The Sun. — London, England, 1844-12-27 00:00:00

G_RAVIESEND STAR PACKETS leave the Brunswick Nor, Blackwall, at 11, 3, and 4 ; on Sundays at Irtell , 3. Gravonerd. nt 1, a7“l 3 ; cai Slinda7 9i and b. Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Ninepenee. Saloon and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Blackwail. Yore Cabin, Sixpence—Maloon, Nineponce. Sitar Office, oravesiend, Nov. 29, 1844. COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON. Lothbury, and at No, 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. .. The DIRECTORS hereby give notice that a DIVIDEND , a t the rate of Five per Cent. per annum, for the half year ending 318 t instant, will be PAID to the Proprietors at the Basking_ kouse of the Company in Lothbury, on or after the Ist of Fe bruary next. The Transfer-books will be closed from the lath of January to the Ist of February, 1545.—8 y order of the Board, Dec. 26, 1844. A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. ITANK of AUSTRALASIA, incorporated by street. Itoyal Charter, 1835. London office, No. 2 , Moorgate . Dec 34. The COURT of DIRECTORS of the BANK of AUSTRA LASIA hereby give notice that an EXTRAORDINARY GE NERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS will be held at the —ce of the Corporation as above, on THURSDAY, the 23(1 day of Ja nuary next, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of ELECT ING a DIRECTOR in the place of William Brown, Esq., re kilned; and that, for the convenience of the Proprietors, the pre scribed December meeting has on this occasion been postponed to th a t day. By order of the Court, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Secretary. BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE, PATROY—His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT. PRESIIDENT—Right Hon. the EARL of DEVON. The SESSION of 184 i will COMMENCE in January and ex tend to the end of June, including Fifty-two Evening Meetings, 110 (1 the first of each class will bear the following dates : First House Dinner Thursday, Jan. 2. ' First Conversazione Friday, Jan. 3. First Lecture Monday, Jan. 6. First Soiree Wednesday, Jan. S. First Discussion Xembers may obtain their cards for the session, and every re %late information, at the Institute. JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director. 13, Geerge.street, Hanover.square. irHE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE ,„ WORKING, COMPANY, Esher-street, Holywell-street,llllbank, Cestrninster (established 1821), are enabled, with their PATENT ACIIINEItY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Monuments , Tablets, babe for Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an ,l,""racy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability sf Po and ' , lnchon of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. The Publie are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-ROOMS, ‘ °,l taining the largest stock in this country. The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks , .... 7.„. B ehritlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order. as if*to be accurate in copying the Achiress, to prevent intposi tie n. the Company having uo connexion with any otker Establish agent but that in Esher-street. NOW OPEN. UNIQUE EXHIBITION.-BATTLE OF WATERLOO. New Model, upon a very large Scale, representing the Splendid Charge in the earlier part of the Battle by the British heavy Ca valry under the Marquis of Anglesea, and by the British Infantry under Sir Thomas Picton. --EGYPTIAN BALL, PICCADILLY, Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evenings, brilliantly illuminated, from Seven till Ten. Admislion, One Shilling. PRICE'S PATENT CANDLES burn without snuffing, like the finest wax, and are cheaper, in proportion t/le light given, than the commonest tallow ones. They are sold a i respectable dealers throughont the country, at or under One hilling per lb., and wholesale to the Trade by EDWARD PRICE 7 1 CO, Belmont Vauxhall ; and Palmer and Co., hutton- street, qerken;el. Purchasers must insist upon being supplied in the shops with Price's Patent Candles," or they are very likely to get some of t a imitations, on account of the greater profit afforded to the ler by these latter. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital .£500,400. Raapowered by Act of Parliament. DITISION OF PROFITS. The steady sacoess and iscreaslag prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last am/mai iivestigatioa declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent• on the amounts inv on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. . -._ 153..4.....-.L.,.., ji) AVIES'S CANDLES, sd. and Sid. per lb. Wax Candles, Is. 2d.—Fine Wax, Is. Sd. , .5 ;HI 4. 1 -. It 4 3 ... 4 * , Male's Superb Composite, requiring no snetling, 101 d. :L.' 15 , Bonus /terms in 3a g ..: ;,... cm , telliiine Wax, 2s. 3d. Transparent Wax, 2s. 2d.—Genuine 21 l'renatuni. A addss , Cash . E . i . : 2 , r , 4 g irrni. 2s. 2d.—Extra tine Moulded Caadles, with the improved •I • g: a •:, ,q 5 k 4 red Wicks, 7d.—Yellow soap, '40., 52m., avid Mts. per 1121bs.— i ! -..•-•• AB. o, ° ttisd, 60s. ant 64s.—Winder, Is. 4d. per packet . — Palm, Is. 4d.— _, .. s no nrowa Windsor, Is. Sd.—tose, 2a.—Superior Almond, 2s Gd.— I x £ 5. 4. £ s. d. £s.d.£s. d. £ a. ds " 4 1 4 erftne Dealing - wax, 41. 64. per lb .— Refined Sperm Oil, 70.6 d. per i 1837 170 9 3 77 5112 3 9 346 2 3 tall °i+—Solar Oil, 38. 6d. i 80:1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 816 4 2% 13 4 ,Por Cub, at DAYIRS'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St [ 1839 116 16 • 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 -41 •113's..lane (opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house),Charing-cross ' --- THE CHRISTMAS CHIMES. Oh ! merry were the'elden days when Christmas was at hand, o " L h en peace and plenty smil'd around, and bless'd our happy land I A u l glorious were indeed the scenes enacted at those times, nd blythely welcom'il'every heart—the merry Christmas Chimes The holly and the ivy green around the halls were hung, songs of love and chivalry were oft by minstrels sung; titl'd great—the lowly poor—then festive met betimes, 'nd every bosom heard with joy—the merry Christmas Chimes men love and laughter, joy and bliss, made up the festive scone, .111eI t . n Youthful dialed with lightsome hearts beneath the evergreen; 4 iist group'd around the aged sat, talk'd of the olden times, counted too how eft they'd heard—the merry Christmas Chimes The Poor were fed, the naked cloth'd—and though we must comets, i t " .. ° * little then of style and taste were shown in homely dress ; l . ut different 'tis since " one" arose, the king of modern times, layana's fame extends where ring—the merry Christmas Chimes Clothing, matchless in extent, in beauty and in shade, Irugely now for Christmas time are gorgeously display's( ; 1 n .." if you would revive again the scenes of olden times, :it buy a suit of Hyarn's Clothes—ere peal the Christmas Chimes ! ii For favours shown throughout the year, L. Hyam would express l i ' gratitude and heartfelt thanks for all his great success; Would see commerce far extend, restore the good old times, 111 all should welcome once again—the merry Christmas Chimes u O bserve—All garments at this establishment are %larked the in plain figures, from which n• abatemen is made. Any ‘— "tie exchanged, which is not approved of, or the money returned. 1- IYAM, Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, Pantech mills, 36, Graeechurch-street. READY-MADE DEPARTMENT. te2Oral or Chesterfield coats, hem . ....... ...£0 9 4 et7lon or Waterford Riding ditto, from ......... . •12 0 AL'arisian Envelope, from .I 1 0 Walking Coat, from tad Youths' Tag liunis, or Chesterfields, from-- 6 zo it . Dress Coats, any colour, from t it ," nurtont ditto, ditto, from . Is„.`to Black Trousers, front zitte ditto Vest, from ' , Ditto Tweed Trousers, from • 7 6 itoitto Buckskin Trousers, from Ditto Fancy Vest, from Tunic suit, from ..... 0 18 0 ................. /fusser suit, horn' 1 0 • Men's Moleskin Trousers, from 11itto, ditto, very best quality, rule pocket, from 6 0 Office Coats, frets BESPOKE DEPARTMENT. • . r oglioni or Chest er fi e ld C oa ts, from 0 13 Ol ealyen or Waterford Riding ditto, from 1 0 0 The Parisian Envelope, from Al bert Walking C oa t, from .. 1 10 • ° Y 4 ' and Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields, from 0 12 0 Yen's Dress Coats, any colour 1 14 0 Ditto Surteu., ditto, from . Ditto Doetkin Trousers, any pattern, from • Ditto slack dress Trousers, from .. 0 13 • Ditto Fashionable Vests, in endless variety, from 0 7 • A New Book, entitled " The Age of Wonders," containing a tailed List of Prices, Fashions, and Description of material for i : Present season, can be had by applying to Mr. L. HYA M, o ntethnetheca. 32. Gracechurch.street, London. The division of profits Is animal, and the next will be made hi Do umber of the present year. This institution offers many important aid sibstantial advan tages with respect both to Life Ass4i - ances and Deferred Amenities. The assured has. ea all OrAagifißS, the power to borrivr, without ex pense er forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, (see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his interests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assuranc,es for terns of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FLRGUSON CAMROUX, See. ICTORIA LIFE ASSURA TRLISTBES. