, Esq., M.P. Kirkman D. Hod g son, Es q . Pr. ,-,Esq., F.R.S. R. 11. Lawrence, Esq. 13a liFtis, Bart. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. }s, Es G. S. Storey, Esq. 4 . Q,,,aller q. Esq. C . H. Turner, Esq. Esq., M.D., T.R.S. M. Whiting, Esq. AUDITOB.S. ~tnAnne' Goodhart, Esq. I Thomas llodgson, Esq. P eriodicalpip a John Davis, Esq. Valuation of the Policies effected with this Com tiltill the Return System will be made after the 3 d of Jul y , 1847, an equitable proportion of the surplus premiums will be allotted Nholder of every such Policy issued prior to that date. culiar feattire in thc mode of division adopted by this Com attto... i nsists in the admission of every member to participate in the Th 7 hn has assisted to eate. ZP_l t t el ; r cr ieral plan of the office comprises all the real advantages of ltef (A u ." system of life assurance is susceptible. Insurances ma y h ..`trti on the return or non-return systems ;in either case the Zatft, 7 11 1 be guaranteed from all liability of partnership, and will ""Lne most ample security arising from the large accumu lations 'apo ( l, - Co mpany of itsQmPany invested in Hui Government funds, and the unlinaited Pr proprietary. tti" ,u ' k etuses and every i n f or mation may be obtained on application Ofil e try tit IS as above, or to the Agents of th e C om p an y a pp ointed in Y and principal town in the kingd ß om. . TUCKER, Secretary. IIRG.ss,S NEW SAUCE, for general pur `' ,r it 13 " es, having gained such great approbation, and the demand tr ap4 o ntinuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most I(4 t, f ~_l -413 ' to offer thus their best acknowledgme nts to the Public ttle e ,e . :" liberal patronage of the same ; its utility a nd g reat conveni- NZ all climates have recommended t, to the most distinguished connections, who have all spoken highly i n its recommenda- ~i s prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint :Rut Z* families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each sa e Z e , i _ng sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well 1- .4t t ii l ' label haying their signature, without which it cannot be 4 rlne l s T . Stx,,,BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed ve ta L` , E of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after "stri -j " "'tanner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many W arehouse, 107, Stewed, corner of Savoy Stops, London IARANDY AND CAPSULES.-Mr. BETTS Nti v (ihe late firix of J. T. BETTS and CO.), Patent Brandy N, 1 % Smithfield Bars, feels it due to himse l f a nd the p ublic to :;‘ 1 glat the Manufacture of .the PATENT BRANDT was not, of hr t ethas .been known to any person exce p t to himself and one 4er S 2ns• And that he wps succeeded in the business of the Dia h?, , Smithfield Bars, by his soas, J. T. BIiITTS, jan., and CO., ),t r a retiring therefrom, in 1813. :att er ': . 11 _7 : TTs further states, that he is the sole Patentee, raanafae 'n ter t h u Yeador of the Metallic Capsul e, (or solid metal covering gpl Mouths of bottles), that ne other Brandy in England, except FATI,NT BRANDY, is thereby protected ; the Patent a te Lc Capsule if, therefore, applied - to an y other Brandy, must Metallic surreptitiously obtained. Metallic Capsule Alanufactury, I, Wharf-road, City-road. jETTS'S PATENT BE,ANDY, certified by the Faculty of England to be the purest spirit, aid guaranteed BZe Patent Metalli Capsules, embossed " Betts's Brandy, ull thfleld-bars," is © sold at 3s. 6d., bottle included, Patent by the most Rh 3 cta ble dealers, lists of whom may be obtained at the Distillery, lepif i , quantities of not less than two gallons, in balk or bottles, are Address, 7, Smitliteld-bars. SIENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE Alm, changes in a few minutes , w i th out trouble, red or grey hair, s tets, eyebrows, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black , by ll tik, VY Using a comb wetted with the liquid. One application will 1 0g. 4eo a pleasing and permanent change. Price Ss. 6d., Gs., and per bottle %t r .° be had . of the Proprietors, 29,‘Nottirigham-place, Fleldgate- Whit ec h a pel-road, London ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn ttrfittilutler, 4, Cheapsida ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 180, Oxford krt.. ; H Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Bond ; ooper, - 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Old Finnigin, 14 ° , 1 U-street Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of mo st ut aers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to tioart of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. 04:2s_ to ask for " spencer and Co.'s Chinese Li q uid Hair Dye." ' y e, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. jrN a l Leol.l . (lllS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, AND CONSUMPTINS. vNDELL'S IMPROVED BALSAM OF HONEY. t 3r , Pwards of fifty years, this invaluable medicine has main pmi.Nl its reputation as a most effective remedy for the &Ave corn 'ts, and, unassisted by advertisements, has found its way into „ost every family in the United Kingdom. It Is still prepared r i a “l the same care awl attention by Mr. henry Cundell, 47, Mino s/ o ,,Londen, who refrains from all eulogy on its valuable properties, trial sutees to prove its efficacy to the most sceptical. hs hat in bottlee at Mi. Id., 4s. 64., and 12s. 64., of all re medicine venders in the United Kingdom tiItA.MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH The manifold advantages to the heads of families from the *itrasion of a Medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to s a . confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sick *u occurring in families more or less every day, are so obvious to h04,, 11 . 2 % t 00 question can be raise among mportance to every house ant,— the kingdom. From numerous testmonlids, the " W illi! is respeztfully submitted:— " TO JR. THOMAS PROUT, 29, STRAND, LONDON. " 5, Cooper-street, Manchester, March 12, 1842. Sir '344 0, I have much satisfaction in communicating to you the re experience, after repeated trials, of FRAMPTON'S' PILL t u - " , A-LTII and I feel it but justice to state, that in the course of r, -- "Y Years' trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found rr sults at once so salutary and efficient In the relief of the system th l n redundant bile &c., &c.. with so little inconvenience warranted ' in declaring that they supply to me a means especially mercantile of being able to recommend to families, schools, and mercantile men, whether at the desk or on the road, a most t li able resource hi an occasional medicine. And I sha ll take credit to myself if, in giving this testimony, I am the me ans of making k INIPTON'S PILLS more generally known and appreciated. " I a m " WILLIAM SMITH." , Sir, respectfully yours, The uaprecedentd sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest re- Z u nenclations of the many thousands who have de rived benefit from their use, render any lengthened comment necessary ; they are I° l Put forth as a cl;re for all diseases to which mankind is liable, but fer Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-known at- I j r ,n,dants, Bilious :and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression af te r meals, ,Pdiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in Head and Ears, Drowsin ess, ...eartburn, Loss of Appetite, Wind, Spasms, &c ,„.lueevr 0 or three doses will convince the afflicted of their salutary ts. The stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy action of the Li ver , B owe l s , an d Kid n eys, will rapidly take place ; ' , (l instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance , !