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STARES.—Everi OD Grecian• CIIESTI:fi CUP.-12 to 1 agst Rbesus (t find aft , r- Tpet• "" ' A ..",*. ' DIY.i ' - 'l,‘ „4. - : - ,,- .- . 4 !)Piw ...ft , , , ,,. 4 .• ' . ~"-: , le, ..-' bit oi T :;' ‘\‘ ,',""/ _.....---...................... ala x s dil-nd), 20 to 1 ags t H ar i eut 0.), 23 to 1 agst ..........,...,,, - --- (.. ~..^. I . TII GREAT NORVN RAILWAY b, GOODS DEPARTMENT—DI. ONTINUANCE OF„AT.T., ovOKING FEES. ....- J .. .,tlee is hereby given, that this Railway is NOW OPEN for GE $74".l, GOODS TRAFFIC to and - from London, and all Stations on GE the Great Northern Railway system, and to and from London and all,,...._Town:rin the North of England and in Scotland; • Stan e received, free of all Booking Fees, at tke King's-cross n,..,,"•"°0 , at the Bull and Month Inn, St. Martin's-]e-Grand , the -.Lora A - ft rms. Warwick/line ; the George Inn, Borough; ••••ear, pi e , a ,,„, the sh i , - -•‘-unT • Hatchet's, New White Horse Cellars, Piccadilly, • the Wie . _ 11, Charing-cross ; Moore's Green Man and Still, Ox . tor rd d- - '• • e Boar and Castle, and the Gloucester Warehouse, Oxford at Oxford street, C s' at th Aa r . • sent to fetch in goods on application being made either • s 0.. ce, King'S-cross Station; or at the Bull and Mouth, tte'''art. o B-1. e ra n d . Pattie,;. as to Rates, &c., ma y b e as certained at the Goods 'Ling's.' oss Station, and at all the Stations on the Line. tton, a ; ce )Paars Dock an d W aters i de Prem i ses , King's-cross Sta leadi..-- ac cessible by the R egen t' s C ana l, a nd facilities exist for ieag a nd unloading Barnes under cover in the Warehouses. to thet 's• J ames Covington and Co. have been appointed Li4htermen the Th‘ - :. °l° PallY• All . orders for goods to be conveyed to or from :41:ea:thhearves, the Docks, &c., &c. addressed to them at No. t i 0.... srf, City-road Basin ; Victoria Wharf, Narrow-street, Lime- Corn Exchange; or s to the Goods Office, King's /4114. tioo. will meet with immediate attention. T'ort_.__ sTo prevent mistakes all goods should be plainly marked " To ir rdecl by the Great Northern Rallsx,ay." t') th SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. PanY's °Tees, King's-cross Station, ...............;_Lmhdon, Jan 31 1851. X I „ A 'u„,OLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT. teill en ' l ' 4 garment exemplifies in its characteristics the ;general ,AICor Le and moderate prices observed throughout Messrs. b Et i. , S establishment, where 'Vacs ' i I°r EVENING or MORNING WEAR has its allotted ~, t.1.1,11p,,,„ OD, vr-31S-IsTaval, Military, and Diplomatic, present, in their itc4nt, the unusual aspect fair prices for cash ; also )I szd e n S-- 4 .,.. M soleipal, Clerical, &c., have separate rooms, and are • llor s ,;(to lame footing•with the above. 14° Is 1 -L°l‘R lNG.—This is a new department, wherein provi- Ter.,s_!lo Made for the display of much elegance and economy. a• - 4;. 2 CITY E STABLISHMENT corresponds with the above, and / og in' p, Rxiiim, the entrance to the Shipping Dspartment Nlco t Z a nge-alley, or i wr . S TOG. 4. can be used either as a cloak for the shoulders eiai Cail lPer for the knees ; it is registered 6 and 7 Vict., cap. „ 6s , i c a u e v t rzi t & , l 118 d r il l n r E L it o s n , d o n only of H. J. and D. NICOLL. MElt - PALETOT PATENTEES, and MANC27O - of cLora, REGENT-STREET (from 114 to 120 c oT i o and 22, CORNHI LL . 70 ! V. , 111..21.-Many have assumed the use of the word " Paletot, I'S Wisti.::' aeon are the sole patentees of the design and material Ulla k le .". or summer substances) employed In the manufacture of -menalve and gentlemanly article of costume. . . ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. . • HERR sPRICHT MAN DEUTSOH. . . . QUI SI PARLA ITALIANO. k AQUI HABLASE EL ESPANOL. TO iol rn • - - ‘J-IXIIASE RS of FURNITURE, CAR - - Ni ck , PETS, CURTAINS, and UPHOLSTERY. ..00er at Lo search of really good and substantial furniture, .at. k e i e Prices, sbould visit the extensive furniture show rooms of briiig e ; 4 •TlC-IN . , SON and Co., 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster , * titl ed 's°,,So• Lambeth. At these warehouses the largest and most e ' d .,_ dlng. °C . t of CABINET FURNITURE, upholstery, bedsteads, `wn, ie.7 'OrPots, chintze - s, silk and wool damasks, chimney-glasses, Atio h i;re., is displayed for public inspection; and, as all Messrs by . i h _ nrst -rate w an d. Co.'s goods are made of the very best . materials of 17 " 3 terli., °ltrn eu, purchasers may rely on meeting with articles . ' ~..aboaa n- -g value. 'N.B.—Japanned French bedsteads, from 145.. •wast ea T l :Y washstands with marble slabs, 30s. each : four-post 44 -' wit h cornice' and p o l es , 655. and 705.: mahogany chests ' r,„.,..Wers, 425. Books with prices may be had on application. It . . AOkrta" ed the address be particularly observed. I S, s 4 r l Co., 70m to W 75, estminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, Biat...Doctor (t), 27 to I — agst ZO to I apt lug Gout (t), 33 to 1 agst Russborougis, 33 to 1 apt m o th e r to Dough, 33 to I agt,t Montagne (t), 35 to 1" sgt,t reep-o'-clay Boy, 1,000 . to 15 agst Lady Edea (t),. 1,000 to 15 ags Vampir e ( t ), 1 , 000 to 15 3gst Joe Sutherland. N , °. 18,213. LONDON, THURSDAY ; ,•- y FEBRUARY 6 , 1851, [PRICE SD. VATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND Ly EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES 26, CORNEILLE, LONDON. DIRECTORS. t*T. LAMIE "MURRAY, Esq., Chatrmau. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq.*John Rawson, Esq. *Hugh Croft, Esq. *John Shaw, Esq. tElliotson, M.D„ F.E.S. t*Edmund S. Syines, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. .t *Clement Tabor, Esq. *M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t*Augustus Vigne, Esq. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. The Athol troop-ship, Master Commander J. E. Pearne, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the eastward, en route to ascension, with stores. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adol phus Fitzclwence, G.C.H., was docked yesterday for re embellishment. who died under 15 years, remaining precisely the s.smo; and it also appears that, as compared with the a•erage of former years, last week's mortality gives a small increase among persons of middle age; results womb in part are apparently due to the fact that 153 deaths, being more than the usual number, are entered in the present bill as caused by consumption; and though pnt-umonia has latterly been diminished in ta ality to the young, bronchitis bits becos2e more fatal to t he more advanced in life. Francis William Richardson Lamburn, Plymouth, clerk in her Majesty's Royal Navy. Thomas Jones, Litteridge, Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, butcher. John James, Bristol, baker. Joh❑ Jefferies Burly, Bristol, beer retailer. Thomas Pearce, Bristol, paperhanger. Elizabeth Poindestre, Bristol, retailer of beer. Anthony Harris, Bristol, baker. John Robertshaw, Halifax, Yorkshire, butcher. William Roberts, Bideford, Devonshire, innkeeper. Sarah Johns, Newport, Monmouthshire, innkeeper. John Summerfield, Trevethin, Monmouthshire, innkeeper. Stephen Potts, Wylam, Northumberland, butcher. Lancelot Newton, Hexham, Northumberland, market gardener. Robert Heifer, Parham, Suffolk, miller. Mark Tye, Eye, Suffolk, bricklayer. David Lock, Bury St. Edmund's, coachmaker. George Molden Money, Thurton, Norfolk, lieutenant on half pay in the 12th Regiment of Foot. Isaac Jackson, jun., Walson, Suffolk, carpenter. John Payne, Southampton, man milliner. George Sweetingham, Southampton, eordwainer. Matthew Moran, Portsea, Southampton, grocer. Mary Ann Taylor, Portsea, Hampshire, greengrocer. William Walter Sargeant, Hastings, Sussex, fish buyer. Thomas Kenning, Watford, Northamptonshire, farmer. David Collingbourne, Alcester, \Varwickshire, plumber. Charles Grooves, Ventnor, Isle of Wight. Richard Coates, Kidderminster. David Price, Lanvabon, Glamorganshire, carpenter. David Jones, Clyre, Radnorshire, saddler. Samuel Webster, Needingworth, Huntingdonshire, butcher. William Benton, Earith, Huntingdonshire. horse. dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ _ had been found in before death. In order to do so, she must have got over the top of a rabbit-hutch, near six feet high, and in her fall she would have carried away the Jong cobwebs, which hung a considerable length from the ceiling, and could not have fallen into such a posture. Again, he thought it impossible that she could have replaced the rabLit hutch in the position in which it had been found, from the extreme narrowness and situation of the place; and his im pression was that she must have been placed there by some body else. DERBY.-11 to 2 agst Grecian, 13 to 2 agar Prime Minister, 13 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph colt, 13 to 1 agnt Newminster, 25 to 1 agst Lamartine, 27 to 1 apt Storm, 1,000 to 15 agst Sues. Nothing done on Metropolitan or Northamptonshire Stakes. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING, 1851. THURSDAY. Acceptances for the Grand National Steeple Chase. Vain Hope, 6 yrs, list 61b—Fugitive, aged, 1 I st—British Yeoman, aged, lOst 121b—The Victim, aged, lOst 121 b Peter Simple, aged, lOst 1 lib—Quadruped, aged, 10st 61b— Great Western, aged, lOst 51b--Tidings, aged, lOst 414-- Maria Day, aged, lOst 31b— Hazard, aged, lOst 21b—Abd-el. Kader, aged, lost—Vengeance, aged, lOst—Mulligan, aged, 9st 121b—Currig, 6 yrs, 9st 111b—Hope, aged, 9st 111 b Bedford, 5 yrs, 9st 91b—The Screw, aged, 9st 91b--Constance, aged, 9st 81b— Standard, aged, 9at 81b—Chiettain, 5 yrs, 9st 81b—Venice, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Cadely, aged, 9st 41b. Fifteen others declared. The Oberon steam-vessel, recently paid off, was taken into the south dock yesterday for repair. The American packet-ships Patrick Henry and Ocean Queen sailed yesterday for New York. Extract of a letter from Malta, dated Jan. 27 :—" The 9.), Captain Johnstone, arrived here on the 10th. On the 30th ult., on the passage out, Mr. Fraser, midshipman, very gallantly jumped overboard and saved the life of Mr. Hope, a naval cadet. Ships in harbour (Jan. 27 ) Queen, Caledonia, Ganges, Superb, Albion; and steamers Terrible, Scourge, Antelope, Merlin, and Triton. Lieutenant Darby, of the Merlin, was invalided a few days since." The Seaflower cutter, Lieutenant-Commander Fletcher came into harbour this morning, from the Channel Islands. the Arrogant steam-frigate, Captain Rokinson, has been removed out of dock to-day, alongside her hulk, the Blake. The Blenheim, 60, steam guard-ship, was paid off yester day, and re-commissioned this morning by Capt. Henderson. The Lady Kennaway convict-ship sailed from Spithead to-day, for Norfolk Island. The Argus steam-sloop has been taken in the ship-basin to• day. AUDITOR. tProfessor Wheat tone, F.R.S. PHYSICIAN. *J. Elliotson, M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street. SURdEON. V I E- S. Byrnes, Esq., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. t*W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &c. SECRETARY. CD. T. Lyons Cauchy, Esq. SUPERINTENDENT. *W. A. Hawkins, Esq. BANKERS. t*Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS, Messrs. Sutton, Evrens, Ommanney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall street. *W. Tatham, Esq., 22, Throgmorton-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE (*TICE. CAPITAL-500,0001. The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab.e the Assured is entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance, to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums, without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by simple endorsement thereon or the half Premium may be with held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the event of the Assured at any time not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned by the Society. Lapsed Polieies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health and payment of arrears of Premium without interest. Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged, so as to make them available as securities in the hands of third parties. Ns Mntratice Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp. The ps t eients nnual income of the Society from Premiums is 63,000/. ; the amount covered by the Policies of the Society is 1,781,580/. ; and the reserved profit, applicable to future bonus to the Assured, amounts to 82,4541. ss. 6d. At the last annual inves tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As sured were, the option of a return of 15 per cent. on their Premiums in cash, or a reversionary Vdition to the original sum assured by each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent. EXAMPLES OP BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED. In the epidemic class, small-pox was fatal last week to 16 children and 3 men, whose ages were between 20 and 35 (the 19 deaths from this disease shoving a decrease of 13 on the previous week); measles was fatal to 30 children, being an increase; scarlatina to 16 lives, hoop ing-cough to 51. Typhus and diarrhcemeem to increase slightly, and the deaths from these in this return are 48 and 25 respectively. This class, which now comprises 230 deaths, is above the average, and seems to make progress. Out of the whole number of cases in which small-pox was fatal, it is stated that only in three bad vaccination been performed. The Ree,istrar of Christchurch, Marylebone, mentions that 12 deaths, caused by this disease, were registered in his sub-district in January, which, with one exception, were those of children, and in only one of these cases had vaccination been permitted by the parents, though gratuitously offered to nearly all. A man of twenty-four years, wio died in Bath street, City-road, from confluent small-lox, after fifteen days' illness, is reported to have been vaccinated three times ineffectually. The death of an iafant, aged only twelve days, was caused by "chicken-pox (twelve days illness) terminating in convulsions, with congestion of the brain and bowels." Sergeant Kearney, in reply to the :Vagistrate, said that the house had not been robbed of any property that he could learn, and that if it had been entered by thieves, three watches, besides from 71. to 81. in cash and other property might have been carried away. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, said, on the street door having been forced open, the key was found inside, and all the other doors bolted and secured. He had not, he said, seen his wife since Tuesday week, and even if he had the disposition to injure his wife —a feeling most distant from his thoughts, he had not strength to place her where she had been found. Nominations for the Doncaster Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared by the 14th inst. The Saxon, 3 yrs—Whizgig, 6 yrs—Achyrantbes, 4 yrs— Sir Astley Cooper, 4 yrs—Hippogriff, 3 yrs—Little George, 4 yrs—Jenny Lind, 5 yrs—Little Fawn, 3 yrs—Scarborough, 4 yrs—Heart of Oak, 3. yrs—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—Old Claret, 4 yrs—Slang, 4 yrs—Belus, 5 yrs—Reversion, 5 yrs —Abbess of Jerveaux, 4 yrs—Esculapins, 4 yrs—The Baroness, 5 yrs Fleur-de. Seine. 6 yrs-York-you're- Wanted, 4 yrs—Unity, 3 yrs—Pitsford, 4 yrs—Gimcrack, 4 yrs —Abd-el-Kader, aged—Chantrey, 5 yrs—Selina, 5 yrs —Nancy, 3 yrs—Louie, 3 yrs—The Calculator, 3 yrs—Mis take, 5 yrs—Oxford Blue, 4 yrs—Panope, 4 yrs—Melody, 5 yrs—Velox, 5 yrs--f Joe Sutherland, 5 yrs-:-Scar, 3 3 78-- Le Comte, 6 - .yrs-Legerdemain, 5 yrs—Clothworker, 5 yrs-- Mulgrave, 4 yrs—Post-tempore, 5 yrs—Snook-Knoll, 3 phi —Lady-I-am-cff, 6 yrs. • EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1851. • Nominations fbr 'the City and Suburban Handicap : Eva, 5 yrs—Dulcet, aged—b c Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan, 4 yrs—Alonzo, 4 yra--ch c * by 'Gladiator, out of Kho -rassan's dam, 4 yrs—The awede,4 yrs--Base some Doe, 4 yrs —Knight of Gwynne,4 yrs—Cottingham,4 yrs— Windbound, • 4 yrs—Snowstorm, 5 yrs—Grist, 6 yrs—Cyprus, 4 yrs— Kathleen, 4 yrs—Cnreus, 3 yrs—Theorem, 3 yrs—The Swindler, 4 yrs—Britannia, 3 yrs—Pitsford, 4 yrs—The Moor, 6 yrs—Docility, 5 yrs—Mark Tapley, 4 yrs—Teee water, 4 yrs—Castamero, 4 yrs—Raby, 5 yrs—Gladiole, 4 yrs The Juggler, 5 yrs— Elthiron ' 5 yrs—Pandemus, yrs—Cheerful, 5 yrs—Zadoc, 4 yrs—Brington, 4 yrs—Scar, 3 yrs— Beebee Bunnoo, 5 yrs—Christiana, 5 yrs—Tightwaist, 3 yrs— Ferule, 5 yrs—Hagley, 4 yrs—Uriel, 5 yrs—Flare-up, 4 yrs—b c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress. 3 yrs—Antigone, 3 yrs—Henrietta, 3 yrs—Mildew, 4 yrs—Truth, 3 yrs—ln curable, 3 yrz—Calmar, 4 yrs-Woodlark, 5 yrs— Rhesus, 5 yrs— Clermont, aged—Duster, 6 yrs. ASHDOWN OPEN COURSING MEETING. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that though the case was one of singular character and extreme suspicion, he did not think that any criminality attached to the prisoner, and he should, therefore, discharge him. The prisoner, who received an excellent character from two or three respectable persons, was then discharged. Wind, westerly ; light breezes and fine. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY Monsnta.—A serious accident occurred yesterday afternoon, on board her Majesty's frigate Calliope, 26, Captain Sir J. Everard Home, Bart., C. 8., in Hamoaze. She was about to be towed into the Sound, had slipped from her moorings, and was attached .to a buoy near the flag ship Impregnable, lying under the Obelisk. One end of a towing warp was fastened to an iron boiler on board the steam-tug Avon, and several turns of the other end were passed round the capstan on the upper deck of the Calliope, but the penis of the capstan were not adjus ed. When the Avon went ahead, the sudden jerk on the capstan caused it to revolve with frightful velocity, and, as the capstan bars were not secured by swifters and pins, they flew about destructively in all directions among the officers and crew. Captain Home received several bruises about the head and body; an assistant surgeon and a quar termaster were severely injured, and a marine had his ear cut off. Signals were instantly made to the different ships in commission, from which the surgeons promptly attended. Some 18 in all were hurt, and it was found necessary to send Sir Everard Home and five others to the Royal Naval Hospital. The frigate was in consequence of the accident re placed at her moorings. The Amphitrite, 24, Captain C. Frederick, arrived from Portsmouth on Sunday, and continues, with the Fantome, 12, Commander J. H. Gennys, in the Sound. The Avon and Styx steamers towed the Indefatigable, 50, Captain R. Smart, K.H., from Hamoaze into the Sound on Saturday. She aas paid wages yesterday. Captain Smart, on the 25th ult , published an additional list of de serters and stragglers, comprising 13 able seamen, three ordinary seamen, one first-class boy, and one lance and six private marines, besides whom three midshipmen, Messrs. Staunton, Neville, and Louis, are absent from the ship with out leave. _ . NATIONAL REFORM ASiOCIATION. On Monday night the first of a series of monthly soirees, under the auspices of the National Reform Association, WS3 held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, when a lecture on Parliamentary and financial reform was delivered by Mr. Hume, M.P. The large room was crowded to the door, a considerable proportion of the company being composed of the fair sex. Tea was served up in an adjoining apartment, and at seven o'clock the more important business of the evening was commenced by a glee party singing the " People's Anthem." Sir J. W&LMSLEY then proposed that Mr. Mine, t e old and indomitable friend of the people, should take the chair. Their object was to instruct the people, and his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume), on learning that such meetings were proposed, at once approved of the ar rangement, and declared that he would himself deliver the first lecture.—(Cheers.) It had been said that the people were apathetic and indifferent to the ques tion of their political rights; but, if this was the case, their leaders alone were to blame.—(Hear, hear.) They should not teach the people to follow after colla teral modes of reform—(Hear, hear)—but. on the con trary, to go boldly to their object.—(Hear, hear.) There was no one present who would not support free hold land societies, but it should be borne in mind that it was the man's natural right they asked, and not a right merely based upon land.— (Cheers.) They must remember that in this country it was by agitation that almost every great object had been gained; and as they were told by the Prime Minister himself that the people did not require reform, seeing they had not asked eagerly for it, his advice to them was to knock loudly at the door of the Constitution till every man entitled to the franchise obtained his right.