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ra nd Juin% s wee ng ly, rade' GUILDITAT,L, SEPTEMATR 28, 1850. THE COMMITTEE FOR LETTING . THE CITY'S LANDS will meet-at 'GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of October next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive TENDERS for LETTING on I.FASES On Lots), for 174 years (less three days), from Michaelmas, 1850, two Houses, Nos. 59 and 60, on the west side of Wilson-street, Finsbury ; a.Staqe on the west side of Finsbar)-passage, Wilson-strict aforesaid; and two Muses, Nos. 27 and 29, on the south side of Providence-row, Fins bury. VA w perl TOO Prr . _ Further particulars and plans may he seen, and forms of tender oirtained at the Office of 'Works, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. 10! Vhes l 22 0 ' !astil Whet' 63 64 6$ is 9d o '3 9 ' 6i 3j ',14 61 K ING'S COL EGt, LONDON. GEOLOGICAL MINERALOGY. Professor TENNANT; I'.G.S.. will commence on WEDNESDAY, October 9, at Nine O'clock a COURSE of LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view fo ta,:ilitate the study of GEOLOGY, anti of the application of :Slitters]. Substances in the ARTS. The Lectures will be illustrated by au extensive Collection of Specimens. further particulars may be obtained at the Secretary's office. R. W. .ELF, ll. 1). , Principal. FORD'S WELLINGTON FAMILY and COMMERCIAL HOTEL, DALE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. This Hotel, situated In the immediate vicinity of the Exchanee, Docks, and other places of public and commercial resort, is fitted up in first-rate style, and the accommodations for American, Foreign, as well as English strangers, will he found everything that is desirable, while the arrangements of the "Cuisine" are in the hands of a first-rate Cook. The Proprietor urther wishes to intimate that his Coffee and Commercial Rooms, as well as *tiling and Bed Rooms, will be found second to none in the kingdom. N.B. The charges fbr servants are included in the Bill (except those who only stay . a few hours), viz., Walter, Porter, and Chambermaid, and It is respectfully intimated that all further payment is unne cessary. ill•usage he had received from the police. He took to his bed, and was unable to leave the house for three weeks. Feeling better then he went to work for about 10 days, when he became so ill that he again took to his bed. Mr. O'Flaherty, surgeon, attended him until - his death, which took place on the 26th ult. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. BARLOW'S CAST-UON SLEEPERS. In consequence of its being necessary to make an alteration in the Specification for these sleepers recently issued from this Company, each party who has tentlere.l tinder the said Specification caw hare his Tender returned to him on application at this office any day after the ith instant, when a copy of the amended Specification will be handed to him gratis. The.ehargo to all ()Uor parties will be•ten shillings a copy. The last day for receiving Tenders under the amended Specifica tion will be Tuesday the 22,1 instant. The Direct rs do not bind themselves to accept the lowest Tender. :By order,C. •-• P. V.ONEY, Secretary. Bishopszate Station, October Several of the jury remarked that they were in the habit of seeing the deceat , ed pass their houses daily, and they knew him to be a sober, quiet, and . well conducted man. Just published, decoy five., price 2d., RAILWAY PROSPECTS ; or, a Glance into Susan Geary, the deceased's widow, was next ex amined. She corroborated the statement of the pre vious witness as to the violence inflicted on the de ceased by the police with their staves, and she further stated that on his arrival home on Sunday morning he was unable to raise his left arm, which was covered with bruises from the blows inflicted with the policemen's staves ; he had also a black eye, his jaws very much swollen, and he was bleeding from one ear. Mr. OTlaherty; surgeon, attended him, and he continued to complain of the violence he had received until he died. De ceased repeatedly said that he had not given the police any provocation for the violence, and the only way she could at all account for it was, that some time ago deceased saw Sergeant Bushell ill-treat a man, and gave evidence of the fact before the police magis trate, and whilst following the deceased to the station house she distinctly heard Sergeant Bushell say to the deceased, he had got him at last, and he would let him know it. Baily Brothers, do;n11111, London. Just out, price Sixpence, ZADKIEL'S ALMANACK FOR 1851. Containing Predictions of the Weather ; V oloe of the Stars ; the Eclipses, &c. A Hieroglyphic; am! most Wonderful Revelations from the World'of Spirits, through a Magic Crystal, in which nu merous Spirits of the Dead have appeared I Illustrated by Woodcuti of the Appear:was of the Spirits ! Hall and Co., 25, Paternoster-row; London ; and all Booksellers. KILLARNEY and VALENCIA RAILWAY . Notfee is hereby given, that an EXTRAORDINARY GENE . ' RAL MEETING of the 'Shareholders in this Company will tie herrl at the. Onicei of the'Company, No. 26, Throgrnorton street, London, 011 WED I . I ESDAT, the 231 day of OcLiber, laso, at Two o'clock in the Abernoon precisely, for the purpose Of confirming the Declaration 4f Forfeiture made at a Meeting of the Directors, held on the 30th day of July last, and fhe 16th day bt Auimst Mat, Or certain Shares in the said Comphsity, and for directing, the Shares so forfeited to be sold or ott erwise disposeil of. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 1, 1850. • JOHN ATT WOOD, Chairman. 26, Thromorton-street, London, ' October 4, 1850.• The following promotion has this day taken place, consequent on the death of Rear-Admiral Sir John Marshall, C.B.:— TO -PARENTS and GUARDIANS.—A portion of the extensive Premises in Regent-street, occupied by Iles,rs. NICOLL, will in 'future be devoted for the production of BOYS' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, such to exhibit unusual goad • taste, style,' and ftuislt, besides having a further recommendation in , their dir . ability and very moderate cost. College Caps and Gowns, wif every kind of Garment calculated for pleasure, duties, or exereite, and such as are worn by Young • Gentlenfen at the CollegeS clad Great Puolic Schools. These are at ways ready to be:met with at the Wnrerooms of H. J. told D. NI COLL, Merchant Clothiers, Paletet Patentees, and Manufacturers Of : Cloth, Regent-street (from 114 to 120 Inclusive), and 22, Cornhill. ! Cauxton.—Many have assumed these of the word " PALETOT;" but Messrs.:MCCALL are'the Solo:Patentees Of the design•and tenet (in Winter or Summer Sabatances)etoployed in the manufac ture of this inexpensive and, gentlemanly article of Costume. Captain Edriard Collier, C. 8., to be Rear• Admiral of he Blue. Captains Thomas Ball Sullivan, C. 8., and David Scott, have also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Ad mirals, on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1846, without increase of half-pay. , Mr. T. O. Flaherty, M.D., of 2, James-street, Oxford-street, stated that he saw the deceased on the 19th of August last; "he had his left arm in a sling, which he found covered with severe briAses,,,and com plained of having been violently begen" ail - oVer his ot body by the police with their staves. He continued to att end t t h h e from decried pleuritic, his dea t whichh took place which ay _ have arisen from violence or from a cold. . Commissions by the Lord• Lieutenant of. Someisetshire. North Somerset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry— The Hon. Edwin Berkeley Portman, to be Cornet, vice Lord Dungarvon, promoted;. Thomas Barrel!, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon, Sept. 20. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire. Herefordshire Regiment of Militia—William Money Kyrie, Esq., to be Captain. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Lecture on the Ballad Music of England, by Mr. George Bar ker, illustrated by his own compositions, every Evening (except 4- tairday) at Eight eclock.—Lecture on the Hydro-Electric Machine, by Dr. Bachhoffner.—Lecture on Chemistry byJ. H. Pepper, Esq., 17- lustrating the Ancient Fiery Ordeal and the handling of Red 11Ot Metals. —Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work dally.—Dissolving 'Views Illustrating some of the Wonders of Na ture, daily at Half-past Four, and in the Evenings at a Quarter to Ten ; also a Series, exhibiting Scenes in the Arctic Regions a&I Ceylou r daily at One. , o'clock.—Dlver and Diving-bell, &c., kc. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. William Johnson, farmer, West Drayton. Frederick Johnson, watchmaker, Lincolnshire. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Horatio Jolley,• fruit salesman, Farringdon street, to surrender Oct. 11, at half-past one, and Noi. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Sharp and Inder maur, Devonshire-terrace, Marylebona. George Little, electrical apparatus maker, Holborn bars, Oct. 11, at half-past eleven, and Nov. 14, at two at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street -buildings; Fitch, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. Thomas Fielding, hotel keeper, Rhyl, Flintshire, Oct. 11 and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Admission, Is.