_ l 4letigtla, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age, will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions ac companying each lox. Bold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. I and 2s. 9d. per box, also by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the ngdorn. Ask Ibr FRAMPTC4i'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the Spies of K Thomne Prout 22 1 J Strand, London,'' On the . RAMP ,1 ,,-- z , ir (a. it v , :‘' • Iv . fktk 5;• Vj, VC: 0 ' J'?. , • Orr • ;:•-• /' '44 (4°7 '' . A-", ` 4: 47 i 7 - „ Aisk, rek • 'll - • ' 4 FO • - ;tf * ~- • - , /t: No. 16,643. LONDON, THU RS DAY v N G DECEMBER 18, 1845 e PRICE sn. 110 YA L POL YTECIINIO INSTITUTION, A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES, and the Means of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, will Se delivered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings •f Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine. Professor Rachoffner's varied Lectures, with experiments, in one of which he clearly explains the principle of the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, a model of wkick is at work Daily. Mr. Downe, the celebrated Flutist, will perform, at Three o'Cl•ck, •n Tuesday!, Thursdays, and Saturdays. eoleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCO MOTIVE ENGINE, for ascending and descending Inclined Planes. ♦ beautiful series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. New OPTICAL IN STRUMENTS, &c. Experiments witk the DIVER and DIVING BELL, &c Ste. Admission, One Shilling. Schools, Half-price. "lITR. CARTER'S MA MMOTH HORSE. A.,. The colossal Horse, GENIIMAL WASHINGTON, the pro perty of Mr. Carter, the Lion King, has been visited by many thou sand persons, including the nobility and gentry, and numerous ladies, who have declared thet he is the most extraordinary horse in the world. The principal journals have sp'.:en in the highest terms 0 4 : this remarkable animal General Washington is the largest horse in the world —he is twenty hands in height, and weighs twcnty-five hundred pounds. He will be exhibited by Mr. Carter for a short time, presioas to his departure to America, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, from Eleven, a.u., till Nine, r.m.--Admission, Is. At Glasgow the fall was net quite so great; but there, as elsewhere, considerable unwillingness was shown to purchase more than just sufficient for immediate use. The accounts from Ireland respecting potatoes are of a less favourable character this than the preceding week; the disease having, it is stated, been found to spread even where the greatest care had been taken in storing. The effect which might have been produced by this in telligence on prices of corn had, however, been more than counterbalanced by the news from England ; and business in grain had become nearly as dull there as on this side of the Channel. The arrivals of wheat coastwise into London have been large during the week, 80,7P0 quarters baying been reported up to this (Saturday) evening. Of the supply the greater proportion has gone direct to millers, and comparatively little has appeared at Mark-lane for sale. The show by land carriage samples from the home coun ties has also been small I indeed, the Essex, Kent, and Suffolk stands were nearly bare, both on Wednesday and Friday. The quantity received by the millers direct from the east co as t h as prove d f u ll y equa l to t h e i r im mediate requirements, and they have consequently kept out of the market altogether. In this state of affairs it is not easy to say an what terms business might have been done, but there can be no doubt that purchases of even the best qualities could have been made at the close of the week on terms which would not have been accepted in the commencement. Holders of free foreign wheat have hitherto displayed considerable firmness, at the same time it must be remarked that owing to their having refused to accede to any decline of importance, the demand has been wholly checked ; quotations can therefore only be regarded as nominal at present. The reported probability of a free trade or a low duty has failed to encourage speculation in bonded wheat ; and, so far from any improvement having taken place in prices, it has been quite impossible to sell at previous rates. Some of the town millers reduced the top quotation of flour 35. per sack just before the close of business on Monday,_and the reduction has since been generally ac fallen in the same proportion; Eta the deobne has not hitherto led to an increased demand. Barley has come to hand rather freely, and the in quiry for this grain having been the reverse of active, sellers have been under the necessity of submitting to a further abatement; even the best malting qualities were easier to buy on Friday, and to have placed the common runs, lower terms must have been acceded to. Malt has hung very Heavily on hand, and its former value has been barely maintained. In addition to a good supply of oats from our own coast (6,928 quarters,) 3,268 quarters have come to hand from Scotland, 5,077 quarters from Ireland, and 10,696 quarters from abroad, making together rather a large arrival. The principal dealers having still fair stocks on hand, have declined purchasing; the trade has conse quently been excessively languid, and the tendency of prices has been decidedly downwards. Beans have been placed with difficulty at Monday's reduction; and to have sold any quantity of peas on Fri day, even lower terms than those current in the be ginning of the week must have been accepted. As the Into political occurrences in this country could of course not be known abroad at the date of our last letters, the previous flat advices hence had begun to have some effect on prices, and at several of the principal ports in the Baltic rather a material decline had oc curred in wheat; we expect, however, that after the news of a probable alteration or total repeal of the corn laws of Great Britain was received, a great change was produced in the feelings of holders. Whether we are right or not in this supposition, it is pretty certain that, beyond what is now on passage, no further supplies of importance from the northern ports can be reckoned on, winter having, in all probability, ere now set in. At Dantzic new wheat seems to have fallen several shillings per quarter, sales of several parcels of good quality, weighing 611 b. to 621 b. per bushel, having been made there at 475. to 495. per quarter. These prices, though much below former quotations, are still high as compared with the value of the article in the British markets. The accounts from the interior of Poland continued to give a deplorable statement of the distress and suffering which prevailed in consequence of the high prices of all articles of food. Advices from Stettin inform us, that though the ex port demand for wheat had slackened, many orders having been received from the interior, prices had been well maintained, and few factors having wheat to dispose of were willing to enter into contracts to deliver in spring below 525. 6d. to 535. 6d. per quarter, free on board. From Rostock we learn that the supplies from the farmers were steadily increasing, which, with the continued dull reports from Great Britain, had rendered sellers somewhat more tractable, and some were willing to enter into engagements to ship good quality in spring at 50s. per quarter. At Hamburgh business was very dull on the 9th instant (the latest date to which oar ad vices at present reach), and good to fine qualities of red wheat were then obtainable at from 51s. to 535. 6d. per quarter, free on board. Spring corn had also become dull of sale. Barley had been offering from Denmark at 255., and Danish oats at 18s. 6d. per quarter, free on board, in spring. The reports from the southern and eastern parts of Europe are not lively, but the value of wheat is relatively much higher at the different ports in the Mediterranean than in this country. A letter from Trieste states that, though the demand for wheat had. fallen off materially, the article was then still held at 41s. to 445. per quarter, free on board. At Genoa, on December 6, prices were equally high, and even at Marseilles, where the article has lately declined materially, fair qualities were held at 435. to 455. per quarter. The most recent advices from Odessa inform us that the excitement which had for some time previous prevailed in the wheat trade, had in a great measure subsided, but that the advaace which had been established in prices had been fully supported. The best qualities of Polish were still held at equal to 40s. per quarter on the 21st of November, whilst freight to England was 14s. per quarter. The bulk of the pur chases made there in October and November had been for shipment to Genoa, Leghorn, Marseilles, Belgium, and Holland, and it was estimated that only about 50,000 quarters had been shipped to Great Britain. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. WooLWICII, Dec. 17.-The whole of the gentlemen cadets studying at the Royal Military Academy assembled at ten o'clock, A.M., to-day, o n th e C a d et B arrac k Parade Ground, under the command o f C aptain R . B . B urna by, a nd were inspected by Major-General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, K.