The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-17 00:00:00

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The ulo Commissioners for executing the O ffice of Lord High Admiral tet t , United Kingdom of Great Brita in and Ireland, do hereby give lis ' t hat on Tur.snAT, the Bth April next, at One olin 'clock to, they will Irit'Z l Y to treat with such person s as may be willing Contract -4 PITIng her ilikle sty TOCKHO's DockyardsLM TAR, with irrnr, S - ••• ,, KHOLM, ARCHANGEL, or BRITISH-1i ADE PITCH, And RUSSIA or ENG LISII TALLOW. D istributions ha , ributions of the Articles, and Forras of the Tenders may be 4 ,,,t las said Office. to t' treaty, k ie ° "Older Trill be received after One o'clock on the day 1 Il!h7 noticed, unless the party att ends, or an agent for him ai.. 1 a uthorised in writing. Npir7 Tender must be addresold to the Secreta r y of the Admi tand bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for teli„,,, roast also be deliVered at Somerset -pc, c t, 'e.el by 0. letter signed by two re.nonslble persons, engaging tor .v 7me bound with the person tendef!ng in the sum of 1,2001. IN." Tar, 8001. for the Tallow, and by one Person in the sum of for the Pitch, let the dne performance of he Contracts. ---____ --------_ _ _ T►:~i~ • 161P,d• ~ The local traffic of North. Wales:" . a larger development, especially mine ral , than ,e directors at one time ventured to hope furl' . and they trust that the time is not now far distant when the holders of the original stock of the company will re ceive some recompense for the heavy, and, as yet un requited outlay, which they have incurred in carrying a great national undertaking to an issue, already, in every other respect, completely successful. The state ment of share and loan capital shows that the company are authorised to raise 3,255,000/. in shares, and 1,084,332/. on loan, making together 4,339,332/. The capital account to the 31st December last shows that 3,927,748/. had been received, including 2,062,637/. on original shares, 609,342/. on preference shares, and 1,084,3321. on debentures, also 17,538/, for sundries and tolls into Chester, 51,238/. traffic, previous to commence ment of revenue account, and 102,6521. advances on steam-boats, surplus I , '•. &c. The expenditure amounts to 3,913,5931:, * ng 163,3281. on the Mold Railway, 40,0061. interest nn ptereton shares, 103,2001. interest on loans, 197,2651. auterest to shareholders and 162,2541. on the steam-boats, leaving a balance of 14,1551. The revenue accounts for the half-year ending the 31st of December last states that 77,031/, had been received on the railway, including 15,175/. for the mail service, and 37,7291. expended, leaving a balance of 39,301/. The steam-boat account for the half-year states that 6,077/. had been received, and 8,206/. expended, showing a loss of 2,129/. This sum deducted from the preceding ba lance leaves an available sum of 37,172/. kk"A MARCH 17, 1851. N ° . 18,246.] LONDON , MONDAY :!-, . • , • S 7 [PRICE SD. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY STATIONS. MESSRS. W. H. SMITH and SON are pre pared to receive Bills and Advertisements for posting on the Walls and Platfonns, and in the Booking-offices of these Stations, 188 in number, including London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham. The number of Passengers travelling over the Line was about 6,000,000 in 1850, and will, pralsably, greatly exceed that number iii the present year. Advertisements will be received for one or more Stations, or for the whole Line, for periods of one, three, six, or twelve months. Persons contracting for space for hanging Advertisements, may change them not oftener than once a week. Further particulars and copies of Rules and Rates of Charge may be obtained from Messrs. W. 11. Smith and Son, 136, Strand, Lon don ; or at the Book-stands, and of the Booking Clerks at all the Stations on the Line. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, March 15. to the fact that whilst 11 witnesses had been bound over on their recogniaances to appear and give evidence at the trial only two of them had been taken before the grand jury, and nine of the witnesses before the magis trates, whose evidence ought to have been tendered before them to enable them to form an opinion as to the justice of the charge, had been withheld. This was a disgraceful mode of conducting a criminal prosecution. The object of a prosecutio❑ was not to entrap a verdict against a prisoner, and such a system on the part of the public prosecutor of Leeds did not tell much in favour of the appointment generally of public prosecutors. The Learned Sergeant then went through the evidence, and made an eloquent and powerful appeal to the jury on behalf of his client, His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said he should first advert to the disgraceful fact that out of 11 witnesses whose depositions had been taken, and who had been bound over to give evidence, two only had been brought before the grand jury. Out of 11 witnesses nine were not here. him, she must seek her remedy in a court of law, and not resort to personal violence in a public place. The defendant was then ordered to enter into her own recognizances in 501. to keep the peace for the usual period. William Smith, a begging-letter writer, and also known as the " King of the Beggers," was brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with begging. Colley and Daniels, two of the Mendicity Society's constables, saw the defendant carrying on his unlawful vocation in Jermyn•street. They took him into cus tody, and in his possession found direct evidence of at tempts at imposition on several of the nobility, and more recently on Prince Albert. There was also a memo randum in the prisoner's handwriting to show that he had sent begging petitions to Sir David Dundas, Sir Jas. Duke, Gen. M'Leod, Lord Glenelg, Lady M'Leod, and Dr. Cumming. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) The two remaining causes on the list having been referred, his Lordship proceeded with the trial of prim soners. Herbert Rippon, aged 24, and George Harrison, aged 22, were indicted for that they, On the 19th of February last, in the parish of Eckingtota, feloniously assaulted and put in bodily !car one Samuel Ivans, and stole from his person one pair of shoes, ono ktiife, one pocketbook, and one neckerchief, his property. _ . 4 , 11 oyston of 'erred to Mr. HARDNVICK immediately committed the defendant as a rogue and vagabond for one month. WESTMINSTER. Ilteration some but in 51)15' °Ya as aPP r . te e d 13 .Pee.oo., m ov_ honora r y g eld 3 , e ,ter- b e from t g r . prating to , lost iinpor: z b l y r. 1 4 13 ' 0 no ting t r itaiu. ested that in a letter an d recoil' 11 lately their laced, shall bI I 1t I cEset be erl a stle eu ul . r ins to ,r o. ',onnties liarv6c h tba l t land ; dbea a ;ids make its .' thie . fler wieb ' : riu Trieste; hole 0f °l . ') ^A • that It _ fact, t no ! ijaricic u o . ter n th at e railw av Dover, and that bu". bo don `°°(ll,;ss— the cape of 086 °ape° ere isn s't foI, 634 r-bill" b " . urn. The° „ e nerallY st 20, an d the l uoted lerre° an D e n Four to 76' said tb t st Anibergaas )uth ",al eOt to be /31°1t high er ,: her oat' h od, Sout Sb. aia>~ mood plc •() ,rpiPsl(. FR1 6 .4; 620 P sti P 56 P 56 P CV 9v .4. 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F rl . pegss ss :1; 1 A A f MD 108 '''e • Sel l alas An Ad. b e en has the sa ner objeco 0 0 . e n f t - r i s c ertsia the o q . :1 is tbil f matter 0, (etch ,et , to 1 ",,, isetatt 101Gry1,1ml die nee' ° t cur es P Y t 6 iot ter lt° ,4 g to b e thOr" tiv to ntintie is uigerell ;ion• ~,ei •._ . --- , s a l of , th A e ffori• I tb® vi 3" 3 , so w'. so. cantl - HANK of ENGLAND, MARCh 11, 1851. 4 14 Tke Court of Directors of the Governor and Coi.npany of the . m ._ur England give notice, 114 t a General Court will be held at th e Bank, on TuCa.sWi ,DAY, litibh instant, at Twelve o'clock precis el y , to consider of a 1, tt b..,: Also that another General Court will be held at the Ba uk till '"'L'AY the Bth of April next, from Ten o'clock in the Forenoon cat otir &clock in the Afternoon, for the ELECTION of a COVER bi 4.„, n , d DEPUTY-GOTERNOR for the year ensuing (which will by „„'"Artnl that evening) ; and the same Court will be continued liQuilrryment, and held at the same place, and during the same Il;Vil \vinnsrEsniv, the 9th April next, for the ELECTION of liti o ,`TY-I Y OUR DIRECTORS (which will also be one of the tici l 7, l Y General Courts appointed by the Charter), and the Elee- Sty hover. Twenty-four Directors will be declared as soon as the sera , Y . er : ihr,"ta hats of the Proprietors having votes will be ready to be do ., at the B ank on Tuesday', the 25th of March. X.R . , JOIIN BENTLEY, Secretary . to ~n _ a-)Y an Act passed in the 7 th y ear of the reign of Geo. 111., hsv ''' n will be entitled to vote at the said election who shall not 4,t:16.'" six calendar months possesse d in his own right of the which he shall then give his vote, unless the said stock shall tr 4.. en acquired, or shall have come by bequest, or by marriage, `lf 4 succession to an intestate's estate, or by the custom of the city i kw, t_ 'ldea, or by any deed of settlement after the death of any per , shall have been entitled for life to the dividends of such stock. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Metter' 12, 1851. TAE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST PSDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, Tia n ': a Proprietor of East ladla Stock has given notice, that at the It th:! l .s - General Court of the said Comp an y , a pp ointed to be held t ~;,1 1. Rouse in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th inst., submit the three following motions, viz.:— It 1 . That collectorate abstracts of the undermentioned ms tilg - q,LeMent No. 7 ef the Parli am entary Accounts for the year ite end of the Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of Sis 3 ,l2 ,l bay Presidency, indicating such portions thereof as will and 9 4 1 , 3 1P5e to the East India Company, explanatory also of their last mcrease, collectively amounting to rs. 33, 37,971 be l a id before 4,14 ,, rt of Proprietors. ... arl ceS and Assignments payable out of the revenues eiZcordance with treaties or other engagements in . 