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ANTED, a Sifmatiiin as lITANAGER, or R I , 2 \ TASTER'S' GEXPRAL ASASTANT in aCW ton :Mill, by W ot;ti.knn EDLEr:Tox Krniu , ...-,.. PICK, a steady married man, • . ears obi wim bath a small fami!v, and Bath bean with Garnett and frorsfall since tifeen ) ears obi, and understands the 11:+nage- M ent of a Cotton M'atiu factory, as muc h as i s nece ss.iry, with the ex- Ception of Trading and Counting-house Concerns. Lew Mcor, near Chiller°, Lancashire. Dec. 9, 1557. ro SOLIG'ITORS, ATTORNIES, and OTHERS —lf any Solicitor or Attorney should have , maOßTared or should h ave i n his possession, the will of Mr. EllVirAld) E, lat e of No. 10, King-square, St. Luke's, Middlesex, Gentle fan' dece ased, or any othei papers, and svould coonnimicate such f ct to , Messrs. !line and Robinson, Of Charterhouse-square; the , s arr illY of the deceased will he muc h o b l i ge d , an d rea d y lib era ll y to onlllensate the party for the trouble MI D L AN D rj l i e AILWAY. Directors of the Mill are prepared to vc Tenders of LOANS, on security or Debentures (to replace hair bomve,ec i ,—ng due), for three or five years, the interest payable ,AP pllealloa t o be 'Dade to the Secretary at the Company's Ofll2e, Derby, By ord er , Derb3', December 4, ISSO. J. F. BELL, Secretary. S YEIt ' S RELIS no w This lor. g - promised and anticipated dainty for every ta!)le is th e ki r e n a?,Y, and may be had of the principal sauce-vendors through %Nl gu°m * Mlle agents, Crosse and Blackwell, 21, Soho-square, London. jut)" beI,VELL, Cr l AME SEASON.—CRO Sc' I" and (,LACK Continue,' reTectfully Purveyors in Ordinary. by appointment to her "Ma to Inform tne nobility and centry that they he fund heir will b ise. , • uoerior for every description of game ; also their improN ,d f or C . , of real Gorgona Anchovies, Dinmore's Essence of Shrimps,.. e btaln e fo r z"uenuleciand fried fish, Royal Table Sauce, Sir Robert Pc . ecs Sauce , Th e wi v : l 3l Purposes, Anchovy l'aste, Strasburg . Pot tea , Meats, , F,c. e allh above, tozethgr with their superior pic,cles..may be ►story, 21 soho-square, •larlof the principal sauce-vendors throughout the kingdom. ----------___ ' " uare, London. Established 1706. tr io TO L ATE RESIDENT: Iv INDIA. I' IT E MADRAS CURRIE, and AIULLIGA.- anteo TA WNEY PASTE and CQUTNIES.— 'Messrs . BARRIE knit' V eDerY, Madras, to enable their old Correspondents re kaveng front India to continue the use of the celebrated Condiments, Daeg e( TV , arrangements to forward regular supplies of the above, ay 'n glass jars for family use, at Is. 9d. and upwards, wh . ich k o. hid of Crosse and Blackwell, Purveyors to hyr Majesty, 21, DrinosqUare; Fortnum Mason, and Co., Piccadilly ; and of is la b, Al Sauce Vend ,r ' s throu-hont the kingdom. Each bottle is "ed, and BARRIE and CO ' ., Madras. stamped on the lass. pOULTRy and GAME —J. CLAYWORTH, Lea denhall-market, begs to submit his list of prices to the an d gentry:—Chickens, as. Gd per couple; fowls, 45.; mo.; os. 6d. ; t ur k eys, 4 s. eac h t o s s . 6d. ; geese, 4s. Gd. 215 s, 4s. Gd. p er couple; p h easan t s , s s . Gd. a b ra ce ; birds, 1 10 . Woodcocks, ss. do. ; ls. Gd. do. ; black game. beon, ,uo• • ; grouse, 3s. Gd. do. ; wild ducks, 3s. Od. do. ; do.; teal, Is. do.; hares, 2s. Gd. each; rabbits, Is. IS. Per dozan. All orders by post sent free of carriage. West of th e Cit y, an d every ar ti c l e warran t e d o f the b es t Y. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE vt w . c „ , ASSURANCE COMPANY, The poEICTRI-STREET, LE ECE.STER-SQFARE, LONDON. n.. .. 11 of t h i sTri ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Propne cei n 'l „ Cmi llianY to place on the 25111 instant, at the Head —Part at i - One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the buri n w bieh is too lengthy for publication :- 111 rbueit Lthe past year no claim , have arisen from deaths in EnglaFz.l, together`,';'o In Ireland—one for 5001. and tile other for 2001.—making reor t i 000 /., which have been paid. This is far below the expected Yi and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how net Ythe 11 fe offices generally suffered from the epidemic, of last The ihe 31 Itinnlber of lives assure d b e t w een the Ist of June, 1249, and the ta:, l of ‘laY, 1850, was more than double the number issued in er pro„rve Months preceding. th4 e lap were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6 6d.: Rite en contrrising. 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. Vetta riceivrolicies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3 • .. 8 1nee th e d bY the Company in the shape or premiums rsUran 0111 Mencernent of the Company to the Ist of Tune last; vtlei ng ;`s were effected to the extent of 110,9721. Its 6d., pro :Mot:HAIL ._annnal premiums 3,732/. 1 ls. 6d. of these 54 lapsed, :41/. t„ to 23,930/. 16s. 6d. of which the annual premiums were 14 91/;7 s ', e ayinZ the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to be t iyB37at meetingm loans were applied for to the extent of 17,700/,, Dit: I only was advanced. ._ , , pE r to : e c l t i i t :r i s ia ‘ v ve in r g e also highly gratified to report that within , the the c o _7, months they had considerably extended their busine,s , on appointed, as Head t.gent in France, Monsieur tie iptr,..,g , a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for rho u „l'ltY and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,. th e ca..Ter the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, de Larii-umal Archbish , p a Lyons, and Monseigneur Par,sis, Eveque a lder a br e s , has already within the last three months effected a con , alttle s amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An . Aft er °VII Immediate and Deferred. 'hank. arions resolutions approving of the Report, and returning Ch et , - to the Right Rev ' e ' rend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice nienCsall, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish and future Meeting s separated, highly gratified at its present results Prospect. n°rAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. *lll be Lecttlre by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which On Tties e a l 2"iled Annie . n's Patent Electric Light, daily at Two, and "r, , a nd Thursday Evenings at Nine. —Lecture byJ. nr ' " on the First or Simpl e Principles of Agricultural Chemistry ? ~.edn e; Jd ' ept Sat urday), at a Quarter past Three, an d on M on d a y, of usic a .,„ 3, and Friday Evenings at Nine.—Lecture on the Ballad nt i Llnlay)t n gLancl, by Mr. George Barter, every Evening (except westr';'`Light o'clock, illustrated by 3loore's 3lelodies.—Model Anir s e atent Nova-Motive Railway, at work dally.—Dissolving at 1 1Y at One o'clock at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings att er to Ten. —Diver and hiving-hell. &c., &C. Open Admission, !ft.—Schools, Half-price. ` 5 Pt si,,,,'"Lny f rom Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex from Seven till Half-past Ten G! 1 ) SALON DE D ANSE, RO Y AL ADELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND. e OPEN FOR THE Ss ASON. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Groat Orr Russell-street, Covent-garden anxious to have the best Band in London, has re- Past ~, ,ae : a le able talent of the leading Artists engaged during the " rf ortr, —n at Cretnorne Gardens, including the most eminent •1M e er ' fro kiln,. m her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, ' Bll :ponic Concerts. BORINI'S BAND. et/r °Pristj„ ° C AL AND IN sT it UMENTAL CONCERT. S elections from the most celebrated Composers, and ° rena l . Solos by first-rate Artists. e, Ceral e 80, Le Pre aux Clercs," • • .. II •rold. o_ 18 .51" G ' ,f• l ir. J. W. -harp, "The Exhibition for ' l _ lll :stappearatice) • . Hardwick. App,a7ne, l lodgson, " The Swiss Girl" (her first " - - - - - Linley. I '• ° ' ( J r°In t )011) e), Mr. Webster (Monday, T ues d ay, Sol"o in"( 1"). ( Flute), Mr. captor (Thursday, Friday, sa turday). Comic Dnett, Miss G. Bodgson and Mr. T. W. Sharp, "The Kentish Gipsies" e "lie Song, Mr. J. W. Sharp, Poet". Selection from Donizetti's Opera of " L'Eli: ir d'Amore". REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE. THIS EVENING, Dec. D. I. Polka •• Fu Carnaval 2. Quadrill e .. Irish Donnybrook • O ' B ri e n 3. Waite .. Souvenir du Ithin - • • .. J. Strauss 4. Polka • • Charl(Hen • • z 5. Quadrill e .. Le Roi cpYvetot • . • • • . Al • • • . L a hitisioky 6. Schottische Hungarian • • • • .. 0' Albert 7. Polka ... Eclipse .• • • • • ..Korth 8 . Quadrill e .. All Nations .. • • .. I;orini , 9 . Waltz '. Fleur de Marie Bosisio 10. Polka •• Alice '• •• • .. J. Strauss Quadrille I e Bonhomme Tolbecque ` 4 . Gal °P •• Queen's Galop• .• D'Albert o the votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence or Band, attar thesuperfluous. experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at V 1 or lle, Would be 2 . 