The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-27 00:00:00

_ ENGLISH HARBOURS of REFUGE.I ROYAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE. 1 81TT251111 OF MosDAY, N CH . 17.—M. MATHIEU IN THE AIR. Baron CasaLxs DUPIN read the following paper:— " It is now twenty-eight years since I laid before the likeadensy an account of great works undertaken by the British Government, with a view of making Plymouth the finest port of defence and refuge for the royal navy and morcheat vessels. These works, carried on with re markable activity, although begun thirty years after those of Cherbourg, have long since been completed. " At the present moment England is projecting the making of new ports of aggression, or, if you prefer it, of defence and refuge, nearer and nearer to the coast of France. Under more than one point of view these works interest the arts and science; and such is the reason which leads me to communicate them to the Academy. " In 1843 a Select Committee of the House of Com mons, appointed to inquire into the accidents to trading vessels off the coast of England. in its report recom mended to the Government the establishing of ports of xefuge in the British Channel. This Committee, acting most judiciously, abstained from pointing out any par ticular* situations for such ports ; it, on the contrary, gave it as its opinion that the subject would be much better treated by scientific persons having practical knowledge and specially appointed for the purpose. With a view of carrying eut this recommendation, Sir Robert Peel, the Prime Minister, first ascertains that the persons the most capable will undertake the inquiry juet mentioned. " Having taken this first step, Sir Robert Peel ob. tained from the Lords of the Treasury the appointment of a Commission, consisting of Sir Byam Martin, who was for many years Chairman of the Navy Board, and who during the war had been a member of several im portant commissions In inquiry as chairman ; Lieutenant- General Sir Howard Douglas, formerly High Commis sioner at the lonian Islands, and previously Governor of the Military College at Sandhurst, author of several very valuable military works ; Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, an officer of great experience ; Sir William Symonds, Surveyor-General of the Navy, and successor to the celebrated Sir Robert Seppings ; two naval Cap tains, John Washington and Fisher ; Colquhoun, a co lonel of artillery ; Alderson, a colonel of engineers ; Sir H. Kelly, deputy-master of the Trinity-house ; and Mr. Walker, President of the Institute of Civil Engi neers of Great Britain, and worthy of such an honour from the important works of which he has had the su perintendence. " Here is the formal instructions given by the Lords of the Treasury to this grand Commission as to the ob jects to be forthwith more immediately considered:— '" First. To determine whether it be advisable to have a port of refuge in the British Channel, with a view to, the public benefits which such a work shall hold out; and, on the other hand, what would be the cost of executing the works to be recommended. " Second. To determine the spot which will be best suited for a port of this description, so as to combine, in the highest degree, the three following capacities:— " I. That , i e t may be entered with ease at any state of the tide by vessels in danger from bad weather. " 2. That the port be such as to be suited to a naval station, in case or war, and may at the same time serve for purposes of defence and attack. " 3. Ths4Amay offer ready means of defence in case of attack frotillan enemy.' " This is not all; should the Commissioners not find that all these requisites can be obtained by only one port of refuge in the British Channel, they are autho rised to gad their surveys in consequence, and then to report on the advantages peculiar to the different situations they shall deem advisable to recommend, pointing out such as they may consider the most eligible. "These remarkable instructions are dated the 2d of April, 1844. " These Commissioners lost no time in setting about the duties. imposed on them. The English coast and ports on the British Channel were surveyed. The Com missioners had the assistance of the information pos sessed by persons of special knowledge. They examined the most experienced pilots, the officers of the Coast Guard, the meet celebrated engineers—such as Mr. Brunel, Mr. Rennie, Captains Samuel Brown and Vetch; learned geologists—such as Mr. Beche, President of the Board of the Geological Map ; Mr. Philipps, President of the Society of Geological Economy, &c. " As earty as the 7th of August,lB44, the Commission had got through its labours, and presented its report to the Lords of the Treasury. Finally, in consequence of an address to the Crown on this subject, the First Lord of the Treasury laid on the table of the House of Com mons the Commissioners' final report. " I shall, in a succinct analysis, lay before you the chief results of their labours, looking at them with re ference to hydrography and nautical arts. " At the first view it might be thought that the south west coast of England, liberally provided by nature, and during a long period seconded by art, offers a sufficient number of ports of refuge, possessing all requisites. "Ws have already mentioned Plymouth, to which mast be added Falmouth, the situation the farthest to the westward. Returning eastward we successively find Dartmouth, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Thames. " Not only did the Commission not find these chief ports of refuge to be sufficient, but it found that the ad dition f one great port to the preceding would not suf fice ; it recommends works and an outlay for four new stations, which I shall successively mention. " The Commisssioners made a survey of the whole line of the coast between Falmouth and the port of Harwich to the north of the Thames and beyond the limits of the British Channel. "They took new soundings for the purpose of ascertain ing whether the depth of water at the principal naval sta tions along this whole line of coast had not varied since the publication of the moat recent maritime charts. All this was effected under the skilful direction, at the ports of the eastern part, by Commander Sheringham, and at the ports in the western division under the superinten dence of Captain Brown, one of the members of the Commission. Besides this, the Commission received all the assistance which the Lords of the Admi ralty could afford it, and was further assisted by the knowledge possessed by Captain Beaufort, the chief hydrographer of the Royal Navy, and correspon dent of the Academy.. It availed itself of the opinions of the two great societies of Lloyd's and of the ship owners, as to the selection of naval stations, which may be or become the best as to places of refuge. " A special Commission, appointed in 1840 (this is a period worthy of remark), gave the preference for creating new ports of refuge—first, to Dover ; secondly, to Beachy Head ; thirdly, to Foreness, near the North Foreland. " The following are the particular instructions to the Commission of 1840 : " To survey the coast from the mouth of the Thames to Selsea Bill ; to examine the ports with reference to the shelter they may be capable of affording in case of bad weather to vessels sailing in the British Channel, and as to their being places of refuge for merchant vessels chased by armed vessels in time of war, and mere specially as to their becoming stations for armed steamers, in order to protect British trade in the narrow parts of the Channel.' " Foreness, nearer than Margate to the extreme point of the southern coast of the Thames, is a fine situation, which was recommended by the Commission of 1840, but only as a third place, for a port of refuge ; it re commended, in preference, two other points—first, Dover ; second, Beachey Head. Most certainly, Fore riess, converted into a port, would often present a very favourable anchorage, whether for trading vessels sail ing from the Thames, and which encounter gales of wind when off Foreland ; or for vessels returning to England, and which are detained by contrary winds. " The new Commission observes, that the same advan tsges may be more fully , and conveniently obtained by improving the port of Harwich, on the other side the Thames, as the point of the coast where the North Sea begins. In fact, this port, which will be the natural station for a fleet of war-steamers, will afford the best refuge for merchant vessels; whilst the neighbouring anchorage afforded by the bay of Hollesley will suitably receive ships of war. In consequence. it does not ap pear that the secondary situation of Foreness is to be selected for making a port of refuge. One is strengthened in coming to this conclusion on looking to the advance. meet in a commercial point of view of Ramsgate, which is but at a very short distance from Foreness. In 1748 Ramsgate was no more than a small creek—an open bay without importance ; it is now a harbour of suffi cieet extent to receive a considerable amountof shipping. " The following is the increase in numbers of mer chant vessels having entered Ramsgate harbour in the following years:— Years. No. of vessels. 1780 time of war 29 1785 time of peace 1790 time of peace 1841 time of peace 1842 time of, peace " F ur years ago the 31 largest vessels which entered, Ramsgate harbour measured on an average 457 tons—a greater tonnage than that of two-thirds of the British merchant vessels in foreign trade. " In 1832 as many as 434 vessels were at the same time in Ramsgate harbour ; if the new basin about to be formed to the westward be added, Ramsgate will then be capable of containing simultaneously 600 vessels. " Sir John Pelly, depoty-master of the Trinity - house, f had proposed, as a place for constructing refuge between Ramsgate and the Thames, at a th P e ° a r n t c o h ground called the Brake. In support of this p roposition, he produced plans made by Sir John Rennie, the second son of the celebrated engineer Rennie, of whose works at Plymouth, Sheerne ss, London, &c., I h ave g i ven a description. Sir John Rennie, jun., proposed to erect on the top of the longitudinal sand-bank, within which is the anchorage called the Brake, a breakwater, or jetty, similar to that at C herbour g , but only 60 centime tres (23 inches) above the highest water. His plan would lead to an expense of 80.000,000 f. (3,200,0004), includ ing the necessary deepening of the projected anchorage_ groniel, which would not have been less than five mites in length. " If SO large an expenditure were objected to, Sir :lobo Rennie would reduce to 1,500 yards the proposed length, in which case the cost would only be 850,0004 that is about 21,000,000 f. Finally, Sir J. Rennie, as a middle course between these two extreme plans, pro posed a third, which would have led to an expenditure of 1,200,000/., er 30,000,000 f. " Among the reasons adduced against the adoption of any of these plans, and several others proposed by Cap tain Vetch and by Sir S. Brown, I must mention the strongest. " A naval officer employed on the hydrography of the coast, has foupd that the sand-bank called the Brake had shifted nearer to the land by 700 yards, or 640 metres. So soon as the corporation of the Trinity- Louse beagle 4Ststrinted with this fact, it altered the situation' Of the south and the middle on to the 800 ;`at the same time publishing, for the;inrormigti . 