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Many persons are not aware that the offices still take in letters if the postage be not paid; many cf those who write to Ministers pay the postage without necessity, not being aware that th6y are under no obligation to pay the postage. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY of LEIGH HUNT; with REMINISCENCES of FRIENDS and / `.--_-------,. I/ 41 , 4 BR ID GE RIONtJIIIENT. „, - , NERAL CO‘l3ll ['TEE OF MANAGE e.f. re, NT. i t? eIIAIRMAN-The Ri„eit lion. the LORD M , AYOR. rrl'enAll 'lltc -The flight Hod. Lord RO3 ER r G' ROST ENOR , old M.P. 8 0 4„'Itolfilen J., Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Gen:ral Annuity Ale/ e s `LY), lea, P.asinghall-street dal tiertsen, George, lest the Rev. J. S. M., !LA., 111 4 g,laton Esq. Sec. to the Royal Society of _Musicians), ah, (1;s1e-street, Lel :aster squar E'q (110- to e the Highland Fociety of London), 11 -.L AT • "• So c . •ent-street It arna ' r'd h r e .". J• R., D.P., St. Paul's, Vauxhall en, '"• L. Eso (Cev , rno •of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's s n R eare,,,• 0 3 a. Brit sh Bant , Tokenhou:ie-yard "enn'e Esq (lion. Treasurer to the Covent-garden Thea tknzet %I);\ eburn-square ,„ Peel') ' "I. lam, Esq (secretary to the Drury-lane Theatrical - 011 11 , 11 ' -• Esq., M.P., F.R.S. (Treesurer), Brick-errt, Tem i, pl . l Ne. Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Humane Society), 3, r..- Clift, sßnzte .Ss Esq., Bloomsbury -square Charles. Esq (Cti:firman o' the Leicester-square Soup Co 40 I s R s , Leicester-square 'lv6n,es;ill'i-a7n,E7,.qS.t. Pa tirs-ehurcayard (Secretary to the Asyltun for Female Orphans) , 1:1,4,0,'.:+11-!ster•briage-rnail 14 eut.-General Sir Howard, Bart., 15, Green-street, Gros• 1 are 110,7' 3 % Tlemas, Esq. (c.'ecretary to the Domestic Servants' Be timig'ent institution), 32, Sad:vele-street. D'T re ..r ) hcmt " , Esq- (Member of the Committee o!' the Leicester- Kitchen), 40, Leicester-s'oam Asylum C L Jo (Governor of tile Royal of St. Ann's +7, Mount -street, Grosvenor-eTt are „ k i4t - the 1110,t Hon. the Marquis of, M.P., 102. Pleea , lly I, ° ° l• ll (l ttn'e EN. (eveTete ' ry to the iervants • Provident and Ilene ',',:rl,•l!'), S. C ok- , •treet ka t , Esq (Member of the Committee of the Governessee 11 411, g Ine Button), Tollingteu-e ark EN- (Meniher of the Committee of tart Goverineses' Be -4,11ev I lLi nstibition) Mariborotigh. chambers, Pall-ma 11 cal "OM Pritt, Esq. (lion. Trea.tirer to the Drury-lane Theatri keliQT). 14, ,Upper Gower-street 0 1 eist • e Esq. (Secretary to the Royal Society of Female Mu etton 3, at aceleseelt-street, oftqiiare '4111e 4, ', 1 ',7. Henry, M.A., Rector St. P la it o, Covent-gaden they; 1 " n • Esq (Secretary to the Society of Ancient Britons), a,se3 len-roed 41 ;Iele e n Vecretary to the Leicester-square Soup Kitchen), on o, ,_ ster-squre ,n'e.o_natlian, Esq. (Secretary to the Industrial Horne for Gentle- I s Abt oeh n. ). 35, Brunswick square Likin g John, Esq. (Treasurer), Birchin-lane kne 'ite Re v. D. MA. F.R S. (Secretary to the (4 , messes' k tlit om °Went Institution), 6 ornmgton-road, Regent s-par Lem t he Rieht Hon. the ard, 10, Grosvenor-place L "derry, the Most lion, the Marquis of, Holderness House /-" , isarva 4 'l- (Deputy-Chairman of Queen Adelaide's Free Dis -eet, h B ettial-green nal DePuty, F S.A. 43, Bow-lane to n, the R e e„, A, st Y. M.A. (Member of the Metropolitan Sani i",,shig. elation), Allhallows!, Upper Thames-street -41 'enei.'S., Esq. 19, New-street, Spring-gardens Orph„ - ,v., the Rev Charles, M A. (lion. Secretary to the London •" I nIn) St Helen's-place olir; ale i ; r ° elatio n , sq. (Secretary to the Nation al Philanthropic ad o , a , eieester-square Esl 11 D (Founder of the Royal Free Hospital), ,•ear,b ,; 11 tnn-ficid's • ‘4 , 10' •••Le„nrY Edmund, Fs ,2, Charlotte-row ,tecar:„.rinkavater Es'qq.(Scretary to the Covent -garden Thea -731110t, 4 ,T 1 ), the Gra ' nee 'Michael's-grove, Brompton u er t , ) ,thvard Esq. r -, , street 45 , 1 St a, Emsro ' d (Secretary to the Royal Infirmary for Chil ltt Msltire-sq- (becretar, to the Metropolitan Free Hospital), likoll e the 11 _ , kr, e .• an. M.A., 21, Bolton-street 1, ' , et, e a „.. uerlf, Albany p a le, 'h o nes ' Esq., Berners-street heEsq., C.E. Middle Scotland-yard Il e a% th e Rev. 4 1 1111 1) , Thomas, ' A.A., 1, Gloucester-terrace, Cambridge- to - N,T B '' }I N. (Secretary to the Public Dispensary), Lincoln's Esq Bank b tidings Es ' g 27, -Gluoucester-gardens, stbourne-terre_ce I tnY ' Esq• , Associate - King's College (Secretary to 11,:eScl - ,eaternity Charity), 1, St. Matthew's-place, Hackney s:l -te'ls)ndre 1 11e A p w , Rev., D.D. (lion. Secretary to the Asylum for ,Iteetos'i. Henry F., Esq, ha rds. Oultry Ite e" " tl et3) ' 9 ' Lincoln's Inn-Ilells F.L.S. (Founder of the British Benet', „la Rev. Dr Tem le- rove, East Sheen atzt . (Go p vem g or of the Royal Asylum of St. Ann's .e.r, oolwieh ' h a le xander Esq, (Secretary to the Middlesex II - spital), eS-Straet 'J Leh - elle', Esq. (Secretary to the Jews' Hospital), 5 , - 4 1 4% ei e - h da 111 -'q• :litrthm,pit,llinvlct Henry, Esq. (Secretary to the Orphan Working School), 32, (lion. Secretary to the City of London _ 4 et, ev.4.- Diseases of the Chest), 6, Liverpool-street Esq. (Member of the Committee of the Governesses' t. et, Rillstitutio Lincoln's Inn-fields ‘l , ste, ild Hon th E rl, Park Old Brompton TerP-ers . :‘, R e. Esq.. (H e on. a Secretary to the Hotel and Tavern rovident Institulon) Craven-street ries, Ls q, to Choral Fund Society), Polygon, T °l.l4 ;e a .. 11°5 ' e s , Esq (Hon Secretary to the Hospital for th© Cure Wile n. les of the Skin) 25 . L New Bridge-street E sq. (Treas ' ure ' r of the Public Dispensary, Lincoln's arts Ftlpnd Vir; fl' a P.S.A. (Governor of the Royal Asylu m of St. aW". kr, CY), 1 , Warwick-square, Pimlico Acleci nder-Sheeff S•! ' 1 e I . with ns- an Watson, Esq. (Governor of the Royal Asylum of St. John,'`,.3;), 'Victoria-square, Pimlico _ gll. (Treasurer of the ;loyal General Dispensary, Al- Asstum it ' ev a ,,,1e0n-3quare lo • • P., M.A. (Hon. Secretary to the Lo ndon Orp`:!an ston jiVtero istar era ' In ,arked with asterisks form the Acting Committee. B ond Cabbell, Fsq M.P., and John Labouchere, Esq ; `BBrs. Comte and ' Co ,. . ; Messrs. Twilling ; and Messrs: s t , h ,e It em , Williams, Deacon, ant Co. of ! W i lt oi 3; rB of the Committee are anxioul to collect such t n it 'null", le,Tiptions as will enable them to raise that &ser a ' 'fflell will do equal justice to their own feelings i n ) d ie to emPlary virtues of his Royal Highness the late Duke of 11 1& 1 „..,"the Itirlet!:',;''alned bankers and genGemen are w tiling to receive tor Ili tte 'walt oil ' and Mr, John Smart, the only autho sed collector, 114 1obj te Z t eh parties as may be desirous of contributing SDIST - TJT.III I I LIE'S POLMCIES. A trial of considerable interest to Life Assurance Oakes and the pnLlic w:s conclmied yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Companf,. held a policy for an assurance of 539/. in the Albion COmpany as security lor on advance, the payment of which policy was now disruted by the Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected the fact of the assured Party having been a man of in ttintscrafe habits was concealed from the oflice. Ihe chief evidence turne ueon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited. and the result was, that a verdict was givvn against the resisting ofilce, not only for the amount cf the policy, but also for 40/. interest from the date when it became. due. The circumstance of the action hchig brought by one Mae against another Fresents striking illustration of the uncertainty which may attach to all po licies tai•fer the present systc(r, and shoes that the only mode by wlrch absolute si.cmity can b.( obtained by the public must lie in the general adoption by Assurance Oilices of the plan of proteling them selves in ev, ry case by due inquiries before the gr:ntim f each po licy, and of afterwards assuming the full responsibility of the coin • pieteness of such inquiries by bolding thcmselve ,e s prtwoeclu offi ded ces re from ra i s ing any figure ipie s tion. In the pr,ent ca a found to be diamettic.illy opposed in their opcnions :13 to what call properly invalidate a 'brim. and yet the public are expecte I to be able to goare themselves agalmst such contingences. Similar casts have occurred before, and even if they were more rare, they would s e riously tnittre the progress of life assuranee. Ihe very princip upon which the business is founded is the removal of uncertainty, end whenever that principle is counteracted in the slightest degree, t• e people who would be the first to resort to its advantages are the first 2.) he deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850. THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LOMBARD-MEET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. r. oampbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Ri c hard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Ri c hard Matins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. fames Fuller Madox, Esq. John Alatthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. George Cumming', Esq. J ames Turner, Esq. William D. Starling. Esq. David Henry Stone, Esq. SECRETARY—David Alison, Esq. javzczas— qessrs. Spooner, Attwoods. and Co. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road. Rev. James Sherbold Boone , A.AI , Stanhope-street, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne -terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin coln's Inn-fields. Thomas Jervis Antos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's Inn William Mama, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Aug,n4tug Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. John Danger&ld, Esq. Secretary, Chas. Flogkton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company, boing INDISPUTABLE, form Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com mencement of its business, and is steadily advancing. Copies of the Report of the last Annual Meeting will be forwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is a'lowed. ALEXAND ER ROBERTSON, Manager. riATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE - k. ) ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICEST MEETINUER-S G QARE the rr opDON. The FOURTII ANNUAL GENERAL of tors of of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England, and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 2eo/. —making together 700/., which have been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,963/. 2s. ed.: of these 121, comrrising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,125/. 6s. Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,048/., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums Since the c' mmencernent of the Company to the let of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110.972/. 12s 6d . aps , pedro , ducing in annual prem iums 3,732/. 1 is. 6d. Of these 54 l amounting to 23,950/. 16s. 64., of which the annual premiums were 741/. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,991/. 15s. 11d. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,183/. I Is. 10(1. only was advanced The Directors were also highly gratified to report tha t within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as He ad Agent in France, Monsieur de FEtang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and thility in financial and in all assurance f Par r s, a s, w ho. under the sanction and p atronage of the Archbish r'sopis, Eveque o i th e Cardinal Archbish' p of L y ons, and Monseigneur Pa de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a eon• sideraMe amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris. the Vice- Chairmsn, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the niggling separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prosrects. ____._..-------- 1 - F ANY HAVE PRESUMED TO ABUSE THE WORD " PALETOT," it will be sufficient to refer to the high distinction conveyed to " TIIE TiEGI,TERED SYRIAN PALITOT," as indicative of the exclusive celebrity it possesses. It was registered August 23, 1850, by Messrs. SWAIN and Co., 379, Oxford-street. and will be the leading OVERCOAT for the coming EC:£011 throughout the Empire and its dependencies. Price 455. uarotte-r o By order, (1, c,, _ . EDW. FREDK. LEEKS, lionorary Secreta_L.. A , Mansion -house, August 22, 1830. It4VESEND STA R PACKETS °4l° and Secon4 Class Railway NI NEPENCE to a., or from London and Gravesend. _ — "on and First Class ditt o , ONE SHILLING. IP.. To or from Blackwall. .3* , e Cabin. „,, ,„ cd. Chief Cabin.... 9 d. 4: 1 ;a1' packosleatoermediate Piers ..... . lii.the6l:-;n1 Purfleet Piers. kel ' C t.l call at t h a e t Pie e s C a r s aY u s n ' d n er r i ' fi e led n - (4....tber perm:ttlag). FROM TERRACF. PIER, GRAVESEND. ROY AL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. During this week the ALPINE SINGERS from Styria will per`orm several of their National Melodies, daily at Four, and in the Evenings at Half-past Eight.—T.ecture on the Hydro-Electric Ma chine, Dr. Bachhoffner, daily at Two, and in the evenings at Eight.—by Lecture on the. Mechanical Properties of a Jet of Steam, doily at a Quarter-p - st Three, and in the Evening ata Quarter -past Nine.—New Series .1 . Dissolving Views Illustrating some of the Won ders of Nature, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exl..ibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions a nd Ceylon, daily e One o'clock. — Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c. Admission, le.—Schools, Half-price. _.........._ -,Pm TEitAcp R I\ - 7 :7 - -- _. . PI Er., GRAiTESEN D. T rtsars. ....1' Ver.' Grays IClreeo- . -------- P ac u e r t - SUN ' S ' CREMORNE GARDENS, 1. 1 --......... hithe. Time l ' y °sllr " Grays Green- Fur- On the Banks of the Thames at Chelsea. 71, --.. -----.. ' ille. i hithe. fleet Open Daily at Three o'clock. Is i ~.... ---_. ____ _ I ONE SHILLING ADMISSION. t li - -- --- -- --- Children, lialf-p-ice. .%, -- —_ .1 _ - Sundays at Half-past Four. No charge for admon except by 11%, -... 8 % —l Refreshment Card—Sixpence. Children under Six years of age free. I --- 1 1 —— Director, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Albion, Great Russell-street, Co -2 I --- 12 Tent garden. 3 •-. 2 THIS DAT, September 7, .8 --• ''— -- IMltterlre Success of Deulin's new Fairy Ballet. "The Origin of 8 ! -...— 4 ~ ! Harlequin." New Groupings from the Antique. Danciog to ex, s. 5 Borlin's Band of Fifty Instrumentalists. Madame Antonio t I *--- — will make her marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid S hurricanes of Chevalier Mortram's gorgeous Fireworks. ChAttaWay'S bi r celebrated Brass Band. .2)le'r, Tr In active preparatlon, a Grand Chinese Fete. ,_ taam , On SatnrdAy, for the future, the usual entertainments will bo pre sented, instead of the Bal al Fresco, and the usual charge for admis - . _..,. —,,,,,,tinvelerant _Tseatna from the 131 try,":`24rte frorn hour. litoll_er of an hour. 4UXSWICK WI the trains from larked •eet t tion to all pi -- •••••vic the X WHARF, BLACRWALL, on the arrival of ...-----.............&raina front the Fenehurch-street Station. rye. SuNDATS„ _______ ---- ......... p ar. 11 ' lt, fleet Roahr• ,h r i een. G ra . Roster - Time. Pnr- Green- Gra " vino. the ' " vine. n. 3 , fleet hithe. -....... 0 ~. ----..._ ___ _ 11' 12 --- 10 I -- 10% • 21, --- —. II —_ Laq 1 ' t'+':------, kr 4. 11 ---- q" -.nizrko(l * are run direct, th .t„ ,1 0,11, ,1`Q1) at Piers or for floats. li rte ,„ lt-ETwelve Months, 141ti."3, 1 1. 1 to t•zi...acl of the Ign Monk, Terrace Nor, Gra Le Packets not being per- . 4s. ; Six Months, 21. 159. ; e Collectors on boari the ;vesend. WELLINGTON FAMILY and b ra t ITO fEL, DALE-STREET, LI VE . Rroor. •+4 aa4 o,,_7lnated in the immediate vicinity of the Excbanne, belt ' t- rate s i" r r Places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up e, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as Co ok the or._ stra ngers, will be found everything that is desirable , { AdTb e I , n yen?eitts of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of ft first-rate lotuirtnt4,r4l`rietor urther Wsties to intimate that his Coffee 11 .11 14* ' 15 licl t it "ms, as well as Sitting and Bed Rooms, will be Nho t‘ o none in the kingdom. 3 : 4 , l , l arges fur servants are included in the Bill (except those ss r a f,Av hours),.viz., Waiter, Porter, and Chambermaid, may. e' P e etl II • • 4 Y intimated that all further payment Is untie- !. , 1- 0 7 1. ---- -------____ ti, lAV)1.1) GEORGE lIOTEL VME , PAENT. 11 4 tr. an d '4' I ND respectfully informs Commerciall ti k h r die 4 1 mil,' Gentlemen, also Families visiting York, tb.:t ß ie t i t :: , l:!, l ' n ellt ?,:.1" 0 Odostasdisheti Ilotel. The interior of this s - s i 4 t n 4 , Thatchllt -. Z : , : oiri t e t i: g r a r e s .a hillti i cancomfort and convenience imnspuroreveed,eartytdtastefully fitted up ; the Geed Stabling, Coach-h 'uses, &c. IT D'rl }, II IID I'Vi",-I,:eIVS PATENT WHITE ZINC .41,,, 4r 01i,1 0 - ; - combines elegance durability, health, end Economy. 