11 and Concerted Pieces will be performed during the evening. v arlo ri ni Latest Compositions—The Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to sZ o l3 LPular Irish Melodies, Galop d'lndustrie, New Quadrille of The G • rand —' Salon iterations ßef and im reshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone 14 able apro vements. D in at Halt-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling. • • • • • Labcrn. " Billy Nutts, the I '° ALFRED TENNYSON, ESQ. Call a, TIIE NEW POET LAUREATE. e not rode, my literary brother : W: t ,? e , k tr surely, may aidre's an ther. And C °l " may claim the self-same II ease—mayn't we? y owl a are en an equal footing—aint we? And e_i n, I de the Laureate so the papers tell us— Itpi a r g e o ll s Y l Alf,said I can't help feeling jealous. Since uch, in fact, on and I fretted For , 1 , 11.8 t Yeur said promoti was have et gazted. Attn, l ,,,',aPpointment I to been long a crater, - mita k• •no. goes by favour.' An t yon . now that . And h ,, r e " appointed,' I am • disappointed," Yet MY nasal organ quite unjointed. Or nev er wh mind—no matter who opposes, s upports—l'm still the bard of 310aES; An,j I'm the trading Laureate of the day, wh,:pardon me, that's more than you can say. you are hasy with your birth-day odes, at ili " of dress and ROSES' matchless modes. In R124 ' 71 11 praise the cloth of M. and SON, I le e , of Your " Gre en Bays"—excuse the pun. p er in honoured when I strike the . lyre Iv or .4, ° • - +ES' Mart, and its superb attire ; Per u] , c nici I cease to be the bard of MOSES b ut 4 3our task of penning palace posies. lOsi,• ° , t uh l I get the sack, as some scribes do, a A t , , I hope, will give the berth to you. EfDhleTil-N imp, EVERYBODY'S BOOK," containing .11 0 4)11, orb., ate important Trial, may be had gratis on ap %Very e c--Tii' n 'Ter, post free. • °°velt the j, of cthuer s a e n a d se S n h . awl Department are now replete with Istr; t 44l re, ' l '3' article purchased, either ready-made or made to e no t approved of, will be exchanged or the money Ai ntio 14 oat iiitt ow ., • oses and Son regret having to , guard the public k oen er bein •"°n; but having heard that the untradesmanlikefal h s a e - s treBol,4 connected with them, or it is the same concern, T ° le ti t° in Many iconnexion nstances, and for obvious rea. onto ley have no with any other house 11 . 1 or hey out t4,;.nicin;-„7 1 , cent their own Establishments, as 1 . 7, and Es tablishment, 154, 155: 156, ideating ' . I°sl7l°,w4i—norics 83, 14 4 41 ort w 6. 4 ldgate, opposite the Church, all commi d i .street, 1, 2, ; rs-_..est-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, tTr,..,-.earet street an communicating. T u eeld .orkshlre" branch, is, Bridge - street. mate ors, ck a nch, 36, Fargate. and6 ) „" li ers, Hatters, Ilosiers, Furriers, Boot and 5h0e .4184-strit,n Vera' Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlem en. "' t hen - I'm - lents are cloged from sunset Friday to sunset Sa ullsiness is resumed till Twelve o'clock. Np tli elr sop, THYSELF.— Professor BLENKIN tIaie, 4 rid.,, Metho o describing the Chaacter of persons from ri Prof ess ' si,elloiting_rievd er f fails, being founded on philosophical prin 11g d 00 ' enclom sen et' the ordinary Writing, stating Age, sex, and tatireicriati, the 3 uncut Postage Stamps, .w . ill ensure an uner t. g cut 7" 1 Mental and moral qualitie of the writer, tilftie'lleenon."'s and defects hitherto unsuspected, with their probe.. 44 11 Y. e n the future life ; and advice in all cases of distress and 4 rid o ' h re ss, Dr 'i „, enkinsop, 10, Lancaster-place, Waterloo -bridge, LA • spatp b ,T T ; b 9- 19. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH, 48 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON Du blish ad • „ k ur ,..'"OPe, and, may be had in French or English, in a Sealed 7 0 3 . or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two ._ ,14 p egs traedi ont ' P RESERVATION; a Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and en thiNl,, p,tinlrreities and Disorders of Youth and Maairity, kersQ 4l . r e:, ,l at an early period of life, which debilitate I kal t , - 4 1 , a n , ' 4I Q g + ente.l powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural In u ., att . ,: exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical 4.0 1; e t 5 ,4"1 °n t he Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, ttetltO - I,,, ii ng from these Causes close study, el: the influence of 4re, ," 4 „ atcs: Local and . COnstitutional Weakness, Syphilis, k„„t With DlSelreS and Derangements resulting from InAis lkai„e,inY, t., Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the :lijuprinz ~,"3v-olegY. and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, ea tju.'"eir straelures, uses, ' and functions, and the various ' arc Produced in ' themby solitary habits, excesses, and 117„ b B Y SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., LONDON. flith Alate'culated Member ef the University of Yldin i 416' 1m - n e d a n tia ,, te of ApOthecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member ‘att WOrk " Medical Society, &c. lat h , 1 :113, it ,, A e ontains an accurate and complete account of the PhYSIOIOU of unhappy,Pd Organs. , it nil , - vi :,:aPPens that the victim of excess-ve „,",'°u-s habits, while suffering from their invariable con ' roll entertahis a fear of applying, to a qualified physi ikrt, et,t e ,„, ef . - Shame and the dread so frequently, but ern)... altai`tae enter that these complaints are beyond the reaof %t o rt e au , s '2•ct hint and prevent his seeking "or assistance where kte tl i tlho n ," Procured. Dr. LA'MEIZT has taken the highest his diplomas testify, and the great extent of his - Years is a guarantee for his professional expert reference 45. 1 , 1, 1184, almost solely to the treatment of these b, ox t he Author, and may be had' of Gilbert, .`rolv; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Tichborne 44417,Lonsikeortlt, Mann, coronid; 'Gordon, l46,•[Jesslea ; or, free by post for forty-two stamps, 17, ued;grd.equire Loudon. - mtit eiL bnaa batarrl iiiiq ,bort:7;-. '1 N ° .18,162. ------- ' - 97 47 . ,/' -.... J -.-: . . ", ; (.. .----. 17. ."..___ • :,, . ' .., . / _ • ,•,... , 44 , 47f-.,,, . ..:,:, • , t 4 , ..4., .. /✓. , • .- ~. ..%\'‘ ( ! 4 , FK • • 14i c i , 12 -- ; ~, ~ . , :-.' - Ulo -- - r.. - -.- , t *Ai - .---, 0-; '-') '.- t ' . : l- ,,. t7 , ;• ' ''''''‘‘, ~, . , ‘', .- "9 sloe reached 111, '''.;;,.. 7 . *•,,, / 4 1 :; r , I proecer..e, up Ch . 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[PRICE e SD. to hlrbc.nr in the afternoon; the steama tunnel, it is supposed for London. 7.—The Advice steam-vessel will fur Cot k on Tuesday next, in charge of i!er Cum:landing the Lightning, the Ad we as a tender to the Ajax steam guard- The Tiger steam-sloop is ordered from Chatham to Portsmouth, where she will remain as an advanced war steamer ready for commis ion when required. The Penguin, 6, gun-brig, Ist , . Falmouth packet, commissioned by Lieutenant Tw)ford, is intended for service on the coast of Africa, and sailing-vessels will continue to be sent to that station as formerly stated, until a sufficient number of steam-vessels can be made ready of the requisite draught of water and oasr capa bilities for the service, when steamers only will be sent. PLPHOU TH AS A PACKET STATION. We are happy in b. able to state t h at P lymouth having te e n se l ecte d b y the Screw Company- as the port of arrival and departure of the Cape mail steamers, the first stecm ship, the Bosphorus, Captain J. V. Hall, will be dispatched on ;Sunda), the 15th inst. She will be f ?lowed by a weau3er every succeeding month for th e Cape, calling at Ala , :cirr. and Sierra Leone. Probably other ii , tereardiste ports will be touched at for mails. This is but a commencement. There can be little doubt that vita energy and co-operation among the in habitants—by the exhibition of public spirit, and a de sire to facilitate the arrangements and thither the views of those who may have the opportunity of pro moting the commercial importance of the nrigbourhood —the capabilities of the port will be more and more de veloped and its natural and other advantages more and more apprecia:ed. Not only therefore for what it is in Lut for what it will in all probability lead to, we hril the selection of this port as the rendezvous of the Cape mails as an importent era. We understand that with reipect to the company who have obtained the contract, there is a probability of their increasing the tonnage and steam power of the vessels to enable them to proceed direct to the East Indies, and that re- Kular communication with Australia—a subject that has been strongly urged by influential persons —may b. reasonably expected shortly to follow.—Devimport In dependent. • AtONTILI, F MILITARY OBITUARF. Generals—Sir P. Hall. 15tn F., Paris; Ham mond, Lieut.-Gov. Edinburgh Castle, London. Lieutenant.Generals—Middlemore, C. 8., Col. 48th F., Tonbridge-wells; Mawby, London. Colonels—Keate, late of Scotch Fus. Gds., London; Morrison, Capt., b,-p., 23d bra.; Delap, 2d Surrey Mil. Lieutenant-Colonel—Walker, Royat Artilleiy, Leith Fort, N.B. Captains—Bsyley. Ceylon Regt., Ceylon; Sutherland, ret. f.-p., sth Vet. Bat.; Adair, Unatt.; Beretze, b.-p., Ist Vet. Bar., Malines, Belgium. Lieutenants—Hare, 14th F., :astlebar; Snowe, 55th F., Dungarvon; Moiler, 98th F., Peahawur, Punjaub ; Searancke, h..p., 4th Dr. Gds.; Moore, h.p., 7th F.; D. M•Donald, h.-p., 40th F., Canada; French, h.-p., 67th Stirling; Humberstone, h..p., Can. Mil. Cornet and Ensigns Wilson, h.p., Hompesch's Mounted Riflemen, Taanton; Palmer, 56th F., Gibral tar; Hobro, h.