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RENT WESTERN AND CORNWALL 'UNCTION RAILWAY, from Exeter to Falmouth. ittal, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of M. each. Deposit, 1/. 10s. per Share. . 1 " proposed by this Company commences at Cowley. bridge .0 the vicinity of the city of Exeter, uniting at that point ' P ith the Bristol and Exeter Line, traverses the centre of the co unty of Devon, and the great mining district of Cornwall to the t ow n of Truro, whence it takes a southerly direction to, and ter. atinates at, the port of Falmouth. The line is integral between its termini, and will, by means of • the Bristol and Exeter and the Great Western Railways, connect th e Port of Falmouth and the western counties with the metropolis 'ad the chief manufacturing towns in the north of England. The line was surveyed, at a great expense, in 1536, by the Lon " 0, Salisbury, Exeter, and Falmouth Railway Company, the pro koters of which applied to Parliament in the session of 1537 for l i an Act of incorporation, which had, after a protracted and search. lag investigation, the sanction and report of a Committee of the riouse of Commons in its favour. .• T he Present Company has, by an arrangement with the Share. boldholders of the former, acquired the valuable plans, sections, and ether documentary evidence in support of the line, and it is thus en abled t o present an un d erta ki ng sanct i one d by a C om mittee of the Legislature --a feature which distinguishes it from all the rail. w 575 of recent projection. The notices and deposits of plans required by the Standing Or. hers of the Howes of Lords and Commons have been perfected. A deposit of 11. 10s. per share to be paid to the account of the ct inft Committee with the Bankers of the Company upon appro. r j' ati °n• But in accordance with the arrangement entered into "ith the Shareholders in the London, Salisbury, Exeter, and Fal 11'°Uth Railway Company, their Shares will be recognised on the , 7 f itnent of ss. per share, part of the deposit, and the further sum 11 • per share will entitle the holder to a certificate in the pre sent Company, representing a deposit of 11. 10s. ; the Subscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract being previously executed. In the even t o f t hi s un d er t a ki ng not receiving the sanction of the Legislature, the Parliamentary deposit of 11 . per share will be - " t inted to the Subscribers without any deduction. application for shares can be attended to, unless made in the "' J olting form : % ; 1.0 the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE of the GREAT "LaTERN and CORNWALL JUNCTION RAILWAY. f4 avrt.astars,-1 request you will allot to me shares of 201. - "h, or an I ser of shares in Great stern and t orn Wall Junction Railway number Company, on she terms and We conditions ", the Prospectus; and I undertake to pay the deposit and sign the 14bscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract, wherein I am 411 M to do so. Dated the day of 1114 . Name Residence Trade or Profession Reference A PPlications fur prospectus and for shares to be addressed to the :"retary, R. M oore , E sq ., a t the Company's offices, 15, Old Jewry. i l ;lanbers; to the Solicitor, William Bevan, Esq., 6 , Old Jewry ; to s "ra..l. Shewell and Son, Tokenhouse-yard ; to the Commercial tan k t of England, Lothbury, and Henrietta street, Covent-garden, (e d un; at the respective branches and agencies of the National k O incial Bank of England; to R. T. Head, Esq., solicitor, and C. Charles Dean, surveyor, Exeter; to Messrs. Burd and Son, Devon; or to Mr. John Ellis. aharebroker, ~a`outh, LONDON, SALISBURY, EXETER, and FALMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY. Lltie holders of certificates of shares issued by the London, Sails. i: r 7, Exete r , an d F a lmouth Railway Company, are requested to th ' a ngrait the Dates and Numbers of their respective Certificates to e:Secretary of the Great Western and Cornwall Junction Railway 1 4 Al Pan), at their offices, on or before the Ist day of January next, or der that they may be registered preparatory to their exchange y e the scrip of the latter Company, upon the terms and in accord . t with the arrangement on which the undertaking is based. It. MOORE, Secretary. 1 h Old j h b London , 23 , Jewry -chambers , JIM Dec.. 1844. RAWING GALLERY, 18 Maddox-street, Hanover-square, to OPEN January 6. 4 E VENING CLASSES for the study of the Human Figure and 4 , 4 , t °n 1 7, Model Drawing, and Practical Perspective. men for Ladies, Tuesdays and Fridays, from Six to Half - past "vven. rigs for Gentlemen, Mondays and Thursdays, from Six to Half rift ze ttURGESS' ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES 40 'warehouse, 117, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London BURGESS and SON, being apprised f a the numerous ca n made hjmany persons to impose a spurious article for their feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the i i e in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to eh t;ie the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene st:APPearance of the spurious descptions will deceive the un s.ti and, for their detection,J. Brand Son, submit the following Rik"s:—liome are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," bat 4,, out name er address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," t pr 'l oth er . ~ Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John k,,5 . ” 11 and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis h-Vshed approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the und earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to blif' l4lll lE what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope t t prevent manj disappointments. b.., RGESB' `continues ACE, for general purposes, haTing given such *C e s n . satisfaction, to be prepared by them, and is reoorn sll ' 44 as most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good hi all Uni t a )Pt' • ' , rehouse, 107,' STRAND, eorner of the Savoy-steps, Lends*. • • The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse. lETTS'S PATENT BRANDY CAPSULED. Consnmers of Brandy are respectffilly informed, that l IRTTS, jun., and CO., will not be responsible for ally Bottled /.4 4 . 1 n ,„c1Y that is not protected against fraudulent substitution , by the '1 11: 4 .!:Cr METALLIC CAPSULES, embossed with th e wor d s %), t jrS'S PATENT BRANDY, 7, SMITHFIELD BARS." Sold et,„:," Mott respectable Wine and Spirit Merchants in Town and e trY, at 3s: SC per bottle, the bottle included. te,tts's °Patent Brandy is used, in preference to Foreign, at Guy's, N g " t rge's, and the ;titer principal Hospitals, &c., throughout the lI t1 ( 1 14 1 1 • Attention is especially requested to the security afforded ( , ) , 6 'atent Metallic Capsules. i, s 4 ntrY dealers are advertised in the provincial journals; and lists li ts — nclon dealers may be obtained at the Distillery ; where quanti p, '3,1.110t lees than Twe Gallons may be supplied , in bulk , at Hts. ; and La• Bottles, cases and bottles included, at 20s. per 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS. NILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive 144,,,, and hilarious Metals, called Nickel and Gerniax Silv...tell, a t the introduction of a new am( perfectly rna ass 'ETA PLATE. veh TATSON 41 ar 42 T ani 16, Norton , aided y t ' eri i .,2 o n of Scleico ln d the am iarbicaz, algamation of Metals, has Folgate succeeded b in --4,41 t to Public Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered ; eosins all the rlekisess of Silver ha appearance, with all its dam p and hardness—with Its perfect sweetness ia uae, undergoing, as „L does, a Chemical Process, by which , all that is nauseons in mixed t i etals is entir e l y extracted—resisting all A cids — may b o cleaned as 4 s Ver, and is MaltalaCtured into every Article for tke Table and 'sideboard:— Tem, s Fiddle. Threaded. Eine& Peons and Forks, 168. 