—(Cheers.) It was not by freehold plans alone that they were to seek the ex tension of the franchise. He did not undervalue such D. Jack, Glasgow, wholesale stationer, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Feb. 10 and March 3, at two. A. Somerville, Longstone, near Slateford, innkeeper, to meet within Dowell's Rooms, Edinburgh, Feb. H and March 7, at two. J. Rose, Banff, banker, to meet within Gilliindees Hotel, Banff, Feb. 13 and March 10, at twelve. A. Pendrigh, Edinburgh, merchant, to meet within the Ship Hotel, Edinburgh, .Feb. 10 and March 10, at twelve. In St. James, Bermondsey, at 4, Providence•buildiags, a boy, aged 7 years, died of arachnitis (3 weeks)." Mr. Martin, the registrar, adds that " several children who live on this spot are now ill; the tidal ditoh is abomin ably offensive, and worse than he has ever known it at this season during upwards of 20 years, and yet it affords the only water which some of the inhabitants of Jacob's Island are able to procure for drink. He has another patient in the same court, whose life he believes will be sacrificed to the surrounding abominations." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Feb. 5. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster.) WEST V. BARCENDALE. Perma ... . c 3 Annual Policy Bonus iu nent Re- Age. g V, 2. ? Pre- taken addition Bonus in elnetion of mime. ant in to Sum Cash. Annual 'in Assured. Premium. --- ----- A a. d. 4 a d. £ s. d. 1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1 1838 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7 1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8 £ £ s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 010 60 1000 74 3 4 18 1841 189 12 6 89 510 13 &11 42 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3 1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 110 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 5 11 1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 1 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IS THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 1, 1850. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*230 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• ••• 41 Tubercular Disea ses ... ... 199 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 118 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 42 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration „.. ... 206 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &e. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations— Premature Birth •• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Inte m p erance Causes not specified This was an action brought to recover damages for assault and false impri=onment. The defendant is one of the partners of the &inlet' Pickford and Co., and the plaintiff was formerly in his employZas man-servant at his seat at Whetstone. Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Hawkins appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. O'Malley for the defence. From the evidence, it appeared that in 1848 a cons id era bl e quantity of plate was stolen from the defend an t' s h ouse , an d f b r e o i m n circumstances g v a a e r c io e u gs s or3to thethetft. He was apprehended and plaintiff was sus p ec t e d o f taken before a magistrate, but the case was dismissed after a short examination. The present action was brought to re cover damages fer the false imprisonment. A number of witnesses were examined on behalf of the defendant to show that he had fair and reasonable ground of suspicion. The main facts stated in the plea having been proved for the defendant, The CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that the facts given in evidence, if the jury thought them proved, amounted to a reasonable and probable cause of suspicion. If not, no man was ever justified in causing the apprehension of another on the charge of felony. Mr. HUMFaEY said he could not struggle with the facts as proved. ES o FCOALS ONLY.-WEST END of Oneet pil7 N - - COCKERELL and CO., late Beard and Co., Earl-street, Blackfriars, and Eaton Wharf , Lower ;ALS th i r. Pimlico. Established 17 years for the sale of BEST Zer, the In consequence of the unusual mildness of the Z 4 stid suPply of Coals in London hAs much exceeded the 27 . 1 tetio e i 'i n and . Co. have therefore the pleasure to announce a price, and to recommend their friends to purchase at 0 1, ton, cash, j Le ADMIRERS of the FINE ARTS. 17titnntstrarrived from Malta, and now on Sale at Messrs. H. slibit3Peebn.rd CO., 2 0, Bilad-street, Cheapside, a variety of admi- Aug or s'" , Of SCULPTU..E, executed in Maltese Stone, con eases. Pedestals, Sac., Models of Costumes, Statuettes, &c., e lhibi' 4 Magni ted 1 1cent and unique collection of articles never before mil b e , t his country , the whole of which or any part thereof 1„.......1 1 1 4 05ed of on the most reasonable terms. FIRST DAY.—The Craven Dog Stakes. Mr. Etwall's Egypt bt Sir St. George Gore's Claim. Mr. A. Wyndham's Whistler bt Sir St. G. Gore's Aga memnon. Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates. EQUITARLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital-500,0"0/. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The leading principles of this Office ar3 Moderate and equitable Rates of Premium for each clans of rist—Annual division of Profits. The difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion Premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so great, that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess than calculation. It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the different Established Companies have not been proportionate to the amount of annual Premiums received by each. It is of the highest importance, both to the Insured and Insurers, that such an anomaly should cease, and an approximation to the true risk be made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu rance Company is established. The true rate of Premium for Fire Insurance can only be ap proached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto been sufficiently acted i , n, or systematically applied. Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as security against loss for so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer is largely interested in this ottestion, and will consult his interest by , supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica tion and Average, the Premium will be proportioned to the risk. The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant anah sis of its own experience, from time to time, adopt such rates of Premium as the nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange ments as regards tariffs with other offices. With this view an annual investigation will be made into each class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett excess 'will be made to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have been in fbrce for three years. Insurances against Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon every description of Property on moderate terms. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent, without the Average Clause. Prospectuses. and every information may be obtained, on applica tion at the Offbise, or to any of its Agents. ... 46 Mr. Rendall's Racer bt Mr. Lawrence's Lucifer. Mr. Rendall's Southgrove bt Mr. Longman's Lion. Lord Sefton's Sergeant Strap bt Mr. Petley's Trojan. Mr. Holme's Memorandum bt Mr. Jenner's Random. Mr. Jenner's Factotum bt Lord Sefton's Starboard. Mr. Longman's Longitude bt Mr. Merriman's Moselle. Lord :.efton's Suitor bt Mr. Rendall's Red Republican. Mr. Holmes's Martinet bt Mr. Jenner's Fame. The Ashdown Stakes. Mr. Etwall's Eddy bt Mr. Holmes's Fly. Mr. Etwall's Ebb beat Mr. Rendall's Resolute. Sir St. George Gore's The Noon of Night bt Mr. Long man's Lamb. Re ired-Commander Thomas Burdwood died at his resi dence in Cobourg-street, Plymouth, on the 31st ult. His commission as lieutenant was dated the 29th of September, 1807, and as commander the 15th of April, 1814. A disabled brig, painted green above the bends, was on Saturday in tow by a smack, name unknown, between the Eddystone and Start, bound probably for Dartmouth. ELEVEN O'CLOCK A.M.—The following is the report of the cases of the officers and men wounded on board the Calliope by the capstan bars, and sent to the Royal Naval Hospital : Captain Sir Everard Home—severe wound on the head. Mr. Nettleton, assistant-surgeon--severe injury of the leg, requiring immediate amputation. .Olr. Nemland, Quartermaster--fracture of the cranium. John Oxford, marine— contusion on the face. M. Jenkins, able-seaman--contused leg. James Dominy— contused thigh. ... 24 ... 22 ... 49 LESTLY AIOItALS AND SPANISH RULERS. Second Edition, Now ready, price 35. 6 d., 41.4 NUPTIALS OF BARCELONA. Tale of Priestly Frailty and Spanish Tyranny. t n siderin By R. N. DUNBAR. ,g the temper excited by the recent Popish movement, ••`,lly eli -01 sing that this work has reached a second edition."— Itfiti:`,,_aboundsronicle. with rich and glowing descriptions, not unmingled " Most touching pathos." —Court Journal. maunders and Otley, Publishers, Conduit-street. HIS LORDSHIP-Of course not. It is not the duty of an advocate to contend with what cannot be contended against. A verdict was therefore directed for the defendant on the second plea of justification. 1,041 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponcling week in the Mr. Holmes's Muette bt Sir St. G. Gore's Panoply. Mr. Holmes's Merrylass bt Mr. A Wyndham's Victory. Mr. Miller's Manifesto bt Sir St. G. Gore's Cobra. Mr. A. Wyndham's Venus bt Sir St. G. Gore's True Love. Mr. Miller's Maggie Lauder bt Mr. Rendall's Running. Mr. Parkinson's him.. al bt Mr. Rendall's Repute. sir. Jenner's Jezebel bt Mr. Parkinson's Slander. Mr. A. Wyndham's Whiff bt Mr. Alexander's Why Not. Mr. Warman's Leoline bt Lord Sefton's Syncope. 1841. West Districts... 301,189 North Districts.. 376,568 Central Districts 374,199 East Districts ... 393,067 South Districts .. 503,346 of 1150. 149 198 191 255 301 Week. 149 188 172 214 318 CONSISTORY COURT, Feb. 5. Dr. Lushington being engaged at the Privy Council, a Surrogate Court was held by Dr. Robertson. lit Now ready, price 6d. • MANAGEM Eli . T of SHIPPING for 8 1 - tRIG WILL AR BOWLER. RATION ; in a Report to the Canterbury Association, . ....._- COMMANDERS OF LINE-OF-BATTLE-SHIPS. By an Admiralty memorandum of Dec. 13, 1847, no officer was eligible for an appointment as commander to a line-of battle ship unless he had previously served " one year— " In command cf a sloop," " As lieutenant in command of a brig," " As fii st lieutenant, or as gunnery lieutenant, in any ship in her Majesty's service." This memorandum has now been rescinded, and any com mander my now be appointed to ships of the line and flag ships. HOLT V. HOLT. This was a suit instituted by Mr. Holt against his wife for a separation by reason of adultery. There was no appear ance for Mrs. Holt, and the proceedings were carried on in pceiarn. Dr. ROBIETSON pronounced for the divorce. Totals... ..... 