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TIE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY for Allowin SOCIETY. g Permanent Annuities to Decayed Merchants, Bankers, Professional Men, Master Manufacturers, Tradesmen, their Widows and Clerks, and single Females their Daughters, from all Farts of the United Kingdom. Pounded A.D. 1827. SlPPorted by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONS. Ner Most Gracious Majesty The QUEEN. .„ . 1111 110 YIPA Highness the PRINCE ALBERT, K.G. 4. " Majesty the KING of the BELGIANS, K.G. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE. Tip424.27ITERSARY FESTIVAL will be holden at the London 1111.Ri shopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, March 6. Zion. EDWARD HENRY STANLEY, M.P. for King's Lynn, in the Chair. SuPPOrtel by the following distinguished STEWARDS. / 1 111 ar k 0 the Duke of Leeds 0 3 1 nee the Duke of Rutlan /113 rate rh _ r e Duke of liamilm ;11.4.! andon, K.G., I.R.S. Its o r x .o 'we the Duke of Cleveland ilialuetXcuellency the Chevalier The Uest Noble the Marquis of R.T. b r : L jet Noble the Marquis of Q enert eda 4. the Most Noble iVats ofLondonderry,G.C.B. the The 14 4 ' D n.. _ St - Noble the Marquis el, Bpst x. s e Right ..Pen eer ...on Lord Alfred Thesi¢4 . 11 11 n ( , o hurch 11 alo4,•LoruJohnDouglae Volp e 7 1, 11 n Douglas Scot I . h et tCardiganiieilight Hon. the Earl rt! t hht Hon. the Earl of 3for- The 1. a.ight H o R orti n• the Earl of Oxford 44e t iehtn aler Ab er on. and Rev. the E er; es ke a ven liy. Th e ght ilon. the Earl of Digby Theht llon. the Earl Y ow l s b ~„ 14 ‘ Hon. the Earl of Ald • t Hop. Lord Robert ,rbe.vvietior M.P. br,,,„„ 4 ,ht Bon. Lord Viscount ,•.anrig, 11.IiiCht Ron. Lord Viscount I .litZ . ,to, torpseneral the Right Hon. CeteruiViscount Lorton ectun tir o L ,,. Right Hon. Lord Vis oyabermere, G.C.8., 17;4 , ene ral the Right lion. Itie " l oottnt tiardinge,G.C.B. c i ght Hon. L or d Vi scount Pie 03', M.P. 1•.;;hton Hon. Lord Viscount Th e rt 1 .11 , ght Hon. Lord Ashley, The 1) -C• e •., F.R.A.S. Lo k g "t Hon. Lord Viscount The sles t r , L ofre t g e 4 r ev. the Lord Bishop '" 1414 borough I,Z t 4Vid s .e. the Lord Bishop s t • Rev. the Lord Bishop Bi . g vh 1h ef0,7. 0 7 4 4e ‘ v. the Lord Bishop the Hon. and Right Rev. 3 iao L "rd Bishop of Sedor and 4n e . e tigh t ~,.. th.".9e .„- oh and Rev. Lord stie h. Sole j ght Hon. Lord SouthamP xhs 1, oe Lord Kenyon, th • F.„, • 111 Rin •••th v -sti. Lord Bolton Hon. Lord Aylmer, Ri gh t t, Righ t ~on• Lord Crewe rh "on• Lord Manners I• l eatt er 's e Itlght Hon. Lord Col 4ighi 11. 1 1. t ol ehi g h r t on. Lord Feversham Skelmersdale Tee N en -night Hon. Lord T he ti ght T .H. Jti ght ~on. Lord Leigh 117•1'. "on. Henry Goulburn, 4% !t ight I/ 11 ; „ on, John Charles ti ilht 11 1 " P ' Tlf e g o —on Sydney Herbert, pi, ; „ • Sydney 14. 4 'eten, - "e Eon Cecil iN -ge Ar . p . • Henry - qk ptaii ° , ll ' H eorY Thomas Liddell the Hon. Arthur Dun e li , St.f",,R.N, 441. °11 * Octavius Duncombc, 111. thin, A Bacon, Bart. •attt: Gerard, Bart. aad Saunderson Prideaux, !e 4ll Chelm e l e y D eer i ng , etop,,, Bird Knatchbull,Bart )41_, rooke, Bart. Aaael Robert Shaw Stewart, mean'itColonel Sir Wm. Alexander tateu L kl ifell, h er Sir J oh t * I , 0. , n Heron Maxwell, g th • Itierih Moncrieffe, Bart. g L t itoli n r d,_ .Gethin, Bart. -.r,,lekies+-rlngle, Bart. N l4 e, 8 4 ,2 ohu Bandon Macken -4 lie h „_ net t Sacheverell Wilmot, 1 4 11 °Oaas es Riddell, Bart. Nch ar ,., es Riddell, Bart. tittleeles‘ler..tul Jodrell, Bart ttlir e ll ebry riuhoun, Bart. bitAulatel Vavacour, Bart. tit ki exand Malley, Bart. htn ee llood, Bart., M.P. Artiu ower, Hart. 'keit% bail 11 aY Cam p bell, Bart . air Philip Broke, Bart. kith, gi b er Si r George de la Poor I.l e :eorg v ',. Ram ten et . rorster Bart. Sir Edward Ilan., K.C.8., t 'it 41111 al rnadstone, Bart. Holden, Bart. latee2,tre_rrest, laart. 14,14,3471-General Sir Henry etene rick Rouverie, K C.B. )12.44rielltipaeneral Sir Wil.lam 3 *(/ ener YY, C.B. C,O nt Sir John Rolt, ast_ Sir Edward Belcher,vee‘ret).l/e lat e Y. the Dean of Exeter etelf,,gh Sheriff of Bucking -14144 7 H igh Sheriff of Leicester -11C44 1,4 1 1 . 1 11, hi e - Sheriff of Norfolk zlaf t O:Sh Sh er iff of Surrey h'tßahireugh Sheriff of Worces thtiert4hlPful the Mayor o th t t, ll le4, s *° %eit r ipful the Mayor o ttitell °ll hligul the Mayor o ki441411.:-Pfill the Mayor of, swir l V i lie4 s r l iiPful the Mayor of: the Mayor o kti e / l . nteh t 'Ohl the Mayor of , tfOtersh, thl-nee4,-,--.Pful the Mayor o Itvg k e inder-Lyne '11, 14 4,1 0,1 11 Pful the Mayor of Ob lt6 ehl • .tou rail the Mayor o N. )4 ,1 lite rshl e Kul the Mayor of I lis te:ersht D'ul the Mayor of , 'tt eLke the Mayor of, vle v 41111 Abbiss, M.A. 4 • Alla t l , E tS ,E a q K t ren ▪ s (' Esq., F.S.A., Vice ; Esq. t 4, At stron q' E5q.1,7 1 41 egge, aihy Qi i ,gent Esq., M.P., Vice -147 t Boren., E sq. • kel T he e, Esq. ▪ s• td gap Bass, Esq., M.P. )4 , _ Bastard, Esq. I t ke'N're et °r d Battersby, Esq., $ dent b, 4,l4,te , kett.q . , .y . _ e EP q ., M.P. Tays, M.A. telve ug ' Es q• Dp and Birch, M.A. , Ite h it be eh 4 IP, Esq. • g rf 4441rta jairirce Bird, Esq. 3.1 Esq., Vice-Presl-1 1 441 1 4 ' 444 b i'7 l'4l 01 4 :1 1 .., t he arrangements missesii,a un l ler the is d m ir r ectl e n ke o y f Mr. Hobbs, as- Mr. H. Phillips, h : valli g• The crilebr'etred