84 4 ' , 'at er s"1 whiteness. It is permanent for ages-unaffected by . rit 4 h s---eq,',:ar Cargoe s v a pour from cesspools, or the most noxious Zr 11 1 ,: t tvoli,,, t ° t ile finest coach anelling without the use of var 74ete4,048beien-tse to the health of the ain , Zer, and to the occupants h newly painted with it- P‘ covers . so much work that it I t Ztieq %Per than the poisonous paints hitherto used. Each cask ttl4.learel:rsisri.44l,lllthlifitgeK. London, Patent." particulars, may he obtained from tlr,princi ' 4 4osi t i altlis, and at the Works of THOS. IILIBBLCIC and e the London ocks. It. pr., „... . 1 17 ) , 're 1, - .,`", 1 - 4 v ERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 141 4 '1 'et-at - "ad of Sherwood 23, Paternoster - row; Carvalho; C'ltesh4t; Mann, 39, Corn ' hill; or direct from the author , -"' ng each by post, Is. 6d. 40,,„ Health' .. s ENJOYIkI.. ENT OF LIFE. of _,____.„ Forgo 41, about , l uecreation, and rational Use iyt_u rnino _ E ._ ttt about thar-Y Rising -Spring and Summer 2110 Trlp t , ti, his e Environs of London-The Parks, Lanes, mils, itt and i ta. z nigh -roads and other pleasant placoa-Countrys 14 8 Nc......rhn' "les-The Sea London at Night-EVen ln g" at llo Zir t ' P •osii, P "ra nla On Eating Drinking, Sleeping , Bathing, e4 . 3l Pation, 2, 4., c. ' tk ‘ -111 EIV • 11. A h.,. -S FROM THE MOUNTAMS. Two Vol/. to .. il TO Tilt, LAKES I. - -.4 ;SKETCH - OF EDINBURGH, &c. _ LAX,E Vol. li. . OF ZrLT. ABNEY ; REIIIasTISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &e. A " Th a ; C TAT TO EAT, IIRTNIZ, AND AVOID. r ree score years and ten our course may run." t tle?.. l 'lttai t , vi ew of almost every form (cause and cure) of nett titt,ahng. b, 4 : 0 :1 health and enfgelilocd constitution, that a i a.s c s m es . the man of pleasure, business, or study, and till of cad ->e, t,Nes ro les for the diet and physical regu ,rs,..d4y life , . and IV, es W hat TIIE PASSIONS. lib- 'Prttbs".'inn4 hurt the body—what improve, oft:1 1 '0cl. : i ~. , at, refined as Athens ever heard." 11 447 ; Daßsi, , , '''..s Pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The . advent and ' ° il '- : Piastity and its infringements. The casualties of ' te kedl • " dissipation with illustrations, graphic, narrative, 414ve. Aciv c'eac:f of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. t z b ti , GoaA t ,„„"7o be or not to be, that is the questlon." th ' lt 7 'Narl 4. *--:L as and obi' ti N of nature, society, and re- Lk(4,,, 4 in g ma ,..., , - lea cns Ittr t '," both . 14 . - -k,e, to be oblerved by either sex. Time and ? secure bq. th s ' v a t, to age, temperament, complexiou, and kl4 n 4e"efect ive . t - es a ,. - " ° " S pring, with the art of rearing them. ,-Y It 4e • '-- a nd Ita removal. Sterility and its conversion. ' 124 1.. j ' e t - WPR .' - 1 141 'Nem, a 4 wELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1 4,4Yoceiti„ 11 ,_ 76 ars Vedical and Forensic Referee In thesis -I)l4ti l e- =.ll, till av o , EVOnlndir bevOn ti ll n►LLE. stent-itrot, t.... THIS DAT, September 7, Immense Success of Denlin's new Fairy Ballet. "The Origin of flarlequin." New Groupings from the Antique. Dancieg to Borire's Band of Fifty Instrumentalists. Madame Antonio will make her marvellous Ascent and Descent on the Rope amid h urr icanes of Chevalier Mo rtram's gorgeous Fireworks. Chattaway's celebrated Brass Band. In active preparation, a Grand Chinese Fete. On Saturday, for the future, the usual entertainments will be pre sented, instead of the Bat al Fresco, and the usual charge for admis sion restored, vie., Is. Ladies and gentlemen ca n here enjoy the health -promoting ele g ant exercise of the graceful bow, with the advantage of proper instruc tion, gratis Shooting three dozen arrows before Five o'clock, after Five, Gt. per dozen Matches for Dinner, Wine, and a Prize Bow are always open. Tickets, les. 6d. each, to be had of Mr. Teetgcn, Archery Manufactory, I 61, Bishopsgate-street. s Cottage. The Magic Cave—The Shooting Gallery—Maya' with Groups of Figures illustrative of his Works—Suenmer and Winter in the Arctic Regions--The Maze —Statuary of the finest Classical description—The American Giant—The Log But of the Ca lifornian Gold Dfggers —Ancient and Modern Groupings, by Duffel, &c., &c. Be it recollected, on Sundays, admission by Refreshment Ticket, Sixpence. Never were these delightful grounds in such high perfection as at the preset moment. Visitors to London should not omit a stroll 'math the n shade of the lofty trees and amongst the variegated beds of flowers at Cremone. Everything has been done to render this magnificent place of r amusement wo rthy the most extensive patronage. The attention of the French in London is particularly requested to this metropolitan ducosse. The grand Bowling Saloon of this establishment is open free tothe Public. N.B. The Mammoth Sycamore, the Largest Tree in the World, in the River Esplanade. A Table d'llote on Sundays at Six o'clock—Half - a - Crow n. Cremorne can be reached by road or river for .Id. A Boat leaves Battersee.-brillze every Night flirter the works.re DR AND . 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Terms of Subscriptions—Six months, 5/. 55.; one month, 1/.15.;, one culling, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight, Dancing to commence at Nine pre cisely. The Academy closes at Eleven. SIR R. PEEL ON OFFICIAL SALARIES. (Continued from The Sun of Thursday.) It has been suggested to the Committee whether it might be possible to disconnect some of those, offices from seats in Parliament ; whether, for' instance, if the junior Lords of the Treasury were prevented from having seats in Parliament, the business might bp more effectually done, even at lees salaries than those attached to those offices ?—I cannot answer that ques tion with reference to individual offices, but con sidering generally the official labours and Parlimen tary labours of the Prime Minister and those holding the highest offices of state, I certainly think they re quire all the assistance ycu now give them. In Parliament ?—ln Parliament and out of Parlia ment; a Minister in the House of Commons is there frequently seven or eight hours in the day for six months in the year ; and I do not see how he can get through the labour of the office with less assis tance, official and Parliamentary, than he has. I cannot prove to you that three Lords of the Treasury or four Lords of the Treasury are the exact number there ought to be ; but looking at the whole, the re sult of my observation and experience is the opinion, that political offices, with reference both to official and Parliamentary duties, do not admit of reduction. Does that observation apply also to other branches, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Pay master General, the Lord Privy Seal, and the Master of the Mint?—We will take the members of the Ca binet. You have the First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the three Secretaries of State, the President of the Board of Control, and the First Lord of the Admiralty ; all those are offices which at all times and under all circumstances would be in the Cabinet, I apprehend, in addition to the Lord Chancellor. There are certain other Cabinet offices that have not the same amount of labour imposed upon them; there is the Lord President of the Council, whose labours, however, have been very much in creased of late. The time of the Lord President is probably fully occupied with the prover duties of his department, since the great increase of those duties by new functions connected will education and other mutters. the Lord President of the C:;uncil receives 2,000/. a year. That is by no means an excessive re muneration for the duties that are performed; the office is one of great importance and dignity. Thor), as to the Lord Privy Seal, that office certainly hes not the same amount of official duty attached to it ; but, in my opinion, it is a great advantage in conducting the affairs of this country to have one or two members of the Cabinet who are not overloaded with the proper duties of their respective offices ; it is a great advan tage to the Prime Minis'er to have colleagues to whom he can commit the con‘ideration of a particular subject, with whom be san confer upon it, and by whose advice he can benefit. I will refer to the evi dence which was given in the year 1831, by Lord Durham, who held this office of Lord Privy Seal in the Cabinet of Lord Grey ; he is asked this question —" Is the office of Privy Seal an office requiring pretty frequent personal attendance ?" He sayr, "It is an office that requires constant attendance, but not at the office where the clerks do their duties." After stating what the duties are that belong to his office, he is asked this question—" The Lord Keeper being a enemb , r of the Cabinet, is it not customary to refer to him general subjects