—Schools, Half-price. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex cept Saturday) trom Seven till Half-past Ten. ARGYLL • SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. Open every Evening with Laurent's celebrated and unrivalled Band. rtincipal Cornet-a-piston, Mons. BOULCOURT, from rants, and Artiste Attache to Mr. Strauss's Orchestra at the Baths of Vichy, ' France. • ' The Subscribers are respectfully informed that Mr. Laurent, jun., having become Lessee to the above Rooms, begs to announce his M • tention of applying to tha Honourable Magistrates for a Licence to the came Rooms, and, if granted, he w.ll give CONCERTS of a very . superior description, in conjunction with his Dancing Academy. Mr. Laurent, jun., solicits the patronage of the subscribers and nobility in this new undertaking, pledging himself strenuously to cater tor ' their, amusement, and hopes to deserve a continuance of that liberal support which has hitherto been bestowed on this distinguished and • popular establishment. Terms of Subscription:—Slx months, 51. 55.; one Month, 1/. ls.; one evoaing, ls. Doors open st Half-past Eight, Dancing commences at Nine pre cisely, closing at Half-past Eleven. - - , DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basiughall-street. J. Tidmarsh, Regent-street, and Cheltenham, draper Oct. 25, at twelve—S. Gillatt, Chapel-street, Grosvenor square, builder, Oct. 25, at eleven—T. Dunn, Hastings, builder, Oct. 25, at half-past twelve—.l. Sparrow, Oz ford, draper, Oct. 26, at eleven. In the Country. P. Vaughan; Brecon, scrivener, Nor. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Croome, Bristol, manufacturing engineer. Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol— W. Hulme, Manchester, tailor and draper, Oct. 21, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—D. H. Haley, Lodge-road, Birmingham, iron founder, Oct. 31, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. rIIHE • EIGHTH of OCTOBER, 1850. The EIGHTH of OCTOBER, 1850, will display a new trading feature, in the shape of an Establishment never before equalled. The "town tourist" cannot have failed to notice, in his progress to the west end of the metropolis, an extensive range of premises in c urse of erection at the corner of HART-STREET, NEW Clx- FORD-S'FREET. The situation, extent, and character of these premises must, front • the earliest stage of the undertaking, have impressed the public with the idea that such a project could be connected with no mean capi talists—no ordinary speculation. The gradual development of theimilding and the Ultimate display of the eame of the proprietary at once disclosed to the passer.by.the true character of the speculation ; and thousands in that and other • important localities have ever since been lOoking forward with ant ' ions expectation to the opening of the West-end Branch of E. MOSi.S and SON. . The expediency of opening an Establishment like that under con ; Sideration cannot properly be called in question. The east end and the west end of the metropolis are two perfectly disiinct localities ; and to such an extent has the Capital grown that a visit from one part to another involves both trouble and et , , pence. The excellency of the present undertaking may be safely argued from the encouraging fact, that the proprietors number from the west end a large proportion of their wealthy supporters, whose interests and convenience will nedessarily be better consulted in their own lo cality, and who, in return, will have more ready opportunities of fa vouring E. MOSES and SON with,their commands. It would be idle and u'eless to argue that such a vast speculation •as the WEST-END BRANCH would not have been entered into, had not the voice of the public called loudly fur it. E. MOSES and SON have had too much experience in such undertakings, and know too well bow to improve the capital which the public have placed at their disposal, to enter into a project like the present unsupported by . the pu'ilic, from whom they derive that c mildence, without which such an enterprising speculation would never have been attempted. In starting the Branch of the City Establishment at the West. end, E. MOSES and SON have taken especial care so to model their ar rangements to the requirements of the locality, as to render this ' Branch suitable ail parties. The BESPOKE TAILORING DEPARTMENT is deierving of particular mention ; being, as it is, the first at the West-end,in point of business-arrangement, accommodation, and fashion. B. B. Blackwell, Verulata-buildings, Gray's Inn, coffee-house keeper, Oct. 25, at eleven—J. and W. Poole, Spitslfields, builders, Oct. :31, at two—H. Williams and J. Welsh, Great Distaff lane and Mile-end, builders, Oct. 31, at eleven. In the Country. T. Thomas, Dudley, iron merchant, Nov. 5, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.' J. Jopling and J. Jopling, Vs" olsinghsm, Durham, drapers—T. Neale, jun., and W. Thornton, Gatton and Reigate, Surrey, brick and tilemakers—C. R. Dames and J. F. Bowman, Osborn-street, Whitechapel, sugar re. liners— H. de Cubes de Lizardi and J. de Lizardi, Aus tin-friars, City, and Liverpool, merchants—T. Allow and S. Crosse, St. Martin's-lane, surveyors—T. Ferries and R. Dickinson, Liverpool, victuallers—R. M'Kean and S. Perkes, Liverpool and Birkenhead, engineers—J. Biddle and W. Bishop, Stratford Mills, Gloucestershire —W. Schofield and E. Schofield, Leeds, linendrapers— T. Richards and W. Taylor, Salisbury-place, Lock's fields, Walworth, and Wood-street, City, wadding roanufactui era—W. G. W. Freeman and F. E. Sloper, Tonby, Pembrokeshire, chemists and druggists—J. Bar well and W. Barwell, Birmingham, button manufacturers —E. Billingsley, J. Tankard, and J. Cole, Braidiord moor, Yorkshire, worst e d spinners (so far as regards J. Cole)-12. Slater, J. L. Cooke, and Mary Slater, Jerrnyn-street, St. James's, butchers (so far as regards R. Slater)—T. Hall and H. Hall, Brereton, Cheshire. millers—J. Sherwood, R. Sherwood, and J. Sherwood, jun., Birmingham, platers—R. Prescott and E. Prescot., Runcorn, Cheshire, butchers—S. Pryor and 11. Pryor, Holborn• hill, umbrella manufacturers—W. Cotching and G. Bull, Wing. Buckinghamshire, farmers—B. Brether ton and P. Bretherton, Birmingham, livery stable keepers—F. A. Harris, Dudley, Worcestershire, and Lavinia Harris, Bilston, Staffordshire, lace dealers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. The Nobility and Gentry will here meet with, no obstruction or confusion, and will have no uecc•sity to pass through the more busy portion of the Est:o)l6llmM, there beirw - aseparate private entrance to this department, ivith distinct accommodation for servants in at tendance. Attention is also called to the fact, that Bart-street, Whin runs parellel with Oxford-street, being quiet and private, af fords safe standing room for carriages —a circumstance worthy the attention of the gentry. In connexion with the Bespoke Department, there arc SELE HABIT FITTING-ROOMS, and FITTING-ROOMS fir GENTLE MEN, besides DEPARTMENTS devoted to the JUVENILES. Everything has been done by the proprietors to renter their Branch Establishment in these important respects (without qualification of terns), the first Establishment in the first fashionable locality in the kingdom. Q id II be' 00 of b bier , s. d. 8. d. s. d. 1315 1809 8 7 1990 7 5 2026 11 2 1820 1533 10 7 1686 17 8 1717 11 1 1825 1436 1 2 1.579 13 3 1608 7 8 1330 ; 1338 11 9 1472 811 1492 4 5 1835 1231 4 0 1354 6 5 1373 18 11 1849 1120 0 0 1232 0 0 1254 8 0 X s. (1. 2062 14 11 1743 4 6 1637 2 1 1525 19 10 1403 11 4 1276 16 0 In the arrangements of the READY-MADE DEPARTMENTS there are also those recommendations which cannot fail to elicit the approval. of a discerning public. The classification of goads, the ready ingress and egress, and every other arrangement, are such as must conduce to the accommodation and satisfaction of the purchaser. For such an Establishment, in such a situation, the most superior assortment of fashions has been prepared. The proprietors have determined not to be equalled in the collection of dress at their West-end Branch ; and, in order to produce the first specimens of attire, they have not only made purchases of the moat superb materials in Cloths,'Silks, Satins, Alpacas, Lustres, &c.. &c., but have secured the most elegant and novel designs, by offering handsome prizes for the best Jpectmens of artistic skill in cut and workmanship ; an experiment which his proved more than success ful to this end. The GENTLEMEN'S WINTER OVERCOATS, and the other ar ticles of attire, when inspected, will prove that the proprietors are not dealing in exaggerated terms in thus recommending the present Stock of Attire. Iu LADIES' HABITS, E. MOSES and SON intend to convince their supporters, that as Fashionable Tailors, they are neither to be surpassed nor equalled by many decrees. Their STOCK of JUVENILE CLOTHING calls alike for terms of the highest recommendation. Whtre this branch of the Tailoring Trade has been too often overlooked or slighted, E. MOSES and SON have made it a point of