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman. BENJAMIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman. BENJAMIN BARNARD, Esq. CHARLES BALDWIN, Esq. Peculiar advantages are offered by this Company. Thus— Parties assuring the lives of ethers may make their policies secure, notwithstanding the life assured may go out of the limits of Europe, without the necessary permission of the Directors having been pre viously obtained. Credit of half the premiums for the first five years allowed on pa.. limes effected for the whole term of life. On policies of five years' standing, half the amount paid, after the first year's premium, may be borrowed thereon by the Assured. Advances are also made to Assurers en real or undoubted personal security, for terms of years, repayable by instalments. Attention is particularly requested to the detailed Prospectuses ef the Company, which may be obtained at the Office, Id, King William-street, City, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. 'ANY. LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITIES- The following are Spechneas of the LOW RATES of PRE. !II UM charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY. Are........ THB BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. N°ltTON.'.s (...).A.U.OMILE PILLS are confi dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to all " 0 suffer from Indigestion, Sick Headach, Bilious and Liver Com raihts ; they a l t aa a powerful tonic and gentle aperient , impart . It strength to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system. Bold in bottles at Is. I ;id., 2s. lad., or 11s., each, by A. Wil. 441 1 1, hy and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishepsgate Without, nearly all Medicine Vendors. ti[EARI'BURN, 4cc.—Cert..rn end immediate relief in the hours of basilicas, by night, or on a journey, is tve, U.Y the Pure Alkaline Preparations of Br-CARBONATE of I.,,`'A and I'OTASS , compressed into P lll6 by llrocke den ' s Patent T e 'egg. They furnish an ever ready and instan t remed y to those I .l ful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-keadache, Scc , produced by Acidity. w sold. wholesale iy Barclay and Sous, Farringdon-street ; and by 2 , ‘ ",' Chemist and Druggist in the United Kingd on s . Price One pe Box, or in Family Poxes, R OWLAND'S °DONT°, Or PEARL DEN rIFRICE- N troubsed by her Majesty THE QUEEN." the Royal Family, and the several hovereigns and Courts of Europe. fragrant White Powder, prepared from Orient al Herbs of ' nest ' . leble virtue for strengthening, preserving,and beautifying the Teeth. eradicates the factitious formation of tartar, and thus lends a min rte and freshnes to the gums. It removes from tbe surface the eth the spots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the Warne', iniparting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness ; while, its salutxious and disinfecting qualities, it gives sweetness mareer to the breath. Being an anti-scorbutic, the gums also 1,.., ill its sorrective powers ; scurvy is eraisicated from thorn, a 7thy action and redness are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) vagrantrse thus r ar en eraatiedered ficleanser rm is their sockets. As the most effiumscient ever and ZeWn, ROWLAND'S ODONTO has now f or a Ling series of *occupied a distinguished dace at the toilets of the Sovereigns ;t"e the Nobility throughout Erope, while the general demand tot 4 t once announces the favou r in which it is held. by the pulilie At l ose. Price 2s. Pd. per box, duty included. 4 CAEITION.- -To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis :4am of Stamps have directed the Proprietors' signature to be — lt-wed en the Government Stamp, thus— A ROWLAND & SON, al, Hatton-garden, Which is affixed on each Box. Hold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. All other edentos are Fraudulent Imitations. PUBLIC NOTICE. 434, OXFORD-STREET. TO SHIPPERS. OWNERS, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. Copies of Testimonials, Gratis, by all Agents. RIMSTONE'S EE SNUFF.—Under the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the — "voess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury, is universally re i„n2,,neaded by the Faculty for its e ffi cacy in removing disorders "v‘fient to the Eyes and Head. SIGHT RESTORED! —NERVOUS HEADACHE AND DEAFNESS CURED! By the most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound i „.. - •(1 mod sot application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand alt is have been accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet ..7• tain in its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the Rfferer to make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commons have used it. "..e Lords of the 'Treasury have sanctioned its use. Their late M Ftlen, the Duchess of Kent, the most eminent Oculists, Medical „ r actitioisers—with that gigantic balance, the Press—have eulogised T i rristone's celebrated Herbaceous Compound, known as " Grim t ne's Eye Snuff," for its efficacy in removing_ all diseasencident 1 0 the Eve* and Head. G. J. Guthrie ,Esq., • F.R.S. Set J.E. . Lech- Fig.'s Letter, Whitehall. Dr. Thomas. Dr. Andrews calls it Vatlonal blessing—see his Reports touching its utility. The late it with many others, recommend Gr i ms tone ' s E y e a pVA , and call t " Man's best Friend," and the "Student's Vade teuw. • p b r. Andrews also recommends its use as a preventive. See his vi,ot; in Nov. 1,01. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the at„„ ... . 411 ).•ane, Nvithin the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim- Eye sour, when frequentl taken, must of the greatest ▪ lit :to the c;insumer ; and, fu r ther, recommends its universal T- ion as a preventative. Thomas, of Hatfield, having witnessed many cases both of '" , (ltete and ophthalmia, has kindly given his testimony thereof. fe vr of the man thousand Testimonials of Sight restored and , 7 41.4 f queered by Gil MSTONE'S RYE SNUFF 64 1, 6 W. Grimstene, Esq. " April 20th, 1844. fh. Lie at Sir,-1 feel bound by a sense of justice to inform yeu ef ta u tit iteulous cure effected en myself by taking a few pinches of ta t _ celebrated Gnmstone's Eye Snuff, which, to my case. ought t h e „li e d Ear Snuf,' it Laving effectually relieved me from at in !as from which I have been suffering for many years. You are Ilhr; to make any use extraordinary aof this communication, since I uldi such regret if the qualities of your Eye Snu ff "e not; universally known. e _ " I am, deer Sir, your obedient servant, ~I c a o Sc o tl an d. M A RGA RET NIACGREGOR. ea Is vouch far the truth of the foregoing facts and statemen ,r;'" . . ‘ 1 ..7 S. 1314. " JAMES SHUT ER, Kentbur y , Berks." 44,, • M. Reynolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, &c.. &c. of excruciating pains, and can now write without spectacles i t • 'tstnford-stteet, Blacidriar's-road. Z l `Theg F. Lespis, facing the church, Park-street, Wiedsor • cured J . 4 , 1 ,t. fif sight and headache.-9th S-ptember, 1838, and 1843. I..achfield, Esq. ; cured of Ophthalmia. Whitehall and 6 2 " - Hecl House Tavern —See his letters, 1838 and IB4th arid thene o 03 , e t e Cauhtio is n— pared W. GRIa L lS [ONE is the sole inventor, Thi. , t ermine pr by im. ( Odoriferous lierbace , us Compound of Herbs is sold in 11.. at 81., Od., Id., 4s. 4d., Na., and 6d. each, by the Illite.. —ett Ts W. ORI MS'l',) NE, at No. 414, x ford-street, rotten sae rt-road 'end (late of No. 9 ., Broad-street, Bloomsbury), Prino„ th , t fietbary, filighg , te ; and cm; also be taotained in all the Ow ee ' r 'a' ~Towns, and Cities A liberal allowance to Shippers eelet44 aptains and all Vendors of Orimstone's Eye Snuff This ber k i • '"nuff is shipped to all Quarters of the globe, and retains on the t qualities in every climate All Snu ff s and Cigars shipped An sirtest notice. SI fatuity can be Artsfowarded thll the General st , by 4 41. ant •°fley orders. . 4d. canister , with :post g ill cost Rua on in like prorrtio AIWA:UGH ATE • No. 16,338. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time "or the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAIN , C and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties is Child's CHROMATROPE, to which may be added, Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures ou the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro fessor BACHHOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daily. Dr. RYAN also Lectures on the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All these Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. SUBMA RINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL aid DIVER. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Admission, Is.; &Imo% Half-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just published. price ls. GENERAL 'r OM THUMB. The AMERICAN MAN is MINIATURE has returned to London and is now holding his PUBLIC LEVEES at the Gal lery, in Suftblk-street, PalL.mall. The General has been visiting the principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met with unprecedented success. Whilst in Edinburgh the General was presented with a beautiful Highland dries, of the Royal Stuart Tartan, manufactured by Messrs. Meyers and Mortimer, in which he will appear at each exhibition, in addition to his Citizen, Napoleon, and Court dress. Hours of Exhibition from Eleven to One, Three to Five, and from Seven to Nine. Doors open half an hour previous. Admission (regardless of age), One Shilling. The General's Miniature Equipage will be exhibited daily from Four to Half.past Five, and from Eight to Half.past Nine, P.M. at 121, Pall-mall, at the trifling charge of Threepence, merely to defray the rent of the room. PUBLICATION S. Third Edition of INDIA and LORD ELLENBOROUGII. _ _ Price 2x. Gd., W. H. Dalton, Cockspur-street. TALES FOR CHILDREN. `TORIES of OLD DANIEL, for the Amuse -1," ment of Young Persons. The Twelfth Edition, 12m0., 4e. Gd., el ith lettered, with Frontispiece and Vignette. London Siinpkin, Marshall, and Co. ; Whittaker and Co. ; and Houlston and Stoneman. THE ART-UNION FOR JANUARY will coatain an Engraving produced under very extraordinary circumstances ; the discovery being likely to lead to a thorough revo lution in Art. The Print is a copy of a beautiful and highly-wrought line Engraving upon steel, produced within the space of a few days, from a paper impression only of the original. Thu invention effects so wonderfully accurate a copy of any original work, printed, en graved, or written, that the inventor will uAdertake to supply a bank-note so exactly imitated that the person who signed and issued it shall n be able to distinguish the true note from the forgery. The inventioais;in a degree, tested by the Print that will be Issued with the Art-Union Monthly Journal for January ; those who de sire to procure a copy must give an early order for it to any booksel ler in town or country. Price One Shilling. Publishers, Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. Price 3d. Stamped, 4d. CIIRISTMAS PANTOMIME ; Illustrated in Six Columns of THE GREAT GUN, of No. 7, - Published this day : 36 columns of Fun, Literaturc,'Musical and Dramatic Cri ticisms, Illustrations by Phiz, Crowquill, Doyle, Henning, Hine, Ser geant, &c. Bal Masque of Jullien—Signor Costa and the Philhar monic Society—Prize Pig and Poverty. By Phiz—Boxing-day. By Crowquill—Old England and Young England—The Royal Exchange —Mesmerism—The Ilistrionics—Spanish Statesmen—Sporting— Poetry—Facetize, &c. Office, 63, Fleet-street. May be had of all Newsvenders in town or country. 111 HE PEOPLE'S FAMILY BIBLE : Splendid 1 Type and Splendid Engravings—Forming the handsomest, most richly-enibellished, and cheapest Family Bible ever issued. Two Plates and Two Sheets of Letterpress, super royal quarto size, for One Shilling. Fisher, Son, and Co., the Caxton Press, Angel-street, Newgate street, London. REGENERATION of our DOMESTIC TRADE.--New Markets for our Manufactures—Ships—Co lonies—Commerce, are the important and useful objects aimed at in Fisher's Colonial Magazine, and Journal of Trade, Commerce, and Banking, published Monthly, price One Shilling. The First Number of the Second Volume, published January 1, 1845, presents to persons desirous of becoming Subscribers a favourable opportunity of com mencing. Vol. I. (New Series) now ready, price 12s. cloth. Fisher, Son, and Co., the Caxton Press, Angel-street, Newgate street, Londog. TEE PFIY6IOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body, what improve ; Truths as relined as Athens even heard." The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price Is., by post, 15.6 d. ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On Matrimonial Eligibility aid Unfitness—On Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law o Divorce, &c. By R. J. CULVERIVELL, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Licentiate of the Hall, and twenty-three years Resident Practitioner In London. " Of human ills and frailties I discourse, Those taught by nature and by art acquir'd. Of griefs conceall, and disappointments keen, Which young and gentle--the matured and sage— The lonely and the mated—all sustain ; In kindly spirit herein commies given, How health, how hope, how happiness to gain." Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvallio, 147, Fleet-street Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Cornbill ; and the Author, 21, Arundel-street, Strand.—A. home daily till Two : Evenings, Seven till Nine. --- PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURTS of CHANCERY, made in a cause ASTON against MEREDITH, the Creditors of CHARLES MEREDITH, late of Leamington Priors, in the county of Warwick, Esquire, who died in the month of June, 1843, are forthwith to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFYIN WILSON, one of the Masters of the said Cote, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane, London ; or in default thereof, they will be excluded the benefit of the said decree. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Repulse, Marquis, from Bengal, off Pen zance, sailed March 23, Mauritius May 11, Algoa Bay Sept. 4, Table Bay Oct. 21 ; Anna Robertson, Munro, from Madras, off Plymouth, sailed Sept. 3, Cape• Oct. 26; Bland, Callan, from Bengal, off Plymouth, sailed Aug. 14, Cape Oct. 26 ; Lady Clarke, Lawrence, from Bengal, off Falmouth, sailed July 31, Cape Oct. 28 ; Albyn, Clarke, from Moulmain, off Falmouth, sailed Aug. 1, St. Helena Oct. 26 ; Chilena, Wyllie, from Penang, in the London Docks, sailed from St. Helena Oct. 25 ; Rota, Carl, from Batavia, off the Wight, sailed Sept. 18; Portly, Reed, from !Mauritius, off Plymouth, sailed Oct. 1, St. Helena Nov. 4 ; Vigilant, Hoets, from the Cape of Good Hope, off Penzance, sailed Oct. 26, St. Helena Nov. 5. Arrivals at St. Helena—Commerce, Cow;e, Nov. 2, and Catherine, M‘Donahl, from Ichaboe ; Orion, from Batavia ; Union, Allen, Nov. 3, from lehaboe, and sailed sth to Barbadoes ; Neptune, Ferris, from Madras ; Wilhel mina, from Batavia; Neva and Clydesdale, from Ichaboe; La Perouse, 4th, from Pondicherry ; Henrietta and Phcenix, from Batavia ; Heloise, from China ; Superior, from Ichaboe ; Anu and Kate Nickleby, sth, from west ' coast of Africa. IRELAND. FUNERAL OF THE EARL OF LIMERICK.- TURBULENT PROCEEDINGS. DUBLIN, DEC. 25.—The Tipperary Vindicator, re ceived this day, contains the following account of the funeral of the late Lord Limerick, and I am sure you will read with the d.epest pain the description of the turbulent and disgraceful proceedings of a portion of the populace of the city of Limerick on that occasion:— " On Saturday evening, at six o'clock, the mortal re mains of the late Earl of Limerick, of the late Viscount Glentworth, the Earl's grandson, and of Lady Mary Pery, his daughter, arrived in Limerick from Dublin in funeral procession. The hearses in which the bodies were contained were accompanied by mourning coaches, containing some of the distinguished members of the Pery family. The remains of Lady Mary and Viscount Glent worth were deposited forthwith in the family vault, Pery's chapel, in one of the niches of the ancient Cathe dral of St. Mary's. " The body of the Earl of Limerick was taken to the Palace. " During the entire of Sunday the family mansion and the cathedral were visited by hundreds of citizens of all classes, impelled by motives of eager curiosity to witness the obsequies of an individual who was known to them only by the recollection of his having a title and estates, derived from a city and locality which were never benefited by his occasional presence, or the expenditure of any portion of the ample pecuniary means with which the extensive property he held in the district supplied him. " The coffin, which was covered with black velvet, was placed in the antique spacious parlour of the mansion, and suspended over it was a coronet, with the family arms and escutcheon, surrounded by sable plumes. The lying in state was an imposing and pompous spectacle, commemorative of the decadence of worldly splendour— indicating the passing joys and sorrows of this life. "It having been rumoured through the city that the funeral would take place at twelve o'clock on Monday, the populace were on the qui vive from an early hour in the morning. The funeral left the palace at 12 o'clock, and moved on through George-street, Patrick-street, and Rutland. street. The carriages of the nobility and gentry of the surrounding district were in attendance. Among them were, Earl Dunraven's, Lord Clarina's, Lord Monteagle's, Sir Aubrey De Vere's, Mr. William Maun sell's, &c. "About one thousand of the tenantry of his late Lord ship were dressed in scarfs and hatbands. Many gentle men of the county and city wore crape hatbands and weepers. The crowds of idle persons in the streets and thoroughfares were very great, and as the procession moved along there was a good deal of s houting and groaning. When it arrived at the New Bridge,' it was Completely stopped, and then a scene of indescribable con fusion ensued. The tenantry were hustled and pulled about, and the linen was torn from their hats and shoul ders. The crowd was so great on the bridge and up Quay-lane that there was no proceeding. A most dis graceful assault was made on the carriage of Lord Monteagle, who, on being recognised, was fiercely groaned and hooted. His Lordship with much difficulty escaped into Mr. Howard's spirit shop, after some very rough treatment. Some say he was knocked down and trampled on—others that he was me rely hustled. Mr. Sam Dickson, likewise the Mayor, and Mr. O'Neill, who interfered to protect him, received some ill-usage. At length the excitement and vio lence become so great that it was feared the immense crowd would overturn the hearse and carriages and throw his Lordship's remains into the river. A speedy order was given for the military, and two companies of the 15th Foot, and a troop of the sth Dragoon Guards were almost immediately on the spot. In the meantime Lord Monteagle, Sir Aubrey De Vere, and others, re mained in durance at Mr. Howard's till the military came to their rescue. The populace then slowly retired, laughing and jeering at the parade of soldiery, whose presence could have been well dispensed with were the police at hand, as they should have been, t 3 do their duty." MR. O'CONNELL.—Mr. O'Connell arrived privately at Cruise's Hotel, Limerick, on Saturday evening, and left on Sunday, after breakfast, for Darrynane. There was a large collection of peop:e outside the hotel.