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7 - Yom is V Vpet do . .. „ - • N:111 : 1111 . Wit • 7s , en w Su as pe td r s n ity t rC e u:eac d rk en jh 4s; tuf.ESt I‘. ed \ ' N 4 , • - A ' -e a tty 1 '9 4 . 1: - II• 7 A / '• .s .... :4 - s4rt art' v w - t- 1.. " 1)114 ; 4 , .• etory, 104, Captain B /`• •„, 221__Qt aeton, 50, Ca • head this ing frt . agof the actin Cot ON, WEDNESDAY t 4 - E : G 7 FEBRUARY 27 ) 1850. • The St. 'Sri: - 1' . - [PRICE SD. CE. TRE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY. Allowing Permanent Annuities to Decayed Merchants, Bankers, Professional Men, Master Manufacturers, Tradesmen, their Widows and Clerks, and single Females their Daughters, from all Parts of the United Kingdom. le Hon. Sir -Chief at this on board the t this day on Founded A.D. 1827. Sul)Ported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONS. Ile Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN. 5 15 Boyal Highness the PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. Ws Majesty the KING of the BELGIANS, K.G. Rer Zoyal Rer Roy a l Hi Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. highness the Duchess of KENT. The ANNIVERSARY Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. e A NNIVERSARY I ESTIVAL will be holden at the London To ern. tis hopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, March 6. 'me Hon. EDWARD lIEINRY STANLEY, M.P. for King's Lynn, .rived a Spit- Id saluted the 'Rear-Admiral 5 guns, which N°.17,918 ] LOND PUBLICATIONS. MESSRS. BLACKWOOD'S PUBLICATIONS FOR MARCH. in the Chair. SuPPOrtei by the following distinguished STEWASDII. e r . 'lee the Duke of Leeds :antes the Duke of Rutlam (ee ele: the Duke of Hamiltoi F ra ndort, K.G., zu / e8 .0 Gr ace th e Duke of Clev e l an d. naltZecellency the f hevaliel 211.1 Most Noble the Marquis of Te e Utley, K.T. fe Denaedfeeet a Noble the Marquis of et e e 41 the Most Noble tht „ areulsofLondonderry,G.C.B ee.C.re +tie se e h oerd et Noble th e M arqu i s o! -Pene ee Hon Lord Alfred Tee eChurch 11 e f:t lien. Lo r a John Dougla, leCarel life Douglas Scott Celonet E Hon. the Ear. Thea ight itt eht g ll n toe -on. the Earl of 3lor- Te e h,erd'leioe..,leon. the Earl of Oxford The inter ereeene„, t, Hon. and Rev. the Ear: The Mi fteenny, Te e meet Hon, the Earl of Digte The It Lt Ron. the Earl Y o wls Thtem,.l, Hon. the Earl of Aid e h ee eeeeelat H on. Lord Robert The"; 'leer M,le De ae l l lt Hon. Lord Viscount The eT e ati rle, M.P. is eee. ltt Hon. Lord Viscount . 11,1 1t.-G m nra ' e 3 t•r• te the Right Hon. Renee7lecount Lorton cou nt tl ",e, Bight Hon. Lord Vie- G. ,o Mbermere, G.C.8., Lie ut. :t o te L ee , „morel the Right Hon. The e, count Hardinge,G.C.B. eerw,▪ et lion. Lord Viscount 'Th e Itiee 3. ' Ma) " et Hon. Lord Viscount The It, ert on B ht lion. Lord Ashley, ' The eil e b i e•fe, F.R.A.S. lit t l a sitele ee e t s Hon. Lord Viscount ofp e r''t Rev, the Lord Bishop Tee erborough te l t St g t t Rey. the Lord Bishop of R ight of i t 64 ,' Rev, the Lord Bishop T he le' 'saPh erozgllit Rev. the Lord Bishop T he le e ' r '', telt S., F.R.A.S. the ' 4 Hon. and Right Rev. rd Bishop of Seder and The Rightse Ron. and Rev. Lord The ill e nd Sele t elt ifht Hon. Lord Southamp- Th Jet Hon. L or d Kenyon, The Right .e .A. %le Hon. Lord Belton e .e 1 7 Right Rom Lord Aylmer, h; • Te e -14 ht Ron, Lord Crewe el 4 l os t t fon• Lord Manners e. e ilest ' e Right Hon. Lord Col er, Th e ee le g e ht Hon. Lord Feversham ' O l Ron. Lord Skelmersdalc Ho- t he Right Hon. Lord Z, he e w t :: 11 , ere t Hon. Lord Leigh tipeht Ron. Henry Goulburn, Iles ht Hon, John Charles "et l ei Is, ef.p, e .lte, eat lion. Sydney Herbert, see h • e tioteT L !httiP Sydney Pierrepont eetee ne Lee Hon. Henry Cecil .4), et _ er, elleeeea• Henry Thomas Liddell s e pte ts the Hon. Arthur Dun e ,e, 51 ,P,, R.N. o.on b ,11.16 • Octavius Duncembe, ett e a . !le Jol l l ' l ' 4l 'l ilacen, Bart. ''r ee:,2erard, Bart. k e ttle & Satmderson Prideaux, e etettvrartt Chelmeley Deering, tr • See- °none alt oseph Knatchbull,Bart &lee r, Brooke, Bart. RAe.eeel Robert Shaw Stewart, 14,7' 3 fa; e 2lrlel Sir Wm. Alexander 4tpteeieen, leart. e t tetteA l r l ifohn Heron Maxwell, &r' h olite . • ejr ht e e_ s •Moncrieffe, Bart. eeheard Gethin, Bart. e lr a : P ringle, Bart. „ ts JOllll it Macken eft ' (met, Biele ek e rY Sacheverell Wl:mot, Th • !alas George llesketh Bart etre", ' e s Milles Riddell, Bart. * Ne-,ehard Paul sir Jodrell Bert. lee Lees Colquhoun Be ' rt. sir eee,grF Mervin Vav ' asour, Bart. A.4,, e1 O'Malley, Bart. le Jte ee eader Hood, Bart., M.P. e 'r Ar e e e. tt lower, Bart. ld Hay Campbell, Bart. en' Philip Broke, Dart., e r k a re ln ie : rd ir , George de la Poor t itet e °r ge Forster. Bart. keee a t - Genera'l Sir Edward ph t . i .e.tr . n, Bart., M.P., K.C.8., til e Dirt Gl adstone, Bart. deeleeaeee Fielden, Bart. ;Itte e '; Forrest, Bart. rederi General Sir Henry att e e e e k Bouverie, KCB. koe4ri nt-General Sir William tior.el e el D avy. KCH CB ••C - ` ne ral ' Jan t ki t Sir 11 , 41.Rdward Belcher,R.N., T he Vc eS R „elat e T el'. the Dean of Exeter h'etiteme.teh Sheriff of Bucking el4te gh Sheriff of Leicester lle4lett:lltgh Sheriff of Norfolk ela te High Sheriff of Surrey e L lere er 'leh Sheriff of Worces- W o ' r ee_hee er -Pftil the Mayor of t° r -ye orsei I.OCII, Pful the Mayor of , t nee ,hpe"ershipful the Mayor of 11, or hi sp, - atn e it e gful the Mayor of \ VON 11, 4 4 t _ er A Pfol the Mayor of 11111 Pful the Mayor of t WO 4 eeYee r selpful the Mayor of 'el h.evre fte ., s h Pful the Mayor of w e eee:etiider-Lyne N'revii i m ilPful the Mayor of, 'ea l' o rest' e rs hiPful the Mayor of Ws h e re or -t, - I Pful the Mayor of fit._Wersb i Tea t PRA the Mayor of W orala ee Wee eful the Mayor of j ° „lta Abbiss, M.A. ,/' eesq. ° ha 4 ' , Es 1, Attie cl• 4 r etie 1. , Esq., F.S.A., Vice tneel eiAet,eiagell, E sq. Dee tli E kl elt Ar' 4,, ere h atstrone ;De h 'gee, E. ,';tele ee al lee, Esq sq ., M.P., Vice qeo4ahee J'ale.Esq. kle p 'ettA r l ae, Esq. Ire et . ° lnae Bass, Esq., M.P. Bastard, Esq. dice-Proserd Battersby, Esq. , vtieident ee'_ie te i tbb, E sq. 61 1 teleitett, E sq., Nix. Th e lei Bernays M.A. e'sdge, Esq.eer• iee'eedward Birch, M.A. Yee ht Esq ki•ttpiliZh, Eger t i e ll ztro t r i t r cee 13 ' ird, Esq. t eY, Esq., lelee-Presl-1 N te le I, l) 9 l4 te lettl arrangements under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, as ye Misses Bih, M F ncis Mr Lockey, Mr. H. Phillips, "'ate. The celebrated Band of the Coldstream Guards will et e l e l N: te ''g r t will be provided for the Ladies. et„ l eiti c ? e r the festival, 21s. each, may be obtained of the Stewards, teeteelek e ea Tavern, and at the Offices of the Society. tb br Q Dr ege n 4 and Gentlemen desirous of honouring the festival with e qatte4elit e e i e are requested to make an early application for tickets •41 1114 to QaPPointment ; and the Stewards are particularly re ee r f le °rm the Secretary, at their earliest convenience, the : f t et t eke,e7ta they may require. :Itch tt ee most respectfully and earnestly solicit the benevo , lee hes fe n of the public towards the support of this institution, Ve tt e te e itp r its object the relief of misery and distress, at a period fly Nlit e t te ents are too frequently bereft of all other aid, when .ete e e te e rex ri health and ruined fortunes, they can leek forward et te , r l: l h workhouse as their last shelter, and from the de etteillelet e t ch this charity seeks to rescue them. le ery , es seee e needless to state that there arc very many whom this oreentr ett eo. relieve who have to mourn the deprivation of ee , to _ he ee the widoos of such persons receive the protecting u te e;tle teettrite. It also includes amongst its annuitants eleserv t,ttertheeee..2!ea. a feature at once sufficient to claim at the hands if i l lk ee !re el ar-e, public the warmest support. What a numerous class to :'ey b e : to be found under this head Look at the various e o kte rt g e ed e ar : held during life—hw, perhaps they have struggled I k r ere e or stir let — how of self-denial in order to add to the eet e e 4 ges r e gas one. Look at the thousands who have acted as N ett heebleeuch lik e capacities, and by these means have Otee tee r e b, „gam their livelihood until old age prevented them. 4: 1 el l ' Per son a ct more benevolent than to aid such a class of un `ltN , o„_.virts. whose early days were passed in instilling eeligi ebeelerene t easin Principles into the minds of the young, and in en ehleeeta Insti tu! ake them ornaments of society earee a tte he in fact, its own advocate. Universal in its e' l tfitt ea eroei ste c ernt in its regulation=, it may appeal for support to bre„, i sect e