6d. doz. 305. 351. frJesert Ditto ...... 1 2 s. 6d. 251. 28C. ." ..... Ss. 6d. —12 s. 6d. 133 . 6 d. agar Tongs Is. 34 Is 3s. 6d. htiv, u ATSON begs the Public will understand that this Metal is Ms metal his own, and that Silver is not more di ff erent fr om Gold Ms metal is from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he t i; ea It to be tested, and from the daily increasing eulogiams ke re aril lee is convinced that o n can prevent its becoming an e of universal wear. Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Cerraut tau tt PublisheA, and Families who regard economy and elegance Possess themselves of this usefal Book, which may be had "e, and Post Free, from the above Address. The PATENT PARAGON CAMPIIME LAMPS. 14.„,, perfection of these Lamps ever the Vesta has been s ti V l, Y attained by the invention of two parallel flat rings—a larger t,,,! smaller forming a cone round the margin of the wick, which rapid reverberation of air against the flame — thus co ndensin g 14 3- Particle of volatilized vapour, it is free from sm oke er smell, Ifi —n 6 Perfect combustion, and in full action, emits a light equal to wan candles. rate;s Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Nertost t,, will contain, tkroughout the season, all the most elegant Op c " - elle and new patterns, comprising Or-main, China, Glass, and 01 p k , ' 1 Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Hea d for 21s. And the sa ld ao n Apparatus applie te the Testa for 6s. Tke Spirit analysed Ig a ... r ecommended by Dr d tre, is delivered is screw eass by C. i nn's carts, at 4s. per gallon. 42. BARBICAN', and 16, NORTON FOLGATE. FAREWELL ODE TO 1844. Farewell to 'Forty-Four! Another year Has very nearly thisk'd its career. And lo ! the term whose sands are w , ll nigh spent, Is signalised by many a great event, Which Father Time, like some historian sage, Has noted down, to till anoth'r page. Farewell to 'Forty-Four ! With grateful hearts We bi. 4 adieu, wh le thus the year departs. To this important era we may date, Success in glorious streams, and triumphs great. Prosperity has crown'd us more and more— A memorable year w..s 'Forty-Four ! Farewell to 'Forty-Four! But not farewell To that success of which we gladly tell, F r when the present season shall have pas', MOSES and SON'S success, we trust, will last. And, then, their mighty mart shall be display'd The most astounding monument of trade. Farewell to 'Forty.Four I and many thanks To public friends who form such num'rous ranks. MOSES and SON, with heart-felt warmth express, Their inward gratitude Ur vast success; And, in return for this, they promise more Than what the public had In 'Forty-Four ! _WELCOME TO 1845. We'enme to 'Forty-Five! May this be found The happiest year that ever ran its round I May young and old, throughout the coming year In glad prosperity alike appear May trade and commerce happily revive, And gloriously distinguish 'Forty-Five ! Welcome to 'For ty.Five ! Throughout this term MOSES and SON will signalise their Firm, Inventions and improvements shall appear, Such as will rival each preceding year: And y tat advantages shall all derive. Throughout the coming year of 'Forty-Flve. Welcome to 'Forty-Five/ May we F e crown'd With bright'ning prospects, while it hastens round. May show 'rs of patronage incessant pour, And quite eclipse the trade of 'Forty-Four. And may the glorious House of MOSES stand A universal wonder in the land. Welcome to 'Forty-Five! Let all who hear Unite in joyful welcomes to the year! Let rich and poor combine in one loud cho rus, To welcome in the year which smi , cs before us. For much it will unfold—and, when it closes. You'll gladly give three hearty cheer s for MOSES. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! The Public are specially informed that during the re-erection of t..7 M OSES and SON'S premises in Aldgate, the entrance to their Nablishrnent is only at 154, Minorios. /4 1.1 !, Work. entitled THE COMMERCIAL PHENO. with full directions for Felt-Measuremen t, on applica - I 'nil be forwarded, post free. • roalarcr,_Any article purchased or ordered, If not approved „,xchanged, or the money returned. I,v„ rse—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail ri i : 4 ' l .art Drapers , Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mi c,",:242d_ BS Aldgate , City, opposite the_Ch d ur t ch. uard the bli tio toseL v a i n n d tur ar a n re blig the g untradesal u like c learned o that e 4tehood P"'" of being connected with them, or it's the same cancers, Th o been resorted to m many instances, and for obvious reasons. cad Y have no connexion whatever with any other establishment, t hese who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent • PP o, ntment, &c.) call or send to 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate, -p.64tte the Church. 1 . 11. N • Ki d • o business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on Ivo 4 7 till sunset on Saturday. when business is returned till twelve net,. 0 MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. Y ork, Cspy of a Letter from William Wilson, Esq., Clifton, near " Clifton, York, Feb. b, 11144. sZ c S _lr.—lt is with the greatest pleasure that I inform you with what )O, i Z! Gout and Rheumatic Pills have effecte d a cure me cool, rY months I have had the Rheumatism • and, in spite of all I tet e ' B, I was not able to ob:ain the least relief, until a friend tot... Mended to me illair ' s Pills, which, after a few trials, effected a qtta cure to ott are at liberty to use VA y name if it will be of env service • ours, truly, a. W I LLI A M WILSON." of th i .•Pnve recent testimonial is a fUrther proof •f the great efficacy 4 0 , t valuable medicine, which is the only effective remedy for Reumatism, Sciatica Lumbago, Tie Doloroux. Pains in the tio,T;; h and Face, of en mislaken for toothache, and fir all bouty it eum itie 'rendencies. Miti also gratifying to have pcnnission to refer tes the following selected from a nuutitude of others, whose station est e ;'4' . aas colitributed to advance this popular medicine in public 111 mi, e * -- J. R. Mandail, Esq., Coroner, Dencagter, the Rev. Dr. tts44 ti.N.lrtgs.tetrh,e Da C r h tf e o v r a i l i i ; e • de a Garde, Lieutenant Masters, Late of d l'aYal Newfoundland Veteran Companies, Mr. Miskin, brewer Mr. Richard Stone, Luton . John J. Gi'es, henen t r ,: r aler Mr. Inwood Perbright ; all of whom have received , t akulg this medicine , and have allowed the proprietor the Solei; °, Publishing the same for th Landefit of the &filleted. lat ent Y Thomas Prout, 129, St• and, on ; and by his appoint. kin t d iC- ,7" 111 respectable per Medicine Venders throughout the United 5 . 14 . Price Q.a box. th e , in.r BLAIR' S G OUT and RHEUMATIC P ILLS, and observe 'a*Par 44° 'and - addre•s of 6, Thomas Prout, .21, Strand, London." eased flubs -OM V the Government-at:op a ff ixed to each S . ox cattle "Afdietite LAY.) artier' e' "- nurniPs vortg, T do ell ; o ; ri 18 ; j 5e 1 1, 4 ! BrOd C" b u udie ; „,e and state , '” kna Ve la m eat :0 35 Scil a; article!, rice& citations guttol i, 25 8 " A , • ) wk leh is bro' of hate, dutO l4 A c, 21°' Ai. 0 ,er 41" heifer' ; (ins, .26/ 4.0011 r. r. eclis ta ted t ° large,' let ioa o ,ber site' ~ f 1 ~. No. i 6,3-10 LONDON, AIONDAY EVENING SIT Ng DECEMBER 30, 1844. . _ - - 4 4111 O 4 ~, 1 1 JAE 70) , ..• •••-' . , it-.Si- - " V n 1140; •t • * • 4,/.4 /. -4 " " °IT ' a , , = " ‘(- ff 111111 .:: ". dit ot _ • '1 0 1 :01k ff . 4111114'' 7 nn+ _6: o .