1,948,369 ... 1,094 ... 1,041 ... 537 ... 504 rl. 001 and Co., Cornhlll. Price is. Tilt CATHOLIC QUESTION OF 1851 Males ... Females ... CONSIDERED. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ... 773 ... 764 By CAREW O'DWYER, Esq. g am es Ridgway, Piccadilly; and all Booksellers. -L uNE RA L REPORT of the BRITISH ti7:re a e d O 'l , ELlE of HEALTH, New-road, London, for 1851, is .ese e f.itnd may be had (gratis) on application of the Agents for Itorison's Vegetable Universal Medicine. isst. Males ... Females ... Total ... ...1,537 *ln this number are included 16 by Scarlatina, 48 by Typhus Fever, and 25 by Diarrhoea. National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society. * Equitable Fire f* Both Offices LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO, ARGYLL Licensed by Act of Parliament. ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL (BOI,, STREET, ST. JAMES'S. Leal, Charles Emile Laurent, Jun., 57, Brompton-square.) OPEN EVERY EVENING, With LAURENT'S UNRIVALLED BAND. kNozg ..._ Principal Cornet-a-Pistons, M. Boulcourt. '"Ati k a4 "L'lll at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at l ' e rizinate at Half-past Eleven o'clock precisely. ____tiTission, One Shilling. Ow TO MEET WITH RESPECT. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 4. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basioghall-street. W. Caster, High-street, Southwark, boot and shoe maker, Feb. 2t, at eleven—W. F. Harris, Friday-street, Cheapside, Manchester warehouseman and commission agent, Feb. 25, at half-past eleven—T. Pottinger and A. Oswald, Austin friars, merchant, March 6, at one—G. T. Sharp, Duke street, Tooley-street, tailor, Feb. 25, at two—J. Spender, Berkeley villas, Loughborough-park, Brixton, builders, Feb. 25, at one—H. E. Tuck, New Cavendish-street, milliner, Feb. 25, at one. ....,I °B t ersos delight in a mark of resect, areor we surprised, when we comet o reflect ; •Zia Pleasing wnen all individuals seem le think us deserving of marks of esteem, A ud't-is but a natural wish, after all, to desire ' respect from the great and the small. ',ety. the way to obtain this respect, more or less, ••:4 Centred i n one little syl'able, "Press ;" .Y think wh a t respectable clothing has done, Vld especially th a t o f E. MOSE S an d SON . lneaPectitil attention is gained by a suit, • Many have realised fortune to boot. 754rea.test advantage, the greatest success ~fe centred in that little syhable " Dress." whose away to the Dress-mart of MOSES and SON, ?'e garments such boundless approval have won ; T i p elegant dresses were never displayed, the Warehouse of MOs;ES appeared in the trade ; • ~tl l as for the cloth and the putting together, clothing will serve you in all kinds of weather ; u u'll find when you see them, they've not a defect, • 44 rtd A m sten you once wear them, you'll meet with respect: Many good chances in life will be won, You take the costumes of MOSES and SON. • 44 4148 0 nac Almanac, for the year 1851, can be had gratis, on application. Teryn„ -- ,The Fur and Sha w l D epar t men t s a re now replete with Oh o - ' 44 tY of the s eason. tie Any article purchased, either ready-made or made to 7'nei , 4 4 not approved of, will be exchanged or the money re ;Caw, again `42.---E- Moses d h ood st imp osition an . Son regret having to guard the d anlike false °thing , but having heard that the untra esm public o en resort connected with them, or it is the same concern, has to a t t ad to In many instances and for obvious reasons, they ' 4 ,1411,4 -- they have no connexion ' with any other house in or out Loed,, , 1 -eept their own Establ i shments, as ollows :- 1' ries 44 , 85, F A ltablishnaent, 154, 155 . 156, and 157, in° ' 83, London w.,:,: id gate, opposite the Church, all communicating. • - Bradfo d .4143 ' Rattire ". e e t T a l ' l r e a o ri m e m h, u s a o6 lc , at s l o n l„ . soB, New Oxford-street, 1,2, effield Branch, 36 .811 r Yor uld „ Tailors,re Branch, 19, Bridge-street. such, eke Clothiers , and Gene 0 11 : aa t r te g rs at , e' llosiers, Furriers, tb._•e Establishments tfltters for Ladies and Gentlemen. when business Boot and Shoe m' closed from sunset Friday to sunset Sa till Twelve o'clock. EDITION. THTRTY-FITIII 14° , IqT AIEING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE. olit .bßlustrated by 26 Anatonaical Coloured Engravings on Steel. - .91.YSICAL DISQIIALIFICATIONS GENERATIVE INCA *. tewrACITY, AND IMP ED I MENTS ' TO MARRIAGE by eno.ltra.l. Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price stamps, 6d. Ti.l4..eir_ectlrom the EstabP. shment, 3s. 6d. in postage k 1L... SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Wor • on R A,41/4.0 exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by . 14 1t0,..,, , tb _ a nigence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of 031,10:1 by explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, attleaa.;l, Y obs ervations on the Married State, and the disqualifica t4 Z eb t.m prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and t","rgeof‘ L ' — le ' af ,..aases. By R. and b. PERRY and CO., Consulting a „, -01 Atith!,„.`", n erners-street, Ox ord-street, London. Published by ~''':sold by Strange, e ; HannaY, • eet " 4 ' b ger 150 Oxford-street ? l and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall- I. 'Louden' Otg k r , I. frliata of the ana t om y and physiology of the re-productive , fot.rir il l illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings. Ilba gen ,_ • treat s Of the consequences resultin; from excessive tumor a l'' , ~and their lamentable effects on the system, producing ke .,aPaei k t il :... bc 'ail„ Y Weakness, nervous excitement, and generative .r.artr ' ' Bast rated by Three Explanatory Engravings. the pri 114 treats of th diresulting fi om infection, either in bt lar7 b r second e 6.. --tol l:tent. ary form, and contains explicit directions for -"`",. "'lnge, :,0.13 section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured ....!-Anx eprdia a — ,, b ,, ta inft aRe edy for the Peeventio of Dlsease .s by ed a • see nlPo rta — o7- 11, b Y Whi n Ch the danger s of t in e f s e c c a ti p o e n th is s ob re vi ad t ses . % Pilrt the Work should HO . see. - ~,,` ~ la devoted to the deration of marriage, and its dn ; *hole Th e ca uses ef unproductive union are also considered, and th .„._stibieet cri""'" C --- - -4 .LLY and philosophically inquired into. tl ett+l- - - "'DIAL Ba.bri. oF STRIACIIM is •sxclusively employed_ in Per ni4tiaervous and se anal debility, impo fence, Ike., h Otta, i k , The C oncentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic ils. and . ... 33 . . I,..'" a l , rorn i --r I)b rifYing the blood in cases of infection, secondary -vtti a. —B9 eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, Ils. and 335. i pe s r Per .o Perry 's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1i• eau.. '0 1 , 1 ,4r ... .a certai n remedy for gooorrh o m, gleet, stricture, and ..11. -,e2,nnalllination of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, Obi % 'emote det,of Packets, 'e ase hi tequired: age, habits, and 1-,losi titabbklibe„, te tY• 11. with advice, to be had at the k ?tit" 1;ta11..e. n 4 , ' altly by whi c h th e foe, IL, Is saved. Messrs. Perry, teer i . 1 2 , • ure liz, sttend "ince d gilv at 1 Re s -str.gt, flit° day, ro fr .nn °flan; Eleven. till Two, and :Five to Eight ;on Sun i frome o One. ,„ CU LVERWELL'S NEW WOE,K& Is,__.!•o be had of Sherwood, 23, Pate rnoster-row ; Carvalho; 611eilst ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or iirect f r om the author , ' • - 111 n3 each ; by post, Is. 6d. ?„. "ENJOYMENT OF LIVE. Z 8 —Ear, Recreation, and rational Use of Time." 14n t , — Early Rising —Spring and St owner Mornings—Ex „o2.,tite, about the Environs of London—The "Parks, Lanes, Hills, 1 ,1,?1 High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country - 4 4.. .tables—The Sea—London at Nip:ht —Evening., at Home e Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Bloeping, Bathing, Air, &c., Sco. PR ' An sattExTs FROM THE mourmage. Two Vols. 00., " , Vont. TUE LAKES ; SKETCH OF' EDINBURGH, &e. VA* " Vol. H. • • EKES OF KILLARNEY ; RE: KIIIISCENCES OF DUBLIN, Re. • M. three score WIIAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. years and ten our c Os :me may run. V0u.„..1 review of almost every form (Ca Woe and cure) of ner ebaitated h __, and enfeebled cons titution, that harasses .hitt',Zniec, besets the man of pleasure , busine as , or study, and em -11471 , ° 0 1 ,,,,eg , e, with tables and rules fb r the tdet and physical regn 'ANY-day life. • . IV. .., THE PASSIONS. W hat . passions hart the body—w - Ottt iraproVL ti k ~__ ' Truths as redned as Athens ever heard." Otte l wr : -Life's pilgrimage, from infancy nalties of No...,i)zsalons.. Chastity and its infringements. The cas rrative, to oid age. The advent sa,.l°o,sness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic., na --`• resnediative. Advocacy of early marria gee . , . V. . Tilt BIARRIA.GE STATE . p,.,, '' To he or not to be, that is the on estion." and re tiriziilSatroar—Lawa and obligations of nab ire, society, . e and that—regudlng xnal - riage, to be observed by MI her sea. i irrii....tw , on both sides, as to age, ten:Termite nt, comp l e ll in o n, a em nd . ~ to secure healthy offspring, with the a-t of rearing them. Vcaldefectiveness and its removal. Sterilit y and its conversion. D es; 8,4. 11 2 1 ' 4 . J. COLVETINTELL, t 3.1). (1840, ht.i it.C.S. 3 " .. .h:. Thent3 ' v e T e 4" M. l'n.l and Forensic Retbri-e in these (1827), L.S.A ; 10 li, . '-""" '.'""" ' ll 4 till lima, Xygi Orin, iev ,73 tin nine. Argyll-place, Regent-street. 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 2801.—making together 7001., which have 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 the epidemic of last year. The number of lives assured between the Ist of June, 1849, and the 31st of \Tay, 1850, was more than double the number issued in the twelve months preceding. Proposals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631.25. 6d.: of these 121, comprising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s. Sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,0481., upon which 3201. 3s. was received by the Company in the shape of premiums. Since the commencement of the Company to the let of June last, assurances were effected to the extent of 110,972/. 12s 6d., pro ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. 1 Is. 6d. Of these 54 lapsed, amounting to 23,990/. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were 7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the Ist of June last equal to 2,9911..15x. 11d. Since last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001., but 1,183/. 