—Limerick Reporter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn arrived on Thursday last at Baronscourt. SUICIDE BY STARVATION IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Baker, the coroner, held rather a lengthened investigation at the Five Bells Inn, Old Ford, Middlesex, respecting the death of Frances Wilson, aged 45, an inmate of Byle's private lunatic asylum, in the above parish, who died, from voluntary starvation in that establishment. Ann Williams, a nurse in the asylum, deposed that the deceased was a married woman, and had been an inmate of the establishment since the 10th of last month, having been sent under an order from the parish officers of Wal worth, on proper medical certificates, and was not a pri vate patient. The deceased was a decided lunatic. The deceased had a disposition to abstain from food, and could not be persuaded to eat proper nourishment. What could be administered to her was generally done by some persons holding her head back whilst witness put the food into her mouth. She used to fancy that she was going to be poisoned. On Tuesday forenoon witness, assisted by a nurse named Jones, was engaged in feeding her with wine and arrow-root, and as the last teaspoon ful was about being poured down her throat, her eyes became fixed as if death were coming upon her. She was instantly laid down on the bed, gave a deep gasp, and expired. The CORONER—Have you any padded rooms here similar to those at the county asylum at Hanwell ? Wit ness—Not as yet, Sir. What was this house formerly ?—A receptacle for paupers, who were farmed out. Is it a properly licensed private lunatic asylum ?—Quite so, Sir. Mr. Edward Palmer, resident surgeon at the asylum, said the deceased laboured under violent mania, raving it was poi son . H e was i n attend almost constantly. Her del us i ons were var i ous . Sh e she died. He thought that her d a ne refused a c t e h u w Pf a °o s caused odhbeerli we vih by en ug t he weakened state of her system, arising from the circumstance of her having no disposi tion to take food. The jury returned a verdict —" That the deceased had died in consequence of her abstaining from proper nou rishment to sustain life." A SCENE.—At the Watling — ton Petty Sessions, on Saturday, before Mr. 11. Hammersley, and the Rev. E. F. Glanville, June Allen, a wretchedly distressed-look ing woman, with an infant at her breast, was charged with having stolen, on the 25th of November, a small f a ggot of wood, of the value of " one penny," from off a pile in Thirdswood, the property of Mr. John Page, chairmaker, of Wheel-end, Stokenchurch. The prose cutor produced Alfred Newell. who, said he saw Allen take the faggot at about half-past five o'clock on the morning of the day in question. The husband of the defendant, covered with rags, and bespeaking from his a ppearance great poverty, declared that no person left his house that morning till after six o'clock, and his wife declared that she did not enter the wood till after s ix o'clock, and then only to collect some dry boughs to warm her children. The bench more than once put it to the prosecutor as to whether he was determined to press the charge, and he said he was ; he had lost fag gots before. Page said, " The faggots were worth 6s. per hundred in the wood "--4 d. each. It was an affect ing scene. From the prosecutor sternly pressing the charge, the mother, with the infant in her arms, was committed to Oxford gaol, to take her trial at the Quarter Sessions, charged with stealing the said faggot, of the value of id. ith u o s u l t in andy them,dy; they THE WEIT HE R.—THE PARKS, &c.—There is still of that rapid and decided renders the streets of the u metropolis character were, however, for the greater part of y es t er d a y , greasy, as it is termed, and the roads in the s ubu r bs w ere somewhat softened, suspension ° slippery frost,which without and muddy; but thick the generally through i the day keen and cutting, blowing briskly from the eastward ; and a rather on the river was so dense as to obstruct th e ch i ef portion of the traffic. The temperature at the R o y al H u m ane Society's receiving house, in Hyde Park , was thirty-five degrees at eight fog wind generally wasg prevailed, o'clock on Wednesday night, but had descended to thirty four degrees at seven o'clock yesterday morning. At noon the mercury had advanced to thirty-eight degrees, at which point it remained at eight o'clock last night, or rather it may be said to have risen a shade, and the wind having moderated considerable mildness succeeded. The barometer had fallen from 32. 2. to 29. 7., giving intimation of a fall of rain or snow. Skating in either the Regent Park or Kensington Gardens is at an end for the present. A BURGLAR CAUGHT.—On Tuesdayevening, about six o'clock, a most daring attempt at burglary was made at No. 21, Walcot-square, Lambeth, which fortunately terminated in the capture of the burglar just as he had effected an entrance into the house. It appeared that a gentleman residing next door was in the act of entering his house, when he perceived a man in the doorway of No. 21. lie crossed the road unperceived, and watched the fellow's actions, when he distinctly saw the latter open the door, and just as he was in the act of entering he ran over and pounced upon him. They had a most desperate struggle, in which the fellow beat his captor in a dreadful manner, but he did not, however, let him go until the arrival of the police, who secured him, and conveyed him to the station-house, in Tower-street, Lam be th. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—The various public exhibitions throughout the metropolis were yesterday visited by vast numbers of sight seers, who were evi dently all much gratified by what they saw. The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, the Mar quis of Chandos, and Lady Anne Grenville aro passing Christmas at Stowe. The Noble Duke has distributed, under his personal inspection, his annual Christmas bounty to the numerous labourers on his Grace's estates I in Buckinghamshire. DEATH OF A MOTHER AND IN FANT FROM NEGLECT. The picturesque little village of Cowley, near Chel teeham, has, during the past week, been the scene of great excitement, in consequence of various reports, that a female (unmarried) named Sarah Jackson, had been recently delivered of a child, and that both the infant and mother had perished the same morning, shortly after the accouchement, and had afterwards been buried at Cowley without having notified to the clergyman the cause of death, which it was said entirely arose from the gross neglect of the midwife. The above circumstances having come to the knowledge of the Rev. Mr. Fendale, the rector of the parish, that gentleman immediately put himself in communication with the Coroner, Mr. Barnet, and Mr. Dalton, the medical officer of the union, when the former gentleman forwarded an order to the rectory for the exhumation of the bodies, for the purpose of as certaining the cause of death. The disinterment having taken place, the inquest was held in the drawing-room of the parsonage house at Cowley. From the evidence of Edith Jones, who keeps the toll-gate at Birdlip, near Cheltenham, on the Cirencester road, it appeared that the deceased was her sister. Deceased, who was twenty three years of age, was unmarried, and lived as servant in a gentleman's family at Over, near Gloucester, and that she came to Birdlip for the period of her confinement, which took place at witness's house, on the 4th inst. Deceased was attended by a midwife, named Betty Redden, who, at the period of the accouchement, got extremely agitated, and sent to Cheltenham for the as sistance of a medical gentleman, Mr. Dalton, who gave his immediate attendance. Mr. Dalton remained with his patient above an hour and a half, who, he said was going on exceedingly well. lie then left her in charge of the nurse, Elizabeth Redden, taking care to examine Redden as to her competency in midwifery; the answers being satisfactory, he left deceased in the hands of the nurse, with the greatest confidence, particularly as the dangerous period of parturition was over. At two hours after Mr. Dalton had left the deceased was delivered of a full-grown fine female child. The nurse Redden was present. The nurse was to have ss. for her attendance. After the birth (about an hour and a half) Redden attended to the child; she washed its face, and placed it on a box, observing that it was " dead enough." The mother was placed in a chair, undressed, and put to bed. The child was born alive, and there was some blood on its ears and nose before it was washed. There were no marks of violence observable about the head. The child lived about an hour after it was born, but nothing was done to it till it was washed by the nurse, and the mother was informed of the death of her first-born. After the child's face was washed the nurse left, saying the female was going on very favourably, and did not return again. The mother died before Mr. Dalton could be sent for a second time. Elizabeth Redden was examined at great length, but the prevaricating manner in which she gave her testi mony, and the great reluctance with which she answered the questions of the Coroner, induced him to order her to withdraw, and to decline receiving her testimony. The CORONER observed, that, by her own admission, it was obvious that both mother and infant had been treated with great neglect and ignorance. The Coroner observed, he did not know in what position the verdict of the jury would place her; it might be one of peril. Ann Williams. of