144411 those of the ex-Paishwa and his Minister...%rs. 16,31,561 N., s 4 uces to village officers and enamdars ••.. • • • ... .• 91,31,642 ' l 2 th,".• 2 . That a statement of the undermentioned item contained 4 erc 'alrie account, indicating such portions thereof as are of a ge teiet:aore than a local charge, be also laid before the Court of Pro ‘l,ltr,rs, v iz. e 4 es for civil and political establishments, including 1 / 4 i l ngent charges.. •••••••••••• • • •• • .. •• •• re. 35,83,565 That publicity be given in the customary newspapers of of motion submitted by any member of this Court in the Pivltig that in which they are presented, as well as on the Previous to the Meeting of the next Quarterly Court of rs for the consideration and disposa l of all such motions." JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. Ibt-r GUILDHALL, Maucn 14 , 1851 . .U I E COMMITTEE FOR LETTING THE 4 t. 15tCITY'S LANDS will meet at GUILDHALL, on WzDzirEsnAv, I im„t" day fort March instant, at O p ne o'clock recisely, to receive - 4RS LETTING for Twelve Months certain, from Lady ittto:xt, and afterwards subject to Three Months' notice o quit for party, a House, No. 8, on the west side of Giltspur-tstreet. 111 4 to receive Tenders for LETTING on LEASE, for 16 3 4 years, Isake:Jaree days), from Lady-day next, a House, No. 22, Artillery• k ko on the west side of the City-road. t 0 receive Tenders for LETTING on LEASE, for 16,i years Oq t,,e_ tree days), from Midsummer next , Two Houses, Nos. 5 and 6, o „`' south side of Chri s topher-street, Finsbury - squar e ; and a 4 , 17, pump-row, on the south side of Old - s treet-road. iitZ.the r Particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender at the Office of Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. tikN'WELL LUNATIC ASYLUM. Persons willing to TENDER for SUPPLYING the above -1,4)... Institution, which contains about 1,100 inmates, with N,„„! lour, Malt, Hops, Oatmeal, Peas , H a y , Straw, Oats, Butter, 41 t "" , and Bacon, for six calendar months , f r om the lot of April 1 41 t te afe requested to deliver their tenders a ddressed to the Corn ', of Visitors, to the Storekeeper of t he As y lum, at Hanwell, Quarter before Twelve o'Clock, on Thursday, the 20th Instant, /1b,„, 1 2 1 attendance there at that hour. i`;,` forms in which the Tenders must be made ma y be obtained, form of Contract may be seen, either by app lication here, Asylt.m. Committee will not bind themselves to accept the loWest or ` the Tenders. S elelo CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Visitors. hs-house, Clerkenwell, March 8, 1551. I.B •RISH of ST. GEORGE, HANOVER ro SQUARE. 4r oc ' e rs and Mealmen, Butchers, Cheesemong ers, Cornehandlers, C 01", Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oilmen and Tallowchandlers, „nrrnen, and Coffinakers. Persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors and Sl ae ns of tke Poor of the said Parish for supplying the Two Work ,%:•ltor six M o nths, from the 25th day of March, to the 29 t h da y 4 4' tuber, 1851, may deliver in their sealed p ro p osals at the zf r ooln in Mount-street, on or before Ten o'clock on FainiT, ?tr: t ' i cy of March. ons Tendering must be in attendance at that time, and all Ten o tia. t i . t l u_ Wit be made upon and strictly iR accordance with the pr inted .4 Tender, which may be obtained on application to the M aster W orkhouse, in Mount-street, as well as any flirther particulars. By order. T. B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. PtIRSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH 1 / 4 4 kill it COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause SKIPWORTII B KIPWORTII, the creditors of THO MAS SKIP W H ORT, mil, : 1 4 Cebourne, in the county of Lincoln, Farmer (who died in nth of August, 1850), are, OR or before the 16th day of April, titp ta ° Conte in and prove their debts before RICHARD Tonix ik ll 4tlu, at " , Esq., one of the Masters ef the said Court, at his a._ erg. in S out h amp t on -b u ildings, Chancery-lane, London; or , teault thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the b enefit • said Decree. RICHARD T. KINDERSLEY. G. T. and W. TAYLOR, 18, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn, Agents for WILLIAM RoLuxsoN - , of Gainsborough, Plaintiff's Solicitor. T. MARTIN'S HALL.' bU gI C CONCERTS OF ANCIENT AND MODERN Under the direction of Mr. John Ilußah. qls fr ,e FIFTH CONCERT will take place on WEDNESDAY EVE toki,", March 19, when will be performed, for the first time in this ketP . , the Credo, in B minor, of John Seba stian Bach—Mozart's k)(I 4 Pulvis et Cinis—the second act of G luck's O p era, Orfeo Selection from Weber's Oberon. kirlsaarrs : —Mrs. Endersohnn, Miss Kearns , M lle, Graumann, erberte, Signor Marchssi. Chorus consist of the members of Mr. Hullah's First 'tr tlitll'Set School. t.;,. 4 2 - Reserved Seats, 65.; double ditto, 9s. ; Area 3s. ; double ' 4ll Nt„,!; 6 ( 1 . May be had of Mr. John Parker, 445, West Strand ;of ' ,l c -sellers ; and at St. Martin's-hall. e 6 FPEE and its ADULTERATIONS. b 4 tw, " Lancet" of January, 4, 1851, contains the analyses of `4,1 415 ,, ,1 twenty and thirty samples of Coflee, " purchased at the ` 4 .,,qth' s haient of different metropolitan Grocers, Tea and Coffee- Lc. "S." the whole of which, with two exceptions, were found r. 4 4, ulterated with chicory, ' roasted corn, beans, or potatoes. ht4:(.l, therefore. much satisfaction in announcing, that the two & c ' t , k r sli pasnts where unadulterated coffee was purchased were those —4 !"1 . BETTS 262, Oxford-street, and Messrs. KNIGHT and Ciracechu ' rch-street, City. The Coffee purchased at these ,lerZ eB were of excellent quality and high flavour, no very marked ~",c e existing to distinguish the one from the other. The price irtari the shop of Mr. Betts was Is. 4d. per lb. ; at the shop of f rr ,'2'-night 2s. per lb. In both instances the article was entirely adulteration. ' L t tat,, ve r buy coffee contained in canisters, for it is even more fordaul— ,dej-Ohan other coffee, it being necessary not only to pay the \-.2 ... 1 11 1 also the canister." LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, Licensed by Act of Parliament. ( A lt GYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL STREET, ST. JAMES'S. L essee, Charles Emile Laurent, Jun., 57, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. )htetrs P r i nc ip a l Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt. °Peil at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at 44(1 terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. Admission, One Shilling. 11[C>ST IMPORTANT.—Pounds, Shillings , an d tikt, Pence, greatly influence the happiness of mankind ; and Zr does this must be important. .„` 4 44 I3 SES and SON have for a period exceeding twent y y ears, by frl t 1 able exertions, endeavoured to supply the p ublic at such g Ce t , 1 , 4 g, Prior to their times, was never considered possible ; they :Ns Dr e en the introducers of a new era in their trade, and their suc b\i','4), "es that they have made pounds, shillings, and pence, in „lthtt:ense of the words, available to the happiness of the corn s'',! by placing abundance in the power of their customers, and 1 , ~ , e refore, the commercial connexion with them and the public 41 11 1 4 1 ' . sentially important to every interest, that it must be con -1114 ev s ltt s erY channel of theirvast stream of trade as Tailors, Clothiers, ett„'N, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Out tht,' for Ladies and Gentlemen, that they have fully carried out u lt ,Xreat principles, of high qualities and low prices, the immense 4 , s tltti r , t ude which has so long and so unchangeably patronised them , „', l ! ) t `` e ntly testifies ; and if, perchance, there should be any who are `, l 4 )e rßenally aware of this great fact, we invite them the prin (ll,,,of mutual attvantage, to enable us to prove, that by saving to their pounds, shillings v and pence, we in reality study their tll t , l ''ness, and they will find 'that to become our c ustomers, is to and to us, most important. 4 . handsome Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis,'- on application. It new edition of "Everybody's Book , conta inin g a fnll report '4i s q % late important trial, may be had gratis, on applicat ion, or b y of I.f r. post free. ,s ROSES and SON have no connexion with an y other house in C o it of London, except the following : k 'den City Establishment, 154, 1 55 , 156, and 157, Minories, 83, s i and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. lLdr ' 101 l West -end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford -street, 1,2, hdart-street d all communicating. adf ll4 Yorkshire" Branch, 19, Bridge-street. irktliffield Branch, 36, Fargate. qiik ° l's, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe , T i r 3 , and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. t tum _e stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset tia -7. when business Is rain , med. till Twelve o'clock. Set l'on pule Francais°. Qui si parla Italian°. spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol, THIRTY-lITFTII EDITION. THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF t j -- DISEASE. , - tnatrated by 26 Anatomical Colomed Eagravin on Steel. A rtL YRICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERA gs TIVE INCA • \ e PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. tn i l r l e m e rtroovme the i E t I s o t n a , h e i in hue ge n d t e 3s .1966cp In postage rice stamps,. E SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on ,t t a exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by in !,r e =e , Indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of i rtiow A with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, 1 34,4 0 Y observations on the Married State, aid the disqualifies e„ the detail prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and 07 ,41 e cases. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting 410.4' 19 , Berners-street, ox:cord-street, London. Published by 11. a nd - 2,rs • and sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hammy, ' a / 1 8er, 150, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- P 140 11 d 41. t 411 1 en. . treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive Mid is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. kgen r 2 l . treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in ii:4taTui and their lamentable effects on the system, producing -ap tt :hcl bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative i,1•44 pacify, Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. tqlllll. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in t z t uA rY or secondary form i and contains explicit directions for e&trnent, This section s illustrated by Seventeen Coloured Tt'rinn A4 T • contains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a Lqls tZPPlication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. -4 1ce: 43°1- ttuat part the Work should not escape the reader's tea. 44 ,1 1 . 1 V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du e' „ canses of unproductive union are also considered, and the t .'l'll 4 - '''Jfbet critically and philosophically inquired into. Ittt n „ Bux or smsAcusc is exclusively employed in 7 1 ' b e 3, i tervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls. and . 335. l 'oitd': ° : The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syplnlitic !1nn i3 ,... for purifying the blood in cues of infection, secdndary Lottl e 7l , eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, lls. and 335. p er x 7 1 ' h e errf's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 0d- 4s. 6d., and l ie. fro„, a cert a i n rem edy for gonorrhata, glut, stricture, an d •-•••43 ti ammation of the bladder. Consultatin fee, if by letter, , A ,? )1 in 'atc detail of the 'case is required: age,habits, and posi ,i'Ziontc"•ttt:tir- 11. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Tata nr go o ar 3' by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Perry, usleet,tt _ 9rzandou lt a tte zl n e d v a e e : n n e daily ..a a ,i tanl9 Pivo w ers- rj a gu roo t t i 0 0 n e s o un rcl: 3410 D4 to Qao. AT a numerous Meeting of Shareholders of the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY, held at the London Tavern, liishopsgate-street, the 15th day of March, 1851, George Hammond Whalley, Esq., in the Chair, It was resolved unanimously, Thal it having come to the knowledge i n nomination of this meeting as thaa t Me. David Waddingten is to be put Director of this Company, at a meeting to be held on the lath inst., fokd that he is making great efforts to secure his election, this meeting feels called upon to declare its opinion that hls election woil.`l be disasteolis to the prospects of the company, for the following reason:! - 1. That Mr. Wadding ton having. fNirt 1845 to 1844, had the artment of the ItuilwaY, either adopted tatement of the traftte account to ce permitted a systematic mis-: .. of , the Committee a wesq. th , "mount, as appears by the Repoi.. ga llon, a upwards of 113,0001. ; "for in the words of the uee and which every Report, " It is impossible to conceive any exe, right-minded person must indignantly condemn." 2. That Mr. Waddington being thus identified with so. railway management, and also with other cireumstances in the said Report, his election would prevent the revival of pt. confidence, as well in the published accounts as in the private management of the Company. 3. That, whether justly or not, Mr. Waddington being thus known, his election would be a declaration that the sy.,tem so adopted or permitted by him was justifiable, and must consequently perpe tuate ant increase want of confidence on the part or the public ; it being impossible that so vast an enterprise es the Eastern Coml. tiee Railway conld continue to °List in defiance of the recognised principles of commercial character. It was resolved unanimously, That this meeting therefore feels justified in making an earnest appeal to their fellow-Shareholders to attend the meeting on the 18th. inst., in order to uphold the character and protect the interests of the Company. (Signed) G. 11. WHALLET, Chairman. _------_ L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. WARWICK RACES—SPRING MEETING. For the convenience of the Public desirous of attending these Races a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the Euston-square Station on TUES DAY, the 18th instant„ at 8 a.m. ' returning from Leamington at 7 45 on the Evening oft Frid ay the 21st. FARES TO LEAMIN I GTON AND BACK. First Class. Second Class. 275. 19s. 6d. The Return Tickets to be available by any of the intervening ordi nary Trains. By order, MARK HUISII. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March 10, 1851. L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NORTHAMPTON RACES— SPRING MEETING. For the eonvenience of the Public desirous of attending these Races a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the Ruston-square Station on WED NESDAY, the 26th instant, at 8 30 a.m., returning from Northamp ton at S o'clock en the Evening of Thursday, the 27th. FARES TO NORTHAMrTON AND BACK. First Class. Second Class. 18s. 13s. 6d. The Return Tickets to be available by any of the intervening ordi nary trains. By order, General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March 14, 1851. MARK HUISII. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. tn.. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *NV. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.R.S. t*Edmund S. Syines, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t*Clement Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t* Joseph Thompson, Eq. *John Moss, Esq. tAugustas Vigne, Esq. AUDITOR. f Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S. {J. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SUR6EON. t*E. S. Symos, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-Square. ACTUARY. tear, S. B. Woolhonse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c. SECRETARY. *D. T. Lyons Clanchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. RANKERS. t*Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, pleura. Sutton, Ewens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. CAFITAL-500,0001. The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Table the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, w ithout security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue he Policy, on its surrender one of the annual payments will t he returned by the Society. Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without Interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. No Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The present nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,0001.; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,530/. ; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,454/. Is. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary addition to the original Min assured ty each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. - Pern .1 ~4 Annual Policy Bonus in neut Re. Age. 7,1 Pre- taken , addltioi Bonus in diction of ms P., mium. eat In' to Sum Cash. Anessi Assured. Premium. —.--- ....-- X s. d. £ s d. X s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 1 7 8 8 X X B.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 tll 1842 162 16 8 76 1 8 4 11 8 3 1843 Ililo 10 55 10 10 8 110 1944 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 5 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderato extra EQU Print=ITABLE for Re FIRE OFFICE. sidence in Tropical Climates. Capital-500,0 00 /. (Incorpo rated under 7 and 8 Vict., cap. lie.) g principles of this Office are —M o d e rate and equitable R a m mt d 0 1 .11, e a ffirre i o n uniltir of efoorlleecateihn g class e of elementsris An o n n u a w l divisionwhich To opfroPproorlit proportion e Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at prescut charged are more the result of guess than calculation. diff lt or h e as nt bEesetnabfloiushneddbcyoemxppaerolieonsche,atvheatntohtebtooetnalpanropnouratlioloosastese t o e o f t t h ho amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insuran ce can only be aP preached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted on, or systematically applied. "Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable , as security against less for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this question, and will consult his interest by supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Oface will, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk'may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments, as regardi tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fitly per cent. of the nett excess will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in force for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire aro effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Fsxming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Claus. prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. t National Loan Fund Life Assuan cc Society. ■ Equitable Fire f* Both Mews• ORAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ILL Lectures on the Culture and Appliances of Flax, by Thomas Beale Browne, Esq., on 'Wednesday and Saturday, at TWO o'clock.— Lecture on the Pre,...,ation an d Bleaching of F lax, b y J. H. Pep per, Prep,. ration Esq.—Lecture on the. Chemistry of Ignition and Combustion. — Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which will be exhibited Allman's Patent Electric Light.—Lectures on the Music of Wales, by Ellis Roberts, Esq. (Harpist to ILR.II. the Prince of Wales), with Vocal Illustrations by Miss Blanche Yonnge, B. A. of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Evenings at Eight, and en Saturday, at Three.—The Celebrated Juvenile Harpists (the Lockwood Family) will perform Trios under the direction of Mr. Frederick Chatterton, daily a t Four.