Y Persuasion and of every land for the peen. tje'eee, - " aura naile distinctions of country are no obstructions to ` e ate l e e 'dsee, an d of its b enevolence. Distress is the chief claim ele te ee ". a former life of respectability the only condition it II let r ° ar e a labss p r esent time forty annu it an t s on the funds : the Stiletto deservin th.titat • Per month, the females 1/. I Os. ; besides these, tp t thty t r e now a rcons, many of them reduced from affluence to r t l'ot D t e h n e r teul l . a m e s o fo r. r help ; for these the Committee plead, kre such an institution will not be forgotten, N ed e lide nelpless and the aged, kt% t on of., .nity Will he seized wait pleasure of ameliorating tee it 'a time'. existence w and thus answer one of the notet) o ur e& which is to afford relief to the die 114,k,teitidaen): re ce ivedand of J ames 114 Zratefllll at the Bank of of England to the s eet ; at Messrs. t4tll` Bart '1 15 Lombard- t Messrs. Roberts, Cur e ll eeOrd .Forster, and Sir John William Lub eleePh, te,: a nd at the Co.'s,oMansion House-street ;at the Office Li it • •.1,9 of .on ce of the Society, where lists of the sub -4! be obtali e V etw l, , e and every information respecting the uen the hour s of Ten and Five daily. ;gleb e ., STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary. • * • -" " 9 / 2 1 385112 11 1 4 1 1-51 rest, Feb. 6, 1850, Richard W. Bl akcmore,l,Esq., M.P John Blyth, Esq. Edward Bond, Esq. Thomas W. Bo iker, Esq. Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq. Dominic Braggiotti, Esq. Emanuel Henry Brandt, Esq. Thomas Brassey, Esq. Edward Brevrste". Esq. The Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A. Colonel Henry Bruen, M.P. The Rev. A. N. Ball Wiliam Earl Ly ttoa Bulwer, Esq. F.R.S., V.P. John William Bunion, Esq. Dr. Burnett R. Campion, Esq. George Frederick Cardm, Esq. James Carter, Esq. W. G. Carter, Esq. Major-General Caulf,ald, C. 8., Vice-President Elias Chadwick, Esq. E. Chalmer, Esq. Chamiserlayne Chamberlayne, Esq . Matthew Clarke, Esq. Charles Cobbold, Esq. i Benjamin Cohen, Esq. I. Connolly, Esq M.D. Lieut.-Colonel Crabbe, William Cubitt, Esq., M.P. The Rev. T. Curteis Thomas Curtis, Esq.; Horatio T. Day, Esq. James Dearden, Esq. 'has. Dixon, Esq , Vice-Free. John Dudlow, Esq. The Rev. J. Ellis, M.A. Henry Emery, Est. George Eseeli, Esq. Bvan Evans, Esq. William Evans, Esq., 31 P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. I. Fairlie, Esq. Edward Fellowes, Esq., M.P. W. J. Trodsham, Esq., F.R.S. Robert Fox, Esq. Francis Fuller, Esq. R. W. Fuller, Esq. William James Gardiner, Esq. Robert Garrard, Esq. James Mllnes Gaskell, Esq., M.P. Samuel H. Gass, Esq. W. Gilbertson, Esq. Captain J. N. Gladstone, R.N., Vice-President J. H. Gledstanes, Esq. Edw. Sherlock Gooch, Esq., M.P. Edward Woodcock Gooch, Esq. William Goodinge, Esq. ,Wm. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P. Montagu Gore, Esq. lEdw.G reeves, Esq.,Vice-President rt (treenail, Esq., M.P. Thomas Green, Esq., M.P. Benjamin B. Greene, Esq. Henry Greenway, Esq. Henry Gregory, Esq. Chas. Wm. Grentell. Esq., M.P. Samuel Gurney, jun., Esq., Vice- President Chas. Douglas Halford, Esq. Colonel J. Hall, M.P. S. Carter Hall, Esq., F.S.A. William C. Hall, Esq. Jas. Hans Hamilton, Esq., M.P. I. S. Harford, Esq. The Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, 3f .A. G. R. Harvey, Esq. The Rev. E. C. Bawtrey, D.D., Eton College Jas. Heywood, F.R.S. Robert Charles Hildyard, Esq., M.P.. Q.C. John William Hobbs, Esq.", Francis I [older, Esq. William Nicholson Hodgson, Zsq., M.P. Charles James Hogg, Esq. William Rogge, Esq. Albany W. Higgins, Esq., LL.B. Robert Hook, Esq. Henry !lore, Esq. James Thomas Horne, Esq., Vice- President. 0. Brooks Hunt, Esq. William S. Inman, Esq. James Johnstone, jun., Esq. James Kevin, Esq. John Thomas King, Esq. Thomas King, Big., Ties-Pros. Andrew Lawson, Esq. Geo. Cornwall Lsgh, DTI., Alfred Lillingston, Esq. William Loft, Esq., V lee-Pref. Robert Lush, Esq. W. Macdonald Macdonald, Esq. Thomas biaskernass, Esq. The Rev. J. R. Major, D.D., King's College. George Matson, Esq. Antonio E. Mavrocordato, Esq. Joseph Maynard, Esq. William Milliken, Esq. The Rev. Moses Mitchell, M.A., Private Chaplain to the Mar chioness of Bute William Mundy, Esq., M.P. Colonel William Mure, M.P. John Nanson, Esq. Joseph Napier, Esq., M.P., Q.C. Richard Newsham, Esq. Colonel J. Sidney North 11. S. Northcote, Esq. Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., T.R.S. Alexander Oswald, Esq., M.P. John Owens, Esq. John S. Pakington, Esq. Robert Palmer, Esq., M.P. Charles S. l'ar s, Esq. Edward Penrhyn, Esq. R. M. Phillipps, Esq. The Rev. JJ. W. Pieters Jeremiah Giles Pilcher, Esq. The Rev. John H. Pinckney,D.D. William Pott, Esq. William J. Prentice, Esq. Richard Prime, Esq., M.P. Philip Pussy, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. Francis If. Ramadge, Esq., M.D., F.L.S. Charles Ramsden, Esq. Richard Itamsden, Esq. Charles Reed, Esq., F.S.A. Robert Reid, Esq. John Campbell Renton. Esq., M P. Foster Reynolds, Esq. Samuel S. Rix, Esq. Thomas Haley Rose, Esq. Captain George Itushout, M.P. Francis Sadler, Esq. Mr. Alderman Salomons. Simon Samuel, Esq. Christopher Saltmarshe,Esq.,Viee- President. Philip Sancton, Esq. George Sandars, Esq., M.P. fajor-General Sandwith, C.B. Constant Santa-Maria, Esq. George Schlotel, Esq. Charles Simmonds, jun., Esq. V. Simpson, Esq. G. T. Smith, Esq. James Smith, Esq. John Smith, Esq. John Smith, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. William Smith, Esq. John L. Sin) the, Esq. Captain Edward Arthur Somerset, M.P. George Startle, Esq. J. staunton, Esq. Hobert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. Thomas Stirling, Esq. John S. Tanqueray, Esq. James Taylor, Esq. Vice-Pres. James Duncan Thomas, Esq. Thomas Towend, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President Col. C. Kemeys Tynte, M.P. The Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D.D., Harrow S , hoof John Henry Vivian, Esq. M.P., F.R. F.G.S. David Waddington, Esq., M.P. C. Noel Weiman, Esq. F. G. West, Esq. George Whieldon, Esq. • Charles F. Whiting, Esq. Josiah Wilkinson. Esq. Albert Williams, Esq. Benjamin Williams, Esq. • Thomas Peers Williams, Esq. M.P. , Benjamin Edward Willoughby, Asq. llumphry Willyams, Esq., M.P. John Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P. David Williams Wire, Esq. Basil T. Woodd. Esq. R. It. Wood, Esq., Vics-President Charles John Wragge, Esq., Vice- President. Charles Winn, Esq. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC 11 INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET. Sir Henry R. Bishop's Lectures on Music, with Vocal Illustrations, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings at Eight, and on Tues day, Thursday, and Saturday, at Three o'clock.—lllustrations on Astronomy, by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Wednesday and Friday, at One o'clock during Lent.—Dr. Bachhoffner's Lecture on the Pkilosophy of Scientific Recreation, Mornings and Evenings.—A Lectare by Mr. Ashley *a Coal—its history and formation.—Dissolving Views of Lon don in the Sixteenth Century, and as it now is, witk a Descriptive Lecture.—Also, a Series of Views of Rome.—Experhneats with the Diver and Diving-hell.—The Machinery, Models, &c., explained. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTII, Esq. Contents for MARCH. No. CCCLI. I. Godiva. By Leigh Hunt. IL Musings in my Study. By Horace Smith. 111. March. By J. E. Carpenter. IV. The Cruise of the "Frolic." By the Author of "Yachting Freaks." V. The Barricade of the Jagar-Zelle. From the Rough Notes of one who fought there. VI. The City of Nimrod. VII. Adventures of a Slow Young Man. Ey Dudley Costello. VIII. Air Song. By Louisa Stuart Costello. IX. Arctic I , xpeditions. X. Soapey Sponge's Sporting Tour. Chap. 35. The Man of P-r-e-r-perty.—Chap. 36. Mr. Puf flngton and his swell huntsman, Dick Bragg.—Chap. 37. The Beaufort Justice.—Chap. 38. Lord Scamperdale at Jawley ford Court. XI. Colonies and Constitutions. xrr. A Ball at Madame Octave's. By Charles Hervey. XIII. Lake and Mountain District of South-Eastern Africa. XIV. Hester Somerset. By Nicholas Michell. XV. A Drift-log on the Mississippi. By Zebedee Hickory. XVI. The Approaching Opera Season. XVII. Literature of the Mouth. AINSWORTH'§ MAGAZINE FOR MARCII. No. XCVIII. Containing Book 11., Chapters 13 and 14 of Mr. Ainsworth's Historical Romance, GUY FAWKES, with Two Illustrations by George Cruikshank. Price 2s. 6d. Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand. CONTRACT for MOULMEIN TIMBER. lJ Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Feb. 23, 1850. The Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice that on TnEsnAr, the 2Gth March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with 4,040 Loads of MOULMEIN TEAK TIMBER. Half to be delivered in the year 1851, and the remainder in the year 1852. A Distribution and a Form of Tender may be seen at the said Office. No Tender mill be received after One o'clock on the day et treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for }aim. duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-han I corner the words " Tender for Moulmein Timber," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accom• panted by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 5,0001. for the due performnce of the Contract. MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED.WIFE'S SISTER. THE INDEPENDENT BOARD. AT a MEETING, specially convened and held on Tuesday, the 19th of February, 1850, at the King's Head, Poultry, it was resolved unanimously :- Ist. That in the judgment of this Board there is no reason either In Holy Scripture or in sound morals against "a Widower marrying his Deceased Wife's Sister or Niece," that they therefore deprecate any legal provisions on the subject, and especially they object to the present state of the law in relation to it as at once most unwise, en snaring, and unjust. 2d. That this Board do forthwith petition Parliament on this sub ject, and that they earnestly recommend that petitions should be pre pared and forwarded from the several congregations with which they are connected. ANDREW REED, D.D., Chairman. 11. S. SEABORN, Secretary. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to leave — From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— HAMBURGII, carrying her Majesty's .31ails, every Tuesday and Friday Evening. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten Morning. The Ocean, • Saturday ; the Rhine, Wednesday next. ANTWERP anti the RHINE—The Soho (newly decorated), every Thursday, at Nine Morning. Saloon, 11. 10s. ; Fore Ca bin, 1/. • OSTEND—In Ten Hours, every Wednesday and Saturday Morn ing. Chief Cabin 1/. 45.; Fore, 18s. HAVRE—Every Sunday, at Eight, Merning. EDINBURGH—At Ten, Evening. Chief Cabin, 2/. ; Fore, 11. 2s. 6d. The Leith, This Evening; the Trident, Saturday, March 2; the Cla rence, 9. From Hore's Steam Wharf, Wapping, for— NEWCASTLE—Every Saturday, at Eight, Evehing. Chief Cabin, 11.; Second, 12s. From London-bridge Wharf, for— BOULOGNE—The Albion, every Sunday Morning. Saloon, 12s. ; Fora Cabin, Ss. March 3, at Four ; 10, at Ten. CALAIS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. Tomorrow, at Two ; March 3, at Three ; 7, at Eight. llULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight Morning. YA.RMOUTII—Every Wednesday, and Saturday, at Four After noon. _ . To secure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 71, Lombard-street; 37, negent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. STEAM. to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and the NORTH of SCOTLAND. REDUOTION IN FARES. Freight of Horses, Carriages, &c., considerably Reduced. The ABERDEEN STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splen did and powerful Ships will start as under, weather, kc., permitting. For ABERDEEN—The Earl of Aberdeen, Saturday, March 2, at Twelve Noon. For INVERNESS—The North Star, Monday, March 4, at Nine Morning, calling off Burghead, lnvergordon, Cromarty, and Cha nonry Point. Offices : Spread Eagle, Regent-circus ; 82, Lombard-street; or, 257, Wapping. CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent. Admission. 1 s.—Schoolg; Half-price. G R AVE SEND ROYAL TERRACE GARDENS AND PIER. Notice is hereby given, that the Commissioners are prepared to re ceive TENDERS from parties accustomed to provide Amusements in Public Gardens. Applications for particulars to be made personally to the under dersigned. By order of the Commissioners, HILDER and ARNOLD, Clerks to the Commission. 20, Harmer-street, Milton, next Gravesend, February 25, 1850. " Familiar in their Mouths as HOUSEHOLD WORDS." Shakespeare. On Saturday, March 30, will be published, price 2d.. or stamped for post, 3d. (also in Monthly Parts), No. I. of ROUSE HOLD WORDS. A WEEKLY JOURNAL, designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of all Classes of Readers. Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. London : Offlee, No. 16, Wellington-street North (where all com munications to the Editor must be addressed); and sold by all Book sellers and Newsmen. THE PRIZE TALE. On the Ist of March will be published, price 3s. 6d., the Tale which obtained riIHE PRIZE of TWENTY POUNDS given by the Proprietors of " The People's and Howitt's Journal," entitled the SOLDIER'S PROGRESS, pourtraying, in the Life of George Powell, the Horrors of War. By SARAH SYMONI)S. " There is nothing so terrible as a victory except a defeat."—Duke of Wellington. Handsomely bound, gilt edges, illustrated by Six Coloured Engrav ings, after original drawings, by John Gilbert. London : Willoughby and - C0., - 22, Warwick•lane, and 26, Smithfield. A RGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Musical Director and Conductor, M. LAURENT, jun. This ACADEMY, for Tuition and Practice of DANCING, is NOW OPEN for the Season. Teaching by Professors Calkins, Money, and Franconi. For Terms of Priyate Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub scription, fir morning and evening practice:—Six months, 6/. 55.; one month, 1/. Is.; one cycling, Is. Subscribers' tickets not transferable. The Academy will open for evening practice at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. M. LAURENT, sen. takes his Benefit on Monday, March 4. TOUT and PORTER.—JENNER, WICK INC; and JENNE% are now delivering for cash, to private fa milies, their celebrated Porter at is., and Imperial Stout, at 16d. per gallon, May be had in casks of 434, 9, 18, and 36 gallons.—N.B. Their Ales are now in very fine condition. South London Brewery, Southwark-bridge-road. THE NICOLL PALETOT, or Patent Coat ; and tke original invention, the Registered Paletot (6 arid 7 Vict., cap. 65). The West-end Wareroom• for the sale of these graceful and useful articles of dress are in Regent-street. and extend from No. 114 to No. 120, inclusive; and those in the City are at 22, Cornhill, the Shipping Department being in the rear—viz., 'Change.- alley. Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but H. J. and D. NICOLL are the solo Proprietors and Patentees of the design or material. The prices are One, Two, and Three Guineas, and according to the climate or purpose for which they are required. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSU RANCE SOCIETY. 26, Cornhill, London. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Innuties. Policies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi eion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, if needful, while' lying. 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With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the knatorny, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their stractui es, uses, and ihnctions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D., _ _ _ 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member •f the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the ' London liospititl Medical Society. &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy ►ictim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their invariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi cian for relief. 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The Concentrated Deters! re Fssence, an anti-syphilltic remedy, for purifying the blood cases ofinfection, secondary symp toms, eruptions, and the abuse of tr.•:cury, 115. and 335. per bottle. Perrv's Purifying Specific Fills, W. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrLcea, Beet, stricture, and chronic inflamma len of the bladder. ,onsultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society. 51 Packets, witk advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by ;met, th. ' few. il., wiped. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in itfen dance daily at 19, Tierners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Two, and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, Fan. 26. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The Market to-day presents no im provement, and sales were with difficulty effected. Great Westerns closed at 58 LA —Ditto, Quarters, 14% —Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 9% dis. LIVERPOOL, FZB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—We have had a very trifling busi ness in our Stock Exchange to-day. Prices, however, are somewhat improved. The transactions were as follow: London and North-Western, 1053/—Ditto, New Quarters„ 1 / 8 p.