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

GptA.VESEND STAR PACKETS leave the Aranswick Pier, Blackwall, at 11, 3, and 4 ; en Sundays at l're k 11 and 3. Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 9i, 1, and 5 ; on Sundays at 9f and 5. Fares to or from London. Fore Cabin and Second Class Carriage, Nineprnee. Sa.lo4n and First Class Carriage, One Shilling. To or from Blackwall. Fore Cabin, Sixpence—Saloon, Ninepence. 'Mee, Gravesend, Nov. 29,1844. e°NINIE B.CIAL BANK OF LONDON. Lothbury, and at No. 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Th e DIRECT O RS h ere by g i v e notice that a DIVIDEND, at th e rat e of Five per Cent. per annum, for the half year ending tilt 4, 4 _ instant, will b e PAID to the Proprietors at the Basking. h„..7 of the Comp an y in Lothbury, on or after the Ist of Fe. TY next. The Transfer-books will be closed from the 13th of January to ` 4 e Ist of February, Itil4s.—By order of the Board, ... be t. 2 6, 1844, A. It. CUTBILL, Manager. tiANK of AUSTRALASIA, incorporated by till , Charter, 1835. London office, No. 2, Prfoorgate. Tk et . tee. 24. We COURT of DIRECTORS of the BANK of AUSTRA. x b ''lA hereby give notice that an EXTRAORDINARY GE fitZit.AL MEETING of rROPRIEFORS will be held at the j„ , of the Corporation as above, on THURSDAY, the 23d day of 4",., ua rY next, at One o'clock precisely, for the purpose of ELECT. a DIRECTOR in the place of William Brown, Esq., re. k ' 4 ; and that, for the convenience of the Proprietors, the pre -114,1 th it da December meeting has on this occasion been postponed to By order of the Court, WILLIAM MILLIKEN, Secretary. AVIES'S CANDLES, 5,1. and Sid. per lb. ~ 1 , , Wax Candles, Is. 2d.—Fine Wax, Is. sd. et k i r l i O , Vs Superb Composite, requiring ,no snuffing, 101 d. 2'. "2d.--Extra 2s, id.— Transparent Wax, 2s. t 2d.— i Genuine is4;4;l4)S!lekrid.-7dEfTellfionwe ,1 1. 0 1 a ould 4 el s Candies,9sg 71.1._ the improved Ml r b o : ed iiii 2. , Ml. Kn . d 64e.,--Wlnd;or, p is. 4d . .'per packet.—Palm, Is. 4d.. '4l:„"r4 Windsor, ls. bd.—Rose, 25.—Superior Almond, 2s. 6d.— ll ` 4 , l 'lielitling-wax, 48.6 d. per lb.—Refined Sperm Oil, 76.6 d. per i 4 . 0113 .7501ar tnt, ,7,3. 6d. ,Cash, At DA.vta'g Old Established Warehouse, 63, St pk, ,!..la ...._____ r ke 0)7004 New St4uislltWoC9lTcV - house),Charing-cross j‘,1.1 • CHRISTMAS CHIMES. .74,,— , ! merry were the olden days when Christmas was at hand, "il i l'ooes and plenty smil'd around, and blesi'd our happy land ! ° , 44 l l ) l°rious were indeed' he scenes enacted "at those times, 1 11, k It helrwelcom'd every heart—the merry Christmas Chimes ,tita . I '4 and the, ivy green around the halls were hung, 4 1 trtr t i'll,! of love and Chivalry were oft by minstrels sung ; "4., t treat—the lowly poor—then festive met betimes, —t ribotiom heard with joy—the merry Christmas Chimes ! ki l a „ ilt ) „ ' 8 and laughter, joy and bliss, made up the festive scene, :tli i i 4t hr.l) dane'd with lightsome hearts beneath the evergreen; , 1 41 P .° 4;1 1 4 sropnd the aged sat, talk'd of the olden times, h li Q " 411 4 top how pit tbeyld heard-:the merry Christmas Chimes '. r t . were fed, the naked clotisid—and though we must confess, : 1 8 t i t ttle then of style and taste were shown in homely dress; , 4 er,„t 'tis since "one" arose, the king of modern times, 1e, 4 Pt 1 4 fam• e xtends where ring—the merry Christmas Chimes „'ioth i „' " I. 4 s % roatchlgsr in Went, la beauty and in shade, i, 4 ts i t / note for Christmas time irp gorgeously displAylo i ,''.ib ti ittta would revive 'gain the scenes of olden times, `,? 4 i a suit of Hyarats Clothes—ere peal the Christmas Chimes! L ' :b:. 4 . urs shown throughout the year, le HIM wdllid express i l I,,,:iltude and heartfelt thanks far An his great succesa i 'iqi , t i see commerce far extend, restore the good old times, 4 4 . "'uttl welcome once again—the merry Christmas Chimes ! '"Ltt k r/e " — All garments at this establishment are narked the title Nip pgures, from which no abatemen is made. Any I.;': e tioged, which is not approved of, or the Money returned. nti AM, T a il or 4 and _Outfitting Establishment, Pantech. 4 e, A 1 IL, Qra e echurch.street. iltli k i .. _ 11E4 pytgApE DEPARTMENT. Vly t ,, - ` Chesterfield coats, from.~. , ' b 411 i t Waterford Riding ditto, trout , kri ii i ?WM f 0 )7 • k tt ) ,„ 4 Envelope, from e? • i a 0 10 kik. 14,,,, NI ~ '4 Coat, from bi t ,' tb,`outh it e Tagliunis, or Chesterfields, front...— • s • 1 ) 0 b . - 4 N V ta any colour, from at. so °a . 41 . - ala i ''. ditto, ditto, from , t 44 d ek T li tt ti t , roofers, from h , l',„ Vest from vi t , 1r.,,, N. , 0 ii,, . Trousers, from I 7 0 ltto Fahey Trouser., from % 'alley vest, from ‘i tsutt, frees ... ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 118 I tSr suit, from '''''''''''''''''''''' 1 0 0 ................................ ........ 4,6 Moleskin Trousers fr liZditto, , very bee etialit; ra rule pocket, from ...... ..• 11 6 6 "tits, trona ..... . ' 1 41' BESPOKE DEPARTMENT. ,e l H l ' ,' l o l or Chesterfield Coats, from 0 15 0 4 t ;h or Waterford Riding ditto, from 1 • 0 : , lila,, t 4ri liton Envelope, from ... , 1 8 0 I ,le. Walking Coat, from... e4,,0 Youths' T ag li on i s an d Ch es t er fi e ld s, f rom 0 19 0 j \ t ltt, I l it ' i 'ress Coats, any co l our k, tl % rt o 4, ditto, from b htsk 1 11 k, , s b T rousers, any pattern, from ... • la I wlti, :tick dress Trousers, from ... . . .. 0 18 II e t 1 7 4 1 . r shioriablo Vests, in endless variety, from ......0 7 0 iNl a ,, `, 1 ,. Book, entitled " The Age of Wenders," containing a ';1 1 ; 4 4..i5t of P r i ces , F as hi ons , an d Description of material for Ns- e bt season, can be had by applying to Mr. L. HYAM, 'eta. 36, Graceehurch.street, London. int BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. d -wrorvs CAMOMILE PILLS are confi ;4444lfttly recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to all 4 q 4 r from ladigeetion, Sick Headach, Bilious and Liver Cam- t hey act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impart.. 