con cerning the Government, when any other cf the great officers are overburdened with business? Has it not been the habit to refer questions for consi deration to the L'rd Keeper when he is a member of the Cabinet ?" Lord Durham's answer is this : Undoubtedly ; I should say that during the three months which I have been a member of his Majesty's Government, I have never had one day in which I was f.ee from business of that description ; on many days from seven to eight hours a day. It is the cus tom to transfer the consideration of such subjects as do not immediately fall within the business of the heads of departments to those members of his Ma jesty's Cabinet who are not required to give personal attendance in their offices." Lord Durham is then asked, " Does your Lordship not consider that offices of the description of the Lord Keeper and the Lord President of the Council are very useful in the exe cution of the business of the Government in the man ner described in your Lordship's last answer ?" He says, " I should say they are extremely useful, and that no Government could go on without them ; but I am not to be supposed as stating from thence that I do not consider the salary given to the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal as more than adequate r e munera r z tion for the duties be perform an s as Lord Beeper." Lord Durham adds, " If I am to give my own in dividual opinion , I should say all Vices of honour and dignity alone are separated in principle from those of labour and emolument. I consider the office of Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal one of high honour and dignity and station, but the personal labour re quired is certainly not such as to demand the salary affixed to it, nor, indeed, is any salary whatever ne cessary to make it an ob j ect of hi g h ambition." I agree wi h Lord Durham as to the importance of re taining that office in the Cabinet, in order that the holder of it may share in the deliberations of the Cabinet, and m a y occasionally take charge of business of very great importance, not immediately connected with his office; but I totally differ from Lord Dur ham as to the propriety of retaining the office without salary ; I think the salary ought to be attached to the office. From your experience, when you were Prime Minister, do you think it would be impossible to carry on the government of this country without the addition of some such offices as those ?—I cannot say what is impossible; but I think, in the case of a Minister holding one of the chief offices, the business which he ought to go through, and which he is sup posed to go through, is so heavy, that without assistance the strain would be too severe. Take the case of the Prime Minister. You must presume that he reads every important dispatch from every foreign court. He cannot consult with the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and exercise the influence which he ought to have with respect to the conduct of foreign affairs, unless he he master of everything of real importance passing in that department: It is the same with respect to other departments; India, for instance, how can the Prime Minister he able to judge of the course of policy with regard to India unless he he cognizant of all the current important correspondence? In the case of Ireland and the Home D -pertinent, is is the same. Then the Prime Minister has the patronage of the Crown to exercise, which you say, and justly say, is of so much importance and of so much value; he has to make inquiries into the qualifications of the persons who are candidates; he has to conduct the whole of the communications with the Sovereign : he has to write, probably with his own hand, the letters in reply to all persons of station who address them selves to him ; he has to receive deputations on public business ; during the sitting of Parliament he is ex pected to attend six or seven hours a day, while Par liament is sitting, fur four or five days in the week ; at least, he is blamed if he is absent. New, how is it possible for him to go through all this, unless you render' him some assistance ? I say, then, it is great advantage that there should be one or two per sons with whom be can confer—men who have the in fluence t f high office, and who are connected with hie, hy the ties of a common responsibility ; it is highly important thet he should have one or two men with whom he can confer ' who are not over abehned with dstails of office. If he applies to a Secretary of S-ao for assistance, he finds him just as overburdened as himstlf. Is not the assistance of persons in both Houses of Parliament required to c srry through meesares not immediately connected with the respective depart ments?—lt is to carry the business through the two House s, the House of Lords and the House of Cominonti. You said that you differed from L )rd Durham in one point, namely, in his recommendation that there should be no salary attached to the office of Privy S •al ?—I think • there ought to be a salary attached to that office. I cannot express my own opinions nearly so.well as they are expressed in that admirable spe, ch of Mr. Burke, upon the principle of ec asomical re form, to which I have before referred ; perhaps the Committee will allow me to read the passage : he says, " What is just payment fen one kind of labour, and full encouragement for one kind of talents, is fraud and discouragement to others; many of the great officers have much duty to do, and much ex pense of representation to maintain ; a Secretary of State, for instance, must not appear sordid in the eyes of the Ministers of other nations; neither ought our Ministers abroad to appear contemptible in the Courts where eiraereside. In aft offices of dig* , there is, almost n'eceigarily, a great neglect of all domestic affairs; a ferioft in high office can rarely take a view of his family House. If he sees that the. State takes no detriment, the State must see that his affairs should take as little. I will even go so far as to affirm, that if men were willing to serve in such situations 4vithout salary, they ought not to be per mitted to'do it. Ordinary service must be secured by the inepv,es to ordinary integrity ; I do not hesi tate to ry, that that state which lays its foundation in rare and heroic virtues will be sure to have its superstructure in the basest profligacy and corruption. An honourable and fair profit is the best security agairist avarice and rapacity, as in all things else a lawful and regulated enjoyment is the best security against debauchery and excess." He says again, "If any individual were to decline his appointments, it might give an unfair advantage to ostentatious am bition over unpretending service ; it might breed in vidious comparisons; it might tend to destroy what ever little unity and agreement may be found among Ministers ; and after all when an ambitious man had run dbwn his competitors by a fallacious show of disinterestedness, and fixed himself in power by that means, what security is there that he would not change his course, and claim as an indemnity ten times more than ,he has given up ?" The principle there laid down with respect to the impolicy of ac cepting gratuitous service is, I think, a perfectly just one, and Mr. Burke has expressed it in so much bet ter terms than any in which I can express it, that I have ventured to read the passage. With regard to another department which has been observed upon, namely, the Board of Trade, is it your opinion that the present establishment of the Board of Trade is required for the public service ?—I do not see that it is possible to conduct the business of the Board of Trade on more economical terms than it is at present. The President of the Board of Trade has 2,000/. a year, and the Vice-President of the Board of Trade holds the office of Paymaster-General, for which he has 2,0001. a year. For the conduct of the business it is absolutely necessary to have a repre • sentative of the department in the House of Lords; the more able the representative in the House of Lords, the better will it be for the public interests. I recollect when there was great difficulty in prevent ing the House of Commons attaching a salary of 5,0001. a year to the office of President of the Board of Trade, when Mr. Huskisson filled that office. Among men of all parties, there was a very general wish that a salary of 5,000/. should be attached to the Pre sident of the Beard of Trade. That had reference, no doubt, in some respect, to the personal merits of Mr. Heskisson ; but I am certain that, if at one time the Government had proposed to attach a salary of 5,0001. a year to the President of the Board of Trade, it would.bave been generally *tweed to. Have not the duties of the Beard of Trade in creased, end are they not greatly increasing ?