Birdlip, another midwife, also in giving her evidence, prevaricated to such a degree that it called forth the severe censure of the Court. The wit ness, however, admitted that she observed a black mark on the forehead of the child, and blood was escaping from the nese, mouth, and ears. The CORONER severely lectured the two midwives for the tissue of falshoods relative to the child, which, in fact, had never been washed at all, and said he did not know that he was doing his duty in not having them punished. Mr. Hawkins, surgeon, of Cheltenham, stated that in his opinion, both mother and child had been grossly neglected by the two midwives and their friends. Had proper and judicious care and management been taken, both lives would undoubtedly have been saved. It was a gross case of neglect. Mr. Dalton, the surgeon to the union, presented him self for examination, but the jury said there was not the slightest imputation on his conduct, andi his evidence would be unnecessary. Mr. Dalton replied, he merely wished to explain that when he arrived at the house, he was told his assistance would not be required, that ,the female was going on well, and that nature would perform her office—having seen the patient, he left orders that if she got worse he should be instantly sent for. Placing the deceased in a chair was sufficient to cause serious injuries. As medi• cal officer of the union, he received no order to attend the woman, but went instantly without one. The jury, after a lengthened discussion, returned the following special verdict:—" That they considered the deceased had not received proper care and attention that a person in her peculiar state required, but, on the con trary, was neglected and injudiciously treated by the midwife, Elizabeth Redden—that the, infant died from contusion of the brain, but from what precise cause it arose there is not sufficient evidence to testify. The jury also beg to express their opinion that the child had not proper care and attention bestowed upon it, as to afford it an opportunity of living, and that there was great neglect on the part of the said Elizabeth Redden." The above verdict will not warrant a committal for manslaughter. FIltE AT A COTTON FACTORY.—Yesterday morn ing, about half-past seven a'clock, information was brought to the police-yard, by a police officer, that the factory occupied by Messrs. Waterhouse and Co., cotton spinners, Temple-street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, was on fire. Mr. Thomas Rose, with a company of firemen and an engine, were soon on the spot, and three other engines followed. An engine from the Pollard-street station, and one belonging to the firm of Messrs. Hoyle and Sons, whose works are adjacent to Messrs. Water house and Co.'s mill, were also very early at the place. The latter engine, we believe, arrived very shortly after the fire was discovered, and being in excellent condition, was of very great service. Mr. Rose, who is yot suffer ing from the effects of an injury received from the kick of a horse about ten days ago, was present soon after the arr ival of the first engine from the police-yard. At that tit ne the flames were issuing from the windows of the sec and and third stories of a building containing the carding and blowing machinery ; the building is four stories high, and runs parallel to a larger erection be longing to the same firm. Appearances for some time were very alarming ; but water having been quickly ob tained, and branches from the Niagara and Thetis en gines got into play, the flames were soon reduced,and in about an hour completely extinguished. The building, which b elongs to the firm, is of the fire-proof construc tion, am I has not received any considerable damage. The principul damage was to the cotton on the premises, a conside table quantity of which was consumed, and other portion; I sustained damage from the water used in extin guishini the fire. The amount of loss we have not been able to ascertain. The building, machinery, stock of cot ton, &e. , are, we understand, insured in the Phoenix, Im perial, I Loyal Exchange, Atlas, and Alliance offices. The tire orig 'mated through some hard substance coming in contact, i with the teeth of a blowing machine in the lower Story, at id thereby causing the cotton to ignite, and the flames, a iterwards ascended through the " well-holes" to the lAgln -r stories of the building. The firemen displayed their use al coolness and intrepidity on the occasion, and the work men employed in the mill assisted to the utmost of their p iower in staying the progress of the conflagra tion. ) personal injury, we are glad to say, was re ceived.—. Manchester Guardian. DREAI MIL ACCIDENT BY FlRE.—Yesterday:morn ing, soon after three o'clock, a police-constable, named Ayliffe, Z Zo. 270 K, was on his beat in Green Man-lane, Poplar, vi 'hen he heard the screams of a woman, and cries of " Murder, fire," proceed from the house No. 3, inhabited by a female named Ellen Walsh. He lost no time in he stening to the spot, and endeavoured to obtain admission, , but was unable to do so until he broke open the door, • W hen the poor unfortunate creature Walsh fell into his a rms with her garments blazing around her. Ayliffe, w ith great presence of mind, threw his great coat about her person, flung her on the ground, and rolled her over until ho extinguished the flames. She was bumf:. in a dreadful manner, and Ayliffe imme diately ci died upon the assistant of Mr. Baillie, the divisiot tal surgeon, to attend her. After the usual reme. dies hi ,c 1 k teen applied, she was removed on a litter to the 3. and , Dn Hospital, and received all the attentions whi ch the resources of that admirable institution could Atli nTI Hier case appeared hopeless from the first, and de Alt has since relieved her. The woman was of the etleiss .caller I " unfortunate," and went home intoxicated .an Christi aas night at twelve o'clock, and left a candle burni2ag of t a chair by her bed side, and the light cow eounit sated to her clothes after she had laid down. In .extin guishi'ng the fire, the constable's hands were se vere] y burl ted. D esTrrii eriox.—Yesterday morning Mr. Wakley, ~ held tan inquest on the body of James W. Satin . ier 3, who was found dead on a truss of hay in a )alit ,erable room, at 14, Newton-street, Holborn. The aeaeased, like most who have no worldly goods, was re :cognised by no relative. He was missed on Sunday and Monday. The landlord had the door of his room forced open. on the latter day, when he was found dead and naked as already described. The room was in a wretched condition, filthy in the extreme, without food or the means of obtaining it. A French gentlemen stepped forward, and said that he had known the do eee sed for three years, and that as an operative chemist he was unrivalled, and was well known to Professor aham, of the University College, to whom ho had bee nan assistant. This gentleman further stated that the deceased told him that he had been disappointed in lon and had nothing to live for. In the concentration of a cids as poison he was most clever—so much so, that frot a common acids he made such powerful poisons tha t two drops repeatedly killed animals. Mr. Riely the summoning officer, having stated that a paper of tart aric acid was found near his bed, Mr. Wakley ad jou rued the inquest to have the body opened. THE RAILWAY SYSTEM A,ND THE BOARD OF TRADE. The course which Parliament intends to pursue with respect to railways in the ensuing session is now become a subject of great interest. To develop a sound and permanent system of intercommunication suitable to the commercial and political situation of the country, both In its national and continental relations, is a matter of no inconsiderable difficulty ; and this difficulty becomes still more perplexing by th e necess ity w hi c h ex ists for repairing the errors that have al r e a dy b e en c ommitted, while preserving a due regard to existing interests of so large a character as those already involved in these undertakings. The full effects of the railway system are but very imperfectly comprehended by the great majority of persons. It is looked upon generally as merely a more easy mode of transporting persons, for pleasure or for business, from one place to another. But those who look deeper into the matter discover in it a principle which is fast producing a change on the whole commerce of the country—which is daily ab sorbing the merchandise traffic to such an extent as must affect, to an unknown degree, the value of pro perty, by altering the relative cost of transit for our mineral productions and our manufactures, which form so important an item in the value of the staple commo dities and general merchandise of the country. The laying out of railways, therefore, on a comprehensive plan is a subject requiring the most serious considera tion ; and the most extensive experience which can be brought to bear upon the question will be required to obtain even an approach to a sound and judicious deci sion on this difficult subject. The proceedings of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade are naturally watched with considerable anxiety by those who are interested in, and able to com prehend the various bearings of, this complicated sub ject. A Government Board which was instituted to supervise the arrangements of railway companies for the prevention of accidents, is a very different thing from a Board which. is to decide upon the great national question of railway communication in general. And the course pursued by this Board in their investigation of the various railway schemes brought before them is not calculated to remove the impression