-p., Pc,,v. Bat. of Md.; Lewis de Siebert, h.p., 2d Line Bat., K G.L. Barrack Master—Huddleston, Cephalonia. Adjutant—Howe, North Down MIL, Capt. Newtoa, Ards. Quartermaster—Chisholm, 37th Foot, Ceylon. Surgeons—Ledingham. 833 F., Poona, Bombay; Pink, Prov. Bat., Bromptun, Kent; Taylor, Surg., let Class, h .-p., London. Deputy Purveyor—R. C'eave, h.-p., Malta. -------- - MR. SIDNEY HERBERT AND THE PUSEYITES. Mr. Sidney Herbert has been makings speech to his constituents, assembled in county conference, on the all engrossing subject of the day. With a certain con sciousness of being what in the Reign of Terror was called " one of the suspect," the astute representative of Wiltshire has deemed it safer to volunteer his own ver sion of the matter than to wait for interroeration. "I shall be very frank," said the Right Hon. Gentleman at the commencement of his curious oration. That was what the late Sir Robert Peel invariably used to say whenever he meant to be particularly cloudy. The Member for Wilts was one of his favorite dis ciples ; and, to do him justice, he seems to be an adept in his master's ways of political speech. His promise " to be frank" he certainly kept, so far as the things done by the Roman Church and the things left un done by the Anglican Church are concerned. He had no hesitation in abusing the Pope and bantering the Cardinal, He called the tone of the bull " blasphe mous," and ridiculed the style of the Pastoral as a bad imitation of that in use among the Chinese. His audience obligingly cheered the former and laughed at the latter remark. Furthermore, he confessed that our bishops had rather too much pay and our working clergy too little. He openly proni,unced in favour of church extension in its widest sense, and solemnly declared that when he saw and heard all that was passing around him, he thought the a-gumption that England was about to become reconciled to the Papacy, one of the—but he would not utter the word that his indignation put upon his lips! Tne mingled force of candour and of cliai ity could no urtner go; and a discriminating audience, fan cying that the speaker had actually acid something, cheered in the usual meaner. Only unto one in the crowd did the gift of inter preting tongues appear to be given. In a brief pause of the Peelian oration, a rude voice in the multitude was beard to exclaim—" What is to be done with the traitors in our owl] camp?' As if awakened from a niesmeri,ing process. everybody suddenly seemed to remember that this after all was the main question at issue, and the only one to which, as electors of. Wilts, that they were interested in getting from their Right Hon. Lecturer a categorical reply. Vehement cries of e Hear," interspeised with yet more pointed exclama tions, beep, k • the ready and unanimous assent of all to the blunt but most pertinent iclerrogation. But their adroit representative was not to be caught so easily. It was a criticel moment for a gentleman who had fur years been supposed to be no parsimonious contributor Lu the propagation of that peculiar form of faith now brandeu as insidious heresy. To flinch, in the face of his country, from what he had hitherto professed to patro nise, %%calla have been shabby, and useless into the bar gain. To lively it manfully would have required what Mr. Roebuck calls " civil courage" —a quality which no man of Mr. Sidney Herbert's school was ever supposed to possess. One only alternative remained—to be " frank," iu the Peelito and Puseyite sense—that is, intensely evasive, unintelligible, and obscure. " What is to be done with the traitors?" ejaculated the ex-Mi nister: " I am glad that question is asked, and I shall answer it fraukiy." Whereupon the polemical Candide went off at a right so,gle upon the capacity and disposi tion to judge fairly of the quarrel, nod then passing by a circuitous detour through t h e heathen deserts within the realm ut England, where the scene of church extension labours is said te lie, the wily worthy came to a rotund conclusion, wehout venturing even once within speeking distance of the notable question with which he was to have dealt so frankly, and with which he was in fact so delighted to deal! Nut a word was said on the subject. The traitors and treason re main, and will so continue, as well as the far more effi cient and subtle enemies of genuine Protestantism than Italian rescripts or bishops appointed by Rome, tor aught that the member fur %Vitt. or the Right Rev. Lord of Oxford will do toward,: their eviction. If Mr. Sidney Herbert cherishes any ambition to stand for the county next time (and the occasion may be nearer at hand than people imagine), he must choose de finitively what hide he intends to espouse in future, and be prepared, at least for a decent while, to stick to it. If his mind be so constituted that he finds it hard to hold heartily any opinion, or to entertain zealously any attachment to party in Church or State, that is his misfortune tor which he may be with more reason pitied than blamed. A man who feels no confidence inspires none; a man who is conscious of no enthusiasm eau never become its object. lie may be a convenient, conventional, conanionpince person of station and in fluence; more he can never be. But even for that third-class position he must have or assume the pluck to say out what he allows his friends to suppose he thinks upon vital questions. County electors are easily duped enough, Heaven knowr, and sometimes too easily made to submit to supercilious contempt from their represen• tatives. But even Wiltshire farmers may find out that they have been dose. And finished as their Russian envoy is in the arts of diplomacy, there are subjects to which these accomplishments are misapplied, and the national religion is one of them.— Daily News. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.- A collision occurred on the London and North- Weste!n Railway or. Saturday evening, under circumstances that deserve especial notice. The Tring train due at Eus ton-square at a quarter to nine P.M. reached the Harrow side of the Primrose-hill Tunnel. when some fog signals exploded, and the train stopped close to the signal-hut there. On this spot it stood for a very considerable time, but was at length moved some short distance within the tunnel, and then again stopped. Two faster trains were becoming rapidly due, and the condition of the passengers became more and snore perilous. Still the train stood still for a period that seemed hours, which, in fact, was, it is stated, full 50 nsinutes, when the expected shuck came, the following train entering the tunnel and ran into the carriages waiting there. The collision was so severe that the last car riage in the still train was broken in all directions. The train, however, was shortly after got slowly into motion, and arrived at Euston station. Happily no livers were lost, but the driver of the Tring train was thrown by the collision with great violence against the boiler, and had one of his arms much cut and bruised. Only one of the passengers in this train appears to have been seriously hurt, though all were of course much shaken. It is a rather remarkable fact that the two passengers who were the most injnred occupied the centre compartment of a first-class carriage about the middle of the Birmingham train. Oen was a gentleman named Weston. resident in Dover-street,' Piccadilly, whose legs were much hurt; the o th er gen tl eman res id e s in St. James's -street, and he has bad his shins severely cut. One passenger in the Tring train, resident in the Westminster road, was also slightly injured. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT ISLINGTON.—On Saturday, between the hours of one and two in ~ the a fire broke out on the premises of Dlr. B °nutd er, 2 1,Nernoon, 0... Richard-street, I s lington. I lington. The flames were first seen issuing afternoon, from several of the windows. Alessengers . were immediately dispatched, and three engines were spee di ly attendance. t . h b e e t t ire th w e -a p s rperpeevretnyteidnfrthome house e ndz s g Bdrlinder, the mother of the owner of the house, was Frances burned to death. Her body, when discovered, considerably damaged ' , and au old lady, aged 71, named unfortunately e t exertions tiretr completely black. It is not known how the fire originated. vs A b e f 3,: e o r n gdrtElia ST. BARNABke, rIMUCO.