115. 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 ArchbishcP of Lyons, and Monseigneur Parisis, Eveque de 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 and Deferred. After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning thanks 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. ROYAL POI YTECHNIC INSTITUTION Lectures on the Music of Wales, by Ellis Roberts, Esq. (Harp Ist to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales), with Vocal Illustrations by Miss Blanche Younge, R.A. of Music, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday Evenings at Eight, and on Saturday, at Three.—The Ce lebrated Juvenile Harpists (the Lockwood Family) will perform Trios, under the direction of Mr. Frederick Chatterton, daily at Four.—Lecture by Dr. Bachboffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which Will be exhibited Allman's Patent Electric Light.—Lecture by J. H. p o pper, Esq., on Fire and its Antagonists, with brilliant Experiments. _Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope.—New Series of Dissolving Views, illustrating some of the Royal Residences of Europe. Admission, —Schools, Hilt-price. Open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex. , en t ;Muriel') from Seven till Half-pant Ten Ap 0 I, L 0 N 1 C 0 N. TUESDAY, THURSDAY, SATURDAY, MORNINGS, at Two ; EVENINGS, at Fight precisely. The proprietor of thi. extraordinary instrument (the only work of its kind In the world), upon •Iritich Six Professors perform at the nEaaeNtirsea has exceeding pleasure in announcing the addition of an _PERFORMANCE as well as morning. ROYAL MUSIC lIALI , ADELAIDE STREET, STRAND. (Adjoining the Lowther Arcade.) The Mus I"edAJessrs. ex pressly for this extraordi nary i ns t rumen t b y Coward and Rockstro. C le o . . . Mr. Grattan Cooke. THIS EVENING. PROGRAMME. ; :tor • PART I. Overture—Zampa Solo—Popular Air - Selection—Semirami de Fantasia—Favourite Air Grand March—Athalie PART 11. Harold. T. Cooke. Rossini. Coward. Mendelssohn. 6. Aveture—Fra Diavolo - - - 7. Solo—Favourite Air - - - - 8. Glee—Spring's Delights - - - 9. Selection—Les Huguenots (by desire) 10. Fantisla—Scotch Airs - _ - - H. Grand March—Oberon .. - Admission, One Shilling ; Reserved Seats, One pence. Auber. Rodwell. Muller. Meyerbeer. Rockstro. Weber. 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Met etablished, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a dewed ltnvelope, its. 6d., or post-free, from the Author. for forty-two ;Stamps, S" F - PRE SER V A TION; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, arid on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity , us ually acquired at an early period of life, vr hi e h destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical lbservations en the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, atricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from India eretior, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem bers of the faculty in France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the 'Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Re productive Organs, explaining their strnetures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses. and inflation. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Mrenber 7.f . the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, Member of the Heinterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and phi siology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the highest medical honour; as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. H e may be consulter' w ith ad vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili tated through secret practices acquired ix youth. or by the excesses of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of un ceasing misery and regret. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row • Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Starts , Titchborne- street, Haymarket% Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill, or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who may be consulted en these disorders personally, or by letter, daily, from ten till two. and from six till eight. SUICIDE OF CAPTAIN LYON'S BUTLER.--` n LlPS day Mr. Langham held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of William Walker, aged 35, which had been removed thither from Captain Lyon's, 22, Park-lane, where the deceased had lived as butler. It was deposed that de ceased, who was a married man, had been very unwell of late , and on Wednesday morning h e was seen, at eight o'clock, in bed by the footman, who took him a cup of tea. A few minutes after a report was heard, and he was formd shot through the heart. A revolver lay on his breast. Letters of a desponding character, in deceased's handwriting, were found in his room, which left no doubt of the state of his mihd. ' The jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity.'' ROYAL MARINE CADETS. By an Admiralty memorandum of March 23, 1843, it was ordered that— " Each marine cadet will be expected to give security for the payment of such sum to the Accountant-General of the Navy as may be fixed upon him." And by a notes bene to the above memorandum, dated Sept. 20, 1843, it was ordered that— " Each cadet on presenting himself for examination on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, should be prepared with a sum not less than 401. for outfit; and 101. for mess, wash ing, and other expenses." The following new regulation has, however, now been made, namely:— "In future, every young gentleman on whom it is intended to confer a commission as second lieutenant in the corps of Royal Marines, will be required to deposit with the Account ant General of the Navy the sum of 801., to cover the ex pense of his first outfit.' PROMOTION. Lieut. Fred. Lamport Barnard (1840), first of the Prince Regent, 90, at Lisbon, has been promoted to the rank of com mander. This officer is a son of Captain Barnard, and, re believe, has been serving afloat ever since he entered the navy, in June, 1827. He passed his examination in 1831, and served six years as mate before he was promoted. As a lieutenant he has served successively in the Excellent, gun nery-ship; Cleopatra, 26, at the Cape; Thunderbolt, steam sloop, West Indies; Cleopatra again, and Prince Regent, since February, 1848. APPOINTMINTS. Commander Graham Ogle (1846), to study steam at the factory at Woolwich. Lieut. Louis R. Reynolds (1846), fifth lieutenant of the Queen, flag-ship in the Mediterranean, and appointed to the acting command of the Medina, steam-packet, vice Darby invalided, has been confirmed by the Admiralty in his ap pointment as lieut.-commander of that rank. Lieutenant Frederick A. Egerton (1841), second of the Prince Regent, has been appointed flag-lieutenant to Commo dore Martin, Commander-in-Chief of the western squadron. Master W. H, Williams (a 1843), to the Coast Guard service. Arrogant, 46, steam auxiliary screw-frigate, Captain R. S. Robinson, having been thoroughly completed, was taken out of dock at Portsmouth, on Tuesday evening, and taken alongside her hulk to receive her crew. She has been fresh painted, and looks what she actually is—one of the fluest vessels afloat. She sails well, steams fast, is a capital sea boat, and stows her crew, provisions, and water admirably, and is one of the most handsome and noble-looking frigates in the service; with her funnel down, no one would suppose she had steam power on board. There are now three large class three-deckers building at Portsmouth yard, of a com bined design, but still untried. Probably these may be good vessels; but if Mr. Fi cham, who is no experimentalist, but a practical though scientific man, were allowed to build a three-decker, we are confident that he would turn out a good ship. The Arrogant will be at Spithead on Thursday or Friday, ready for sea. Argus steam-sloop, that has recently returned to Ports mouth from the River, with her engines by Mr. Penn, was taken into the angle dock (vacated by the Arrogant) to be coppered and otherwise brought forward as an advanced steamer, pi obably to be commissioned. Hamoaze lighter, Wood, master, arrived at Devonport on Tuesday afternoon from Queenstown, where she has been employed repairing the moorings of the Ajax. Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., ar rived at Gibraltar Jan. 24, thirteen days from Malta, on her way to Spithead to be paid off. Lady Kennaway convict-ship, having completed her crew. sailed on Tuesday evening from Spithead, for Van Diemen's Land. PLymotern, WEDNESnay.—Her Majesty's frigate Cal liope, 26, was towed yesterday afternoon from Hamoaze into the Sound. The unfortunate accident which occurred on board her on Monday afternoon, on the first attempt to tow her, took place just after she was in tow, and when they were about to round a transporting buoy ff Cremhill. It then became necessary to pay off from the warp round the capstan, leaving the second warp fixed; and, it is stated, that while doing so one of the men at the capstan fell, and, this throwing the others into confusion, the force of the steam-tug overpowered them, and the accident took place as before described. So great was the projectile force of the revolving capstan, that one of the bars struck the mizenmast a considerable height from the deck. d The present conditio n o f th e woun d e d a t the Royal Naval Hospital is as follows : Captain Going o n Sir favourably, J. Ever a r and will Home— pr S ob ev ab er ly e w be oun ab d le in t t o he re h su ea m d e . ac tive command of the Calli ope i n a b out f ourteen d a y s . Mr. Nettleton, Assistant-Surgeon—Amp u t a tion below the knee in the Royal Naval Hospital, on Monday afternoon, February 3, at four o'clock, by Dr. Rae. A very severe case. Present condition favourable. Knowland, Quartermaster—Fracture of cranium. Most dangerous condition, and not likely to recover. John Oxford, Marine—Contused face. Recovering. M. Jenkins, A. 8., contu: ed leg, and . James Doming, con ,used thigh, are likely to do well. THE WESTERN SQUADRON. Commodore W. F. Martin received the intelligence of his promotion at Lisbon, by the new Royal Mail Steam-packet Teviot, on her way to the Brazils on the 16th ult., and on the 24th the red pendant was hoisted on board the Prince Regent, 00, with the usual salute from the next senior officer's ship, the Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot. On Thurs day, the 30th ult., the commodore shifted his pendant to the Leander, FO, Captain Dacres, and the Prince Regent h a vi ng di s t r ib u ted her provisions and stores to the ships of the squadrom, was towed out of the Tagus on the 30th by the Encounter, screw-corvette, Captain Gordon, on her w a y t o P or t smo uth to be paid off and re-commissioned. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet Jupiter, which, in bad weather, 110 miles off Corunna, hav ing broke her starboard paddle-shaft, arrived at Lisbon. Iler skilful engineer repaired the broken shaft himself at Corunna, and elicited, by his good and able work, the greatest credit from the engineers of the Royal squadron. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK (From the Registrar-General's Return.) The decrease in the deaths of London, which was an nounced in the last retu rn, has been followed by an increase to the same extent, and the rate of mortality is again equal to that which prevailed during the first two weeks of January. The deaths, which in the pre vious week were 956, have risen to 1,041—a number which nearly coincides with the average (namely, 1,089) as derived from the returns of ten corresponding weeks in 1841-50; but they are less by 114 than this average, if it be corrected on the as sumption that population has increased at the same rate as it did between the census of 1831 and 1841. The following scat , meat of mortality at several periods of life shows that the increase now oberved on the pr , lceding week, though considerable, is entirely confined to persons of mature years, the numbers of the young, In the Country. W. Ireland, N. Calvert, J. Oveiend, and C. Tomlinson Lancaster, merchants, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court, Man chester—N. Hodge, Bath, silversmith, Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Pile and J. Pile, Monkwearmouth, Durham, shipbuilders, Feb. 26, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Elizabeth Aydon and T. W. Ferguson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, _ grocers and teadealers, Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-0. Hornsby, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, builder, Feb. 26, at half past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-uron-Tyne G. Steele, Durham, grocer, Feb. 26, at one, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—H. Cranston, Sunderland, confectioner, Feb. 26, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Steel, Plough-road, Deptford, tar manufacturer, Is. 'lid., any Wednesday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. Turner, Eastbourne, Sussex, grocer, 4s. 3d., on Satur day next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. John Cowlishaw and James Cowlishaw, Derby, railway carriage builders, Bs. Bd., on Saturday, Feb. 15, or any sub qnent alternate Saturday. between eleven and three, at the office. Cowlishaw, of AI r . Bittleson, Derby l:f ot railwayt i n g h _carriage m builder, 205., on . J. Saturday, Feb. 15 , or any subsequent alternate Saturday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleson, Nottingham. James Cowlishaw, Derby, railway-carriage builder, 2s. Bd., on Saturday, Feb. 15, or any subsequent alternate Saturday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleson, Nottingham. W. Bates, Tithby, Nottinghamshire, horse dealer, 100., on Saturday, Feb. 15, or any subsequent alternate Saturday between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleson, Not tingham. C. Pretty, Leicester, grocer, 3s. on Saturday, Feb. 15 , or any subsequent alternate Saturday,etween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleson, Nottingham. W. B. Cook, Burton-upon-Trent, Derbyshire, tape and smallware manufacturer, 1 3 4 - , on Saturday, Feb. 15, or any subsequent alternate Saturday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. W. and J. Pile, Monkwearmouth, ship builders, 17s. 10-id., on Saturday, Feb. 8, or any subsequent Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. J. Fielding, Middleton, Lancashire, corn-dealer, 6s. 6id., on Tuesday, Feb. 4, and every following Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Mackenzie, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFIC A TES . At the Court, Basinghall-street. E. Hedges, Chilton Foliatt, Wiltshire, builder, Feb. 25, at twelve—E. Brewster, Hand-court, Upper Thames-street, City, printer, Feb. 27, at two— G. S. J en k s , King-street, Hammersmith, cheesemonger, Feb. 25. at twelve—H. Byshe, Brighten, builder, Feb. 26, at one —R. Rising, Frith-street, Soho, dealer in casts , Feb. 26, at twelve—W. Smith, Canal troaedl4 Kiesgland, timber - merchant, F e b. 26, at half-past w —ll. G. Stahlschmidt, Penchurch-street, City, mer chant, Feb. 2 F , a t twelve— W. Carter, High-street, South wark, boot and shoemaker, Feb. 26, at half-past one. In the Country. J. Fielding, Manchester, provision dealer, Feb. 28, at aw e n t y - o n he idnpaeAymsßtaTrkled from eleven, at the Court, Manchester —R. Chattam, Goole, York shire, innkeeper. Feb. 27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. R. Dever, Cornhill, City, cook and confectioner, a certifi cate of the first class—W. Binder, Orsett, Essex, builder, a ja a d. ce 2 r l tificat e of the first class after certificate of the second class —A. Beard, Liverpool, wine e t, a o i f ey t , h D e e first sbu c r l y a: s y after R s DISSOLVED. twenty-one days , merchant, fr a Jan. c e r 3 t l i fi ..... ca j t . SHIP' ,P air mi: h iat i c te and W. Brumwell, Gravesend—R. Morton and Gloucestershire,_ farmers—R. Law rence and W. Lawrence, Tottenham -street, Tqttenham court-road, carpenters--W. Keen and T. Watts, jun., Old Paradise-row, Islington - green , leather sellers—W. Hadfield and M. Fletcher, Manchester, merchants—T, Cardwell, H. B. lligginson, and J. Parsons, Manchester and Bombay, I commission agents (so far as regards a B. Hig asShn.djiMr.esorton, Miserdine, genera phelland, Lan ors—J. Wall, ca shire, coal proprietors --J. Y. Wall, and W. Wall, Chatham,CullenT. brewers—T. and J. Cullen, Liverpool, builders —J. ginson)—T. Rigby and W. H. Fisher, 1J Carlisle and G. Buckton, Leeds, dealer in tobacco and snuff—T. Smith and T. Murfin and J. L. Richards, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire. drapers—J. Green and E. Oliver, Upper Thames-street, Regent-street, and King-street, Golden -square, china and glass dealers—G. Anderson and R. Yates, Bradford, Yorkshire, stuff merchants . Manby and H. G. Monk, Blackheath, ironmongers—W. —A. M'Kechnie and G. B. Leonard, Manchester, commis sion merchants—C. Manby, 11. G. Robinson, and E. Light, Light's Patent Life-boat, Buoy, Belt, and General Marine Robinson) W. Barton and D. Gr s ' Warrington, Lan cashire. chemists and druggists— Lindy ana 0. Thomas, Manchester, Hereford, ironmongers—J. Frost and S. Buoyancy Company (so far a H s . re F g a Tawell, Wood street, lace manufacturers - .I. Quarmby and G. Quarmby, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, painters and plasters—W. Keyes, sen., fent dealers and W. Keyes, jun., Ashindon, Essex, farmers —M. Wilson and J. Wilson, 0:c1 Bond-street, Hauover-square, tailors— W. I'. Worwell and S. m a yor, Liverpool, ship chandlers N. Lloyd and T. Stott, Manchester, and Isle of Man, gum and starch manufacturers—Elizabeth Offer, Mary Sadler, and Ann Sadler, Clevedon, Somersetshire, hotel and tavern keepers—E. Butler and W. Laffin, jun., Princes -street, St. George, Hanover-square, tailors. INSOLVENT L PETITIONERS. John Penrith, West Derby, ancashire, butcher. Joseph M'Cartin, Liverpool, grocer. William North, Hyde, Cheshire, gardener. John Alcock, Liverpool, commercial traveller. James Newcomb, Liverpool, optician. John Davies, Liverpool, plasterer. John Wallman Watson, Caxton, Cambridgeshire, farming bailiff. George Isaac Fiddaman, Camblidge, tailor. Frederick Buxey, Kingston, Southampton, market gardener. John Cunningham, Stockbridge, Southampton. William Whitfield Snook, Landport, Hampshire, layer in the ropery in her Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, THE TRIAL OF THE SLOANES. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, FED. 5. THE SENTENCE. At a later period of the day the prisoners were brought up for judgment. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE addressed them in the following terms :—George Sloane and Theresa Sloane, you have pleaded guilty to several counts of an indictment, which charged you with having in various ways and upon various occasions assaulted and ill-treated a girl named Jane Wil bred, who was a servant in your employ. We have read with great care the depositions that were taken in your pre sence before the magistrate, and we did not think it ad visable to grant the application made by your counsel that you should be permitted to put in affidavits in answer to them, and in mitigation, partly from the circumstance mentioned by him—namely, your poverty, and a desire therefore to avoid putting you to an unnecessary expense, and partly because there are certain facts and certain state ments in those depositions which seem to speak for them selves and defy contradiction. It seems that this young per son—almost a child—an orphan, with no natural protector, came into your service, and it would seem that she was selected partly from the circumstance of her being an orphan, and having apparently a better constitution than some of the other girls, and therefore more likely to do you good service in the capacity in which you engaged her. For some time, it appears, that there was no reason for complaint on her part, but at length your course of treatment towards her appears to have entirely changed. Taking into con sideration, however, the age of the girl, and her opportu nities of obtaining redress, the Court does not consider that you are legally reponsible upon that portion of the in dictment, and your punishment will not be increased on account of it; but at the same time there is very little doubt that your conduct towards this p oor g i r l h as b een most crue l in withholding from her proper Christian food. I say this, because you know that the indictment no t on ly c h arges y ou with withholding proper food, but also with forcing upon her matter at which nature revolts, and which I will not offend the ears of the Court by further alluding to—it will be sufficient to say that you are charged with having forced upon her that which was nauseous, unwholesome, dis gusting, and unnatural. One would have thought that the position of that poor girl when she came into your service would have demanded especial protection at your hands, and that while she conducted herself well you would have assumed the position of her natural guardians. It is im possible not to take into consideration the position of the parties charged with such