particular study ; nor do they question for a moment that their endeavours will secure anything short of the 111;hest approbation. A conspicuous feature at the New West. end Branch of E. MOSES and `ON is that of a STOCK of ItE IDY-MADE LIVERIES, which, though elegant in the extreno, and superior in material, are sold at prices exceedingly advantageous to the purchaser. The attention of the. Nobility aed Gentry is particularly directed to this branch of the proprietors' business in New Oxford-street. A . `TOOK of SUPERIOR MOURNING, at prices less than those charged, anywhere else, by 50 per cent., is also deserving' of promi nent mention. No advantage will be taken in the furnishing of these articles of the melancholy circumstances of bereavement, or of the haste in the adoption of such attire—circumstances which have too often led to imposition on the part of tradesmen. The • SHOOTING-COATS, Fl S FLING-COATS, LOUNGING COAT, and the various ready-made goods are in keeping with the rest of the articles 8(.1d ; and the most extreme satisfaction must re , suit from an inspection and trial of the Stock. A large and fashionable collection of HATS and CAPS adds much to the recommendations Of the new Branch Mouse; and the Public are assured that here their interests are equally consulted. r9The system which the proprietors int en d t o pursue at their New taqishment is not new. Their oia system of cheapness, coupled with quality and fashion will be in operation - at the Branch House as at the Origins]. Establishment. Catherine Liniky, living at 6,. Conway-court, stated that on the evening in question she was talking to the deceased, who was quite 'sober, a few doors from his own house, when Sergeant Bushell came up and asked deceased how long he was going to stop there ? Deceased made no reply, but walked away, the sergeant and another constable following him. In a few minutes afterwards she saw the two police men having hold of the deceased, and both striking him over the arms and body with their staves. De ceased was offering no resistance to the con s t a bl es , and begged of them to let him walk quietly along. William and Mary Ross corroborated the evidence of the previous witnesses. Morris Geary, a brother of the deceased, stated that he was following the deceased to the station, when observing the violence which the police were using towards his brother, he begged them to desist. He was collared and dragged into the station along with deceased, and both in the charge room and whilst on their way to the cell witness and deceased were knocked about by the sergeant, who repeatedly struck them about the arms and face with his fist, and wk.- ness was thrown violently into the cell like a dog. Witness and deceased appeared before the police ma gistrate on the following Monday, when the charge was dismissed. William Hoinmitt and others spoke to the .same facts, observing that the conduct of Sergeant Bushell was brutal in the extreme. The Conorma, in summing up the case, observed that there was not the least doubt that the police had exercised brutal violence towards the unfortunate de. ceased, and that it was the duty of the Police Com missioners to institute a searching inquiry into the conduct of several of their officers. Last evening, on the re -assembling. of the jury, Sergeant Bushell, 9 D, and Sergeant M'Craw, 15 D, were in attendance, when each of the witnesses were called in separately, and desired by the coroner to point out the persons who had so ill-used the deceased. Each witness instantly identified Sergeant Bushell, but only one pointed out Sergeant M'Craw, on which the coroner observed that as the case was doubtful re. specting M'Craw, it was nothing but fair that he should have the benefit of the doubt. The room was cleared of strangers, and after about half•an-hour's consultation the jury returned a verdict of •' Manslaughter against Nathaniel Eaton Bushell and at the same time regretted the inability of the witnesses to identify the other constable engaged in the outrage on the deceased. MURDER OF A POLICEMAN AT BRISTOL, BY TWO SOLDIERS. - BRISTOL, FRIDAY AFTERNOON.—Two private sal fliers, of the 15th infantry, named Andrew Daly and John Macfarlane, alias M'Fetten, were brought to this city in custody to day, and committed to gaol to await their trial, upon a charge of murdering a po liceman named Pimm, No. 206, of the Bedminster division of Police, while engaged in the discharge of his duty in Thomas-street, in this city. The murder took place as long ago as the 4th of May, 1849, and the circumstances connected with it were these :—On the night of that day the prisoners, another soldier, and some girls of the town, had been drinking toge ther at a public-house in the neighbourhood of Thomas-street, making a noi se , so as to di stur b th e in habitants. The policem an accosted them, told themre n e o t' t be permitted t o create an upror i n and upon going into the street they and order e d t h e prostitutes to go home. tt hhee oy streets, would s-s t The girls obeyed, which irritated the soldiers, one of whom said to the constable, " Who are you ; what right have you to interfere ?" The deceased replied that he was a policeman, whose duty it was to keep 'order in the streets, upon which Macfarlane said there was no harm in killing a policeman and called to his compani on , " Let us kill the The deceased, in reply, again urged them to go home to their barracks, upon which they both struck him with st i c k s they were carrying, and knocked him down, and while be was on the ground they And another soldier beat bim very much, one of the men picking up a stone from the street, and c o n s table was render e d i nsensible by the i r vi o l ence , but on recovering con sc i ousness, and finding that he striking him several bl ows on the head w i t h it. The had receivedan extensive wound of the head, he pro cured assistance, and appr e h en d e d D a ly and Macfar lane, who were at once t a k en b efore t h e magistrates and charged with the a ssau l t . At t h e ir examination a sergeant of the regime n t a tt en d e d, an d stated that the men were part of a company d ra f te d for Ceylon, of getting confined till th e company had sailed— and bad in his belief got i n t o t h e quar rel for the pur posea trick which one of them had tried twice before with success. This Bristol magistrates, upon this repre sentation, and acting in the belief that the wound On the 9th would not prove serious, handed the soldiers over to dispatched to their sergeant, by whom they were ,- • . on , and after lin- India with the rest of their comrades. of May, Pima), who had been progressing favourably, was taken worse. Erysipelas came goring till the 15th, he died. The soldiers had then left England ; but upon a verdict of wilful murder being found against them by the co roner a jury, a representation was made to the Government, which at once ordered th e i r arres t and re turn to Engl an d. They will be tried a t the nex t Gloucester cou n ty assize. Isaac Dale, May Bank, Staffordshire, licensed victualler. John Harris, Kingewood, Warwickshire, innkeeper. Thomas Alcock, Whitnash, Warwickshire, butcher. William Coleman, Coventry, Weaver. Charles Mander, Coventry, tailor. Thomas Cooper, Cuvontry, tobacconist. Thomas Calvert, Rochdale, moulder. Joseph Butte rwortb, Rochdale, porter. Edmund Lord, Rochdale, manager in a cotton factory. Joseph M'Quoay, Milnsbridge, Yorkshire, woollen te ni oll (iir ° t etl fi Xooill' manufacturer. - James Baron Lovell, Wells, Somersetehire, tailor. Mary Harper, Talawaine. Monmouthshire, beer retailer. John Jones, Ebbw-vale, Monmouthshire, slitter. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. W. At'lipnzie,' Edinburib, cement manufacturer, to meet Oct. 10 and 31, at two, within Greig's Chain Pier Inn, Trinity. PRICE QF SUGAR. voioe o $ 11C1 ,6 0/ 1 is sv 9 1(Y er ir°ll tief e rd ,G The Return of Cash or Exchange of Gods, and the marking the price of each article in plain figures, will in no way be departed trona at the West-end Branch. • Before concluding this announcement E. MOSES and SON would hint that their New Premises in Oxford-street are of the most novel, elegant, and commodious description. The Establishment is an Ex hibition itself, quite alone in point of style, convenience, and decora tion —and is Well deterving a visit from the curious in those matters. An excursion, in fact, would be well repaid by a view of this superb trading structure, of which-no idea can be formed except uon in sPect ion. - The proprietors take this opportunity of inviting the Public to view their New West-end Branch Establishment, whether purchasing or not ; where.every attention will be paid to them, and every informa tion given. Having thus announced the opening of the New Branch Establish ment, and having touched (in as brief a manner as possible) on the rec ommendations there held out, E. MUSEt and SON would an knowleige gratefully that vast amount of favour at the hands of the Public, to which alone they can date this proud advance in their speculations ; and the proprietors would assure the Public, that it is th eir determinati on to merit renewed support, by an adherence at the New Establishment to those principles which have worked so well atthe Old. ...11. Will he OPENED at Ten o'clock on TUESDAY MORNING, the Bth of OCTOBER. ; 0 4 [llO9 . HIRTY-FIRST EDITION. Il l ustrated by 2 6 Anatomical Coloured Engravirm on . Steel. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATION'S, GENERATIVE INCA . PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition. enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or THEby post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps, SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the infirmities and decay of tha generative system, from ex, eessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury, ' with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dig . qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured En.fravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons Erg Berners-street, Ox ford-street, London. Published by the hors : sold by Strange, 11, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger.anlso, Oxford-street Stet - 1003, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street.. PART 1. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re- productive organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. •PAIT IL. treats of the consequences resulting fr om exeessiye. in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and gener a ti ve incapacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from intection, either In the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured . Brlgtavings. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a eireple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Th tice.is important part of the Work should not escape the reader's no PAat. V. 15 devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole silitiect critically and philosophically inquired into. TIM CORDIAL BALM OF STRIACUSI is exclusively employed in treating nervous And sexual debility, impotence, &c., 1 Is. and 335. Per bottle. The C oncentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic rented% for purifying. the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eru ptions, and the abuse of mercury, I ls. 335. pe bottle. terry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 48. 6d., and and I is.r per box, a certain remedy for gonorrikea, gleet, stricture, and chronic, inflatnmation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, -H. I , ninuto, detail of t h e , a is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. 11. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Rtta bliskment only by which the fee, 11., is saved. Messrs. Ferry, BurXeons are in attendance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford street , TAidon, fr Eleven till Two and Ely* to :Eight ; on San tlaY, itOttl LIMA to Coas The average price of BroWn or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Oct. I, 1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof. into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 275. • lid. per cwt. From the Mauritius ... 255. 9d. ~ From the East Indies ... 28s. Bd. ~ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 275. Id. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ELL. Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, Oct. 4. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON J. FERMOR, ESQ. This inquiry was resumed yesterday, at the She riff's-office, Red Lion-square, before Mr. Commis sioner Barlow and a special jury. Several witnesses were examined to show that the unsoundness of mind was only of a recent date, the object being to prove that he was perfectly sane when he executed certain deeds and wills, likely to beco me the subject of diipute. The inquiry was then adjourned. MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A SERGEANT OF POLICE. Yesterday evening Mr. H. M. Wakley, deputy coroner, and a highly respectable jury resumed and concluded, at the Rising Sun, High-street, Maryle-, bone, an inquiry touching the death of James Geary, aged 28, a plasterer, of 5, Conway•court, adjoining the Marylebone police-court who had been ill•treated by Sergeants Bushell and M'Craw, of the D division of police. Mr. Duncombe, solicitor, appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of the friends of the deceased ; and Mr. Wontuer, solicitor, for the ac cused parties. Catherine Donoghue, of 5, Conway-court, Maryle bone, said that the deceased was her brother; he was a married man, and was in a good state of health up to the morning of Sunday, the 19th of August last. Between 12 and one o'clock on that morning she was passing through High-street, Marylebone, along with deceased's widow, when they observed a crowd of persons collected opposite the Angel public-house, and on going to ascertain the cause witness saw a man lying on the pavement near the kerb, and Ser geant Bushell, 9 D, standing, over him with his left hand in his neckerchief and one knee on his chest. The man called out to the sergeant not to strangle him and said he would walk quietly anywhere if they would allow him to get up. Witness, recogniz ing her broth e r, b egge d th e sergeant and another constable who was standing by not to use him so cruelly. Shortly afterwards, as they were dragging the deceased violently along, Sergeant Bushell dashed him against some area railings and struck him over the arm s an d s h ou l ders with his staff. Deceased in treated Ahem not to ill-use him in such a way, but did not offer the slightest resistance to the constables. Sergeant Bushell , and the other officer who had hold of him continued to strike the deceased in the ribs with their staves as they proceeded to the police station. A crowd was collected and cried " Shame" on the constables, and told theM not to use the de ceased so brutally, but did not molest them in the slightest manner. Deceased was quite sober. He recognized witness and his wife, but begged them n o t to interfere with the police, as they would serve them in the same way. He was locked up until Sunday at noon, when he was bailed out, and on his return home complained of pains all over his body from the night on the THE FIRE IN c yW ha A nd ß ler K s ' and , es w sr a s s . B at r t oo en k d e e , d s of the extensive loss of other persons received premises premises, upwards of a dozen melters, of tbe Southwark - badge -o rnoamd i e se fi s re of which m broke essrs. B roootttk!en,°TtijahlulTorwskdia with a great destruction of property. Independently serious injury to their houses and furniture, and when the ruins were inspected yesterday morning at day light, it was a matter of astonishment that every house surrounding the place bad not been destroyed. Sub joined is a copy of the official report of the damages : —" Thursday, October 2, half past nine P.M.-A fire broke out on the premises of Mess. Booe, tallow Inciters and chandlers, in the South rs wark r -br k idge-road. The damage done vial as under: —Meltin g house burned down and consumed, the factory and the con tents destroyed, the w arehouse with contents burned ; the making-house, store-house, and counting-house considerably damaged by fir e, and the stabling slightly injured. I , •b e premises and their contents were insured in the Phoenix and National Mercan tile Fire-offices. The cause of fire, a Copper of fat boiling over. The fire was extinguished by firemen with six engines of the London Establishment, one of the parish, and that of the West of England office. No. 5, Mary Ann-place, Mr. F. Thomas (private), back front damaged by fire, and furniture by removal ; not insured. No. 3, Brunswick-place, , Mr. C. Barrett (private), similar damage to building and contents ; furniture not insured ; building in the Phoenix. No. 2, ditto, ditto, Mr. R. Harris, premises and contents damaged, by fire, water, and removal ; insured in the PllCelliX office. No. 1, ditto, Mr. Al gar, similar damage to furniture, and the front win dow pulled out ; invurance not known. No. 2, Peter street, T. Edmondson, copper smith, workshops very severely burned, and tontents ifijured by removal; insured in the Sun ; No. 3, ditto, ditto, W. Millest, marble-mason, stock damaged; contents uninsured, building not known. No. '2l, Little Guildford -street, R. Havill, coffee -shop keeper, great dama g e to furni ture by removal ; uninsured. 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Prose, similar da mage ; insured in the same office. •No. 25, ditto, W. Ward, hemp, flax, and cane merchant; serious da magc to back workshops ; insured in the Sun-office. LORD STANLEY AND THE BURY [PRICE SD. but to proceed to the final operation, in which, per haps, I am not a very handy workman ; but I will be bound to"say that no workman ever undertook his task with more cheerfulness. readiness, and pleasure, than I perform that which I am about to do. Lord STANLEY then proceeded to adjust the stone, a very handsome silver trowel having been presented to his Lordship' for that purpose, with the following inscription : " Presented by; the members of the 'Bury Athe 'mum to the Right Hon. Edward Geoffrey, Baron Stanley, on his laying the foundation atone of that in stitution, October 3, 1850." The assembled company then adjourned to the As seri-My-rooms, where a cold collation had been pre pared, in c ommemora ti on o f th e occas i on , a t w hi c h Mr. A E fte d r m t u h n e d us G u r a u l iondyy,alotfotahset,,Wthye Chairman presided.ldeg the health of " the E ar l o f D er b y ," t o w hi c h L or d Stanley briefly respond e d. The CHAIRMAN then ga ve " th e BiSh op an d Cl ergy of the Diocese. gave ATHENEUM. LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE. BURY, LANCASHIRE, OCT. 3.