--The usual service of this church was yesterday performed without those interrup tions which for some weAs pa st have disg rac ed th e Imp i ous aggressors. Th e congregation, however, on leaving th e sacred walls, we re rec eived by an irate mob assembled in the street, and some violence, but not of a personal character, is Iwo botu committed. • - LONDON, MONDAY ; - t ,„ ‘,l e ,. . ;;' 44: r DECEMBER 9 1850. ZirIini,..I7OVSMICLIMMI. IS =O O64I 7 TO THE COACUM KERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. Gentlemen. I am requested by the colvihmakers of this district to call yen attention to a subject of vital importance to the interest of your 'rude, and I earnestly appeal to your sense of sell-interest net to allow my tit servations to tall upon you unheeded. The present con dition of the trade I need s iareely refer to, for I know you are all too painfully familiar with its exiraordinary depression ; but Be time has arrived when, if some stromous exertions be not made to improve it, there are few ttmong you who will be able to main tain even your present position, and the majority trill follow profitlesr; oamutton. The cause of this severe deer scion, I need scarcely say, is the working of the unfair and impolitic tax upon carriages and its exemptions ; by the introduction of low pr:eed vehicles, to evade the tax, your tr.ide is rub:ed and the re• venue impaired, the working-classes find their labour cart:tiled, and the public are unjustly depriv,l of the comforts of a convenient equipage. To remove your present difilenities, netefore, let me implore you, not to pray fir the ai I of I lercules, but by well-timed anal energetic measures make the subleet known in the proper quarter ; tor I titre as‘ert that such knowledge alone ought to be suilicient to ensure its redress. You must not expect assistance from the press, tor the subject is not sufficiently popular, and tor the seine reason you must not hope that the Governmelit will take the initiative. But of this I ant sure, it your case is rep esented to the Treasury, with its own simple a , d unvat nished facts, it trill be easily u,derstotal : and if once understood, I connot see how, either in wittlum or jus tice, an enlightened Legislature can refuse to amend this mis- , chievous and absurd enactment. I have recently published a small pamphlet in which I have stated my views upon this subject, since which I have received communications from various parts of the country, whereby I learn my opinion accords wit only with that of the trade, bat also of many coannissioners and surveyors of assessed taxes. Those of the trade who have not already received my pamphlet shall, upon application, have one forwarded to their address. In the pamphlet referred to I have sufficiently exposed the working of the carriage tax. raid the paltry shifts and evasions we are so o'ten compelled to practice in collusion with our cus tomers ; but the range of a little pampldet, published anonymously, and distributed gratuitously, must necessarily be limited ; the trade in this district therefore, fully acquiescing Dr my views, have re , quested me thus to appeal to the trade of Great Britain, and to suggest the follow nn proposal. Let a memorial, extilainlng your position, and representing the mis chievr us working of the carriage tax upon your trade, be sent from each district i Great Britain to the treasury, and if necessary afterwards to the House of Commons; let it be signed by both the masters, workmen, and ethers Interested i. iii question ; and in the mean time, as many of you, in your ordinary business, have co, portunities of pars real ovinmunications with the Members of your different countie , and towns, use your utmost endeavours to call their attention to the subject, which is all that is necessary to make it understood. The adoption of the proposition I have elsewhere made would entail no loss, but create an actual increase to the re venue. ' If, then, you can also prove to the satisfaction of the t rea- Fury that the modification of rhis tax would improve your trade and largely inc , case the employment of the working classes, besides ex tending the luxuries of others, what possible objections o-- armment could be brought forward by the Legislature to refuse your just and most reasonable petition ? I remain, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, HENRY BURNUP. (On bealf of the Coachmalters of Northumbenaud, Durham, and Cumberland.) Neweastle.o on-Tyne, Dec. 4, 1850. DR. CUMMING'S ANSWER TO DR. WI-EMAN. hnoiediately will be published, in Svo., price Is., ALE ri ER to LORD JOHN RUSSELL ; being an ANSWER to CARDINAL. WISEMAN's MANI FJ By the Rev. JOHN GUMMING, D.D., Minster of the Scottish National Church, Covent Garden. Fifteenth Thousand, price Is. SALVATION : Dr. CUMMING'S 'Sermon before the Queen, at Balmoral. Arthur Hall, Virtue, and Co, 25, Paternoster-row. MR. BART LETT's NEW BOOK FOR CHRIS CMAS, A.KINGS. 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CHA,',GE OF FRIGHTFUL CHUELTi AGAINST MR. SLOANE. George Sloane, Esq., a special pleader, of 6. Pump court, Temple, appeared on Saturday before Alderman Liuniphery, at the Police-office, Guildhall, on a sum• mons, to answer the following serious charger — Mr. Chaisson who appe are d on b e h a lf o f th e defen dant, was invited te a seat on the bench, and defendant was accommodated with a chair in the centre of the court, which place he meirektinel unmoved during the whole examination, which was of such a nature as to elicit, in spite of the stf erts of the officers, strong marks les than f r o m th e au di tory, an d i n one -i nstance H of p d e i l iP perfect ;ell of execration and disgust. It may he in the recoil , - etion of the public that during the course of the week an applieatien was made at this court before Alderman ilumphery, by a Mr. Fenn, the secretary to the Rays.' Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, and a Mr. Phillimore, a barrister, residing at 6, Pump-coure, Tem ple, for a summons against Mr. George Sloane, a speeiel pleader, occupyi ng chambers in the same house, for sundry assaults an d a ser i es of acts of cruelty to a female servant in his employ. The statement made by these gentlemen would of it self have been sufficient to warrant the alderman, with out any further testimony, in granting a summons. but the evidence of Dr. M treden, the surgeon to the Royal Free Hospitalovent to show that an atrocious system of torment must have been necessary to have reduced the unfortunate girl to the deplorable state in which he found her. It appeared from the statement then made, that Mr. Sloane had in his service a girl named Jane Wilbred, whom he procured about two years ago from the West London Union, During the first five or six months the girl was treated with tolerable kindness,- but after that period a system of cruelty was resorted to, the particulars of which almost exceed crelibility. By these means she was reduced to a perfect skeleton, and almost unable to walk about. While in that state she was noticed by two gentlemen who occupied chambers in tho same house, named respectively Phillimore and Fry. Through the instrumentality of these gentle men she was removed from Mr. Sloane's care, and a medical gentleman was called in, who thought her life in such danger from the treatment she had undergone, that he directed her int'• mediate removal to the Royal Free Hospital, and took steps, in conjunction with bar, Phillimore and Mr. Fry, to bring this unparalleled case under the cog nizance of the civil magistrates. As it was uncertain when the girl would be able to bear an examination, it was not known when the case would come on; but, nevertheless, upon the mere chance the court was crowded to excess. The girl was brought from the hos pital in a cab, and remained in the alderman's private room until called upon to give evidence. Tho following evidence was then gone into:— John Stevens said—l am clerk to Mr. Phillimore. I have seen defendant's servant several times in Pump court, Temple. I first saw her about the end of last March, or the beginning of April. She appeared to be in a very emaciated state, and excessively weak. I have seen her at intervals since, an d d ur i ng the term time about the house, 6, Pump-court, Temple. She never spoke to me. I asked her on one occasion bow she felt, but she , returned me no answer. Oa Friday week last I saw her with her hand on her stomach, holding it up. She was on the staircase at the time, and was coming down with an empty can in her hand. As she appeared very ill, I again asked her how she was, but I received no answer. On the following day (Saturday) I saw her again in the evening in Mr. Paillimore's room. Defen dent was present at the time, having just brought the girl down. Tne first question put to her was requiring to know if she was hungry. Defeudant lett the room. He was not present ut the conversation that followed. I obtained some food, and placed it before her, and she was soon after given over to the care of the laundress of the chambers, Mrs. Bell. I have since seen her at Mrs. Bell's residence, at 20, Cursitor-street. She then appeared in the same emaciated condition I had before noticed her in, only very much weaker. John George Phillimore, Esq., a barrister, said—l live in the same house as the defendant in Pump -court, Temple. In consequence of information I went to Mr. Fry, and, after some conversation with him, we resolved to see defendant, and require an explanation. Mr. Fry accordingly went up to defendant's chambers, which are above mine, and in a few minutes returned with de fendant. I addressed him in the presence of Mr. Fry, and told him it was extremely disagreeable to speak to a person in his station upon such a subject as that I was about to mention. I informed him that from certain statements I had heard I must insist upon it that the female servant then with him should be delivered into my custody, and tha; if he refused to do so ho must take the consequences. lie asked me what specific charge there was to make against him. I told him that of having half starved the child, and of beating her cruelly. I believe I told him at the same