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'''" si". . - i l~t '-' - ..--,', " .‘N II / 4 ...41/ 0,•,,,J, 4 4, tli, ..7.* 3Nt . I r.kl. ~,.. ...1p }F, e..ii , -' ' ' ' ''"4l" .9ll - r... ) ,-‘...: •••`. • .. 1 0 , 1 .... i .....=:.=.,.._..,-..„;,:„:„:,,,.,„„„,„.,..............-... 1. ._.r-...i2•7_!•,..•r••.••,........_...____ , ..._ . , .......-..„.„ ,-•-• - _______ .__ _ _____ _ __ ____ • - • ........, T rp . : ,tAst , INDIA HOUSE, DEcEmBER 17, 1851. r 4 C OURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INbi Th t COMPANY do hereby give notice, ' 444 teri r,oprietor of East India Stock has given notice that at theet , t ht , Y Ceneral Court of the said Company, appointed to be held 143 Lant, l' h i e li w ou .,e , in Leaden' all-street, on W . EDNESDAY, the 17th net . submit the follow:rig motion, viz. : ye ttne it be su:zgested for the consideration f the Bombay Go -11,4 b ee n t whether- the same systematic arrangement which has so te pgira r : l d aet ed upon in the North-west Provinces of . Bengal, for the by, ,eatension of the communications in the interior of (Its -144 ap, i . '•*- 81 oa the amount of ('overnmcnt Jumma, or Taal cr ied thheLeyriated exclusively for that purpose, the disbursements of itclvaii`,Zepeing managed bent a Local Committee, might not I ; N:ith equal t° the public roduced throughout Guzerat. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. 1 1 ,:jo it u r r ANT to a DECREE of thu HIGH of CHANCERY made in a cause LUNISDEN af,,lnst d l°)3ls - 9 0 DEFF against MORISON, the Creditors ofJOIIN nex,end 'urrnerly of Church-street, Chelsea, iu the county of Mid suhsequentiv of New Burlington street, in the same 7 15 ) a',. —s q ui re (and who died in Paris in the month of February , 4tl4;rl—tetforrt N T , Lsq.hwith ne .to come in and prove their deAs before JOHN , oof the Masters of the said Court, at his i -,4 8.14 t „i S outhampton-bui!dings, Chancery-lane, London, or n they will be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. 18 - . N ° . 18,480.] LONDON, MONDAY •" E E *‘' DECEMBER 15 57 *.r! " TRV 7 [PRICE SD, B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9. UAIRINIAN— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. Halt Credit Rates of Premium. Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums, paying interest thereon at the rate of five per cent. per annum, with the option of paying otr the arrears of premiums, at any time, or having the amount deducted from the sum assared when the policy becomes a claim. PUBLICATIONS. Norman architecture in the metropolis, and %filch it is to be regretted will be partially, if not wholly destroyed, to make way for the contemplated improve ment of the new Cannon-street; and after spending a most comfortable evening the meeting separated. In 3 vols. post Svo., m"JACOB A R YHOR BEOWNIE \ TT: T S HE NEW JE WORK, From the Danish, IS NOW READY AT ALL TUE LIBRARIES. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NAVAL INTECI.I6ENCE. Cn.i,tr! P- GUILDHALL, DECEMBER 13, 1851. T, — ‘-'aiMITTEE FOR LET LING THE zry, s , - , , ath LANDS will meet at GUILDHALL, on TnyasDAY, t i7' l l of December instant; at Eleven o'clock precisely, to fre for LETTING on LEASES, for li; years (lens three st siAr°4l Christmas, 1851, ' Two Houses, Nos. 30 and 31, on the , e of F , Otto Fi nsbury -square, with the Premises at the rear extend soa-3trtet. 1441-44:"1. Particulars and plans may be seen, and forms of tender 'd at t 1 ,4 Office of Wolks, Guildhall. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Comptroller. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE. I. LIBRARY EDITION, handsomely printed on superfine caper, 14 Vols. demy octavo, embellished with Portraits, 101. 10s. _aptain _ reston, of BoArdhill, Cuckfield, died on Monday night. Tne illness which ended with the death of the gallant officer, lasted but a few days, and his demise came suddenly on us. The Sussex Fr. caress says :—" I❑ noticing tha decease of this gen. tleman we must be allowed to make a few remark., as we well know that he will not only be missed, but wanted during the winter, and for years to come. As a magistrate he did his duty, sternly but truly as a friend and neighbour he was esteemed and highly respected ; and to the poor he was a friend indeed, and many a poor fellow without a crust will this year miss Captain Preston. He married Miss Mangles, of Surrey, and hes left a son end daughter. The de mise lately of his eldest son, quite a youth, seemed to prey, on his mind for a long period, and it has been noticed that he has scarcely been himself since." For Securing Loans and Debts. A Table adapted especially for the securing of Loans and Debts, by which the fullest security is obtained on very low, but gradually in creasing premiums. Policies revved, without the exaction of a fine, at any time within twelve months, if health remain unimpaired. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age 01 the Asswed in eYei y case admitted in the Policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium. Annual Premium required for an Assurance of 1001. for the whole CROWN OCTAVO EDITION, 20 Vols., with Copious Index, 6!. 111. ATLAS TO ALISON'S EUROPE. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., Author of the " skill Atlas," the " National Atlas," Sc.c. Delay Quarto, to range with the Library Edition,.... £3 3 0 Crown Quarto, to range with the Crown Bvo. Edition 2 12 6 IV. EPITOME OF ALISON'S EUROPE. For the Use of Schools and Young Persons. Third Edition, bound, 7s. 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London Sold by all Booksellers. Term of Life. N EW EDUCATIONAL WORKS BY BY ALEX. KEITH JOHNSTON, F.G.S., Sze. On 31st January will be published, i 0 ia 4 ,0 ' V,' k i tYL T LAD RENT'S CASINO. i t ' , (l " ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, i4t o rtnt , ' , tiles' s i s 0 Lvr e i i _ ki l o PEN every ETening for the Winter Season. 4 4,1 10 g i t , °4 lcou rt w n and celebrated Band, principal Cornet-a 14"elaVtcess ihe Reoms have been re-decorated, and many re Mad e oPeri „ under the sole direction of Mr. GF. Bryon etlaif pest Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock. Admission—ONE SHILLING. .Cth -,.., '' A II E AFFLICTE D. Ith e lllgti_cert a i n .‘ lba/ 4 1 4 , pai ns ~_d sPeedy cure for all p.ersons,osl.t.a.._li,:icgitce,dr 7,lE,iitepl: Vkl i nil Nu _ko the chest or limbs, stiff Join , ts, any diseamss Stt4,,sitel:'UAD, ids, by the use of tit EASA:\ I S lll l ,'on s erye e Droperties of which are sandt I t 1 fayit Pelas rin, 01% aa kaa Dred uces bworm, scrofula, other cutaneous 'th '' or ' health a regular action of the pores, rendering the o°ll 4 it, WoUnd e Y. It is equally efficacious in , burns, scalds, 4 0b 4 . t ia lf e , of long standing, that no family should be tl'o a ts ~- t Tt s ''l ld s m d ed 2 icate d d cream depot, 233, Strand, Olpr,-, .. N ii, co , A-1-3,,. 4 4'D , rtstit, '''' f ' for which a , E ON, PRESIDENT FIRST kt, v ,P cf t ' i „ ~?Ir'EßOlt !-Such are the even,s far they will r ki itli,,,Z or othe'r-,reneli people are prepared. How' ti th sik ht notin g th., %ise is yet to be proved. One thing is certain, ap t fl ito' e a ki af ter great events which for a moment astoundedt the he stocks k, lt t,,, th rs e , on Jwards all Europe, the shops are open, are open. SOl t allq,.. e re, le ue firm, and the places of amus,qnei t 04' 4 4 they are fashions, which once gave the tone te those in th f ttehi e At ,y i gone! , Everybody in Paris aupears in L o en e d r o a n l i bt ,4 4 ar, 4 1 ru a.s , emblies, on the Boulevards, at thep gentlemen, q sip, e In th .lighsh, and a vast majority of the ~ 4ato tt e the 3, he Rawest makes of E. MOSES and SON, whose Si te l o ri)D o . ate,,,avo Monopolized all the best artists end Amen , _ e o, e1 -I ofssible to coo all the capitals in that quarter of the . b SA 'lt t ,! l ethin nc eive that one firm could provide so nsagniri t e n e w n . t . 5/k-t,,h11.d.,._" Meu ses that which now fills their extensive s n. e lsti t ,. , orat k teli Mart, in Ald gate and the Alinories, and their lo tr tj, l '!(A. Premises at the corner of llart-street and New a , 0 14 4 siilp e " no hereote Most recherche materials are made u . p d A lie ' ther ip e to e , abi, pa lothiers in the world can imitate IT-. -.- _. 1 104 ci ' f . o ,?t 4 , 4 n lss, Walking, sporting, or hard work, it is . imp o o n s e l 'l t r i ttr, c ' tk 'r`tia, fre e t be sui.