—This large and thriving manufacturing town bas been in a state of excitement to-day, in consequence of the founding in it of a handsome new building, to be called the Bury Athenaeum. Lord Stanley had accepted an invitation to lay the corner-stone, a ceremony which was to be succeeded by a dinner at the Derby Arms, and a public soirie in the evening in one of the large mills of the town. Among the leading, persons present besides Lord Stanley, were Lady Stanley, the Lord Bishop of Manchester, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, and their noble daughter, Lady Mary Egerton, Mr. James Heywood, M.P., Mr. William Brown, M.P., and Mr. Alexander Henry, M.P. The Bury Athenaeum, hitherto denominated the Bury Mechanics' Institution, was established in the year 1836. For some years after its foundation, however, the number of members was very limited ; and, consequently, no large amount of funds could be raised. The number having now attained to between 200 and 300, the members found it necessary to make an effort at obtaining larger accommodation, the institution having been hitherto conducted in a small building in the Wylde.. A strenuous appeal to the public was resolved upon, and a number of gen tlemen interested in the new movement held meet ings in conjunction with the members, when it was determined to establish an Athenaeum, and if the ne cessary founds could be raised, to erect a suitable building. 2,0001. or 3,000/. having been subscribed in the course of a few months, the provisional com mittee procured estimates of the cost of a new build ing. It was agreed to accept that of Mr. Sidney Smirke, architect, of London, who proposed to erect the building at a cost of 4,0001. The site chosen is a plot of ground adjoining the newly-erected Town-hall, in Newmarket-street. The edifice is to be erected in the Italian style, from stone hewn entirely from the quarries of the Earl of Derby, in the neighbourhood of the town. The Noble Earl has also given the site on which the building is to be erected to the inhabi tants for ever. Lord STANLEY, on presenting himself, was received with several rounds of enthusiastic cheering. He said—Ladies and Gentlemen, connected as I am by many and close ties with the town of Bury, I have at once and cheerfully complied with the request made to me by several of the leading inhabitants of this town, that I would take part in the proceedings of this day, by laying what I can hardly call the first stone, the corner stone of a building which I Islay hope and trust is calculated to promote in no inconsiderable degree the comfort, happiness, and improvement of a very large portion of the population of the town and neighbourhood.—(Hear, hear.) I say of a very large portion of the population, because I am un willing to believe—and, indeed, the great interest which I see excited in the crowd around me prevents me for a moment believing—that this thriving and prosperous community is behindband with the rest of the age in that universal desire for knowledge, that thirst after mental cultivation which is the distin guishing and honourable characteristic of the present day. The days are gone by when science and lite rature were the luxury of the privileged few ; they have become in these days a necessary for the many, and not a luxury of the few. It is not the affluent classes and the independent alone who pursue the paths, the tastes, the enjoyments -of literature and science; but also the manufacturer and the merchant —those who have still their way to make in the world, who have still their worldly fortune to realise—ay, and far more, the mechanic, the artisan, the man de pendent for his daily bread upon bis daily labour, feels that thirst for knowledge which is the surest means of obtaining, as it is the strongest motive for leading to, intellectual improvement and mental cultivation. —(llear, hear.) If there were no other benefit de rived from this universal desire for knowledge than that it tends to counteract the otherwise contracting and narrowing influence of all-absorbing pursuits, but more especially of those pursuits which depend upon the constant endeavour to acquire money and to obtain worldly advantage, which, after all, must be the mainspring of all commercial enterprise— I say, with regard to the mechanic and the artisan, if I the pursuit of knowledge did nothing more than sub stitute the charms of literature and science for the de grading pursuit of sensual indulgence and brutal in toxication—if it leads the humbler classes away from mere sensual indulgence to the cultivation of the in tellect, and to the improvement of the mind, there is en important and signal benefit derived from the uni versal spread and thirst for knowledge in the present day.—(Cheers.) All classes alike feel that the pur suit of knowledge is, to use the words of the poet— The Bishop of MANCHESTER, in responding, said he had learned with the greatest pleasure that the institution, the foundation of which they were met to celebrate, was intended for all classes of all shades and sects of men, whether in politics or re)igion.—(Hear.) Although the conduct of the clergy had sometimes perhaps been liable to be unkindly interpreted or misunderstood when they interfered in public mat ters, yet, while they had the privilege of visiting the sick bed, and of giving religious counsel to those who sent for them, it was also incumbent upon them not to neglect those secondary and important measures which knight be necessary -for the welfare• of those around them. They were, perhaps, excluded from moving in political life, but they were unfaithful to their trust if they aought..uot tp usix.itteluselves with eveiything that might otherwise tend to protnOtis the welfare and happiness of their fellow-men.—(Ap plause.) He was anxious for the dissemination of sound and useful knowledge among all classes, and expressed his satisfaction that their young and re spectable rector was among the supporters of this institution.—(Cheers.) He was sure the clergy would not be wanting in their support to this institution, if they were allowed to do so. A wide and enlightened toleration, a faithful, yet fearless discharge of their duty, a disposition to look at points of concord rather than of difference, were the principles on which they invited the co-operation of all around them in the work.—(Cheers.) " Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute; And a perpetual feast of nectars sweet, Where no crude surfeit reigns." I say " no crude surfeit reigns," because the thirst for knowledge, like some other lees innocent desires, in creases the more it is indulged ; and, to use the words of another poet— " The increase of appetite cloth grow By what it . feeds upon. But, gentlemen, there are other and higher advan tages. The study of science and literature sharpens the intellect, enlarges the faculties of the mind, and gives a more just appreciation of the movements both of the natural, the visible, and the immaterial world by which we are surrounded, and enables all men to feel more forcibly and powerfully the wonders of creation, and the wisdom and intelligence which has produced them.—(llear, hear.) Lastly, gentlemen, there is one great and prominent advantage in insti tutions such as I trust this will be whose foundation we are this day celebrating : it brings together in one common, one rational, one laudable pursuit, classes of society, who, but for institutions of this kind, would see little of and feel little for each other, and have little feeling or sympathy in connexion. It brings together classes of men whose pursuits in life ate widely different, whose occupations are widely distinct, whose sphere of action is wholly separate, and impresses upon them practically the conviction that from the highest to the lowest we are all rational, intellectual, responsible beings, all en dowed with higher faculties than those which tend to the mere attainment of earthly good, or the mere ac quisition and support of bodily comfort ; it leads us all to feel, moreover, that we are members of one com mon family, the great human family, bound together in one great communion and fellowship.