1 4Pogiamen and the public in ge neral, i ll icopyl t i • remarkable change. • 'Ve 7 :-rs A gy . .4• 4, ;=-`. THE SUN,, LONDON, iiIIITRSDAY_EVENING, NOVEMi3Ek 27, 1845. " The Co •nmislion o f 1840 had already rejected the. plan of er‘'ting a harbour at the Brake. The Commission of IS.-.4-4 comes to the same conclusion, foumded on the gron-nd that a port in such a situa h • already ' vic , t e to vessels having do a could only be of se." n arrow part of the Bri escaped all the dangers of ~.. ' , sving the Thames to tisir. Channel, or to vessels n. t? these Commis- Grounding southward. begin their voyage by a course io . n thisaar re- Grounding themselves on t hese mot.. yes ! th it' nof h s ioners reject the very expensive propou , , hour at the Brake, and they a re strangthenea I solution that the Downs in their present state posiess an excellent bay. This bay may be said to be contiguous to Rams gate harbour , which c an already contain 400 vessels at the same time ; a port about being rendered capable of holding 600, if not more. Continuing to ad vance from the north towards the south, the Commis sioners arrive at the most important situation —at that which they prefer. It is the situation of Dover, g point at once the nearest and the most threat enin g for Fr2nce. "In my works on the naval and military forces of Great Britain,* I have pointed out the great importance of Dover for one and the other of these forces, and the vast works, whether of the port for trade or for the for tifications of this town. Since the publication of my first descriptions, Dover has become of greater import ance, BA being the terminus of the railroad which comes from London to this port, embranching on sundry other lines. In two hours' time corps of troops, ships' crews, ships' st ores and munition, and an entire train or artillery, may be brought down to Dover from London, Deptford, Woolee.ch, and Portsmouth. Dover has a dry dock suitedto the repairing of merchant vessels, a great extent of large g .i vays, l and extensive warehouse s. Besides its outer bas in, the floating basin has an area of more than six aer, , s superficial measure, and works are going on for doublinj this extent. There is also a third basin (called the Peno which might be put into a state for containing a g r e.at number of sloops of war and gun brigs—a basin wh:eh is now undergoing considerable improvements. "At the time the ~celebrated Mr. Pitt was carrying on a mortal stuggle betsween England and France, he strongly wished to form a? -I enclosed roadstead in front of Dover, and he had plans made , with that s that view ; the nd communicated Ordnance D e Department n t t n f' t o h u e n d co l- in h;l i n 9 si i n n am now noticing. whose a r chiv es, label' labours I "Two kinds of objection have* bean started against resuming the consideration of thes e plat:s. It was con tended that the bed of the roadstea.l has A constant ten dency to rise, owing to the deposit of a.Aluvicins. 2. That the anchora g e ground was bad. In order to test, this latter objection Captain Washington superinitended experi ments, which have been deemed conclusive, by anchor ing in the roadstead a steamer of 500 tons and 120 horsa power. After having cast anchor in the most imp,lrtant parts of the roadstead, the whole force of the engines was made to act on a sufficient length of cable run out., without this powerful action havingin any way loosened the anchor from its hold. No action of the wind on a vessel without sails could equal a similar impulsion. This experiment must appear conclusive as to the ex cellence of the anchorage in Dover•roads. "In order to ascertain what is to be apprehended from the deposits by the waters in front of the present port of Dover, samples of the water have been taken at the times of the highest tides, selecting calm weather:-- First Samples of Water, taken July 2, 1844. Depth of the Foreign sub stances water at the deposited, point where per cubic taken. foot. Feet. Grains. I.—At low water at the sur face of the 5ea...... .. 2.—At half tide— At the surface ... ... At 9 feet below ... ... 3.—At high water— At the surface ... .., At 9 feet below ... ~ At 18 feet below... .., 4.—At half ebb tide— At the surface ... ... At 9 feet below ... .•• 42 i 10.21 51 13.20 -.. 42 6.00 4` 60 '3.43 51 4 7./R1 42 11.33 31 •43. 3 $ 42 x , 6.92 Foreign bodies in suspension pei of sea water in front of Dov( quantity • cubic foot} .. w, average ......... N % " Mr. Philip s, the President of the Society ollPAlo gical Economy , who was intrusted with making th'ese analyses, contrasts them with the results of those found from the Thames, when there were no rain alluvions, and the waters were limpid. Quantities of Foreign Bodies in Suspension in the calm and limpid Water of the Thames. At Brentford At Hammersmith 1.83 At Chelsea Average quantity 2.58 Second Samples of Water outside Dover, on the 17th of July, 1844. Total depth below the point from which the water was taken. Foreign bodies sus pended in a cubic foot of water. Time and situation of the water being taken. Grains. 10.26 Low water at the surface ...... Half flood tide— At 9 feet below the surface ... High water— 51.29 At the surface At 9 feet below the surface At 18 feet below the surface At half ebb tide— At the surface 60 1 24.10 51 I 22.28 42 I 53.76 51 1 30.95 Examination of the Bodies in Suspension. Proportions. 52 Sand Lime with a small quantity of argile and oxyde of iron Vegetable substances " The Commission was not satisfied with these ex periments ; it asks for fresh ones, for the purpose of ascertaining the quantities of substances kept in sus pension 'by the running of the tide on the Dover coast, and liable to be deposited. The Commission asks that these experiments may be continued for a whole year under the directions of the Board of Admiralty.. Here are the conclusions of the Commissioners in favour of Dover, adopted unanimously, excepting . one dissentient vote—that of Sir W. Symonds. " ' Dover at four miles and a half from the Goodwin Sands, advantageously situated for affording protection to the navigation of the Straits, is the natural station for ships of war ; there can be no doubt of its im portance in a military point of view. Further, the construction of a harbour of refuge at this spot is indis pensable, in order to give to Dover that efficaciousness as a naval station necessary to the safety of that part of the coast, and to protect commerce.' " Following the English coast from Dover to the' westward the first projecting land or cape which pre sents itself, at a distance of twenty-eight miles, is a remarkable situation, which attracted the attention of the Commissioners. - " The cape of Dungeness is protected by a fort erected near the extremity, behind the lighthouse, and by four batteries at the sides, two to the east and two to the west. This cape presents a singular conformation of shingles spread over a space of several miles, stretching out into the British Channel, and terminated by deep water, close to both its extremities. This bank, in front of Dungeness, has considerably advanced into the sea since the lighthouse was constructed in 1792. At that period, at low water, the sea was at no more than 100 yards from the tower, whereas it now is at 190 yards, which is an increased length of 90 yards in half a cen tury. The Commissioners recommend that regular surveys be made in order to ascertain the annual pro gression of the bed in front of Dungeness light house. The two bays to the east and west of this cape afford an excellent anchorage. More than 300 sail of shipping have ridden at anchor at the same time in the eastern bay, and more than 100 in the western bay, as the winds caused the one or the other to be selected for a place of refuge. The only inconvenience attendant on such a good anchorage is not to have at hand, as at Dover, Seaford, and Portsmouth, the advan tage of an inner port. This inconvenience, added to the very short distance from Dover, is the reason which has led the Commissioners not to recommend the construc tion of any considerable works at Dungeness. When nature, rightly say the Commissioners, affords such a c onvenient shelter, it will always be a matter for serious consideration to be satisfied with that which is found to be well, in order to reserve the means of bestowing on other places of admitted importance as to situation the artificial assistance which may give them the capacity of a safe and sheltered anchorage. These reasons have led the Commissioners to lay aside any idea of erecting a breakwater for protecting the anchorage to the east of Dungeness. "Starting from the cape of this name, proceeding to the westward, the coast again recedes, and forms some thing of a bow, at the centre of which is the celebrated situation of Hastings ; at the extremity of the bow or semicircle is Beachy Head. To the east of this cape is the Bay of Eastbourne ; to the west are in succession Seaford and Newhaven. The Bay of Eastbourne is pro tected by a series of Martello towers, constructed at the time of the preparations of England against our expedi tion from Boulogne ; they are close to the highest water line, in order to be the more effectual against a landing, very feasible in that direction, as was proved not far from thence by William the Conquerer. In front of Eastbourne the bed of the sea is very irregular ; sound ings were taken with very particular care ; the conse quence of which has been to induce the Commissioners to abandon the idea of erecting a breakwater, which would cover too confined a space in proportion to the necessary outlay. "They turned their attention wholly to the other side of the cape, on Seaford ; here there is a magnificent anchorage, which fortunately is at an equal distance from Dover and Portsmouth. Such is the intermediary situation at which the Commissioners have not shrunk from recommending to the Government the erection of great works. It recommends in a direction from N.N.E. to S.S.E., a breakwater or jetty, of one nautical mile in length, and having a rectilinear return at each ex tremity, be constructed. This jetty to be constructed towards the middle in 41 feet water, and something less at the extremities. Behind