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• NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE COMPANY, 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. I Theitras Nicoll, F.sq. Charles Bennett, Esq. I E. S. Symes, MD. Hugh Croft, Esq. I J. Leander Stair, Esq. hn Elliotson, M.D., F.R.5.." Clement Tabor, Esq John Moss, Esq. I Joseph Thompson, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. J. Leander Starr andi,harles Bennett, Esqrs. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Ellio t son, M.D., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. E. S. Symes, M.D., 77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. ACTUARY. W. 5.13. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., ha. BANKERS. Mows. Girn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. di l nsurances granted on Eves, joint-lives, survivorsbips, &c., Imme ate and deterred annuities, &e. O f Fros p*etuses obtained at the Company' s dik e , 26 , Cornhill, and agents. LONDON EXCHANGE ADVANCE FUND, 2 Adelphi.terrace, Strand, facing the river; City liraneh, 3 ©la Broad -street, City. The Right Hon. Lord ERSKINE, Chairman. Loans advanced, In sums of 10/. and upwards, granted on a joint Promi ssory note, repayable by easy instalments, or on the deposit of deeds or other available securities. nWe 01 exchange cashed at moderate rates cf Interest. Forms of application may be obtained at the Offices, or on forward ing 12 postage stamps. WM. BROOKS, Secretary. C O NSOLIDATED LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ,_Life assurance , endowments, and annuities, on the most equitable wrm o . P ersons in doubtf u l h ealth, or w h ose proposa ls for assurance has been declined at other offices, assured at premiums carefully adjusted 10 the increased risk. Loans granted upon eve 7 real security, and als3 upon approTed Personal security, from 501 to 5001. deathi .claims payable within one month after satisfactory proof of NOAH COLLIER, Secretary, 45, Cheapside, ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA, MI FEB., 184. THE Right Honourable the Lords, and others, Commissioners for• managing the aftairs of this Hospital, do ttereby give Notice that they are ready to receive Tenders from, and ere it with, such persons as taay be willing to Contract for.the a aPPly of the undermentioned Articles, for the use of the In•pension ets the said Hospital, from the Ist April, 1853, to the 31st March, 1554, both days inclusive:— For MILK, at per quart. ~ CANDLES, at per dozen lb!. ~ YELLOW SOAP, at ~S OFT Do., at per cwt. In one tender. PEARLASH, at POT HERBS, at per diem, lln one tender. ONIONS or ,at lb., '°ll'l', Of • T end. rs for LEEKS the several articles required, and further particulars, may be obtained upon application at the Office of the , wbici la T Y, any day between he hours of Ten and Three o'clOck enders must be tilled up and delivered, sealed, at :the rard-rooth of the said Hospital, by the party or parties tendering, h r t 3 ; a a agent appointed on his or their behalf, on TUESDAY, the 1 , ,...P_ay of March next, at Twelve o'clock, at which time their — • u shiPs will be prepared to take the s tme into consideration. i s to be observ e d, th a t th e C on t rac t ors will be r equ ir e d t o give security to the Crown for the cue performance of their Cor.tract, an d that no Tender will be received after the hour above mentioned. T end Ther.e C otnmissloners do not pledge themselves to accept the loWest FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testimonia. is another proof of the great e ffi cacy `. Late medicine : " Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851. c.,7, 111 1',—1n co ns id era ti on o f t h e grea t b ene fi t I h ave derived from Z.,;1118 Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you j 7, the Public to send you the following statement. For upwards of ", Years I have experienced the efficacy of thi s exce ll en t me di c i ne. Liad long p rev i ously been a ffl icted with headache and indigestion, rt a friend having induced me to make a of Frampton's Pills, !° , v Inform you that a few doses gave me trial great relief; and during long Period of time I have taken them in preference to any other ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a , T state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg fartherAe to add, that this medicine Is in general use by my family, and kalcivr of nothing to equal it. "I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " THOMAS PROVINCE. Prout, 229, Strand London. T his excellent Family Pill is a , medicine of long-tried efficacy for Al e cting ll disorders of the stomach an d wels, and is a mil'"ant, sa a fe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a d operation with the most successful effect, an d requ i re no re aint of diet or confinement during their use. ksk for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the " 41 te xnd address o f f . " Thomas .rout. 229, Strand, London,"on the ficovernment Stam Pri - ee 1e,.1%d.. and 2s. 9d. Der box , SouthAnstralian Copper Mining Company, 