—(Hear.) Gentlemen, I am quite sure I am expressing the wish, and the desire, and the hope of every one among you when I say that I trust that such may be the happy and beneficial effect of the institution which we are now originating. I rejoice to hear, because I think it is a matter of the most vital importance, from the chairman of the committee that one of the main prin ciples of this institution is that everything which can tend to polemical and political discord shall he sedu lously and carefully eschewed—(Hear, hear)—that in the management of this institution party politics and religious differences shall be altogether excluded. Gentlemen, if this be not the case—if this building, which I will not allow myself to believe for a moment will be cramped in its objects by the want of that liberal and generous spirit on the partofthose who first established it—if it be permitted to degenerate into a mere reading-room or news - room for the purpose of amusing the idle hours of any portion of the popula tion, then I say that this ceremony is wasted and thrown away, that it is not worth the pains which have been bestowed upon it. I say, that if political or polemical differences be allowed to be introduced —if the building be diverted from any other of its legitimate, and lawful, and proper purposes—namely, the advancement of science, the promotion of knowledge, the diffusion of educational in struction, and, more still, the diffusion of kindly feelings amongst all classes of the community—then, gentlemen, I shall deeply regret that I have taken any part in the institution of a building which would lead to no good, but probably to much of evil.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the advantages or disadvantages of this building, and of this institution, are in the hands of you, the subscribers, the committee, and the inhabi tants of Bury. It rests with you whether it shall be productive of the greatest happiness to the population. I trust and believe that it will be so ; and,if you support it as it should be supported—if the leading inhabitants of this town will put themselves forward for the pur pose of leading the way, an d ass i st i ng their humbler brethren in the acquisition of knowledge and the cul tivation of their intellect—then we are about to com mence a great, and good, and glorious work, and the building we are now commencing will lead, as I con , fidently hope, .to the moral and social advantage—to the rational enjoyment of the population of Bury ; and, as I also hope it will do, to the intellectual advance ment and happiness of its inhabitants.—(Cheers.) I accept with the greatest pleasure the very handsome trowel which you have done me the honour of placing in my bands, and I believe I have now nothing to do The CLIAIRMA - N then proposed " The distinguished strangers who have honoured us to-day with their company ;" to which the Earl of Wilton responded ; and also " The health of Lord Stanley," which was received with loud cheering. Lord STANLEY, in responding, said he assured them they owed him no thanks for any little services he might have performed in taking part in the ceremonies of the day. It was to him an unmitigated satisfac tion to assume that distinction, and if he did not per form his task in a manner calculated to secure the en tire approbation of a working man, at all events he did it with a good heart and a good will.—(Cheers ) If the exertion he was called upon to make were far greater than it had been, he should have been far more than repaid by witnessing the universal and general good feeling and cordial union of all parties and all denominations which appeared to have charac terized the proceedings of the day.—(Cheers.) And it was to him the greatest satisfaction to find that in this work, which might, and he hoped would, contribute greatly to the improvement, comfort, social happiness, and mental improvement of the people of Bury, there appeared to be on the part of all concerned, and of all parties in this town, a general and cordial desire to concur. He agreed with the Lord Bishop that it was by such concurrence, and to such union, that they must look for the success of an undertaking.—(Hear.) He felt most deeply and gratefully the kind manner in which they bad received him. He would not make so ill a return for their kindness as to detain them by any lengthened observations, after having, both there and out of doors, trespassed on them to a considerable length. He was not there for the purpose of asking their support for the institution—he was there sur rounded by the promoters of the institution them selves, by those who had led to the completion of the undertaking, and by those who he hoped would be gratified by, and enjoy the results. Therefore it was quite unnecessary that he should dilate before them on the advantages to be derived from what was em phatically the work of their own hands and purses. But he would venture to say this, that he trusted the shows they had seen that day were not outward, that the enthusiasm was not evanescent, that they would net permit the first impulse to pass away, and then the institution which they had raised to languish for want of support and continuous encouragement. But, if they s ere deeply impressed with the ad vantages which it tended to confer upon themselves and those most dear to them, upon their fellow men of all denominations and of all classes, they would remember that it was not by a mere ins pulse, a regard, for the moment, stimulated to enthu siasm in the first instance, but speedily to dwindle away, but by continual support, personal and pecu niary, that this institution and the benefits to be de rived from it were really to be realized and maintained. —(Cheers.) He trusted that what they had well begun they would not suffer to flag for want of con tinued support ; and with the sincerest desire, and the confident hope, that by their united efforts this insti tution might tend to the advantage of the town and neighbourhood of Bury, and to the moral and social improvement of all classes of the population, he called upon them, its patrons and supporters, to join with him in drinking " The Bury Athenaeum—may its success in promoting the intellectual and moral im provement of the people of Bury answer the fullest expectations of its founders."—(Great cheering.) After several other toasts had been given and ac knowledged, including " the Members for the County," " the Magistrates of the division," " the Ladies," " the Chairman," &c., the proceedirgs ter minated. _ _ . ...... At a soirée held at the :lame place in the cv”ning there was a very numerous attendance of working people and others. NORFOLK ESTUARY. The contract for carrying into effect this great work (one warmly advocated by the late lamented Lord George Dintinck) has been undertaken by the eminent firm of Peto and Betts, under the direction of the engineers in chief, Sir John Rennie and 11 , ,bt. Stephenson, Esq. It will, therefore, be commenced immediately. The great district of the fens, called the Bedford Level, and the adjacent low lands, comprising nearly half a million of acres, will be so effectually drained by this work as to be enabled almost entirely to get rid of the prssent very expensive system of artificial drainage by wind and steam ; and so fully convinced are the fen proprietors of the benefits which will re sult from the completion of this work, that they have voluntarily contributed the sum of 60,0001. in order to forward the enterprise. The navigation of the Ouse from the sea to Lynn and upwards will be so much improved that the cor poration of Lynn have likewise made a present of a like sum of 60,000/. to the company who have under taken so vast a scheme. The grand and ultimate object, ho wever, i s simul taneously to reclaim from the sea a valuable tract of land, amounting to about 32,000 acres, w hi c h w ill form a profitable investment for the company's capital, as will appear from the following paragraph of the directors' report to the general meeting of proprietors in February last " Your directors estimate the expense of reclama tion at 201. per acre, and the value of the first intake to be sold at 551. per acre, which, after deducting the per centage of 300 to the Crown, will give a profit to the company of 52,000/. ; and your directors believe the net profit will be realized at the end of five years from the commencement of the contract, and they propose out of such profit to pay the whole of the interest of five per cent. that may have accrued to the shareholders, and at the end of every subsequent year a sufficient quantity of land will he reclaimed to pay the interest at four per cent. with a portion of the principal advanced ; so that, at the end of nine years from the commencement of the contract, the whole of the capital, with in terest at five per cent. and four per cent. at the period above mentioned will have been repaid, leaving at least 30,0001. to be expended on the further work of reclamation, or otherwise to be disposed of for the benefit of the company, as may be both practicable and expedient ; and it will not be required, in order to accomplish the above results, to reclaim more than 6,500 acres, or a greater profit per acre on 5,000 acres than 301. per acre. " The land belonging to the company comprehends 32,000 acres, which will ultimately be reclaimed, and it is calculated that the reclamation will proceed easily ,at the rate of 1,000 acres per annum, which, after paying the expenses, viz., 201. per acre,which has been ascertained from experience to be amply sufficient, and assuming that the remainder of the land be only worth 451. per acre, will give a bonus of 25,000/. per annum, after paying the principal and interest of the capital, as above stated. " The total sum already expended is 35,000/., and, exclusive of the 120,000/. contributed by way of gift by the drainage and navigation interests, it is not ex pected that the shareholders will be called upon to .eater sum than 101. or 121. per share on tres to complete the contracts, which greatly under the engineer's estimate." RCTIC EXPEDITION. 