4,loitt'ltla to the stomach, and composure to the nervous system, 4 10 1 14 bottles at Is. 1 sd., 2s. 9d., or 11s., each, by A. Wil. 1 / 4 , 1 b P Pd Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishepogate Without, ell Medicine Teodoro. itorifiLir. unN, .cc.—Cert.m and immediate alp k.Nief in the hours of business, by night, or on a journey, is r u 4 4 t 4 114 Pure Alkaline Preparations of 81-CARBONATIC of 1.4\ compressed into Palo by Brockeden's Patent 4 0 ,4 141. 41, ey furnish an ever ready and instant remedy to those krti o " e mes of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-keadache, hp,q l v,h 4 ', Sce produced by Acidity. W'lesale by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street ; and by N 4 L7toilst " Roxand Druggist in the United Kingdom. or in Family Boxes, Half-a-Crown. Price One WL AND'S ODONTO, Or PEARL DEN FIFRICE. ." I bY het I.loosty " THE QUEEN." the Royal Family, and i _r tri... the several borereigns and Courts or Europe "' White Powder, prepared from Oriental Herbs of meet-- '01 4 4 e for strengthening, preserving.and beautifying the Teeth. %t t tr,, , os the factitious formation of tartar, and thus lends a salu ,qt t 'qh and freshness to the gums. It removes from the surface 4 4:41 e rh the sFots of incipient decay, polishes and preserves the h 1 it s r rnbarting the most pure and pearl-like whiteness ; while, ~Ni.rtalZalubtious and disinfecting qualties, it gives sweetness i. e to the breath. Being an apti i sco!butic, the gums also 4, t i r earrective powers ; scurvy is eradicated from them, a lts t `4 l "la arid redaesa are induced, so that the teeth (if loose) 4 t lA, *ad ore d fi rm in their geckos. As the most efficient and i reniatic cleanser •f the mouth, teeth, and gams ever tte t !oe,,,, t) W LAND'S ODONTQ has now for a taig series of ,tt '' ),/' 6l a distinguished place at the toilets of he Sovereigns kit. l, l) bility throughout Europe, while the genera' demand foi mie:7 ,4 lounces the favour in which it is held by the puldie % C AI, Price es, Pd. per box, duty included. fa ;Public from fraud. the Hon. Commis. ► A ' ' —To protect Stains have directed - the - Proprietors' s i g nat u re to be o rs the itovernment Stamp, thus— , A ROWL A M D & 50N,20, Hatton-garden. .1.14 Which is affixed on each Box. the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perftimert. All other Illdnatos are Franduleut Imitations. PUBLIC NOTICE. Slip. 434, OXFORD-STREET. ,LPERS, OWNERf3, CAPTAINS, AND OTHERS. 4,, , ,0 1 mes of Testimonials , . Gratis , by all Agents. N ek k tw ISTONE S EYE SNUFF.--Under F. Under the ~ ,ts- e t t r unage of his late Majesty, her Royal Highness the is t i; l ack g .....' Kent, and the Lords ot the Treasury, is universally re tsm by the Faculty for its efficacy in removing disorders 4 1 ,, the Eyes and Head. 14 RESTORED!—NERVOUS HEADACHE AND Its a lt h DEAFNESS CURED! 4r, Most simple, delightful, and fragrant Compound! k. h .t.la hv , 01 application is fraught with pleasure; many thousand ktfin .'ceri accomplished by its use, at a trifling expense, yet " its operation. If testimonies be necessary to induce the olst.. L t , ,i? Make trial, Kings, Lords, and Commo ns have used it. th• ^1 th e 7 rea ,;.iry have sanctioned its use. Their late Ma.. Duchess of Ka. t' the most eminent Oculists, Medical ' t t4 ti" t ! t ate e . ll-- with that glgiiit,Zbalance, the Press — Pave eulogised . C 'th t.' celebrated ilerbaceOus Compound, known as " Grim. 1 4 ~ ?v',Z huff,. for its ef fi cacy ie reinoving all diseases incident b:7 and Head. 0 .1. Guthrie ,E.sq., F.R.S. See .1. B. Lech. gt, ' , list' a , Letter, Whitehll. Dr. 'Thomas. pr. Andrews calls it 17411baiintinag—ree his Reports touching its ut4iig. The late witla many others, recommend Grimitent4 .Eye it "Man's best Friend," and the "Student s' Vade e 4 t • l • th drew k S4 4 l ti ts; also recemnsends its use as a preventive. See his ° T• 1831. He states that the tenacious sympathy of the be ' n 7% .4, te' 4 ' w ithin the nostrils, with the nervous system, that Grim. Npt '„Sauft; when frequently taken, must he of the greatest `Anti et consumer; and, further, recomme nds its universal 44,, h i s .: Preventative. 1, s o ; aa . af Hatfield, having w itnessed many cased both of : t ophthalmia. has kindly given his testimony thereof. i• g‘ature Many th.:usand Testimonials of Sight restored and jj e W. nee! by GRIMSTONE'S EYE kiNUFF „s he at nrostsme, Esq. 1, April 21kh, 1t44. ;at L illie w feel bound by a sense of justice to inform you of h ' i th e '; eei e t"Assre effected on myself by taking a few pinched et 4,,„ . t o rlted Ormstone's rare Snuff, which, my case, ought .. 4 tlCa_es` r ..ealled • Ear esciJlif,' it Laving effectually relieved me from t i iitit o %Tru which I have won suffering for many years. Yeti are - ere u .,attich r ak e any use Bret you please 6f this communication, since I if the extraordinary qualities of your Eye Snuff ersell y known. • etht en. o "cf‘. I am, dear sir, your obedient servimi, it L eliti m land. MARGARET MACOREOOg t fi luen tor the truth of the foregoing facts and sutemen tsZ. W Az 4 14,„ " JAMES SHUTER, Kentbury, Berks." . 14 1nolds, editor of Chambers' London Journal, &c.. &c. if.ll.4,,„„:!_9ruciating pains, and can now writs without spectacles • an t l'i r °-st:eet, Blackfriar's.road. • Le m , Is, facing the church, Park.stree t, Windsor; cured • • h , ht :.. nd headache .- 9th S'ptember , 1838, and 1841 ...‘Ass e ed "../ Esq. ; • „cured of Ophthalmia. NVhitehall and t h tve kit r aswrn.—eeletters, 1838 and 1812. Th e (MI e Caution WWV MS L O NE is the sole inventor, e atit t te tr o / frm' • p tio r i f the is pre by hint h. t eori.to c at stero,us Herbaceous gompound of Herbs is sold in Vt , ' 3 cl. 4 40.,4,7.. and Iss. fid. each, by the ^ ▪ 1 14 urt, • Hi Id STU NE, at NO. 4311, 0/Jord-street, Totten. gt . oad an e i n ` a r . tl ert ,: r aa .‘ate of No. X 9, Broati:,s,vs.,,z, Bloonls a bur t T , ) 14 , 1 rs . 