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortificatons, and Major-General Sir Hew D. Ross, K.C.13., Deputy Adjutant-General to the Royal Artillery, accompanied by Major-General Sir George Whitmore, K.C.H., Lieutenant-Governor of the Academy. The gentlemen sadets then marched to the large hall, where the half -yearly examinations take place, and a Board, composed of the following officers, assembled to wit ness the examination :-Major-General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, Major-General Sir H. D. Ross, Colonel Cockburn, Director of the Laboratory Department of the Royal Arsenal ; Co lonel Lacy, Director of the Carriage Department ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Dundas, - C.B , Director of the Foundry Department ; .Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers, Assistant-Di rector-General of A r till er y Commandant of Roy a l E ng i neer s and Brigade; Major Fend ham, Royal Engi neers ; Major-General Sir G eor g e Whit more, Brigade ; Li eu t enant -C o l one l Jones, of the Academy ; Major Cupp Lientetant-Colonel Barney , ego, Captain Savage, Capt ain Beresford, and Captain St. Geo rge, o f the Royal Artillery ; Captain Stot- herd, and Capt a i u Wi l li ams , of the Royal Engineers, and several officers of the Royal A r tillery and Royal Engineers attended to wit ness t h e exam i na tion. Only eight ca d ets were b ro ught forward on this occasion in the theoretical class, th e other twelve having had their examination postponed until they come back after the vacation, in consequence of their absenting themselves with out leave, and proceeding to Horn Fair, recently held at the village of Charlton. The following are the names of the eight who passed their ex aminat s i BB o i n . s , JGaro an essoefirp d gehie w dGu h oo o .drecb : yo ' n i i. l eo l m j b oin the practical class at the Royal Arsenal on their return to Wool wich :- 1. Joshua H. Smith 2. Thomas Hodge 6. Edward Dyneley 3. Anthony R. V. Crease 7. Frederick H. B. Phillips 4. France J. Soady The following twelve will be exa mi ned on rejoining the academy after the vacation, and l t o h . os G e e p o a rg ss e ed w w . il ß l ay rejoin the practical class at the Royal Arsenal :- 1. Frederic C. Belson 7 . James J. Orme 2. Chas. T. Hutchiason 3. Edward M. Grain 9. A ugustus M. Lockner 4. Philip M. Miller 5. Arthur P. Smith 11. Thomas H. Harding 6. William W. Barny 12. Philip D . Margesson The examination of the practical class was highly satisfac ory, and the following have passed for comm i ss i ons i n t h e Royal Engineers Roy al Regiment of Artill ery: - - 1. Chas. B. P. N. H. Nugent 11. Gusta. St. John Crofton 2. Edward Belfield 12. Charles H. Smith 3. Hon. Geo. Wellesley 13. Henry T. Fit z Hu gh 4. St. Andrew St. John 14. Wilmot H. Moody 5. Edward C. A. Gordon 15. Whaley N. Hardy 6. Whitworth Porter 16. John L. Bolton 7. John J. Wilson 17. James R. Lugg 8. Wm. E. M. Reilly 18. G. Henry Phillpots 9. George F. Dawson. 19. Geo. H, J. A. Fraser 10. Wm. B. Saunders 20. Thomas Lambert At the conclusion of the examinations, which lasted unti German. past four o'clock, r.i,r., the following received prizes:- Mr.and Geography. Joshua Smith, for Ist Class Mathematics. Mr. Liddell, for 2d Class Mathematics. Drawing. is Mr. h . s Hodges, toth ar d f , o for r let ClassdC lcaClass :e Fortification. Drawing. and Chemistry. o presentedrd on, for S t u o r v t e h y e i n 1 1 1 , A141, .1 1 1 r r rrri ....... Joshuaclsi, Akers, itaoyir eortenet Street, 1 l bn, for fs,o,f formf oorFrri Historyt rLhpe, Landscape afn c on h dr s. Landscape Drawing. g Gentlemen Cadets by Th ß e lr p . r E iz d e w s Major-General Sir J. F. Burgoyne, who also delivered an ap propriate address on granting leave for the vacation. ......--e___,_ Edward derGe PARIS ACADEMY __OF SCIENCES. SITTING OF DEC. 8. Before the commencement of the regular business of the day, the Academy proceeded to discuss the question of appointing a candidate for the chair of chemistry at the College of France, rendered vacant by the resigna tion of Baron Thenard. There were forty-three mem bers only present, and all their votes were given to M. Pelouze. Our readers are aware that the King has con firmed the recommendation of the Academy, by appoint ing M. Pelouze to fill the vacant chair. Several communications in mathematics were an nounced to the Academy, but they were all of a nature to be comprehended only by good mathematicians, and have no interest for the public at large. M. !florin read knotice on the 4;m-ham mer , which was shown at the last exhibition of national industry in tie Champs Elysees. In this notice he declares that marvellous results are obtained with this instrument. The steam acts, in a direct manner, without the inter vention of a motive shaft, and transmits to the hammer a surprising agility with a power that vafiOs almost ac cording to the will of the workman. At one moment this hammer will crack a nut-shell without touching the nut; at another it will strike with enormous force upon the largest mass of iron. M. Morin observes that the English Guyernment has adopted the use of the stedna , hammer for the driving of piles in their ports, and re commends that the French Government should follow the example, M. Gerhardt gave an account of some experiments On the atomic weight of chlorine. Dr. Proust and M. Dumas had already stated that the atomic weihts of all bodies are exact multiples of the atomic weight of hydrogen, M. Gerhardt states that the atomic weight of chlorine is exactly thirty-six times that of hydr ogen . M, Adolphe Brogniart reach tt favourable report of the committee on the work of M. Chevandier respecting the annual produce of the forests in weight of wood, the charcoal that may be obtained, &c. An account of this paper has already appeared in one of our notices. A letter was received from M. Boutigny, claiming a priority over several correspondents of the Academy, re lative to the chaulage of wheat and other seed-co ni. A communication was read from Mr. Smith, respect ing the experiments of M. Boucherie on the preserva tion of wood. Mr. Smith is not the only person who thinks that M. Boucherie's experiments are by no means conclusive, and many even dispute their originality ; but it would be unjust to deny that M. Boucherie has displayed great skill and attention in his attempts to arrive at a satisfactory result. There are at this moment twenty processes for the preservation of wood, and every man who has u process fancies his own to be the best. It is a curions fact in connexion with this sub ject, that although during the last fifteen years at least as n s g o n s have a announcinghiet m n t tutl, communications _vv new ,d i sc ov e ry t ofo theret h a e means Academy ise aa nn s uno Sciences, om p f r a e n t e Y ndi r who, nearly twenty years ago, discovered a pruvtoa which is at least equal to any of the steeping and capil lary attraction systems that have been recently so much talked of, and who has been constantly making up into cabinet furniture the wood which he has prepared by this process. M. Flourens gave a long account of some new expe riments made by him for the purposes of testing the correctness of his former statements of the mode of re absorption and progressive production of bone. His new experiments confirm the view which he has communi cated to the Academy in a series of papers on the sub ject, and give evidence of great attention and zeal. A letter was received from Mr. B. Phillips, of London, claiming over Dr. Petrequin, of Lyons, the priority of the employment of galvano-puncture in the treatment of aneurisms. This is disputing for the skin of the bear before the bear is killed. We have yet to learn that gal vano-puncture has been successfully practised in cases of aneurism. Dr. Eadl, of Munich, presented to the Academy a work which he has published " On the Development of man, and of the Chicken in the Egg State." Dr. Daremberg presented a translation of a work on the diseases of the skin, by Rosenbaum. The author re pudiates the opinion that these diseases are engendered and kept up by parasites, and ascribes them exclusively to a derangement in the secretions. This appears to be the more reasonable doctrine, as there are thousands of cases on record of cures of diseases of the skin when the secretions have been improved.—Galignani. THE MILITIA.