time that I had only heard the charge about half an hour previous. Defendant said, " If I give the child up it will seem like admitting the truth of the charge." I said I would not consider it any admission, and that I would prevent my clerk and those around mo from making any immediate charge against him. I told him I was resolved the girl should be given into my care, and that I would not leave the Temple until she was. lie then left the room, saying, " I will bring her to you, and if she chooses to stay with you, of course I cannot help it. He thou went upstairs, ac companied by Mr. Fry, and in a few minutes returned with the girl. I took her by the hand and led her ieeto my room. My clerk was then prevent, and I believe the Temple porter also. Defendant was ab ut to follow, but I prevented him, observing that if there W 43 any truth in the charge, his presence might intimidate her, and prevent her from tellin g th e truth, and I would there fore see her and judge for myself. Defendant siid, " I did not mean that," and immediately retired into Mr. Fry's room, and I went into mine, I sent for sum,. f,i,d for the unfortunate creature, and then went to the defendant, and told him that he should not have the girl again, but that she should be placed under the care of the laundress until she was so far convalescent as to be enabled te return to the union. Defendant made some objection to this proceeding, but at length gave way, and le.fe, the room directly after. I then went back to the girl, and seat for my laundress, and gave her the necessary directions for the disposal of the girl. I was going away, when my attention was nr. rested by a knocking at the door, and the next minute the defendant made his appearance again, and said his wife was determined that the girl should not remain with me, for ill as she was, she would get up and take the girl to the workhouse, in company with my clerk. I said that could not be, for that I could not allow the girl to leave my custody, as I was now responsible for her. On the Monday, if she was in a fit state, I would see about taking her back to the workhouse, but in the meantime she should remain as she was. The defendant then withdrew, leaving the girl in my care, and I sent her to my laundress. On the Monday, when I arrived at the chambers, I thought it ri g ht t h at a phy s ician should be called in. I s aw M r. F ry, and we agreed that Dr. Marsden should bo sent for, which was accordingly done, and he visited the girl, the result of which I com municate i to Mr. Sloane, and received a written reply, to which I answered that I could hold no communication with Mr. Sloane, and I wa s determined that the girl should not go back to the workhouse again. When de fendant heard that Dr. Marsden hod seen the girl he said he would do anything to assist her. Mr. Stevens was recalled, and stated that Mr. Sloane had offered to give his carte blanche for any expenses in curred by the removal of the girl. Mr. Phillimore continued—When I first saw the girl she was in a frightful state of emaciation. Her clothes were wretched, and altogether presented the appearance of the most squalid misery. She ate the food I placed before her with great avidity. Mr. A. A, Fry, a barrister, living in the same place, corroborated this evidence. Mrs. Elizabeth Bell, the laundress to the chambers in Pump -court, said I saw the girl about a year and a half ago. To the best of my belief she appeared then in a good state of health, being fat and in good condition. I saw her at many intervals since, but never haft any communication with her until last Christmas, when I remarked a large sore upon her elbow. I asked her what was the matter, to which she replied that her master had struck her with a broom. Mr. Clarkson here objected to any conversations at which defendant was not present being repeated here. Witness continued—l saw her frequently since, and she appeared to be gradually wasting away, and losing her colour. I never gave her anything to eat. I cannot say the last time I saw her, but I believe it was about a week previous to her being given into my care. I in formed Mr. Stevens of what I had seen, and on Saturday last I received the girl into my care, and I took her home, washed her, and put her to bed, I gave her some bread and meat, and porter. I founi she was in a very filthy condition; her gown was very dirty, and likewise her person. While I was washing her back I observed several marks between the shoulders. They were severe bruises. I asked her what was the matter, and she sa id s h e h a d b een beaten.—(S ensat i on.) There was no vermin a bout her. I also ob serve d t h at her bones we re a l mos t coming through her akin, and she could not held herself uptight from weakness. Mir garments were all in .4 very dirty condition. Sh e re mained at my house, 20. Cursitur street, until Tuesday, when she was removed in a cab, and I went with her to the hospital, At first she appeared t o i mprove; but although I gave her very little food it se eme d too much lbr her we a k s t oma ch. Dr. Marsd en , ace,empenissi snother medical gentleman, examined the gir l at my house on Monday. Cross-examined by Mr. Cinrlisen—l have seen her often carrying water, and she has occasionally ce ll s• pained to me. On one occasion she seemed. very ill when I met her in the stairs. This was since lest, elitist was. I mentioned it to Mr. Fry. Francis Lindsey, a lio/e boy, was then put into the teitness-box, but his evidence tieing totally irrelevant, efter a few questions, he was ordered to stand down, Jane Lindsey, the mother of the last witness, seid—l have seen the girl. Jane Wilbred, repeatedly. On Friday week last I met her, and she seemed quite exhausted, which sh e sa id arose f rom want of foad, not haviies tasted meat fur a f or t n i g ht. I gave h er not hi ng because I was afraid. - Alderman llucaphery (indignantly) might at least have given' her some food. Witness—Mie. Sloane was on the stairs, and if I had spoken 0 the girl Mrs. Sloano would have beaten her. Mr. Clarkson objected to this witness's evidence, as it did not concern the defendant. Dr. Wm. Marsden, surgeon to the Royal Free Hos pital. s lid--I saw the girl at the house of the laundress on Monde), evening last, at Mr. Pnillimore's request. She was then in a most exhausted condition, the pulse scarcely pereeptible, the extremities vette cold and livid; the respiratiou was feeble, and she was almost unable to speak. It was with difficulty that I got her to answer my questions ut all. I mile a care'Ul examination of her, and came to the conclusina that there was no dis• ease existine. It was a else resulting entirely from want, td• food.—(Great sensation.) Such must have been the case fer many months, otherwise the girl never could have been in such an attenuated and low condition as she was when 1 first raw her. I ordered h ome light and nutriti ous food to be given her in very moderate quantities, and advised her immediate removal to some hospital. She was taken to the Royal Free Hospital, in the Gray's lon road, on the following morning. But previous to her r, - moval, kuowing that some further steps roust be token in the matter, I eent the physician of the hospital (Dr. Heeld) to see her. Ile did se, and sent me the to:lowing note— Mr. Clarkson objected to the note being read. Dr. Marsden continued—l did not find it necessary to give her any medicines beyond a slight dose of castor oil. When sh e arr i ve d a t t h e hospital she was in much the same state as when I saw her on the preceding day. I ordered a continuance of light food to be administered in very small (primates. Her pulse is now bettor. The discolouration and coldness of the extremities is in some degree subsiding, and I consider her to be slowly rallying. lam quite satisfied that, if it had not been for the interference of Mr. Phillimore anti Mr. Fry, she must have died. She could not have existed in that stats many days longer.—(Great sensation.) It was en tirely owing to want of food and warmth. There were marks of violence on various pars of her body, particu larly about the neck and shoulders. They had not been ielflicted by anything very hard, such as a stick, for if that hal been used the bones must have been broken, as there was nothing to interpose between the skin and bone.