-ed. It is only desirable that every one 1,6 e th. e,,,i d „_, l ll the wealthy man of fashion to the mast humble ' I Dr ? Wm e r'sit one of the establishments or this powerful firm, b less t e h e e , , e verything of the best manufacture, and marked 1 c 4)4 - l 'alf that charged by the best ordinary tailors Is e ll it re , E. MOSES and SON, 14 , 4: 1 ,,, i ' l ti t, ltablishnaent, 154, 155, 156, and 157, MinorieS, In, k l li - West gate, opposite the Church, all communicating. -4', tit - end 1 3 tli'rar,Otreet, , r anok, 506, 567, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, ~,'l l4 lO ~Yorks , ,,_ - ' 1 co mmunictig. kkkzor i, .4 4 h " . ..., 6 Branch, 19 Bridge-street. 111 tii ‘ ittielotti4,..' 6 , Pargate. ' l 't ,' lit zt d ,„ (l tnQ, ll atters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boet and Shoe t;.,:::4,, ,_,Lintize„,_vutfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. um.) , on k , .t., whe r , b uLa are closed from sunset Friday to s t I t f,,'Lao 't En3k , ulln ets IN marmed till Twelve o'clock. , ~ . 1 tkti;ll fir gilag,, , ~!ntitled '' The Exhibition for All Nations, 11 4 1 % or '. e tiOn, '. ' - English, French, and German, and contain s. ,„.. orw, 'or self m em t be had gratis, on appli lp.'ukr. earls Pc 5t . ~ ,e4 t.c a Alla , st free to any part of the kingdom. ~. 4 - ' L aao, for the year ending 1852, can be had gratis, A t t 1 , 414° 8 1 PrP arl . O Prancaise Qui si parla Italian°. tt 'eb t man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol._____ _ .._ ....._.-_. 1,41 ' ' l t 14 - VP " b e - -.RWELL'S NEW WORKS. te ttt h ad Nfil,,treet. of Sherwood 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, `° l ln; ~C T I, 39 Cern ' hill ; or direct from the author ; „ - 'aou :by ' post Is Gd. ' i t ,5 . ,11,„ kgealtb, r EN JOYSIE ' NT . OF LIFE. I lr,„:, 1 1a 1,,_.---.Ear,•!erftion, and Rational Use of Time." . _ - 111;4, Pt it th e ' i r, Rising -Spring and Summer Morninga - ;x 4, \1 / 4 , 4 44,,, e 1d5, Environs of London-The Parks, Lanes, hills, `it 1.4.,,,,, , 5tut% h , `.roads, and other pleasant places -Country ' 'set i l l% D ram ho Sea . -London at Night -Evenings at Homo IN ' -4 ° , Oc - , - „ a- ° ll Ea tins., Drinking, Sleeping, I3athing ,A qk on, Ik., . V, Tn I tlTTri s, II Oipt ' -, E O M TES MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. ... T r y_ ..14 LAI,. Vol. .., - ----A ; SKETCII OF EDINBURGH , BzO, Fol. 11. vi . BILL LRNET ; REMINISCENCEfiI OF DUBLIN, &o. 1 "Th V ql4 7 , 111. 1f1,.1 1, 01, b , at th p .' To EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, t , , 1 Y.C t :i 1 ,* . r v , 7 ,,`,.., c ' goers years and ten our course may run." tt4 e %li t, 'tat, d 'i le f_ ' t t i l i tnost every form (cause and cure) of r. n ss c e r- s Itl44lfl' s l, 4 t !_; . tl yer t i li th 6 tl iztaatilie l so n f d_ p e l nieebled nstitut o i r on s , tu tl i i y at h an i e r a ll u e r s e iorthe business, and ens z-uay i ve diet and physical rept. t I 00 g •tiff I vo of S of Ki lll ifl 0 .° -4 . r EA r t SALE of SILKS, SHAWLS, , n v . oce s , oc,c., ,at a discount of 411 4 ' per cent. from A t . ' Nve•roaft, by of the extensive Premises, Nos. 51 and 53, Ejl, zea l „ 3 ' Slr. WALLEY (late hunt and Walley), on TIIIitS- Ack :,;„"c 18th instant, for the prompt and immediate Sale of r fBilkMerington and Co , 154, New Bond stn et, Olign,_ .le rcers and Linendrapers, amounting to 45,00 0 1., under ze:3,.8.3tit., at a dis coun t o f 4114 per ce nt. from cost prices, 14 rfttio a s enn gton being obliged to close their premises for the • Nile t eat 7 has lmai th e h onour to announce t o th e Nobility, Clergy, 1 , „_ ➢and his former distinguished . patrons in this ,p had this celebrated Stock consigned to . iim . ;Item; orfavourable terms, it will be thoroughly revised in priccs, tt % Prese tt s inePection on Thursday next, the 18th instant, l and k or ' as h as 401 a brilliant combination of cheap and first-c ass •never before been arranged together under any one 111„ 114 Stoti r / m -tle 4, a - embraces the most beautiful and costly Silks, Shawls, ( '4 4l 4 l aen n , l ,, br eeies ; genuine Damask Table Linens, Sheetings, t , t ' “lrlg Cloths, Flannels,Furs, Lace, Hosiery, • A c t t e „ 4l Pric g : . ne l, a: ‘ F aney Stock, all of which will be soli at nearly seess j till particulars will be duly issued. e co •n' alley, 51 and 53, Edgware-road. Thursday next. Ibta ch "ESEX PRISQN.—To Bakers, But- Wooir' Mea lhicin, Oilmen,- t)rocers, Brushmakers, Leather 11,e8tAlc•rtoenadtratpers, Soapboilers, and Others. Iti t a hst _ he Houses of Correction at Co , ldb k ath m -11 .e elds_a , m 1 ._ 11 11t2 of t he . 11 4 at the House of Detention at Cler St , l' r. k t ;it, to the , 24 th of June next, inclusive —namely, about 19 cwt. of Is tr eritt s ' u 'u loaves of various weights ; good Ox . Beef without ko eße2 s ,i;' ,l 2 of clods and stickings; Ox Heads, weighing on an S tr :: e ach ; Mutton, consisting of breasts, necks, and ribs ; , N'" , etit,, r s4r, Rice, Potatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Sap, 14 tth rtoo s ,,,, , Linen Drapery Woollen Cloth Bedding, and Linen.. t .,ttk; ic h the ' 11 ; 111 / to contract May , see patterns ' and samples according , 4 tte? r ten enc lers are to be made, and obtain the necessary n„,4on, uPon application at either of the said Houses of Fetti'•ltsb.„ Scaled tenders are to be delivered before One .. o clock k it the 18th instant, at the Sessions House, Clerkenw.ll - `he Persons tendering, or some authorised agent must be 411ND0 • the re at that hour, with the names and addresses of 4 to s • • • d not bind them !) areties The Visit n.• Justices o I tee low . est, or any of f ' the tenders. "I.a December, 1851. CIIAS. P. ALLEN,I clerks. CIIAS. WRIGHT, „, ER S, IS H, &c. N t ,' EETING always has the largest daily supply of the w'erld, six and the Burnham river Native Oysters, which we the en kaii Years old four hours from the beds, per E astern ' l t t l j , ist o w„. ,.,• - / , at his Fish and Oyster Establishment, 159, Cheap fop arr, i3 Ole Post-office, London. B s. 6d., 10s. 6d.; Bags for Clubs, &c., 105.6 1. at rY 0 1 . 4 e e ` Rooms. Reid's Stout, and Ale. with a P.O. Order or reference promptly executed. ER VED SOUPS, &c. "t4C'tsta,-0",, M EDAL GREAT EXHIBITION, 1851. 4,1108 dextr oseth year a basin of really good Soup is a great 1 4 th 1 , - 4 tel of obtaining such are recommended to pur eNtiNis d eg a nd NI`C.NLL'S Vatent Household Soups, which, th , tit se riptions of made dishes, &c., are put up in can st ,. ers, Can A I %ee l BO as to be ready for u‘ie at any moment. W ith e antsters at hand a first-rate dinner may be put upon NI; 4 'eltV ekt Y as the cloth , can be laid. Turtle Soup, 15s. per 44 4 0 ::a sourtie, Ox-tail, Giblet, 2s. 9d.; Mulligatawny, Hare, ing'4e ups ` 3 s• per quart. Entrees, &c., at prices equally 13 117 c 't all the qou, - ° l lntr . Principal Oil and Italian Warehouse:llcl in and, wholesal e , of RITCHIE and MC A L, to el p ar , ro pers, U. each, containing anss sortment, for }nee othe kingdom on receipt of a Post office order. Ls, Post free, on application. IV. THE PASSIONS. (,) T oth ° as ..,_ assions hurt the body—what iproVa, relined AI Athens ever heard m ." kl, l ll4 ° DeAsi on B Pilgrimage, from infancy to ell ago. The ad ', 4 4 t lstiz t ,,:• Chastity and its infringements. The casual issio with illustrations graphic, 1141.- • d pati n, Advocacy of early marriages. V. TUE MARRIAGE STATE i z4 llt kt ‘0 be or not to be that is the question." awe and oblig ' ations of nature, society, and reit iitrage, to be observed by either sex. Time and he as to age temperament, complexion, and ef e , u .ealtlaY offsprin , with the art of rearing them. 1)13' J, C ' vtn ess and its remo g v , al. Sterility and its conversion. k kkt te ll).' 'IIT, PI`.I4 ~---WELL If .D. (1841), lf R C S. (1827), L.S.A. la'cti,"-“Ye Years ' MeCile . al and Forensic '.. Referee in these Ar zy t i i i °rl hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till ' 4la ce• Regent-street. I tlth NICE ON TETE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF ht 1 0, 5 1 kin ~_T il AND MATURITY. Liiptlii,rtt. ,a)iections for their Prevention and Cure. tPul, it zl MINI i'O,EOI.IRED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. k lo k . le k's 4 0, rench, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and e•t,,,,e,,,,,e4 Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author S L . t .,, Qiarap, , i1,N 1 .. J 4 ,,,,k1i a l ~,. P RESERV A TION; a 4 , (,,, 1t ‘-`tqr. I,S4r.e_ti.t.is_e. en the Physiology of Marriage, and on the tlit t ki t D,. 