—We understand that instructions have reached Colonel Bund, Colonel Cominandant of the Worcestershire Militia, directing him to take immediate steps for placing the staff of his regiment in an efficient state. This may be taken as confirmatory of late rumours of the intention of Government to embody the militia force, or at least a portion of it, in the ensuing spring. It may be useful to add, that " effective" members of Yeomanry Cavalry are exempt from serving in the militia, and we hear that orders have been addressed to the Colonels of all such regiments, requiring them to furnish returns of all such members o their respective corps forthwith.— Worcestershire Chronicle. A seizure of a novel kind was lately made at this port. A quantity of stale and damaged beef was being landed from the Mary, of Newcastle, for the purpose of being destroyed, when a removal was observed by a vigilant land ing waiter, who suspected a smuggling transaction was being carried on, and he seized the beef for the Queen's use, and it has been conveyed to the Customs, where it lies to the great annoyance of the officers, as the stench is intolerable.— Gloucester Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ADMIRALTY COURT, Dec. 17. THE BATAVIER.-COLLISION. This was a suit to recover compensation for the da mage sustained by the Gravesend steamer Topaz, from a collision which occurred in Limehouse-reach, between that vessel and a Dutch steamer, the Batavier. It appeared that the Gravesend steamer was at anchor in the middle of the river, and was run into by the Dutch vessel, which was going down the river. This brief statement of the position of the two vessels would seem to throw the whole blame upon the latter ; but on the part of her owners it was to-day contended that the col lision arose from the improper and un-nautical manner in which the Topaz was anchored. She was swinging with a single anchor, instead of a double anchor, which it was said she ought to have had, and in consequence of her thus swinging loose in the middle of the stream, it was contended that the accident occurred. For the owners, however, of the Topaz it was argued that the Dutchman had no business to steer so closely to her, that there was plenty of room to pass without doing so, and that the blame was exclusively here. A further point was raised in the case, and upon it the decision ul timately rested. The Dutch vessel had taken, in obe dience to the provisions of the Pilotage Act, as pilot on board, a man who was always employed by her owners in going up and down the Thames ; and the point urged was that, at the time of the collision, the Batavier was under his exclusive command, and that her owners were not liable for the misconduct or mistake of a man whom they only engaged under the compulsion of au Act of Parliament. _ . Mr. DOWSE, as counsel fur the insolvent on the pre sent occaaion, tendered some information which had been obtained from a savings' hank, in which the insol vent had money deposited in the nam• of his wife. The insolvent was sworn to the truth of his schedule, in which the story of the alleged robbery was detailed. In giving judgment § the Learned COMMISSIONER ob served that he had expressed his opinion on the last oc casion. He disbelieved the story of the loss, and he also disbelieved the insolvent had possessed the sum he had I mentioned: because, if he had thought he had the money and had concealed it, this course would have been clearly defined; namely, to have refused to pronounce any judgment on the case, as the applicant would have had the mettns:of satisfying every demand against him. What the insolvent had possessed he could not say—he did not believe that he had the money stated (2,0600, nor could he presume to form an opinion as to how much he actually possessed; that he was a person pretty well to do in the world was plain, for he had owned a number of houses, which he had sold after he found the action went against hire. The judgment of the Court was that he be imprisoned for a period of twenty-two calendar months from the vesting order, for malting away with and concealing his property. The judgment wEI be computed from the 11 th of October last. The insolvent was removed to Whitecross street Prison. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice f 3 ATTESO:.:TandIdr. Baron ALDERSON.) THE MURDER AT WESTMINSTER. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. Justice PATTESON proceeded to sum up the evi dence at some length. He lamented the manner in which this prosecution had been got up. The prisoner had been before the Coroner, and had stated the facts which had been read to them, but he could not help thinking that it would have been better to have called Mr. Atkinson. Indeed, Mr. Atkinson ought, considering the appearances he had observed immediately after the death, stated wnat LIU C---- L. Ani to have that had been before th e mag i s t ra t e , an a n u uu examined, it was much to be regretted that the fact was so. The jury, after consulting a short time, expressed a wish to retire. They were absent five-and-twenty minutes, when they returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Harker, the usher of the Court, then made the usual proclamation for silence, and the Learned Judges having put on their black caps, Mr. Justice Patteson proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner. His Le RDSHIP said, that after a very long, painful, and patient inquiry, the jury had come to the conclusion that she was guilty of the charge of murder of which she was accused. She had had the advantage of a Learned counsel, who had urged every topic in her behalf that was likely either to induce the jury to believe that she was innocent, or that the evidence for the prosecution was insufficient, and the jury, after a full inquiry, had felt that the facts which had been developed were quite incompatible with her innocence. He, the Learned Judge, entirely concurred in the verdict, and did not entertain the slightest doubt but that she was guilty of this foul murder. It would appear that, while residing with the deceased, she became impressed with the idea that she was possessed of money, and it was very probable that in the first instance her only inten tion was to possess herself of that money, and this had ultimately led to her killing the deceased in a most cruel and deliberate manner. He was induced to believe, from her own statements, that the weight of the crime had laid heavily upon her mind, and that she had already probably turned to the Almighty, and sought forgive ness ; but if she had not done so, he entreated her to make the best use of the short time that remained to her on this earth for that purpose. Her life, by the law of the land, was forfeited, and the crime was of such a nature, and was committed under such circumstances, as prevented him from holding out to her the slightest hope that the law would not be allowed to take its course. He, therefore, entreated her to make her peace with God, and obtain that mercy from Him which could not be granted by an earthly tribunal. His Lordship con cluded by passing sentence in the usual form. The prisoner was then asked, formally, whether she had anything to urge in arrest of judgment, the object being for her to state whether she was in the family way or not. Upon this being explained to her, she said, " I am not guilty." One of the female turnkeys then explained the matter to her, and, as it appeared that there was no ground for an arrest of judgment, the sentence was re corded, and the prisoner was removed from the bar. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A case of considerable interest and importance to the parishes of London, in fact, to all the parochial districts throughout the country, has for several days occupied the attention of the Lord Mayor. At the beginning of the month a poor lunatic was brought before the Lord Mayor by the officers of the City of London Union, who stated that the miserable object had been just landed at London-bridge from a foreign steamer, and was thrown upon the parish, al though he had no claim whatever upon any parish in the City of London. A fomale, who came over with the lunatic, presented the following letter to his Lordship, from the British Consul at Boulogne, with reference to her charge:— British Consulate, Boulogne-sur-Ater, Dec. 3, 1845. My Lord,—The bearer of this letter, Mrs. Wilson, is em ployed by me to convey to your Lordship an unfortunate British subject, named Franklin Alfred Kerr, born at Bruxelles, of British parents, on the 29th of May, 1815, and who was bereft of his reason, occasioned by a fire which took place on the 25th of December, 1822, his mother having perished in the flames, and his father, Franklin Kerr, many years well known to me, is now incarcerated for debt in the ' prison of Boulogne, and perfectly destitute of the means of supporting himself or his son, and were he set at liberty his position would be but little improved. I understand that the paternal grandfather of the unfor tunate object of this letter, Thomas Kerr, occupied a house in Jermyn-street, St. James's, London, until 1787, in which parish he paid rent and taxes for many years, and where, 1 am told, be fulfilled some of the highest parochial duties until he left England, in 1787. As I have no means of supporting, &c., the aforesaid Franklin Alfred Kerr, I am, therefore, under the necessity of handing him over to your Lordship's care;and charitable con sideration.