—Exhibitieu of the Oxy- Hydrogen Microscope.—New S er i es o f Di sso lving VieWs' illustrating some of the Royal Residences of Europe. Admission, la.—Schools, Half-price. fax Open daily frost Eleven till Five o'clock, and every' Evening cept Saturday) from Seven till Ilalf-past Ten. A " LONIC 0 N . Miss Poole, Miss Messent, Misses Emma, Victoria, and Rosins Collins,Mr. Mr. Collins, a n d M as t er Joseph Collins ; also, the u . v G e r n a i t i t e a n ira C r o p oke, is ts (the Lockwood Fa m ily), pupils of Mr , Fre d er i c k Chatterton. TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, MORNINGS, at Two EVENINGS, at Eight. The Proprietor has great pleasure in announcing the ongagentent of the above delightful Artists, in addition to the Apollonicon per formances. Pending the alterations consequent on the addition of The Great Tuba Mirabilis to this already extraordinary Instrument, Mr. Mather will give exteROYAL mporaneou MUSICs performanceHALL,s. ADELAIDE STREET, STR AND. (Adjoining the Lowther Arcade.) Conductor . . . . Mr. Grattan Cooke. TO-MORROW. TROGRAMME. PAST I. Apollonicon—lntro duction Trio—The Misses Adolphus Collins Song (Morning)—M Song (Evening)—Miss Poo le iss Victoria Collins Mather—Favourite t,a. Airs Juvenile Harpists (Evening) —The Lockwood and Apollonicon (Morning)—Mr. mily—Trio, Fanny, Ernes t, Lockwood - - Song (Morning)—Miss Emma Collins long (Evening)—Miss Messent Solo—Oboe—Mr. Grattan Cooke Divertissement—Mr., Master, and the Misses Collins. PART 11. Apollonicon—Mr. Mather—Overture Duet—The Misses Emma and Victoria Collins Solo, Violin—Miss Rosins Collins Maither. Apollonicon (Morning)—Fantasia - - Juvenile Harpists (Evening)—The Lockwood Fa mily—Trio, Fanny, Ernest, and Adolphus F. ( ratterton. Lockwood—Scottish Fantasia - - Song (Evening)—Xiss Poole Solo, Concertina'-Miss Rosina Collins Song (Evening)—Miss Messent Solo, Violoncello—Miss Victoria Collins Trio—The Misses Collins—Flute Obligato, Dir. ling. Collins—Natalie The wonderful mechanical power s o f th e I ns tr u ment be illus trated by its performance of Mozart's Overture to F jgaro ;" or Weber's celebrated Overture to "Der Freyschutz." Admission, Is.; Reserved Seats, Is. 6d. ; Stalls 23. 6d. Doors open at Half past One, and Half-past F ;eves • Cartage, may De orclered Mornings, At lour ; Bub IngsvAt Ten. - Mather. - F. Chatterton, GOOD WINE.—GEORGE ONWIIYN, 3, C - therine-street, Strand, is now offering pure PORT WINE, fresh bottled, but fit for immediate drinking, at 30s. per dozen. Sherry, a genuino wholesome wine, recommended for invalids, at 3 a.. er dozen, and old bottled Port at 365. per dozen. Warranted :c p i l inStanse free from Cape or admiXture. 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By WILLIAM HEPWORTH DIXON. With a Portrait, London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Just published, price 3d., or 6d. by post, ALARGE PICTURE on stone, showing up the guinea trade of doctors ; or, Who's the Dupe ? All invalids should carefully examine the great truths contained in that picture. May be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London, or of any of tho authorised agents for the sale of Morison's Vegetable -Universal Medicines. THE HUMAN HAIR. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR. OIL is justly renowned throughout the world for its remarkable virtues, in nourishing, preserving, and beautifying the human hair. Its operation in eases of baldness is peculiarly active ; so that, in numerous instances wherein other remedies have been tried in vain, ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL has superseded the ornaments of art, by effecting a complete restoration of beautiful hair. In the growth of whiskers, eyebrows, and mustachios, it is also unfailing in its stimulative operation. For children it Is especially recom mended, as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, and rendering the use of the fine comb uniecessary. Price 34. 6d. and 7s. ; or family bottles (equal to four small) at 10s. fid.; and double that size, 21s. CAUTION.—Ou the wrapper of each bottle of the genuine article are these words in two lines, "ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL." The game are engravzd on the back of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,02 S letters. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by all Chemists and Perfumers. DR. laa.'MERT ON THE SECRET URITY INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MAT. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFITY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. lust published, fn Freach, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed :Lnyelope, 2a. 6d., or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two tarktps, SELF-1311.0SERVATION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, asually acquired at an esaty period of life which destroy he physical and mental powers, dirainlsh and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Oblorvations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, itricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis cretion, as adopted by Lallemand, Incord, and other eminent mem bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Eng,ravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re productive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, Amy nctions, and the various le - jiiries that are produced in them solitary . habits, excesses, and infection. BY SAMUEL LAWEHT, 27, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member ef the University of Erin bargh, n onor y arember of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Ap thecae , es' Trail, London, :Nlember of the Hunteriau Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., Rae. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and test nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. Ile may be consulted with ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the exc bjesseecta s of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the o of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49 , Pater noster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Static, Titchborne-street, biraymarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, ne free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who ay be consulted en these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, •.osti ten till two and from six till eight. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; Hoot-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from tho author, price Ono Shilling eaca ; by poet, 1.. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." • CONTENTS: —Early Rising—Npring and Summer Morningsf-t•Le7r.• cursioni about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, Iligh-roads, and other plearant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—Londou at Nillit—Evenlng. at liome —Masio—The Drama — On Eating , Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., IL FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAIN. Two Vols. Vol I. & VISIT TO THE LANES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &o. Vol. 11. CEs OF THE LAICZI3 K.MLAIILII)TEY ; DUBN, BE4. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. "That three seore years and ten our course may ran." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical rega ation of every-day life. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." STIIITECT : pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The c, casualties of licantionenc , ss and dissipation, with illustrations, graphi narrative, and reinediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V." THE DIARRIAGE STATE. " To be or not to be, that is the question." Ituouttizasm—Lawa and obligations of nature, society, and re iigisn regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and Igurc, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. (Wes, Etc. By R. J. CIIIVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. 1824). T WiTty-live years Medical and Forensic Referee tinill these rat , vs. ; to urs daily till Ave.:vessings . sn nins. Argyll-plar.o. Regent-street. ------- • CLAPHAM-COMMON CONVENT. During the last mouth considerable excitement has prevailed at Clapham, under the following circum stances:—ln Bedford - lane , Clapham-common, is a con vent. As in similar Roman Catholic nunneries, young ladies of that persuasion are educated there in the ac complishments imparted at all boarding-schools. About six weeks ago it was rumoured that one of the nuns had n b e en taken in premature labour, and that a surgeon i th e confidence of the siste rhood was called out of his bed to attend the accouchement. This rumour, as it rolled along, augmented like a snowball, and a frigid silence on the part of those who had it in their power to dissolve it, when applied to by several Protestant gentle mon of standing, was take n as a tacit admission of the truth of the Allegation; and there being a large number of the higher class lady boarding-schools in the neigh bourhood, the scandal engendered an excitement that at last, from its intensity, led to an inquiry acquiesced in by the spiritual adv!sers of the parties impugned. There is attached to the chapel of the convent a lay committee of ladies, whose duties are to visit the Catholic .poor of the district, and administer such relie f and eon olation as the circumstances of the - distressed might warrant. In one of these visitations a lady (Miss B.) had her attention directed to a young woman, residing within a few doors of the convent, as a stranger to the neighbourhood, and who had been noticed for her fre quent outbursts of grief as well as being in an advanced state of pregnancy. Miss B. waited upon her, and learned her history. She was of respectable family, and had left her home to save her friends the shame of her indiscretion, and knew not a soul in the metropolis, but was amply provided with funds. Miss B. proffered to make arrangements for her accouchement ' and the young wom an gratefully accepted her services. The medical man was accordingly engaged, and the whole case