4 7 early-,,uueriorrders of Youth and tr M oy aturity, usually ac• the physical and Lliti,Zik'etritrnrgiillelsail°oll2of e l n h if f e ee w l . e hic th n .t e h des tural feelings, and ex nraradical Observations on 4k 41 a t"e nt , oll and an °° ' with tment of Nervous Debt t,tkes, n ,, '. Constituti onal Sn W en e e a s t f i n ie l ss, e S a yphilis, Stricture, and all Iki , re k ' derai l 00, rid, p, gcnaents resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted _ qt‘i,eir, W ith p , rd , and other eminent members of the faculty 1 kt % ' 4t,,ZY, ~,,,' iffy coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Orpetlettlre;, Diseases of the It eproductive Organs, explaining , ' t airl'.' l " 3, and functions, and the various injuries that tik, t ?. .hera by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. . 11 ii A 4, or,, A ii ) I -AMTEL L.VMERT, M.D., ti, N A, jirdici n . °RDS Q N 0 N. , 4Lsllt6,ollora-. M atriculated Meruber of the University of L.din , h' , 114, , a Or A' Mentber of the London Hospital Medical Society, 'N4I,;" Soti„7Pothecaries' Hall, London, Meesber of the Huuterlan 1 1 1,4 1 'k Ztof Edinburgh, &c. &c. kith,.. t kit4 l ; ll Yis. o l,, t ," a plain and complete description of the ana -1,1,eh1,,,-,ereciltea,q4hlotlland dl ease d Dr. La'Mert, who . has taken the 1' , 404 kxt , in thews' s evidenced by the diplomas and ,testimo t;'lt-clfit l"ivelork, is the only legally qualified medical man 1. ,,, t1 b , ti r thui ,and for many years, devoted his studies to the ‘ih' i tt ! I I th li w, ua P l aints Ile may be consulted with advan -14 Asel,.--ret ~e .03e constitutions may have become debilitated , , 3 rracti e 4 t4 P:2 it hert, " acquired in youth, or by the excesses of lit i' , 4, trftt., ' Y tl'e plemores of life are marred, the objects of iiit t : l l,l4ll,l re "''' gr , and existence itself rendered a term of unceas k,4)-'%*,i'Y th e I t : 1,,,1$ hy L.; (lora, 63, Oxford . frglark,,, Manna Autho r and may _et re b e e t had of J. (filbert, ii t f or ° n• 146, Le adenhall-st ' reet; Mann 23, Cornhill ; It kria l l tok„,r.°4Yo-two stamps, from the author's residence, r 4 n 9 eL 3 r te e r t, 4 TWO, bud these disorders personally, or by letter, " 9 E lud froin Bit till Eight. Half Premium for ' Whole Premium after Age. Seven Years. f even Years. .. .._ ~ X s. d. X s. d. 30 1 1 9 2 3 6 40 1 9 2 2 18 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 60 3 6 8 6 13 4 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENTS. INSURANCE against ACCIDENTS of ALL KINDS, whether frem Falls of Houses, Fires, Railway Collisions, Explosions or any other cause whatever. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, London. Incorporated under 7th and Sth Vic., c. 110. CEIAIBMAN—KENYON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. Distinctive Features of the Company. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence. To Insure 1001. by Annual Payment. Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111. 2s. 6d. Is. Ts. 6d. to 40e. Single Payment for Life, Class 1., 1/. Is. A fixed payment in case of death from accident or violence, with a fixed weekly sum in case of non-fatal injury, and an allowance for medical expenses. To insure 1001. on death, it. per week compensation, and 21. for medical expenses, by annual payment. Class I. I Class 11. I Class 111. 12s. 15s. 20s. to 50s. A fixed earn on death by accident while travelling on a railway, with compensation in case of non-fatal accident, by annual payment. To insure £lOO O .• 10s. 500 .• • • • • 7s. 300 • • • • • • 68. Prospectuses, with further information, may be had at the offices Of the Company, or from any of the Company's Agents. WILLIAM YOUNG, Secretary. SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. TO SECRETARIES OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, CLERKS, STATION-1%1 ASTERS, RAILWAY OFFICIALS, BANKERS' CLERKS, TRAVELLERS, AND OTHERS. TIMES LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARANTEE COMPANY. 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated under 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. noNoaAar PRESIDENTS. CHARLES HINDLET, Esq., M.P., Dartmouth Nouse, Westminster. JAMES KERSHAW, Esq., M.P., Stockport. TRUSTEES. James Alexander Douglas. Esq., 11, Queen -square. Ambrose Moore, Esq., Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square. James Nisbet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-street. CHAIRMAN —The Hon. FRANCIS VILLIERS, Berk Cha eleyrin-square. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —JAMES WYLD, Esq., M.P., g-cross. 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They have the charge of the embryo national mu s,um, and are the recipients of the samples and specimens contributed by the various exhibitors. It is still hoped that the building will be so completely cleared of the goods that it may be thrown open to the public on the Ist of January, as already arranged. All the entrances have now been shut up, except the public entrance on the south side, and the east end, through which the foreign packages are conveyed away. Here a great deal of bustle is still observable—long ranges of carts and waggons, some loaded and moving off, others drawing up to the entrance to be filled, are to be seen. The interior of the building is lighted with gas, and the workmen are kept busily employed to the latest moment. The bell rings at present at a quarter past four o'clock, and all the packages not then removed are brought back into the interior, and the building cleared out. The number of policemen on duty has now been reduced to a mere handful, and the vast pile is rapidly assum - ing a look of desolation and gloom as seen in the haze and twilight of a winter's evening. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Iberia, C. F. Burney, R.N., Commander, arrived here this morning with the usual Spanish and Portuguese mails, in charge of Lieutenant Fuge, R.N., Admiralty agent. The Iberia brings 20 passengers, and on freight 10 packages of specie, 578 boxes of oranges, 204 boxes of eggs, 8 cases of wine, 14 barrels of dates, and 31 packages of general merchandise. Her Majesty's ship La Hogue, Captain M'Dougall, four days from Lisbon, and ten hours from Tangier, arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d inst. The screw steam ship Nile, six days and a half from Liverpool, arrived on the 3d inst., and cleared for Palermo, Alexandria, and Beyrout. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Dragon, four days and a half from Malts, arrived at Gibraltar on the 4th. The troop-ship Resistance, eighteen days from Malta and ten from Tunis, with invalids for Gibraltar and England, arrived on the sth. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Janus arrived from Tunis on the sth. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Euxine, Captain R. W. Evans, from Southampton, bound to Constantinople, arrived at Gibraltar on the sth, at 5 P.M. The Iberia left the following British vessels of war in the Tagus on the 9th :—the Prince Regent, 90 ; the Leander, 50 ; the Arethusa, 50 ; the Dauntless, 33. The Rosamond steamer had coaled at the Tagus, and proceeded to Madeira, en route for the West Indies. Le Newton, French steamer, was the only other foreign vessel of war left at Lisbon by the Iberia. The Lisbon exchanges for bills at three months are quoted by this mail at 53i for London; Paris, 532; Amsterdam, 42i ; Hamburgh, 481; Genoa, 531. Bills on London had continued scarce, and money re mained over at the above quotation, something having been done even at 53g. Nothing had been done in stocks after the ap pearance of the capitalization decree on the 4:14 when the quotations were—Five per Cents., 47 to 471; Four per Cents., 371 to 381 ; Bank of Portu gal Shares, 88 to 86 milreis discount per share in Lisbon Bank notes, which had risen from a discount of to 31 per cent. Oporto Bank Shares were still at 16 to 18 milreis premium in metal. The Iberia brings letters from Lisbon of the 9th instant, when the public panic respecting the capitali zation of dividends, &c., had in a great measure sub sided. The Cortes were to meet on the 15:h, when that and other decrees, with a Ministerial project of law for the reform of certain articles of the Charter, would be submitted for the approval of the House of Deputies. An Oporto letter states that transactions to the fix. tent of from 6,0001. to 8,0001. were done in exchange on London at from 531 to 54 for ordinary paper, and at 53f for first-rate bills at 90 days' date, little onr revenue wasvt nee notes. uo ß e3 r Eo a c fzvo Everything a l hr ia t yeo n p ts oh, pn a loger e s tis r on alphBpeec wayario Custom-housen n t o g so f i n for r h u he nmf m oe ors a rs r t k i wz e at was tsi The oinn November of a most depressed state. T gt h ih e llou w te e o a tnh th eti e n r cuoi w nugn a i s fi ryn. ne in the v ex er tr y em m e e , e t h he wa d nt r e o d ug t h h t ron s q l i n t i i c e s t e t h n e d r e p a w s s a i s v e lookingothi g n fo e r w w , ' a r adl t p o a r t ties h e m r e e m e t a i n i n g i n ogf ain ln ." p • o a - s l the Cortes. TELE LATE A MBASSADOR AT FLORENCE.