17, Graceehurch-street. "Familiar to their mouths as household words." This sentiment Shakespere might have applied in various wal s. When we think of Law-making, Stock jansforring. or mon. y-changing. Parliament, Exchange, or flank, nee/nes "familiar to our mouths as household words." On the :Tine principle, when attire of any description is wanted, the name of E. MOSES and SON, drops from our lips " familiar as household 4 ,,""rde ; and to every one their establishments are well known for "le Manufacture of Clothing in the most accomplished styles com bined with Taste and Art, or Ready-made Goods the best, the most fashionable, and the cheaper. Millions are now " familiar" with the fact that E. MOSES and SON occcupy the first and fo emost po sition in the city and provinces —as Merchant-tailors, Hosiers, Flatters, Farriers, Root and Shoe-makers, and Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen to all parts of the world, and it Is now necessary for all classes to become " familiar" with the variety and seasonableness of their present stock, in which warmth, comfort, novelty, style, and economy is displayed in thousands of new designs in Dress for Ladies, Gentlemen. or Children. To specify the number of improvements introduced by E. MOSES and SON, is beyond the range of possibility, bat inspection of their trivelties In Overcoats, Paletots, &c , &c., and dress for all classes and professions, will afford the greatest pleasure. E. MOSES and SON'S Juvenile Clothing, Sporting Dress. Clothing for Artizans and Mechanics, is charged as previously —the lowest prices. The Hat and Cap, Hosiery, Fur and Shawl departments con tinue attractive by matchless exhibitions of taste, splendour, and cheapness. EMIGRATION. The difference of opinion formerly existing in reference to Emigra tion is now completely removed. No one doubts the expediency and advantages of Emigration, but the expence is the principal cotiside ' !talon with everyone contemplating a change of country and pursuits. gis scarcely credibl e h ow sma ll an amount will procure an Outfit at MOSES and SONS; it is also impossible for any class of Emi grants to obtain the articles they will require, so goal or so cheap as =3 , are offered at the Outfitting Establishment of E. MO4EB and 1 7N- The attention which every Emigrant requires Is provided for Ci r ,„ a SeParate department being kept for tititfittinr The Goods and price y specially required by E,nl tr:ints are offered at wholesale ee't. and are acknowledged by thousands of Emigrants to be every ' 43' B "PeriOF to any which can be had elsewhe-e Ship-sailing irrination and full Lists of Outfits for Ladles and Gentlemen may had on application, or post-free to any part of the Kingdom. Public CAUTION**-- • aVtinst imposition, having learned that the untradesman.like - etlood of Being connected with heir Establishment," or " the 04 844 1 n concern," has been resorted to In many instances , and for lens reasons, they beg to state that they have 110 CotsisExtos wire Asr ornsa HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as foil JWII : 14On . don City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. - "don West-end Branch, 506,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3, liart-street, all communicating. 3rad ford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street, Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Shoerellant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and e Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. O RPAT.ShuId any article not give satisfaction, It will be wi t e l l 'eliged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned pri e ,"t hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest trona which no abatement can be made. s a st blisahments are closed from sunset Friday to rd a E Ys, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. sunset on kult new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the .„,..grast's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self-mea zretnett, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of int kingdom. On A 1 1 andsome Almanac for tile year ending 1853 can be had gratis, a PPlication. IC I cd. Pon parte Franca's. Qui 81 paths Italian°. ler sPrictit man Deutsch. Aqua se !labia Espanol ISKPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, kit published, by H. Bat Mere, 219, Regent-street, Loudest. No I. In cloth, price ss. by post free, its. 6d., ON TRUE AZ FALSE SPERMA.TORR,IICEA, With the View: o the Correction of wide-spread Errors ci.svuttion to the 'Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the - "Wative 'cm w Sexual Ilypochondriasis. " tor ip Tr anslated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD tal ickford ' a known to English readers by his frequent practi ttrncontributions to German medical literature. This is the first cal e ' he in forms us, that he has addressed himself to the non.medi dett:eruer. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall bow er IrlY other equally flagrant evil which it may be in hi , "W e t ° correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. °roMised in a former number that we should recur to this with irrin o rder to exhibit its aim more cl ear ly. Th e author las h es on „,eat severity the impostors who make a livelih oo d by p rey i ng and c redulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,' Could and Friends,' are mercilessly expos e d ; an d if t hi s b oo k nd its way into the hands of those who sector from th corn he ,„Alain` Of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would lea s much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of rrn,..4.,•urnPortstr,ce, though it is that which the quacks most prize— ti4Tri one y......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the Ihent ' ,„ ca l s Ystem of treating Spermatorrhrea, a n d t o pl ace t h e treat likely Don a ore ational ad hysologica basis. t is, t° ( In much good r ."—Me n dical p Circula i r, l Jane 16, 1 1852 therefore,. No. 11. n ,TH ,",.. B v o ., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., l'oss at OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on P6llOl- 'll4 itp,'ftren:alco tIY Int r actab le Safe and Efficient, in even its most inveterate Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Me fib of the Royal Collego of Surgeons of England. be h ist l ; ll. °w of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given 141 any vo r r Of a great many cases successfully treated, as b a d i 3 ~c}~ Mr. Syme addu c ed, and on which he had op erate d . 15et iod oer eases ix., it., xi! and xviii. No. ix. had res steel, for a in .welve years the q treatm e cases xviii nt and by dilltation, and was finally dares" in as many weeks. But . xix. appear, both i o Itro ?), severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag. atm revinenouaracter than any detailed by SYme, and yet thz. , ...' }' '''geso r d°l)te d bY Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful. ()Ir n the Treatment of Stricture. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 147, pi iatis, To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho, Nst , treed, —_, u•nu 39, Cernhill. Price One Shilling each; by ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. etirCeoNTE;Tilf.ealth, Recreation and Rational Ilse of Time." 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Of her three novels this is perhaps the strangest, the most astonishing, toough not the best. The sustained ability is perhaps greater in Villette' than in its two predecessors. The whole three volumes are crowded with beauties."—Daily News. " A. fiction of extraordinary literary power, and of singular fascina tion; 4t is one of the most ab.orbing of books, one of the most in teresting of stories."— lobe. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. TO ALL WHO DRINK PALE ALE.- A Word with you next week. lIARRINGTON PARKER, 514 Pall Mall. DINNERS, BALL SUPPERS, and WED DING BREAKFASTS provided in Town or Country, by Messrs. PURSSELL'S, Cornhill, including wines, and the Lire of plate, linen, china, seats, tables, servants, carriages tents, awnings, dancing hollands. &c. Ball-rooms lighted and adorned. Instru mental musk provided, Bills of fare sent per post for any number. or one of the firm will wait upon parties if required. A magnifi cent display of Bride Cakes for selection, decorated in a new and elegant style. All the Parisian novelties in Wedding Stationery,— Messrs. PURSSELL, 78, Coruhlll (only). LAURENrS GRAND CASINO. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street. St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. Open every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Hann. Princlps ornet-A-siston, M. iteulcour. Admission—ONE SHILLING. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at Nina, and terminate at Half-put Eleven precisely. PATRON-I 1 R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRE CHANGE of MUSIC.—An OPTICAT. and MUSI. CA I. ILLUSTRATION of SHAKSPERF.'S " MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," introducing the ORIGINAL MUSIC by Sir Henry Bishop, Morning and Evening.—LECTURES by J. 11. Pepper. Esq., on the endless AMUSE MEN TS of CHEMISTRY, adapted to a Juvenile Audience; by Dr Rachhoffner, on the MECHANICAL PROPERTIES of a JET of STEAM; by Mr.Crispc, on ERICSSON'S CALORIC ENGINE.—DISSOLVING VIEWS, including Day and Night Views of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, &c., - - • Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age, half-price. B RITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-road, London. ,ir,—As a low medical journal is endeavouring to mislead the public as to the birth and parentage of JAMES MORISON, the Bygeist, we beg to send the following for publicity. We are, sir, your obedient servants, Momsow and Co. February, 1853. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of JAMES MORISON, the Ily- GE NT, with the reasons that led hint to the discovery of the Hy gelan System of Medicine, and the" Vegetable Universal Medicines," after 35 years of inexpressible suffering tinder the Medical Faculty : J k NIES MORISON, the youngest son of Alexander Morison, Esq., was born at Rognie, in the county of Aberdeen, in the year 1770. The family has been tong known as one of great affluence and re spectability, and the subject of this brief sketch was the second brother of John Morison, late member for Banffshire. In early life be studied at the University of Aberdeen, and afterwards at Hanau, in Germany, !being intended for the mercantile profession. After finishing his studies he resided at Riga, as a merchant, and subse quently in the West Indies, where he acquired considerable West India property. Having suffered much from ill health, he was ob lived to leave that country and proceed to Europe, seeking from change of clime a restoration to health, It is now 25 years age, that, by his discovery and perseverance, ho accomplished his own extraord ; nary cure. We cannot de better than describe the following interesting par ticulars, given by himself in the " Morison iana :" "A 35 years' inexpresThle suffering, both of body and mind, 's an event, too, which falls but to the lot or few, if of any at all. Had pleascd God to have called me out of this world eight years ago. I should have died as another man, and been forgaton, and the world could have reaped no benefit from my case awl misfortunes, nor from the favourable effects produced by the same means on my clatren. This is a guarantee to the world not otter to be met with, and a convincing proof of the motto prefixed to this advice, that ' health and old age are within the reach of us all.'" For the remainder of the Bio.4raphy, see the abridged " Mori soniatia." Family motto—Unn Tctu—At one blow. Faintly estate—Strawberry-vale, Finchley, Middlesex. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'SIERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, and Matric dated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the Londol Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. NAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregu'arities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and premd ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis cast s known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous 'Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated wthout incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and reZret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove', and how the evil and its cowequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR. LA'MEItT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting thi department of practice, he has been amply rcsi arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant enmities, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, mid pretended virtues of the r patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Elevenfill Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee or U., and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. L'AMERT should first obtain a copy of his work on S E LF-PRE S ERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative De ility, illustrative by flfty coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist them in the correct descrption of their cases, and it may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, hutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Viper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; mean, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free by pos for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, Bedford-square, London. FINAACIAL AFFAIRS OF FRANCE. The report published by M. Bineau, the French Mi nister of Finance, on the present condition of the Trea sury and the prospects of the revenue for 1853 admits of being condensed into a very few statements. It appears that prior to 1852 the accumulated deficits represented by the floating debt amounted to 26,070,0001. For 1852 the estimates at first showed a further deficiciency of 4,120,0001., but of this sum credits to the amount of 1,480,0001. will be annulled, while the increase in the receipts over the figures originally assumed is found to have been 1,520,000/. These amounts together make 3,000,000/., and hence the actual deficit for that year will be reduced to 1,120,0001. The improvement which has thus occurred in the revenue has arisen both from the indirect and direct taxes. The former, it is pointed out, have recovered to 32,400,000/., and are now within 680,000/. of their mount in the most prosperous year of the reign of Louis Philippe (1846), while if allowance is made for the balance of taxes since taken off they exceed it by 80,000/. Adding the deficit of 1852 to that which had previously accumulated, together with 3,120,000/. for reimbursements to dissentient holders during the recent conversion of the Five per Cents., the total is 30,300,000/. M. Bineau then proceeds to state that, owing to the large amounts constantly receivable by the Treasury for the savings banks and public establishments, and on which the Government allow interest, this position of the floating debt is not too heavy. It is composed at present of about 7,600,000/. due to savings