of the patient, family connexion, and other circumstances, re lated to him in confidence, and out of regard to the feel ings of the unhappy woman, who enjoined secrecy in the matter. In a few days, and at midnight, the surgeon was sent for by a messenger from the convent, directing him to an immediate attendance upon his patient. The messenger gave the instructions to the medical man's boy, and he—knowing the applicant to bo a servant at the nunnery—magnified the matter, and it would appear not wilfully, but mistakenly, into the certainty that his mas ter had to attend a labour at the convent. This, it is now proved, was the basis of the allegation, and the m ystery attending the case, arising out of the young person's anxious desire that her family might be spared the disgrace consequent upon exposure, fortified those who were for some weeks refused anything like an ex planation, in behr h in na g e t n h t atan accouchement had taken place in the establishment, notwithstanding the positive denial of such being the fact by the medical man, himself a member of the Church of England, and at the head of th e profession in the locality. The result was that the young lady, for s uch by her education and family she really is, became the mother of a healthy boy, and when conva l es cent, express ed a wish to become a convert to the Church of Rom e, and several times waited upon the clergyman of the chapel, the Rev. Father De Held, for that purpose. At the earnest request, however, of Miss 8., a communication was made with the young lady' s family, and a compl ete reconciliation was effected, an d expedited, by the repugnance of the parents to their daught er em bracing the Rom an Catholic faith, she being in reality of the Protestant Church. Such are the par ticulars of a case, which , if at once explained, would have spared much scandal. — Weekly Dispatch. The poor-rates of the parish of Shepton Mallet are not more than one-third the amount they were about four years since ; and there are not sufficient able-bodied paupers in the union house to do the work of the house.—Sherborne Journal. Mr. Wilimero conduct©d the prosecution; the prisoners were undefended. This was a very aggravated case of highway robbery. The prosecutor was an old man living at Hanley, in this county. On the evening in question ho had been to Gadless, and was at a public house, where he intended to sleep, when the two prisoners and another man named Chadburn came in. The men being well known to the prosecutor a conversation between them took place, in the course of which the prosecutor informed them of his intention to stay where he was . all night. Harrison there upon said that he was going his way, and could accom pany him on the road, and the old man gave up his in tention of staying, and left the house with Harrison. Rippon and Chadburn followed until they came to a lane which branched off from the main road. There Rippon and Chedhnrn kept back, and Ihrrison and the old man proceeded down the lane. Wben they had gone some distance they were suddenly . attacked by two men, who rushed from the hedge, and had large stakes in their hands. One of them had a haedkerchief over hie face, but the prosecutor swore that ttut man was. Rippon, and that he knocked nun (the prosecutor) down with a stick, Harrison assisted the men in Tabbing the old wan and inflicting upon him a most ullmereifill beating. They took his shoes off his feet, twisted his neckerchief round his throat so as nearly to sufbcate him, and left him bicedin and exhausted. At about half-past four o'clock in the morning the occupant of a neighbouring cottage heard a scratching noise at his door, upon opening which he found the poor old man, who bad succeeded in crawl ing there, but was apparently almost dead. Other cir cumstances were given in evidence, to connect the pei• soners with the commission of thi s violent outrage', and Chadburn was also identified by the prosecutor, but the police have not as yet succeeded in apprehending him. The old man has not yet reaolere4 from the effect of the injuries which he received on that night, and gave his evidence with considerable difficulty. The Learned JuncE summed up the evidence, and The jury found the prisoners Guilty. John Battye, aged 34, was indicted for feloniously transportation for life.. They were sentenced to tr stabbing and wounding Charle s Taylor, at the parish of Eckington, on the sth November last. Mr. Willmore proseecuted, and Mr. Sergeant Miller was retained f)r the defence. The prisoner had pleaded c' not guilty" to the whole charge; but acting upon tile advice of his Learned Counselgai guilty to hea commonnow withdrew asaaul t thatonly ~ N o evidence was plea, and pleaded charg e of felony, and ho was, ofquitted the that charge. For the common was sentenced to six m onths' impriso n m en t slaughteroal withfs therefore, s t. a r o e hl d tarho e d t ol sustain ea e j b o o u s e r p . h Thomas Watsom, aged 22, wa s i n di c ted fo r th e man prosecution; Mr. Flowers Mr. Fowler appeared for the Woolley. for the prisoner. From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, it appeared that the decasod had mat with his death in the course of a fair stand•up fight between him and the prisoner, both being partially drunk at the time. At the suggestion of his Learned Counsel the prisoner d the prisoner seriou s ly t o LE begge d " guilty." nce of the act of w hi c h h a withdrew refiT ehcetutp eo h anr i his he p de l e fatal utaapnl consequence had been guilty, and sentenced him to be kept in soli tary confinement for one fortnight. (Before Ur. Justice COLERIDGE.) _ Joseph linrst and John Taylor, both out On bail, ware .ndicted for a rape. Mr. Willmore prosecuted; Mr. Sergeant Miller de 'ended Hurst; Mr. Denison defended Turner. The prosecutrix spoke to the circumstances of the felonious assault upon her, and described it as having been committed by four mea in the most violent and determined manner. There vvere, however, features of great improbability about her story, and the csso was soon disposed of by a verdict of Not guilty. George Damns, aged 59, was indicted for feloniously abusing a little girl under twelve years of ago. Mr. Barker conducted the prosecution; Mr. Sergeant Miller the defence. The statement of the prisoner was that what he had done was done with the child's consent; erroneously supposing, in all probability, tllat that was a defence to the charge. The jury, however, returned a verdict of Guilty; And ho was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. James Dowd, aged 27, MS indicted far a rape upon Maria Hough. Mr. Denison prosecuted; Mr. Flowers defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix in this case was no less than sixty five years old, but her accobat of the matter was a con sistent and credible one. very recently after the occur rence she had made comPhint of the wrong which she had suffered, and the truth of the charge appeared free from any reasonable doubt. The jury convicted the prisoner, and he was trans p ortcd for fifteen years. NORTHERN ClRCum_y orlt , , March 14. CROWN COURT. — ( l 4efore Mr. Baron PLATE.) Daniel Sutherland, 40, *as charged with having, on the 18th of January last, at Bramham, committed a fe lonious assault on Martha Mr. Campbell Foster Posecuted ; Mr. Overend de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the prisoner is a hawker, and resides at Clifford, near Bramham, The prosecutrix sherose iscutrix is a mar ried woman, residing at Bpcunyoung and ex tremely gocd looking, a4d has been married about three years. Her husband is a farm labourer, and is absent from home all day attending to his work. For some days previous to the 18th of January the prosecu trix had been very unwell, and About seven o'clock at night was so on this day. she went to a neighbour's house to procure some laude eam • On returning a short time afterwards she found 010 prisoner sitting in a chair near the fire. Ile got up and asked the prosecutrix what she had her shawl on fer—wa s she poorly? She an swered that she had been unwell for some days. He then said that he had some shoes which he was desirous of selling to her husband, v 'heu the prosecutrix replied that he aas not in want of anything of the kind. The prisoner inquired what time her husband would be at home, and the prosecutrix acid she expected him at nine o'clock. Immediately after this the prisoner commenced a series of indecent observations to the prosecutrix, who consequently ordered him to leave the house. Instead of this the prisoner locked tile door and then seized the prosecutrix, whose person he eventuallysucceeded in vio lating. She became insensible, and on recovering found herself alone seated in a chair., The prosecutrix underwent a long and severe cross examination, in the course of which it appeared that when seven years old she bad been criminally assaulted by a person named Hebblethsvaite, who had been tried for the offence, and that when thirteen years of ago she had been similarly assaulted i t a harvest field by a man named Metcalf, who had subsequently made an apology to her father, and the matter was thus settled. She po stively denied that she had made such a charge against any other person. The good looks and extremely modest demeanour of the prosecutrix, who appeared to be occasionally much distressed whilst under examination, had created a strong impression in her favour, and her testimony had not been in the least shaken, when tOwatels the close of the case a note was handed from the gallery to tho Learned Counsel for the prisoner, who asked permission from his Lordship to have the prosecutrix recalled. On her entering the witness-box, Mr. OVRREND inquired if she had ever been in the ser vice of Mr. Darby, in York? s The prosecutrix answered she had been three days at his house, but did not en ga g not e as herervant. Mr. OVEREND.