—IIer Majesty's ship Ganges, 84, now en route to England from the Mediterranean, has on board the remains of the late Sir R. L. Sheil, who died as our ambassador at Florence. Orders have been issued by the Admiralty that on the Ganges arriving at Devonport a steamer is to convey his body to Dublin.—United Service Gazette. FIRE AT THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FREE RAGGED ScnooLs.—Yesterday evening, about a quarter to five o'clock, the Ragged School, situate No. 1, Rose-street, Coveut-garden, in connexion with the " Oratory" in King William-street, was discovered by Mrs. King, a woman living next door, to be on tire. The damage is comparatively trifling, the flooring and tome of the school fittings only being destroyed. THE LITTLE BOROUGHS, AND WHO SIT FOIL THEM. (From the Weekly Dispatch.) Mr. Eclaur,—ln a very convenient return, obtained by Sir B. Hall, to which I have before had occasion to refer, the cues and boroughs of England and Wales are classed according to the size of their con stitnencies. The number of electors is taken from the registration of the year (1847), of the last general election. Availing ourselves of this help, I invite your readers to inquire who they are that sit for that minutest class of boroughs. The pretext is not yet quite worn out of regarding these places as affording opportunity for men of great ability and small means to get into Parliament. The sophism is not yet quite exploded of representing these boroughs as strengthen ing the industrial and commercial interests of the country in their conflict with the landed proprietors and their pseudo-feudalism. Nor is the public mind sufficiently impressed with, though increasingly alive to, the fact that all Reform is a sham, even though it should give Univ e rs a l S u ff rage and the Ballot, which does not include a thorough revision and re distribution of the Rspresentation, which, to be per manent, must include some self-adjusting principle, so that the transfer of the people and their property from one locality to another will, of itself transfer also the representation, and make the ratio of num bers, or of numbers and wealth conjointly, the index to the number of representatives. On all these points the return I have named, coajoined with other infor mation, affords useful guidance. We will now take a glance at t wo or three of the smallest classes. The first consists of boroughs with the ridiculous minimum of less than 200 electors. The places in this predicament are Colne and Reigate ; one under the influence of the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the other of Lord Somers. The sitting Members are Lord Shelburne and a Mr. Cocks. The first is the son of his father. That is all the world knows of him. I suppose the same may be said of :the other. The Lord is a Lord of the Treasury. Perhaps the other may be also, when his party comes into power. Where is the evidence of legislative or any other talent in either ? 'We may tell the old story, and say, " Echo answers, where ?" It is the only thing that echo, or any ,one else, can have to say upon the subject. In the next class of constituencies, not exceeding 200 electors, there are five boroughs. The Members they return are the following :—F. Baring, Coles, Collins, Cubitt, Earl of Euston, Viscount Somerton, Strutt, Westhead. Out of these eight Legislators we have two Lords, and the son and brother of a Lord. Thus far, then, the microscopic boroughs give us three lordlings out of ten Members. There would have been four but for Lord Arundel's honesty and zeal having displea'ed his recusant father, and turned himself out of Arundel, thus making room for the one of the two only decently clever men of the lot, Mr. Strutt, and he is put in by the converted Duke to please the Whigs. Mr. Cubitt, the other clever man to whom I alluded is a good builder of houses. It is a catch, in our present search, to find a man that can do any thing. As to making laws, we have not come to a single accredited workman in that department. Not a symptom occurs of the value of little constitu encies for choosing great statesmen. Not a glimpse yet of a debater. We are amongst the mutes. Read the records of the session, and you find nobody in the list whose existence is there apparent, except in the division lists. Under 300 electors is the qualification of a borough for a place in the third class. The representatives of this group are Lord Ernest Bruce, Mr. Bagshaw, Major B. Baring, Colonel Matheson, Mr. Rich, and Messrs. Walpole, Wrightson, and Wyvill, jun. Again, a lord, and the son and grandson of a lord. The army, too, opens upon us with a colonel and a major. We have also one present and one ex-lord of the Treasury. One man of some mark presents himself: Mr. 'Walpole is an able lawyer and a fluent speaker ; he botched the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, which was quite enough of a botch before. Yet even this man does not owe his position to his ability. The House of Commons is a regular speculation for lawyers. A seat is a ticket, which may draw the woolsack for a prize. The purchase-money is well laid out, as is shown by numerous instances in the legal profession. Moreover, Mr. Walpole's talent is a lucky accident. He might have sat for Midhurst had he been the greatest fool in Sussex, or else where. His father-in-law, the Earl of Egmont, is the patron of the borough. For the rest of the batch, with the exception of Bingham Baring, when the suppres sion of Sunday trading is in question, we are still amongst the dumbics. We have only a set of lay figures—puppets that do not even squeak. One law yer is the sum:and substance of our catch. Thirteen boroughs with 19 Members, all " small by degrees, and beautifully less," to the very verge of actual nihi lity, and one lawyer the sole product. Let this be remembered when little boroughs are again bepraised. Were the boroughs themselves annihilated, they would not be missed in the country ; and the same may be said of their Members in the representation. Proceed we to the next. Class 4, constituencies not exceeding 350 electors. Of these there are 15, returning 20 Members. These are Sir F. Thesiger, Sir J. S. Trelawny, Sir W. P. Gallwey, Sir G. Dashwood, Hon. J. Howard, Hon. E. S. Russell, Captain Boldero, Captain llarris, Colonel Watkiu, General Kerrison, and Me ssrs . Aglionby, Horsman, G. Moffatt, Crowder, Abdy, Mackinnon, Hutchins, T. Smith, J. Wilson. The aristocracy, the law, the army and navy, are again conspicuous. These are, in fact, only the different branches of a great trading company that farms the representation. Cockermouth is probably au honest little place. There are said to be a good many Chartists in it. Aglionby and ire II of orsin th an e B sit is f hop for it, the latter greatly to the grief and who id be very ready to vote hi m a warmer seat e l sew here. With the excepti on o f M r. Mackinnon f or his smoke, Mr. Wilson for his everlasting Boldero for his s t u pidi ty, and Captain H arr i s f or hi s ill temper, there i s no thi ng remarkable a b ou t an y o f the rest, when we h ave named the po li t i ca l econom y of Trelawny, an d t h e special pleading an d b razen tones and face of Si r P. T hesiger. One b arren was t e succeeds to another. flow the s e nonentities got into m o unt question of the mooted on e the ah lity present put occasion into s the amount the House, Id o no t now i