banks, about 6,280,000/. due to the various communes and public establishments, about 4,800,000/. of Treasury bonds in circulation, and of other items such as the advances from the Receivers-General, &c., its aggregate being 27,600,000/. As a set-off the Treasury possesses about 3,64 0 , 000 /. in the obligations of railway companies, which will mature at various periods in fu ture years. With regard to 1853, and the possibility of establishing an equilibrium, j th nly e Minister ed an observes t e h st a i t . its expenditure, as fixed in mated excess over revenue of 1, 360,0001., to 2:0 , whicl l has o,4oo sin o c l. e been increased by suppleme ntar y credits aec c e o d n t t e e e n d l e s o s w i n e e v e e r t , n e t h a p t r e t e h e e probable indirect t s weretaxes pl h w e er h e np ca e l s c t u n la e t y ed w a il t l s 2 h 6 e o w ,oo a o/. less than iannldBoso2n, considerable y ee f e o d r e t d he th m e month of increase. At present the receipts January are know ; but these eoi li p a ts ve on ex l t re t m he ai s n a i m ng e time he admits that a similar increase corres ponding month of last year by 340,000/ i .1852, was months is not to be expected, since January, the A a peculiarly unfavourable period, till February.— of confidence not having taken place • the re-establishment Times. ) t , I ,4 1 4 ,z.,.. 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He hoped Lord Londonderry would re ceive the reward he so richly deservel, for this and all the other great works he had accomplished, by being more than ever established in the hearts of all who re sided within the sphere of his influence. (Hear, hear.) • Mr. GEORGE ELLIOTT, C.E., here came forward and presented to the noble marquis a very handsome silver mounted spade, prepared for his lordship's use. Mr. Elliott spoke with great confidence as to the early completion of the work about to be commenced ; and, as a proof of its valuable mercantile character, explained that on the Sea ham estate alone there yet remained upwards of 40,000,000 tons of coal beneath the surface,. the great portion of which would pass over the railway, in addition to which the South Hetton and. Haswell Colliery Companies had each bound themselves to send over it 40.000 tons annually. Mr. Elliott, in conclusion, said he hoped the implement he now handed to his lordship would be long preserved in his family as a memorial of the interesting proceedings of that day. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY now presented him self, and was received with loud cheers. His lordship insisted on remaining uncovered, and resting his right hand upon the spade presented to him, spoke as follows. His lordship said :—My friends, you will naturally ex pect, after the very able and very kind addresses which have been delivered, that I should myself say a few words to this great assemblage. (Hear, hear.) I can not, however, disguise from myself that I s h a ll fi n d con siderable difficulty and embarrassment in doing so, for nothing is more inapp ro p r i a t e th an a man talking of himself or his own concerns. There is a degree of ego tism and vanity about it which is exceedingly prejudi cial, both to the hearer and the speaker. However, I owe a duty to this meeting, and the position I have plunged into, and it would be idle if from any false de licacy I did not fully explain myself. (Hear, hear.) It is quite impossible that I can sufficiently aeknowledge the manner in which I have been spoken of by those . who preceded me, or the kind reception which you have given me ; but thanking you both most sincerely, I will endeavour to express to you what has been my leading principles of action since I became the guardian and director of this great property in the county of Durham. (Hear, hear.) I shall have to divide my observations, first, as to the past, which is before us ; and, secondly. as to the future, which is yet in the womb of time. With regard to the past, many who surround me cannot look back a quarter of a century. I may therefore point out to them that, upon this spot, some 20 years ago, there was neither sto ne , b r i c k, nor s ti c k. Th e place was a barren rock like Dover—no grass growing, no culture appearing. When I added this estate to the Wynyard family property, there was a notion s harbour might be made at this end of the estate, and I was in troduced to a clever engineer of that day, named Chap man, who projected a small basin. The coal trade at that time was in a sad state. The rivers of this wealthy district—Sunderland, and the Tees especially —were frequently shut up, and there was not then the enterprise and vigour which has lately grown up in the flourishing town near us. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) In fact, our trade was imprisoned ; vessels loaded with coals frequently remained weeks and weeks without actually clearing for sea. Coals were sent down the banks of the Wear and shipped there into keels, and again from them into ships ; and I myself at that period was paying to the commissioner of the river Wear 8,000/. a-year for permission to send my articles by this river to market. (Hear, hear.) Great discontent prevailed. Sunderland having a good thing kept their own, and they were right ; so would any of you have done the same. (Hear, and laughter.) Such was the state of things when it occurred to me—God knows, neither a Stephenson nor a Paxton—(laughter) —that if I could get a harbour my trade would be in my own hands, and I should not have to go to sea for it. When Chapman told me that a harbour might be made I knew nothing of the difficulties to be encountered ; but having, I hope, something of a military eye, I at once saw the capabilities of this shore for the purpose required ; and remembering that the trade which I wanted to take to the southward was now sent round some miles to the north, while, if the harbour were com pleted, it might be carried due east, I embarked at once in the undertaking, against the opinions of those I va lued, and ought to have looked up to, and engaging Chapman, and entering as rapidly as possible into other arrangements, I launched your little harbour. But my cashier said I had no money, and he would have nothing to do with it. I soon got together 1,5001., and with that this little snug town and prosperous harbour was commenced. Of its progress—of the gradual increase of its population, and of its manufactures—l need not now speak. All are before you. lam not arrogating to myself the merit of this ; the merit belongs to those public-spirited individuals now before me, who followed, with hope and confidence, the plunge I made, and, buoyed up by patience and perseverance, have brought to issue what we now witness—a glorious little colony ; proud of itself, its independence, and its position in the country. (Loud cheers.) But I beg of you, my friends, to mark the result of this example. It was no sooner seen that this little "duck-pond" could do bu siness—that vessels lay secure, and that the dispatch of trade was greater here than elsewhere—that all the other ports in the vicinity immediately imitated the example, and I say it without fear of contradiction, that first old Hartlepool, then West Hartlepool, and Middleborough, and finally, Sunderland, followed in our wake, and to Seaham undoubtedly behings the glory, which none can dispute, of opening the way to that large devolopment of shipping accommodation and harbours which we now boast of. (Hear.) I cannot, however, help referring to the great disadvantages my kind settlers have laboured under. All the surround ing schemes had dock companies, shareholders, large purses, and numerous means of keeping out of diffi culties, and acquiring advantages from the great in terests embarked in each especial case. Seaham alone stood unbefriended. Like the lighthouse on the cliff, the storm raged—the surf dashed around it—the barque was close on shore, but none went out to help it. (Hear.) However, time, courage, perseverance, and an indomi table determination never to yield to difficulties, has brought our little harbour through all its peril to a posi tion of unexpected prosperity, which the ceremony of this day will, we hope, still further increase and estab lish. (Cheers.) I have hitherto spoken to you of the past. As to the future, God knows it is in the womb of time, and we must look to a gracious Providence for the result. But I will tell you what I think of it. (Hear, hear.) I will also tell you that nobody has in fluenced me in the step I am about take, which is the offspring of my own unfortunate head. (Laughter and cheers.) It has long occurred to my anxious thought that I had not secured, for any lengthened period, that certainty of progressive success and permanency which, for the amount lavished and the anxiety undergone, I had a fair right to anticipate. Urged on by the same principle which guided me in the case of Seaham har bour —viz., that I should not have to seek a trade, for that if I made the harbour the trade would come to me, I conceived the project of constructing the railway we are about to commence this day. (Hear, hear.) I knew that the trade of many of the colleries to the southward of us in this great county must pass, sooner or later, our little half-way house of Seaham on their way to Sunderland, and I thought if we could get them to stop on the road we should be safe to obtain a large addition to our present trade. Communicating these views to my able manager and engineer, the latter set about the matter in real earnest, and has already formed engage ments with the South Hetton and Haswell colliery companies to carry their coals over the line as soon as completed, either to ships in the first instance at Seaham, or, if not, to send them on to Sunderland. The trade is, therefore, secured before the railway is commenced. There is my project, and that is the simple history of it. It is easy for any of you to understand. I have hesitated not—perhaps with a blameable rapidity and boldness—to plunge alone, and without aid from any person, into the undertaking, and I hope successfully to carry it through. (Cheers.) It will be a great com fort for all of you