—(Sensation.) I have been in the constant habit, during the last twenty years, of seeing cases of extreme distress, in many of which the pirties have died a few hours ufter their admission into the hospital, but I never saw a case at all approaching the appearance presented by that girl. I could not have believed that a person could be so reduced and live. She was certainly the most perfect living skeleton I had ever seen in the course of my life. Alderman Humphery said it would now be necessary r that the girl should be brought forward. Two of the officers of the court accordingly went out, and returned carrying a chair, in which the girl was placed. Words would fail to convey an adequate idea of the impression which her appearance produced upon the court. A deep groan seemed to break from every person present involuntarily. She was, as far as it was possible to judge in her then wasted and famished condition, a rather mild and good-lolling girl. She was placed in an easy chair, and supported on pillows, and during the whole course of her examination, it was almost impossible to perceive that she was living, but for the motion of her eyes and lips. She was placed by the side of the presiding alderman, who laud to put his ear close to her mouth to catch the feeble accents which she uttered with great difficulty, and at long intervals. Having repeated the form of oath, and kissed the book which was placed to her lips, she commenced her truly heartrending tale, the like of which perhaps was never heard, even in a court of justice. It will be necessary to state that her replies to the questions only reached the ear of the alderman, who stooped over her for that purpose, and he in turn, repeated them to Mr. Wood, the chief clerk, in a loud voice, that the reporters might hear. For the sake of brevity, we give her statement precisely in her own words, as it reached the court. Jane Wilbred said—l am going on for eighteen. I recollect being in the West London Union. On the 19th of July, going on for two years ago, I left it to go to Mr. Sloane's. I recollect that Mrs. Sloane came to the union for me. Mrs. Sloane agreed to take me into her service. I never received any wages. Mr. Parker, the governor of the West London Union, went with me to Mr. Sloene's. It was at 6, Pump-court, Temple, where I went to. 1 did all the work. I bad none of the cook ing to do. I had to clean the offices, make the beds, run of errands, and alsO to wash the clothes belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Sloane and these of a young lady living with Mr. Sloane, as well as my own. I had to wash gene rally once a week, but sometimes once a fortnight. I had only ono bed to make, for the young lady used to take a sofa into one of the sitting rooms and sleep there. She was living there all the time I was in Mr. Sloane's ser vice. I had my bed-room. It was a little room between the young lady's and that of Mr. Sloane. I had.to sleep on a mattress placed on a bedstead. There were clothes upon it. At first they treated me pretty well, but after three months they took away the pillow, and I had to use my own clothes instead. At first I had a blanket, counterpane, and sheet, but they took away the blanket, and I had only the sheet and counterpane. It was Mrs. Sloane did this. Mr. Clarkson said it was quite clear that defendant had nothing to do with it, and that evidence ought not to be taken against him. The Alderman thought otherwise. Mrs. Sloane was supposed to net under his guidance, therefore the defen dant was answerable for her c.nduet. Jane Wilbred continued—l used to get bread and dripping and coffee for bNyilcfast, and meat and potatoes fur dinner, and also tea and bread and butter in the evening. That was only at first. A few months after wurds they gave nee only a little bit of bread and mus tard for breakfast, with coffee end earraway seeds. It was often eleven, twelv,, and sometimes one o'clock in the day before I got even that, and and I never had anything before that time, though I rose to my work as early as six o'clock in the morning. There was a cub board where they kept the bread. I never could get to it, but if I could find pieces of bread left out I used to eat them. I had only for my dinner a little bread and broth, with a quantity of mustard in it. When there was not mustard they gave pepper in such quantities that it used to burn my mouth. The last time I had meet was about a month before Mr. Philli more saw me ; than I had a little beef, but not nearly so much as I could eat. It was generally six or seven o'clock in the evening before ever I got my dinner, sometimes before and sometimes after Mr. and Mrs. Sloane dined. I used then to have for tea a little bread, and pepper or mustard, but they would not allow me anything to drink with it. I was not even allowed to take any water. I could not get at it without Mrs. Sloane seeing me, and she would beat me if I attempted it. Mrs. Sloane used often to beat me. She has fre quently beaten me because I have worn the sleeves of my shift en my arms in the morning while I was doing my work, contrary to her orders. I used to wear them over my arms because I was so cold. That happened nearly every morning. I was beaten besides that, be cause when Mrs. Sloane had gone out and boiled some meat for her cat, when the meat was boiled and the cat had the meat, the water it was boiled in eves put in a basin, she accused nee of drinking a little of the water. I said I had nut, but she beat me very much for it.—(Great sensation.) Mr. Sloane was often present when ;I was beats-n. Mr. Clarkson here again objected that the evidence did not in any way implicate the defendant. Alderman flumpbery said that what the girl had just told him implicated Mr. Sloane in the highest degree. (It will he necessary, although extremely disgusting. to use the girl's own words.) Jane Wilbred continued—My mistress (Mrs. Sloane) said once tt) me that I must eat some of toy own dirt (excrement). I said I would not, and was determined not to do so. She called Mr. Sloane, and he came and h e ld me while she forced some o f the dirt down my throat. (The whole of the persons wsembled in court hero burst into a loud and long-continued yell of i n di gnat i on aga i nst the defendant, nor did the officers of the court make the least attempt to repress this expression of feeling, so much did every one, even to the alderman on the bench, appear to share the feeling of abhorrence which these disclosures produced.) Alderman Humphery here, in an under-tone, said that he did ❑ot think his feelings would allow him to continue such an exatnination any longer. The witness, however, con7inuod—Mr. Sloane beat me the first thing in the morning. He used to ask me if I had enough to eat, and I used to answer " Yes." I did not complain, because I thought I could w‘t get any more from them than what they gave me. I did not think of going to the union to complain, because I did not know where it was. The young lady used to cook for Mr. and Mrs. Sloane. They used to have sometimes roast and at other times boiled beef. I used to wait at table, though they did not give me anything to eat then. After dinner the meat used to be put away in a cupboard in the sitting room, and I was not allowed to go into that room unless Mrs. Sloane or the young lady was with me. Alderman Humphery, through whom all these answers bad comb, here said that witness had said some thing about an hospital, bat he could not catch sufficient to understand it. The witness had for some time spoken with increp..-ang difficulty, and it was evident she was be coming exhausted by the length of the examination. Mr. Clarkacn rose to cross-examine, and said, " When did Mr. Sloane beat you?" After a long interval, the witness whispered to the Alderman, " Mr. :Sloane beat me about a month ago." After replying to this t,ho appeared to fall asleep, and became perA•ctly unconscious. Dr. garaden,who had been attentively watching the unfortuna,ta up 7 •ara, ioe, beta rose, and ; said the cross-eNamination must be instantly discontinued, as in the present eJniitiGn of the girl she could not pos sibly sustain it any longer. air. Cla•kaon, ye ho throughout the case behaved with great f« cling, here said, that under the present painful circum, , t:,rnees, he would willingly forbear purling any further questions in the present state of the unfortunate witneev. He believed that when the csee came to he further investigated it would present a different aspsct than that which it now appeared to woar. His client was willing that every it , quiry should be made. Alderman Ilumphery (with emphasis)—There shall indeed be another inquiry, and Mrs. Sloane must also appear to answer this seriou s charge. In answer to a question as to whether he would take fail, the Alderman said be could not at that moment de termine. It was not improbable (though he hoped that such would not be the case) but that the unfortu nate girl might die in the interim. Bail was, however, ultimately accepted, and Mr. Sloane was bound over, himself in 200/., and two sut cities in 1004 each, to appear and answer the charge next week. During the foregoing examination stimulants were found necessary to be administered to the girl, to keep her from f.inting; and at the close of the proceedings ,he wa.3 Conveyed back to the hoqital in a cab, under the care of Mr. Robertson, the house surge-on. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. 1849) to to e eo t t Volcano ri i e u tr n s t e e n a t m s — v C e s . fi P t . ii V n g . of Africa ; Samu e l T w yf or d (1849), t o th e P enguin , 6, a n t, 'l :v bi o n :l ( Tich ( to be re-commissioned at D-vonport. u Mi :a :youth, v piaster—John o i h e n e (1841), to the Phaeton, 50, at Prt Acting Masters—Henry Hutchings (second master of 1343). to the Voleeno; W. B. Edwards (second master of 1844), of the St. George, 120, to the Penguin. Acting Payteasters—Winiam J. Jenkins (clerk of 1843), late in charge of the Porcupine steam-vessel, end formerly of the Myrmidon, Crocodile, Minden (in Chins) and of the Eclair b e f ore p a id o ff; to t h e P engu i n; C. E. P. Hall (1842), to the Volcano. Clerks—Thomas Waterfield, to the Volcano; T. R. Dennis, to the Penguin. Midshipman—C. A. J. Heysham, to the Impregnable flag-ship, Devonport. Masters' Assistants—H. S. Brodie, to the Penguin; J. H. Kerr, to the Victory, supernumerary for disposal. Naval Cadets—R. K. Scott, to the Victory flag-ship, Portsmouth; W. 11. Elton, to the Impregnable. Gunner—David Horn, to the Volcano. COAST GUARD.