—Did you ge his son with at tempting to commit a rape upon you? Witness—No, Sir. Mr. OVEREND—NOW, I warn You Mr. Darby is in the gallery, and he ars y ou. I ask you, upon your so lemn oath, did you not charge Mr. Darby's son with attempting to commit a rape upon you? Witness (hesitatingly) — Yes. Mr. Baron PLATT (t o the jury)—After th a t, gentle men, do you think it safe to rely oa that woman's tes timony? The jury, after consulting a short time, said they did not believe the witness. Mr. FOSTER—Then of course I shall not proceed fur ther with the prosecution. An Acquittal was then t aken, an d the prisoner was ordered to be immediately discharged. Mr. OVEREND stated that a note had been sent to him by Mr. Darby, who happened to be sitting in the gallery and heard the trial, and that until he had the moment before received that note he was not aware that she had made this accusation against Mr. Darby's son. This is a striking instance of the value of oral exa minations in open court. March 15. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) George Graham was indicted for having committed a rape at Leeds, on the 12th of February last, on the wife of Thomas Greenwood. Mr. Hall and Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Seymour defended the prisoner. The prisoner it appeared was a married man, and was a maker of washing machines, carrying on business in Meadow-lane, Leeds, and on the 12th of last February the prosecutrix went to his dice to obtain payment of an account, when the prisoner locked his office door, and telling the prosecutrix that he would settle the account if she would let him " cuddle" her, at which proposal — according to her statement, she expressed much indigna tion—he threw her down, and in spite of her resistance ravished her. The case having been gone through, Mr. Sergeant Wudwis called his Lordship's attention ,~,.,_. ~ Mr. WnEELnousE—Yea, my Lord, they arc here. His Loansuw—Why and wherefore, for the investi gation of truth and justice, they were not called, I am at tt loss to discover, and no explanation has boen offered. It is a most scandalous proceeding, if witnesses are bound over for the prosecution, not to take them before the grand jury, but to call those who may criminate a man, and not bring forward those who may tend to exculpate him. Four duty is to find out the truth, and I must own this ease does not appear to me to have been conducted in a way proper for that purpose. Mr. BOOTHBY, who held Mr. Hall's brief, wished to state to his Lordship that the witnesses b'Jund over and not called had been witnesses called by the prisoner, but that in accordance with the practice at Leeds, in favour of the prisoner, they had been bound giver at the county's expense to give evidence for the ptisoner if he chose to call them. His LORDSHIP—That makes the matter still worse. That nine witnesses brought here at the county's expense should be left out, in order to compel the prisoner to'call them for the purpose of giving the prosecution a reply, is a moat scandalous proceeding. His LORDSHIP then proceeded to sum up the evidence, at the close of which Mr. HALL entered the court and attempted to address his Lordship. His Lordship, however, refused to hear more of the matter. He had heard Mr. Boothby, who held Mr. Hall's brief in his absence, and he had no further right to be heard. The jury Acquitted the prisoner. The rest of the day was occupied with a long and un interesting trial for perjury. The Nisi Prius Court was occupied the whole day with a new trial respecting a cargo of wheat from Odessa, which did not arrive in condition and quality accord ing to contract, the details of which were wholly un interesting, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday Clement Robert Mowiray, alias R. W. Relates, was re-examined on a charge of having uttered a forged bill of exchange for 441.105. Evidence was given at the first examination that the prisoner had passed the bill in the purchase of a hogs head of sherry and a pipe of port from Mr. Edwards, of Harp-lane, wine -merchant, on the representation that the wine was for Mr. Richards, wine and spirit dealer, Woolwich; and a few days afterwards he called upon Mr. Edwards, and produced the bill in question, drawn by R. M. Holmes, and accepted by W. Hallows, wine and spirit merchant, Woolwich. Mr. Richards proved that the warrant for the wine was received from the prisoner for a debt, and denied that he knew a person named Hallows. The additional evidence given yesterday was as fol lows: Mr. Joseph G. Salter, of Brixton, said, I have been in the prisoner's employment, and know his handwriting. I believe the body of the bill for 44/. los. produced to be his writing, and that the names "It. M. Holmes and Co." are also in his writing. Cross-examined by the prisoner's solicitor—l was nearly three months in the prisoner's service, and have had frequent opportunities of seeing him write. I do not know anything of the writing by "the acceptors." Mr. J. Orton, clerk to Mr. Vickers, wine -merchant, of Trinity-square, said, I have known the prisoner about 14 years, and have during that time known him by the name of Clement Robert Mowbray. I have never known him by any other name until the time of the present transaction. He was in the employment of Mr. Vickers. I know that his name is not Holmes. Mr. Hunt, ledgerkeeper at the London and County Bank, proved that no person of the name of William Hallows had kept an account at that bank. The LORD MAYOR then asked the prisoner in the usual form whether ho wished to say anything? The prisoner suid p be left the case entirely in his solicitor's hands. The sof . applied to have his client admitted to bail. -rn The afAirou refused to take bail, and said they must apply to a judge. The prisoner was committed for trial. GUILDHALL. Charles Henry Gray was charged with obtaining a bill of exchange for 127/. 10s. under false pretences. From the evidence of Mr. Blaxland it appeared that the prisoner had represented himself as being the son in-law of Colonel Hawker; that he had 5001. worth of hams in the dock; that he had a banking account and a discount account to the extent of 1,0001. at the British Bank; that he had 5001. per annum with his wife and was a man of property; that upon these representations Mr. Blaxland had intrusted him with a bill to be dis counted. le had received some part of the money, but there was still 601. due, and for some time past he had not been able to find the prisoner. For the defendant it was contended that this was an ordinary business transaction, in which the prosecutor had drawn a bill and given it to the prisoner to get dis counted; that the prisoner had been unable to do so, and he now offered to give up the bill. Mr. Alderman WIRE said, as the prisoner had not proved the several pretences which he had asserted to be true, he should accede to the application on the part of the prosecution, that the prisoner should be re manded for a week, but he would admit him to bail in two sureties of 250/. each, and in his own recognizance of 5001. Samuel Duehesne was charged with having thrown his wife out of window on the third floor of a house in Three Tons.court, Red Cross-street. A policeman deposed that he had heard the screams of a woman in the above court, and upon looking up saw the prisoner holding his wife out of window by the hand. Ho immediately ran up stairs, but the prisoner before he got to the room dropped the woman into the street, and then quietly turned away and began smoking his pipe. There were two other men in :the room at the time, who offered no assistance to prevent the prisoner from doing it. The prisoner and his wife had lived a very dissipated life. The woman was taken to the hospital. She had sustained no very serious injury. She was intoxicated, but in other respects quite sensible, and would be able to appear in about a week. The prisoner was therefore remanded. BOTV-STRE ET. The two men, Benjamin Lovett and Alexander Ward rope, who were last Saturday charged o n susp i c i on o f breaking into the premises of Mr. Meakin, tinworker, Lemon Tree-yard, Bedfordbury, and stealing a quantity of saucepans, were on Saturday morning brought up for re-examination before Mr. Henry. Frederick Dibon, an apprentice of Mr. Meakin's, proved shutting up the premises on Thursday evening, the 6th inst., at about nine o'clock, and said that on his going to the warehouse on the following morning he found the window-frame and several squares of glass broken. Upon going inside ho found the counting-house door broken open. Ho immediately went to the private residence of his master, and informed him of what had occurred. There were some saucepans like those pro duced in the workshop on Thursday evening. Mr. Meakin corroborated these facts, and identified the saucepans by the private mark on them, which ex:lday corresponded with his stamp. Mr. Smith, broker, of 21, Lumber-court, St. Mlartin's- . lane, stated that on Thursday evening week the prisoners came to his shop and brought eight of the saucepans produced with them. They offered them for sale, and he bought them for Is. each. Sergeant Corr, F division, proved taking the prisoners into custody, and stated that Wardrope had been pre viously convicted for stealing copper. Both the prisoners denied the charge, and were fully committed to take their trial at the Central Criminal Court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mrs. Jane Moore, an elegantly-dressed woman, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having as aulted Captain William Cookson, of 1, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. The complainant said, he was walking in Hyde-park about five o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when he saw the defendant in a brougham. In order to avoid her he walked across the grass, but ho soon discovered ho was followed, by being struck over the arm and head with the muff carried by the defendant. This was the assault complained of. In reply to questions, the complainant gave no explanation of the cause of the assault. Ho ad mitted he was not hurt by the assault, and that though the defendant threatened his life he did not go in any bodily fear of her. It was the indignity of being a ssailed in the park, and in the presence of persons who knew him, that he most complained of. A great crowd was collected in consequence of the affair. The defendant said, that having