Francis, Of the . Coldstream Guards will el lt ek,7 44 ke t . o zte 7 t t er l°l be— provided for the Ladies. teCtilti on i te festival, e 218. ach, may be otined of the Stewards, 441 'errt, and at the Offices of the a Society. loptqateet• end Gentlemen desirous of honouring the festival with late4,et 01 5 ,, 5 4 re requested to make an early application for tickets Ze r `e Ini o ‘PPointment ; and the Stewards are particularly re lee`,lle eja e j!n• the Secretary, at their earliest convenience, the ett b eiteir they ay require. li m sh ) 4 ,,"itea` t te most respectfully and earnestly solicit the benevo -Itittil /I ; ''s l 4 the public towards the support of this institution, tag' ePpli t ' object the relief of misery and distress, at a period to tants are too frequently bereft of all other aid, when rtu t ile "'vl health and ruined fortunes, they can look forward off i sh workhouse as their last shelter, and from the de or:tati`neneeClell this charity seeks to rescue them. lele e 4 e*les I t l eedless to state that there are very many whom this to t or ort 0 relieve who have to mourn the deprivation of oflobair eh a A,ltte widou s of such persons receive the protecting bik_ e tiro,„Y• It also includes amongst its annuitants deserv %ffisittf,Zeoi,"-,7n, a feature at once sufficient to claim at the hands set a are . Public the warmest support. What a numerous class tp„._Sh i'',:e>h o i t ° be found under this head I Look at the various tZfo r zerl 1 4;re _ itteld during life—how, perhaps they have struggled 14 - 4 : 4 '441 eta nii ° how full of self-denial in order to add to the tee enst, and ° ne• Look at, the thousands who have acted as then to such like capacities, and by these means have th.leete be e „gain their livelihood until old age prevented them. 4, 7 1441, p per4act more benevolent than to aid such a class of un 7.oertvni'ttlone ' whose early days were passed in instilling rellgi abitas r _g ui_principles into the minds of the young, and in en- Ife t 7ta, 4 1 1 ' ito: i k , e i them ornaments of society li sh 4e thr q•eXceli 8 , in fact, its own advocate. Universal in its th t o cro st3 ()f ent in its regulation., it may aeal for support to 1 , 4 o 4;1 1 sect, a ev erY Persuasion and of every land, for the peen ,,,ez.:,,tstegoursenoihi, distinctions of couutry are no obstructions to ,1 1n as. -. arse a is benevolence. Distress is the chief claim ▪ ‘rt former life of respectability the only condition it are theLtZ!bee P r esent time forty annuitants on the funds : the ?eser vi ,: - '_7• Per month, the females 11. 10s.; besides these, lith e ; .t re nolv''g Persons, many of them reduced from affluence to that til u n th e U i tl .ng for help ;for for these the Committee plead, g r tte diti e on,or lams of such an institution will not be forgotten, tract "Of th Unit Y Will be seizedwithPleasure of ameliorating ceq fu nds oeurheiNeS3 and the aged, and thus answer one of the V Se,, e htrib " nateT• tne of exist ence, which is to a ff or d re lief to the dis ht 0 1. 410 ns u r 14:014 r , aarn ea F . e,d ll l3' received at the Bank of England to the h .'s 1 5 "siden, E th art, Lei t h eq., anti others at Messrs. ltobarts, Cur- Oet., e or st _ ard-street •at Messrs. Sir John William Lub era--,erd ; a4d`i and , s Mansion House-street ; at the Oice 'elty ' ibrms a pplee Office of the Society, where lists of the sub atio - tat tled I , l v , an every in formatin respecting t t ecu d the hours of Ten o and Five daily. he Of th e STEPHEN J. ALDRICH, Secretary. lie, Balinghall-street, 'eb. 6, 1850. Richard W. Blakemore,!Esq., M.P , John Blyth, Esq. Edward Bond, Esq. Thomas W. Booker, Esq. , Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq. Dominic Braggiotti, Esq. Emanuel Henry Brandt, Esq. Thomas Brassey, Esq. Edward Brewster. Esq. The Rev. Joseph Brown, M.A. Colonel Henry Bruen, M.P. The Rev. A. N. Bull Wiliam Earl Lytton Bulwer, Esq. F.R.S., V.P. John William Burion, Esq. Dr. Burnett R. Campion, Esq. George r rederick Carden, Esq. James Carter, Esq. W. G. Carter, Esq. Major-General Cau C. 8., Vice-President Elias Chadwick, Esq. E. Chalmer, Esq. ChamberlayneChamberlayne,Esq Matthew Clarke, Esq. Charles Cobbold, Esq. Benjamin Cohen, Esq. I. Connolly, Esq , M.D. Lieut.-Colonel Crabbe, K.H. William Cubitt, Esq., M.P. The Rev. T. Curteis Thomas Curtis, Esq.; Horatio T. Day, Esq. James Dearden, Esq. Chas. Dixon, E,q , Vice-Pres. John Dudlow, Esq. The Rev. J. Ellis, M.A. Henry Emery, Eli. George Essen, Esq. Haan Evans, Esq. William Evans, Esq., M P. William Ewart, Esq., M.P. I. Fairlie, Esq. Edward Fellowes, Esq., M.P. W. J. Frodsham, Esq., F.R.S. Robert Fox, Esq. Francis Fuller, Esq. R. W. Fuller, Esq. William James Gardiner, Esq. Robert Garrard, Esq. James 3lllnes Gaskell, Esq., M.P. Samuel 11. 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. Edw.Greaves,Esq.,Vice-President Gilbert Greenall, Esq., M.P. Thomas Green, Esq., M.P. Benjamin B. Greene, Esq. Henry Greenway, Esq. Henry Gregory, Esq. Chas. Win. 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. Ilall, Esq. Jas. Hans Hamilton, Esq., M.P. I. S. Harford, Esq. The Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, M.A. G. R. Harvey, Esq. The Rev. E. C. Hawtrey, D.D., Eton College .Tas. Heywood, Esq.,:M.P., F.R.S. Robert Charles Hildyard, Esq., M.P.. Q.C. John William Hobbs, Esq.". Francis nobler, Esq. William Nicholson Hodgson, Esq., M.P. Charles James Hogg, Esq. William Hogge, Esq. Albany W. Higgins, Esq., LL.B. Robert Hook, Esq. Henry Hors, Esq. James Thomas Horne, Esq., Vies . President. 