—Io 1842 the duties of the Board of Trade were as heavy as in any other department of the G .vernme n'. Is it your op:nion that the duties of the Board of Trade are as heavy as these of any other depart ments ?—I think they are. The President of the Board of Trade has al way s taken a prominent part in public business. When the recent changes in our commercial policy were in progress, the re was no office that was of greater importance than the office of President to the Board of Trade. But now, after the extensive fiscal changes which have been made within the last eight years, is it not probable that the cases coming from the ports, and from the departments of the trade generally to the Board of Trade, will be very much fewer than they were in former years ?—I do not know what may have taken place since 1846 ; but up to 1846, the period when I left office, I think it would have been a very great misfortune to interfere in the slightest degree with the efficiency of the Board of Trade ; I think the Treasury derives the greatest assistance from the Board of Trade. Their respective duties were not very well defined, but there was complete harmony between the two departments, and the Treasury could not have efficiently performed the duties performed by the Board of Trade. The question referred to this, whether the changes made in the last eight years in our fiscal system must not have necessarily dimi n i s h e d to that extent the cases coming up re qu i r i ng atten ti on from the Board of Trade ?—I do not kn ow w h a t may have taken place since 846 ; it is possible that there may have been a reduction in the duties of the office since that time; I know that there has been a railway depart ment recently constituted, but upon the whole I should think that the business of the Beard of Trade has gone on increasing, like all other business. Do you think there is any important reason against uniting the two offices of President and Vice-Presi dent in one person, beyond the desirableness of having a representative of the Board in each House of Par liament ?—I can only speak from my own experience. There was a time when the railway business was very heavy; I have seen Lord Dalhousie go through more labour in the course of a week, 'and for a suc cession of weeks, than I ever before witnessed. I have been afraid that his health would break down under the severity of that l a bour. lam sure that without the assistance of the Vice-President of the Beard of Trade it would have been utterly impossible, during the period I speak of, that the business could have been got through. imports, is That business was railway b us i ness ?—Th e rail avaedr y our much Custom house gon by, way business added so much to the press u r e of th e e other business. N a o a w d • th th at e th t e ax r e lw a a pon ybus i i m nes affairs generally have been so very much sim plified, is there, in your opinion, any necessity for two offices of President and Vice-President, beyond the desirableness of having the beard represented in both houses of Parliament? —I cannot speak with the same confidence with respect to the general business of the department since I left office, with which I can spea k of it up to the time when I left it; I think upon that point the Committee will be able to obtain much better information than any that I can give. My general impression is, that the business of the Board of Trade requires the personal intervention of an officer in the House of Lords and of one in the House of Commons; and that it would be a public inconve nience if there were a reduction in the Board of Trade. Should not you consider that the changes which have been made of late years must have had the effect of increasing the references to the Board of Trade from the consuls abroad and from the Foreign -office with respect to our communications with other powers P—Still such references would not be of equal importance with the consideration of legislative measures. While those measures were in progress the business was, perhaps, more important than it now is ; my impression is, that there is business amply sufficient to occupy the time of two members of the Board of Trade filling the offices of President and Vice-President. I do not advise an increase of their salaries, or an increase of any salaries, but I have a strong impression that the number of parsons employed and the amount of their emoluments, speaking with reference solely to the interests of the public service, do not admit of reduction. With regard to the office of Master of the Mint, in which there has been no particular change since the time you were first Minister, is it your opinion that there are any definite duties affixed to that office?— My impression is, that there is required a complete review of the whole regulations and system of the Mint, end that great adva nta g e would be derived from a man devoting his attention to the reform cf the Mint, many of the usages of which are obsolete ; sup posing that reform to take place, I do not know that there is business enough at the Mint to (sect'P y the whole time of a public officer ; but I regard the Mes tership of the Mint in the same light as the Pri vy I Seal. I think it a great advantage to tha Government ; a great advantage to the public service, that there -hould be a limited number of persons not ove r e helmed with the proper official duties of their Own department, able to assist the Llr ivernment in the House of Cjmmcns and in the II ease if Lords in conducting the public business. Have you observed that the noblemen and gentle. men generally appointed to those °W' s ef great dig nity and little or no lab cur, such as the Lard Privy Seal and the Mastership of the Alnt, have been pre cisesly those to whom the Prime Minister would re fer th use important questions to which you have al luded, and whom he would consult upon those mat tera ?—I recullect persons filling the office of Master of the Mint very capable of rendering most valuable assistance; I think the efficient discharge of the whole functions of government rt quires the present number of offices; and there is an advantage, inde pendently of that, in having different shades of poli tical opinion represented in the Cabinet. The office of Master of the Mint is not always, perhaps not generally, a Cabinet office ?—No ; I aas speaking more particularly of the Privy Seal and the President of the Council; I think there is en advan tage in having a Cabinet composed of a certain nutn er of persons who represent the different shales of opinion there may be among members of the same great party ; I do not, however, defend the mainte nance of these cfficea upon that ground; I take another and a stronger ground, that the proper dis otch of public business requires that the present number of Parliamentary offices should not be re duced. Are not some of these offices maintained rather with a view to reward men of party, or to satisfy the claims of particular sections of parties, than with any reference to the public duties which appertain to the offices themselves 7—lf you are to maintain the sys tem of Parliamentary government, I am not prepared to say, that if that be one of the purposes to which these offices are applied, it is not a legitimate applica tion of them. In this country you govern by means of party combination, and you must govern by means of it according to the present Parliamentary consti tution. It is therefore necessary that Members of Parliament of great eminence should be connected with Government by the tenure of office. But, as I said hefore, Idu not rely upon that ground"; I think there is more than sufficient labour, in the whole, to occupy all the persons who are now employed in the public ser vice and that the division of that labour among some whose time is occupied for twelve or fourteen hours a day in the proper business of their offices, and among others whose time is not so occupied, and who have, therefore, leisure to consider matters not properly pertaining to their own departments, is not an incon venient or unwise arrangement. It is upon that ground that I defend the maintenance of such an office as the Privy Seal and the Mastership of the Mint; not asserting that the special duties of those offices are sufficient to occupy the whole time of the holders of them, but thinking that they may be most usefully occupied with other matters connected with the public service. Allowing that there is a fair reason for maintain ing those offices, and allowing, also, that the dignity and station which the office gives is to be taken as part of the compensation to the holders of the office along with the pecuniary emoluments, would it not he possible that those offices, which are more honorary than laborious, should be paid by salaries rather more nominal than real, and if you give large salaries of 5,0001. a year to the Home Secretary, and 2,0001. a year to the President of the Beard of Trade, who have important duties to perform, would not it be fair to say, that the Mastership of the Mint and the Privy Seat, being held by gentle men to whom no specific labour is apportioned, they should be content, to a great extent, with the honour attached to those offices, and that their sala ries should be small ?