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lord ship's most obedient servant, W. HAMILTON, H. B. M.'s Consul at Boulogne-sur-Mer. P.S. Mrs. Wilson has been long acquainted with the maniac and his habits.—W. 11. The LORD MAYOR questioned Mrs. Wilson, who stated that the poor man was perfectly harmless, and that he seemed to have no notion of anything beyond his immediate wants. She knew his father, and believed that he was imprisoned for having published a con structive libel in a Boulogne newspaper, of which he was editor. She had been housekeeper to him, and she cer tainly could bear testimony to his respectability, but the condition to which he was reduced by his sentence left him no hope of being able to contribute in the slightest degree to the support of his poor desolate child. The LORD MAYOR asked her by whom she had been supplied with the means of conveying the lunatic to this country ? Mrs. Wilson replied that the consul had supplied her with money to defray the expenses, and expressed him self obliged to her for taking upon herself so distressing a responsibility, but she undertook it with sincere plea sure, for it was quite impossible to imagine a human being with smaller capability of protecting himself. The LORD MAYOR said the case was, indeed, distress ing, but there were considerations of a very serious na ture to the community involved in it, and at the same time that he should take care to provide a temporary asylum for the poor object before him, whose appearance made so powerful an appeal to our sympathies, he felt it to be his duty to apply to a higher authority to be in. strutted in what manner to proceed in such a case. His Lordship wrote a letter immediately after the examination to Sir James Graham, of which the follow ing is a copy : Mansion-house, London, Dec. 5, 1845 Sir,—l have the honour to inclose a copy of a letter I have received from Mr. Hamilton, her Majesty's Consul at Bou logne, to which I wish respectfully to draw your attention. The pauper lunatic arrived here last evening with his at tendant, and the asylum of the City of London Union being at Peckham, I had no alternative but to 'send them to the Giltspur-street Compter for the night, with directions that they should be properly treated. This morning they will be brought before me in the justice-room, and I will require the asylum keeper to take charge of them for the present. The case in question is one of peculiar hardship on the citizens of London, and if some measures be not adopted, I fear numerous instances will occur of a similar kind. You will perceive that the Consul has sent to my:keeping a maniac without the possibility of my getting at any evidence to establish his place of settlement, leaving me no alternative but to fix the maintenance of the pauper on the citizens of London. I have, therefore, respectfully to submit to your judgment that the Consul should not have sent the pauper to me as Lord Mayor, or if be were right in s o doing, that you will think it proper to give some direction on the subject to re lieve the citizens of this and similar burthens.. I have the honour to be, your humble, obedient, and faith- JOHN JOHNSON, Mayor. fill servant, To the Lord Mayor Sir James returned the following answer : Whitehall, Dec. 8, 1645. Aiy Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the sth instant and its inclosure, respecting the case of a pauper lunatic named Kerr, who has been sent over from Boulogne to the port of London by the British Consul, and commended by him to your Lord ship's care, the unfortunate person above•named being en tirely destitute, and the Consul having no means of support ing him at Boulogne. 1 think it not improbable that the Consul committed the unfortunate person to the care of your Lordship as being most able and willing to afford relief in this case, there being reason to believe, from the statement in the Consul's letter, that the settlement of his father was in the parish of St. James. Tour Lordship may, perhaps, on inquiry, be able to as certain that point; and if the settlement of the lunatic's father can be discovered, there will be no difficuLy in de ciding the proper course to be taken for obtaining relief. If your Lordship thinks I can be of any service in making inquiry as to the lunatic's settlement through the Commis- DI3tENSE SALE OF LAAIPS AT NALF-PRICE. CLARK and COKPANY,' 447, West Strand, beg to announce that they inteial tnaUng extensive alterations in their establiSitment, and, in consequer,co, are compelled to dispose of a large portico of their immense cud excellent stock of lamps. The stock consists of the New Light, Clark's Psitent Cartel Oil Lamp (the best oil lamp ever made), Solar i.amps, and all other oil lamps. Young's Vesta Spirit Lamp, the Gem, Spirit Lamps, Oil and Candle Chandeliers, Candelabras, and On.nolu Candlesticks, and richly cut Lustres ; Palmer's Magnum Cani.de Lamps, and every description of Pahner'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 se7id considerably under the usual charges. 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Notwithstanding these untoward cir cumstances, there is no change in prices; and, as consi derable purchases both of goods and yarn were made last week, the spinners and manufacturers have been so far relieved from stocks as to be generally disinclined to press sales, or even to accept contracts at the existing low prices. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 15. —We have had a better demand for flannels to-day, but no change in prices. The wool market has undergone a little variation for the last week. The transactions are limited, and prices the same as on the preceding Monday. —Manchester Guardian. 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 eine 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 English, and avoiding all foreign extravagance of 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 buttoning', 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 atampted in the II lining and with the words, " Registered G and 7 Vic., esp. 65. .J. D. 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The nevrly-invented Spectacles, immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, it is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. Also, Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c. Caution—Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, Opticians, are not in any way connected with a person of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, be cautious ' and Observe—Only to be had at 39, A lbemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 25, South Castle-street, Edin burgh. [ADTERTIsEmENT.]—ASTIIIIIA, SHORTNESS or BREATH, COUGHS, AND COLDS.—A TRULY SURTRISING CASE.—The Rev. David Williams, the resident Wesleyan minister at Beaumaris, in the island of Anglesea, states, in a letter, dated the 14th of January, 1845, that " He recom mended Holloway's Pills to a poor man of the name of Hugh Davies, who at the time was alit , ost unable to walk for want of breath, that he had only taken them a few days when he appeared quite another man—his breath was easy and natural, and he was increasing daily in strength." These wonderful Pills will cure any cough, cold, or asthma. Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand; and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. YANKEE COURAGE.