become acquainted with the fact of her having acted contrary to law in doing what she had done, she most sincerely regretted the circumstance; but as far as the complainant was concerned, she felt no compunction for her conduct. It was through him that a sister—a fine, young, well-edu cated girl, about to be married to a respectable trades man—was thrown upon her hands. The complainant took advantage of her sister being in a house by herself, and forcibly violated her. Her screams were heard in the adjoining house. The complainant in a low tone of voice hero remarked that the defendant kept a house of ill-fame. Mr. HARDWICK told the defendant that whatever might bo the injury she had sustained through the com plainant, or whatever the cause of complaint against Ann Marshall, a low, dirty looking woman was charged with the following gross misconduct and savage assault:— Eliza Underwood, owner of the Prince of Wales pub lic-house, Princes-street, Westminster, stated that on the previous evening defendant entered his house and conducted herself in a most offensive manner to some customers quietly seated in the taproom; that be told her to leave the house; she refused, and ho ordered his waiter to put her out, when she abused him with filthy and disgusting language, and commenced casting hand fuls of mud and filth into the bar; and on his calling a policeman and going ont in the street to give her in charge she seised him violently by the hair, and to raising his hand to loosen her hold she grasped it firmly and bit his thumb in two. Policeman Davis, 201 A, corroborated part of the complainant's evidence, and said the defendant resisted violently, and appeared to have been drinking freely. Complainant said, she had had no liquor at his house. Defendant said she was drunk, and had been roughly treated. Mr. BURRELL said, the assault was a most savage ono and fined the defendant in the full penalty of 5L a.,; in default committed her for two months to the House of Correction. SOUTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern on Friday, for the pur pose of considering the proposition for leasing the line to the Great Northern Railway Company; Earl Fits william in the chair. The SECRETARY read the proposed arrangement, which stated that a working agreement on the following basis should be immediately executed between the two companies for 21 years, and that application should be made immediately to Parliament, as soon as the rules of the House would allow, for an a ma l gama ti on o f the two companies :—That the Great Northern Company should take the South Yorkshire Railway, with all its engage ments and liabilities, including the navigation and canals, &c., as well as the southern portion of the Sheffield and Wakefield line, and after paying all liabilities, as well as all working charges, maintenance, and every other ex pense, should pay a dividend upon the whole paid-up capital of the South Yorkshire Company, varying in amount according to the mineral traffic, that is to say, 3 per cent. as the minimum dividend, and an additional per cent. for every 50,000 tons of coal received on the Great Northern Railway beyond the first 200,000 tons (being the quantity at present carried) until 800,000 tons were carried and 6 per cent. dividend was paid, after which no rise of dividend was to take place; the di vidend to be paid half-yearly, and never to recede from any rate once attained up to 4i per cent., although the traffic might decrease; but between 4i and 6 per cent. the rate would rise and fall with the amount of mineral traffic carried over the line; and that a four per cent. permanent stock be offered to the River Dun proprietors, and such of the South Yorkshire shareholders as might prefer to accept it. The eIIAIRMAN said he wished to know whether any of the proprietors desired any explanation with regard to the terms of the arrangement? Mr. ANDERTON said, he considered the matter very obscure. He perceived by the directors' report of Fe bruary, 1848, that they were enabled to give 7 per cent. for money in advance of calls, and he wished to know how that could be done in 1848, when they were now required to take 3 per cent. on the carriage of 200,000 tons of coals? They also stated that the prospects of the line were superior to those of any other line in the kingdom, and that from the traffic on the River Dun they could give 6 per cent. on the capital expended on the line, and a dividend of 5 per cent. was declared. At the next half-yearly meeting a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was declared—such dividend to be paid one month after the amalgamation of the railway and River Dim Company. At the February meeting in 1841) the profits on the River Dun were stated to be 16,642/.. out of which a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. was declared, absorbing 5,500/. At the half yearly meeting in February, 1850, it was stated that the line from Doncaster to Swinton had been opened, and an arrangement entered into with the Midland Company for working it—that company paying to this company 75 per cent. of the receipts. They were also told that everything had been done to complete the amalgama tion, and they only waited for the Commissioners' certi ficate to do so, when the deferred dividends would be paid, and a further deferred dividend, at the rate of 6 per cent., out of the balance of 10,5751., would be paid.— (Hear, hear.) He could not reconcile these statements with the proposition now made to take 3 per cent. from the Great Northern for carrying 200,000 tons of coals over the lino.—(Hear, hear.) The motion for the confirmation of the agreement was then submitted to the me et i ng, when Lord WHARNCL IFFE, in reply to the observations of Mr. Anderton, contended that the proposed agreement was consistent with all that had been mentioned in pre vious reports. He thought that a certain dividend, be ginning at 3 per cent., and ranging as the traffic in creased to 6 per cent., was a fair proposition, and might be accepted. He would ask how many lines were pay ing 41- per cent., or even 3 . per cent.? for, if they took the average of all the railways in the kingdom, they would find it to be about 2i per cent. A long discussion ensued, in which Mr. Fisher, Mr. Baxter, and Mr. J. Wilson took part, in the course of which Mr. Anderton moved an amendment to the effect— " That the further consideration of the subject bo adjourned, in the hopes that in the meantime the direc tors may enter into a more equitable arrangement with the Great Northern or some other company." Mr. Fisher seconded the amendment, which was put and carried by a very large majority. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro ceedings. CHESTER&HOLYHEAD RAILWAY The report of the directors to be submitted to the shareholders to-morrow states, that on comparing the accounts for the past half-year with those for the half year ending December 31, 1849, a reduction in the work ing expanses is shown of 3,7891., while the gross re ceipts have been increased by 14,6561., making a total increase of 18,4461. The arrangement made with the London and North-Western Company and with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company will enable the di rectors to effect a reduction of expenditure sufficient to furnish means for conducting a very large in crease of traffic with scarcely any additional expense. Under the arrangement in question the efficacy of the present packet service will be completely maintained; and the City of Dublin Company engage, in common with the London and North-Western Com pany, to exert all their influence to bring the whole of the traffic to and from Ireland upon the lino of this company. The profit on the operations, to the close of the half-year ending 31st of December last, leaves a balance of 40,4841., after paying the interest due on the debenture debt; and the increase of the traffic during the present half-year justifies the directors in expressing their confident expectation that, with the additional ad vantages which must accrue to the company from the arrangement above adverted to coming into operation on the .Ist of May next, the general receipts at the end of the year will be more than sufficient to pay a full divi dend on the preference shares, in addition to the interest on the debentures. Arrangements have been made with the local authorities and landowners, as well as with the Government, to construct a temporary branch railway from the present terminus to the Packet Pier, for the purpose of facilitating the transit of goods and cattle between Holyhead and Ireland. The cost of this work, which is expected to be completed by the Ist of May next, will be about 28,000/. The works of the Carne!r von branch are advancing, and a very large traffic in an in slates over 64 miles of the railway may be expected at early period. It is proposed to erect an hotel between the Britannia and Menai bridges, commanding a view of the Snowdon range of m ountains. It is intended that this hotel shall afford a s t epa fi r r a s t t e , a ccommodation to travellers or visitors The balance to second, and third scale of expense. 434/., is the property visa the credit of account, Tho total balance _4O, of the preference shareholeens. from the 30th of June, due to those parties being arr 1849, amounts to 1/. 4s. 9dper share. It is proposed to pay 16s. 6d., leaving in hand p a balance of 5,784/. to meet the arrear of Bs. 3d. per share, which arrear the direc tors do not doubt will be paid off, together with the accruing dividend, from t he net recei p ts of the railwa y during the current year. It is proposed to create 42,000 shares of 9L 125. 6d. each, one to be offered to the Colder of each original share; and the like number of shares of 2/. 17s. 6d. each, ono to be offered to the holder of each preference share. These shares to bear a guaranteed interest of 5 per cent. per annum, in per petuity.; but such interest is not to commence until April, 1854. The first payment of interest to be made in October, 1854. They will be issued at a discount equal to 161 per cent. on the first instalment, and 11 per cent. on the second—that is to say, on the first-men tioned shares a payment of 41. 