an offence. One of you—a gentle man devoted to the study and practice of the law, who must be taken to be thoroughly well versed in a matter so simple as this, and who must have known what was his duty. The other, I regret to say, a female and a wife—one who it might have been thought would have been the first to protect a young helpless girl, who was placed in her power, but who, I regret to say, appears by the depositions to have taken an equal, if not a greater part, in all the indignities that were practised. When, after several months had elapsed, the con dition of this unfortunate young girl became known, through the kind and humane interference of a gentleman connected with your own profession, what was her condition? Dna ciated—almost at the point of death, and so desperate her condition that she could not even be sent back to the union workhouse, but the only place she could be sent to was au hospital. The extreme state of emaciation to which she was reduced was evinced by the fact of the almost in credible reduction in her weight, and the cause of that emaciation appeared to be also clearly shown by the circum stance that the administration of proper wholesome food speedily restored her to health and to her original bulk. It also appears by the depositions that upon the person of this unfortunate girl being examined, marks of violence, some of recent and some of older date, were discovered ; those marks of violence extending all over her person, and in directly showing that she had been subjected to a long and severe course of ill-treatment. Ido not state these circum stances with any view of giving unnecessary pain. I trust that reflection has already caused you more pain than any remark or punishment the Court can inflict, I have thought fit to make them, because it is quite right that the public should know that in every case, where it is satisfactorily shown that a master or mistress has acted with cruelty tow ards a servant, the Court is determined to institute a strict inquiry into all the circumstances, and to award severe punishment. It now only remains for me to pass upon you the sentence which has been decided upon for your offence, which is that you be severally imprisoned for two years. The defendants heard the sentence without betraying any emotion, and at the close of.the Learned Judge's address they retired hastily from the dock. CHARGE OF MURDER. At Lambeth Police Court, yesterday, Mr. Wm. Day, a feeble old man, in the 85th year of his age, and who has been for upwards of half a century a poulterer in Leadenhall market, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Elliott, and charged on suspicion with baying caused the death of his wife, a fe male 63 years of age. From the evidence of Sergeant Kearney, 26 P, and other witnesses, it appeared the prisoner and his wife bad lived apart for nearly twenty years, and that the latter, who was a person of extremely eccentric habits, occupied the house No. 1, Little South-street, Camberwell, and supported herself by a small income and a weekly allowance from her husband. It had been her custom for some years past to call upon her husband at the market every Saturday evening to receive her allowance, but not calling on Saturday last her husband proceeded to her house on Sunday to learn the cause, and knocked several times, but could not obtain admittance. On Monday evening he called a second time, and knocked for admittance, but without success, and he then mentioned to some neighbours his suspicion that his wife was dead, as she had latterly been complaining of illness. The door was, in consequence, forced open, and the place was found in great confusion, but no trace could be discovered of the deceased. On Tuesday evening a more minute search was made, when the body of the deceased was discovered crouched up in a small mass behind some rabbit-hutches, a place into which it was the opinion of the police and all who saw it, she could not have got herself. On the removal and examination of the body, several marks of violence were found upon it ; the neck was discovered to be broken, and one of the stockings was on. Mrs. Burlington, who lived next door to the deceased, said she saw the prisoner at the residence of the deceased on Tuesday week, and on the following days—namely, Wed nesday and Thursday, she saw the deceased at her window. On Sunday last the witness again saw the prisoner at the house of the deceased, and observed that he had knocked se veral times. She told him that it was her opinion that Mrs. Day was out, and he then left. On the Monday afternoon the prisoner came again, and having knocked at the door and receiving no answer, he expressed it to be his opinion that his wife was dead. Oa Friday night last witness heard a strange noise in the house of the deceased at about eleven o'clock, and soon after the noise increased so, that the wit ness was very much alarmed, and fancied for a moment or two that it was in her own bed-room. The noise was very loud and resembled that of some heavy lumber having been thrown about, but after that every thing see med still. Dr. Flower, a medical gentleman, residing at Camberwell green, said that on examining the body of the deceased he found the neck broken, and several marks of violence about the back and other parts; and it was his decided opinion that the deceased could not have got into the position she plans; they were good as political engines; but their first duty was to go boldly to their purpose, and demand that men, whether they possessed land or not, should be ad mitted to their rights.—(Cheers.) Mr. He ME, on taking the chair, said he did not ap pear there to deliver what was called a lecture, for he was no lecturer, and never wrote a speech in his life, but to lay before them such observations as he thought would be useful in the way of instruction relative to the present state of matters in this country. Looking at the indiffe rence cf those now possessed of political power to the rights of the people at large, he had come to the conclu sion that the time heel arrived when special steps should be taken for instructing the mass of their fellow-country men on the subject of their privileges. It was his belief that many were not aware what that association, as a body of Reformers, sought for, and that many were alarmed in consequence of what had recently taken place on the Con tinent. He therefore concurred with his Hon. Friend Sir J. Walmsley in thinking that the National Association should have a series of monthly meetings of the kind now held, for the purpose of giving accurate informa tion to the public, and showing them that the only mode of avoiding such occurrences as had taken place on the Continent,, was by adopting the principles which the National Society maintained.—(Hear, hear.) In con tending for the objects which they had in view, be did not go about the bush, as some of his friends were doing, endeavouring to get influence by► this means and by that—(Hear, hear)—theugh, no doubt, he was quite ready and willing to make use of every method that was calculated to advance their great object. He was for taking a straightforward course; be was for stating boldly and distinctly what he wanted, and calling upon those who bad a monopoly of political power to give up their monopoly and extend to all the people their just rights. His principle was, that every man who cons' i buted to the support of the Government was entitled to a voice in the election of a representative; and he believed that all the reforms which he contended for could be obtained under our present constitution of Queen, Lords, and Commons—a system of govern ment with which he was perfectly satisfied. The Hon. Gentleman then quoted passages from Blackstone and other authorities in favour of the doctrine that taxation and representation ought to go together. Without a thorough control on the part of the people, it was altogether impossible to check those abuses in Par liament of which they were perpetually complaining. If the people had possessed their full rights it would have been impossible, for instance, to carry out such a job as that perpetrated last session, when 12,0001. a year was given to the Duke of Cambridge, a young man who had done nothing whatever to merit such bounty. He had had the curiosity to consult an actuary as to the value of this annual allowance paid to the Duke ofCambridge, and was informed that, if brought into the market, it would realize 223,0001.—(Hear, bear)—so that a burden to that extent had actually been laid upon the people of this country.—(Hear, hear.) Instead of every person who contributed to the burdens of the State having a vote, not more than one in six possessed that rig - ht. One reason given for withholding the franchise was, that the people did not come forward to demand it. Now, it was no doubt true that the people were at present well employed, and receiving good wages, and did not take up this question with the energy which they ought to exhibit. This, however, was the very time to do justice, and if it was not now done, the period would arrive when that justice would be ex torted by threats.—(Cheers.) The franchise was not only confined to a small portion of the people, but it also operand most unequally, as was shown by a va riety of facts bearing upon the representation in the " National Reform Almaneck." The true way to get rid of improper taxation was thoroughly to reform the House of Commons. At present, as much agitation was spent in opposing a particular tax, such as the window-tax, as would, it properly directed, enable them to get rid of the anomalous state of the House of Commons altogether, and give the people the fall direction of their own affairs.—(Hear, hear.) The honourable Gentleman then went into a variety of fiaancial statements to show the excessive bur dens under which the country labours, and, after advocating vote by ballot, short Parliaments, &c., strongly urged the necessity of an enlarged sys• tem of education for the entire people. With regard to the Freehold Land Association, he hailcd the movement as ono that was likely tv secure for the reform cause as many votes as would enable them to wrest their rights Irons the aristocracy; but then it would be a period of perhaps twenty years before this could be effect(d,while he maintained that they ought not to endure the present system for one day.