this long jetty there would be more than sufficient water for first class vessels ; and nearer land there would be an extensive space for mer chant vessels of all tonnage. This formidable situation would threaten, at the same time, all the French ports comprised between Havre and Boulogne. ------- • Travels in Great Britain, Part 1., " Military Strength," 2 vols. 4to. Part 11., " rival Strength," 2 vol 3. Ito., with an atlas to each part. Time and situation of the water being taken. " Distance of the Harbour of Refuge and Aggression at Seaford. Miles. To Boulogne 52 To the mouths of the Somme 60 To Dieppe To Fe camp To the cape in Front of fle_ere " This harbour will, no doubt, experience some invon , venience from not being sufficiently sheltered by Cape Barrow on the N.W., which wind prevails especially in the bad season r but this objection is not of predomi nating influence with the Commissioners. They take into oonsideratiort the proximity to the inland port of Newhaven, and .lo not hesitate to recommend for so important a situation an outlay of 1,200,0001. Let us add, that as the crow flies, the distance from Seaford to London is only about seventy-four miles, and that by means of the railroad from London to Brighton, from which a branch may easily be constructed, there will be no difficulty it getting from the capital to Seaford in less than two hours. " Newhaven, of which I have just spoken, is a good , ort ' into which the tide flows. It may , howe ver, be th a -moved; it may hereafter be sheltered, by a break wate i• running from Cape Barrow to the point where there are 15 to 16 feet water at the equinox - neap tides. The je,`lies which form the mouth of the Inland port may be at the same time extended; this mow.th may be widened and deepened. But as this entrance cannot be rendered ac,' essible to shipping at all times of the tide, Newhaven is. therefore, not comprised in the naval sta tions respecting which the Commission can make aAV recommendation. " The British navy will have nothing to wish for from' Seaford to Portsmouth; it is necessary to proceed 60 miles to the westward to arrive at the magnificent situation of Portland. Portland island shelters on the west and south the extensive roads of that name, which are open to the east. These roads are contiguous to those of Weymouth, which look to the south. The Commission proposes the erection of a jetty which would cover the south-east Portland-roads. This jetty is propor,ed to be of 2,315 metres, with a passage pretty near l'And. at a spot where the depth is not less than 42 feet, The cost is esti mated at half a million. It may surprise us that with such a depth of water a jetty of this length may be con structed for so small a sum, but at Portland all tends to make the construction of a jetty both cheap and easy. It is to be observed, that Portland contains inexhaustible stone quarries, of which a considerable number belong to the State, and will, therefore, be at hand to supply the stone and lime for the jetty. The island abounds in fresh water springs, which will suffice for supplying the vessels in the roads. Finally, this situation affords the advantages of an inland port, which is formed by the mouth of the Wey, as the name of this town indicates. Such are the combined works which the Commission recommends to be executed at this spot. A naval sta tion at Portland will protect, in conjunction with that at Dartmouth, all the intermediary points. These two s Ntions, along with Plymouth, will complete the chain of communication, co-operation, and protection from Dove:* to Falmouth, a distance of 300 nautical miles. " Exclusive of this vast line, and in order to extend it northward, and beyond the straits in the Channel, new improvements are recommended for Harwich-roads. Two rivers, the Stour and the Orwell, fall into each other immediately above the town of Harwich; the con tinuation of their course forms a crescent:round the town before emptying themselves into the sea. For the pur pose of narrowing this mouth, and to convert it into an inclosed roadstead, it is proposed to carry out from the land on the side of Harwich a jetty of half a mile in length. Thus one of the finest roadsteads on the coast of Great Britain would be protected—a roadstead having an excellent bed and sufficient depth of water for all class of ships, slid capable of containing a vast number of merchant vessels. A fleet intended for the protection of the North Sea, or the Thames, would be most admi rably placed at the Harwich station. Let us add, that these are the only safe roads on the eastern coast of England. They are in the direct line of the trade of the Thames with the northern ports of Great Britain and the north of Europe. Harwich already has building yards which belong to the State ; the Ordnance Depart ment also has land, and has establishments at this place. I pass over the particulars of the damage done to the anchorage at Harwich in the last 25 years by injudicious excavations at the cape which sheltered the entrance from the west—a damage which the proposed works would remedy. The channel leading to the anchorage would be excavated to a depth of 18 feet below the lowest water mark. "I now give a summary of recommendations, of which I have faithfully stated the grounds. First of all, it is recommended to construct at Dover a harbour of refuge entirely enclosed by jetties, with two entrances, one to the east 150 ft., the other to the south 700 ft. wide. This harbour to measure 520 acres, of which 370 are to have a depth of 12 feet at the least. " Deeply convinced,' says the Commissioners, that it is indispensable to obtain without delay a sheltered anchorage in the bay of Dover, we venture earnestly to call the ai:ention of the Lords of the Treasury to an immediate commencement of the works, by first con structing the jetty running out from the west of the en trance to the port of Dover. This first jetty, which shelters the bay on the west, will insure smooth water in the bay when the wind blows from that quarter; it will stop the alluvions which progress from the east; it will facilitate the execution of the other works, what ever may be the final plan. Whilst this jetty is in course of construction to the west, the experiments recommended as to the bodies in suspension in the waters of the bay, and the shifting of the alluvions, will be completed. These experiments will allow of adopt ing definitively the best plan for the exterior harbour, and the most suitable dimensions of the entrances. "The breakwater or jetty recommended for Seaford is to shelter an anchorage of 300 acres. The breakwater at Portland is to shelter an anchorage of 480 acres. " As to the succession : it is not possible to undertake at the same time the construction of three breakwaters ; the Commission proposew—first, Dover ; second, Port land ; and last, Seaford. " As to the expense, the Commission does not hesitate td recommend the following outlay : For Dover £2,500,000 S t scifurd 1,250,000 Portland T0ta1...: £4,250,000 " So far from being sCrurised at the amount of this expenditure, it will probably 1 .. , e found to be below the reality when the following sim ple fact is considered. If it be supposed that the a b ove - me ntioned breakwaters or ietties be placed continuously one after the other, the total length will be equal to three times that of our long jetty at Cherbourg ! " As to the means of constructing, the Commissioners, availing themselves of the experience acquired by the French for the jetties at Cherbourg and Algiers, state that they will give the preference to stone masonry over pitched in stone. "As to the protection of the ports of refuge by land defensive works, Dover and Seaford are already provided with the requisite ones. " Portland-roads are commanded, in the most advan taeeous manner, by the island of Portland, on which it will be easy to erect such fortifications and batteries as may be required for defence. After having made a report of their labours, and giveAshe reasons for the conclusions they had came to, the Commissioners wind up definitively in the following manner : " The Commission cannot close its report without ex pressing, in the strongest terms, its unanimous opinion, and its thorough conviction, that it is indispensable to adopt such measures as may afford the south-east coast of the kingdom a powerful naval protection. Without any exception the ports into which the tide flows, situ ated on the coast between Portsmouth and the Thames, are incapable of receiving large steam-ships. Conse quently, now that steam produces such great alterations in the situation of naval matters, there is an imperative neceesity for supplying by artificial means the want of suitable ports in the narrow parts of the British Chancel. An hydrographical chart will show the situations where, according to our recommendations, ports, enclosed anchorages, well sheltered, will afford a refuge to our merchant shipping. By these means, added to the use of steam at sea, with railroads and telegraphic communications on land, the naval and military force of Great Britain may in a few hours be rendered most efficient on all points of the coast. The recommenda tions which we have deemed it our duty to submit to your Lordships to be carried out, require a heavy out lay of public money ; but when the lives, the property of citizens, and national security are at stake, we do not believe that considerations of money are to be an impediment in the way of realising results of such vast importance.' The general chart referred to by the Commissioners in their recommendations, shows a series of distances which must strike every attentive observer. I now give them in their order, proceeding from west to east : __.. Miles. " From Falmouth to Plymouth, first centre of pro tection and aggression " From Plymouth to Guernsey, at the entrance of the Gulf of St. Malo " From Plymouth to Dartmouth 3O " From Dartmouth to Portland (second important centre of protection and aggression) 45 " From Portland to the Anglo-Norman Island of Guernsey. . " From Portland to Alderney, second Anglo-Nor man island (Alderney is 20 miles from Cher- . _ Bourg) " From Portland to Portsmouth, passing off the Isle of Wight 6O " From Portsmouth, third centre of protection and aggression, to Alderney B7 " From Portsmouth to Seaford, fourth centre of pro tection and aggression " From Seaford, doubling Beachy Head, as far as Dover, fifth centre of protection and aggression " From Dover into the Thames, as far as the Nore, opposite the naval arsenal at Sheerness, sixth centre of protection and aggression 6 ' From Dover to Harwich beyond the Thames, seventh centre of protection and aggression " It will certainly be observed that the centres of pro tection and aggression increase, and I shall say are almost one on the other, as the coast of England becomes gradually nearer to France. From Portsmouth to Har wich, within an extent of only 164 miles, it is recom mended to construct in the sea-works, which, by estima tion of first projects, are to cost 3,850,0001. sterling. There are to be five grand centres of protection, capable of receiving five fleets, and serving as starting points of five expeditions, consisting of large war steamers—ex peditions, the furthest off of which may, in seven hours, reach the coast of France, and the nearest in one hour and a half. This combination of works will have its ilia fluence, not to say control, over 150 leagues of our coast, from Dunkirk to the Bay of St. Malo." A first-rate amateur theatrical party is forming at Oxberry's (the comedian's) house, the Anchor, in Oxford market, Oxford• street. LA W INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, Nov. 26. His .Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND sat in his Court .iu Lincoln's Inn to-day, at two o'clock, for the pur pose, as stated yesterday, of hearing the case of DAVIS V. COMBERHERE. The qne stion in the case is of no public importance. His HONOUR made the order as prayed. COUt:?T OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 26. (Sittings after Term, before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Common Jury.) OVERSTON V. WILSON. This was an action of trover brought to recover a quantity of furniture, to which the defendant had pleaded that he was not guilty. Mr. Granger appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. V. Lee fur the defendant. The plaintiff was an upholsterer carrying on business in Oxford-street, and the defendant a gentleman of property residing in the country. Some few months ago the de fendant let one of his houses, or a part of it, to a person named Mrs. Martin, but she subsequently failed to pay the rant, .and her goods were seized under a distress. The -pt.sintiff then made his appearance, and put in a -claim for part of the goods seized, alleging that he had let them to a Miss Standish Gill, the niece of Mrs. Martin, but the defendant, having some doubt of this, refused to restore them, and hence the present action. Evidence having been adduced in support of the plaintiff's case, in the course of which it was elicited that the goods in question were not sold, and that the plaintiff had given notice to Richardson, the auctioneer, and who apt#d qe the went of the defendant in the distress, not to deliver op the hhated goods to any one without his authority. Mr. LEE addressed the jury for the defendant, remarking that the case involved a quastion of law and a question of fact. The former, of course, his Lordship world We to de cide, but the latter rested entirely with the j,ery, Well, then, the question of fact for th era to decide was, whether these goods were the property of the plaintiff or not. He should call a witness to prove that the plaintiff had declared that they wore not his property, and he was cure the jury would decide on this -point in hie favour. The next point was a questiou 4>f law. It had been proved by the own witness that he had given Richardson notice not to part with the good s, and it would be for his lordship to decide whether t t o he res p to la m bit t lfr he could goods m T a e ' tain this action, having by his ow n act debarred the defendant from having power Learned Counsel concluded by calling Mrs. Storey, and in reply to a question as to where she resided, she asked, Who's to pay me ? Mr. V. LEE-01) you'll be paid your expenses ma'am. Witness—l don't know that. The LORD CIIIEF BARox—What are you, witness ? Witness—l am a milliner and dressmaker, and support my family with my labour. The LORD CIIIEF BARON—Toa ought certainly to be re munerated for your loss of time. Mr. V. LEE—Will you take the word of the defendant's attorney to see you paid ? Witness—Who is the defendant's attorney ?—(LaugL ter.) Mr. V. LEE—He is a respectable practitioner. Witness—l don't know that; but, at all events, I won't take his word. The LORD - CHIEF BARON—WiII you take the officer of the Court's word to see you paid? Witness—Certainly, my Lord. The LORD CHIEF BARON suggested then that the defend ant's attorney had better deposit 2/., and this having been done, the witness allowed herself to be examined. She proved that the 'plaintiff had declared to her that the goods in question were the property of Mrs. Martin. Mr. GRANGER having replied, The LORD CHIEF BARON summed up with great minute ness, observing that the case involved no question of law. It was simply a question of fact, and all the jury had to decide was, whether the goods were the property of the plaintiff, and had the defendant been guilty of a conversion of them. The jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict that the goods were the plaintiff's, but they• did not think the defendant had any intention of converting them to his own use. The LORD CHIEF BARON—That, in fact, is a verdict for the defendant. Foreman of the jury —No, my Lord, we do not find a ver dict for the defendant or the plaintiff. The LORD CHIEF BAROW—What do you find, then ? Do you find that the plaintiff let the goods to Mr. Martin ? Foreman—No ; we find that the goods were his, but that he did not let them. The LORD CHIEF BARON—I think, Gentlemen, you had better retire, and reconsider your verdict. Foreman—My Lord, we have considered it, and we find that the goods were the plaintiff's, but the defendant, we think, did not intend to use them. We do not wish to say who shall have the verdict—the plaintiff or the defen?,ant. The LORD CHIEF BARON suggested that the parties had better consent to withdraw a juror. This suggestion was ultimately adopted, and the jury discharged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Non. 26. (Sittings at Nisi Prins, after Term, before Mr. Justice EEL and a Middlesex Common Jury.) WOODNUT V. HOAD AND OTHERS. The defendants in this case were members of a certain benefit society, in connexion with which a baking society had been established, to which latter a sum of 501. had been lent by the plaintiff. It appears that the bakery was established by the managing committee of the benefit society as a safe investment for their superfluous funds, the original Society having been, up to the time of their engaging in this unhappy speculation, a very flourishing concern. Being obliged to borrow a sum from Mr. Woodnut, in order to enable them to carry on the bakery, the members of the managing committee signed a contract, agreeing to give to Mr. Woodnut all the proceeds of the business until his debt should be paid. The names of these persons were all put down, either by themselves or by their consent, being pre sent with one exception. One Kent, who was not a member of the managing committee, but was a member of the society, the secretary of a branch society, and one of the persons engaged in the baking concern, was thought so important a person, that it was considered necessary to have his name too, though he was absent, and had not authorised the putting down of his name. A person named Lighthouse took upon himself to settle this matter by putting down Kent's name himself, and afterwards obtain ing his consent. It was for a portion of the 501. lent on this occasion that the present action was brought, but, unfortunately, the action was against all the per sons whose names were attached to the contract, including Kent. It was attempted to prove that Kent had afterwards ratified the contract and accepted the debt, but the witness who was to show this only said, " He did not know that Kent made any objection " when he heard of it. It was also repre sented that as Kent was engaged in the bakery, paid certain sums of money towards it, and was entitled to a certain share of the profits (if any), he was a partner in the con cern, and liable for the debts of the society. The defence was that Kent was net liable for the debt, not having signed the paper, not having given his sanction to the use of his name, and not being a partner in the bakery; and that Kent not being liable, the plaintiff could not recover against the defendants, of whom he was one. Mr. Justice ERLE, in summing up, observed that there were two points for the jury to consider—first, whether Kent sanctioned the putting of his name to the paper, and so accepted the debt ; secondly, whether he was a partner in the concern, and liable for the debts of the committee. He (Mr. Justice Erle) thought there was no evidence at all to show that he acknowledged the debt, persons join such societies be held that a pe r son being a leyh for the com m itt ee ' s d e bt s . ib a n n ee d me o i bn f es t ri h d e e or o fe b d j c ti tt wascou with ld a N a v br l l i de i This was a society in which persons give certain sums towards a fund to assist them in distress, and not one in joining which they intend to accept any liability. It was, therefore, his, (Mr. Justice Erle's) opinion, that the jury must find a verdict for the defendants. The jury having consulted for some time, The foreman said, " We find for the plaintiff, with the exception of Kent."—(A laugh.) Mr. Justice ERLE explained that if the plaintiff had not brought his action against Kent, the verdict would be for the plaintiff; but if the jury thought Kent liable, they must, as he had been included, find for the defendants, as otherwise, the plaintiff could recover the whole debt from him. The jury accordingly found for the defendant. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Nov. 26. Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN. IN RE KEAY AND BEM(' BANKRUPT& The bankrupts in this case had carried on business most extensively as wine merchants in Mark-lane, City. Their debts and liabilities together amounted to 219,0001., and their assets to between 38,0001. and 39,000/. The estate is ex pected to pay a dividend of between three and four shillings in the pound. The case has been some time before the Court, and lengthened examinations have taken place, which have been duly reported as they occurred. The bankrupts came up to-day for their certificates. The firm consisted of John Reay, sen., and John Robert Reay, his nephew. In the case of the latter no opposition was offered, and consequently his certificate was granted at once. The certificate of John Reay, the principal in the concern, was opposed by Mr. Bovill, for the assignees; the bankrupt was defended by Mr. Edwin James. Mr. Bovit.t stated that the assignees opposed the granting of the certificate, on the grounds of an improper system of balancing the books, which had been pursued by the bank rupt, a reckless system of giving credit, and extensive dealing in accommodation bills. It appeared from the books that between January, 1839, and February, 1845. upwards of 148,000/. in bad debts had accumulated, while the bankrupt set down his profits during that period at 5,000/. a year. Another complaint against the bankrupt was, that lie had practised a system of pledging the property of his cred tors by raising money on dock warrants to the amount of 70,000/, thus placing such property beyond the reach of the assignees. His stock of wines in dock had been sold under the fiat for 8,000/., out of which the claims of the dock com pany amounted to 7,800/. He (Mr. Bovill) was surprised that the clock company should trust a man who had so traded to such an amount. The bankrupt had even at the last mo ment, in February, 1845, purchased wines to the amount of 30,000/., a fact of which the foreign creditors heavily cm_ plained , and they were anxiously a waiting the judgment of the Court. With respect to the bad debts, it appeared that the bankrupt had credited a person named Wright, formerly dealing in Mark-lane, but latterly the proprietor of the Turk's Head Hotel, in the Strand, at one time to the enor mous amount of 34,000/. In 1839 Wright owed the bank rupt 7,800/. ; 1841, 8,300/. • and in 1842, 31,0001. This amount was subsequently reduced to 11,0001. by Reay's taking a mortgage on the Turk's Head for 21,000/. This mortgage, however, had turned out value • less, the property having been previously encumbered ; and although the mortgage was effected in a registered county, the bankrupt had neglected to make any previous inquiries of the registrar of Middlesex. The next case of reckless credit occurred in the case of a person named Blumenthal, formerly trading in Birmingham, and who had been bankrupt there. - Reay had trusted this man to the amount of 47,000/. for wines, for which the only security he had received was the acceptances of the Baron de Bode to the amount of 37,000/. The Court would judge whether such acceptances could be looked upon as good and sufficient security.—(A laugh.) The next man whom the bankrupt had taken largely into his confidence was Jarvis, whose case had been so recently before that Court. This man had originally been clerk to Messrs. Allnutt and Arbouin, and in less than eleven months the bankrupt had trusted him to the amount of 19,000/. It might be as well here to mention that there was not a chance of a shilling in the pound for the ere ditors to Jarvis's estate. These were the three principal cases which the assignees wished to bring under the no tice of the Court, to mark bold reckless had been the bankrupt's conduct as a trader. It appeared that ill 1 841 the bankrupt had married a lady of large fortune, and, although it did not appear clear that he was solvent at the time, had made a settlement on her to the amount of 17,000/. He was now living in luxury, on the produce of that settle ment, at Wanstead. It appeared, further, that for a series of years the bankrupt had drawn accommodation bills on the parties with whom he had dealings, and as long as he could get them discounted hii trade ywnt on flourishingly, put the moment bankers and brokers became cautious, the liubble burst, and he was obliged to come to that Court, He (Mr, Bovill) was in a condition to show that in the thirteen months previous to his bankruptcy Reay had paid no less than 12,0001. for discounts alone. Mr. E. JAMES—OnIy 9,0001. Mr. Bovm,—Well, admitting that, he had still greatly overdrawn his customers. The bankrupt had in one exami nation denied that he had ever overdrawn a customer, but in another he was obliged to admit overdraughts to the b Ze st f r a amount of 13,0001., and on the issuing of the fiat 8,000/. worth of bills were found in his drawer. The assignees also ob jected to the mode in which the bankrupt had kept his books, never having regularly balanced them. He had made what he called a trial balance every year, but they had never been regularlybalanced. He had at a late period taken his nephew a } ',"etter ostensibly into partnership for the purpose of giving appearance to the firm, but in reality retained hi.TA as a clerk 1 7 - as that from 1839 to struck, and since the fiat it had taken the assignees seven months to balance the books. COMMISSIONER—Is their any means of' ascertaining what was the state of the bankrupt's affairs in 1841, when he made the settlement on bis wifb? 1 .1 84 11 5 5 nt pryrPopfelr,bsWalal,ntleeyhe:dr. Mr. QUEEN (official assignee)—As farm I can ascertain, he was then solvent. He was, I believe, worth 11,000/. Mr. Bovit.L—That only proved that in four or five years he had lost 180,0001. by his mode of trading, against which there was now not MOM than 39,000/. ; this, too, without any nnffireseen er peculiar misfbrtune, but merely by a reckless system of giving credit without judgment or without pre vious inquiries, and there was less excuse for the bankrupt than other men, he having been previously bankrupt in 1815, and should, therefore, have known by experience what was the proper and safe mode of parrying en an extensive trade. On all these grnunds, then, an improper system of balanci , - his books, a reckless system of giving credit, and an - sive dealing in accommodation bills, he OIL ; upon the Court either to refuse the pertine. , called at least to suspend it for a Annabel , of - ng against Mr. Keay, b altogether, or were actuated by no angry feet' years. The assignees.ut . mer . ely by a sense of what "- his ffnduet slitet thP as due to public justice ; and of whatever to m• tee. oankruptcy they had no complaint Mr. F JAMES, for the bankrupt, complained that the bar'Aruptcy of 1815 should have been brought against his client, seeing that he then paid 6s. 3d. in the pound, and tot his certificate with the unanimous consent of his creditors. Since then his conduct must have been honest and industrious, seeing that in 1841 he was admitted to have been worth 11,000/. It also should have been mentioned that his first bankruptcy , had arisen from his having become security to the Govern ment of this country , in the amount of 50,000/. for a person in the Azores. It was true that in 1841 he had made a set tlement on his wife, but he was proved to have been then solvent; in fact, he considered himself then to be worth 92,000/., exclusive of his funded property : 68,0001. of that had since turned out loss, but the bankrupt could not have been aware of that in 1841. Since then he bad not taken 200/. out of the trade; on the contrary, he had appropriated to it large sums out of his wife's jointure. That jointure amounted to 1,2001. a year, while his personal expenses had never exceeded 1,0001. He had been accused of recklessly , crediting persons to large amounts, but his whole transac actions must be taken into consideratien, and they had aver aged not less than 300,000/. a year. The bankrupt had paid in duties alone from 80,000/. to 100,000/. a year. When it was considered that his transactions during the five years previous to his bankruptcy had amounted to a million and a half, the amount to which he had given credit would not appear so enormous. Take, for instance, the case of Jarvis, for giving credit to whom the bankrupt was so much blamed. Jarvis was at the time in great and general credit. His late employers had trusted him to the amount of 4,000/., Mr. Hart, 8,024/., Mr. Black, 19,000/., and others to large amounts. Mr. Bovir.t.—All those gentlemen held large securities ; the complaint against Mr. Reay is, that he gave credit with out security. Mr. JAMES had only mentioned those cases to show that Jarvis was in good and general credit. He c".dne next to Blumenthal's case. He admitted that his client had acted imprudently in trusting that person on no better security than the Baron de Bode's bills. But ware those bills to be looked on as wholly valueless? Tb Baron had recently got a verdict, and his bills were no , :*i held by Messrs. Hoare, the bankers, and Mr. Sander'on, the broker, as securities. Surely then there was at ',east two sides to Blumenthal's case. Then as to Wrigb•,,, the debt was certainly large, and had involved Mr. Reav in ruin ; but then Wright had dealt with him for upwaru,s" of 20 years, and had paid him large sums of money. He had gradually become embarrassed, but, as was a corn -f !non case in trade, Mr. Reav was afraid to stop giving cred , ',, hoping every day for retrieval. Wright had constant] deluded him as to the state of his affairs ; and as to the carelessness in taking the mortgage. that was the fan'', of Mr. Reay's attorney, not his own. He (Mr. James) Vial not quite clear that an action would not lie against that attorney for negligence. With respect to the accommoda tion bills, the paper which Mr. Reay had put into circulation did not come under that denomination at all. He had duly followed the general custom of the wine trade in cases where customers were not able to return their bills, by taking a new bill some days previous to the maturity of the old one, and thus enabling himself to return the latter when due. The COMMISSIONER—It appeared from the bankrupt's exa mination that he had in several cases overdrawn his cus tomers. If that is the general custom of the wine trade, all I can say is, that it is a custom " more honoured in the breach than in the observance." Mr. R. JAMES—The mode in which Mr. Reay had drawn on his customers was quite usual in the wine trade. He had also been accused of pledging dock warrants, but that was a custom so general, that a special Act of Parliament had been passed to regulate the practice. The last point which had been urged against Mr. Reay was taking his nephew into part nership. He had taken that young man into partnership without a shilling, as was generally known, but his reason was obvious. He was advanced in years, nearly seventy, and his trade being so extensive, it was absolutely necessary to have a young hand, in whom he had confidence, to assist him in the management. Mr. Bovn..L—The fact is, that the bankrupt has been losing at the rate of 40,000/. a-year—how, my Learned Friend has not explained; neither has he given any explanation as to the balancing of the books. Mr. E. JAMES—That was merely a recapitulation of the cases of Wright and Blumenthal and Jarvis, merely a second count in the same indictment. The bankrupt had certainly not balanced his accounts as they had been balanced since the bankruptcy, but he had struck a balance every year, and in 1843 had commenced writing off the bad debts. On the whole, it must be admitted that the conduct of the bankrupt had not been free from censure, but his transactions had been immense, and during a long series of years his conduct had been most honourable aad straightforward, and the question for his! Honour then to decide was, not whether the bankrupt was to be sent into retirement to live in luxury, but whether, at the end of a long life, he was to be sent in degradation to his grave, under the stigma of a hostile deci sion from that Court. His HONOUR said that, as