(___76 - 7 -v ,* -K,_ "~// ~ /7 %/ PRIOR sd. THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) id Published in Time for the :AFTERNOON TRAINA said a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POET, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS u LONDON up to that flour. T ilE ROBBERY at Mossrs. ROGERS .and CO:S, the Bankers. PUBLICATIONS. CONSUAIPTION ; its Curability established by reference to numerous cases ; being a Letter addressed to the Physician in Ordinary to her Ilajesty's Household, Physician Extra ordinary to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and Senior Consulting Physician to the Censumptive Hospital, Chelsea—Patron, her Meet Gracious Majesty the Queen. Ey D. CRONIN . , Physician to the Strand Dispensary fur Consun ption, &c. Price Is. To be had at Forsyth's, 455, West Strand ; Byrne's, 94, St. Mar tin's-lane ; at the Dispensary, 113, Strand ; and at the author's resi dence, Craven-street, Strand. doubt of its superiority to the use of locomotive engines. M. llallette expects that a stationary engine every five and a quarter miles will suf fice to exhaust the tube, instead of (as by Clegg and Samuda's plan) an engine every two and a third miles. If the invention should realise the expectations formed of it, all the advantages of the present atmospheric railway will be realised in a higher degree. Railways might be carried over ele vations of more than 400 yards; and of course the necessity for tunnels, embankments, and cuttings would be nearly done away, and the expense of the construction of railways would be exceedingly dimi nished. Much lighter rails might be used, as the enormous locomotives (which chiefly require the rails to be so strong and heavy) would be done away ; and much lighter carriages would also suffice, be cause collisions would be impossible. The risk of accidents would be reduced to the smallest possible amount. The trains would pass without noise, and with very little vibration. The expense of work ing the trains would be exceedingly diminished; there would be no need for the large workshops and the great numbers of first-rate mechanics on rail ways. Should the invention succeed, it will furnish a means of cheap and rapid traction on canals and rivers, and may be applied to many other purposes of great utility. We understand that patents have been taken out for M. Hallette's invention in England,'Scotland, and Ireland. If any of our readers should wish further information on the subject, we have no doubt that M. Chevalier, of this town, who acts for M. Hallette, would immediately supply it. CAUTION. The Public are respectfully requested to pay particular attention to the Numbers and Dates of all 51., 101., 204, 301., 401., 504, 1004, 200/., 300/., 5001., and 1,000/. Bank of England Notes that m...y be offered is payment ; and before changing them to examine the same, and compare them with the Lists of the Bank Notes which have been stolen from Messrs. Rogers and Co., and which hays been advertised successively in the Daily and Weekly Papers. _ _ . Illußtrated by " Phiz," price One Shilling, No. 11. of F ANN Y, THE LITTLE MILLINER ; OR, THE RICH AND TIIE POOR. By CHARLES ROWCROFT, Esg., Author of the " Tales of the Colonies," &c. CONTESTS:—Chap. IV. The Journey—The Tidings—Black Will— Chap. V. The Labourers' Meeting—The Sufferings of the Poor—Re becca—Ai Desperate Project—An. Unexpected Intrusion—Chap. VI. Rebecca's Wrongs—The Revelation of the Plot—Lord Sarunt's Peril. —Chap. VII. The White Woman's Pit—Tke Virtues of the Poor— Reflections am; Resolves—Little Fanny. London : John Mortimer, Publisher, Adelaide-street. _ Payment atoll the stolen notes is stopped ; and it is particularly requested that those parties who have obtained lists of the stolen notes will continue to preserve them for reference ; and also that those persons who have not yet had lists will be pleased to send for them, by post or otherwise, to any of the Banking houses in Lon don; Messrs. Rogers and Co., bankers, Clement'a-lane, Lombard_ street, London ; Mr. Francis nobler, Solicitor, 26, Bucklers bury, Mansion House, London ; John or Daniel Forrester, Man. sun House, London ; to any of the Station-housee of the City or Metropolitan Police ; or to Messrs. Modes and East, printers, Ab. church-lane, London. ARMY AND NAVY. Published every Month with the Magazines, price 3e. 6d., THE UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE, AND NAVAL AND MILITARY JOURNAL. independently of a succession of Original Papers on innumerable interesting subjects, Personal Narratives, Correspondence, Anecdotes, &c., each number comprises Iliog - raphleal Memoirs of eminent Offi cers, Reviews of New Publications, either immediately relating to the Army and Nary, or Involving subjects of utility or interest to the members of either, nal Reports of Trials by Courts Martial, Distribu tion of the Army and Navy, Promotions, Appointments, &c., with all the. Natal and Military Intelligence of the Month. OFFICE OF THE GAS LIMIT and COKE COMPANY, 19, New Bridge street, Blackfriars, London, Dec. 28, 1844. I do hereby give notice that, pursuant to the Bth Bye-law of this Company, " This is confesseilly ono of the ablest and most :attractive periodi cals of which the British Press can boast ; presenting a wide field of entertainment to the general as well as the professional reader." — Globe. HENRY SAMUEL KETTLE, Esq., FRANCIS LYSONS PRICE, Esq., And The First Number for 1843 comprises - 17 Articles of high Interest ; and the New Year being a favourable opportunity for commencing a Periodical, those who may desire to take In " The United Service Magazine" are requested to send their orders Immediately to their re spective Booksellers. WILLIAM MORLEY, Esq., Three of the Proprietors of this Company, have severally given me notice in writing of their intention to stand for the office of a Director, to supply the vacancy which has occurred in the Court of Directors by the decease of William Allen, Esq., at the Election which will take place at this office, on FRIDAY, the 10th day of January next. By order, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. B RITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE • / PATRON—His Royal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT. Paastoeux—Right Hon. the EARL of DEVON. The SESSION of 184 Ii will COMMENCE in January and ex. tend to the end of June, including Fifty-two Evening Meetings, and the first of each class will bear the following dates : First House Dinner Thursday, Jan. S. First Conversarione Friday, Jan. 3. First Lecture First Soiree Wednesday, Jan. 8. First Discussion Members may obtain their cards for the session, and every re quisite information, at the Institute. JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director. 18, Geerge.street, Hanover-square. 'SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—In the - United States, as in England, there is more uncertainty than usual, as to what the new year will bring forth. Great changes seem to be impending in the commercial policy of both coun tries, but their indicaticns are yet extremeiy vague. This is especially apparent in America. Every paper in the Union presents us with a different opinion, not only of what the President elect means to do, but of his ability to do it. his position is, in some respects, not unlike that of Sir Robert Peel in 1841. It is pretty clear that a few months will put him and his party in power. lie is about to take office upon the understanding that his policy will differ materially from that of his prede cessor. Yet what is to follow, no man ventures to predict, with even the appearance of confidence, and no two men predict alike. Polk and Peel are alike inscrutable. No art could reach the designs of Sir Robert—no cunning in a strategy, no bitterness of taunt, availed to obtain a glance at the prescription, till the physician was regu larly installed, and the fee paid. lle could not be either driven or wheeled into depriving his mea sures of what power they might derive from their novelty when brought forward for application. Mr. Polk has taken a similar course; and there is a real resemblance in the two cases which seems to justify the imitation, if it be one. When the elevation of a man to responsible office is already determined, any particular declaration of his policy is often un necessary ; it always operates as a tie, and, under ordinary circumstances, can purchase nothing. Even in the present positions of these two statesmen there is enough to continue the resemblance. A dis cussion of the expediency of continuing the income tax, with its inevitable pendant, a discussion of our tariff, is looked forward to as certain in the approach ing session. And everybody expects that a modifica tion of the United States tariff will be one of the first measures of their new Government. There is now no room to doubt, that if either tariff be touched, it must be for the purpose of making a further application of the principles of free trade. So far, all is as clear as political anticipations well can be. We see the chart, and our probable course upon it, but (in both cases) the man at the helm persists in keeping his mouth shut ! Shrewd politicians, desirous of trimming their sails to the coming breeze, congregate around Mr. Polk, but can gather no indication of the quarter it is to blow from. Ile meets and wards off their well-meant thrusts at his internal man with a cool, unvarying, and impenetrable " politeness" in the ex ternal ; and they retire to spread, not reports of what Mr. Polk says and intends, but rumours that he is turning out a much cleverer fellow than anybody ex pected. In the heat of the recent contest he was called a " Repudiator." Now few seem inclined to say more on this point than that he is not disposed to ha zard the existence of the Union in a desperate attempt by the federal Government to coerce the delinquent States. Even the slavery question is admitted to stand upon very similar ground. A secession from the Union, of the States implicated in slavery, would undoubtedly ensue, were the question now raised and pushed to extremities. The particular evil would not be lessened, but another, of incalculable import ance to America, would be created—the substitution, as to two great sections of the Union, of division and weakness for union and strength, would be unavoid able. On the tariff, but one course seems open. Yet, there are grave obstacles to that. Mr. Cal houn's opinions cannot fail to have considerable weight, and it is well known that liberal prin ciples of commercial intercourse between nations never had a stauncher or more consistent advocate : but even in the United States there is an anti-free-trade party, and that of no contempti ble strength. In this country, public opinion already shows a tendency to favour the retention of the income-tax, provided it can be made the basis of corresponding relief from taxation in other and still more oppressive forms. The Customs' duty on raw cotton, the Excise on paper, and the Assessed Tax on windows, are already put prominently forward for reduction or repeal ; and as the time for action draws near, we may expect that other taxes will find their especial foes— and that " provincial Chancellors of the Exchequer" will again incumber the facile Premier with their aid, and draw down the mild thunders of the Treasury Bench. All this, however, while the oracle is silent, will only thicken the fog in the political world. England and America, then, are now in the hands of men who have at least the ability to keep their own counsel ; and to both it does a double service : it makes what power they possess more effective, and leads people to think them much wiser than they are. It is not impossible that the coincidence marks the commencement of a new era of statesmanship—in which taciturnity and mediocrity is to do the work of eloquence and wit. Were there a fair prospect of the work being better done, we should have nothing to object to the change. But this, as yet, is sadly wanting. THE VANGUARD STEAMER ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties is Ckild's CHROMATROPE, to which may he added, Subjects in Nature and Art for the PROTEOSCOI'E. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The Snit Ex hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures on the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pre fessor lIICHHOEFNER'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 and DIVER. The HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE. Admission, I s.tSchools, Hall-price. . . A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred additional Works of Art, Sze., since the last revisal, is just pahlished. price Is. - - - f,RAL TOM THUMB. The AMERICAN MAN in MINIATURB has returned to London and is now holding his PUBLIC LEVEES at the t lery, in Sunlk-street, Pall-mall. The General has been visiting tne principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met with unprecedented success. Whilst in Edinburgh the General 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 Citiaen, 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 The General's Miniature Equipage will be exhibited daily from Four to Half.past Five, arid from Eight to Half-past Nine, P.n. at 121, Pall-mall, at the trifling charge of Threepence, merely to defray the rent of the room. ANGEL INN, ANGEL-STREET, TWO DOORS FROM THU POST. OFFICE, SHEFFIELD. FAMILIES, Professional, Commercial, and Agri cultural Gentlemen, are respectfully informed that this old established and celebrated Commercial Inn and Family Hotel will shortly be RE.OPENED for general purposes, by Mr. WILLIAM WALKER, of the King's Arms, in this town. Mr. WALKER has for some time been engaged in furnishing and fitting up the above in a superior manner ; and it ts his dc. termination that on its opening, it shall equal in comfort, com bined with the most assiduous attention and economy, any cm. inercial establishment in the kingdom. Fires are kept in the rooms daily. The house will be opened in a few weeks, of which notice will be given. King's Arms, Sheffield, Dec. 12, 1844. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR LI SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £500,800. Empowered by Act of Parliament. DivisioNr or PROFITS. Tk• steady sitcoms and increasing prosperity if the Society kali enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation declare a second Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. oat the amennts Inv on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. ) , 1 7a3 3. ? ! 'I Bonus Banns 11 ' R .I 'l y. cm i Premiuma ' i : added . Cask. Z• r i c) &t. L.. ; • i 1 4 / Xa. 41.1 IS a. d. Xe.d.Xa. d. £ a. ds 11837 170 9 3 7 7 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 2 60,1000 74 3 4 ,1838 144 2 2 64 5 6 916 4 294 13 4 1 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9,247 4 1 Tke division of !welts is annual, and the next will be made in De cember of the present year. Thie institution offers assay important aid substantial advan tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred. Annuities. The assured has, en all *cessions, the power to borr)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 other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See. THE DISSENTERS' and GENERAL LIFE FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. lustitnted 1827. Empowered hy special Act of Parliament, 3d Vic, c. 20, 62, Ring William.street, London-bridge, London ; 21, St. David-stteet, Edinburgh ; 6, Klng-3treet, Queen-square, Bristol; and St. An drew's Hall-plain, Norwich. Capital, One Milliom. TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS George Bousfield, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. 