4. avnt Y. ""Sbrite ; and ran also be obtaiuets - Anci Utties. A fiAtital allowance to Vpl it os its 4 ; d dins an. 4 Vendors of 004maone's Eye Snu 'Tins on initotierese.eveAfroym2c,siari through th: - ` 4 cIUaF- is shi , -1 -to ait oUar,teis the globe, and retains An she a le . .411 Smits J igars shipped ys 4 2 " .4 Ci11a Ca n 1:: Ilk I °o °rde the b" -.41 1 us t Coll 4 —Ay arproporu. • canister , with :pos. • Tx ` ` ~"1 ( . 1 trJ 4. - - A ,•• pa , . . ~ . 4 ::, i" • ti , .:.t -. _ ,• . cvjor 1 . Ott • iir ..• "ir „..," . j 4. ... -.''‘). ~. ,____,;;.,..;-.....:: . .• . , . ..4 , ,,,.. 1 , -- - --- - .:..,4:,.... . ~..'t ' '- 1144N lt -A- - ~ J,, .-t.,,„13 ....,.. , . . „... i iiik 21 .T. • ... , ,a.-.. ,S tel . • ~ ',. , , t f s , •-• • , • . ..."...„ ~.. , t.. ._, .. ...,,. ;.. t , ,,c. , I . 0 • '.. , '"V.4 . " 'll, • ..Y . ' ' 3 J a. ' - • • .. ..1"' ~ .t....,. ****•.),,, , 1 , ' i ~j A 4, ' .*:, ~:` ''' .2 -;',.; -ci ~ $ 10pA, , 0,1 ~,,,,,,, ~ . ~,,„*. * -,..,...-...._... , 1 /, -, AT A ic , co -.-, irt. .., ." -...„' i .., „,;• ..re,`- .' -, ....... •'-4 ' 9 3 i •-,zi-L--- ~ N i 6,338 Lt N DON. FRIDAY EVENING SUN, DECEMBER It 7, 1844. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time 'or the EARLY TRAINS ant TOWN DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published is Time for the ;AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, eontiining PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. , „ ; ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED to 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 lectnres on the MUSIC of DIFFF.RENT• NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro fessor BACHHOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daily. 1)r. RYAN also Lectures en the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. All these Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. SUBMA RINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL sad DIVER. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Admission, is.; Schools, Hall-price. A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just published. price le. IRELAND. FUNERAL OF I'HE EARL OF LIMERICK. — TURBULENT PROCEEDINGS. DUBLIN, DEc. 25.—The Tipperary Vindicator, re ceived this day, containq the following account of the funeral of the late Lord Limerick, and I am sure you will read with the thepest pain the description of the turbulent and disgraceful proceedings of a portion of the populace of the city of l imerick on that occasion:— " Oft Saturday evening, at six o'clock, the mortal re mains of the late Kiri of Limerick, of the late Viscount Glentworth, the Earl's grandson, and of Lady Mary Very, his daugh er, 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 deposit , :d 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 Pa lace. DEATH OF A MOTHER AND IN FANT FROM NEGLECT. THE RAILWAY SYSTEM AND THE BOARD OF TRADE. The picturesque little village of Cowley, near ehel ter hum, 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 entirel3 arose from the gross neglect of the midwife. The above circumstances haring 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 fur the period of her confinement, which took place at witness's house, on the 4th inst. Deceased wus 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 f.:ce, 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 , 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 Rational and continental relations, is a matter of no inconsiderable difficult . ). ; and this difficulty becomes still more perplexing-J3y the necessity which exists for repairing the errors that tiave already been committed, while preserving a due regard to existing interests of so large a character as those already involved in these undertakings. GENERAL TOM THUMB. The AMERICAN MAN i■ MINIATURE has returned to London and is now bolding his PUBLIC LEVEES at the Sal iffy, in Suffblk-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 Several was presented with a beautiful Highland dress, of the Royal Stuart Tartan, manufactured by Messrs. Meyers and Mortimer, in which he will appear at each exhibition, in addition to his Citizen, Napoham, and Court dress. Hours of Exhibition from Eleven to One, Three to Five, and from Seven to Nine. Doers 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.Af. at 121, Pall-mall, at the trifling charge of Threepence, merely to defray the rent of the room. 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 peace to another. But those who look deeper into the matter discover in it a principle which is fast producing a change on the is hole 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 ghoose to make. They take for granted 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. Au 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 report made, which is to be the foundation for a Parliamentary decision. The in quirers after truth need no longer complain, Utinam tam facile vera invenire possem, quam falsa convincere ; for it would appear that the clearsightedness which official situations produce onahose 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 i n E ng l an d has been between 50,000/. and 60,0001. 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 25.0001., 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 land through which the railway passes, even the most eemOte epproximatioa to the coat of construction cannot be obtained; for many of the new 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 intuitively that knowledge which it has cost the staff of railway en 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 are almost 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. " 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 itness 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. 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 HALL, PICCADILLY. Open from Ten till Five; and in the Evenings, brilliantly illuminated, from Seven till Ten. Admission, One Shilling. N ATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUi- AIME SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital £500,200. Rsupowered by Act of Parliameat. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The steady sitcoms and increasing prosperity of the Society tar enabled the Directors, at the last animal investigation declare a second Bonus, averning 60 per cent. oat the amounts inv en each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. 1 ,-d. ';' "7 I q.• F. 5 , pv •,.. 4 - o> ot i ''' ' 4 Moans Bonus la g; r) § 4.. a • Premhun ' .ii , added. Cas h . g-:: aVig 1 • h . • , 1 £ a. a. '£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 4 s. ds 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 1 346 2 3 80 1000 74 3 4 1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 296 13 4 1831 116 16 9 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 The division of Fronts is annual, and the next will be made in De -.ember of the present year. This institution offers many important and substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferreil Anauities. The assured has, en all OCCA81•119, the power t• Yon )w, without ex pense or 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. Assurances ter terms of years are granted oa the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, doe. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, Taus Toes. Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chalaaan, BENJAMIN HAWES, ESQ. Deputy Chairman. BENJAMIN BARNARD, 'cg. cHARLps BALDWIN, Esq. Peculiar advantages are offered by this Company. Thus— Parties assuring the lives of others 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 this premiums tbr the first five years allowed on pa , effected the whole terns 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 alto made to Assurers on real or undoubted personal security, for terms el years, repayable by instalments. Attention ip pertiPulatlY requested to the detailed Prospectuses of the Company, which may be obtained at the Office, 113, King William-street, City, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. WILLIAM RATR A Y, Actuary and Secretary. LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITIES - Trio fotiowipg are Specimens of the LOW RATES of PRE. 311(;111 charged by the AUSTRALASIAN COLONIAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY. Age........ Annual Prem. £1 10 3 £2 0 7 £2 15 3 44 1 la 46 3 9 and of these rreminms one-thisray remota unpaid ie the hands of tke As4C4Ol at interest is I4P tutted freart the sums assured, when they become claims. Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of per sons proceeding to ar residing in Australasia and the East Indies. Immediate and Deforred Annuities are granted by the Company, on very fiticourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu tion, that Annuitants participate in the profits. DIRECTORS. E. Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colsubortn, Est, 40411 lirnalCe, C, E. Mattgloa, Eial• menu Pti9k#P, Eqq. Richard (11100 W. Eaq. John ileary Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq. SCoRPTAIkir—L. 14)1v, Esq. For prospectuscs and other particulars, apply at the offices, N 0.126 Bishopgate-street, corner of Cornhill. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION. Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1 . 7411,, FIRE 124SIJRA 'DnrCES. a al owed . for rayniont of Pro. miums falling due at Chiistmas, eikp,ire on the 9th day of JANUARY neat. It has been determined by this Corporation to withdraw from Con. dition No. X. in their Policies the words which require " a Certiti. cite under the hands of the Minister, Churchwardens, and some other reputabablc inhabitants of the parish where such fire shall !Ivo happeneV , 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. .1, T. Leslie Melville, Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Edmond S. Y. Calvert, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. John Deacon, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. William 'fellow Hibbert, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Sir George Lament, Bart., John Christopher Lochner, Esq. Sir John Wm. Lubbock, Bart. ALE Lombard-street, December 1, Charles John Manning, F.sq, Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. John Henry Polly V.sq• Abraham George hobarts, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart. William Soltau, Esq. Robert Thorley Esq. Henry Warre, Esq. Octavius Wigram, Esq. Charles Young Dario?, Esb,, XANDER (JREEN, Secretary. ,4,1814. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION No . 48, Gracechurch-street, London, for Mutual Assurance on Lives, Sec. Enrolled under the Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies, ppocruaa. Charles Pritchett Benefield, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Samuel Hayhurst Lucas, Esq. William Cash, Esq. Joseph Janson, Esq. 1 hornas Castle, ksq Samuel A. S. Lucas, Esq. James Crofts, Esq. Charles Lushington, Esq. John Feltham, Esq John St. Batbe,:Esq. Joseph Hargrave, E4q,.. kchard Shortrulge, Esq, Thomas Hodgkin, ALD , ,Samuel Smith, Esq. MEDICAL pI.R.ECTOII.9. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S, I Thomas Bevan, M.D., F.L.S. TRIUSURRIL—Joseph Janson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hardwick and Davidson. The following statement shows the progress of the Institution from the commencem ent, in Dec., Nal, to the 20th Nov. last _ Years ending. 20th Nov. 183 R... ••• to Is 1837 ...... •.. •P Si 133 ......... t• ft 1639......... Sr SP 1810......... Pt SS 1841 ...... •. PP OS 1 8 4 2 ......... er. IP 1843.......4.1 ps ~ 1844........• Total number No. of Policies issued. Annual Income X s. d. 8,021 12 2 14,600 0 0 19,934 19 4 25,427 4 2 31,051 10 10 36,357 1 4 39,300 9 7 44,219 17 0 55,037 9 '2 Amount of Capital. X 5. d. 10,73 n 3 0 31,502 10 5 46,855 0 10 F 4,959 10 10 90,545 13 9 114,093 2 4 139 806 1 7 107,079 11 2 202,162 1 9 The gratifying result of the valuation o. the liabilities and assets of the Institution on the 2, th November, 1842 is exemplified in the fol lowing instances; exhibiting the profit assigned to Policies which had been in existence from one 0 seven years : had been in existence from one to seven Scars :- 1 Poll.l Age at Reduction Equal to a Sum cies in Corn. Amount Original mium in per cent. As- Reduction in p re. rmum in Exist. mence. of Bonus. Premium. lieu , on the Ori. sured. or ence. i ment. Sinai Pre. 1 Bonus. mium of Years.! Years. £ Xs. d. Ss.d.!S s. d. 7 59 1,001 10 II 0 63 0 0 27 17 2 44 7 33 2,000 177 10 0 54 1 8 20 11 6 33 6 52 2,000 227 19 0 97 11 8 34 510 35 6 3l 500 37 2 0 12 17 6 4 2 5 32 5 1 51 1,000 91 3 0 47 2 6 13 6 4 ::8 4 s 42 500 `iB 19 0 17 12 1 31.'