—Lieutenants—W. Lyons, command ing the Glenarn station, to be inspecting lieutenant of the Keels Achill district, vice Mr. T. Lambe Wood, de ceased; J. W. Bedford, from Mouth of Boyne to Ku-- lough station, vice Mr. George Stovin, second master, removing to Mouth of Boyne, vice Bedford. The new commander of the Penguin, late Brazil packet brig, and just paid off at Devonport, we believe will be Commander Thomas Etheridge, 1848. The Steward of Greenwich Hospital, Paymaster Thomas F. Jessop (1797), died on Friday last, aged 72. This veteran officer was purser of the Diane, in the ex pedition to Egypt in 1801, of the Northumberland at Si. Domingo, and of the Ramifies in the operations on the coast of America in 1813, 1814, and 1815. He held the appointment at Greenwich from April 16, 1834, and was generally respected and esteemed throughout the esta blishment. The salary of the appointment is 5001., with apartments, &c., and it is reported that Mr. John Elliott, one of the senior and most distinguished pa) - masters in the service, now storekeeper at the Victual hog-yard, Deptford, will succeed to the vacancy. This officer has seen a great. deal of war service, and has four medals for his gallantry. He is brother of that highly-distinguished officer, the late Captain Sir W. Elliott, and in the course of his career, we find by Allen's New Navy List," served as midshipman in the Mars, 84, at the desperate capture or the Hercule, in 1798; was clerk of the Russell, at Copenhagen; purser of the Elk, in action with a Spani s h flotilla off Cant's gene, on the Spanish Main, in 1805; and of Arethuaa, at the taking of Curagoa, in 1807; was officially men tioned for services in the Arethusa's boats on the north coast of Spain, particularly at the destruction of the batteries, &c., of Baguio, in 1809. Whilst performing the duty of a lieutenant, this officer has been repeat edly and most creditably engaged in cutting -out ser vices, &c. Many are named for Mr. Elliott's vacancy, and among them we may prominently mention Mr. Tris cott, who has served with much satisfaction for a Log period, on foreign stations, and was late agent vic tualler at Bermuda, but who has been transferred to Plymouth Victualling-yard ; and Mr. Ede, assistant storekeeper at Deptford. THE INC ,, NSTANT.—COURT OF INQUIRY.—DIEVON PORT, FRIDAY.—The Court of Inquiry on the Naval In structor is still progressing, on board the Impr. pueblo flag-ship, with what result is not known. The 'peon scant will be paid off to-morrow. Geyser, 6, steam-sloop ,Commander Tatham, arrived at Madeira from Devonport, Nov. 19, and left the next day for the Brazils. Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliott, was taken out of the Angle Dock on Saturday, and will go out of the basin alongside her hulk to-day. She is rigging fast, and has already her topgallant masts pointed tureugh the caps. She has a novel invention (we believe French) for set ting up her lower rigging. She has no dead eyes, her shrouds are turned round a smallish thimble, with a large score, and instead of rope she has iron plates for lanyards ; the lanyard (or substitute) is in two pieces, the upper half, Last to the shroud thimble, has two sides, or is what may be called a long jaw, the lower piece fast to the chain-plate is a single piece, b nth have corresponding holes, and when the shroud is tiught short bolt is put through the holes and secure, both pieces together. The rigging is set up in a very simple and ingenious manner ; a strong arm of iron is hooked to the chain-plate, and a short powerful lever, which is worked with a c , ,ruteon c:ckle, when on e s h rou d is up this iron lever, Sce., is shifted to the next shroud. These iron lanyards look light ' • they are supp ose d to b e capable of bearing a strain t q ua l to about 15 or 20 tons. One was tried last week, and a strain equal to 36 tons put on, when the shroud broke, and Irvin the jar of the shroud breaking the plate brukv. The Sprightly, stesm tender, Mecer-Comminder Allen, arm-cid at Portsmouth, from Dovonport, on Sun da) afternoon. PORTsMOCTII. STINDAY.—The Amphitrite, 24, will be rernov, d from dock on Weduesdly, retitivii fur re commission. The Castor, 36, Commodore Wyvill, Commander in- Chief on the Cape , Pf Good Hope station, was in Table Bay on the 6th of Octet). r from the M zambique. Captain Ge. , rge Woulcombe (1830) has accepted the retirement of 18s. per diem. A letter from the Sharpshooter iron serew-slop, Lieutenant-Commander Bailey, dated Rio, September the 20th, states that while lying at anchor off the blend of Francisco, about 200 miles to the northward of Rio, she observed a suspicions sail in rho ffing, to which she gave chase, and in two hours boarded, wrien she proved to be the Amelia, a brnail cutter, fitted for the slave trade, with 74 human beings et board, all or whom were chil. dren averaging from eic,ht to nine years of age, whom she shipped at Elephant Bay, having previously marched them 19 miles for embarkation! Twenty of these poor creatures died on the passage, and many others were in a dying state when captered, owing to want or good water and wholesome food, both which necessaries she had run out of several days prior to her capture. This is the fifth prize made by the Sharpshooter since she has been on the statidn—scarcely three months. The Hercules, 72, store ship, Master-Commander Fulton, arrived this morning from Vie Mediterranean, Sbe sailed from Gibraltar on the 29th ult. Mrs. Las celles (widow of the late Lieutenant- Colonel Lascelles, of the 66th) and family came home passengers from Gibraltar iu the Hercules, which awaits orders to pro coed t, the eastward. 'rho Sprightly steam• tender arrived this afternoon from Devunport, with seamen and marines belonging to this portpAid off from the Inconstant. Tbe Penguin, 6, is ordered to be commissioned at Devonport, by Lieutenant Samuel Twyford. The IVaterwitch and the Cyclops are hourly expected at this port, from the coast of Africa. Tre former h•ft St. llclena on the 18th ult., to collect the mail for England. PLY MOUTH, DEC. 7.—The crew of her Majesty's ship St. George were paid off on Thursday in anticipation of the new regulations, which come into operation on the Ist of January next. Her Majesty's brig Harlequin, 12, Commander Wil mot, is appointed to go out of harbour to-day and to sail on the 10th inst. with the mails for the coast of Africa, touching at Madeira. The Calliope, 26, was commissioned on Tuesday by Lieutenant Marcus F. Brownrigg, Flag Lieutenant to Port-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, for Captain Sir James Everard Home, and is to have a complement of 195 officers and men. The Astrea siore.ship at Falmouth is to be brought hero and paid off. The merchant barque B. B. Greece, Captain Miller, from the Mauritius the 29th of September, was off this port on Friday, the 6th iust., and landed passengers— Lieutenant-Colonel U. L. Sheeting and Captain H. F. Strange, Royal Artillery; Lieutenant F. W. Le Strange and Lieutenant W. R. C. Potter, sth Fusiliers; and ad ditional Lieutenant Charles W. Russell and Mr. Wilson, invalided from her Majesty's frigate Castor, 36, Camme• dere Wyvil, Gatimander W. 11. Bunce. The Castor arrived at the Mauritius on the 19th of September. There was great sickness ou the Mozam bique coast, and as many as 117 had been on the list on board the Castor. At the time of the departure 22 had died and 90 were on the list. The Greene did not touch at the Cape of Good Hope. At St. Helena, on the let of November, were Mr. Rowe, of her Majesty's steam-vessel Rattler, and Mr. Davis, R.N. both in charge of priz e s l ave ships. Off the Western Islands spoke the brig Eliza Robson, from Buenos Ayres for London. The barque David Malcolm, Captain Smith, five and a half months from Manilla, and two months from the Cape of Goo] Hope, was off Plymouth on the 6th instant. Hi Imperial Ilajcsty's corvette Olivouz3, 26, Com mander Jean Souticholf, for Rio Janeiro, left the Sound on Friday. During her stay here the officers have been frequently ashore, and Lave visited and inspected the dockyard and other public establishments. The screw steam-ship Bosphorw, Captain Hall, the first of the contract mail packets for the Cape of Good Hope, is appointed to arrive here on Friday next, the 13th inxt., and to sail for her destination on Sunday, the 15th inst. l'he emigrant ship Mount Stewart Elphinstone, Cap tain Loney, sailed with passengers for Adelaide and Port Pinlip on Thursday. Tla,, trawl sloop Mary, R. Wells master, belonging to Mr. Samuel D.) er, of this port, while trolling for run off tho harbour on Thursday morning, at half-plat .eight o'clock, was run into by an American steam-packet from New York, said to be the Warring q uar ter, knocked off ton or Washington,: The steamer t oo k t h e s l oop on her part of her t a ff rail, and broke or carried awaY ster. e a. .n timbers, kn ees, l edges, chucks , upper planking of t he stern, and g oose - nec k of main boona,split and ter° main sail, sail, broke a mein -s heet, An d c ut her rigging, &c. The London v : Hall, Virtu•, and Co., 25, Paternoster-row. 