—(Hear, hear.) [Here a bunch of five white flowers (artificial, as they appeared to us) was sent upon the platform by an unknown friend of the cause, with a request that it should be presented to Mr. Hume as a mark of respect, each of the flowers repre senting a point in the Charter. Mr. Hutne, in accepting the gift, renairked that the flowers were white, an em blew, he presumed, of the purity of their motives—a re mark which the audience received with loud cheers.] >ir J. DUKE, M.P., after a few observations, moved the following resolution:— " That this meeting also offers its sincere and grateful thanks to Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P., for his valuable cud long-continued advocacy of Parliamentary and financial reform; for the great benefits which he bas conferred on the people at large, by his vigilant attention to their interests; and, more especially, for the ' address, replete with knowledge, instruction, and advice, which he has this evening been pleased to deliver." Mr. H. KENNEDY seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. HOUGHTON, a tenant-farmer, who it was intimatedthe had just subscribed 101. to the association, m.' next resolution, and contended that it was icapososlthedi_es._fo_r_ the farmers to grow cheap corn under the hvt : as s tion which now pressed them down. The resolution as follows: ress its implicit " That this assembly desires to p of the National confidence in the President and Councilw labours they and Financial Reform Associatio n whose hose principles and cannot too fully appreciate, a nd objects they determine to support. Mr. SLACK seconded the "resolution, which was al so unanimously carried. id thy bhe 200 meetins Mr. LA BLONDE sa expenses had e been ad met ld g by the funds of last the year, and the exp be„ the to state that th e amount o f association; but b e „, the subscriptions was contemptibly small. H e h o p e d t h e ladies would give them all the support in their power. for if they succeeded in the objects they had in view they would gat their tea and sugar and every other necessary of life much cheaper than at present. At intervals during the proceedings the glee party fa voured the meeting with music set to words suited to the objects of the association, and the t par y separated a little before 10 o'clock. COST or PAUPERISM.—The following is a return of the cost per head per week of the inmates of the several workhouses in the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire audit dis trict (in which a portion of Worcestershire is included), for the half-year ending at Michaelmas last ;—Witney, 2s. 0 0-1 Worcester, 2s. i id.; Alcester, 2s. 2id. ; Banbury, 2s. Droitwich, 2s. 2id. ; Evesham, 2s. 2id. ; Solihull, 2s. 21414 Stratford-on-Avon, 2s, `2id. ; Northleach, 2s. 4d.; PershOre, 2s. 4(.1.; Shipston-on-Stour, 2s. 4d. ; Stow-on-the- 1 0Y , 2s. 5:4(1. ; Warwick, 2s. 51d, ; Coventry, 2s. 7id.; Foleshill, 2s. 7 d. • Southam, 2i. iid.; Woodstock, 2s. iid.; Ruth 2s. Bid.; Chipping Norton, 2s. 11d.—Worcester Chronic/. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR WA LBROOK WARD. A wardmote, in virtue of a precept issued by the Lord Mayor, was held yesterday at the Bay Tree Tavern, St. Switbin's-lane, for the purpose of electing an Alderman for the ward of Walbrook, in the room of Mr. Michael Gibbs, who last week resigned his gown. The Lord Mayor, accompanied by Aldermen Farncomb and Magnay, the City authorities, and a large number of the electors, entered the room exactly at eleven o'clock; imme diately after which the Ward Clerk read the precept by which the wardmote had been convened. Mr. Deputy WATKINS proposed David Williams Wire, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the ward of Walbrook as alderman.—(Cheers.) Mr. TRAvERs seconded the nomination. Mr. ROCK said that he and his friends would support the resolution. No other candidate having been proposed, the resolution was put, and carried unanimously ; waybereupon the Lord Mayor declared that DaPid Williams Wire, Esq., had been duly elected as alderman for the ward of Walbrook.— (Cheers.) After having received the congratulations of his friends, Mr. Alderman WIRE said, that it was itepossible for him adequately to return thanks forathe bonoua'vhich they had just conferred upon him; and therefore he would simply content himself with saying, that he felt his heart full of gratitude to the electors, and he hoped to show on a future occasion that he was worthy of their confidence. Seventeen years ago he had been elected a common coun cilman for that ward ; and during that period there had never been an interregnum of their confidence. Even when he was absent, they still continued their confidence, and which they had preserved to the present day. They had now again proved how much they esteemed him. Therefore he begged to thank them from his heart; and he hoped that Providence would give him strength and wisdom to discharge the duties that were freshly imposed upon him in such a manner as would reflect credit upon himself, and honour upon the City and upon the coantry.— (Cheers.) He knew it had been the fashion to decry cor porate institutions in this country; and that they had been considered to be, not, as they ought to be, as the centres of light and information, but as means whereby the people were kept in darkness.—(Cries of " No, no.") He could, how ever, say, that he believed the public were beginning to re turn back to the ancient principles of the British constitu tion. He believed the day was coming when these principles would take more hold of the public mind; because he felt satisfied that in these ideal institutions alone the true princi ples of liberty were to be found. They had only to look to the nations of the Continent to be convinced what would follow when any tyrant might strive to rule over them. But when local governtaent was rooted deeply in the minds of the people, then would their public liberties be the best preserved and maintained. lie would detain them no longer than to say that he hoped his future conduct would demonstrate, not only his own gratitude, but that the electors had made a choice which reflected honour upon them. - (Cheers. ) alr. Deputy WATKINS then moved that the'siccere and cordial thanks of the wardmote be presentel to Michael Gibbs, Esq., late alderman of the ward, tor the unremitting attention paid by him in the discharge of the various respon sible and difficult duties involved in the office of alderman ; for his zeal, impartiality, and punctuality as a magistrate of that city, and for the dignified courtesy with which he filled successively the ancient and honourable office of Sheriff and Lord Mayor; and the wardmote cannot separate without heartily wishing to him, in his retirement from public life, health and strength and comfort during the residue of his days. Mr. CONDER, in the warmest terms, seconded the resolu tion, which was then carried unanimously. Mr. Alderman WIRE moved that the above resolution be fairly transcribed, signed by the ward clerk, and presented by the common councilmen to Michael Gibbs, Esq. The resolution was seconded by Mr. F. HALE, and adopted unanimously. Mr. Alderman WIRE then moved that the thanks of the wardmote be presented to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for the ability and impartiality with which be had presided over the wardmote, and for the courtesy evinced by him in the discharge of his official duties. Mr. DAWSON seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. The Lona MAYOR, in response, said he begged in a few wor!s to assure the wardmote that the acknowledgment of his services was the greatest reward that they could offer him. He felt deeply grateful to the meeting for the vote of thanks which they had been pleased so kinaly to pass. The wardmote was then dissolved. EXHIBITION OF 1851. re have been fa- SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. .- 11 s a ke le y t , te th r e fro U m ni t t n ed e sdOpatch addressed by voured with the subjoined cupv the Hon. Daniel Webster to Mr. N a ,e p y po A i m Et e e r d ie b a v n part of the inhabitants of States' Consul at Southampt t oy e , i: jf. : .a p l y Ctr: latter gentleman, asking on t h e b mig ht be selected as the desti- Southampton, that their portfliJignltteedSSt.taLteaswtroenccoen, the Government of the United of 1851. • Great Exposition contributions to the nation of the American frigate of the inhabit ants of Southampton, and tha t the St. Law .. seen i rendezvous American i E n x s e o e u u t t i h v a e m h p as t 0 n a c c w e a d t e e d r to the conditionallyw es ish ren ce w upon her cargo being transferr e d t o L ondon free of all h ar ges, whariage, dock dues, o r ra il way carriage : ta m rhf et o eq r aru n neh i s n ata g v dni nfdygrtoehu waited se r s a d t on i s tt p hh a ooe t nr cipthti President i A t do h fem e n ett l rbo s i e- t f "Department of State, W as hi ngton, J an. 20 . cp i a n o n s r i . B S , ol i i f n r i n ' s f — o i so r ut l m et rh i nai received m tp to e on , nd b , o y t tn h h t i wa h s t e i the United States, soliciting that Southampton should be se lected as the port of destination for any public vessel which the Government of the United States might send to Eng land with contributions to this year's Exhibition, and after being advised by Mr. Lawrence that it would be im portant to obtain an undertaking by the dock and railroad companies to convey these contributions to London free of expense or charge, they have obtained such undertaking, and that you are therefore authorized to announce that all goods intended for the said Exhibition, and brought by a United States' public vessel to Southampton, will be con veyed thence to Vauxhall, within one mile of the place or by dock company, f o r landing, wharfage, or warehousing,te same where the Exhibition is to be held, free of all charge by the the railway company for transporting and delivering h to Vauxhall. order will accord netor - t the Commander of ingly issue from the Navy Depa rtme ~ I h ave th e pl e asure to inform you in re p l y , that the proposal is accepted, and that the p ro p the St. Lawrence. •• D ANIEL WEBBTXR. " To Joseph Rodn e y Croskey, Esq., ,‘ 1 am , Si r , r espectfully, your obedient_ servant, United States' Consul at Southampton." Those who would conscientiously employ power for the good of others deserve it, but d o nu t d es i re i t; an d it t h ose who would employ for the good of themselves, de sire it, but do not deserve it. —Eliza Cook's Journal. R EPR ESUNTATION or BEDFORDSHIRE.--The High Sheriff has received the writ, and proclamation has been made for holding the election at Bedford on Monday, the 1 7 t h inst., at half-past ten. It i s not at all probable that an y opposition will te offered, so that Colonel Gilpin will have an easy election ; but some of the active members of the Land Society are determined to " exercise their consti tutional privilege" of speaking freely at the nomination.