. 3 20 3 I 46 800 37 8 I 31 18 8: 418 10 15% 2,' 63 31.00 140 15 0 224 15 0123 11 7 11K , ,, 1 ' 42 2,000 56 14 0 70 8 4 3 3 9 4% The next Division of Profits will be made in November, 1847. MEMBERS WHOSE PREMIUMS BECOME DUE ON THE Ist OF JANUARY NEXT, ARE REMINDED TH kT THE SAME MUST BE PAID WITHIN TriIRTY DAYS FROM THAT DATE. The Report of the Directors to the Ninth Annual Meeting of Members, held on the 16th instant, may be had on application at the Mice- JOSEPH MARSH Secretary. Deeemlier 18, 1814. TEA TRAYS, Tea Urns, Knives and Forks, &c., at C. WATSON'S, 41 and 42, 8A.1041C-4.1C, and 161,)12ishOdttiTy0eNrs:FOLGATE. Established half a century.—A set of 3 Paper Tea-trays, including the largest size made, 355. ; very richly ornamented all over, 50s. a Set of Three, and up to 141. ; Ja pan Tea-trays, 7s. 6d. a Set, and upwards ; a Five Quart London ;wade Bronze Tea-urn 355., with the newest patterns up to tive gui neas ; a Sot of Six patent raised London made Dish Covers, Dig. 6d. ; best intperialr at ed, . Set of Six. Elegant silver shape, 525, 6d, Set of Six. Ivory Tsb e-knves, Is. per dozen, Dessert, 9s. ; Carvers, 3s. 6d. per TABLE. DESSERT. doz. doz. pair. l-in. handsome balance handle 16s. ed. 14e. Id. 63. 61. -in balance handle, largest and beet made ••• • • ..... •••••• • • ' • • . Ditto with Watsen's ./..11*.ata Plate ha,o4lPfi, equal to sayer ••• • • • 225. 6d. 18a. Qd. Se. 6d. Forks half the above price. C. Watson?. hatidsentely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Current a just published, and farailiss who regard economy and elegance, Ahould possess themselves of 0 - 43 ItScfal book, which n ay be had ;rats, and post free, from the above address s o l e i n ventor of the celebrated Albata Plate, which la so yotp!dir superseding PATEN r ('ARAGON CAMPIIINE LAMPS.—TIia Perfectiog of these Lamps over the Vesta has been happily Attained by the invm, tion of two parallel gat rings—it larger and a smaller forming a cono round the margin of the wick, which cause a rapid reverberation of air against the flame--thus consuming every particle of vnistiliZed vapear, it is free from smoke or smell, having perfect combustion, and in fitll action, emits a light equal to 16 wax candles. 11. 'Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Fol contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant re chefclo, and ric*f ps.ttprns, comprising Ormolu, Chilia, Glass, and Opal. Old Oiltarrit;sAtAd with the Paragon Ilead for 215.; and the Paragon apparatus applied 10• the N:e.Lita for . 0. The spirit analysed ; 4 4,4 re . coutixtentlod byo.ol/0.4 0 m 77 e 1r C. Wat -6400, Atf_p_k9• • • 4 1 And C 4 nwW44ft PO N i 'T94T,QZ'T VOP4.-TP! SCIENTIFIC ALNIANACK. THE MEDICAL TIMES ALMANACK for 1845 (third year of publication) is now ready, price 5d., stamped 6d., and contains an immense mass of useful scientific infor mation. The First Number of the Medical Times (for the year 1845) will he publiThed January 4. Subscription for a half-year, 13s. (free by post), or It. Is per annum, paid in advance to J, S, Cartrae, at the Office, 49, Essex-street, Strand. 11HE PEOPLE'S FAMILY BIBLE : Splendid Type and Splendid Engravings—Forming the handsomest, most richly-embellished, 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 TRAtix.--New Markets for our Manufactures—Ships—Co lonies- Commerce, are the important and useful objects aimed at in Vlsber's Colonial Magazina, and Journal of Trade, Commerce, and Banking, published Monthly, price One Shilling. The First Number of the Second Volume, published January I, 1845, presents to persons desirous of becoming Subscr:bers - a favourable opportunity of com mencing. Vol. I. (New Series) now ready, price 12s. cloth. Fisher, Son, and Co., the Caxton Press, Angel-street, Nevrgate street, Londoi. " 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 rive from an early hour. in the morning. The funeral left the palace at I'2 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 em were, Earl Dunraven's, Lord Clarina's, Lord Monteagle's, Sir Aubrey De Vere's, Mr. William blaun 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 shouting 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 muck 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. TrIE PIIY4IOLOOY OF THE PASSIONS. What passions hurt the body, what improve Truths as refined as Athens even heard." The Fiftloth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price Is., by post, ls. 6d. ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and Diseases—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Mex.lical Experience—Law o Divorce, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn arrived on Thursday last at Baronscourt. SUICIDE BY STARVATION IN A A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT' FRIEND ON HUM AN FRAILTY. Just published, price 2s. fki., and free by post (in a sealed envelope), Price THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work on Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the baneful effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated by engravings, with observations en Marriage, and directions for the removal of certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and CO. Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Deniers. street, Oxford.street ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row; Purkis, Compton-street, Soho ; Noble, 109, Chancery-lane; Hannay and Co., Cl, Oxford - street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, Lon. don ; and by all Booksellers In Town and Country. OPINIONS THE Paris. We regard the work before us The Silent Friend,' as a work embracing most clear and p rac tical views of a series of com plaints hitherto little understood, and passed over by the majority of the Medical profession, for what reason we are at a losst o know, Wemust, however, confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable impression on our minds, that we not only recommend, but cordially wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffer. ing from indiscretion, to profit by the advice contained in Its pages." --Age and Argus. The Authors of s The Silent Friend,' seem to be thoroughly conversant with the treatment of a class of complaints which are, we fear, too prevalent in the present day. The perspicuous style In which this book is written, and the valuable hints it conveys to those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot fall to recommend it to a careful perusal,"—Era. The CORM AL BALM of SYRI ACUM is exclusively directed tar the cure of nervous and muscular debility, Impuissance, ke. Price 11s. and Us. per bottle. Sold by all Medicine *Vendors, of whom may be had the Silent Friend." The Five Pound Cases may be had as usual. PEERY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS are the most effectua cure for syphilis and secondary symptoms in both sexes, price 2s. 9d. i s' lid„ per box. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of cases is ne. cessary. Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for Consultation, at their residence, 19, Betners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Eleven till Two, and Five till Eight, and on Sundays from Ten till Twelve. One persona visit only is neeessary to effect apennanent cure PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT] of CHANCERY, made inn cause ASTON against MEREDITH, the Creditors of CHARLES 31EREDITH, lztte of Leamington Priem in the county of Warwick, Esquire, who died tit the month of June, MS, Ivo forthwith to come in and prove tbor debt , b e f ore Sir GIFFIN Walcott, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Citamberm, 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, 6fl Falmouth, sailed Aug. 1, Wyllie, from Penang, in froma Oct. 10 2 6 1 ; Chilena, the London Docks, sailed from St. Helena Oct. 25 ; sCtl.arHkee,len rsumain Rota, Carl, from Batavia, off the Wight, sailed Sept. 18; portly, Red, from Mauritius, off Plymouth, sailed Oct. 1, St. Helena Nov. 4 ; Vigilant, Hoets, from the Cape of Good Hope, off Penaance, sailed Oct. 26, St. Helena Nov. 5, Arrivals at St. Helena—Commerce, Cow:e, Nov. 2, and Catherine, M‘Donald, from Ichaboe ; Orion, from Batavia ; Union, Allen, Nov. 3, from Ichaboe, and sailed sth to Barbadoes ; Neptune, Ferris, from Madras ; Wilhel mina, from B itavia• ' Neva and Clydesdale, from Ichabo e; La Perouse, 4th, from Pondicherry ; Henrietta and Phcenix, from Batavia ; Heloise, from China ; Superior, from Ichaboe ; Ann and Kate Nieltleby, sth, from west 'doio of 464; 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 lird been an inmate of th...tublimion..t cine 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 the 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 almost constantly.. Her delusions were various. She refused food, believing it was poison. He was in attend ance upon her when she died. He thought that her death was caused by the 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 r abstai n i ng from proper nou rishment to sustain life. ' A SCENE.—At the Watlington Petty Sessions, on Saturday, before Mr. 11. Hammersley, and the Rev. E. F. Glanville, J:.ne 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 " one penny," from off a pile in Thirdswood , the property o f Mr. John Page, faggot of wood, of the value of 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 appearance 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 six 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 lie was ; he had lost fag gots before. Page said, " The faggots were worth 6s. per hundred in the wood each. It was an affect ing scene. From the prosecutor sternly pressing the c harge, the mother, with the infant in her arms, was co mmitted to Oxford gaol, to take her trial at the Quarter v S a e l s u s e io o n f s, l e d h . THE WEATHER.—THE PARKS, &C , --There is stillarged with stealing the said f aggo t, o f th e a suspension of frost, without a thaw of that rapid and decided character which usually renders the streets of the metropolis slippery and muddy; they were, however, for t the e greater roads i p n a part e o t suburbs yesterday, were g me what softened,re s a o sY, as i t i s terme d , but the wind was generally through the day cutting, blowing briskly from the eastward; and a rather the thick tog generally prevailed , which on keen and river was so dense as to obstruct the chief portion of the traffic. The temperature at the Royal Humane Society's receiving house, in Hyde Park, was thirty-five degrees at eight o'clock on Wednesday night, but had descended to thirty four degrees at seven o'clock yesterday m orn i ng . 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 shad e , an d 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. He crossed the road unperceived, and watched the fellow's actions, when he distinctly saw the latter open the dour, and just as he was in the act of entering he ran over and pounced upon him. They had a roost 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-hous e , in Tower -street, Lambeth. TIIE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.--The various public exhibitions throughout the metropolis were yesterday visited by vast numbers of sight seers, who were en deall much gratified by what th e y saw. i T tl lie ' Duke and Duchess of Buckingham, the Mar uhirsim of t C a h s n at Grenville are passing Lady Noble Duke has distributed, Christmas Stowe. L T a n d under his personal inspection, his annual Christmas bounty to the numerous labourers o n his G race ' s es t a t es , in Buckinghamshire. 