0 . Brooke Hunt, Esq. William S. Inman, Esq. James Johnstone, jun., Esq. James Kevill, Esq. John Thomas King, Esq. Thomas King, Req., 'flee-Pros. Andrew Lawson, Esq. Geo. Cornwall Legh, Esq., M.P. Alfred Lilllegston, Esq. Williams Loft, Esq., - Viee-Pros. Robert Lush, Esq. W. Macdonald Macdonald, Esq. Thomas 31aekerness, Esq. The Rev. J. R. Major, D.D., King's College, George Matson, Esq. Antonio E. Mavrocordato, Esq. Joseph Maynard, Esq. William 31illiken, 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., F.R.S. Alexander Oswald, Esq., M.P. John Owens, Esq.. John S. Pakington, Esq. , Robert Palmer, Esq.. M.P. Charles S. Par s, Esq. Edward Penrityn, Esq. R. M. Phillipps, Esq. The Rev. J . W. Pieters Jeremiah Giles Filcher, Esq. The Rev. John 11. Pinekney,D.D. William l'ott, Esq. William J. I'rentice, Esq. Richard Prime, Esq., M.P. Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. Francis H. Ramadge, Esq., M.D., F.L.S. Charles Ramsden, Esq. Richard ltamsden, 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 Rushout, M.P. Francis Sadler, Esq. Mr. Alderman Salomons. Simon Samuel, Esq. Christopher Saltmarshe,Esq.,Viee- President. Philip ,Sancton, Esq. ' George Sanders, Esq., M.P. Major-General Sandwith, C.E. Constant Santa-Maria, Esq. George Sehlotel, Esq. 'Charles Simmonds, jun., Esq. W. Simpson, Esq. G. T. Smith, Esq. James Smith, Esq. John Smith, Esq. John Smith, Esq. Newman Smith, Esq. William Smith, Esq. John L. Sm) the, Esq. Captain Edward Arthur Somerset, lit .P. George Startin, Esq. J. ~, tatutton, Esq. Robert 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., Vlee-President Col. C. Kemeys Tynte, M.P. The Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D.D., Harrow School John Henry Vivian, Esq. M.P., F.R.-.. David Waddington, Esq., M.P. C. Noel Welman, 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. ➢I.P. Benjamin Edward Willoughby, lsq. Humphry Willyams, Esq., M.P. John Nilson Patten, Esq., M.P. David Williams irwe, Esq. Basil T. Woodd, Esq. It. R. Wood, Esq., Vice-President Charles John Wragge, Esq., Vice- President. Charles Winn, Esq. A RGYLE SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. Janes'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, Mosey, and Francon'. For Terms •f Private Tuition apply at the office.—Terms of Sub scription, for morning and evening practice:—Six months, i/. Is.; one month, I/. Is.; one evening, 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 oa Monday, March 4. - Z TOUT and PORTER.—JENNER, WICK v..3 ING and JENNER, are now delivering for cash, to private fa milies, their celebratei Porter at Is., and Imperial Stout, at I6d. per gallon, May be had In casks of 4%, 9,-18, aad 36 asllons —N.B. Their Ales are now in very line condition. South London Brewery, Southwark-bridge-road. THE NICOLL PALETOT, or Patent Coat ; and the original invention, the Registered Paletot (6 and 7 Vict., cap. 65). '1 he West-end Warcrooms 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 sole 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 Annuties. Policies issued by this Society have a twofold advantage :—provi sion for the family of the Assured, and an augmenting pecuniary available resource to himself, + 0 needful, while!. lying. The Assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense, or :or felturo of the Policy, two-thirds of the Premiums paid. AIM . •"t" 4t . .Kt; N; - 1 7 . •#k t - • 1.- ' A 4. V—____ • . ir rAiti - • 4./ use [PRICE 5-D-. NA VAL E- INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—AdmiraI the ROIL Sir ) Bladen Capel, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief at this Port, struck his flag last evening at sunset, on board the Victory, 104, Captain Blackwood, and went this day on leave until Thursday next. )The Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot, arrived a Spit eacl this morning from the Downs, and saluted the flag of the acting Commander-in-Chief (Rear-Admiral Superintendent H. Prescott, C. 8.) with 15 guns, which was duly acknowledged by the flag-ship. The St. Vincent, 120, in ordinary, 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 !lender son's at( am 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 13enguela 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. to the inch, and stood the test, as was expected. Mr. John Ward, R.N., is appointed chief engineer of the first class to the Blenheim, at this port, for service in the steam squadron in ordinary. The following extract of a letter gives details of a me lancholy catastrophe off the Pitt:elm-6 `. 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 ty small unin habited island; here they were in sight of the squadron, and endeavoured to make signals of distress, but without success. They were not found fir 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 of the party, was kept alive by the v.armth of the bodies of thdae heaped around him. What makes the affair doubl y shocking is that they were all the while in sight of these own ship, but unable to make known their terrible situation." 