'I Lomas Challis, Esq , Ald. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. Peter Ellis, Esq Edward Smith, Esq. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Hon. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. Richard Hollier, E.q. John Wilks, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq ,M.P. Edward Wilson, Esq. On the return of the Christmls Quarter, the Directors beg leave to remind their Friends slid the Public that, in the Fire Depaitment they receive Risks of all descriptions, including Chapels, School. roams, Mills, Goods, and Shipping in Dock, Forming Stock, &c , at the same redu ced rates as other respectable Companies, and make no charge on policies transferred from other offices. In the Lile Department they contitue to teansact all business relating to Life Assi.rances, Annuities, and Family Endowments, upon the try - st liberal terms consistent with sound p rinci p l es and public security. Loans also are granted on equitable terms to life assurers on life interests or satisfactory person•l securities. To all agents and sollci. tor., auctioneers and surveyors, liberal allowances will be made. By order °ldle Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Sec. AFLOAT. (From the Cork Southern Reporter of Tuesday.) We are happy in being able to announce to our readers that the Vanguard steamer has at length been got off. At about four o'clock this morning she was got off the rock amid a hearty cheer, from all whom curiosity or duty had drawn to the spot, which was oft and heartily repeated. A detail of the operation to get off the Van4uard may be interesting. On Monday, the Victory steamer left the Quay at three o'clock, and proceeded down the river, for the purpose of taking a warp from the Vanguard, and to assist in towing her off. The Eagle also left the Quay at tive o'clock, with a large number of empty casks, but, as the sequel will show, the Vanguard needed not the assistance of them. Captain White, who, from the commencement showed an activity and diligence in managing the vessel which entitle him to the highest commendation, made a minute examination of the hull of the Vanguard, and having discovered the apertures through which the water gained ingress, succeeded in stopping them, by which means, joined to the assistance afforded by the pumps of the vessel, which, by the bye, were effectively worked by her own engines, she was very soon got off. Another impediment had also to be removed, which was the rocks, that not only sur rounded the vessel, but had actually broken through her bottom ; this was, however, easily effected by means of chisels, hammers, and pickaxes. A tank was then constructed in the vessel, and every other preparation having been completed, four o'clock this morning, owing to the flood tide, WAS the time ap pointed to make the attempt to bring her away. The Victory having sent out a hawser, it was made fast to the Vanguard, when, as the rope was drawn to a strain, the vessel floated off without the least difficulty. This is important to observe, that the Vanguard had her own engines at work at the time, and by their means solely was she backed off the rock. The vessel being got out into deep water she floated right well for some time, say about an hour, when the leak be gan to spring again, but not to a great extent. She was towed by the Victory towards Spike Island, but when opposite the Buoy it was found necessary to cut her loose, as she would not steer well, by reason of her being attached to the other vessel. This being done, she then made the rest of her way unassisted, and ran in upon the mud bank at Spike, whef• she now is, waiting for the ensuing tide to bring her up to Passage, where it is said she will be re paired. Of this, however, we cannot speak with cer tainty. The Vanguard is not much injured, in fact, the hull is nearly as sound as when she was turned off the stocks, and her engines also are in complete working condition, which was shown to a nicety in her passage this morning across the Bay to Spike Island. There are some remainsrof the cargo still on board the vessel, but they are not worth noticing. The surprise is general that a vessel which had suffered so much, and into which the water of every tide had found an extensive entrance, should yet have come off in so comparatively uninjured a condition. When the Vanguard was being backed off this morning, the hawser which had attached her to the Victory was snapped asunder, though nine inches thick, so suddenly did the former vessel glide out into the water from her position on the rock. We understand the Victory was anchored at the time, which was the cause of the occurrence. There was also an accident happened to one of the seamen of the Victory ; when they were taking in the slack of the hawser, it struck the poor fellow in the head, and cut him most severely. That was the only accident which was reported, and is certainly rather singular, considering the number of men em ployed on the occasion, and the unseasonable hour at which they laboured. We cannot close this state ment without offering one or two lines upon the parties who were more immediately interested in the fate of the Vanguard, and who had exerted them selves to get her off. We have already alluded to Captain White's activity and efforts, but we must add, in justice to him, that both were indefatigable. Ever since the vessel had met with the ac eident, Captain White was on the spot, and no matter how inclement the weather, or how arduous the labour, his duties knew no relaxation. Mr. Taylor, one of the Dublin agents, was also down, and he spared no pains on his own part to get the Vanguard to rights. Captain llirst also deserves the greatest credit for his exertions ; nothing that could be done did he neglect, while the men under his command showed themselves ready and willing to lend every assistance. We had almost forgotten to mention that Captain M‘Kinnon exerted himself very laudably in endeavouring to get the Vanguard off. The exact amount of the damage sustained by the Vanguard has not yet transpired. A NEW AND IMPORTANT EDITION OF THE SILENT`Y. FRIEND OW HUMAN FRAILTY. Just published, price 2a. 6d., and free by post (in a sealed envelope). Price 3s. 6d., 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 on Marriage, and directions for the removal o f ? certain disqualifications. By R. and L PERRY and CO. 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Clegg and Samuda, and likely so far to perfect that principle of railway construction as to give it an unquestionable and great superiority over the present methods of constructing and working railways. The subject is of sufficient interest, in these days of railway enterprise, to justify us in en tering somewhat into particulars. The means contrived by Clegg and Samuda for attaching the carriages to the piston, was to make a groove along the tube, covered with a leathern flap, which being weighted and covered with wax, allows a cable or bar, connecting the piston with the car riages, to traverse—opening with ease to admit the passage of the cable, and closing after it, so as almost, but not entirely, to prevent the admission of air. The apparatus is extremely ingenious, but complicated ; it requires the application of a heated iron in advance of the piston, to melt the wax, and a roller following the piston to re-seal it; and it allows of a leakage which the patentees calculate as equal to fifteen per cent. of the power em ployed to exhaust the air, but which Mr. Robert Stephenson believes to amount to 36 per