16s. 7d. will be required to bo made in April next, for which credit for 5/. 12$. 6d. will be given in the books of the company, and a second instalment of 1/. 15s. dd. will be required to be made in April, 1852, for which credit for 21. will bo giTe n „' and no further call will b e ma d e b efore A pr il, 1854. on th e second-mentioned shares 1/. 17s. 2d. will be required to be paid in April next, and a second instalment of 115. Id. will be required in April, 18.52; sad no further call THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 14. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. F. Vouillon, Princes -street, Hanover-square, court milliner, April 5, at twelve—J. Graham, Waterloo-place, St. James's, upholder, April 4, at half-past twelve—C. A. Harris, Bushey, Hertfordshire, and Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, flax-spinner, April 4, at one— J. Webb, Luton, Bedfordshire, straw-plait dealer, April 4, at one —D. Slater, Preston, Rut landshiro, cabinet-maker, April 4, at twelve — R. Wright, Coppice-row, Clerkenwell, timber merchant, April 4, at one—J. Steere, Guildford, Surrey, watch maker, April 4, at eleven—J. Wright, Northampton, Hordingstone, Northamptonshire, corn merchant, and Birmingham, baker, April 4, at twelve—C. Scarfe, Hall-street, City-road, timber merchant, April 4, at eleven—S. Taylor, Staines, grocer, April 4, at half past eleven—M. P. Edwards, Tredegar, Monmouth shire, r "draper, April 5, at ono—G. Spearman, Leeds, silkmercer, April 5, at half-past eleven— H. Hamer, Blackfriars-road, lineniraper, April 5, at eleven—A. Provost, Peterborough, linendraper, April 10, at one—P. R. Morrison, Liverpool, mer - hant, April 10, at two—W. Eeley, Horsepath, Oxfordshire, buteher, April 5, at half-past twelve—W. Kuper, Grand Surrey Canal, Camberwell, wire rope maker, April 8, at eleven. In the Country J. G. Briggs, Leicester, innkeeper, April 11, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—J. Hayward, Oswestry, Shrop shire, scrivener, April 7, at half-past ten, at the Court, Birmingham—W. Lees, Liverpool, merchant, April 4, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Laird, Birken head, Cheshire, merchant, April 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Morgan, Liverpool, hotel keeper, April 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—B. J. Maunder, Mark, Somersetshire, draper, April 6, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Thompson, Newcastle upon-Tyne, grocer, April 11, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J. F. Brett, Gateshead, Dar ham, tailor, April o, at ono, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—W. Shaw, jun., Salford, Lancashire, printer, April 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester —j. Tay lor, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton spinner, April 14, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. L. Lowe, Salford, victualler, April 16, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —T. Cox, Manchester, wine merchant, April 8, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. C. T. Decree, Wakefield-street, St. Pancras, 2s. 5d., on Saturday, March 15, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Savell, St. Neots, Huntingdon, draper, 2s. 3d., on Saturday, March 15, and two subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-streat. S. Southey, South-street, Finsbury, cabinet manufac turer, 4id., on Saturday, March 15, and two subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. C. L. Swainson and J. Birchwood, Manchester, manu facturers, a second dividend of id., and 25. Od. upon new proofs, on Tuesday, April 1, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. B. Sparke, Torquay, Devonshire, hatter, 2s. 6d., on any Tuesday or Friday after March 17, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. J. Burnard, Bideford, Devonshire, painter, 4d., on any Tuesday or Friday after March 17, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Ilernaman, Exeter. H. M. Bowden, Lime-street, City, export merchant, 11d., on Saturday next and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch- lane, City. J. Ball, Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, City, merchant, is. Bd., on Saturday next and three subsequent Satin days, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abehurch-lane, City. C. Green, Beckford-row, Walworth-road, corn mer chant, is. 2d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office ot Mr. Green, Abchurch-lane, City. W. and J. Pile, Monkwearmouth, ship builders, a first dividend of 6d. on new proofs (being in part of first dividend of Is. 6d. previously declared), on Saturday, the 15th inst., or any subsequent Saturday, between and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Marsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire, grocer, Bd., on Sa turday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. W. Ibbotson, Sheffield, merchant, id., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. H. D. Wilkinson, Sheffield, silver plate manufacturer, 2id., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Satur day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Free man, Sheffield. J. Sorby, Sheffield, steel molter, 9d., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Woodward, Bradfield, Yorkshire, paper manufac turer, 2s. 9d., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the dice ot Mr. Freeman, iiheffield. G. Woodward, Deacaster,Yorkshire, gunsmith, ss. 4d., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Rodgers, Sheffield, banker, 203., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Brewin, Sheffield, banker, 205., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Yeomans, Sheffield, merchant, 6d., on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent S a turday, eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. G. W. Hincheliffe, Sheffield, manufacturer, 12s. 61, on Saturday, March 22, or any subsequent Saturday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Turnbull, Scarborough, Yorkshire, woollen draper, 23. 4d., on Thursday, March 27, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. J. Morfitt, jun., Leeds, flax spinner, 3-16 d., on Thurs day, March 27, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. C. Ware, York, saddler and harness maker, 55., on Thursday, March 27, or any subsequent Thursday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. I D. Haigh and J. Haigh, Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, cloth manufacturers, id.. on Thursday, March 27, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Sheffield. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. F. F. Vouillon, Princes -street, Haeover-square, court milliner, April 4, at one—R. Green, jun., Brighton, iron monger, April 3, at twelve—A. lioneyman _hite chapel-road, linen draper , Ap ril Deptford, on, W builder, April 4, at half - past o s n , e a7 e G Bon e In the Country. W. Taylor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, auctioneer, April 8, at eleven, at tho Court, Neweastle-apon-Tyne—w. Her. risen, Tynemouth, merchant, Aail 8, at tw elve , past at twelve,eth F N r o w d e - Court, Newcastle-up o n -Tyno—W. Th_o s rap s s h o ir. n, t, castle-upon-Tync, grocer, April 11, at half. at the Court, Newcastle -upon-Tyne—i s ham, Cheshire, grocer, April 7, at eleven, at the Court, CERTIFICATES GRANTED a Ralston, Bow, Middlesex, rai.lwray car r iage i builder, L i ver pool. cer tificate of the second claas— w, h a berdasher, certificate of the F ord, High Holborn, Second class—E. Brew ster, Hand-court, Upper Theta este of the second class—H, Miles, Pontypridd, Gla es•street, priLter, certifi morganshire, grocer and draper, i mamate of the first class. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. and W. Stirling, B ow B r id ge , Essex, slaters—W. Shipman and S. Ne e dh am, M anchester , salt merchants —Susannah Mitito and W. H. White, High-street, Shadwell, butchers —G. A. Fitzpatrick and W. Walter, Red Lion-court, " Fleet-street, advertising ag ents —J. Oakes, W. Oakes, and J. Pickard, Leiceste r, s p inners — Brook, Murgatroyd, and C. Stead, Huddersfield, .F. York4hire, builders—T. Hague and W. Allen, Liver pool, tailors—T. W. Kinder and I'. H. Wheeler Isis ter, coach builders—J. Ludwig and G. Oliver, ta Kent, hotel keepers—J. Colli er and J . 1 - Liiy n , m an _ cheater, smallware manufacturers —A . C. Bentley and R. P. Greg, Bakewell, Derbyshire, cotton splutter:3— . Catherine Hunt and J. S. Burroughs, Langton place, South Vass o ,ll- r oad, North Brixton, laundress and laun dryman—J. Wood and K. Wood, Maryport, Cumber land, s hipbuilders—h. Wood, J. Wood, an d J . Archer, Maryport , Cumberland, sailmakers and canvass dealers _J. Doody and C. Dood y , Hanley, Staffordshire, mer cers and drapers—W. Weaver and C. Mason, Wigmore, Herefordshire, drapers—J. Rutherford and J. Aldgate, Wellingborough , Northamptonshire, drapers—B. R. Frank and E. Vinall, Cliffe, Sussex, drapers and hatters —J. B. Latchford and J. Hague, Upper St. Martin's. lane, brassworkers and gasfitters—J. Shaw and C. Bacon, Manchester, button manufacturers—A. Guild and Jo Holmes, Salford, millwrights and engineers—H. Uns worth and J. Worrall, Little Bolton, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers—B. Saunders and W. Saunders, Town Mills, Somersetshire, raoalmen. A L IFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Fleet-street, next St. . Dunstan's Church, March 14, 1851. Notice is hereby given, that the Books for Transferring Shares in this Society will be Closed on Thursday, the 20th instant, and will be Re-opened on Thursday, th e 10th day of April next. The Dividends for the year 1850 will be Payable on Monday, the 7th day of April next, and on any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted) between the hours of Ten and Three o'clo ßy ck. order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. N.B. Policies tor the whole term of life effected, during the present year will participate in the profits to be declared to the end of 1854.