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 nose, mouth, and ears. _ _ The CORONER severely lectured the two midwives for the tissue of falshoods relative to the child, which, in tact - , had never been washed at all, and said ho 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, and, 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 wed, 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 . oa the part of the said Elizabeth Redden." - The above verdict will not warrant a committal for manslaughter. FIRE AT A COTTON FACTORY.—Yesterday morn ing, about half-past seven o'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 yet suffer ing from the effects of an injury received from the kick of a horse about ten days ago, was present soon after the arrival of the first engine from the police-yard. At that time the flames were issuing from the windows of the second 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 belongs to the firm, is of the fire-proof construc tion, and has not received any considerable damage. The principal damage was to the cotton on the premises, a considerable quantity of which was consumed, and other portions sustained damage from the water used in extin guishing the fire. The amount of loss we have not been able to ascertain. The building, machinery, stock of cot ton, &c., are, we understand, insured in the Phoenix, Im perial, Royal Exchange, Atlas, and Aliiance offices. The fire originated through some hard substance coming in contact with the teeth of a blowing machine in the lower story, and thereby causing the cotton to ignite, and the flames after Wards ascended through the " well-holes" to the higher stories of the building. The firemen displayed their usual coolness and intrepidity on the oeoasion, and the workmen employed in the mill assisted to the utmost of their power in staying the progress of the conflagra tion. No personal injury, we are glad to say, was re ceived.—Manchester Guardian. DREADFUL ACCIDENT BY FlRE.—YeSterday:MOrn ing, soon after three o'clock, a police-constable, named Ayliffe, No. 270 K, was on his beat in Green Man-lane, Poplar, when 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 hastening to the spo., and endeavoured to obtain admission, but was unable to du so until he broke open the door, when the poor uniortunate creature Walsh fell into his arms with her garments blazing around her. Ayliffe, with great presence of mind, threw his great coat about her person, flung her on the ground, and rolled her over until he extinguished the flames, She was burnt in a dreadful manner, and Ayliffe imme diately called upon the assistant of Mr. Baillie, the divis•onal. surgeon. to attend her. After the usual reme..l dies had been applied, she was removed on a litter to the London Hospital, and received all the attentions which the resources of that admirable institution could afford Her case appeared hopelelis from the first, and death has since relieved her. The woman was of the class called " unfortunate," and went home intoxicated on Christmas night at twelve o'clock, and left a candle burning on a chair by her bed side, and the light cow municated to her clothes after she had laid down, In extinguishing the fire, the constable's bands were ae. verely burned. DEST IT U TlON.—Yesterday morning Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest on the body of James W. Saun ders, who was found dead on a truss of hay in a miserable room, at 14, Newton-street, Holborn, The deceased, like most who have no worldly goods, was recognised by no relative, Ile 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 ho had known the de ceased for three years, and that as an operative chemist ho was unrivalled, and was well known to Professor Graham, of the University College, to whom he had been an assistant. This gentleman further stated that the deceased told him that he h4d hePg disappointed in love, and had nothing to live for. In the concentration of acids as poison he was most clever—so much so, that from common acids he made such powerfUl poisons that two drops repeatedly killed 4nigi4ls. Mr. Riely the summoning othoer, having stated that a paper of tartaric acid was found near his bed, Mr. Wakley ad journed the inquest to have the body orned. 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 ease; 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 whoa 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 *lngle 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 hare been deceit KI by false representations of others, in order to exonerate themselves from the eonsecum os here stated, Th pro ceedings of the Board of Trade peculiarly favour such operatioes ; 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 rellite the statemehts 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 inconoluslve evidence, and by persons inexperienced in the mattor.—Times. iaji..+4l SALE OF GUANO.—Our brethren of the press ought to be on their guard against being made the medium of communicating to the public erroneous information ots 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 months' supply of guano left in the. - - i and that nearly 200 vessel s were wa i t i ng. We The Earl and Countess of Powis, Hon , R. H. and need hardly su that this news as en fabricatd Lady Harriet Clive, Hon. Robert Herbert, an d a f am il y solely with the ggest view of giving an adventitious value t e o circle, are assembled at Powis Castle, near Welshpool. that manure, which has of late fallen to a price which The Noble Earl and Hon, 12, H. Clive have each sub- can barely remunerate the shippers, in consequence of scribed 201. for the relief of the poor of Ludlow. At the immense supply lately arrived or on the way home. the close of last week the Earl and Countess of Powis, Far from the supply being nearly done, we are assured Hon. R, 11, Clive, and Lady Harriet Clive, with a party that it will take years to exhaust it, even at the rate at of friends, repaired to Ludlow, to honour the annual which it has been intromitted with during the presets% ball by their presence there, The assemblage of the year ; and Ichaboe is but one of a cluster of islands local and neighbouring nobility and gentry was exceed- loaded with a similar deposit. In the present state ingly numerous, many o f w h om came purposely to con- the grain markets, farmers have little need to has: of the A rattdate the Noble Earl on hi s recent invest i ture as a price of manure raised beyond its true value...s e p o il, Knight of th e G arter . E ar l Fowls, who was decorated Courier. with the insignia of his order, viz., the star and garter, HERTPORD,TRURSDAT.