1g extract from a letter received from Commander Forsyth, dated Aberdeen, 8. 30 r.m., Ist October, 18,50, contains several interesting details which hare not been given in his official dispatches to the Admiralty : "We sailed from Aberdeen on the sth June, reached Cape Farewell on the 3d July, touched at Upper Navik on the 18th. On the 15th July met some of the whalers returning to the southward, not having been able to get round Melville Bay on ac count of the heavy ice. On the 20th regularly en tered the ice off the Devil's Thumb. O❑ the 21st overtook Sir John Ross amongst a dense number of heavy bergs—he had sailed from England a fortnight before me. On the 23d fell in with the remainder of the fleet of whalers trying to get to the southward, as fast as they could, as they had abandoned the Mel ville route this year. Even could they have accomplished it, it would have been so late in the season that their northern fishing would have been past. On the 25th we dis covered Captain Austin's and Penny's vessels beset to the northward of us ; from this till the 9th of August we were occasionally beset, our diminutive little craft getting some severe pinches between the ice. Our men worked night and day to get up with Captain Austin's ships, and on the morning of the 9th we passed them still beset. It must have surprised them very much to see us passing them, as they left Engler* a month before us. The next morning they worked themselves out, and were towed past us in a calm by the steamers in gallant style. These steamers have been invaluable ; the steamers cut the road for the other ships by rushing at the ice with full speed and cutting through it, their iron plated bows not feeling the effects much. They have given much sa tisfaction to Captain Austin and his officers. The same evening they were again stopped by the ice, and on the 12th we again came up to them close to Cape Melville. As it was calm, Captain Austin desired Captain Ommanney to take the Prince Albert in tow, whilst he took the Felix in tow. On the 13th we landed at Cape York, and heard from the natives that a ship answering the description of the North Star had wintered in Wolstenholme Sound, near Cape Dudley Diggs. On the 15th Captain Ommanney was sent to ascertain the truth of the report. On the 17th the Prince Albert parted with the Resolute and Pioneer, about seventy miles from Possession Bay, and proceeded to examine the south side of Lancaster Sound and Barrow's Strait, to Port Leopold, which she did most effectively, keeping close to the shore, within a quarter of a mile, and occasionally landing, without seeing any marks of the missing expedition. " On the evening of the 20th we arrived off Port Leopold, but found the port blocked up with heavy ice ; sent a party on shore, found that the North Star had visited there a week before, but could not land her provisions on account of the harbour being closed. She then went to Port Bowen and Neil, and found these places blocked up also, and then went to the Wollaston Islands and landed them there. As this vessel had been fitted out purposely for Prince Re gent's Inlet, to proceed to Brentford Bay, or some where in its vicinity, we made the best of our way up the inlet. As we advanced to the southward we found we could not approach the shore nearer than four or five miles, on account of the heavy sea. Batty Bay and Elwin Bay were both closed. It was thought before our leaving England that we might have been able to lay the vessel up in the former, but we found to our great disappointment that there was no getting near either place. On the 22d we arrived within about fifteen miles of Fury Point ; here we found the ice extending in a barrier of heavy hum mocks right across the inlet to the eastern shore, without any appearance of it breaking up. After making certain there was no chance of penetrating it, the Prince Albert ran to the northward, and with much difficulty got out of the inlet, from the great quantities of heavy ice setting up. I then intended to have tried to effect a passage down the western side of North Somerset, but on arriving off the north end of Leopold Island, found the whole of that coast fronted with heavy ice, the pack extending across to the Wellington Channel. We now stood across the Strait and examined the coast as far as Point Innis, in the Wellington Channel. On landing at Cape Riley traces were discovered of an encampment, with some Queen's rope, and other indications of some parties having been stopping for a time, belonging to the Erebus and Terror, for we know of no other, with the exception of Sir E. Parry, about 1824, who ever landed on this point, and then only to take observa tions. Captain Ommanney had called here two days previously, and had discovered other remains et Beechey Island. About three miles from here he had left word, from what he had collected, that he bad proceeded to eve Ilotham for further traces of the missing parties. •` On the 25th August, when we last saw Assist- ance and Intrepid, they were close over to Cape Ho'ham. Penny's two brigs and the two American brigantines, all in the entrance of Wellington Chan• nel, which was much encumbered with ice. Seeing all these vessels close together, I thought it would be useless my proceeding in that direction , and therefore stood back again towards Prince Regent's Inlet; find ing it still closed, with no harbours to winter in, the Prince Albert proceeded to Eardly Bay, near Cape York, narrowly escaping being driven on shore in a gale of wind under that point. We subsequently visited Admiralty Inlet, Possession, and Pond's Bay. On the 2d of September saw the North Star enter ing the bay. We landed several parties about here, but could discover no traces whatever of pinks hav ing visited the bay. There were numbers of old Esquimaux huts, but no inhabitants. The season having now far advanced, and no port in the vicinity of our operations open, I determined to return to England, and on the 4th of September lost sight of Pond's Bay. Although this vessel has obtained no certain information, yet what she has brought is most important, proving that the Erebus and Terror did actually enter Barrow's Strait, whether they have been cast away or not; but it is evident a large party had been on Cape Riley for some time. Another thing, the vessel has visited an immense extent of coast, ascertaining that they are nowhere on the south Nide of Lancaster Sound or Barrow's strait. As we had no harbour to winter in, our returning will save an immense expense to Lady Franklin. " The Prince Albert is only 89 ton., the last ves sel to leave England, the first in Barrow's Strait, and the smallest that has ever been so far in the Polar Seas. This little craft has experienced some tremen dous weather, both in the Straits and on her return out and home, but by the help of Providence she has escaped without any material damage." TRACES OF FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. The intelligence we published yesterday, brought home by Captain Forsyth in the Prince Albert, of traces of a party having been found at Cape Riley on the 23d of August by Captain Ommanney, has excited the most intense interest in naval circles, the more so inasmuch as it has been ascertained at Chatham dockyard that the rope which Captain Forsyth found on the spot when he visited it, and copied Captain Ommanney's notice, is proved by its yellow mark to have been manufactured there, and certainly since April, 1824 ; and more over, from inquiries instituted, very strong evidence has been elicited in favour of the belief that the rope was made between the years 1841 and 1849. The only Royal expedition that has been within 40 miles of Cape Riley, we believe, was Parry's, but then Captain I3eechy landed only for about ten minutes, and certainly formed no encampment there. Captain Sir James Ross's expedition could not get near Cape Riley on account of the heavy hummocky Ice, which barred out the travelling party, so that it is altogether impossible that any party in possession of Government stores other than that of Sir John Franklin's expedition could have left the traces re ferred to by Captain Forsyth and Captain Omman ney. That the trail, then, of the Franklin expedition, or some detachment of it, has been struck, there can not be the slightest doubt in the minds of any one who has read the dispatches and reports. That Captain Ommanney felt satisfied on this score is evident from the terms of the paper he left behind him ; but it is much to be regretted that the Assistance and Intrepid being in sight of the Prince Albert, on the 25th of August, two days after the discovery, no communication took place as to what "remains of materials were found" by Captain Ommanney, " what other traces were found of the same party" by him, and what were his inferences or hopes deduced there from. The squadron, it appears, however, were in full cry upon the scent on the 25th of August, and we must wait patiently, but anxiously, for the next accounts of the results of their indefatigable researches. Captain Ommanney was to push for Cape Walker, the point which Ross failed to reach. Here he will, it is expected, at once determine the radius of the search that it is imperative on the part of the squad ron to make. At all events, the alleged story of Sir John Rose's in Esquimaux is not the "best information we can find aid of the exertions now making with such indefati gable vigour" to discover the fate of, and if possible to rescue the missing officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. We have at least some actual traces of the wanderers, the discovery of whi h c J ustides the equip ment of the searching squadron, and we have stout, gallant, skilful, and enduring men on the track who assured,if er they do that not l h ieh it is realise our hopes t in mortals of we success,are well t will command at least mand. Lord Stanley, one of the stewards of the Doncaster races , presented to the members of the Racing Club a splendid haunch of venison, which weighed Kilts. The animal weighed, when killed, 3Oi stone, and was one of the largest red deer ever seen. It was shot by his Lordship in Knows lay-park.