--If it be true, as was stated by Lord Durham, and I believe it was strictly true, that although the duties of the Privy Seal in themselves are not very arduous and laborious, yet still that re ferences were made to him upon general business which occupied him sometimes six or seven hours a day, then I think the Lord Privy Seal is performing public service when he is so occupied; and that 2,0001. a year is not more than a suitable remunera tion for that labour. Ile take.; the salary because he has labour to perform, not labour connected with his immediate office, but labour of much more import ance. lie is capable of rendering great service, by relieving those who are overburdened by official duty. A good deal has been said regarding the txpezise to which a Cabinet Minister is subjected, owing to his high position. Taking that class of men from which Cabinet Ministers are usually selected, men, if not of ample, of fair feline, is there any very great increase to their ordinary expenditure incidental to their becoming Cabinent Ministers ?—I have be fore observed that a man with twelve cr fifteen thou sand a year of his own, has probably no necessity for any great increase in his establishment on appoint ment to office. Take a person like the late Lord Sydenhatn, Mr. Poulett Thomson, a man of moderate fortune, was he necessarily subjected to any considerable expense beyond his former expenditure, by being made a Ca binet Minister, and President of the Board of Trade ? —lf he had not more than 2 0001. a year, I should say that the emolument which Mr. Poulett Thomson received from office was not sufficient to defray the additional expenses to which he was subject, whatever was his private fortune. You think that a Cabinet Minister in general would incur an additional expenditure of 2,000/. a year in consequence of his being placed in that posi tion ?—lf he were Prime Minister, or Secretary of State, it would be much more than that. I do not think that 5,0001. a year is more than sufficient as a h y i e m ar, w it he i t s he a r y th e e ar ex or pen s B , e ooo o / f . salary of one of those great offices; but, as I said be 3fi lie n o . o r au e t , thge a t ri o sv oeo a f fh m c orf a i In ; io:oawfsr salary t s aimrv , O yee 0 a c O ni fn / s i3 o itff: r ooeo 2 roe o mln ,.o : o eea o t I t . a office. But in the case of such men as I have named, the two Wtn. Pitts, or Mr. Fox, or Isir. Canning, or Mr Burke, or Mr. Huskisson, if they become Secretaries o State, an official salary less than that which is now appropriated to those offices would not suffice. They have no adtquate establishment of servants, of car riages of horses; they must have some p rov i s i on o f that kind. Then observe, after their habits of life have been altered, and their new establishment formed, a change of government may suddenly take place, rendering useless the expenditure they have in curred. The precariousness of the tenure of these offices must be taken into account. Mr. Fox, I be lieve, after labouring for 40 years in the public ser vice in Parliament, did not hold Cabinet office for much more than eighteen months. During the two periods when he was Secretary of State, in Lord Rockinghant'a administration, and Secretary of State with Lord Grenville, I do not apprehend that Mr. Fox held office for a period of two years in the whole. II each case he probably entered office without hav ing an adequste establishment, and had to provide one. In the later case, death prevented him from holding office more than a few months, and at the former period a change of Government took place. Would not that rather lead to the conclusion, that the amount of salary is, in point of fact, not the con sideration which induces men who possess talents for public service to pursue official rank and station ?—I am sure that it is not. Their views are much more elevated. Such men as Lord Chatham, and Mr. Pitt, and Mr. Fox, enter into public life from honourable ambition, from the desire to render public service, but I doubt whether it would be wise or just in the state to turn round upon them on that account, and say, " Since you are prompted by these high and ho nourable motives, we will cut down the salar, about which you think nothing, and care nothing." It is more wise to say, "We will allot to you a provision sufficient to enable you to sustain the unavoidable ex . e p rcu se s s e Are not the payments of our Cabinet Ministers o t f o o a ffi bu ce se ; it w s e pa w tr il o l na g g iv e e . you no temptation or much higher than those of the Foreign Ministers ?—I do not know what those Ministers receive ; I should have thought not. Tht re are probably many indirect allowances made to Foreign Ministers. The Minister of Russia, for instance, has I believe sel.cnaostnttti m imcne a uer n : . y uau :r o yc f ;ou h tmb i uop s ex pensesutarrdeidon y o u borne allude eaahnci tnetdState,besidesvrbroceeofcaipstnierhideees labourthis tdirecto which hch the i 1 emolu mentsilieitnrhei s tieos therf di es, me uw, oa , h jrn e i ch e you not think that in all classes of the community t all pursuits than there was at that time ?—There pro bably is, but that activity reacts, I think, upon the duties of the Minister. That tendency to increased labour throughout all classes adds to the public busi ness. It would he important that the Committee should ascertain the progressive increase of business in each department, caused by a combination of many circumstances. Probably the penny. post has had its ir fluence. There is a greater disposition to write to Ministers, to send suggestions, and it is very ustla that there should be that free voluntary communica tion upon nil matt( rs of public concern ; but it greatly increases the business of the public offices : creSasire Charlesb usiness Woo ha l the case that letters the- penny postage was it not received by the public offices before the penny postage hisn consequence opinion an l n o - f had taken e n that place il . . Has not the number of registered letter; in the offices very much increased?-Very much. On looking at the report of the Committee on mi4cellaneous expen diture, I find that Mr. Parker estimated that the number of registered lette7s in the year 1800 in the Treasury was near 6,000, and in the year 1849 it was near 30,000. Now, admitting that in 1849 a class of letters was registered that probably would not have been registered in 1800, and that, therefore, the incrrase of business is not 60 great as those figures would indica , e, that it is rot six- old, still it lust have increased in a very great degree. THE SWINSCOE MURDER. COMMITTAL OF CHADWICK'S WIFE AND HER MOTHER. STAFFORD, FRIDAY. —lt will probably be in the recollection of our readers that at the late Stafford Assizes sentence of death was passed upon William Chadwick for the murder of his uncle, Samuel Turd • cliffe, by administering poison to him, but which sentence has not been carried into effect, in conse quence of strong representations having been made to the Learned Judge, Mr. Justice Williams, before whom the trial took place, and also to the Secretary of State, that other parties were equally guilty with Chadwick in the perpetration of the dreadful crime, the result of which was that he received a respite during her Majesty's pleasure. The facts relating to the murder are briefly these : For several years previously to last Christmas an old man, named Samuel Tunicliffe, had re-sided upou a little property belonging to himself, situated at But terton, near Leek, in Staffordshire. In the latter part of that year Chadwick and his wife visited him several times, and importuned him to leave his pro perty and reside with them at Swinscoe, where they had just removed from the Potteries. The im portunities of Chadwick and his wife ultimately proved effectual, and the old man went to live with them, being then, although seventy years cf age, in apparently good health. Shortly after he had been there he complained of illness, and was violently purged, arid after the lapse of a month