—Midland, 41—Ditto, Halves, 25% dis.—South-East ern and Dover (No. 4), 6 1. Is. 3d. MANCHESTER, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Our share market was very dull to-day, prices generally having a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow: Bolton, Blackburn, Chi theroe, and West Yorkshire, Preference (B), 20—East Lan cashire, 9 1 ,4 c. —Great Northern, 14 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester, 2154—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 49 LA—Ditto, Fifths, 8 dis.—Ditto, Halves (Liverpool and Bury), 25 1 4 dis. —Ditto (West Riding Union), 7% dis.—Londou and North• Western, New Quarters, 8-16 p.—Ditto, Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, % p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 1 9-16 North Staffordshire, 10 15-16 dis. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCFIANGB.—The share market was quiet to-day. The only transactions were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 61. Is. 3d. dis.—South Staffordshire, 3A, dis. YORK, FEB. 25. Swot EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow Great North of England, 227 Sheffield, Rother ham, and Goole (N. Div.), guaranteed 5 per cent., 17%-- York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 14% York and North Midland, 171%. MAILS FOR AIADEIRA, &C. Notice was issued yesterday at the General-Post-office {that her Majesty's ship Sphinx will not sail from Davenport until after the arrival of the London mail on the morning of the Ist a March, and, in addition to the mails for Madeira, will also convey mails for St. Vincent, the Cape de Verde Islands, and Sierra Leone. Letters for Madeira and St. Vincent will be liable to a postage of Is. 10d. per half. ounce; newspapers, 21. each; to Sierra Leone, Is. per half-ounce; newspapers free. To the above places both must be specially addressed, by " Her Majesty's ship Sphinx." NEW BANK.—The banking accommodation of London is about to be increased by the addition of an other establishment upon a very liberal principle. The promoter is a gentleman well known to the banking world, Henry Weston, Esq., late of the Borough Bank. An influential direction has been formed, and the prin ciples on: which the business is to be conducted will soon be wide public, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, FEB. 26. l'he market was thinly supplied with both wheat and barley, and. this is generally the case with weather so well suited for fiend operations in the seeding of spring corn. There was less activity manifested, and both wheat and barley were the turn in, favour of the buyer. Beans and peas nominal. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER.. Wheat, red ... ...... 38s to 40s Peas. 26s to 003 Ditto, white. 43s to 46. Oats oos to o:.'s Barley, malting ... 24s to 26s Rye oos to Of s Ditto, grinding ... 2ls to 22s Malt. ...... .... Beans ........ ...... 25s to 26; Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR Till WEEK ENDING FEB. 23, 1850. 1 Wheat . ... Barley 235.E9. 83dd.. Oats ....... ...... Beans. Peas HULL, FEB 26. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—The inter course with the Elbe and near ports is now actively resumed, without adding much to our supplies of grain, indeed five steamers have arrived from Hamburgh, and do not bring to tether above 500 qrs. of wheat, and so disproportionate are the Hamburgh and English prices of grain, that some of the next steamers are expected to come in ballast, although they would gladly prefer grain at almost nominal freight. The idea that we should be inundated with foreign supplies at first open water does not appear likely therefore to be immediately realised. The trade has been very inactive during the week, but holders are firm, and if once the agricultural panic was allowed to subside, prices would probably attain a'regularity unknown during the last few weeks or months. Our own farmers brought a large supply of wheat to this day's market, for which they asked an advance of Is per qr., but the trade cannot be written more than firm at last week's prices. The business doing in foreign wheat, although moderate, was at fully last week's rates ; next to nothing offering from shipboard. All kinds of Spring corn are inactive, and where sales proceed it is at lower rates. A fair demand for linseed at late prices, and we quote no alteration in the saleable value of best make of cakes. A little rapeseed on the Mullet per steamers, but the quality is inferior ; best seed worth 30/. R a p e ca k es fully as dear, and rather more business passing than of late. We make no alteration in the value of bones, of which arrivals are moderate. The following are the present prices of grain:- 5. s. Wheat, English, red 37 'to 39 Do. white Dantzic and Ko nigsberg 44 46 Pomeranian and Hamburgh . 36 40 Danish, Holstein, & Friesland 32 36 hussian and Odessa 32 36 Oats, English Do. Danish... ....... Do. Friesland l2 14 Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 14 Barley, malting 2l 23 Do. grinding.. 18 20 Beans 24 26 Do. foreign ...... 25 27 Peas, white and yel. 25 28 Do. grey Linseed, Black Sea. 45 46 Do. Petersburgh 38 —45 Do.Biga&Archngl. 38 42 _ _ Do. Konigsberg .... 36 39 Per ton. Linseed cakes, Hull ...6112s 6d Do. fine foreign 6/ 5s Do. inferior foreign Si Os Rapeseed Rape cakes...B2s 6d to 67s 63 Tares, English 3ss 003 Do. foreign 20s —35 s Guano 6l to 91 10a Bones, do 00s Od to 903 Od Rye meal 610 s LIVERPOOL, Flea. 26.—The business at our Corn-market this morning was again inactive. There was so little done in wheat that it is difficult to establish quotations. The tole of the trade was heavy. On flour there was a marked decline of 6d per barret and Is per sack on the rate of this day se'ennight. Oats were id to Id per bushel, oatmeal 3d per load, and beans 6d per quarter lower. Indian corn also was depreciated in value 6d per quarter on the week, but was not worse than on Friday. Coax ' Fax. 25.—Flour.—First 12s Od to 13$; extra 143 6d; seconds, 10s 6d to 121; households 98 to lOs 6d; thirds, 7s to 93 per cwt. Oatmeal 10, to 00s Od; Indian meal 7s to 7s 3d ; wheat meal. 10s to lOs 6d per cwt. Indian corn 130 s Od to 135 s per ton. Bran 3112 s 6d to 3/ 15sper ton. Hay—Farmers 20s to 355; average 00s• ' dealers 27s to 40s Od; average 00 s per ton. Stt aw— Farmers 17, Od to 25s Od; average 235; dealersl2Bs Od to 30e Od; average 00, Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6 d; household loaf 5d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb Eggs-4s 6d to 41 8d per hundred. Coals— Newport 15s; Lydney 178 ; Landore 15s ; Best Neatb Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 401 Od to 00$ per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 4d to 6d; veal Od to Od ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 31 2s 6d to 315 s pel ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 01; French 71 Si ; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool 10a to 12s per stone. Hemp 321 tooo/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 16s to 17s ; red ditto 20s to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 111 pei ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 18s, second quality, 16e per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 203; salted 15s to 21s per cwt,;" calf skins 2id to 2iel per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9d ; Minions 12d to 13d ; Guano— Peruvian, 111 101; Icbaboe, 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel, 191 per barrel. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEPv'S BENCH, Feb. 26. ;Sittings at Niai Priva at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Special Juries.) LEFEVRE V. CHAPPEL. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Lush conducted the case for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Bovill that of the defendant. The plaintiff in this case was a gentleman who lived at Boulogne. The defendant was a partner in the house of Cramer and Beak, of Regent-street, and the action was brought on a breach of contract. According to the plaintiff's ease, be wished to purchase all the unlet boxes and stalls flr the first performance cf Le Propliete at Covent-garden Theatre last July, and he commissioned a person named Merchant, who resided in London, to endeavour to carry out his object. Accordingly, Mar chant and Mr. Lionel Goldsmid saw the defendant, and understood from him that he was the director and manager of the theatre. As Merchant said he was prepared with 3,0001., the defendant seemed inclined to entertain the proposal, and ulti mately an arrangement was come to that a sum exceed ing 500/. should be paid for the boxes and stalls which were unlet fur tho Saturday night, when the defendant said her Majesty had signified her intention of being present. 