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. M'Clintock (1845), and J. E. Elliott (1845), to the Assistance. Master Robert C. Allen (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 for the Arctic expedition, under the command of Captain Austin, C. 13., 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 neyman 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), Georg* William Wilkinson (1841), Andrew R. Dunlap ;1844 and Samuel Twyford (1849). Paymasters and Pursers Joseph Mason OWN John E. Brooman (1846), and John Macdowall (1847), PLYMOUTH, FEn. 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 tine 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 accommodation fur the officers and crew, which will number 35 iu all—viz ,14 in the forecastle, and 21 in the three cabins, which •xtend forward to the alter hatchway ; the lower deck is entire and caulked throughout. The mithhips 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, coppered, and copper fastened, and will be classed A 1 at Lloyds for twelve years. She will be provided with six boats, two of which rest on skids beta sin the main and mizen-masts, and four will be hung o❑ davits over her quarter. The 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 Falkland Islands, two are building in Southampton, two to Lon dor, and two in Scotland. These vessels are intended only fur fishing; ships of greater burden will be freighted to bring the stored oil from the Falkland Islands to England. The Sir James Ross is being fitted by Messrs. Pope, brothers, of this place, and will soon be ready for sea. WEDNESDAY ,7 1850. FEBRUARY • 't FIN , , .• E w LONDON ' 17 9113. J N • CONTRACT for MOULMEIN TIMBER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Feb. 23, 1850. The Commissioners for executinz the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do herelw give notice that on TUESDAY, 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 he seen at the saidOflice. No Tender , A ill be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, 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• panied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, iu 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 la 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 snai ing, 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, H. S. SEABORN, Secretary. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful Prat-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to leave— From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— - _ HAMBURCIII, carrying her Majesty's Mails, every Tuesday and Friday Evening. ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails— Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten Morning. The Ocean, Satm•day ; the Rhine, Wednesday next. ANTWERP and the RHINE—The Soho (newly decorated), every Thursday, at Nine Morning. Saloon, it. 10s. ; Fore Ca bin, Id. OSTEND—In Ten Hours, every Wednesday and Saturday Morn ing. Chief Cabin, 11. 4a. ; Fore, 18s. HAVRE—Every Sunday, at Eight, Morning. EDINBURGH—At Ten, Evening. Chief Cabin, 2/. ; Fore, IL 2s. 6d. 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Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two Stamps, _ _ _ QLF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate the physical and 'rental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural teelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, whether arising from these causes, close study, er the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting flew Indis cretion. With Forty colonred Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and ,Diseases of the Reproductive Orgatts, explaining their structures, uses, and 'Unctions, 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 of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of A potheearies' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hespital Medical Society, ecc. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens that the unhappy victim 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. Shame and the dread so frequently, but erro neously entertained that these complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking for assistance where alone it can be procured. Dr. LA'MERT has taken the highest medical honours, as his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is a guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. . . _ _ _ _ Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne street, Haymarket; Diann, 39, Cornhill ; Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London ; or, free by post for torty-twe stamps, from the Author's Residence, 37. Redrord-sonare London. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engraving. on Steel. IN PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE LWCAPA. CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. gew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 641., or by post, direct from the Establishment, 3 s. 6 d. in postage stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex cessive indulgence, infection, and the inord!nate use of mercury, with remarks on Marriage, and the moans of obviating certain cl:,- ,malifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By B. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox cord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie,23, Titehberne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative neapacity. 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Perry's Purifying Specific Jr. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is. per box. a certain remedy for gonorrhea, Coot, stricture, and chronic inflamm A len of the bladder. ,onsultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is iequir ed : age, habits, and position in society. si Packets, wios advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by which the fee, 11., I. saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are In atten dance daily at 19, Bemers-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele ven till Two. and Five to Eight ; on Sundays from Eleven to One. RAIL WAY SHARE iVIAktISETS. BRISTOL, FEB. 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day presents no provement, and sales were with difficulty effected. Great Westerns closed at 58 LA.—Ditto, Quarters, 14% —Bristol and Exeter, Thirds, 9% dis. LIVERPOOL, Fan. 26. _ _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—We ha've 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, 1051 3 —Ditto, New Quarters„ 1 / 4 p.—Midland, 41—Ditto, Halves, 2558 dis.—South-East em and Dover (No. 4), 61. 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 theme, and West Yorkshire, Preference (B), 20—East Lan cashire, 94 c. --Great Northern, 14 dis.—lluddersfield and Manchester, 21%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 494—Ditto, Fifths, 8 dis.—Ditto, Halves (Liverpool and Bury), 254 dis. —Ditto (West Riding Union), VA dis.—London and North- Western, New Quarters, 5-16 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. STocir EXCITANGE.—The share market was quiet to-day. The only transactions were—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 61. Is. 3d. dm—South Staffordshire, , - YORK, FEB. 25. Szooic EXOHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Great North of England, 227 Sheffield, Rother ham, and Goole (N. Div. ), guaranteed 6 per cent.. 17% York, Nov/castle, and Berwick, 14% York and North Midland, 17%. MAILS FOR MADEIRA, &c. Notice 'was issued yesterday at the General-Post-office that her Majesty's ship Sphinx will not sail from Devonport until after the arrival of the London mail on the morning of the Ist of 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 made public. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. IPSWICH, FEB. 26. The market was thinly supplied with both wheat and barley, a nd this is generally the case with weather so well suited for field operations in the seeding of spring corn. There was less at :tivity manifested, and both wheat and barley were the turn in favour of the buyer. Beans and peas nominal. PER QUARTER.: PER QUARTER. Wheat, red Ditto, white. 43s to 46. Oats o'.'s to o's Farley, malting ... 24s to 26s Rye I )itto, grinding ... 2ls to 22,, Malt ...... I leans .. AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 23, 1850. Wheat 614 quarters at :9s. 3d. Barley „ Oats • 31 l9s. 6d. Beans... Peas HULL, FEB 26. Messrs. Taylor and Bright's Circular states :—The inter eourse 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 gether 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 weuld 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 leper qr., but the trade cannot be written more th an fi rm 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 market per steamers, but the quality is inferior ; best s ee d worth 30/. Rape cakes fully as dear, and rather more busitteasisssing than of late. We make no alteration in the vatne - of bones, of which arrivals are moderate. The following are the present prices of grain : a. A. Wheat, English, red 37 'to 39 Do. white Dantzic and Ko- nigsberg 44 46 Pomeranian and 8. 8. Peas, white and yel. 25 28 Do. grey 22 26 Linseed, Black Sea 45 46 Do. Petersburgh .. 88 45 Do. INA&Archngf. 38 42 Hamburgh .—36 40 Do. Konigsberg 36 —39 Danish, Holstein, & Per ton. Friesland ......... 32 36 Linseed cakes, Hull ...6112s 6d Ivussian and Odessa 32 —36 Do. fine foreign .... 61 5s Oats, English Do. Danish lO 12 Rapeseed OOl to 30/ Do. Friesland l2 14 Rape cakes...B2s 6d to 87s 6d Do. Russ. & Odessa 12 —l4 Tares, English .353 OOs Barley, malting 2l 23 Do. foreign ............ 20s 358 Do. grinding lB 20 Guano ..... 6/ to 91 lOs Beans 24 —26 Bones, do OOs Od to 90s Od Do. foreign ...... 25 —27 Rye meal 6/0s LIVERPOOL, FEB. 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 tone 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, FEE. 25.—Flour—First 12s Od to 13s; extra 14s 6sl; seconds, lOs 6d to 12s ; households 9s to lOs 6d; thirds, 7s to 9s per cwt. Oatmeal 10s to 00s Od; Indian meal 7s to 7s 3d ; wheat meal, 103 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 O0s; dealers 27s to 40s Od; average OOs per ton. Straw—Farmers 17s Od to 25s Od ; average 23s ; dealers L2Bs Od to 30s Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6id ; household loaf 5d to s&d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb Eggs-4s 6d to 45 Bcl per hundred. Coals— Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 153 ; Best Neath Culm I4s per ton. Tallow 4054 Od to Oos 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 per ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 0/; French 7155; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 125 per stone. Hemp 32/ to 00/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 17: ; red ditto 20s to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 111 per ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, 18s ; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s; salted 15s to 21s per cwt ;" calf skins 2id to 2d per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9d; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano— Peruvian, 111 10s; Icbaboe, 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel, 19a per barrel. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEIV'S BENCH, Feb. 26. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE and Special Juries.) LEFEVRE V. CHAPPEL. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Mr. Lush conducted the case f or th e 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 Battle, of Regent-street, and the action was brought on a breach of contract. Aegording to the plaintiff's-case, he wished to purchase all the unlet boxes and stalls for the first performance cf Le Prophete 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 tbat he was the director and manager of tho theatre. As Merchant said ho 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. 2001. 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 p a id t h e d e f en d an t 291 2 , as the balance, an d 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 had purchased. The defendant was spoken to, and he said be would give compensation. The theatre was not visited by the Queen that evening. The plaintiff lost about 3601. by the transaction. Merchant was a watchmaker in Hol born. The Saturday was a subscription night, which was known to all the parties. The case was adjourned before the plaintiff's ea% closed. PREROGATIVE COURT.—(Feb. 26.) (Before Sir H. JENNER FusT.) LEWIS HENRY SHADWELL, ESQ., DECEASED. In this case the deceased, who was the son of the Vice Chancellor of England, di e d i n D ecem b er last, having made his will, bearing date the 3rd of July, 1848. It appeared the will was contained on two sides 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 circumstances attending th e s i gning were, that the de ceased, onthe 3rd of J u l y, 1848, called the w i tnesses into the pri▪ vate 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 u p on the top of the third side of the alleged will. Th e paper, however, was so f o ld e d , that the wi▪ tnesses, while signing, could not see what was written on the other pages. On the application for pro bate, the Learned J u d ge said he was sorry to say t h e in terpretation to be put upon the Act of Parliament was such that upon an ex porte application he must dismiss the motion, and l eave the parties to propound the papers. THODIAS TEES, E SQ ., DECEASED. The deceased, late of Stanmore Hall, in the county of Middlesex, died i n th e month o f S eptem b er, 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 wid ow upon marrying, s h ou ld on l y h av e an annuity of 5001. for life. The widow had sip ce 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 b een granted to M rs . T ees , as one o f the re siduary l egatees, had absolute l y cease d upon h er second marriage, and whether the grant should or n o t b e revoked. On th e f ace o f the grant of admi n i strat i on itself no limitation appeared. At the time the grant was originally made, there was a legacy dot of 4001. apparently payable on the estate, which had been valued at 30,000/., 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 e xpresse d themsel ves w illi ng to agree to such r e t urn , but as it then appeared the estate etiginally amounted to 35,0001. instead of 30,0001. they contended the patties ought to pay an additional duty of 50/. before the 4001. could be refunded, saying that such sum of 501. would likewise be returned to the parties. Dr. ADDAMS applied to have the administration con tinued 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 &so 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. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, F e b. 26. (Before Mr. Commissioner Law.) IN RE THOMAS RICHARDS.—IMPORTANT RULE IN COUNTY COURTS. This insolvent, a tin-plate worker in'Goswell-street road, was opposed by three creditors, and supported by Mr. Sturgeon. One of the opposing creditors had dis counted a bill of 291. for the insolvent, and afterwards employed him to do some work for him, which amounted to 325: The creditor intended to set the money off sgainet his deism The insolveut, inviever, Stied him in the Clerkenwell County Court, where the creditor I (Mr. Blagdon, a cornchandler in Goswell-street) pleaded a set-off, and the judge refused to entertain the set-off, because it exceeded 201. Mr. Commissioner Law expressed himself in strong terms, thatj a man could not be allowed a set-off to the extent of his debt, though it in the whole exceeded 20/. Such a practice, in his opinion, was absurd and unjust. Mr. STURGE:N said that county courts would not di vide a debt. It a set-off exceeded 201. it could not be received. His lioNoun thought that such a cl,t , rmination should be mule known. It would be 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 7L 7s. The other creditors complained of the insolvent's conduct to them. Mr. Commissioner Law thought it was a case for the discretionary clause, and remanded the insolvent for six months. and telling her she must take away her daughter in consequence of the very groat conduct of her son, she replica 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 victorine which she had worn in the house, and