nquire. I ask not w h e th er the constituencies are corrupted or comman d e d . Th e single a the small borough. I s i t such as to warrant t h e con tinuance of these ey esores ? Do they a dd t o th e House anything whi c h i t could not very we ll d o without ? From th e 39 l awgivers thus crea t e d, we action t b by may pick out two or th ree, and no more, w h o con tribute something t o th e deliberation and d ec i s i on o f the Legisture, and th a t something not o f fi rs t- ra t e importance. Let us try once more, and look at class 5, boroughs wou, figures, muroes: Captain with constituencies of not exceeding 400 electors. There are '2O of them, and they return 31 Members, viz., Viscount Mandeville, Marquis Chandos, Lord M. Hill, Lord E. Howard, Hon. E. Lascelles, Lord Seymour, Marquis Blandford, Lord G. Paget ; Sir J. Pakington, Sir H. Willoughby, Sir R. Vyvyan, Sir J. Hogg, Sir W. Jolliff e , Si r J ames G ra h am; Colonel Hall, Colonel Estcourt, Colon e l P ee l, Admiral Bowles, Colonel Knox; and Messrs. Heneage, Locke, T. Baring, T. P. Williams, Blewitt, C. Martin, Plowden, Baldwin, Blackstone, Ilayter, and Blakemore. Here is a manifest improvement. But we must not make too much of it, nor be in too great a hurry. A states man appears at last. One stateman out of 70 Mem bers. One statesman in nearly a fourth of the entire city and borough representation of England and Wales. And that one statesman sure to be unseated h of Ripon means rey will no t, it i s E at ar t l he d n e exGtreelye.ction. And TEhaerlbodreouGg understood, again return Sir James Graham, and the Free Trade Baronet " knows the reason why." It is not to his constituents that Sir James Graham is re sponsible. Of them he is perfectly independent. He may defy their opinions. He may betray their inte rests. But he may not offend Earl de Grey—neither he nor any other Member for Ripon. So, then, our one stateman, when we have caught him, is in a position in which no Member of the House of Commons ought to be placed. It is degrading to the public, and in sulting to himself. Small thanks to the class of boroughs which only presents an able man to dis honour his ability and his honesty by so base a tenure as that attached to the representation of Ripon. For the rest,!who and what are they ? The Whigs make much of LordlSeymour, and his mediocre talent is conspicuous amid the Lords and Colonels who sur round him. Mediocrity is not to be despised in such a search as this. But bow much has it offered to our view of the real working ability, or even of the talking ability of the House ? How many names have we found of those who bear the brunt of discussions, night after night ? How m an y o f thos e who labori ously do the business of the H ous e , w hile t h e majority are lounging in the smoking-room, or over their wine, or are far away (but just within reach of the whip pers-in for a division) at balls , or the Clubs? How many of those by whom measures are prepared, and conducted through the House ? How many leaders of parties, or how many effective partizans even ? Not:all the fingers of a single band are required for the counting. Small as, compared with the whole mob of Members, is the number of efficient ones, it is not in the little borough returns that we must look for them. We find instead a whole brood of lordlings, batches of baronets, scores of colonels, and lots of law- yers. Of the infamous arts and infamous corruptions practised in these boroughs, I say nothing. Let them be as independent as they are known to be en. slaved, and as pure as they are known to be corrupt, it signifies not to Iv present argument. Taut is quite a separate branch of the great Reform question. I throw all such considerations overboard. The bo roughs have been tried by their fruits. They are bitter and rotten. No justification or palliation is presented of the 'gross anomaly of their limited numbers, their lack of TA ealth and importance, their servility or their purchaseability. There h nothing redeeming i❑ the result. Of two or three names, brightening in the darkness of the catalogue, we may safely say that they would be welcome to many a large constituency, and would be more in fluential in the House for the exchange. For the rest, they only serve to make glaring the fact that the House is not a representation, but a misrepresenta tion. They shew how Lords and Colonels and place men, and legal adventurers, find their way there. Whatever adorns the House, or promotes its utility, or sustains for it anything like character in the coun try, must be sought for in the returns of the larger constituencies. There are the men of business, there the men of popular power or public confidence, there the orators, the tacticians, and the statesmen. No rag of an argument remains for these infinitesimals. By all theories of representation they are ,inevitably condemned. Utility is their plea, or they ha'te no de fence. " They work well, they send able men ;" that is what the apologists must say, or they have nothing to say. How far there is any truth in such an allegation the reader is now enabled to judge for himself. Take out Sir James Graham, as very few others, and the 70 are not worth a basket of rotten figs. They have noses, that is the great merit of most of them, so long as those noses can be counted. Hobnails would serve as well. This nuisance must be cleared away utterly. Anything short of that will deserve to be treated as a mock Reform. Not one of the constituencies which have been enumerated must be left, except as part and parcel, a small fraction, of a larger constituency. A very different class of representatives will then make their appearance. The large constituencies are sometimes jeered at for the Members they return. Some of them, doubtless, have blundered occasionally. But, after all, such constituencies bestow on the House its dignity and utility. They furnish its best means for wholesome legislation. They provide its working men; and, unhappily, till a reform be effected, provide them only to be swamped with the gay but workless classes whom the select few send to outnumber them, and to bafTh all their efforts. There is not a roan in the House who ought to be there, but will be thankful from his heart for deliverance from this nuisance. PUBLICOLA. APPEAL AGAINST THE LAND-TAX. At a meeting of the Commissioners of Taxes for the Tower division, hell on Wednesday last, at their office, in Spital-square, among the very numerous appellants was one from the parish of Spitalfields,who objected to the mode in which the land-tax was levied in the district, and pointed out the clauses in the Acts of Parliament, by which the Commissioners were bound to make an equal pound rate. This was met by the Commissioners with the old answer, that although it was in opposition to the words of the Act of Parliament and to the opinion expressed by the Lord Chief Justice, the rate was made and could not be altered. The Chairman stated, if we had done wrong the Queen's Bench must decide that. The same gentleman then appealed against his rate, on the ground of inequality in the parish. The parish of Spitalfields had been lately surveyed for the purposes of a poor's rate, and the rating to the land-tax bad been based on such survey, with one exception, which was the large brewery in the parish, which was rated to the poor at 3,0001. per annum, but the assessors had put it at 2,0001. to the land-tax. This altera tion, at the present rate of is. GI in the pound, made a considerable difference to the rest of the land-tax payers in the parish. This point was met by the statement that any appeal to alter the rate, however unjustly levied, must be made within fourteen days after the assess ment is made, and could not be entertained after the rate was in the course of collection. By this deci sion it would appear, that no appeal on such grounds can ever be beard ; for before the rate is i❑ the course of collection, no person can examine the books, ex cepting to see the ratirg of his own property. Altogether the gentleman appeared to puzzle the board sadly by his ready reference to the Acts of Par liament on the subject of the land-tax. The appeals against the' house-tax were very nu merous, and it was very evident that no uniform sys tem of rating had been adopted, some parishes being assessed on the poor-rate and others on the property tax valuation.