200/. was paid down on the 26th of July. On the Thursday evening the defendant called on Mer chant, and he and Goldsmid on the same evening called on the defendant at Cramer's, who gave him a list of the boxes, &c.; they then paid the defendant 2911, as the balance, and it was arranged that the tickets should be sold at Messrs. Cramer's, the defendant undertaking to manage the matter. On the following day the de fendant sold many tickets which did not belong to the plaintiff, and the consequence was that there was not room for those which the plaintiff bad purchased. The defendant was spoken to, and ho said he would give compensation. The theat re was no t v i s it e d by t h e Queen that evening. The pl a i nt iff l os t a bo u t 3601. by the transaction. Merchant was a watc h ma k er i n Hol way e subscription night, which waitbo. r_ known The t o Saturdaysilt he parties. The case was adjourned before the p!aintiff's case closed. IHeEtNhRe YdeScHeAaDseWeE, PREROGATIVE COURT.—(Feb. 26.) (Before Sir IL J ENNER FUST.) the DECEASED. sono Inwasf the Vice-Chancellor of Engl an d , d i ed i n D ecem b er l ast, having made bis will, b ear i ng date t h e 3r d o f J u l y , 1848. It appeared the will was conta i ne d on two s id es this LES case of a sheet of note paper, and was brought nearly down to the bottom of the second side; a blank space was there left, and at the top of the third page, were' these words—" Signed by me, the undersigned Lewis Henry Shadwell;" and then followed the names of the wit nesses. The question was, whether this paper had been signed by the deceased at the foot or end thereof. The circumstanees attending the signing were, that the de ceased, on the 3rd of July, 1848, called the witnesses into the private room of his father, the Vice-Chancellor of England, and requested them to see him sign some papers; he then produced three or four papers, and wrote what now appeared upon the top of the third aide of the alleged will. The paper, however, was so folded, that the witnesses, while si gn i ng , could not see what was written on the other pages. On the application for pro bate, the Learned Judge said he was sorry to say the in terpretation to be put upon the Act of Parliament was such that upon an ex porte application he must dismiss the motion, and leave the parties to propound the papers. THOMAS TEES, ESQ., DECEASED. The deceased, late of Stanmore Hall, in the county of Middlesex, died in the month of September, 1843, leav ing a will under which he appointed several executors, these executors had all renounced probate of the will; the deceased appointed his wife residuary legatee of part of the property during her life or widowhood, and pro vided in case of her death or second marriage, that the residue should go to his daughter, and that his widow upon marrying, should only have an annuity of 5001. for life. The widow had since become the wife 'of Mr. Lushington the Member for Westminster, and thereupon ceased to be any longer a residuary legatee. The ques tion before the Court was, whether the administration which had been granted to Mrs. Tees, as one of the re siduary legatees, had absolutely ceased upon her second marriage, and whether the grant should or not be revoked. On the face of the grant of administration itself no limitation appeared. At the time the grant was originally made, there was a legacy dut of 4001. apparently payable on the estate, which had been valued at 30,0001., and which duty was forthwith paid; but subsequently the estate being found insolvent, an application was made for the return of duty. The Stamp-office expressed themselves willing to agree to such return, but as it then a p peare d t h e estate originally amounted to 35,000/. instead of 30,0001. they contended the parties ought to pay an additional duty of 50/. Ix fore the 4001. could be refunded, saying that such sum of 501. would likewise be returned t.) the parties. Dr. ADDAMS applied to have the administration con tinuei to the same party. He contended that the grant, although made to Mrs. Tees in the character of a widow, was in general terms, and did not cease upon her mar riage, and also that great inconvenience would result if the administration were revoked, the only act to be per formed being the negotiation with the Stamp -office. The Court granted the application. LIVSOLVEN7' DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 26. (Bofore Mr. Commissioner Lem.) IN RE THOMAS RICHARDB. - IMPORTANT RULE IN COUNTY coma's. This insolvent, a tin-plate worker in Goswell-strcet road, was opposed by three creditors, and supp or ted by Mr. Sturgeon. One of the opposing creditors bad dis counted a bill of 291. for the insolvent, and afterwares employed him to do some work for him, which amounted to 32a. The creditor intended to set the money off igainot his claim. The insolvent, however, sued him in the Clerkenwell County Court, where the creditor (Mr. Blagdon, a cornchandler in Goswell-street) pleaded a se:..off, and the judge refused to entertain the set-off, because it exceeded 201. Mr. Commissioner LAW expressed himsa in strong terms, thatl a man could not be allowed a sot-off to the extent of his debt, though it in the whole exceeded 204 Such a practice, in his opinion, was absurd and unjust. Mr. STURGEON said that county courts would not di vide a debt. It a set-.•ff exceeded 201. it could not be received. His HONOUR thought that such a d, termination should be made known. It would te a caution to one man who had 1001. owing to him employing the same person to do a few pounds' work. It appeared that Mr. Blagdon was obliged to sue the insolvent to prevent his execution from taking effect, and his costs, were 7Z 7s. The other creditors complained of the insolvent's conduct to them. Mr. Commissioner LAW thought it wag a case for the discretionary clause, and remanded the insolvent for six months. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Curlisle, Feb. 25. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Byron ALDERSON.) Joseph Hogg and John Aiehol were indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Davidson on the Bth of No vember last. Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Matthews, and Mr. Hodg son appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. James and Mr. Overend for the defence. Mr. Sergeant MURPHY having opened the case, in the course of which his Lordship announced that he should admit the depositions of a man named Andrew Turn bull, charged, along with the prisoners before the co roner, with the murder, the following evidence was given:— Margaret Davidson, the widow of the late Thomas Davidson, who lived at Kirtle Hall. stated that on Thurs day morning, the Bth November last, her husband left home to attend to his duties as game-watcher for Sir J. Graham. He bad received 71. in money on the sth, three Scotch notes, two sovereigns, and 2/. in silver; of this he gave her son two Sootch.notes, and paid away IL Bs. He had his stick and plaid with him, no gun. She never after saw him again alive. Her husband's body was brought home on the Saturday following. John Armstrong, the gamekeeper of Sir J. Gra ham, stated that the deceased was one of his watchers. He called on him on the Bth of November, and he was out watching. He called next morning and found he had not got home, and he went in search of him on the south of Skelton-pike. He did not find him that day; and the day after about a score of per sons went in search of him, and an alarm was given that his body was found. He saw it in a cart at the deceased's own door. Doe Craig is a favourite place for poachers. He made an examination there on the 15th, and traced some footmarks on the west of Doe Craig. There were some about a mile from Wire's Fold, where the body bad been found. Those footmarks were compared with some shoes the policeman after wards had. On Thursday, the Bth. he heard a gunshot about ten o'clock. After the body was brought home he searched it, and found a purse, and in it a 11. note, a pocket piece resembling a shilling, six crooked six pences, and two farthings and a half-farthing. He un dressed the body, and found it black about the neck, and a nail mark in the front of the neck, and the shirt-neck was torn. Matthew Patterson, surgeon, stated that on Sunday, the 11th of November, he examined the body of the dt ceased at Kirtle Hall, his residence. In his judgment deceased had died from strangulation. Had his neck cloth been twisted tight round it would have produced all these