the case was one of great im portance to the mercantile community, and as there were several documents he wished to look over, he should postpone giving a judgment till to-morrow (this day). CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and the LORD MAYOR.) John Good, a Post-office letter-carrier, was indicted for stealing a letter containing a half-sovereign and some shares in the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway Company, which were laid, formally, to be the property of her Majesty's Postmaster-General. Mr. Clarkson, with whom was Mr. Bodkin, conducted the prosecution. Mr. Ballantine defended the prisoner. The facts of this case lay in a very small compass. The prisoner was a letter-carrier attached to the Charing-cross branch of the General Post-office, and on the evening of the 17th November he was engaged in sorting the letters at the desk, and while so engaged Abbott, another letter-carrier, saw the prisoner take a letter and crumble it up in his right hand, and then put it in his trowsers pocket. He shortly afterwards left his desk, and upon information being given by Abbott of what had occurred, the inspector of the letter. carriers proceeded to the water-closet where the prisoner was found with the, letter in question, which turned out to be one addressed by a stockbroker in the City, named Bohn, to the secretary of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail way Company, 449, West Strand, and which con tained a half-sovereign and the transfer of ten shares in the above Company. The letter had not been opened, but it was stated that West Strand was not within the prisoner's delivery, and that he had no business what ever with the letter in question. When the prisoner was taken into custody he declared that he had no intention to do anything wrong with the letter, but that, finding it acci dentally among his own parcel of letters, he had picked it out intending to put it in the proper delivery, and being sud denly required to go to the water-closet, he was followed and taken into custody before he had the opportunity of restoring the letter. When the prisoner was before the magistrate at Bow-street, he made a statement to the effect, that he had picked up a piece of paper under his desk, and that was what the witness Abbott saw him crumple up in his hand. Mr. BALLANTDIE made a very ingenious address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and contended that the story told by him was by no means an unreasonable or an impro • bable one ; and that, at all events, there was so much doubt in the matter as would justify the jury in acquitting the pri soner, particularly when they considered the very serious consequences that would result to him from a conviction. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE having summed up the evi dence, the jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoner was then arraigned upon a second indict ment, charging him with stealing another letter, containing a sixpence and a fourpenny-piece, the property of the Post master-General. In other counts, the prisoner was charged with embezzling, secreting, and also with destroying the letter in question. In this case it appeared that, on the 3d of November, the prisoner was engaged, as usual, in sorting his letters at the Charing-cross branch, when he was observed by Abbott, the witness in the former trial, to handle a letter in a suspicious manner, and immediately afterwards proceed to the water closet. lie followed him,: and found the door fastened ; but it appeared that the prisoner was enabled to leave the closet without observation, and Abbott shortly afterwards saw him in the street, in the act of tearing up paper. He picked up the fragments, and found they had formed part of a letter, but it appeared that he made no mention of the circumstance to the Post-office authorities until the transaction referred to in the former indictment occurred. The fragments of paper, upon being carefully put together, turned out to be part of a letter addressed by a young lady named Puckle to a silk mercer named Wilks, in Regent-street, and in which were inclosed a pattern of silk that Miss Puckle required, and also a sixpence and a fourpenny piece, as the price of the article. A police-constable also proved, in corroboration of the statement of Abbott, that about the time he referred to he saw him picking up some pieces of paper near the Charing cross Post-office. Mr. BALLANTLNE, on behalf of the prisoner, commented in severe terms upon the conduct of the witness Abbott in not making any mention of an occurrence which, if true, amounted to felony, for so long a time afterwards, and he urged the jury to disbelieve evidence that was given under such extraordinary circumstances. The jury found - - - the prisoners Guilty, and upon the verdict being returned, he declared he was quite innocent of the offence. He said he had been nineyears in the service of the Post-office, and for nine years before was on board a man of-war, and no charge of any kind had ever been made against him. _ _ — The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said there could be no doubt in the mind of any person who had heard the evidence, of his guilt, and the offence was one of suck great magnitude that it was the duty of the Court to pass a severe sentence. lie then sentenced the prisoner to be transported for ten years. In the course of the day the grand jury came into Court, and returned the bill referred to on Tuesday by the Recorder again "not found." The foreman, addressing the Lord Chief Justice, said that the grand jury, after examining all the witnesses, were of opinion that the intent to murder had not been made out, and that the case was merely one of an aggravated assault. It was understood that a bill charging this offence would be sent before the grand jury. FATAL CONFLICT WITH POACHBRO.—Last Sunlay night a desperate affray took place between some metie rs and the keepers on the Bankfold estate ; near Petworth, the property of Mr. Hasler, during whiph the head keeper, Den yer, Oa one of the men, named Remnant, a desperate alt.: ratter, who is since dead. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. Yesterday Sir Peter Laurie came to the justice-room for the purpose of stating to the Lord Mayor that the notorious Joseph Ady had resumed all his former acti vity, and had lately written a host of letters offering his " advantageous intelligence " upon the receipt of twenty shillings, and in the most audacious manner not only claiming personal acquaintance with each of the Alder men, but actually referring to him (Sir Peter Laurie) in the following manAar--" Voluntary refe ree , th e Ri g ht Mom Si. Peter tatreie, Deputy Lord Mayor, at the Man sion house, ever*y day before eleven o'clock, who will see justice done you free of expense, except postages, which Zort must pay both ways." The LORD MAYOR said he had scarcely been seated in the chair of the chief magistrate, when he received letters from gentlemen inclosing Ady's offers of intelligence which they had inclosed in the belief that the writer was imposing in a very extensive manner upon the and that, of course, it was necessary to give hiLi fl check similar to that which he had received from the Court of Aldermen. ".,erne years ago The check alluded to by tb Lord Mayor was the fol lowing advertisement., which was published in all the morning_ i and 'e'vening newspape rs f or a cons id era bl e , P er Caution—Whereas, it bath been r e pr ese nt e d lipthis ' Court that a person calling hims e lf J ose ph Ady " ..n for some time past been in the practice of sending letters to various persons in all parts of the kingdom, stating himself to be in possession of information for their pecuniary advantage, and offering to afford the same on payment to him of twenty shillings, and, in some instances, of five shillings; and referring falsely in such letters for his character, integrity, and respectabi lity to Sir William Heygate, Bart., William Taylor Copeland, Esq., and other members of the Court of Aldermen ; and to Mr. T. Hobler, the chief clerk, at the Mansion-house, without having any authority for such references ; and also falsely adding to some of the said letters that the said William Taylor Copeland, Esq., would be security for him to the amount of 1,0001. ; this Court do hereby caution the public against paying any attention to such references, either to the character, in tegrity, or respectability of the said Joseph Ady. (Signed) WOODTAORPE." His LORDSHIP said he was ready to adopt any means, in addition to the re-publication of the advertisement with the necessary alterations, which Sir Peter Laurie would suggest. Sir P. LAURIE said he felt anxious that an adequate exposure should take place, as the new attempt might induce unwary persons to part with their money, which the knowledge that his name was fraudulently used would probably prevent. He knew nothing of Ady but what arose from the frequent appearance of that person before him as a magistrate, to answer complaints made by people who were defrauded, and his appearance once at the Old Bailey, in 1835, when he was tried and con vieted for obtaining 20s. under false pretences. He begged to add, that if any person had paid Ady under the belief that Ady was authorised to refer to Sir Peter Laurie as a voluntary referee, it was only necessary to prefer an indictment at the next Old Bailey Session for obtaining money under false pretences, and full justice would be done ; and any one might recover back the money paid without trouble or expense, by applying to the Whitechapel Court of Requests. Sir Peter Laurie then produced about fifty letters from different parts of the Continent, Ireland, England, and Scotland. The LORD MAYOR bad no doubt that the law could reach Mr. Ady, and the parties best able to advise upon the occasion should be at once consulted. In the mean time, he had great:reliance upon the power and inclina tion of the press. THAMES. DREADFUL CRUELTY TO A SAILOR BOY. Alexander Gordon, the master, and John Cummings, the chief mate of the ship Mathesis, from Brazil, now lying in the London Dock, were brought before Mr. Broderip, charged with as saulting William Scott, an apprentice belonging to the same vessel, on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admi ralty- of England. Mr. Pelham defended the prisoners. William Scott, a youth aged sixteen years, stated that on the outward voyage, the day after crossing the line, he was rather late in turning out of his berth, and the mate came down with the end of the fore bowline (a thick rope), and flogged him with it as hard as he was able. He was then driven on deck, and sent up aloft with nothing on but his shirt to take the rigging down. The mate followed him up, and while he was upon the foreyard again beat