—Sheffield Times. N°. 18,107.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING SUN, OCTOBER 5, 1850. XIXFINUTBD LIFE POLICIES. " A trial of considerable interest to Life Assurance Offices and tho public wwa concluded yesterday - in "the Court of Exchequer. The Eagle Company held a policy for an assurance of 5391. in the Albion Company as security for an advance, the payment of which policy Was now disputed by the. Albion, on the ground that at the time it was effected thti fact of the assured party having been a man of in temperate habits was concealed from the office. The chief evidence turne I upon the question as to the degree of intemperance that had been exhibited, and the result Wag, that a verdict was given against the resisting office, not only for the amount of the policy, but also for 401. interest from the date when it became due. The circumstance or the action being brought by one office. against another presents a striking illustration of the tincertainfy which may attach to all po licies under the. present system, and shows that the only mode by wh ch absolute security con be obtained by the public must lie in the general adoption by Assurance Offices of the plan of proterAing them selves in every case by duo inquiries before the gr:ntins - • f each po licy, and of afterwards .assuming the full responsibility of the com pleteness of sucli inquiries by liolding themselves precluded from raising any future question. In the present case two offices are found to he diametrically opposed in their opinions its to what can properly invalidate a claim; and yet the public are expected to be able to imam themselves against such contingences. Similar cases have occurred before, and even if they were more rare, they would .seriously injure the progress of life assurance. The very principle spots which the business is founded is the removal of uncertainty, arid whenever that princlple is Counteracted in the slightest degree, the people who would be the first to resort to its advantages are the first to bo deterred."—Times, July 11, 1850. T HE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY No. 72, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON. TRUSTEES. f. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Richard 'Mating, Esq., Q.C. I James Fuller Madox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. Robert Henry Forman, Esq. John Hamilton, Esq. James Fuller Madox, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C. Octavius Parnell, Esq. AUDITORS. George Cumming, Esq. Jawnes Turner, Esq. William D. Starling, Esq. (David Henry Stone, Esq. William Adams, Esq. John Atkins, Esq. Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq. J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq. Jehn Dankerfleld, Esq. SZCIIETARY—David Alison, Esq. BANizas—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Cis. PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD. 24, Connaught-terrace, Edgewareload. Rev. James Sherbold Boone, A.M., Stanhope.atreet, Hyde-park. Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square. Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and Lin- - Inn-fields. - Thomas Jervis Antos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square. George Y. Eobspn. Esq.,.Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, and New square, Lincoln's Inn. Secretary, Chas. Hogkton, Esq. The POLICIES of this Company, being INDISPUTABLE, form Family Provisions and Negotiable Securities, for their validity is not dependent, •ns in the case of ordinary Policies, upon thi import of previous reports and other documents. Owing to this Important improvement in the practice of Life As lurance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com mencement of its business, And is steadily advancing. _Copies of the Report of the last Annual breeting will be forwarded, on application, to Solicitors, to whom Commission is allowed. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager. CATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON. The FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors of this Company took place on the 25th instant, at the Head Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the report, which is too lengthy for publication : During the past year no claims have arisen from deaths in England, and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other for 281:1.—making together 7001., which hare been paid. This is far below the expected mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how severely the life offices generally suffered from tha epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1649, and the 31st of May, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 136 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 123, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. fiixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 31. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the Ist of Tune last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro ducing in animal premiums 3,7321. 11s. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,9501. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. ls., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911, 1 - ss. lid. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,1831. I Is. 10d. only was advanced. The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the last four months they had considerably extended their business on the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur de l'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters, who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinal Archbishop of Lyons, and Monseigneur Paris's, Eveque 4e Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An nuities both Immediate a.ud Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thiinks tO the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice- Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results and future prospects. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The high estimation in which this Society is held by the public may be judged of from the fact, that during the last Twelve Years the average amount of New Insurances effected has exceeded HALF A MILLION PER ANNUM. _ _ This Society commenced business in tho year 1815, and the accum mutation of Premiums since that date (after providing for emerged claims, &c.), has' proiuced a CAPITAL OF TWO MILLIONS TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND PO.iNDS. Notwithstanding the risk necessarily attending the investment of money to so large an extent, the Society has not as yet sustained any loss'by bad debts, and tha'whole Capital is at present invested in securities of unquestionable safety. An investigation into the affairs of the Society takes place every seven years, when the whole profits. as then ascertained, are applied fur. behouf of the Metnbers, why are.the only parties in anyway in terested in the Society's fonds. The following Table will show the effect of the additions already made to Policies of this Society : POLICY FOR I,oo'l. Policy with Amount payable, if Claim emerge after pay vested Addi- j ment of the Premium for the Year. 4 - 1 Vous as at 0 Ist January 1846. 1850. 1851. Additions to Policies may either be allowed to rem with the original sum insured, or their present value in cash, or may be applied towards the reduction of nual Premiums. 1552. In incorporated nay be received the future An- Loans are granted to Members on the security of their Policies to the extent of nine•tenths of their value, provided such value amount to 551 or upwards. N.B. No Member is entitled to pa-thapate in the Profits of the So ciety. unless the Policy be of at least five years' standing. Head Office, Edinburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. GEORGE. Chief Clerk. LONDON OFFIJE, 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. 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