that their inquiries will be entirely deficient of any practical good, while their reports may be productive of great harm, by in ducing those unacquainted with the subject to place a much greater dependence upon these reports than their intrinsic merits can possibly entitle them to. In a re cent article upon this subject we stated what were the points on which the Board were required to report to Parliament. These were principally the engineering peculiarities of the lines ; the sufficiency of the esti mates ; the relative commercial advantages of compet ing lines ; and some other points of minor importance. Now, how do the Board arrive at their conclusions on these subjects ? They have merely copies of the plans and sections furnished to them, similar to those de posited with the clerks of the peace. They examine no evidence, except such voluntary statements as the parties interested choose to make. They take for greeted the correctness of the engineering details. No local examination is made to establish the accu racy of the estimated expense of construction. No in quiries are instituted into the commercial peculiari, ties of the districts ; no personal inspection and survey of the country ; no estimates of traffic from actual ob servation. An Ordnance map, a gazetteer and the plans and sections of the railway, constitute, so far as any thing appears, the whole machinery by which a judg ment is to be formed and a repert made, which is to be the foundation for a Parliamentary decision. The - quirers after truth need no longer complain, Utinam tam facile very invenire possem, quam false convincere ; for it would appear that the clearsightedness which official situations produce on those who previously were subject to the common defects of ordinary mortality, renders both truth and error alike transparent at a glance. If gazetteers and maps could furnish sufficient infor mation as to, the best direction and commercial advan tages of particular railways, there would still remain the question of cost of construction, which cannot be reached by these means. Where are the data for these calculations ? If we take the experience of the past for our guide, we shall find that the average cost of all the principal railways in England has been between 50,0001. and 60,000 L a mile. But in the new lines, for which application to Parliament is now about to be made, the cost of construction is estimated only at from 10,0001. to 15,0001. per mile—some few lines reaching as high as 25.000/., and others being as low as 7,0001. per mile only.:Engineers may well laugh in their sleeve at the idea of their estimates being revised by the Board of Trade. Without a careful investigation of the face of the country, the nature of the soil, the geological character, and the local value of the laud through which the railway passes, even the most remote approximation to the cost of construction cannot be obtained; for many of the uew lines are estimated to cost less than half what the land alone has cost in the old railways; and unless, therefore, the Government engineers possess intuitiv4 that knowledge which it has cost the staff of railway intuitive gineers twelve years' labour to acquire, and railway pro prietors a sacrifice of 40,000,0001. or 50,000.0001. to secure, the judgment of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade can be nothing better than a farce and a mockery, which it is quite beneath them to attempt. The Railway Board undoubtedly contains some clever men, and the character of the President is above reproach. But cleverness is as far removed from that grasp of mind which this subject .requires as it is from that practical experience without which far greater ta lents than even the collective Board can boast would be of but little avail. To judge of such questions as these, military engineers aro almo!t totally incompetent, unless they possess talents quite distinct from those of their own profession. In the two notable instances in which a Government engineer has been called upon to decide, the most unfortunate decision has been the result; for both in the Brighton Railway and in the Churnet Valley schemes the erroneous decision adopted is now fully ac knowledged; and the result will, probably, in both cases be, the construction of two lines of railway at a vast sacrifice of property, where one would have amply sufficed. The decision by a secret tribunal in such important matters would, under any circumstances, be a vast evil, which is greatly increased when the judges are obviously inexperienced in the matters they are to decide upon. The opposing parties for competing lines each make . their own statements. No cross - examination takes place by those acquainted with the facts of the case; and the most unscrupulous of the parties are, therefore, most likely to obtain a judgment in their favour. What care they if their estimates of cost prove utterly insufficient, their calculations of traffic enormously exaggerated ? These defects will not be exposed till they have realised a large premium on their shares, and when they have left to others the task of bearing the public odium. Not one in twenty of the owners of the high-sounding names attached to various of the new schemes knows personally the truth of any one single fact which has been stated respecting the schemes with which they are connected, and they have only at any moment to sell their shares, pocket the premium, and declare they have been deceived by false representations of others, in order to exonerate themselves from the consequ mum es here stated. Th. pro ceedings of the Board of Trade peculiarly favour such operations ; while the old-established companies, who bring forward schemes guaranteed on a tangible capital of their own, and supported on the statements of those who must be responsible for them, are left without the possibility of being able to refute the statements of their opponents, however erroneous they may be. Such ap pear to be some of the probable evils that will attend the decisions of the Board of Trade, made, as these decisions will be, on most inconclusive evidence, and by persons inexperienced in the matter.—Times. The Earl and Countess of Powis, Hon. R. H. and Lady Harriet Clive, Hon. Robert Herbert, and a family circle, are assembled at Powis Castle, near Welshpool. The Noble Earl and Hon. R. 11. Clive have each sub scribed 201. for the relief of the poor of Ludlow. At the close of last week the Earl and Countess of Powis, Hon. R. H. Clive, and Lady Harriet Clive, with a party of friends, repaired to Ludlow, to honour the annual ball by their presence there. The assemblage of the local and neighbouring nobility and gentry was exceed ingly numerous, many of whom came purposely to con gratulate the Noble Earl on his recent investiture as a Knight of the Garter. Earl Powis, who was decorated with the insignia of his order, viz., the star and garter, was warmly received by his friends and neighbours. The ball altogether went oft with much eclat. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION. CAUTION TO BURNERS OF COKE.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Royal Mason Tavern, Mary-street, Poplar, before Mr. Baker, coroner , on view of the body of Edward Lines, aged sixty-eight years, a pensioner, residing in the East India Compaay's almshouses, Poplar, who came by his death under the following melancholy circumstances: — William Weller stated that deceased occasionally acted as shipkeeper on board vessels in the docks. On Tues day evening last he left home to proceed on board the Larpent, then lying in the West India Docks, to take charge of her during the night. On the following (Christmas) day, not returning home as usual, witness went on board the ship to ascertain the cause. Not finding him on the galley, which he usually occupied, he went to the after-cabin. He found the door locked, and upon knocking and receiving no answer, he broke open the door, when he discovered the deceased lying dead in a hammock. In the cabin, which was only seven feet long by five wide, was a fire-grate, on which was a coke fire burning. There was no vent for air, deceased having placed the curtain across the door to keep out the draft. There was no chimney or flue to the grate. In witness's opinion deceased had been suffocated by the fumes of the charcoal. Mr. Fanburn, a constable in the West India Docks, said he had Bono into the cabin about two hours after the deceased had been found dead. The fumes of the charcoal were then so strong that it was scarcely pos sible to breathe. If a human being had, even after that lapse of time, been shut up in the cabin, death must have ineviably ensued. Verdict—" Accidentally suffocated by the fumes of charcoal." Of whom may be had, The VISIT fir a WEEK. By LUCY PEACOCK. Royal lEhao., 45., cloth lettered. 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Addressed to those suffering from the desstructive consequences of excessive indulgence, termi nating in mental and nervous debility, local or constitutional weak ness, indigestion, and consumption. Including a coml,rehensive Dls. sertation on MARRIAGE. Illuitrateo with Caqes, kc. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. May be had of the Authors, No. 641, Newman-street; Oxford street ; and sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 109, Chancery.lane ; J. Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; G. Mansell, 3, King.street, Southwark ; C. Westerton, 15, Park-side, KnightAiridge ; Huett, 37, Princes street, Leicester-square, London ; T. bowler, Courier O ffi ce, 4, St. Ann's-Nuare, Manche.ter ; W. Howell, 75 Dale-street, Liverpool; W, Wood, iff, High-street, Birmingham; W. and H. Robinson, 11, Greenside-street, Edinburgh; T. 