effects. Joseph Gallagher, turnkey, proved that Andrew Turnbull committed suicide in the gaol on the 28th of Nov., the day after he was committed, and a coroner's inquest was held upon him. Cross-examined by Pttr. JAMES—The came morning that he committed suicide he was told that be was com mitted on the coroner's inquisition for the wilful murder of Davidson. Wm. Carrick, the coroner for the district, produced two examinations before him of the deceased Andrew Turnbull, on the inquisition on the deceased, Davidson. He was sworn on each occasion, and the deposition wade was in answer to questions. He was told he was not bound to answer any thing that would criminate h mself. On the second examination neither of the pri soners were present. On the first occasion Joseph Hogg was present. His LORDSHIP said it was not well to ask questions of persons accused. Nivea just the difference between the French and English law; and they were not going to introduce the French law into Cumberland. The depositions of Andrew Turnbull were then put in and read. The second deposition stated that on the morning of the Bth of November last the two prisoners called at his house between seven and eight o'clock, whilst be was in bed, and asked him to go out shooting with them to Doe Craig; it was a misty morning, and Davidson would not be out watching. He got up and went with them. On their way the prisoner Hoge said to him, "If we light on Davidson we will just put an end to him; tlou wilt help us." He said he would not stain his hands in another man's blood, but that he would not tell if they did. They fired at some birds, and as they were turning d own t o Wi re ' s F o ld , h e locked back and said, " Ali, here is Jim coming." Ni chol said, " Curse him, he is." They then al! ran, till Nichol cried, " Stop, I will shoot him." Deponent said he would not alp, and Joseph Hogg then threw down his gun and took off his jacket and made a rush at Da vidson. Davidson said, "Be quiet, Joe, you know the worst on it Hogg got hold of his stick and twisted it out of his bands, and Davidson again told him to be quiet. Hogg then seized him by the neck and threw him down, and Davidson cried out, " Thou won't murder me, wilt thou?" Hogg said "He deserved it; be was only a ba'l thief at best." Hogg then gripped him by the neckcloth and called on Nichol to help him, and they did it between them, and turned him over on his face. They then said it was all one now; be might have motley on him, and they might as well have it, and they took his purse out of his inside waistcoat pocket, and took out of it three sovereigns and three half crowns, and put back the purse with a Scotch note in it and some silver. The depositions of Nichol and Hogg before the coroner were then put in and read, and they denied knowing anything of the murder. Jemima Turnbull, the widow of the deceased prisoner, stated that both the other prisoners came to her hus band's house between seven and eight o'clock in the morning, and he was lying in bed. Nichol spoke first, and bade him get up. Joseph said they were going out to shoot, to Dee Craig. Joseph put powder in .his flisk. and shot in his bag. They all three after breakf4st went out of the house over the field. Her husband returned that evening about seven o'clock alone. It waE shown also that money corresponding in amount and kind with that taken from the deceased, was found on the prisoners. The evidence having been gone through, His LORDSHIP asked the jury if they required Mr. James to address them for the prisoners ? The jury were cf opinion that the evidence was not conclusive against the prisoners, and found them Not Guilty. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROUE.) GRIEVE (ADMINISTRATRIX) V. MILTON. This was an action, brought under Lord Csmpbell's Act, by Mrs. Jane Grieve, widow, to recover compensa tion for the death of her husband, which was alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant, as county bridge surveyor, in leaving a heap of stones on the high road near Wigton, by means of which her husband's gig was upset and he was killed. Mr. Temple, Mr. Otter, and Mr. Laurie appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Atherton and Mr. Hodgson for the defendant. The jury returned a vcrdict for the plaintiff for 3001., half of it to be divided amongst the children of the plaintiff. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. This being the day for hearing further evidence against Joseph Solomon, of , No. 3, Little Britain, the court was crowded by peraons anxious to ht ar the pro ceedings. Mr. Nicholls, from the office of Mr. Lonsdale, solicitor, appeared, by the instructions of Messrs. Crockfords, of St. James't-street, on behalf of the four brothers of the girl, to have the case thoroeghly investigated—one of the brothers being in their service. Mr. Robinson, solicitor, who attended in the first instance to defend the girl, and afterwards to prosecute the charge of violation, was also present; and Mr. Lewis, the solicitor, attended to defend Joseph Solomon. The case being called on, Mr. Lewis said that he hoped the Aldeman would re mand the case until to-morrow (Wednesday), as his client was very ill, and had left town under the impres sion that be would not have to appear until the 27th. Alderman FAREBROTHER—How long has be been out of London? Mr. Lewis—Four or five days, I believe. There was one thing, however, he hoped, and that was that his client would not be subjected to continual re mands, unless further evidence was adduced; and if such was nut the case, that he should be discharged. Alderman FAREBROTHER:Said that the Alderman sit ting on'tho last occasion gave a very wise decision, and that if he (Alderman Etrebrother) lived for forty years to come, until the girl was produced he would remand from week to week until she did appear. Ile should wait until twelve o'clock for the appearance of the de fendant. At this moment a female named Alice Cock, of No. 5, Devonshire-street, Dog-row, IV hiteehar el, hero pre sented herself and applied for the Alderman's interfer ence for some wages due to her daughter, who was re cently discharged from prison, after having suffered four or five months' imprisonment, in consequence of a charge made by Mr. Solomon. At the time she was commit ted for trial the sum of one pound was due t) her, which Mr. Solomon refused to pay. She proceeded to allege that the charge against her daughter was made in the same spirit as the one made against the girl llarusworth ; that Mr. Soloinons had taken great liberties with her daughter, and upon applicant com plaining, ac a mothar aught to do, to Dim Solomon, and telling her she must take away her daughter in consequence of the very gross conduct of her son, she replied that her son was a very different sort of cha racter, and the matter should not end there. The next day her daughter was given into custody for stealing a vietorine which she had worn in the house, and was going out on a message with it on her shoulders without any intention of stealing it. The consequence was, her committal f,,r trial and punishment. Mr. Lewis hoped the Alderman would not listen t) an er parte statement of this kind. Alderman FAREBROTHER said that he had not the pleasure of knowing the defendant, but ho appeared to be a young gentleman who had been carrying on this game for some time. The Alderman referred the ap plicant to the Sheriffs' Court, but Mr. Lewis paid the amount, and the applicant left the court. The hour of twelve o'clock having arrived, Alderman FAREBROTLIER asked if the defendant was present? - Mr. Lewis said be must only repeat his application t postpone the case until the following day, as both he and his client laboured under a mistake that it was fixed for Wednesday, and, therefore, his client being very ill and in the country, could not attend that day. Alderman FAREBROTHER asked the Chief Clerk what was the date on the recognizances when the defendant was to appear? The Chief Clerk said the recognizances entered into stated that he was to appear on Tuesday, the 26th. His minute-book corroborated that, as well as the sitting Alderman's book. Alderman FAREBROTLIER directed that Mr. Solomon should be called on his recognizance, or he would give time for him to be fetched. _ _ Mr : Lewis could not fetch him. Alderman FAREBROTHER, after the usual ceremony of calling upon the parties to appear on their recogni -mien, and no answer having been received, ordered them to be estreated, the amount being—the defendant 2001., and his two sureties in 1004 each. Mr. Lewis said it was through an inadvertent error of supposing the day was Wednesday instead of Tuesday, for his client to appear, The Chief Clerk observed that Mr. Lewis called on Monday, and was corrected as to the mistake, and shown the book where it was set down for Tuesday. Alderman FAREBROTHER' said he knew nothing of inadvertencies, but it was sufficient for him that the defendant was served with a paper, and therefore there was an end of the case. Mr. Lewis said he hal now to ask that which was usually granted in courts of Jaw, that the recognizances should not be estreated until th e defendant had shown a reasonable cause for his non-appearance that day. Alderman FAREBROTHEA declined doing so, but said if all the parties were in attendance to-morrow, be would go into the case. Mr. Lewis said he was satisfied, and that Mr. Solo mon would attend at the appointed time. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LAN- CASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. On Thursday morning, the 21st instant, as a party of gentlemen, who had been attending the Westmoreland Assizes, were anxiously waiting at the Penrith station for the down London mail, which was a considerable time over due, the whistle of the engine announced its approach, and the cause of delay was speedily made known. It appeared that whilst about fire miles from Penrith the train was proceeding on its journey at the usual rapid pace, when it suddenly came upon a man named James Laidlaw, who was employed to keep the line clear, and through some inadvertence did not get off the rails in time, and the consequence was that the engine struck him upon the chest, throNting him forward a considerable distance. As soon as the train could be brought to a stand-still the engineman (a very experienced driver) reversed the wheels, and returned to the spot where the unfortunate man was lying. He was taken up insensible and placed in the lug gage van, and on the arrival of the train at Penrith was left at the station, and medical assistance imme diately sent for. Such were the injuries he had received, however, that there is not the slightest chance for his recovery. It so happened that Mr. Carrick, the coroner Cr this :divi sion of the county, was on the platform when the mutilated body of the poor rapq was carried into a temporary building, and from Ois appear ance he had too much reason to fear that his melancholy office would be called into requi sition. Since its opening this line has been extremely fortunate in its exemption from acci dents of almost every description, and in this instance it seems that no one is to blame but the sufferer himself. Our Penrith correspondent sends us the following account of the accident, since writ ing which he adds that the poor man is dead : On Thursday morning last James Laidlaw, one of the men employed by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway Company to keep the line clear of obstruc tions, was proceeding as usual on his beat towards Hugh's Cragg Viaduct, about the time when the mail train was due from the south. A great quan tity of rain had fallen during the night, and the morn ing was very tempestuous. At one place the water had formed a pool between the rails of the down line, and Laidlaw as he was passing stopped to make a hole beneath one of the rails with his walking stick, so as to allow the water to run out. In the meantime the wind made such a noise as to prevent Laidlaw from hearing the mail train, which was approaching at the moment. The consequence was the buffer of the en. gine knocked him down. Ile was awfully cut and shattered by the shock ; but as he fell between the rails, though the whole train passed over him, he was not touched by the wheels, otherwise he would have been killed on the spot. The engine driver stopped the train and took him up. He has endeavoured to speak since the accident occurred ; but his case is at present, to all appearance, hopeless. Thursday, Four P.M.—Since the above was written Laidlaw has expired.— Carlisle Patriot. LORD GOUGH. The Hon. Directors of the East India Company have lost no time in bidding welcome to that gallant commander, Lord Gough, on his return to this country. Already it has been determined to cele brate the event by giving a grand banquet to his Lordship at the London Tavern, at which all the Cabinet Ministers and a distinguished circle of guests will be present. The 23d of March is the day fixed for this entertainment. The Noble and Gallant Lord left his son's resi dence, in tipper Brook-street, at an early hour yester day morning, and proceeded to the East India House for the purpose of having an interview with the chair man of the company. Sir Archibald Galloway crossed the Noble Lord on his way into the City, and was himself at the residence of Captain Gough before eleven o'clock, in order to pay his respects to the noble and gallant veteran. Sir Archibald after wards met Lord Gough at the India House, and had a long conference with his Lordship. Viscount Har dinge was one of the earliest to pay his respects to his noble companion in arms, having called at his re sidence at half-past ten o'clock for that purpose. The Noble Viscount accompanied Sir Archibald into the City, and there, for the first time, met the brave old general, by whom he was greeted with all the sincerity of the heartiest friendship. Lord Gough, on returning home, left his card at Apsley House for the Duke of Wellington, who is at present at Stratbfieldsaye. A great many members of the nobility and gentry made complimentary calls on Lord Gough yesterday, and entered their names in his Lordship's visiting book. The members of the United Service Club have an nounced their intention of entertaining the Noble and Gallant Lord upon an earlyday, and the list of guests is already more than full. The Goldsmiths' Company intend to confer the freedom of their ancient guild upon his Lordship, and a magnificent entertainment will be given to the gal lant veteran at their ball on the occasion of its presen tation. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX. To the Honourable th e Common s dom of Great B r it a i n and F l x r e eo t i f e a r nt , dhe e ni Feb. n 2 ri l tae , rdi l la. 850 Kn 31 :. itt assembled. We, the undersigned inhabitants of the borough of Exeter, have, for a number of years deemed the window tax opposed to the great and gracious bounty of Divine cciamstii i t a h r a e t fiGovernment bag now Providence, inasmuch, as millions of her Majesty's sub voeunguhet, , t ” co — h u a p v o t n ., sub jects have been deprived of light and air, necessary for required were this tax their health, comfort, and g f s o r they ' r c onvenience; in consequence of of house buildings having only about half the required t l y ion o s r a st t at t e ho p ir ol d ic is y p '; os a s n l d , , we, number of windows and op t e a n x in light and air,-- , appears to us totally indefensible upon the same to the repeal of this watsnuilr. abol ished. surplusejTfwfuoo s o rrtat u eh:g l would hrteooi ovbtupehcanenovdauneapsetnpiooduli apply all eeht x i : h i:ch i they obnoxious tax. And your petitioners will humbly pray, &c. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of business. The Lord M a y or in formed the Court that the Lord Bishop of Ely and the Rer. Charles Marshall, the chaplain to the Lord Mayor, had been appointed to preach the Spital sermons at Easter. The Court proceeded to confirm the Rev. Charles Marshall as minister a St. James, Duke's place, on the nomination of the Right lion. the Lord fa the room of the Rev. Dr. inaul, resigned. mcent, 120, in ordin ar y, was brought down to-day to the jetty for overhaul, &c. The Basilisk steam-sloop will be taken out of harbour to-morrow by the officers and men of Captain Hender son's steam ordinary, to test her speed and machinery, now that every portion is properly fitted for sea. The Cygnet, 6, Commander Robertson, arrived at St. Helena from Benguela on the Bth ult. One of the new boilers making in this dockyard for her Majesty's yacht the Victoria and Albert, under the superintendence of Mr. Murray, the chief engineer of the establishment, was tested by hydraulic pressure at 401 b. t, the inch. and stood the test, as was expected. Mr. John Warct, R.N., is appointed chief engineer of the first class to the Blenheim, at this port, for se: vice in the steam squadron in ordinary. The following extract of a letter gives details of a me lancholy catastrophe off the Pirmus:— " The launch of the Ganges, 84, was upset in a squall when it was dark, and 16 men thrown into the water. Six men were drowned, and the rest got to a small unin habited island; here they were in sight of the squadron, and endeavoured to make signals of distress, but without aucces ,, . They were not found f r two days, when four of the men with Lieutenant Breen, were found—starved to death; the others were nearly so. They were hud dled together in a cave. A midshipman, one e. , ,f the party, was kept alive by the a armth of the bodies of those heaped around him. What makes the affair doubly shucking is that they were all the while in sight of their own ',hip. but unable to make known their terrible situat,on. ' APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, FEB. 26.