—Morning Advertiser. DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION. Balm', DEC. 13.—A fatal boiler explosion took place yesterday afternoon at the Sound well Lower Pit, Kingswood, near this city, the property of Mr. Whittuck. One man named Thomas 'Waller, was killed on the spot, and others were severely injured. The boiler, it seems, had been at work for some four or five years, and just before the accident the engine, which is of 20-horse power, and had been examined only the previous day, had hauled up " a journey" of men and sent down a cart of timber. The men at the bottom of the pit were engaged in taking this out when the accident occurred, and it being pay-day, a large number had also congregated round the mouth of the pit. The noise of the explosion of course created the utmost alarm among them, the engine house being completely shattered to pieces and the bricks scattered in every direction. Besides this up wards of twenty feet of the chimney stack was knocked to atoms, and the boiler itself, weighing many tons, was projected to a distance exceeding 100 feet, com pletely ploughing up the portion of the field in which it fell. The engineer, George Bush, escaped unhurt. The deceased man Waller occupied the post of " ranger" at the pit, and at the time of the accidenthe was attending to the fire. Another man, named Francis Fowler, was so severely scalded that he was compelled to be taken to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. From inquiry made to-day we ascertain that he is progressing favourably. Another individual, John Palmer, was also severely scalded, and compelled to be sent home. The de ceased man Waller was frightfully injured, both his legs and arms being broken ; he died while being re moved to his own residence. The proprietor, Mr. Whittuck, at the time of the explosion was in the counting-house waiting to pay the men. Three of the windows were completely knocked to pieces. The poor fellow Waller was a married man, and has left five children to deplore their loss. Fowler is a single man, and Palmer married, with seven children. It would perhaps be premature till the inquest has been held to state the immediate cause of the explosion, but from the icquiries on the spot made by our corre spondent he has little reason to doubt that it vas mainly attributable to a deficiency of water in the boiler. The affair has excited the greatest interest in the neighbourhood, and the scene of the accident was to-day visited by many people. The distanee to which the boiler was carried was the subject of much comment. BRIDGE-HO USE ESTATES COMMITTEE On Friday evening the members of the Bridge house Estates Committee, connected with the Corpo ration of the city of London, held their annual meeting at Gerard's Hall; Mr. 11. L. Taylor, Esq., presided. Subsequently the gentlemen present dined together, the chairman being supported upon the occasion by the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P., Edward Lawes, EN. (chairman of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers), Ferdinand Brand, Esq. (chairman of the Bridge•house Estates), Thomas Rowley, Esq., Thomas Macgregor, Esq , William Marden, Esq., William Sanderson, Esq., Julius Va lery, Esq., H. Lies, &c. After the usual loyal toasts had been given and heartily responded to, " The health of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor" was given, to which his Lordship briefly but effectively replied. Upon that of the chairman (11. L. Taylor, Esq.) being given, the chairman said that it gave him much plea sure upon that occasion, it being the termination of his year of office in that capacity, while returning thanks for the honour they had done him in drink ing his health, to propose that of Edward Lawes, Esq., chairman of the Metropolitan Sewers Commis sion. He (Mr. Taylor) felt great pleasure in seeing that gentleman present as the guest of a committee of the corporation of the city of London, as he (Mr. Taylor) had, from his connexion with the Metropoli tan Commission, ample opportunities of knowing the kindly feelings that existed on the part of the West end Commission towards the corporation of London. —(Hear.) Mr. Lawes, in return, remarked that he could assure the gentlemen present that he, and he might say his brother commissioners, reciprocated all that had been said by his f r i en d, th e respected chair man of the Bridge-house Estates Committee, a as re garded the anxious wi s h o f the Metropolitan c missioners to co-operate w i t h t h e City authoritiesointo do all in their power in reference to the great question of drainage, and the sanitary improvement of the entire metropolis. He also expatiated largely upon the great advantages arising from municipal govern ment,_ of which h e cons id ered the corporation of the city of London to form an admirable example. The party then proceeded to view the beautiful crypt be neath Cierard's•hall, one of the finest specimens of APPOINTMENTS. LieutmAnt—H. J. Grant (1846), to the Devasta tion steam-sloop, West Indies. Second Master—Martin Roberts, from Grand Re doubt coast-guard station, to No. 3, Dungeness, vice Lieutenant Buchanan, resigned. Clerks--George 4. Welch (1848), to the Britannia, 120, Portsmouth; J. J. M. Lyons, to the Ajax, 60, screw flag-ship, Queenstown. Masters' a Portsmouth ; Assistants—E. st ant—E. C s 11. Duller S. Creak, stem - frigate, to the Fury. Boatswain—W. Inglis to the London, 92, Sheernes.. Carpenter—J. M a y, t o th e Britan n ia. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Cyclops, steam , transport, Master Commander lloffmeister, arrived at Spithead on Saturday morning from the Cape. She left Table Bay the 13th October; touched at St. Helena, where she took on board some old stores, left the 28th ; arrived at Ascension the 31 November, and sailed again on the 6th; and on the Gth made Porto Prayo, where the following American men-of war were at anchor, viz. :—The corvette Gormans town, the John Adams, and Porp o i se , b r i gan ti ne . The Cyclops has mad e her passage home under sail principally. She is a slow coach under either steam or sail. She proceeded last night to Sheerness, where the commander, cfficers, and crew will be turned over to the Megaera, iron screw troop-ship. The Birkenhead has taken in provisions for five months, and completed her coal and water, and is now all ready for the conveyance of another regiment to the Cape, or any other service that may be re quired of her to perform. She will probably go to Spithead. The Arrow ketch, has been brought down and docked, end will be commissioned and take the place of the Sparrow, now surveying on the coast of Ireland. We much regret to announce the death of a most worthy and estimable gentleman, William Thompson, Esq., J.P., retired surgeon, R.N., 1796, who died at his residence, Park-lane, Southsea, on Sunday morn ing, aged 74. He practised as a surgeon till his last illness, making nominal charges only. He did much good in his immediate neighbourhood, where he was universally respected. lie was also for many years an active and useful magistrate for the borough of Portsmouth. Rear-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C. 8., M.P., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived here on Friday night, and partook of the hospitality of Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C.B. Yesterday morning at eleven o'clock he went on board the Britannia, 120, fitting for the flag-ship in the Mediterranean, where he remained until three P.m. He dined with the Commander-in• Chief Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, at the Admiralty-house, in the evening. The Britannia's complement will be 970 officers and men, and she is expected to be ready for sailing in February, in company with the Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C.B. The following Second Masters passed examination for Masters, at the Royal Naval College last week : Messrs. W. Smith, J. M. Pridham, R. C. Hutchinson, and E. J. Kemp. The following officers (acting lieutenants and mates) passei in navigation, at the Royal Naval College last week :—Messrs. 