him with the rope. After he had received three or four lashes he ran further upon the yardarm to save himself from the blows, and was followed by the mate, who continued striking at him. He then jumped off the yardarm, and made an attempt to catch the backstay, which he missed, and tell into the sea. The ship was going at the rate of seven knots an hour, and she was put about, and he was picked up in an almost insensible state. He had scarcely recovered his breath be fore the mate recommenced flogging him with the same rope. The captain then dragged him to the after part of the ship, and exhibited a heavy cat, and said that was made for him, and gave him a lash with it. The mate sent him up aloft with the tar-bucket again, directly he had put on a dry shirt, and he accidentally dropped some of the tar on the top-gal lant sail, in consequence of the rolling of the ship. He was called by a boy to go to the wheel, and as he was about to do so the mate seized him, and made him fast to the mizen rigging, and after he had let down his clothes, and hauled his shirt over his head, the captain gave him two dozen lashes with the cat on his bare back. After he was released, and while his back was bleeding profusely, the captain ordered him to go on his-trended knees and implore his mercy. When he had done so the mate seized him up to the mizen rigging a second time, and said he should give him another dozen. The captain, however, would not allow him to do so, but called one of the boys, who was ordered to give him a dozen lashes, and they were inflicted in the presence of the captain and mate. He was not ill-used any more that night, but on the following night the master said he intended to put some vitriol on his back, and called upon the mate to pour it over him, saying that he was afraid of burning his fingers. The mate said he was also afraid of burning his fingers, and ordered hint to go down on his hands and knees. When he had done so he was stripped, and the mate poured a quantity of vitriol out of a phial over his back. The pain was excruciating, and he sung out for mercy. That night it was his watch on deck, and the mate compelled him to walk about on the poop with a handspike over each shoulder, and also made him count the number of tails of the cat, and how many knots there were there. The cat had eight tails and was very heavy. His back was sere and inflamed for some time, and he could not bear anything to touch it. On cross-examination by Mr. Pelham, the lad said the captain ordered him to return thanks to God for being saved from a watery grave when he was upon his knees. and di rectly afterwards flogged him. Joseph Morris, a seaman, who was discharged from the ship in South America, confirmed the evidence of Scott in every particular, and said there were three over-hand knots in each tail of the cat. The lad's back was dreadfully lacerated. He rubbed the vitriol off his back with a flannel, but the lad could not bear it to be touched, and shrieked aloud with pain. The boy was very badly used all the outward voyage by the master and mate. Two lads belonging to the Mathesis were also examined, and corroborated the whole of Scott's evidence. The prisoners, by the advice of their solicitor, said they should reserve their defence ; but Captain Gordon said he should be obliged if the Magistrate would prevent either of the apprentices who had been examined from going on board ship again. Mr. BRODERIP said he could give no such order, and asked the captain his reasons for making such a request. Mr. Pelham said that Capt. Gordon charged the boys with theft, and was really afraid, if they went on board, they would commit further depredations. Mr. BRODERIP asked how long the ship had been in this port? John Judge, inspector of Thamos police, who appre hended the prisoners, replied a week. Mr. BRODISRIP—Has the captain made any charge of theft against either of the boys? Judge—None whatever. Mr. BRODERIP said the fact should be recorded in the de positions, and then ordered the prisoners to find bail, each in his own recognisance of 200/., and two good and sufficient sureties of 1004 each, to appear and take their trials at the present session of the Central Criminal Court. - The prisoners were ticen - removedlictl; custody of the gaoler. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. A. H. Chambers, sen., and A. H. Chambers, jun., New Bond-street, bankers—first div. of 9s. in the pound, on Sa turday next, and three following Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groem,'Abchurch-ltuje, City. . A. H. Chambers, sen., New 13;nd-street, banker—first div. of ss. 6d. in the pound, on Saturday next, and three follow ing Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, J. V. Barber and W. Marshall, Walsall, Staffordshire, bankers—second div. of 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. J. V. Barber, Walsall, Staffordshire, banker—second div. of 6s. 2d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. C. W. Kossehneyer, Manchester, merchant—first div. of 2s. 7d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the'office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. A. H. Simpson and P. H. Irvin, Blackfriars-road, Surrey, engineert—first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, any Friday, at the otice of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. J. Bennett, Little Birch, Herefordshire, cattle-dealer—first div. of Bs. 6d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. C. Sharratt, Walsall, Staffordshire, saddler's ironmonger— second div. of Is. 10 4d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham. C. Webb, Oxford, apothecary—first div. of 2s. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. H. Haynes, Scole, Norfalk, innkeeper—first div. of ls. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Fre derick's-place, Old Jewry. W. IL Baldock, Canterbury, banker—third div. of 10 1 ,4 d. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. J. Groombridge, Abbey-street, Bermondsey, licensed vic tualler—first div. of ls. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. T. R. Withers, Rumbridge, Hampshire, brewer—first div. of 7s. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Ed wards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Lewis, Birmingham, card-board manufacturer—first div. of 9id. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Birmingham. T. W. Green, Leeds, bookseller—second div. of ss. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. T. Bousfield, Lincoln, ironmonger —first div. of ss. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. B. Wrigley, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, woollen cloth-manu facturer—first div. of 7s. sd. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. E. Lawton and T. Kay, Rochdale, Lancashire, iron founders—first div. of 2s. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. • Dec. 10, T. Shaw, Southampton, wine-merchant—Dec. 20 W. Parsons, Wood-street, Princes-road, Lambeth, corn dealer— Dec. 20, S. Davies, Somerset Wharf; Bankside, coal merchant—Dec. 19, W. Best and J. Snowden, Southampton, printers—Dec. 20, Evans, J. Foster, S. Z. Langton, and T. Foster, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, East India merchants — Dec. 16, T. and T. P. Trapp, Cha'rch-street, Southwark, tallow-chandlers—Dec. 16, J. Peake, Tolleshunt Knights, Essex, miller—Dec. 16, J. Miller, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, patent sail-cloth manufacturer—Dec. 16, W. C. Knight, Great Suffolk-street, Southwark, builder—Dec. 16, D. Bid mead, Bread-street, Cheapside, warehouseman—Dec. 18, J. H. Limes, Richmond, Surrey, butcher—Dec. 19, J. Courtney, Bristol, banker—Dec. 19, W. Jones, Park, near Cardiff, ship builder—Dec. 19, J. Raleigh, T. S. Goode, and W. Holland, Manchester, merchants—Dec. 17, J. Carruthers, Blackburn, linendraper—Deo. 17, W. Brown and T. Preztojun, Mangy chester, cotton-spinners—Dec. 17, J. Ashbarry, Holm LAO Herefordshire, farmer. CERTIFICATES to be granted unless cause be shown te the contrary on the day of Meeting. S. Elphick, victualler, Bermondsey-street, Dee. 1 9— ' 8 ' White, surgeon, Portsmouth, Dec. 19—. R. B. Clarke, Owl' ber, Gower-street North, St. Pancras, Dec. 18—J. 3.1 J. wine -merchant, Berners-street, Oxfo r d-street, Dec. 1 1 3 . H. Limes, butcher, Ri c hmo n d, Surrey, Dec. 18—J. 111.iddle. ton, hay-salesman, A ve l e y, E ss ex, Dec. 18—J. S. W lll ' 3 ; s ' master mariner, Clements-lane, City, Dec. 16—E. Bar r i' t victualler, Bristol, De c . Sugden, manufa cturer oi; worsted goods, Keighley, Yorkshire, Dec. 18—W. Br"' and T. Preston, jun., cotton-spinners, Manchester , Dec 166 G. Y. Peers, plumber, Irornong,r-lane, Cheapside, J. L. Machu, silk trimming auanufacturer, Macciesne' Cheshire, Dec. 16. J. ,_ P.:-LRTNERSIAIPS DISSOLVED. ri ; _ v le P .arlane and W. M. Burt, Manchester, shareboks . `-' . .oarclay and M. A. Frost, Birkenhead, Cheshire, confec_ ~loners—J. Musgrave and R. A. crown, Leeds, sto4brokerr: A. and H. Andrews, Angel-place, Islington, PaPer' llange d —J. Whitworth, J. Spear, and J. Brogden, M anc hester, n° 9 Dreg; and Street Cleansing Company (as far as regar ds J. den)—E. and W. Hunter, Liverpool, quarrymen —X. liits°T. and J. Garthwaite, Brighouse, Yorkshire, flax-spinners—iv,. 0. Dobson and G. Ellerkamp, Liverpool, stockbrokers-- d o Lamb and T. Axford, Upper. street, Lalington, readyoB al3 tterse o s linen warehousemen—W. Everett and E. Woods, builders—J. and T. Gossling, Cranboa . ne, Dorsetshire, h i r e r —W. Hartley, M. and M. Pillin, , f, Wall Stones, Lannas"' ,- 7,{ a/c -fulling millers (so far as regal-as -- W. Hartley)--. 1 ., --„,:, u house and J. Whitfield, Alde•.-manbury, City, carp et ' - i t - r il e ri etj facturers—G. H. Dosseher P.nd F. Habighorst, Final' Whitechapel, sugar refiners—\V. Batkin, T. H. W r ill icer 'l- J. Broadhurst, Longton, Staffordshire, earthenware 1117, facturers—B. Dick, jtv,i., and J. Gibson, Kingstorra share. . Hull, brewers F . Jones and W. Dy,on, Huddersfield, I,a pi , r.at brokers—C. Allhus and P. Romyn, Stockton,‘l)urr°tt, commission merchants—G. Woolcott, sen., and G. " c jun., Brownlow-mews, Gray's Inn-road, builders. r" SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS. •,,,, c .199 James Wallace, Glasgow, manu f ac turer, Nov. 2 S , at 2 o'clock, at the writing chambers of Mr. Steele , J GlPeg t asow. ck At Peter Barrie, Glasgow, flesher, Dec. 1, 22, at 12 o'clock' the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. John Barr, Glasgow, victualler, Dec. 3, 24, at 2 oclock, the office of Mr. Tennant, Glasgow. 