—General Green, in his history of the Texian expedition against Mier, observes that those Texian soldiers who had the mos t bloody mottoes painted on their caps were the last to prove them true, and he does not recollect seeing one with a " liberty or death" motto who (lid not take the liberty of returning home a little too soon. It is aptly enough remarked by the Baltimore American, that the illustration here given of loud-talking bravery should be kept in mind when we hear noisy declaimers about war, treating it as though it would be to them a mere holiday amusement —Journal Of Oommoree, 'et TIZ Won SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. THE NEW MINISTRY. Lord Jong RUSHILL went to Windsor at eight o'clock la;; ; evening, accompanied by the Marquis of LANS", owNE . ft was generally understood that the visit of the Noble Lords was by the special command of her MAJESTY, and had reference to a communication made by Sir ROBERT PEEL in the course of the day, that HE was unable to re-construct his Ministry if Lord JOHN RUSSELL should not accept office. Lord JOHN RUSSELL returned to Chesham•place this morning, at twelve o'clock. He was there met by the majority of the friends with whom he has been in communication for the last few days. A messenger was forthwith dispatched for Lord COTTENHAM to Putney. The ex-LORD CHAN CELLOR speedily arrived, and until a quarter past three the whole party remained in consultation. Lord JOHN RUSSELL left shortly after that time for the Great Western Railway, en route to Windsor. A Queen's messenger has been in attendance to convey disoatchpa to her MAJEST Y , but the Noble Lord carried his own message. Lord JOHN RUSSELL returns at seven o'clock this evening, and the result of his mission will then be announced to his friends, who are to re-assemble at that hour. There can be no doubt of the purport of Lord JOHN'S visit of this evening, and to-morrow's intelli gence will show the correctness of the information which we have been enabled to give upon this im portant point. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) The political meeting at Lord JonN RUSSELL'S residence broke up at half-past two o'clock this after noon, when the whole of the ',noblemen and gentle men present took their departure, with the exception of Lord LANSDOWNE, who remained some time longer with Lord Join( RUSSELL. Lord JonN RUSSELL and Lord LANSDOWNI re turned to town from Windsor Castle soon after eleven o'clock this morning. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 18.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze and hazy, with rain. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.E., moderate.—Arrd. Mary Ann, Brown, Charleston ; Laurina, Quebec. Sailed 17th, Patriot King, Paddock, Calcutta ; Rimac, Mounsey, Val paraiso ; Templeman, Prowse, ditto ; Rosa, Patourel, St. Thomas's ; Montezuma, Lawler, New York ; Katinka, Kasely, Azores. Off port, Lena, supposed from Saldanha Bay ; Paragon, supposed from Africa. CLYDE, DEC. 15.—Arrd. May, Christian, Honduras. DEAL, DEC. 17.—Wind S.S.IAI—Arrd. Ganges, M'Donald, Sydney ; a brig, Cape of Good Hope. Sailed 17th, London, Freeman, Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Put back, Berbice, Blackman, Berbice. Off port, City of Poonab, Hight, Madras. SouTrwsirrox, DEC. 17.—S1d. Avon, West Indies. BRISTOL, DEC. 16.—Wind W.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Janet, Brown, St. Andrews, New Brunswick. SWANSEA, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Thomas Bell, Simpson, Cuba. GRAVESEND, DEC. 17.—The Duke of Manchester, Murray, bound to Jamaica, has put back, having been on shore on the Goodwin Sands. RAMSGATE, DEC. 17.—The Zietel Wahl, from Newcastle for Malaga, which put in here yesterday, lost sails, bul warks, &c. TEIGNMOUTII, DEC. 16.—A boat, marked on the stern James Kelloway, Freshwater, has been picked up near the Needles, and brought in here. LLANELLY, DEC. 16.—The Sophia Maria, Ahlberg, which was on shore in this harbour, has been got off with consider able damage. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—A schooner is on shore, near the Red Noses. W H ITEHAVP:N, DEC. 16.—The Wasdale, Hollum, from London, has been driven on shore behind the North Wall ; crew saved. AYR, DEC. 16.—The Royal Charlie, of and for Glasgow, from Lisbon, came on shore last night about 16 miles to the southward of this place. DUBLIN, DEC. 15.—The Elizabeth, of Amloch, in entering Kingstown harbour, struck the point off the West Pier, and was run aground 'to prevent her sinking. WATERFORD, DEC. 15.—The Albion, Terdiff, from Quebec, got on shore under the Church of Ballyhack, and remains. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 17,—A quantity of wreck was passed on the 14th inst. to the southward of the Humber, by the Mary, Small, arrive off here. LozsmoN, DEC. 18.—The Beacon Hill, bound to St. Helena, put into Torqu'„y, 16th inst., with loss of bowsprit and bul warks, and (Aber damage, having .been in collision with a ship (name unknown), off Ushant. THE CORN TRADE. (From the Mark-lane Express.) Something very like a panic was caused by the rumours circulated last week respecting the probability of an alteration being made early in June in the laws regulating the importation of corn, and the depression has not been lessened by what has since occurred. That a free-trade would, in the space of a comparatively limited time, have the effect of bringing down the price of agricultural produce in this country to the continental level we have no doubt ; but to suppose that this can be done at once (particularly with so deficient a harvest as the last has unquestionably proved all over Europe) is unreasonable. Whether the existing law remains in force, a fixed duty be substituted, or the import of wheat be permitted free, under none of these circumstances can we calculate on a very large supply of this article from foreign countries until another harvest shall have been secured. In Germany, Poland, and Russia, the utmost scarcity prevails. The Governments of Holland and Belgium have already prohibited the export of grain, and the rulers of the countries first named are likely, should Great Britain proclaim her necessities by abolishing the impost on corn, to follow, the same course. Some of. the eastern Powers have deemed it wise to interdict the shipment of grain and pulse, and most of the States in the Mediterranean have shown far greater anxiety to secure sufficient wheat for their own consumption, by buying largely at Odessa, than to send any of what they have on hand to England. In the United States and Canada the wheat harvest has, it is true, been productive ; but, leaving political considerations altogether out of the question (though it must be borne in mind that our relations with America are, to say the least, in rather a critical position), it is scarcely reasonable to suppose that, with a demand from Holland and Belgium, any very great surplus will re main for export to England. Taking all these matters into consideration, we are inclined to think that circum stances do not warrant the present depression in the wheat trade. Long before any change in the laws was thought of, it was anticipated that the duty would, in the regular course of events, fall in the spring of next year to a very low, if not the lowest point. The wheat now in bond here, and that lately bought abroad, was pur chased under the full expectation of such an occurrence; and what is more, we may venture to say that the notion of ls. per quarter was by no means chimerical. What ever, therefore, may be the ultimate effect produced on the value of grain in this country by lowering the pro tection afforded to farmers, the possibility of such an alteration being made ought not to influence prices at present. Indeed, so far from anticipating increased sup plies of foreign, we feel disposed to believe that the un certainty felt respecting the future measures of the Le gislature is likely materially to decrease the shipments of corn from abroad; and, on the whole, we can discover no sound reason why farmers should sacrifice their pro perty by pressing sales at a period least advantageous to themselves, for such we conceive the present to be. The evidences of alarm manifested during the week have drawn from us the foregoing remarks. Though nothing has transpired to lead to the opinion that the defective nature of the yield and quality of the wheat crop has been at all exaggerated, and the potato failure is on all hands allowed to bo nearly, if not quite, as serious as was at any time apprehended, so great a change has been worked in the feelings of holders of grain within the last fortnight by political events, that all parties have shown a determination to force sales, the consequence of which has been a serious depreciation in the value of the article. At most of the leading pro vincial markets the trade has been perfectly paralysed, and, with every disposition on the part of sellers to faci litate business, they have found it impossible to induce purchasers to buy largely. At Liverpool, on Tuesday, wheat was quoted 3d. to 4d. per 701 