was going out on a message with it on bar stioulders without any intention of stealing it. The einssequence war, her committal fur trial and punishment. . Mr. Lewis hoped the Alderman would not listen to an cx parte statement of this kind.. Alderman FAREBROTHER said that he bad not the pleasure of knowing the defendant, but he appeared to bt a your g gentleman who bad !yen carrying on this game fir 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 FAREBROTHER asked it the defendant was preient? Mr. Lewis said be must only repeat his application to 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 FAREBROTHER directed that Mr. Solomon should be called on his recognizance, or he would give time fur 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 zances, and no answer having been received, ordered them to be estreated, the amount being—the defendant 200 L, and his two sareties in 1001. each. Mr. Lewis said it was through an inadvertent error of supposing the day was Wednesday instead of Tuesday, fur 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 bad now to ask that which was usually granted in courts of law, that the recognizances should not be estreated until the defendant had shown a reasonable cause for his non-appearance that day. Alderman FIREBROTHER declined doing so, but said if all the parties were in attendance to-morrow, he 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 five 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, throwing 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 happene d that Mr. Carrick, the coroner for this divi sion of the county, was on the platform when the mutilated body of the poor man was carried into a temporary building, and from his 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. 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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 Strathfieldsaye. A great many members of the nobility and gentry made complimentary calls on Lord cough 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 hall on the occasion of its presen tation. REPEAL OF THE WElxNeDteor7Feb. 2 -TAX 1:1850. To the Honourabl© the COMMOBS of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament 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 Providence, inasmuch, as millions of her Majesty's sub jects have been deprived of light and air, necessary for their health, comfort, and convenience; in consequence of house building s h av ing only about h alf the required number of windows and openings they ought to have, but, would have all which are required were this tax abolished. " That to continue this tax for ' revenue,"'—upon light and air,---appears w us totally indefensible upon •that as Government has now a surplus revenue of two millions at their dis p osal, t h ey will forthwith apply the same to the repeal of this most therefore, just Hope grounds a n o d f ehumanity t, obnoxious sax. And your petitioners will humbly pray, Etc. COURT OF ALDERMEN.—Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of business. The Lord Mayor in formed the Court that the Lord Bishop of Ely and the Rev. Charles Marshall, the chaplain to the Lord Mayor, had been appointed to preach the Spital sermons at Easter. The Court proceeded to confirm the Rey. Charles Marshall as minister cf St. James, Duke's place, on the nomination of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Al`Caul, resigned. 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 Hon. 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, Rose, and Shamrock" Waltz, " Die Munteren" Potpourri, "Die Deutsche Sanger Halle" Kubner. 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 s picture of the Royal Family. The American Minister had an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere yesterday 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 i‘r Thomas t h e i Exhibition ng, 1 8 5 1 , Mr. r con r . F si s t in F. Gibson, g o f E a nd r r Granville, a . Jones Loyd, met at the Board of Trade yesterday. A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. W. Lea, Mayor oflVo Ea rc v es n te s r , ; Mr. John Hill, town clerk ; Mr. Ed wardr Vice-President ce; an dA ir. o thef j. vv l . Vo i r a c sa es e te , Worcester ham ber of Com me rce; 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 lion. '.r. Milner Gibson and Mr. Hay wood bad an interview with Sir George Grey yester day, at the Home-office. Mr. Pritt and Mr. Lewis had an interview yester day with the Commissioners of Railways, r es p ec ti ng the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bill. Mr. A. Hastie, M.P. for Glasgow, h a d an i nterview yesterday with the Right Hon. H. Labouebere. FIRE IN CAMOMILE...STREET:LiIa night, a few minutes after eight o'clock, a tire, attended with the de struction of some thousand pounds' worth of property, broke out in Camomile -street, Bishopsgate-street. The premises in which the disaster occurred were formerly used as a dissenting chapel, but at the present time were in the occupancy of Messrs. llearon, Til 4 Cullock, and Squire, the wholesale and export druggists, of 95, Bishopsgate-street, and were used as their store ware house:. The contents of the premises were not, as is geLerally the case in similar trades, explosive ; if they had been, ow i ng to the extreme narrowness of theost thoroughf are , t h e consequences might have b disastrous to human lit e . B y half-past ten o'clock firemen happily succee d e d i n gett i ng the P is em• e wsli e enm the a„drY over their the conflagratio n , b u t not unt il t h e - r valuable contents w ere near l y destroyed Mr. MaCullock, one of the propri e t ors , i n f orme d t h e reporter that th e sl e tuntheo.uNanod pounds, and although the prem t were insured, th ey the would be losers to some extent be by property destroyed wou ld reac i li seths t e o m s i o sf m or e gleaned None of the respecti ng workmen, it in the place fur some h ours b efore was stated, had been the pro b leastible causeinfo rm o a f ti information the could fire. the outbreak happened. I. BENEFITS Secured on attaining the age of 65, by an Annual Premium of 21. 