10 4 Robert Gracie and Alexander Gracie, jun., TWomer the Glencairn, cattle dealers, Dec. 1, 20, at 12 o'clock, a ti heuse of Mr. Donaldson. Minnihive, Glencairn. Feet. 42 GREAT SKIFF RACE ON TYNE—VICTORY OF CLASPER. ent' The feat skiff race between Harry Clasper, of Pa ol o haugh, and Pocock of L on d on , f or 100/. a-side, con e s oil which an unusual degree of interest has been excited Ors' of time among the lovers of aquatic sports, c ' art3e 0 , of on Tuesday on the Tyne, and resulted in fe-c ° Clasper, who won by a distance of several hundred Y5O The occasion, as might be expected, caused an 10 ti turn-out of spectators, both on land and water. Tb s o ll bridge, long before the expected time of starting, was yet for crowded, while multitudes lined b o th sides of the fil'theta several miles upwards. The steamers, too, of wh ii.:l2 spr was about a dozen, were filled, even to inconvenience"- toted cial trains, carrying hundreds of passengers, also s ii,lstr' from both the Gateshead and the Forth stations of tine castle and Carlisle Railways. big h The time fixed for starting was half-an-hour before:tor water, and the distance agreed on was four and three- B erk miles—from the Tyne Bridge to Leamington Gla ss- ,hicb The weather was favourable, if we except the win d ' 01 a blew rather strongly from the n or th-west, and Ca ,dais heavy swell in the river. Sh or tly after twelve 'riser, Clasper entered his skiff from the south side of th e t for at the east end of Pipewellgate, and rowed e i b ° oo tt s leA fifteen or twenty minutes, till Pocock, whose skiff was L i % titea s in front of the Mansion-house, followed. At tut c itielk the river and the bridge presented a most e' and interesting scene. Clasper's boat, which wit s re sea more than twenty-nine feet in length, and e l " :c ji a light, seemed to dance on the water hi c , , s h -- fest! manner as to excite fears for its safety. ° II ' roig' however, proved groundless, for the brave fora and ingenious builder had so covered it, h°i'D o celi and aft, and even where he was seated, that sc orlf any water entered. The London boat sroa ka itif al „ two feet longer than Clasper's, and of exceedinglYl;sset; mould and construction ; but, owing to its not being eu" - t off' well covered to prevent the ingress of water, it WO cool' seen to occupy a disadvantageous position Ifbeicost o f pared with its rival. Both men, on rowing ineio' the bridge, seemed in excellent condition, and eflt ia ' ; ' s eiek prepared for the contest. On the previous eL er e t° they had " tossed " for the side of the river theY.Z. side; occupy, when Clasper fortunately gained the north or 7 - „d se' This circumstance, coupled w i t h the st a te of the gat° weather, effected a material change in the betting, l io dsi the odds in favour of Clasper. Parties who on Oa st night had backed Pocock freely gave five to four on 0 mil on the following morning; and the latter may be sai d t I been the general rate of betting previous to the start., so. The referees were—John Rayne, Esq., for Pococ%rsior David Gaddy, Esq., for Clasper, and the umpire, Johnla/sort Esq. These gentlemen were on board the Twilight si s which followed the boats the entire distance. ro ct ' ci About half-past twelve o'clock, both Clasper and v ide, rowed alongside each other, a few yards above th e iso eb and without any signal, made a fair start amid tie deafening shouting and cheering of their respect/ 14 A of Pocock at once shot a-head about a boat's length, a P "itoe° tained his position till near the Mansion: de when Clasper advaneed, and, after keeping si b's!) ° side with his opponent for a few minutes, distanced t 00 1 the Shot-tower, by several yards. The race I t of time was the finest possible. B o th m en pullet . t oots fully and skilf u lly ; an d contrary to c i s 'lse ist a Pocock again gained o n Cl as p er , and kept up vst , ,'"„ - e cio' a little, till, unhappily, th e b oa t s , which were - rutin . '" to the river. side, "fouled." it On re-starting, Pocock t oo k th e l ea d an d ma intaine - () self the Herd's-house, where Clasp er over t oo k him, and I°o' "fouling" took place amon g some woo d en piles. obi was the leader once more, follow e d h ar d by Cla.sper,Wlicitr, displayed his extraordinary powers in a manner that e_de one universal shout of applause f ro m the thoptssa witnessing the scene. Here, indeed, the }orb of both men seemed to be better t es t e d than at gl too k part of the race. Pocock, as we have already star e a' gt; the lead after the second "fouling ;" but Clasper, h a t e s . a".; his mettle fairly to the test, 'g r ad ua lly l e ssened Os; tance between himself and his opponent, et" fl stery near Elswick-house, darted before hi m i n the most to e and beautiful style imaginable. This sudden cheollosllt the position of the boats may be s a id to have vin decided the contest. Pocock's boat was evidently fi,,; water, and moved less swiftly, although he pulled wi t ' jow l s' power and skill for which the Thames boatmen ar e celebrated. Clasper was now fully fifty or sixty l a s? %. advance, and slowly, but surely, increasing the : o , between him and his opponent. Pocock, see'lls'sre op' and fearing he might be swamped, pulled on 0 ". - t ot t ,' posite Elswick-house, and, after emptying his b° d' At e almost filled with water, again resumed the oars, a n a l , ) 71 r indomitable perseverance and ability, struggled W lll 4O/ 0 , effort, however, was a hopeless one. Clasper m at s Watt his advanced position, and, for a long part of trot was about a quarter of a mile beyond his un,i o g 4 opponent. Both pulled energetically • but, 0- ra s a the distance between them, the interest in t t b la e o7 , o seemed now to have materially lessened, and 11 0 heard but loud and enthusiastic congratulations on . t h te f success. The keelmen in their boat s fl oa ting down er fl itle, s e j tide cheered and shouted lustily ; while, from eitilrob the river loud prolonged applause rose from the v ice: multitudes, who appeared in ecstaeies at th e 005, of the worthy son of old f a ther Tyne• o 'clo e s s reached Leamington at five minutes past 00 ile re io ' g running the entire distance in thirty-five minutes. c ase turned and rowed back to meet Pocock, and e n eat" alongside the two rivals shook hands. Pocock then ste t * board one of the steamers which had sailed after n t e sese S ; and returned to Newcastle. Clasper rowed home t° Me ° }laugh, whither he was followed by his enthusiastic and admirers. t 0 Aie The result of this contest, it is almo s t unnecessa r y is excited the most lively feelings of joyous satisfactitiin town and neighbourhood. Young and old seemed " s ; s ioe with the victory achieved by this now unrivalled chinecet, aquatic sports. The fact of the Tyne having' es sl r t . time vanquished the hitherto unconquerable 1 " 8 se ss e peered to afford an unusual degree of pleasure to t reat ing circles of our "canny" town. The a mount . der l v. changed hands in betting is said to be very c ro i to It s ee We heard of one stake, probably th e hi g hest, of irv in favour of Clasper. We are certainly within the in s il oe we say that from 3,000/. to 4,0004 changed bo ws occasion. 4A last ibe FLOATING BREAKWATER.-013 Mon d ay for a. African (Government steamer) arrived off Brigh,t n ,,, brer o f purpose of removing the s ec ti ons o f C a pt a in Taylor o oreu water, which for the last twelve months has beenincater. c , Aldrington, by way of testing its merits as a brea,'„ e st the afternoon of Monday the steamer towed the iit'g apt tion of the three to the mouth of Shoreham 118 , h r 0 7 ; fl ap, owing to a vessel having become jammed iet ryes 0 ' ;be obliged to leave the section for the night tied O A 'joke, the piers. During the night a gale sprang up, :00 ° _,` '° o; section away, and on Tuesday afternoon it oun"„,d du . :ted opposite Bedford-square, where it was left high le d the beach. On Wednesday thousands of spelling coi re -i•e the spot. The section is but slightly i n j ur ed, but es• fo r with a variety of sea-weeds, muscles, and WO- 40 ,tw0 . bar understand that a company is in the process of f th the purpose of applying the principle to the nuddrit, bour at Brighton. .........w,mm,................., _------ W V BIRTHS. 100 0 On the 10th inst., at Wirkworth, the wile of the Re / ' tree' bersty, M.A., of a daughter. gaun t.' On the 22d inst., the lady of Thomas Peregrine, E° 4 " B otha' Grosvenor-square, of a daughter. el d e P Lion On the 22d inst., In Piccadilly, the lady of Baron JoU' child, of a son 30°' On the 22d inst., in Montague-place, Russell-sil tlore, ~..ktef, Scargill, of a daughter. 0 .1. re, °f 8 dY °I. On the 25th inst., Mrs. C. Rivington, Queen-sclu , ,k the 111 ,)( On the 25th inst., at Sussex House, Hammeronut b. ne t ' Forbes Winslow, of a son. arch On the 1 25th inst., the lady of Mr. dames CsP° Dyer's-buildings, Holborn, of a daughter u 9 • DIED. age d 6 i ps On the 23d inst., at Battersea-rise, Charles Wix , ~E . ." , „. ' of 14 On the 23d inst., at Dalston, J. L. Woodhouse, .-,'' oe , ' jesty's Customs, London. Oreee, On juts the 12tb inst., at Fern Hous, Wilts, Thomas narlett • '''' e On the 15th inst., at Detmold e , in GermanY, --„„ a ry l Baroness von Donato, widow of G. W. Baron von po ne' v ,ifc , On the 18th inst., at Wirksworth. Margaret Emm a, or , Rev. Nathan Hubbersty, M.A. ._,,g, . ‘ "ro-r,..- On the 2lst inst., at GrandJunction-teraace, Edg e - OF Hester Hannah Reynolds, aged 88. u ff Stee-O r, ~. of On the 22d inst., in Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, ' Im pel.. On the 23d inst., John Burnell, jun., Esq., of liniltec „ n o , ar3f Y , ..• 0 , On the 23d inst., at Westwood Hall, near Leeds , Benjamin Gaskell, Esq., aged 63. ,T o i o° w' f f 9 On the 23d inst., Adeliza, eldest daughter of Mr. - - in • r oc , King-street, St. James's-square. mo y, tti On the 24th inst., in Upper Koanington-lane , re' the late Jonathan Young, Esq. t-g ° IV' , "ingto Pi .r.l' On the 24th inst., W. Windle, Esq., of Upper n-e" t Pr' 119' On the 24th inst., at Hastings, Henry, the infant s O V IO IIIO s On the 24th inst., at Newington-place, Kenningto n . fli t lug, Esq., aged 68. lA"' On the 24th inst., in Surrey-place, Old Kent-roa d I Bastow, widow of T. Bestow, Esq. On the 25th inst., C. A. Sturgeon, Esq. gl4' On the 25th inst., at Turnhatn•green, Frederick Gibso , l , /6 , On the 25th inst., at Turnham-green. Mr. T. Bul a ; gv" At North Brixton, Henry Brandon, Esq., aged 5 ' o.l° . lit ...................... eifSl rtirela , Fre ntr London : Printed anal Published by MURDO Y""Th s tl l l„yeit'' Strand, Printer, at The Sus Office, No. 112, Strand9 i P . '" of the Savoy, In the County Of Mlddleees, Thutili w' 27, 1846. Qv it' elket Dyer's-buildings, Holborn, ofa daughter. --, ..,, O w MARRIED. Lary Ann, , On the 22d inst., Charles Beauce, Esq., of Bow, 0 . .. 5 0. ,1, daughter of Mr. C. Lyne, of Clarendon-place, Kellt - ‘, 4 of .. g'' On the 25th inst., at Nottingham, Sir Charles Fellov''',4., 0 ' square, London, to Eliza, oily daughter of V. Ham' 7 tingham. __----------