b. lower ; flour ls. per sack and barrel ; whilst all descriptions of spring corn and pulse fell in the same proportion. Lat er in the w eek the depression w as greatly increased by the news of the resignation of the Peel Cabinet , an d ou Frida y it w as literally im possible any extent. consuming en e t o towns the . From t o many effect reports are equally dull, and at s e veral of the markets in of sales th eto othera n the agricultural districts (including the chief shipping ports on the east coast), the decline in the value of wheat has amounted to 45. per quarter. By our Scotch letters it appears that a similar effect was produced on the trade in grain at the principal markets. by the news of a probable change in the corn laws to that which has occurred in the south. At Edin burgh, on Wednesday, the utmost difficulty was ex perienced in effecting sales of wheat at a decline of 3 a per quarter; and other kinds of corn receded in the same proprtion. Dr. Addams and Dr. Jenner appeared for, the owners of the Topaz ; Dr. Curtis and Dr. Bayford for the owners of the Batavier. _ _ The Trinity Masters (by whom the Court was assisted on the que: , tion of nautical skill) expressed their opi nion there was no blame imputable to the Topaz in her mode of anchoring ; that the collision occurred through the bad steering of the Batavier, but that the fault could not be laid to the charge of her master and crew, as they had acted, as they were bound to do, under the control and. direction of the licensed pilot who was en board. Dr. ADDAms then submitted that the ordinary con struction put upon the Pilotage Act with regird to the liability of the pilot himself, and the non-liability of the owners who had been obliged to employ him; did not apply to this case. Here, though the owners had been compelled to employ a pilot, they had exercised their own choice, and had always selected this particular man. Ile had thus become their agent or servant, and for his misconduct they were fairly liable. Dr. LUSIIINGTON thought otherwise. The Act of Parliament compelled the owners of vessels sailing up and down the Thames to take a duly licensed pilot o board, and it would be most unjust to make them re sponsible for the conduct of a man acting in their ser vice under such circumstances. it did not affect, and would not remove, that injustice—that the master or owners had selected one particular man, and always employed him. Their selection was confined to a cer tain class of men, in whose appointment they had no control, and such a selection could not fix upon them a liability so opposed to natural justice. The Trinity Masters had held that the blame of this collision was attributable to the pilot alone, and that the master and crew were open to no censure—had been guilty of no misconduct. Under such circumstances, the Court could not hold the owners responsible, and must dismiss the present suit. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner Law.) IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM DAVIES. Judgment was pronounced in this most extraordinary case, which was on the last occasion before the Court on the 11th inst. The facts require to be succinctly nar rated in order to understand the judgment given. The insolvent had figured as an attorney's clerk and potato salesman. Subsequently he became a house-agent and an accountant at Hoxton, where he lately resided. His debts were under 500/., and he told a marvellous tale about losing by robbery a sum of 2,0601. His principal debts consisted of two claims for law costs, one by a Miss Parkin, for whom be had acted as agent, and against whom he had brought an action for upwards of 7001., which was referred to arbitration, and in the course of the investigation thereon he swore in February last to the then possession of 2,0001. An award was made against him, and the costs followed, which with the costs of his owe attorney (Mr. W. H. Smith), exceeded 4001. As an applicant to the Court from these claims, it was incumbent on him to show that he had been deprived paying them out of the 2,0001 which he stated he possessed in February last, and he alleged that he had been robbed of the money. The two cre ditors (Miss Parkin and Mr. Smith) refused to credit the story, and opposed his application to be discharged. A lengthened inivestigation took place into the circum stances before the Learned Commissioner, who expressed himself of opinion that the statement was an absolute and atrocious falsehood. The story told was that the insolvent, after the award was made against him, went to Ostend, accomlsanied by a foreigner, whom he had met at Gravesend, to enter into a partnership at Paris, and he tosok 2,060'. with him in his portmanteau, which, after ho got 'into a private house at Ostend, was broken open, and th e contents abstracted, with the documents relating to title intended partnership. He presumed the wine he drN el: was drugged. read no complaint to the polies, ,ut got 21. from a person in the house, and came hnnie . He afterwards met the same person in London, arid, at his instance, went to Antwerp in search of the gal tg by whom he had been plundered. On the last occasi, - )n the Court requFsted , that some evidence should be c bta ined from a savings bank, in order to form is to what sum he had actually possessed. an opinion It appeared that he had possessed a number of lease hold houses % t Hoxton, which he had disposed of to a 1, Air. TAslo ~- ~ ~' •:12 . • ' - .4 r - &loners of Metropolitan Police, I ahall be most h'adY to do all in my power in assisting you r iiordship.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient sers7ant, JAMES GRAHAM. The LORD MAYOR, after having made further inquiries into the case, directed that the pauper lunatic should be taken care of at Dr. Warburton's Lunatic Asylum, at the expense of the City of London, until he should coitsult his brother magistrates upon a question so deeply affeot. , ing the interests of the City, into which paupers from parishes all over the country are daily crowding, and occasioning enormous expense. His Lordship observed, with reference to the peculiar case of the poor lunatic, if such a course as the British Consul had taken were to be looked over by the authorities of the City, mulstfs tudes of destitute objects, whose claims upon this country: were at any rate questionable, might be sent over upon the authority of an officer, who ought to very cautious of interfering in a matter so likely to prove expensive and harassing. In Kerr's case there was not a human being in England, of whom the parochial authorities had cog nizance, capable of giving evidence respecting the claims his parents might have had upon any parish, so that it only appeared to be necessary for the friends of a pauper to , induce a Consul to believe that the object they wished te, serve was the child of English parents, and the burthent was politely and quietly transmitted to England. Some! short time ago, some girls who had been taken from Nottingham to a lace-mill near Paris by the proprietor, were sent back to England in consequence of a fire which destroyed the manufactory. They were imme diately thrown upon the Lord Mayor, but as they could tell upon what pariah they had claims, the difficulty of disposing of them was soon surmounted, and they were received in Nottingham at once ; but in the present in stance the difficulty of dealing with the subject was ex treme, and there required the deepest consideration the magistracy could give to it. GUILDHALL. Mr. Bury, a gentleman residing in the Hounslow road, applied to Mr. Alderman Sidney,f or a summons against the landlord of the Goose and Gridiron tavern, St. Paul's Churchyard, for refusing to accommodate him with refreshments last Sunday morning, he being a. traveller, the landlord being bound to receive travellers, and the Police Act, which requires the alehouse to be: closed from midnight on Saturday night till one o'clock: on Sunday, making an exception in favour of travellers.. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY asked him how far he had travelled on this occasion 1 The applicant said thirteen Mr. Alderman SIDNEY thought that riding so short m. distance did not entitle him to be deemed a traveller- He might have got a good breakfast before he came out, and then he might have fasted till one o'clock without much suffering. Mr. Bury replied, if the Alderman would travel thir teen miles on the top of an omnibus on a cold morning, hh would find out that he required a warming when be Mr. Alderman SIDNEYsaid that was Wis not rising a little earlier. Mr. Bury pressed fur the granting of the summons and he would have the matter discussed at the hearing. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said he was advised that the Gag-e and Gridiron was not the sort of house which was compelled to receive travellers. It was not an inn, for it had no stables, and the liability to entertain travellers attached only to innkeepers. Mr. Bury said he should like to try the question, and hoped the Magistrate would not refuse granting the summons. Mr. Alderman SIDNEY replied, that he should refuse it ; for if the landlord appeared there was no law by which he could deal with the offence. A traveller's remedy for the refusal of accommodation was only by action, if he could prove special damage by being forced to seek accommodation at a considerable distance. The summons was therefore refused. IV OR SHIP - STREET. A genteelly-dressed middle-aged woman, who gave the name of Grace Holcombe, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton for final examination, charged with having stolen several articles of female wearing apparel of trifling value, the property of a woman named Brown, the keeper of a house of bad repute in Marsom street, Hoxton New Town. The prosecutrix stated that about a fortnight since, at a late hour in the evening, the prisoner, who was an entire stranger to her previously, was brought to her house in a state of intoxication in a cab by two gentle men, who stated that she had just sustained a serious accident. and wished to remain in privacy for some time till she recovered from the injury. As this statement was corroborated by the appearance of the prisoner's face, which was bleediug profusely, she consented to re ceive her as a lodger, and the prisoner continued to re side there for more than a week, during the whole of which time she remained in a state of constant in toxication, and was in the frequent habit of drink ing a whole pint of gin at a single draught. The prisoner's thirst for drink was so insatiable, that although she had received a sum of 30s. on the Saturday after she had been brought to witness's house, the whole of it had been dissipated by the follow ing Monday, and the witness having missed several trifling articles of apparel during the remainder of the week, suspected that the prisoner must have purloined them, and kept a sharp watch upon her actions. Her suspicions were at length confirmed by discovering that one of the missing articles was upon the prisoner's per son, and she accused her of stealing it, which the pri soner strenuously denied, and quitted the apartment ; but that and another article having been shortly after wards discovered in the water-closet, which the accused had entered, she called in a policeman and gave her into custody. At the first examination, the prisoner, who was ex ceedingly agitated, and appeared to be completely crushed by her degrading situation, protested her inno cence with great earnestness ; but, having declined to give any account of herself, or to farnish any clue by which her friends or relations could be discovered, the magistrate ordered her to be remanded, that the officer who had taken her into custody might have an oppor tunity of making inquiries respecting her ; and Police-constable Millgate, of the N division, now stated that from information he had derived from some letters and documents which had been found in the prisoner's possession, he had proceeded on the pre ceding day to an army agent's at the west end of Own, and there ascertained that the name the prisoner had given at the police-station was wholly fictitious, that her connexions were of great respectability, and that she was, in reality, the wife of a colonel in cne of the West India Regiments, who had been compelled, in consequence of her dissolute conduct and habits of drinking, to discard her, but had agreed to allow her a separate maintenance of 30s. a week, which was regu larly paid to her through the hands of her husband's army agents, on condition that all personal communica tion between them should cease for the future. The constable added, that at every place at which he had made inquiries respecting her he had received a precisely similar account of her depraved conduct, and that when ever her money was paid to her it was invariably dissi pated within two or three days in the manner described.. It was by no means satisfactorily proved that other persons might not have had access to the place where the stolen articles were found ; and Mr. BnououToss, after severely commenting upon the melancholy spectacle which the prisoner presented in comparison with the station in society she had formerly filled, said that he was of opinion the charge of felony had not been sufficiently made out to justify the pri soner's further detention, and he should therefore order her to be discharged. The prisoner, who endeavoured to hide her face from view as much as possible, was then liberated, and hurried out of the Court. CLERKEN WELL. . John Harold was charged with being an accomplice in robbing and assaulting ;Mr. John Webb, a gentleman residing at 18, Goswell-street. The prisoner, who is a thick-set able fellow, was at once recognised by Inspector Thatcher, as a distin guished member of a class of vagabonds called "Tam pers," fellows who go about from one public-house to a nother inciting or challenging " fiats to fight, and when they fight robbing them. Mr. Webb had received a sum of money from the Treasury, and was at nine o'clock on that morning driven to the Blue Coat Boy tavern, in the City-road, by a eabman named Dame. He was standing at the bar there taking some refreshment, when the prisoner came in; the prosecutor, in a jocular mood, asked several present to toss with him, and did gamble a little. The prisoner perceiving Mr. Webb to bo in a generous humour, made a very distressing state ment, assuring him that his wife and two children were in great misery, that he lived by selling fowls, but had not now a penny to go to market with. The prosecutor compassionated his sad condition, and gave kim ss. Soon after, the prisoner, perceiving Mr. Webb to be very merry, proposed that they should adjourn into the tap room and toss. The prosecutor went accordingly, and soon after a crowd of the prisoner's associates, to the number of about twenty, collected. It was then pro posed by one of them that Mr. Webb should fight the best man in the room for half a sovereign. Mr. Webb agreed, and a man named Mason accepted the challenge. The prosecutor had in his right-hand pocket 28/. in gold, of which fact the prisoner was aware, for Mr. Webb had pulled it out in paying the cab . man and in staking the bet, which was deposited in the hands of one of the party, the prisoner, who seemed so needy a few minutes before, staking the half. sovereign for Mason. The pugilists " set too," and werta sparring, when one of the party (Mr. Webb could not; say that it was the prisoner) came behind him and dealt him such a blow as felled him. He was no sooner down. than the prisoner rushed upon him, and thrust his left hand into the prosecutor's pocket ; the prosecutor seized his hand ; one of th e p arty t o ld he prisoner to " mug'" him (beat him on the head), and the prisoner pummelled him accordingly. Mr. Webb's right eye was invisible, and the parts about it greatly inflamed. Mr. Webb cried out " Will you see a man robbed ?" but no help came. A poor painter named Massey, who was at the bar. hearing the prosecutor's cries, peeped in, saw what was going on, and ran for a constable. When the constabl 3 came, the door of the tap-room was fastened on the inside ; but having at length obtained admission, he cap. tured the prisoner, who exclaimed " that it was all over. Mr. Webb had been robbed of three sovereigns, and wet suffering great pain from the contusion on the upper part of his head. Tho prisoner cross-examined some of the witnesses with great coolness and adroitness. Mr. Comm: commended the poor painter highly for his conduct; and, after giving the usual caution to the prisoner, said he would send him for trial. The prisoner thereupon became very indecorous in his conduct, lolling about the dock and jeering th e spec tators in the body of the Court.—He was fully com• mitted for trial. Mr. Ambridge, a surgeon, residing in White Lion. street, Clerkenwell, was placed in the dock on a charge o f passing two brass medals to an unfortunate girl re• presenting them as half-sovereigns. The charge wail not read aloud, and the prosecutrix did not appear.—• He was discharged. "•• roUng :nig° on Al• I