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CURTIS. This was an indictment against the defendant for an indecent assault committed on a boy, near the Mile-end road, on the 10th of July last. Mr. Sergeant Shee, with Mr. Parry and Mr. Parnell, defended. The details of the case were of too filthy a character for publication. The jury eventually, after an absence from court of some hours, gave a verdict of Guilty. BARKER V. LORD WARD. This was an action to recover th;;;33 of 3,1601. for pictures and china which the plaintiff alleged his Lord ship had purchased of him, but had not paid for. The de'endant paid 9001. into court. Mr. Crowder (with Mr. Bov , 11) appeared for the plain tiff; and Mr. M. Chambers and another Learned Gentle. man were for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff is a collector of articles of virtu in Piccadilly, and that on the occasion of he sale at Stowe a person of the name of Farrer had acted as buyer for the noble defendant. It hap pened that, in the month of June, 1849, through this wiLness, Lord Ward obtained an introduction to the plaintiff, who was the owner of a beautiful service of Sevres china, which was sold at Messrs. Christie to,d Manson's. That service his Lordship eventually purchased, on the 3d or 411 of July, for 1,6001. During Lord Ward's visit to the plaintiff's, he asked the witness whether the plaintiff would sell the whole of trie very beautiful collection of works of art which were in that room in one lut? There were valuable paint itsgs, articles of virtu, and so forth, about the room. Farrar made the inquiry, but the plaintiff declined to do ,o. Lord Ward then pointed out some articles which tr, was his wish to purchase, and among these things was a set of twelve unique chairs, but the plaintiff ex pressed his unwillingness to dispose of the chairs, at all vents so long as he remained in town. Therefore :iothing was done about the chairs. Lord Ward then -,deeted a picture by Crevelli, " St. George and the Driio , )n," another by Da Vinci, and several o th ers , f or which the price was 3060/. His Lordship paid 1,0001. ~ ,r the Crevelli. Farrar, in his cross-examination, said had rt cetvel five per cent. commission from the plain upon the amount that L. Ward had paid. Mr. M. CHAMBERS addressed the jury for the defen dant, but, et its conclusion, Lord CAMPBELL said, there really was no defence to ,he action. The jitr, thereupon gave a verdict for the plaintiff— Datnag,s. 3 1604 less the 1,0001. paid for the Crevell and the 9001. paid into Court COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 7. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court proceeded with the new trial paper, but the business of the day was not productive of any materials tor a report. (Sittings at Middlesex, at Nisi Prins, after Michaelmas Term, before the CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) GAY V. SHACKLE AND ANOTHER. Mr. E. James, with Mr. J. K. Brown conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Shee, with Mr. i I. Hill, fir the defendants. This was an action to recover compensation in da nalg,es for an injury alleged to have been sustained in consequence of false imprisonment, at the instance of the defendants. The defendants pleaded "Not Guilty." it appeared that the defendants are both in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway, the one as a police ofli,cer, and the other in the capacity of superintendent of one of the departments in the establishment at the Shoreditch station. The plaintiff, wbo is one of the deputy cornmeters of the city of London, with a friend of the na.ve of Towne, drove down to Rumford on the 31 of April in the present year, but, in consequence of an accident having happened to the vehicle in which they had ridden, they were compelled to avail them. .! , Ives of the Eaitern Counties Railway. They accord ingly purciia'ed two tickets for the " third" class, On arriving at the platform they found that there was m) room in any one of the " third" class carriages, and therel ire they sp• ke to one of the porters, by whom they were told to get into a " second" class, as the train was on the start. The plaintiff, however, said, "We have only third•class ticket,.; will it be right?' To this the reply was, " Oh. yes, it's all right." The defendant And his friend acc.a.dingly travelled to London in the second-c!ass carriage) but on their arrival at Shore- ditch the guard asked them for an extra ninepence each, that being the difference between the two f a re s . Of course, under the peculiar circutnatances of the case, both re'uied to comply with the demand, Mr. Towne re al Irking that they had ridden in the second class to ac eofnuiotiate he company. The guard, nev. rtheless, per -31.,;tik1 in the demand, and as they were walking along the platform the guard heckore I to another man, who Aub.e.que.ntly proved to be the defendant Seackell, who wrii Lilco in plain clothes. The cl.se was then repeated to him. The pl,intiff and his friend gave their explanation of he reason why they had travelled in the second instead the third-mass carriage, and went on to say that their st.steinent could be verified by one of the company's guards, who rode with them from Romford to Forest gate. Towne then asked Shickell who he was, when the latter replied, You will find me a man of business." The former then inquired "if he and his friend were in custody," which question Shackell evaded by sayin g , You must come with me," whereupon Towne said, "I ,hall not stir an inch unless by coercion." Upon this both parties were conducted a room, where they round the other defendant, Church, to whom the cir curnstanees of the case were related. Towne expressed his readiness to go back to R irnforsi for the purpose of pointing out the porter by whom they had been told to get to the second class carriage, or to pay the expense of sending some one down to make inquiry into the trulfainess of their statement. Previously to t mater nevtng arrived at this point Towne had handed his card with his address upon it to Shackell, but the plain tiff had reftved to give his, in consequence of some irri tating observations which had been made by that officer, to the effect that they had made a false state ment. Eventually the defendant Church gave direc tions fur Shackell to accompany the parties to a police court. The plaintiff and his friend wero therefore walked through the public streets, between four end five o'clock in the afternoon, to the police -court in Woe ship-street, where they wore detained some time in an outer office amongst other prisoners, several of whom had since been convicted and transported. When the particulars of the case had been represented to Mr. Arnold, the sit'ing magistrate, that gentleman at once dismissed the charge, and intimated to Shackell that if there were any real demand the parties should have been summoned, and not brought to a police-court, especially, too, as he had received the card with the ad dross of one of them. After the case had been dis missed, the plaintiff and Towne walked away with Shackell, and accompanied him to the station for the purpose of ascertaining the result of the inquiry which was to be made by means of the electric telegraph, when they found that all the answer that had been returned to the inquiry was—" that the port e r was , at tea. " This was the injury which the plaintiff complained of, and for such injury it was that he now sought com pensation. Evidence having been adduced in support of the above outline of facts, _ _ _ _ Mr. H. Mu :addressed the jury on behalf of the de fendants, contending, in the first instance, that no proof ba I been given of the fact of the plaintiff and his friend having either been given or taken into custody by either or burl of the defend rots. Several witnesses were called to support this view of the matter, namely, that so far ffom tho persons having been given into custody they had themselves suggested the appal to the magistrate to settle the question. Mr. E. JAMES replied in au excellent and humorous speech. The CHIEF BARON then left it to the jury to say whe ther Wither or both the defelichnti had been guilty of what was imputed to them by the plaintiff; if so, then, they would find for the plaintiff against either or both, and ahao say what amount of damage that gentleman had t !Li n ed, The jury consulted for a few moments, and then gave a verdict f.r the plaintiff as against both the de fendants—Damages 100/. PUBLIC BATHS AND WASHUOUSES —OO the 4th inst. memorials were presented to the corporation of Tyne. mouth from the burgesses and ratepayers of North Shields and Tynemouth, praying the council to erect public baths and washouses under the provisions of the Rev. Sir Henry Dukintield's Act. The council resolved, by a large majority, " to proceed as early as possible to erect baths nud wash houses for the use of the poor in the borough," and they instructed the town clerk to procure the ,details.nrcessary to enable the council to carry out the measure with vigour and effect. The corporations of Neveastle and Sunderland have already. Availed themselves - of the acilities afforded under the Act. ? in- coo' )11d 1 • 1 per ,ror -484, ?r ed. 25 1 per 16 4 41b. DIN