cent., and even at the higher velocities to 74 per cent. Several of the most eminent engineers, both English and French, have examined the operation of the at mospheric railway, and have reported most favour ably amongst them may be named Messrs. Brunel', Cubitt, and Gibbons, and also Messrs. Teisserenc and Mallet. The improvement made by M. Hallette is in pro viding a means of opening and closing the longitudinal groove, so as to prevent the loss of power by leakage. He has endeavoured to imitate nature, by providing a pair of flexible lips to the groove, which allow of the passage of the piston-bar or cable without admitting the air. It is possible, as every one may find on trial, to pass a quill or pencil between the lips from one side of the mouth to the other, without admitting the least air into the mouth or out of it. M. Hallette has made artificial lips, by disposing along the parallel edges of the longitudinal groove two little cylinders, cut laterally, so that the concave of the one cylinder is opposite to the concave of the other ; and, filling each cylinder with a kind of hollow gut or tube, of leather or other material impermeable to sir, which tubes, being filled with compressed air, and lying in close contact with each other, form a kind of elastic lips, that open like the lips of man, and allow a bar or cable to pass along them without admitting any air into the large tube. Such is the method ; and we have seen a letter from M. Hallette to a French gentleman in this town, who acts as his representative, stating that, after ex periments made publicly on a short railway at Arras, he has proved that the artificial lips placed along the groove of the tube hermetically close it, and effec tually prevent the admission of air into the exhausted portion of the tube as the piston passes. His in vention also affords the means of bringing the piston and train to a stand much more quickly than any other system, and of course it is better adapted than any other to the descent of considerable inclinations. M. Arago and other distinguished men of science • in France have declared their approbation of M. Hallette's invention ; and a Commission, composed of I Messrs. Charles Dupin, Arago, Seguier, Morin, and Piobert, has been appointed to report upon it to the Academie des Sciences. If the plan should succeed, it will so cheapen the atmospheric principle of railway as to remove all - - THE LATE MURDEROUS ATTACK BY A BAND OF POACHERS ON THE EARL OF COVENTRY'S KEEPERS, AT CROOME.—Yesterday, Superintendent Harris, of the Pershore station, accompanied by Superintendent Pet ford, apprehended three men in Pershore, suspected of having been concerned in the fatal affray. They are severally named Francis Dingley, Samuel Turvey, and William Brimfield. They were conveyed to Upton, and this day taken for examination before Mr. Stone, but, in consequence of the witnesses being at Worcester, in attendance at the inquest on the body of poor Staite, no evidence was adduced, and they were all remanded till to-morrow. We understand that Turvey and the three other prisoners have already been convicted of poaching, and that strong suspicion exists that all participated in the late deplorable outrage. Government has offered a reward of 501., in addition to that offered by the trus tee of the Earl of Coventry, for the apprehension and conviction of the murderer of poor Staite, besides a free pardon to any person not being the actual individual who injured the keepers. The inquest on Staite was commenced yesterday, and after the examination of several witnesses, was adjourned to the 7th of January. —From the Worcester Herald of Saturday. EYE, DEC. 26.—A young man of irreproachable character, and occupying a small allotment of land, find ing it much infested with rats and annoyed by persons stealing the cabbages and other vegetables, has been set ting traps to get rid of some of the former depredators, and on visiting his allotment one morning found a hare caught in one of the traps, on removing which he was seized by two persons who had concealed themselves, and was taken to Brome Hall, before E. C. Kerrison, Esq., who having heard the charge, dismi sed the case. It is a singular circumstance that the persons who are nightly watching rat traps on the allotments, do not occasionally discover those who steal the cabbages and other vegeta bles. Rumour says, a watchman is paid one pound for every conviction under the game-laws.— Suffolh Chronicle. DEATH OF AN INFANT FROM OYER-CARE.—On Saturday afternoon an inquest was taken before Mr. Baker, at the White Lion, Hackney Wick, on view of the body of Amelia Lucy Irons, five weeks old, who is supposed to have died from suffocation while in its mother's arms. It appeared that on Thursday after noon last the mother and the father of the deceased, who is a gardener living at Hackney Wick, went to spend the evening with some friends, taking the deceased with them. They were out late, and on their return home the following morning, the deceased was wrapped close up to protect it from the inclemency of the weather ; when, on the mother reaching home, she found her child without any signs of life. It was put in a warm bath, but this had no effect.—Verdict, "Found dead." STRIKE.—At a meeting of the journeymen to bacco-pipe makers, held at the Harewood Arms, Leeds, on the 7th of December, it was resolved that they wou;d give their masters s fortnight's notice for an advance of wages, and the masters not having complied with their request, they struck work on the 23d Deeember.—Leeds Timm 4D VERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) GUILDHALL. James Discery, a cashier in the employ of Messrs. Meeking and Co., woollen-drapers, on Holborn-hill, was charged with having embezzled certain moneys, to the extent of 401., the property of his employers. The evidence adduced went to show that the pri soner was in the habit of receiving all the money that was taken in the warehouse during the day, and handing it over to one of the firm at night. His duty was also to see that parcels were sent home by the porters, and for those which were not paid for at the shop, his more especial duty was to see that the por ters brought back the amount of the goods, and duly paid it to Lim. On the 19th inst. the porters neglected to take two packages to the parties who had ordered them, and the prisoner left the warehouse with them for the purpose, as was supposed, of taking them home, and receiving the money due for them. He did not return, and shortly afterwards it was ascer tained that he had delivered the goods, and had ab sconded with the amount of their cost, 51., which had been paid him. Mr. Humphery, who appeared for the prosecution, begged that the prisoner might be remanded, as he was informed that upwards of 301. which had been paid to him by the . porters on account of their em ployers, had not been accounted for. The prisoner's solicitor, Mr. Justings, not offering any opposition, Alderman Hooper remanded the pri soner until Wednesday. WORSHIP-STREET. Benjamin _lsaacs, a respectable-looking Jew, land lord of the Blue Anchor public-house, in Petticoat lane, and Elsey Isaacs, his brother's wife, living at a marine-store-shop in the same neighbourhood, were brought up for re-examination, upon a charge of re ceiving a piece of new carpet (36 yards), stolen from Mr. Shepherd, a pawnbroker and salesman in the City-road, and upon another charge of having felo nious possession of a quantity of leather (about 401. worth), now proved to be the property of Messrs. Hockbut and Co., of St. Paul's Churchyard. Mr. Shepherd, it appeared, had been repeatedly missing goods from his sale•shop, and at length en gaged a policeman, in plain clothes, to watch his place; but on the very first