11. P. Bance, J. Tuson, J. Forster, W. H. Hooper, G. J. Dall, J. C. Purvis, J. A. Cary, and R. B. lforster. The quarterly examination of officers on subjects connected with the steam-engine took place last week at :the Royal Naval College, when the following officers obtained high certificates :—Captain John Moore, Captain J. C. D. Hay; Commanders W. 11. Debbie, and J. H. Brydges ; Lieutenant J. de C. A. Agnew, and Mates E. Field and Thomas Crouse. The Flying Fish, 12, Commander Patey, was paid off at this port yesterday. The Sidon steam-frigate, Commander Gardener, has been put out of commission, and the officers and crew have returned to the Blenheim. The Hope transport arrived at Spithead on Satur day, from the Thames, to embark troops for Malta. The Echo tug, Mr. Harding in charge, took out about thirty convicts from the Stirling Castle hulk on Saturday, and a similar number from the York, to the Aboukir freight ship at Spithead, which, after shipping them, dropped down to Cowes, to embark others from Parkhurst, thence proceeding to Portland to take in others for transportation. Rear- Admiral Dundas remains the guest of Rear- Admiral Prescott until Tuesday. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 14 —Captains Pixley and Stickle bank, two of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity house, paid an official visit to this port during the week, in consequence of representations made by the Chamber of Commerce here in reference to anim provement in the system of pilotage. The Earl of Morley, chairman, and Mr. W. Hawker, deputy chairman, and several influential members of the chamber, had an interview at Elliott's Royal Hotel on Friday, where Mr. Stewart, Collector of Customs, Captain Walker, R.N., and Mr. W. B. Cuming, the three Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage, were also in attendance. The objections to the present mode arise chiefly from the fact that many of the pilots possess trawling boats and other property, which withdraws their attention from the merchant ship ping resorting to the harbour. We understand that it is proposed to establish six bonti fide pilot cutters, each to have two first-class and two second class pilots on board. One of these is always to be stationed off the Dodman, to the westward of the port, one near the Eddystone, and one to the east ward, near Startpoint ; the other three will be in har bour, refitting or otherwise. The distance money which has always been a subject of dispute, is to be reduced, and it is said that ships belonging to the port are hereafter to employ and pay pilots. The present revenue of the pilots is about 1.600/. per annum. The number now on the roll is 35. Her Majesty's ship Nile was placed in the dock cn Friday to have her copper examined. The steam-vessel Avon arrived the same day from Portsmouth. The frigate Havannah is at the rubble bank moor ing. She will probably be paid off on Tuesday. The Inconstant is in dock preparatory to being fitted for commission. The Britannia will be paid advance of wages hers previous to sailing for the Mediterranean. Ascendant convict-ship sailed on Friday with male convicts for Bermuda. Lieutenants Evans and Walton, with a detachment from the Woolwich division, are under orders to pro ceed to join the London, 90, at Sheernesss ; the rest of the detachment will be supplied from the Chatham division. r 1 DEATH OF MAJOR PATRIARCH E .—Th e deat h o f Major Philip Patriarche, R.M., brother of the late Capt. C. Patriarche, R.N., of Worcester-street, Glou cester, has recently taken place. Major Patriarche was first lieutenant of marines in the Lion, of 64-guns, com manded by the late Sir Manley Dixon, in her action with four Spanish frigates, 1798, one of which, the py ot F- Dorotea, was capt ure d ; and in the same under the same commander, in com an ship, and and Penelope frigate wa s at dthre oy p t , ut of r e 80-gun s,of G uilliaume Tell (French), f b e he ou 14-gun capture the ship, in 1800. He was captain of the marines of the Superb, of 74-guns, in Sir John Duckworth's action off St. Domi ngo, i n 1806, when three sails of French ships of the l a tt er li ne were captured, and two de. stroyed. TH E FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAlLS.—Notice was issued on Saturday at the General Post-office, that the mails for the Cape of Good Hope, Port Natal, &c., will be Made up this ev e ning, the 15th instant (yesterday being Sunday ), via Plymouth. Letters must be prepaid (news papers free) for the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies on the morning of the 17th inst., via Southampton ; for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Madeira, via Lisbon, Cadiz and Gibraltar, on the morning of the 17th inst., via Southampton; letters must be prepaid for Vigo and Cad z. For British North America, Lmted States, stkc , on the morning of the 19th inst., via Southampton, to New York; on the evening of the 19th inst. to ditto, via Liverpool; and on the 24th inst. to Halifax and Boston (newspapers to the United States must be prepaid ld. each) ; for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the i H o o n n i a g n . K l o s a g n , d China,s , n d en C the , morningeylon, of Mauritius,the 20th India,inst via Southampton; to the Mediterranean, Indi a , &c., on the evening of the 24th inst, by the fortnightly overland closed mails, via Marseilles (letters and newspapers to India, &c., via France, must be prepaid). MARSHAL HARISPE. General Herispe, who has been just promoted to the rank of Marshal of France, is one of the . oldest and most distinguished survivors of the Imperial armies. He is now in hiS 83 1 year. So far baek as 732 he held the rank of ceieain of a company of volunteers raised by himself in the Basque country, where he was born, and in the following year com manded a battalion of the same. lie was during that year actively engaged in the affairs between the Spanish and French armies on the frontier, and having driven the enemy from the Aldudes (whi c h has been so long a disputed territory) and won the redoubts cf Budaritz, he was, with the rapidity of promotion then not uncommon, raised to the rank of general of brigade—his brigade being composed of Basque Claasseurs. In 1800 he was attached to the division of General Mencey in Italy, and with whom he afterwards became allied by the closest ties of friendship. In 1602 he got the command of the 16. h Light Infantry in the regular army. With that gallant corps be made the campaign of Germany in 1803, and distinguished hiu.self greatly at the battle of Jena. It was on this last occasion he was left for dead on the field, and was reported as such in the official reports of the army. In 1807 he was attached as Brigadier- General to the army of the Duke of Montebello, and was again severely wounded at the battle of Friedland. On his re covery he was attached to the army of General li:)ncey as chief of his staff. He greatly distin guished himself in all the affairs of Catalonia In 1810 he received his commission as general of divi sion, and in the following year commanded the as- Sault of Turregona, and wes again wounded by a shell. In 181 g, he rectived the title of Count, and was sent to Spain with Marshal Suchet. In 1814 he was with Alarshal Soult, and shared in all the dangers of the retreat on Paris after the decisive actions in the Pyrenees, which led to the final evacaution of Sain sent at the batti p e of b y the French. He was pre- Toulouse when he was once taken prison er by th th e E more wounded in e foot by a cannon ball, and l commanded th e first militngish ia- division o f the army of In Marc,,, 1815, he the Basses Py r e aees, Fy rom the period of the Resto ration till th e R evo l ution of July ile remained in pri vate life, residi ng at his chateau of I3agorny in his native mountains ; and from the latter period till February, 1848, he almost always army of observation on the commanded the Spanpish frontier, with Bayonne for his head -quarters. between the English Legion under the affairs Si u.gnegLacy Evans and the Carlist forces in the Basqu r e 1836.7, the conduct of General ihrisprovinces, in the was most praiseworthy, and on th e successful issue o P f estorm complimentary ing of the heights o f S an S e b astion he wrote complimentary letter to th e English general a n d gh the taking of Iran and Fontarabia by the Lexion,* in May, 1837, afforded every ass i s t ance to the E ILa ' h English officers wounded on that occas i on . General Harispe was in Madrid with the Preach army when the population rose on the 21 of May, 1808 ; and in the second edition of N a pi er ' s " History of the Peninsular War" will be found some margi