—MoRE INCENIMANY FIRES. was warmly received by his friends and neighbours. —On Mond a y night a large stack, co n t a i n i ng upwards of 12,0® fagots, the property of Mr. Barnard, malt s t er , The ball altogether went off with much ec l a t. DEATH FROM SUFFOCATION. •""" CAtrrioN TO situate in a field on the road-side, between th e towns of BURNERS OF CORL—Yesterday an inqu es t was h e ld at Harlow and Sawbridgeworth, was burnt to th e ground. the Royal Mason Tavern, Mary-street, Poplar, before The loss is estimated at about 250/. T he fire was sup- Air, Tinker, coroner, on view of th e b o d y o f Edward Lines, posed to be the act of an incendiary. The stack was aged sixty-eight years, a pensioner, residing in the East red at the windward side. This remark applies to all India Company's almshouses, Poplar, who came by his the conflagrations that have occurred in this county. On. death under the following melancholy circumstances:— Wednesday night, the 18th instant, the inmates, of the William Weller staled that deceased occasionally acted dwelling-house at Lilly Hoo Farm, which has been twice as shipiseeper on hoard vessels in the docks. On Tuea- the scene of incendiary fires during the last few weeks day evening last he left home to proceed on board the were alarmed at finding the house gradually filling with Larpent, then lying in the West India Docks, to take smoke. A search was made, and it was soon discovered charge of her during the night. O. the following that the apple room was on fire, and the whole premises, (Christmas) day, not returning home as usual, witness or all that remained after the recent fires, were in a state went on board the ship to ascertain the cause. Not of great danger, The engine from Ilitehin, which was finding him on the galley, which he usually occupied, he j instantly sent, arrived with all possible haste, and the went to the after-cabin. He found the door locked, and fire was soon got under. Superintendent Wakenell, of upon knocking and receivisgno answer, he broke olsen the the rural police, the next morning instituted an inquiry, door, when he discovered the deceased lying dead in a and the result was the apprehension of Mary Anne lii. hammock. In the cabin, which was only seven feet len grave, a servant at the farm-house. She was taken in by five wide, was a fire-grate, on which was A OAS fire custody of the police before Dr. Bland, a county inagis burning. There w as no vent for air, deceased having trate, on T hursday, the 19th, and remanded until Monday placed the curtain across th e d oor t o seep out the draft, last, upon which day a very strong case (upon circum 4herc was no chimney or Jaw %o the grate. In witness's atantial evidence) was made out against her, and she was opinion deceased had been suffocated by the fumes of' the committed for trial at the Herts Sring Assizes. charcoal, Air. k l anbstrn, a constable in tae West India p Doeics, said he bad Rolle into the cabin about two hours The Dowager D uc h ess of Cleveland left Newton! „ Tuesday, _ to join a large and distin gu i s h e d e after the deceased had been found dead. The fusel! a 1 TA .us T on the charcoal were then so strong that it was scarcely p os _ party at Ruby C as tl e. P rev i ous to her departure her Grace (accordi ng t o h er annua l custom ) d i stributed a Bible to breath©. If a human being had, even after th a t lapse of time, been shot y i p in the cabin, death m us t have libe.ral supply of be e f, c l o thi ng , bl an k ets, • coals, and ineviably ensued. 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They 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 end 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, &e. 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. 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, from 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. Ile 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 spar- - relied 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 very pretty little girl eight years old, and a son named William, 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, sines been tested by the medical officer of the union, and turns out to be magnesia; and up to thi s time no trace of any poisonous ingredient h as we e r x e pr s e u s fr se o d . an n e e o n p n di i o s n c o t ‘ h •e a r t e d i t , i a s n p d o s s D i b r ie t Curtis a r t lza 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, or having taken poison. It has been stated that the children of the deceased were conveyed to tlic Smites Union Workhouvi 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 Monday 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 th a t hi s f at h er gave his sister som e o f the liquor that was in it. hi o 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, andtventually 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. Ile 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 car e f u ll y se t as i de preparatory t o 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 p urpose , an d the inquest, therefore, is not expected to take place for two or three days. AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE, PATRON—His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT. PEESIDEN'r—Right Hon. the EARL of DEVON. t t ,l t RESSION of 1845 will COMMENCE in January and ex. ' to the end of June, including Fifty-two Evening Meetings, the first of each class will bear the following dates : First House Dinner Thursday, Jan. 2.. ant Conversazione Friday, Jan. 3. First Lecture 'irst Soiree Wednesday, Jan. 8. that Discussion Itli th" exn bers may obtain their cards for the session, and every re -, information, at the Institute. JAMES S. 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