evening, just after the policeman had stationed himself in his hiding place, to watch the premises, the entire piece of carpet in question was stolen from the front. In the course of that evening another constable (Conway, of the H . division) went to the house of the prisoner (Mrs. Isaacs) to search for a coat, said to have been stolen. The coat was not found, but Conway, seeing the piece of carpet and a large quantity of new leather, inquired where they came from. :llrs. Isaacs said they had been bought at a sale, and left there by two young men. This account was, of course, deemed unsatisfactory, and the police took possession of the rt w b • e h o o i s n e in h g u . s bandapbrosepeonrtdyed,anadnddbeatsainnoetdsAinleres. b l e s e aa n c f s o , Ben jamin Isaacs, the publican, who was there at the time, was also detained with her, but subsequently admitted to bail. The piece of carpet had already been identified as the property of Mr. Shepherd. The leather was now ascertained to be the property of the other prosecu tors, and had been stolen from a cart on the way from St. Paul's to a railway station, for transmission to the country. That robbery had been committel only an hour and a half, and the piece of carpet stolen only two hours before the officers found the property as above-mentioned. The MAGISTRATE, after hearing Mr. Vann on the part of the prisoners, now discharged Benjamin Isaacs, and libecated the female also upon bail (two responsible sureties in 50/. each), for her appearance a week hence. ~~-~~., ~/ ~ 0~~ -- ,~. _~~ ~ c 7>z? Mr. H. Richardson, one of the overseers of Ash ford, proved that, in consequence of what he heard from the last witness and other persons, he went to the cottage of the deceased, and found the man alite, and the woman apparently quite dead. The decema man breathed very hard, but was quite unconscious,. and the foam came out of his mouth "like yeast out of a barrel" (the witness's own words). At first wit ness had an impression that it was possible the deaths had been occasioned by destitution, but he afterwards felt satisfied that they were the result of poison. `.l he little girl had been vomiting a great deal during the night, and was in a wretched plight. The boy told him that he had some bread and butter for supper, and that his little sister was very ill during the night, and he tried to awaken his mother to assist her, but was unable to do so. Mr. T. M'Keron, the assistant to Mr. Curtis, the medical officer of the union, deposed that he went to the cottage of the deceased, and found them in the state described by the last witnesses. The counte nance of the man was very livid, and his extremities were quite cold, and he was unconscious. Witness looked round the room, but did not see a trace of any vessel having contained poison. The CORONER —Has any poison been discovered ? Witness—l believe not. CORONER—The case was quite hopeless when you saw it ? Witness—Certainly. CORON ER—Did you at the time suspect the deceased had taken poison ? Witness—l did not. William Oliver, the son of the deceased, was then summoned. He deposed as follows :—I was at home all Monday last; all the evening. My mother was with me, and she appeared very well. My father came home between eight and nine o'clock. They were both sober. When my father came home he kicked up a row about some money, and swore at my mother and scolded her a good deal, but he did not strike her then. My mother wanted to buy firing, and my father said he had no money. We all had some bread and butter and bacon for supper, and they drank tea with what they ate. I went to bed directly after I had had my supper. It was after supper that they quarrelled. I did not see my father put any powder in the teapot, but he made the tea that night, which my mother was in the habit of doing. He took the tea out of a paper, and then threw the paper on the fire. When my mother tasted the tea she said it was very nasty. My mother generally poured us out a small pot full of tea, but on this night my father poured me and my sister a basin full. My father used to knock my mother about and beat her frequently, but I have never heard him threaten to kill her. On Sunday morning week he threw the stool at her, when my mother cried a good deal. By the CORONER—I never - heard my father say anything about poison, or about getting poison to kill rats or mice with. My father was very often tipsy. A gentleman belonging to the parish used to give him two shillings and four loaves of bread every week. I used to go about begging with my father. CORONER—When did your father beat you last ? Boy—On the night he died. In answer to further questions, the boy said that he heard no sound of struggling or blows during the night, but he heard his mother and father "blowing" very hard. His father awoke him in the night and told him that there was a basin of tea and some bread and bacon in the cupboard, and he might have it, but he did not drink any. The coke fire went out about the time it got pitch dark, and they had frequently burnt it in the same way on cold nights. Mr. C. B. Emmott, a surgeon at Hounslow, de posed that, in consequence of an order he received from the Coroner, he examined the bodies of the de ceased persons. Upon an external examination, he found that the body of the woman appeared to have been forcibly compressed against the bed ; the nose was flattened, the lips were swollen, and the head had evidently been forced with great violence upon the pillow. Upon an internal examination of the woman he found the lungs very much congested, the right cavities of the heart full of liquid blood, and the vessels of the head also very much con gested. The stomach contained food—apparently bread and egg—but it exhibited no appearance of disease, and the mucous membrane was perfectly healthy. There was no trace of poison, and he had no doubt she died of suffocation from external force. The inside of the mouth was cut by the forte of the pressure on the teeth. On examining the body of the deceased man he found the lungs perfectly healthy. The stomach was congested. He sub mitted the contents of both the stomachs to the same tests. There was no poison in that of the woman, but he detected arsenic to a considerable extent in that of the man, and he had no doubt his death was occasioned by that ingredient. CORONER—Have you any doubt of that fact ? Witness—Not the slightest. Every test that was applied showed the presence of arsenic in the stomach. The Coroner here made some inquiries relative to the state of mind of the deceased, but all that could be clearly ascertained was, that the man was a very violent, idle person, and one witness, a neighbour, said that his conduct was most brutal to his wife, and she had often stated that she dreaded to go to bed with him, and that on Monday night she heard him say that he would settle her, either that night or some other time. Some other confirmatory testimony having been adduced, The CORONER said he apprehended there could be very little doubt upon the evidence that the unhappy man had destroyed his wife by suffocating her, and that he afterwards killed himself. LAMBETH-STREET. CLOSING OF THE COURT.