—Captain Horatio Austin, C.B. (1838), to the Resolute, for service in the Arctic expe dition. Captain Erasmus Ommanney (1846), to the Assist ance, for service in the Arctic expedition. Lieutenant Sherard Osborn (1846), to the Pioneer, for service in the Arctic expedition. Lieutenant Robert D. Aldrich (1842), to the Resolute. Lieutenants F. L. bi'Clintock (1845), and J. E. Elliott (1845), to the Assistance. Master Robert C. Allyn (1841), to the Resolute. Paymaster and Purser J. E. Brooman (1846), to the Resolute. Clerk•in-charge J. D. Parminter (1843), to the As sistance. Second-Masters J. H. Allard (1847), to the Pioneer, and W. R. Shellsbeer, to the Assistance. Clerk James Lewis, to the Resolute. Boatswain Edward Langley, to the Resolute. Carpenter Robert Hall, to the Resolute. Midshipman Jenkins R. Thomas, to the Conflict.. The names of the vessels fur the Arctic expedition, under the command of Captain Austin, C. 8., have been changed from Baboo, Ptarmigan, and Eider, to Resolute, Assistance, and Pioneer, and have been commissioned this day. The vessel previously named the Ptarmigan was soon unloaded at Woolwich, upwards of 300 tons of coals having been discharged in about 24 hours, and her decks were washed and the spare spars all taken out to allow of her being taken to Mr. Green's ship-building yard by the Jasper steam-vessel at 12 o'cloek to-day. Captain Austin returned to town to-day from Hull, where he had been to meet some of the captains of the whaling vessels now nearly ready for sea at that port. The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring held his second levee for the season to-day, and it was attended by the following officers:— Captains Charles Graham, C.B. (1830), William Ho neyinan Henderson, C.B. (1838), Charles Smith (1841), George William Douglas O'Callaghan (1846), Wallace Houston (1847), and Thomas Harvey (1848). Commanders Jonas Archer Abbott (1841), George Alexander Seymour (1845), Lewis de Tessier Prevost (1845), Frederick Archibald Campbell (1846), William Critchell (1846), William Tomlin Griffiths (1846), George Johnson (1846), Richard Murdoch Robertson (1847), Robert Coote (1847), Charles Frank Newland (1847), and James Aldworth St. Leger (1848). Lieutenants Charles Gibbs CraWley (1838), Edward Roche Power (1839), Alfred Royer (1841), George William Wilkinson (1841), Andrew R. Dunlap '1842). and Samuel Twyford (1849). Paymasters and Pursers Joseph Mason (1808), John E. Brooman (1846), and John Macdow all (1847). PLTITOUTII, FEB. 25.—The steamer Conflict went up harbour this morning, preparatory to being docked for examination. The brig Ferret was unmasted to-day. This afternoon there was launched from the building yard of Messrs. W. Moore and Son, Friary, Plymouth, a fine new barque registering 250 tons, but capable of carry ing 350. She was built for the Southern Whale Fishing Company, and is called the Sir James Ross, in honour of the Great Arctic navigator. Her hold is constructed to stow two tier of casks on their bilge', and her 'tween decks will take one tier on their heads. She has ample accommochtion for the officers and crew, which will 'number 35 in all—viz ,14 iu the forecastle, and 21 in the three cabins, which extend forward to the after hatchway ; the lower deck is entire and caulked throughout. The midships and midship sides of the upper deck are firmly lined for the reception and cutting up of fish. Her ground tickle is rather heavier than ordinary. She is strongly built, coprered, and copper falteneo, and will be classed A 1 at Lloyds for t.velve yours. She will be provided with six b,b,its, two of which rest on skids beta een the main and rnizen-rnasts, and four will lie hung on davits over her quarter. Thu Southern Whale Fishing Company intend to have thirty ships such as the Sir James Ross; two, the Samuel En derby and another, are already gone out to the Fallaind Islands, two are building in Southamptor, two in Lon don, and two in Scotland. These vessels ate inteeded only for fishing; ships of greater burden will be freighted to bring the stored oil frora the Falkland Islands to England. The Sir James Ross is being fitted by Messrs. Pope, brothers, of this place, and will aeon be ready for sea. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, took an airing yester.. day in an open carriage and four. Colonel Buckley and Lieut.-Colonel the lion. Alexander Gordon, the Equerries in 'Waiting, attended on horseback. The Royal Family took their usual walking and pony exercise yesterday. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary, his Royal Highness the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, his Serene High ness Prince Frederick of Hesse, the Marquis of Anglesey, Lady Augusta Cadogan (in waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge), the Earl and Countess Grey, Viscount and 'Viscountess Ilardinge, Sir Alexander Woodford, Colonel Wylde, Baron Knesebeck (in waiting on the Duke of Cambridge), and Baron d'Apel (in waiting on the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha). The band of the Grenadier Guards was in at tendance in the Palace during dinner, and, under the direction of Mr. Schott, performed the following pieces : Overture, "Domino Noir " National Bouquet, " The Thistle, Row, and Shamrock" Auber. Waltz, " Die Munteren" Potpourri, " Die Deutsche Sanger Halle" Kuhner. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, with the Duke of Saxe Coburg, honoured Mr. Moon yesterday by inspecting the finished engraving by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A., from Winterhalter a e picture of the Royal Family. RigThhtelom H. L hre yesterday American ii l o in u i c ste e rhadanint( ryiw with the at the office of the Board of Trade. A deputation, including Lord Kinnaird, the Earl of Shelburne, Mr. J. O'Connell, Mr. M. O'Connell, and Mr. Sidney, M.P., had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his residence in Downing street. The Financial Committee of the Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, consisting of Earl Granville, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Jones Loyd, me t at the Board of Trade yesterday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. W. Lea , Mayor of Worc es t er ; Mr. John Hill, town clerk ; Mr. Ed ward Evans, Vice-President of the 'Worcester Cham. ber of Commerce; and Mr. J. W. Isaac, accom panied by the Members for the city of Worcester, had an interniew with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday. General Sir Alexander Duff had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Right Hon. Milner Gibson and Mr. Hay wood had an interview with Sir George Grey yester day,is rtith ht e a c n d o m ll l l n r s L i oh e fno w t er i ri s Gsi h ool a a fn: d . gß a noa n wi .1 , i wL n ha t tl e y,bi r so v : u i n e er w hei eee e rc. s tv t ii e e r : the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railw a y Bill . e - at the Home - office. day M w r. - n yesAtlerr.dAay. t s h t i et,h IRE IN CAMOMILE -STREET.—Last night, few struction of seine th ousand minutes after eight o ' c l oc k , a tire, att en d e d w i t h are de, • pounds' worth of properly, broke out in Cainotnile-street, 13 ishopsgatt-street. The piernises in which the disaster occurred were formerly used as a dissenting chapel, but at the present time We= in the occupa nc y o f Messrs. Hearon, M'Cullock, and Squire, the wh o le sa l e and export druggists, or 9 5 . Bishopsgate -street, and were used as their store ware housev. The contents of the premises were not. as is ge• orally the case in similar trades, explosive ; if they had been, owing to the extreme narrowness of the thoroughfare, the consequences might have been most disastrous to human lite. By half-past ten o'clock the firemen happily succeeded in getting the mastery over the conflagration, but not until the premises aed their valuable contents were nearly destroyed. Mr. M'Cullock, one of the proprietors, informed the reporter that the property destroyed would reach to some thousand pounds, and although the premises were insured, they would be losers to some extent by the misfortune. Not the least information could be gleaned respecting the probable cause of the fire, None of the workmen, it wss stated, had boa» fn ttie plpue b roil uctorit the nutbreak 1411)0114