12a. Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. London : Office, No. Hi, Wellington-street North (where all corn• munications to the Editor must be addressed) ; and sold by all Book. sealers and Newsmen. THE PRIZE TALE. On the Ist of March will be published, price 3s. 6d., the Tale which obtained THE 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 SYMONDS. "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 Co., 22, Warwick-lane, and 26, Smithfield ASSIZE IN TELLIixENCE. NORTHERN ClRCU.l7l—Carlisle, Feb. 25. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Joseph Hoyg and John Aichol 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 Kirtlellall. 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 had received 71. in money on the stb, three Scotch notes, two sovereigns, and 2/. in silver; of this he gave her son two Scotch notes, and paid away 11. 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. Jehn 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 bad 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 fur 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 had been found. Those footmarks were compared with some shoes the policeman after wards had. On Thursday, the Bth. ho 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 &- 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 Mr. JAMES—The same morning that he committed suicide he was told that he 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 made was in answer to questions. He was told he was not bound to answer anything that would criminate himself. 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. Itiwas 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, whilbt he was in bed, and asked him to go out shooting with them to Doe Crai,;;; it was a misty morning, and Davidson would not be out watching. lie got up and went with them. On their way the prisoner Hogg said to him, "If we light on Davidson we will just put an end to him; tnou 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 down to Wire's Fold, he looked back and said, " Ah, here is Jim coming." Ni chol said, " Curse him, he is." They then al! ran, till Nichol cried, " stop, I will shoot him." Deponeut said he would not stop, 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 hands, 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 Lai thief at best." Hogg then gripped him by the neck c l o th an d ca l led 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 money 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 depo s itions ( f 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 tke 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 flask s and shot in his bag. They all three after' breakfast went out of the house over the field. Her husband returnel that evening about seven o'clock alone. It was 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 (ADMINISTRATRIK) V. MILTON. This was an action, brought under Lord Campbell'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 ho 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 verdict 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 persons anxious to hear the pro ceedings. Mr. Nicholls, from the office of Mr. Lonadale, solicitor, appeared, by the instructions of Messrs. Crockfords, of St. James's-street, on behalf of the four brothers of the girl, to have the case thoroughly 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 bad left town under the impres sion that he would not have to appear until the 27th. Alderman FAREBROTHER—How long has he 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 mantle, unless farther evidence was adduced; and if such was Aldermannot the case, F A a E t ß h R a t o T h H e E s should be th a d t i s t c he ha rAgl edrman de sit. ting on the last occasion gave a very wise decision, studthat if he (Alderman Farebrother) lived for forty years to come, until the girl was produced he would remand from week to wtek until she did appear. He should wait until twelve o'clock for the appearance of the de fendant. At this moment a female named Alice Cook, of No. 5, Devonshire-street, Dog-row, Whitecharel, here pre sented herself and applied for the Alderman's interfer ence for some NI ages due to her da ug ht er , w h o 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 to her, which Mr. Solomon refused to pay. She proceeded to allege that the charge against her daoghter was made in the same s pi r it as th e on e made against the girl Harnsworth ; that Mr. Solomons bad taken great liberties with her daughter, and upon applicant corn plaittiug, es e 'paler ought to, do, to Airs. kiolomo,