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Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, Lon- Total number The gratifying result of the valuation of the liabilities and auets of ~ OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. the Institution on the loth November, 1842, is exemplified in the fol. We regard the work before us, ' The Silent Friend,' as a lowing instances ; exhibiting the profit assigned to Policies which work embracing most clear and practical views of a series of com plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of the Medical protessioa, for what reason we are at a best o know. had been in existence from one to seven )ears : Equal to a We must, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such Reduction a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, Reduction Poli- Age at 5 ,,„,, Pre.- per cent. but cordially wish every etie who is the victim of past folly, or suffer. cies in , Corn- 'mum in Exist-'mence- As- of Bonus. Premium. - on the Ori- ing from l indiscretion , indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages." ""' Amount Original in . sured. lieu of .. a . - _ gm al Pre- —Age and Argus. ence. went. Bonus• mium of " The Authors of ' The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly ___ __ .- conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we -- -- --. Years.' Years. £ £s. d. £s.d.Xs• d. ' fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style in 7 5.9 1,000 163 11 0630027 17 2 44 which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to 7 33 2,000 177 10 0541820 11 6 3 9 those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot 6 52 '2,000 227 19 09711834 5 10 35 faitto recommend it to a careful perusal."—Era. 6 31 500 37 2 0 12 17 6 42 5 32 The CORDIAL BALM of SYR! ACUM is exclusively directed 3 51 1,000 91 3 0 47 2 6 13 6 4 '; l 3 for the cure of nervous and muscular debility, impuissance, &e. 4 42 500 t 8 19 0 17 12 1 3 1 ° 3 20 Price lls. and 235. p er bottle. Sold b y all Medicine Vendors, of 3 46 800 37 8031 18 8 418 10 15 1 4 whom may be had the " Silent Friend." The Five round Cases 2 63 3,i•oe 140 15 0 224 15 02311 7 1054 may be had as usual. 1 42 2,000 '26140708 4 • 3 3 9 4% PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS arethe most effectua cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms inboth sexes, price' s. 9d. The next Division of Profits will be made in November, 1347. 4 8 . 6,1,, and lie. per box. MEMBERS WHOSE PREMIUMS BECOME DUE ON TI•IE Consultation fee, if by letter, U. A minute detail of cases is ne -Ist OF JANUARY NEXT, ARE REMINDED TH ST THE cessary. Messrs. 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Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of per sons proceeding to •r residing in Australasia and the East Indies. Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company, on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its coastitu tion, that Annuitants participate in the profits. DIRECTORS. E. Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhonn, Esq. Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Manglaa, Esq. Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, ESCf. John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. SECRETARY—E. Ryley, Esq. For prospectuses and other particulars, apply at the offices, N 0.126 Ilishopgate-street, corner of C•rnhill. - F2 OY AL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. AA) Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1725. FIRE INSURANCES. Notice.—The usual Flteen Days allowed for Payment of Pre miums falling due at Christmas, will expire on the 9th day of JANUARY next. It has been deterrninesl by this Corporation to withdraw from Con dition No. X. in their Policies the words which require " a Certifi cate under the hands of the Minister, Churchwardens, and some other reputabable inhabitants of the parish where such fire shall have happened." Holders of Policies are accordingly requested to consider this part of the aforesaid condition as cancelled. Thomas Tooke, Esq., Governor. William Sampson, Esq.. Sub-Governor. The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville, Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. John Henry Pelly, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Riversdale Wm. ('renfell, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. William 'Fellow Hibbert, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Robert Thorley, Esq. s i r George Larpent, Bart., Henry Warre, Esq. John Christopher Lochner, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. Charles Young Baring, Feb. ALEXANDER GREEN, Secretary. 21, Lombard-street, December 14,1844. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION' No. 45, Gracechurch-street, London, or Mutual Assurance en Lives, &c. Enrolled under the Arta of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies. DIRECTORS. Charles Pritchett Bousfleld, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, Esq , William Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. 1 homas Castle, Esq Samuel A. S. Lucas, Esq. James Crofts, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq, John Feltham, Esq. John St. Barbe,'Esq. Joseph Hargrave,. Esq. Richard Shortridge, Esq. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. Samuel Smith, Esq. MEW/CAL DIRECTORS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S, Thomas Bevan, M.D., F.L.S. Taizasuakst.—Joseph Janson, Esq. 8 OLIC !TORS. Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. The following statement shows the progress of the Institution om the commencement, in Dec., 1835, to the 20th 2.1,v. last : JOSEPH MARSH Secretary. TEA TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks, mill Covers, &c., at C. WATSON'S,4I and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON-FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A set of 3 Paper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355. ; very richly unlamented all over, bOs. a Set of Three, and up to 14/. ; Ja pan Tea-trays, 7s. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Five Quart London made Bronze Tea-urs 355., with the newest patterns up to five gui neas ; a Set of Aix patent raised London made Dish Covers, 185. Gd. ; best isaperialr ai ed, . Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, 525. Gd. Set of Six. Ivory Tab e-kisves, Is. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d. per DESSTAT. CAILPIES. doz. doz. pair. .if -In. handsome balance handle ...• itsa. bd. 14s. bd. 6s. 64. 4-in balance handle, largest and best made• ••••••••••••• • • • • •• • • • • • • 20e. Od. 16s. 04. Is. 64. Ditto with Watson's Albata Plato handles, equal to silver ...• • • 225. 6d. lbs. Od. Os. 6d. Forks half the above price. C. Watson'• handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current , 8 just published, and families who regard economy and elegance, should possess themselves of this useful book, which may be had 4rstis, and post free, trot the above address. Sole inventor of the celebrated Albata Plate, which 13 so rapidly superseding Silver. PATEN I PARAGON CAMPHINE LAMPS.—The perfection of these Lamps over the Vesta has been happily attained by the inven tion of twc• parallel Sat rings—a larger and a smaller forming a cone round the margin of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of air against the flame—thus consuming every particle of volatilized vapour, it is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion, and in full action, emits a light equal to 1G wax candles. C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol gate, will contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant re cherche, and new patterns, comprising Onnoin, China, Glass, and Opal. Old Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. ; and the Paragon apparatus applied to the Vesta for Gs. The spirit analysed and recommended by Dr. Ure, is delivered in screw cans by C. Wat ' son's carts, at 48. per gallon. 41 and 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NOR T O N FOLGATB. _ 1 , 14 ,• , - dirt • ALI - 4 '(,"1: ",*, NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. 1: 4 41, • • 4 taI;;ITZO3 IDO 4 . 4:1 OPENING OF LLOYDS. z di4.11114• 'lB • ' ' 1.84 t A • !'t -lb 4 , % 11 , • - 0 • . 1 ,4,..4 1 146-44 - • . , No& - ; ; 7• 4 • ••,, - "' 4 e•r -fic , 4' • I ' , At' • .. : 1171 1 ) Y 110 , et , 41.011 ere 'sr • O. Dig -Met 4, 5 . :7; 4.1" ' gito . ' • An important step towards the complete occupy• tion of this edifice by its former tenants was accom plished yesterday, by the great commercial establish ment known as Lloyds taking possession of their splendid and commodious apartments. It is now seven years, within some ten or fourteen days, that by the destruction of the Old Exchange by fire on the 10th of Januar", 1838, they were deprived of these apartments. I'hey certainly have gained most materially by the change, though in the interval they have been exposed to great inconvenience by the narrow accommodation afforded to them at the Old South Sea House. The rooms they now occupy have been so recently described, that it is unnecessary to notice them now in much detail. The great room in which the banquet was given is now fitted up with three ranges of mahogany tables and seats, each table accommodating four underwriters. At the north end is a lobby entrance, divided from the great room by a screen, having a small room or inclosure, right and left, for hats, great coats, &c. The warming and lighting of this room are considered for business arrangements as perfectly successful, whilst to pro vide against the inconveniences of dark and gloomy weather, two Bude lights are suspended from the ceiling. The only , remark we have heard made against these occupiers was, that the chandeliers are considered too plain and slender for a consistent effect with the room in which they are hung. The Commercial- room and the Captains'-room are fitted up with seats and benches of mahogany, and richly carved mahogany stands are placed all round the room for the reception of newspapers from all parts of the world. The Captains'-room is the coffee-room department of the establishment. Here there is a bar, with kitchen and, offices attached, for supplying merchants and the subscribers with coffee, sandwiches, &c. Lloyd's Committee, under the superintendence of Mr. G. R. Robinson, their respected chairman, met for the first time in their Board-room on Saturday last. In consequence of the holidays, not much busi ness was transacted in Lloyd's yesterday, but their rooms were a good deal crowded by the subscribers and their friends, and the increased accommodation and convenience are subjects of much satisfaction and congratulation. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SU N, DECEMBER 27, 1844. PRICE sd. THE TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE AT ASHFORD. This melancholy affair, some particulars of which were given yesterday, appears to have created a very great sensation in the whole neighbourhood, and, trona what has since transpired, the suspicion which was at first entertained that the unhappy man Oliver intended to have destroyed his wife and all his family, has been considerably strengthened. The following additional facts have been ascertained by a corre spondent : It seems that the deceased man belonged to Han well, but he had resided with his wife and family for some time at Bedfont and the neighbourhood. He was always considered an idle, disorderly fellow, and his wife, who was a woman of violent temper, did not bear a very good character. They frequently quar relled and fought, and Oliver has been heard by seve ral persons to say that he would do for her some day. They took up their abode in the cottage at Ashford about Michaelmas last, and since that time they appear to have gained their subsistence by begging about the neighbourhood. The family consisted of the father and mother, a daughter named Eliza, a veryf a t r t u y little girl eight years old, and a son named W' about eleven. The cottage in which the melancholy occurrence took place consists of two rooms on the ground floor, the one used as a keeping-room, and the other as a bed-room, and in which all the family slept. The bodies still remain in the same state as when they were first found, the woman lying partly on her stomach with her face buried in the straw mattress which formed their bed, and the man lying across the room with his head reclining upon the body of his wife. At present, although there is a very strong impression that it is the result of poison, the cause of death remains a mystery. It was stated that some white powder was found in a paper in the room, which was believed to be arsenic. This has, however, Edna.; been tested by the medical officer of the union, an d turns out to be magnesia ; and up to th: time no trace of any poisonous ingredient hi is been discovered, and Dr. Curtis has expresse d an opinion that it is possible the parties were suffo cated by the fumes of the coke that was found partly consumed in the saucepan in the bed-room. This opinion does not, however, appear to be borne out in any way by the facts that have transpired, and from the circumstance of the deceased man being nearly dressed, and having been heard walking about the house, and seen in the garden during the night, it is not very likely that the deaths could have arisen from this cause, particularly as the two children were in the room all the time ; and they state that they did not feel any sensation of suffocation, the girl only ex periencing violent sickness, and the other symptoms of having taken poison. It has been stated that the children of the deceased were conveyed to the Staines Union Workhouse imme-. diately upon the discovery of the dreadful occurrence.. Remedies were administered to them both, and the girl was very sick and ill for several hours. The boy was not so bad, and they are at present considered out of danger. On their being questioned relative to. the melancholy transaction, the boy stated that on the I'44 , iida7y night his father and mother appeared quite well, and about nine o'clock his father made some tea, of which his sister, his mother, and his father partook, and his mother complained at the time that the tea had a strange taste. They soon afterwards all went to bed, and about eleven o'clock he was awoke by his sister crying, and complaining of a pain in her stomach and being thirsty, and he awoke his mother and father. The teapot had been brought into the bed-room, and he said that his father gave his sister some of the liquor that was in it. He states that after this his mother asked his father for some money to purchase some necessaries for the next day, upon which he abused her a good deal, and eventually struck her, and they fought together, but afterwards laid down again, and in a short time his mother also complained of pain in her stomach and thirst, and his father asked her to drink out of the teapot, but she refused, saying that it had such a nasty taste, and was so different to anything she had ever before observed in tea, that she could not drink it. lie further states that after this they all went to sleep, and during the night he heard his father and mother breathe very hard, and towards morning his sister was again very sick, and he tried to make his mother do something for her, but could not, and he saw his father lying on the ground very ill and foaming at the mouth ; and finding he could not make either of them sensible what he wanted, he ran out to the neighbours and gave an alarm. The teapot in question, and one or two saucepans which contained liquids, have been carefully set asides preparatory to their undergoing chemical examination.. Information of the occurrence was forwarded to Mr. Wakley, the coroner for this district, on Wednesday, and upon a representation of the circumstances being made to him, he at once decided that no satisfactory inquiry could be entered into, in a matter of so much mystery, without a post mortem examination, and he gave the necessary directions for that purpose, and the inquest, therefore, is not expected to take Ow.: for two or three days. SALE or GUANO.—Our brethren of the press ought to be on their guard against being made the medium of communicating to the public erroneous information on the subject of matters of trade, inserted solely with the view of serving the purposes of interested parties. A paragraph is now running the course of the press, to the effect that when the last-arrived vessels left Ichaboe there was only about four mouths' supply of guano left in the island, and that nearly 200 vessels were waiting. We need hardly suggest that this news has beets fabricated solely with the view of giving an adventitious value to that manure, which has of late fallen to a price which can barely remunerate the shippers, in consequence of the immense supply lately arrived or on the way home. Far from the supply being nearly done, we are assured that it will take years to exhaust it, even at the rate at which it has been intromitted with during the present year ; and Ichaboe is but one of a cluster of islands loaded with a similar deposit. In the present state of the grain markets, farmers have little need to have the price of manure raised beyond its true value. —Perth Courier. HERTFORD,THURSDAY.—MORE INCBNDIABY FIRES. —On Monday night a large stack, containing upwards of 12,000 fagots, the property of Mr. Barnard, ma lt s t er , situate in a field on the react-side, between the towns of Harlow and Sawbridgeworth, was burnt to the ground. The loss is estimated at about 250/. The fire was sup posed to be the act of an incendiary. The stack was tired at the windward side. This remark applies to all the conflagrations that have occurred in this county. On Wednesday night, the 18th instant, the inmates of the dwelling-house at Lilly Hoe Farm, which has been twice the scene of incendiary fires during the last few weeks were alarmed at finding the house gradually filling with smoke. A search was made, and it was soon discovered that the apple room was on fire, and the whole premises, or all that remained after the recent fires, were in a state of great danger. The engine from Hitchia, which was instantly sent, arrived with all possible haste, and the fire was soon got under. Superintendent Wakenell, of the rural police, the next morning instituted an inquiry,, , and the result was the appre he n sion of Mar y An ne Bi - I grave, a servant at the farm-house. She was taken its custody of the police before Dr. Bland, a county magis -1 trate, on Thursday, the 19th, and remanded until Monday last, upon which day a very strong case (upon circum stantial evidence) was made out against her, and she was committed for trial at the Herts Spring Assizes. 1 The Dowager Duchess of Cleveland left Newton House on Tuesday, to join a large and distinguished party at Itaby Castle. Previous to her departure her Grace (according to her annual custom) distributed a liberal supply of beef, clothing, blankets, coals, and. money, to all the poor inhabitants of the villages of , Exelby, Leeming, and Newton. es * the p o up. boo 2 t ir4 vvh ,4 pre• ..3--- 'N. Mr he lily ell, SC I. rue hey rest tds ue of ,rte la let Ito