na l notes from him, correcting a few errors relative to that event in the work in question. General Harispe enjoyed much popularity, not only among the army he so long commanded near the French frontier, but also among his countrymen ; and no pleasure was so great for him as that of wandering over his native mountains in his old age and conversing with the peasants. Ile carries his love for the scenes of his childhood, and for the primitive habits of their inhabi tants, to an extreme; he loves to converse in the Basque tongue, which he speaks as well, perhaps better than French , an] his servants, instead of the ordinary livery, wear by preference the berret Basque —the blue flat cap of the mountains. Up to a very short time since General Harispe was still, notwith standing his time of life, in all the vigour of a green old age. LTURIST CATTLE INSURANCE COMPANY. The annual meeting of the above company was held at the offices of the society, on Wednesday last, for the purpose of receiving the Board's report of the business of the office during the past year ; R. T. Beere, Esq , in the chair. It will be interesting to many of our readers if we recur to the early history of this company, whose ill success at starting has been followed by the most favourable results under the present management. The Agriculturist Cattle Insurance Company was established in the year 1845, by H. IV. Meetyard, a projector of a number of other companies. The shares were well subscribed for, and the enormous amount of business transacted by the company soon placed them at a high premium. It was, however, eventually disco vered that the company, instead of being in the flourishing condition it had been supposed to be, was in a position likely to bring every one of its share holders into the Bankruptcy Cuurt. The prajector, manager, and director, having obtained, in conse quence of his name being fastened in the deed, a cer tain sum, vanished, as did also many of the directors. In this emergency the present direction came into office in the year 1848. Their first step was to call in Mr. Ryley, the actuary, to report as to the true position of the company; when it was found that the outstanding liabilities were upwards of two millions sterlin , ,i., and the debts actually owing at that period over 75,0001. In this state of affairs, arising in a great degree from too low a rate of premium, it was deemed advisable to increase the rates from an average of 2i to 8i per cent., and instead of allowing on losses three-fourths, they reduced that amount to two thirds. After struggling through difficulties unparalleled in the history of in surance, the company has now brought its total debts under 12,0001. The experience the directors and managers have gained appears to have placed the company's business in a very prosperous condition ; for it was shown to the meeting that for the last five months, ending in November, the amount insured was 59,42 G, the estimated loss being 156, and the actual loss only 138. During the months of October and November the sums assured amounted to 35,8531. The reports and statements made to the meeting ap peared to give very general satisfaction. The direc tion made a proposal to reduce the expenses 1,5001. per annum. This proposition, as well as the judicious manner in which the affairs of the company had been conducted, was received with warm approbation, and the directors, auditors, and secretary each received the thanks of the company.—Post Magazine. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, SATURDAY. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. The Queen and Prince and Royal Family took their usual early walk. The Hon. Beatrice Byng has succeeded the Hon. Caroline Cavendish as Maid of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. SUNDAY. The youthful Princes and Princesses took their usual walks and drives in the grounds at Osborne yesterday. iler Majesty and his Royal highness Prince Al bert walked out in the morning and afternoon. The Rev. Mr. Birch was the only addition to the Royal dinner party. Sir George Grey returned to town on Saturday from Dartmoor. The Right Hon. the Speaker had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home- office. Mr. Muntz, M.P., had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. The Hon. Major-General Anson had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. Sir Alexander Spearman had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) left town on Saturday, for the seat of Earl Fortescue, Castle-bill, Devonshire. Earl Granville left town on Saturday, for Bridal' north. were recei ved on Saturday at the Colonia l : office. The Duk e of ; Wellington attended Divine service yesterday morning early in the Cha p el Ro y al, St. James s. The sermon W as preached by the Rev. C. Moore. __—__---------- ------- DnioNsTnaziox. — On Saturday, ang ement, a deputation from the pursuant to precious arrange me nt, a la t E h a l i f - A p i a s E t t I w i e l l7e G OTo c i lr i , Lord Maryle . hon d h. LORD waitedPALMEASTOaNA !rs u T p borough of Palmerston , a en the Right Hon, to present to his meeting, held on the Slat of October last, t hLiosrLdsohrips thipe'sresreosliudentiocne passed Carlton-terrace, and at which Sir B. Hall and other embers Dudley Stuar t, atat thei Trltcpeuss's Concert Roomßs,resided over m by Lord of Parliament werepresent,infanvfomuresosfrtsh. ell . lu A st . ri is ou ie s h K ol os a - suth. The deputation . consisted y, Sedan, Michell, J. Wilson, Adamson, Hickson, Stockton, I3illett, Dyke, Linton, Manning, Storey, and Turner, nearly all members of the Marylebone and St. Pancras representa tive vestries. Mr. Nicholay briefly explained the character of the meeting, and presented to his Lordship the resolution which had been adopted, "That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due, and are hereby tendered to the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for his strenuous and high-minded efforts to procure the liberation of Louis Kossuth. ' Viscount Palmerston received the deputation with the greatest cour tesy, but simply tendered his acknowledgments for the got d opinion which the borough of Marylebone had been pleasedi:l to express on his co n d uct w i th regard to the l a t e affairs Hungary. The deputation then retired. LECTURES O N C OMMON LAW.-0 13 den Wednesday, ts the 10th, and Th urs d ay , t h e 11th i n st., attend ing the Inner Temple lectures who themselves for examinatien were examit. aturday the n ed by a committee y On S of the Masters of th e B en ch of that society; by Dr. Lushington, result of the examination was declared the treA aN s'arded as follow :—Mr. surer, and prizes wer e voluntarilyteatu tendered ii , n , on k eir t T o era th p e le, am boo ou ks nt t o o f th 2o o Beni James, Middle Temple, guineas ; Mr. John D. 3 °.! 10 guineas. The treasurer also an books 1.0 the amount of amount of 15 guineas ; nounc , ad that t highly satisfactory. Mmar:nuaarles Smith, Middle Temple, the examination as regarded ull the of her audehnetsr w es a u s lt of ------- SU N LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY LONDON. SHARE OF PROFIT IN R E -FIEASED FROM ONE-ITALF TO FFTHS. Policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re maining in force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTI CIPATE IN FOUR-FIFTIIS of the Net Profits of the Society ac cruin after Misummer, 1850, in prortion to their contributions to those profits, d and according to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus and Act of Parliament. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are much lower than lnmany other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in ad dition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ______.--------- LAW LIFE ASSURA NCE SOCIETY Instituted 1823. Office, Fleet-street, Lo ndon. Parties assuring during the present year Ivill p a rticipate in the Bonus to be declared to 31st December, 1854. Four-fifths of the profits are allotted to the assured. Reversionary Bonuses, amounting In the whole to 1,929,0851., have been added to the policies at the past divisions. The assets of the Societxceed Thre-and-half Millions, the whole invested in Governme y nt e or Real Secureities. Prospectuses and proposals may be had on application at the oflicc, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. Oetober 1,1851.