from his re moval to Swinscoe he died. In consequence of the anxiety of the parties to claim the deceased's property, and from other circumstances, suspicions were excited and the body was exhumed, when large quantities of arsenic were found in the stomach and intestines. Chadwick, his wife, and her mother were subsequently arrested, but from some cause or other the two latter were discharged, and Chadwick himself was commit ted to gaol. In consequence of statements made by hien, and also from corroborative circumstances, Chadwick's wife and her mother, Ann Tunicliffe, were ag sin apprehended, and on Thursday last, after the examination of several witnesses at the county prison at Stafford, before the Hon. and Rev. A. C. Talbot and Mr. E. Knight, both prisoners were fully committed to take their trial at the next ass'zes upon the capital charge. From the evidence taken at the examination, it appears that in the latter end of January the prisoner Ann Chadwick went to a druggist's shop at Ashbourne, and asked for two-pennyworth of croton oil, when the assistant gave sixty drops only, mixed in linseed oil. The prisoner stated at the time that it was for cattle ; but this was subsequently proved to be false, as Chadwick never had any cattle in his possession. On the morning of the old man's death a neighbour was called in by Chadwick to wit ness the signing of a deed of gift by the deceased, at which time both the prisoners were supporting the deceased in a chair; but he expired without signing the deed. When Chadwick found the old man was dead he appeared very angry, and said, "I knew what would be up when that d—d old bitch came from the Potteries ;" and then, addressing the prisoner, Ann Chadwick, said, "D—n you, you are as bad as her; you know what we have done !" Oa the morning of the 25:h of February, the day appointed for the in quest, both the prisoner s arrived very early at the house of Chadwick's fstht r, who also resided at S w inscoe, and waited until Mr. Chadwick came down stairs. On see ieig him, the prisoner Tunicliffe said, they had been walking nearly all night from the Potteries to get to the inquest, and that he must go there also; and then, turning to the other prisoner, continued, " He must say that he had bcen boiling wheat in water with arsenic, for the purpose of poisoning crows ; that he had then set it on the slop-stone to cool, and probably the old man might have come in and eat of it, as he was a greedy old fellow." A few minutes after this had been said a daughter of Mr. ChadwiLk's catne down stairs, when the prisoner Tunicliffe said to her, " We have burnt the deed ; we have burnt it un :er the teakettle," pointing to the kitchen fire. 'l2he prisoner Ann Chadwick said, "Yes, we have." Upon being asked why they had done so, the prisoner Tunicliffe replied, "The last thing my husband said was, that we must burn it, for it might bring both families into trouble." Oa being further questioned as to whether they had forged the name of the de ceased, they returned nu answer. The prisoner Tunicliffe then said she should go to the Waterhouses, and ask Mr. Hall to go to the inquest and say he had attended the old man while he was ill, observing that it would be a good deal in their favour. In the course of conversation with a man named Roberts, that person said to botch the prisoners, " The old man was poisose I, it is well known, and some of you have done it ;" to which the prisoner Ann Chadwick said, " I know nothing of it," but Tunicliffe was not heard to reply. It was also proved that at the inquest the convict Chadwick said to his wife, "You know you are the guiltiest party," to which she replied, " Hush, man ; you do not know what you are B:lying.; you are mad." William Tunicliffe, a youth, and son of the priso ner, proved that his mother had desired him to fetch some deeds from a drawer in an upstairs room after her return from Swinscoe, because his father would not let them remain in the house, and which deeds he subsequently et:livered to Mr. Hatton, the chief-con stable, by whom they were produced, and proved to be deeds which had been taken from the house of the deceased at Butterton before his removal. O, her corroborative evidence was given, and medi cal testimony adduced to prove that the deceased had died from the effects of poison. TOTAL LOSS of the INDIAN INDIA3fAN SHOCKING SUFFERINGS OF TIIE SURVIVORS. It is with much regret we announce the shocking loss of this fine Indiaman, 500 tons burden, on her outward voyage from England for Bombay, on a reef of rocks, named the Cargados Garayos or Narerett Bank, with melancholy loss of human life. The an nexed narrative is from a gentleman who was a pas senger on board the ill-fated vessel :—" Nothing of any note occurred until the night of the 4th of April last, when, at eight o'clock, the captain informed us that, if his reckoning was correct, we should either be clear of, or very nearly upon, the Cargados resf. Being rather taken aback at the cool way in which he expressed himself, I ran forward to the forecastle, followed by the captain and one of the passen gers. Twenty minutes had not elapsed before I distinctly saw breakers ahead, which I immedi ately pointed out to the captain, who turned to one of the seamen standing near him at the time (named Peter Martin), and asked him if h e thought they were breakers ? lle replied, yes they are—and the same moment the lock out man on the foreyard sang out, " breakers ahead." Ive were then going six knots, with the starboard tacks about two points, free wind east, steeri ng north. The captain ordered the helm to be p u t up, andtheship f time than fell off to the north west, and in f ar less it luta taken me to write she struck—at first slightly, then went on with a fearful cr as h, starting ever timber in her, ,r pieces of wreck fllsting up all aroun d us . e saw in a moment all ho l es to save the vessel were at an end, as she heeled over to seaward suddenly, the sea mak ing a clear breach over her every roller. This was the work of a few minutes only. Three parts of the crew were by this time on their knees, crying, and making the most frantic appeals to heaven for aid. All order and discipline were now at an end. The carpentt r and two seamen attempted to cut away the !nests, but owing, I supose, to the excitement of the moment, they cut away the weather rigging only; the masts of caurs e went by the beard, but being still attached to the vessel by the lee rigging, and falling over to seaward, they served as a battering-ram, beat ing the vessel to pieces every successive railer. After the first burst of excitement was over, a simultaneous rush was made fur the boats, but we found the only one that was available was the starboard quarter boat, the other two had been stove to pieces by the wreck. The captain was not slow in taking to our only ap parent chance of escape, the remaining boat, eight of the seamen speedily following him ; and as he was going over the aide I reminded him that he ought to be the last person to leave the vessel, instead of which he was evidently desirous to be the first. They shoved off, and pulled back once or twice near the vessel, asking for water and bread, which of course it was out of our power, and much more out of our in. clinaticn to supply them with. He then pulled away altegether, , mtich was the lest we saw of him. The ,ime was breaking up test; the 'o wn , and was thrown up on the starboard a Icy minutes afterwards she parted sing thirteen persons exposed to ti e .Irf on the fore part of the starlscard sidj, where we remained till the morning broke. The tide turned about this time from ebb to flood, when the rJilers came in with redoubled violence and dashed the rem,.inder of the wreck to pieces. All were immediately buffetting with the waves, and sharks innumerable surrounded us on all sides, which very much increased the terrors of our situation. Owing to my being hurled on the rocks by the surf two or three times I lost my senses, and was per fectly unconscious as to what ti.d occurred till I tout d myself resting on a spyr with a sailer. I found ti e ship had gone to piece. end fire of cur comrades hid perished. Water surroun , hd us in every direction, with nothing in vi-w but cite or two small sand banks, and those a long distance off. By night we had constructed a rude kind of raft, on which we slept, but as the tide et.bed we grounded, and with the exception of our heads we were literally sleepirg in she water. cold and wretched, but still (compara tively speaking) safe. I'Ve remained on the raft in this a Cis Le two days and tights, the sun scorching us by day, and the wind, owing to our being wet, making us dreadfully cold at night. On