—THE COURT POOR-DON, AND THE POOR OF THE DISTRICT. - Mr. Norton and Mr. Henry being both present, the former magis trate rose and said that as the public business of that court was about finally to terminate, he wished to say a few words with respect to the funds which had been so kindly forwarded to himself and his respected colleague, Mr. Henry, for the use of the poor, and to enable them to alleviate the sufferings of those un fortunate beings who were frequently brought before them. It must be in the recollection of all who heard him that in every instance where applications were made for relief this season, that pains had been taken to ascertain the truth of the representations, as well as the characters of those making them, so that no impositions should be practised, and he, Mr. Norton, was happy to say that he did not recollect a single instance in which he had to regret the application of the funds, while on the other hand he felt that the benefits conferred by this mode of administering seasonable assistance were most gratifying. It was at this court that the dis graceful system of giving out work by large slop warehouses to one individual at a certain price, and that person giving it out to others, and each deriving a profit, so that the poor creatures who had to make up the work could not obtain a mere subsistence by their labour, was first expressed. It was at this court, and in the case of the Misses Reynolds, the daughters of a distinguished officer, persons brought up as gentlewomen, that the disgraceful system of re quiring persons to make a shirt for three halfpence, had been exposed as it so justly deserved. In attend ing to this case, he was happy to say that with the kind assistance of the public press, no less a sum than 400/. had been subscribed for the Misses Reynolds, and these ladies were raised from a state of poverty, : which the wretched pittance allowed them for their ;exertions must necessarily entail, to one of, he hoped, to say, lasting comfort. Having said thus much as to individual cases, he observed it was the wish of himself and his colleague, Mr. Henry, to tender to those benevolent individuals who had supplied them with the means of doing so much good an account of their stewardship ; and they could not do this better than by courting an inspec tion of the " poor-box book" which was kept by the chief clerk, and which could be always seen at the New Court, Lambeth, by any of the subscribers. By this book it would be seen that from Christmas, 1843, to the present period, a sum of 246/ 13s. 3d. had been distributed,! and that every entry (which gave a sufficient account of the manner in which the money was given as to call the attention of the ma gistrates to every case) bore the signature of the ma gistrate by whom it was ordered to be given. A balance, he was happy to say, remained in favour of the poor-box, and it being the opinion of Mr. Henry and himself that they should distribute a portion of this balance amongst the numerous poor of the district, they had directed that a sum of a/. should be expended in the purchase of bread, blankets, and coals, and that these should be distributed by ballot to the deserving poor, under the superintendence of their own officers. In conclusion, Mr. Norton said that the management and distribution of the articles issued had imposed a new, onerous, and arduous—though he should add pleasing—duty. The summoning officers had much additional trouble in making the necessary inquiries about applicants, and for this additional duty Mr. Henry and himself had arranged to pay two of the three summoning-officers a gratuity out of their own pockets, so that no portion of the past levies should be touched. Both the magistrates subsequently ex pressed their admiration to Mr. Young and Mr. tierce, superintendents of the K and H divisions of 'police, of the manner in which all the officers under them had invariably discharged their duty, and at the final closing of the court most of the respected parish officers, dz.c., were present. The jury said they were quite satisfied, and they at once returned a verdict that the woman was wilfully murdered by her husband, and with regard to the deceased William Oliver, they returned a verdict of felo de se. CUSTOM-HOUSE APPOINTMENTS We understand the following arrangements are to take place immediately : The office of collector of customs at Glasgow having become vacant by the retirement of Mr. M'Murdo, the situation will be filled by the pro. motion of Mr. Vanderkiste, at present collector at Belfast. Mr. Wilcox, collector at Dover, is promoted to Belfast. Mr. 'Williams, collector at Dundee, is transferred to Dover. Mr. Stuart, collector at Galway, to Dundee. Mr. Richardson, comptroller at Galway, promoted to the collectorship at that port. Mr. Dowsley, collector at Westport, County Mayo, to the comptrollership at Galway. Mr. Miller, clerk at Dublin, to the collectorship at Westport. By this arrangement an opportunity has been afforded to make a reduction in the salaries at Dover and Galway respectively, in consequence of the falling off in the trade at those ports. It is presumed that the business at Dover has been affected by the establishment of a customhouse at Folkstone, and the resort of passengers to the latter port on their way to and from France.—Observer. PILLS !SOLD UNDER EMINENT MEDICAL MEN'S NAMES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You would be doing a public service by cautioning the public against a number of pills, brought out under the rtstuned names of various emi nent medical men—for instance, we have Dr. Den man's Pill, Astley Cooper's Pill, Dr. Locock's Wafers, &c. &c. Yours, &c. A GENERAL PRACTITIONER. London, Dec. 28, 1844. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Cheltenham Stag hds., Wed., Wittington Village ; Sat., Beech Gate. South Berkshire hds., Tues., Basseldon Park; Wed. Aldermaston ; Fri., Stanford-101. Sir John Cope's lids., Wed., Hyde Common ; Fri. Sil cheater Dials. Lord Gifford's hds., Tues., Ready Token ; Thurs., Jackament's Bottom ; Sat., Sinnington-1 1. Hambledon hds., Wed., Rumsden Bottom ; Fri., Cor hampton Downs. 1I Tues., Four Lanes, Beanworth ; Thurs., Can dover' Church ; Sat., Lashran Village-10 4 3 . N.F.H., 'rues., Eyeworth ; Thurs., Beaulieu ; Sat., Paul tons-101. Tivyside hds., Thurs., Troedyrawr Lodge Gate-10. Col. G. Wynham's hds., Wed., Burton Park ; Fri., Bury Ilill. Fife hds., Tues., Airdrie Castle ; Thurs., Laddedie Quarries ; Sat., Lindores-10i. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire bds., Tues., Hangingside ; Thurs., Hunter's Folly ; Sat., Wallhouse-10i. THE CASE OF POISONING AT ASHFORD. TIIE INQUEST. , The inquest upon the bodies of William and Sarah Oliver, who were found dead, under very extra ordinary circumstances, in a cottage at Ashford, on Tuesday morning last, was held on Saturday at the King's Head, Ashford, before Mr. Wakley, the coroner, and a jury composed of the principal inhabi tants of the village, when the evidence dearly made out that the unhappy man first murdered his wife and then destroyed himself. The following witnesses were examined : SCILLY.—On Thursday, the 19th instant, the schooner Amy, Johnson, of Ipswich, from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt, in entering the harbour of New Grimsby, struck on a sunken rock, and before she could be got into the harbour, was obliged to run ashore on the rocks where she filled with water, and the salt in a few tides was entirely dissolved. The vessel, which has since been got off and brought in, has received consider - able damage, particulars of which are not yet precisely known. We have now nearly a hundred sail of vessels, in the different harbours, the masters of which, particu larly those from foreign parts, loudly complain of our want of a regular post communication with the mainland, being anxious to advise their owners, consignees, and friends, of their arrival thus far on their passage home. -- tires Briton. The following extract, apparently from some Kentish paper, has been sent to us. Its " moral" is good :--" A Night, rejoicing in the name of Parkhurst, has scratched his nacre on the windows of several of the first-class carriages of the Greenwich Railway, and some wag hitt made the very mortifying addition— ' Since hung at Maidstone.' 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