Sund,r, the third day, having found a small quantity of oatmeal, we determined to start for the nears st sandhaek. A 60 gallon cask of beer, two six-dozen cases of wine , e piece of bad pork, and the oatmeal, were the only things saved from the wreck. We turned the ref., and after a severe day's work reached the batik about sunset, and once more put our feet upon dry land. We had only eaten once, and that but spar ingly. Here we lived fourteen days and nights, sub sisting on sharks' flesh and the wine and beer we saved. Not a drop of water was to be bad. On the 20th of April we saw a vessel to the leeward of us, and endeavoured to attract her attention by means of a boat-hook and a shirt attached, but she did not, or would not, see us. The next day, about one hour before sun-set, another vessel hove in sight, and in about the same spot as the ship of the previous even.. ing was seen. We again hoisted our signal, awl walked about the bank to show there were living creatures on it. We thought she did not see us, and after taking our allowance of oatmeal and sharks' flesh, we laid down for the night's rest. In a short time, however, we 'were alarmed by the barking of our dog, and on getting on our legs, discovered, 'to our delight, a boat close in for the sands. She be longed to the vessel we had seen in the evening. The mate and one of the passengers went on board that night, and the rest of the survivors were taken off the next morning, when we were conveyed safely to the Mauritius." The ship and cargo were insured for 25,0001. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday morning a monthly general Court of Commissioners was held at the offices, Greek-street, Soho • Viscount Ebrington in the chair. Present— Mr. Hawes Mr. Lawes, Captain Dawson, Captain Harness, and Mr. Hardwick. The time of meeting was announced for twelve o'clock, but at that time a sufficient number of com missioners not being present, the Court adjourned. After a second adjournment, and a delay of an hour and three-quarters, the arrival of Captain Harness, who was sent for, completed the quorum. There are only twelve Commissioners, and.as the Act n quires the presence of six of them, much difficulty is occa sionally experienced in getting a ceurt. Lord EBRINGTON, in expressing his regret at the delay occasioned, remarked that at this time of the year it was difficult to secure the attendance of pu tlemen members of the commission. A part of the time consumed was occupied in read ing the reports recommending works, thus avoiding increased delay. After ordering the usual payments, the following works were then ordered by the Court :-240ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer at Shepherd's-bush, estimate 701.; ventilator in Little Wild-street, 41.; ditto, in Mary lebone-street and Rupert-street, '71.; 120 ft. of 12- inch pipe sewer in Pomeroy-terrace, Kent-road, 22/. ; 550 ft. of 15-inch pipe in Hanway-street, 175 ft. of 12-inch pipe in John-court, and 220 ft. of 12-inch pipe in Petty's• court, 3201. ; 2,240 ft. of sewer in Gloucester-place, Kentish-town, 1,676/. ; 133 ft. of 9-inch pipe sewer in Union-place, Lisson-grove, 251.; 50ft. of 9-inch and 40ft. of 6-inch pipe sewer in Carlisle- place, Portman market, 20/. ; 670 ft. of sewer in Lower-street, Islington, 481/ ; 3ooft. of sewer in Pratt-street, Camden town, 1601 ; 500 ft. of 9-inch pipe on the east side of Portland-street, Walworth, 50/. ; 450 ft. of 2-feet brick culvert in line of Falcon brook, 120/. • 360 ft. of 12 inch pipe sewer in Brick str, eP, Park -lane, 901.; 350 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Clown-court, Temple-bar, 87/. 10i ; 145tt. of 15- inch, an I 200 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Moor street, Alarylebone, 9.5/. 14s. ; 4001 t. of sewer in Aside,' - terrEce, Wharf-road, 182/. Gs. 4d. ; 75fr. of 12-inch pipe sewer in Llmb-courr, Clerkenweil, 19/. 10s.; 12,630 ft. of pipe sewer in Bermondsey, &c., cost 1,8451.; 626 ft. of 12-inch pipe sewer in the Fulham-road, 106/ ; 50ft. of 9 inch pipe sewer on the west side of libury-square, Pimlico, 10/ ; 800 ft. of 18-inch, 940 fr.. of 15 inch, 1,140 ft. of 12-inch, and 420 ft. of 9-inch pipe sewer in Camberwell-grove, 4501. Various gullies were also ordered to be constructed and re paircd in different localities, at a total cost of 1771. 7.. lt was also determined to repay to the Eat and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction Rail way the sum of 2,0001. 'The whole cf the works re commended by the committee for the sanction of the general court amounted to 6,000/. and upwards. DRAINAGE OF THE BUILDING FOR THE EXHIBITION or 1851. With a view to providing adequate drainage for this building the Commissioners have requested per ihission of Mr Alger, a builder, to drain it into his s- vier, l) ing between the Knightsbridge Barracks and K , nsington. Mr. Alger has accorded permission gratis tor the term of one year, and has declared his impression that he should he remunerated for a con tinuance of the drainage for a furthrr period. The Court accepted the offer, which was passed in the usual form. THE ORDNANCE MAP It was then ordered that the reduced sheets of the Ordnance map, on e scale of 12 inches to a mile, should be soli to the public at 21. per sheet, the map comprisit,g 44 sheets in all. SERIOUS FIRE AT A RAILWAY STATION. NOTTINGHAM, FRIDAT.—This morning, about half- past eleven o'clock, the porters and draymcn at work in the goods-yard at the Midland Rsilway Sta tion in this town were suddenly astonished by ob serving flames issuing from a number of bales of cot ton wool stacked under an overhanging roof on the outside of one of the sheds. Mr. Pettifer, the sta tion master, and other officials, were instantly apprised of the circumstance, and a messenger was dispatched to the police-station for the assistance of the engines and the fire brigade. In the meantime a great effort was made to stay the raging of the flames, but without any great success ; the only thing to be done effec tually was to remove the contents of the sheds to a distance, and limit the destruction to the locality in which the fire first broke out. By dint of hard labour some 50 or 60 sacks of beans, wheat, and flour, belonging to Seeley and Co., of Lincoln, were con veyed from the shed to a cossiderable distance. Many tons of timber that lay archn - id were also carried off, and some 20 or 30 trucks laden with coal, all within reach of danger, were likewise removed out of harm's way. In this mltiner a considerable range of sheds were preserved, and their contents, chiefly manu factured articles of great value, remained free from even the slightest damage. It was otherwise, however, with the shed near which the flumes were first seen to issue, and with the bales of cotton, the spontaneous combustion of which it is supposed originated the calamity • every effort made proved unsuccessful , for the building itaelf was completely destroyed in little more than an hour, and not a single pound of cotton was preserved from damage either by fire or water. The stied was built of brick, and it singularly happened to be the most substantial and costly in the whole yard, all the rest being wood erections ; it was 24 yards long, 12 wide, and stood about the height of a three-story house. The roof was of slate, and in the inside it was fitted tip with tiers of benches, platforms, cranes, &c. Besides these, nearly the whole of the contents having been timely removed, only some three or four sacks of beans were burnt. The cotton-wool weighed upwards of ten tons, and was worth from 7d. to 7id. a pound. It was con signed to Messrs. W. and S. Wiisou, spinners, of Radford, near Nottingham, and lied been awaiting removal thither f ,r three or four months. The firemen with their two engines continued bard at work during the day, assisted by others; but up to the departure of the four r.u. train with this account the fire still continued to burn in piece's, although sa turated with tons of water. Although the fact could not be decisively ascer tained, there is every reason to believe that neither the compsny's shed nor Mes .rs. Wilson's cotton was insured. The former will probably cost 3001. or 4001. re storing; and the cott on i s stated. to have been worth 6001. or 7001 Even supposing a portion of the hitter may he used in paper-making or far some other pur pose, • sll the 10-s falling upan the two psrties will,, * • at a moderate computation, amount to 1,000/. Very little of the timber was burnt, the greater portion having in gcod time been removed. The electric telegraph has been eitablisbed between Vienna and Cracow. On the 26th ult., a despatch was received from Cracow by the Minister of War in fits minute:.