to be able to send your merchandise by railway, instead of over the rough and hilly roads which intervene between this place and Sunderland. (Hear.) I know there aro some who think the shop keepers at Seaham may suffer, as many people, they say, will be induced by the railway to go to Sunderland to purchase their goods. Ido not believe any such thing. If the shopkeepers do but charge moderately for their wares there need be no apprehension of losing their trade. For my own part I like Sunderland very well, but I like Seaham a great deal better, and so I think it will be with most of you. (Hear, hear.) But, my friends, there is another consideration of this matter, and that is, whether in undertaking to form this railroad I am encroaching on any existing company or body of shareholders. For 25 years we have never had any assistance ourselves, while the great companies by which we are surrounded have enjoyed great powers, and. held the purse-strings of an almost unlimited number of shareholders. (Hear, hear.) Nobody gives Mr. Hudson more complete and general credit than Ido myself. I believe he has been a great and generous benefactor to an adjoining port; but we cannot lose sight of the fact that his undertakings have invariably been supported by large bodies of shareholders. (Hear, hear.) Well, look at Seaham, standing alone, like this spade I hold in my hand—why should we not try and do a little for our selves. (Hear, hear.) All we want is a clear stage and no favour. (Hear, hear.) There is this great compan y n , underhs Colossus, gs —the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway — w hi c h "B wiii estri e d w es e th pe e t n ty arro me w a wwoarlkld like a and peep about as if ashamed to show ourselves. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) Why, such a state of things is not to be born e . (Hear, hea r .) L et us try what, under our own exertions, we may not accomp li s h . T he under taking we are about to commence may be agreat pl unge for me, but I have the satisfaction of k • that knowing no person can be injured in their future destinies by it ex cept myself. It may a dd t o the care and anxiety which has always attended me throughout a long life • ,for I am not ashamed to confess that the anxiety and misery I have suffered during many years, owing to the fear of failing in many of my undertakings, has been very great. But, I am thankful to say, Providence has aided me, and brought me through, and to that Providence I now look for sup port in the future. (Cheers.) Many of my friends may lerhaps ask why, at my advanced age, I should not eave this new undertaking for my children ? I will ell you why. I solemnly declare that fuel for the people of Seaham who embarked th ' all in a project suggested by this grey head (raising his hand to his head), all the affection of a parent, and, and as no one can feel for a child like . its father, so I consider that no money nor means, no care nor anxiety, ought to be spared by me in order to secure the perpetuity of Sea ham, and the advantage and happiness of its people. (Loud cheers.) I was only 15 years of age when I embarked in the profession I have the honour to follow, and I thank God no one can accuse me of having been either idle or inert during a long life. (Hear, hear) When I came into this property as a young man, I did all I could to improve its condition and to increase the prosperity of the people living upon it ; and I shall willingly sacrifice the peace of my after life in endea vouring to secure the same object. (Cheers.) I beg pardon for having troubled you at such length, but the moment is one of great importance to myself. It may be the last time I shall have the opportunity of address.. ing you. (Hear, hear, and cries of "No, no.") I have told you without reserve every feeling that has directed me, and also the history of my latest undertaking. If I live to see this last project successfully accomplished, I shall cheerfully lay my head upon my pillow and re sign life, conscious that, so far as concerns those whose interests Providence has committed to my care, I have to the fullest extent of my means discharged the duty which has devolved upon me. (Loud cheers.) The noble Marquis descended from the platform amidst the hearty cheers of the multitude asgembled, and advancing a few feet cut a piece of turf with his spade and threw it into a handsome mahogany wheel barrow in the most approved fashion. His lordship then, amidst if possible still greater acclamations, wheeled the barrow across the field to his carriage, on the top of which, together with the spade, it was tri umphantly elevated. The noble marquis then, together with about 80 gentlemen, returned to Seaham Hall, where a handsome dejeuner was served. Here the cus tomary toasts were given and responded to. The health of the Mayor of Sunderland was proposed by the Mar quis of Londonderry, who, in return, gave "The Health of Lord Londonderry, and Prosperity to the Port and Railway of Seaham, ' and the proceedings terminated in general congratulations and expressions of mutual good wishes and satisfaction. The extraordinary spirit and energy diriplayed by Lord Londonderry, notwithstanding his advanced age, were the subject of general remark. His heart and soul seemed to be in the work as much as if he had been in the prime of life, and he spoke for more than half an hour, standing bare-headed all the time. NAVAL INTELLIG NCE. Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., re turned to the Admiralty yesterday ; and the secretary, Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P. is expected a t Whitehall this day, when all the members of the new board will be at their posts. _ - The manning the navy committee re-assembled yester day at the Admiralty, Captain Shepherd having come up from Portsmouth, and Captain Richards, C. 8., fro m Chatham. Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.8., who has been indisposed, is now better. APPOINTMENTS. Master.—Thomas Wallis (1846), from charge of the Vesuvius, reserved steam-sloop, to the Furious, 16, steam-frigate, vice Taylor. Assistant-Surgeon. William Richardson (1848), stated in the Navg List to be additional of the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, Mediterranean, "for services in Janus," which Janus has been paid off for some months. Second Master.—Francis Taylor (1848), to the Duke of Wellington, screw three-decker, Portsmouth. Clerk.—John T. Weeks, to the Espiegle, 12, Sheer ness. EXAGGERATED SPEED OP SCREW-STEAMERS. —The same authority that gave the Peninsular and Oriental Company's large screw-steamer, the Bengal, just built in the Clyde, a speed of 12 knots in her trial on Saturday, has made her steam 13i knots on her second trip, on Tuesday, and promises for her 16 knots with a strong wind. We are told in the same paragraph that the Royal yacht screw-tender Fairy came out to race with the Bengal, and beat her, " having attained the prodigi ous speed of 15i knots." Now, if the Fairy's speed was 2f knots more than the Bengal, we fear that our great flip, so far from "attaining a higher rate of speed con siderably than she did on Saturday," has not done so well ; for, instead of the Fairy achieving a speed of Isi knots, she only ran a mean rate of 12k. Taking off, therefore, 2f from this 12k, the speed of the Bengal must be rated at 10f, instead of 121 knots—the exagge rated rate given to her by a contemporary. It is only doing an injury to good ships to give them a character for a fictitious speed ; for the facts must come out in the first long sea trip. As to getting 16 knots "with a Strong favourable wind," we can promise a great deal more than that for the Bengal, if the wind should only be strong enough, and she can carry her canvas.— Herold. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 9. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain H. B. Martin, screw line-of-battle ship, was towed round to the steam basin this morning, and was hauled over to the south landing, and placed under the new shears, after which she received on board two immense cog-wheels connected with her machinery. The Prince Regent, 90, Captoin Hutton.—On examin ing the copper of this powerful ship it has been found necessary to strip off about four streaks from the water line downwards, and to chalk and re-copper the same, besides various patches in her bottom. The Fairy, yacht-tender to the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Master-Commander David N. Welch, went out of harbour at 11 a.m., and proceeded to the mea sured mile at Stokes Bay. The results of this day's trial are confirmatory of the manifest advantages of Griffith's patent propellers over all others, although everything was against them ; there was a very strong wind from S.E. and a tremendous sea running through Spithead. The Echo, steam-tug, took a party of men from the depot of the 13th Regiment—viz., 2 officers, 1 serjeant, and 20 men, as a convict guard on board the Sibelli, at Spithead, for Gibraltar. On getting to Spithead, there was so much sea on, that they were compelled to bring them back again and landed at the dockyard. The Medea is under orders for the West Indies. She will be employed in the suppression of the Cuban slave trade. The Fury, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, is under orders to proceed to the Mediterranean and re join Vice-Admiral Dundas's fleet. The Manceuverer, lighter, arrived this morning from Woolwich, and landed stores at this dockyard. The Leopard, 16, paddle-frigate, Capt. Geo. Giffard, has bent sails, and is taking in her sea stores, prepara tory to going to Spithead. The Megmra iron troop-steamer, Commander Johnson, arrived at Spithead thi s afternoon from th e eas t war d,' en route to Queenstown to embark troops. The Rolla, 6, naval apprentices' instruction' brig, Lieutenant-Commander Fenwick, has commenced fitting 9 0 p C ommander join the squadron under V ice - Ad m iral out for her summ er cru i ses ; s h e h as sent up and fidded her topmasts this a ft ernoon. Banshee, steam-pack e t, Li eu t enan t-C omman d er J . Hosken, has had abo u t th ree s t rea k s o f copper ta k en o ff from her water-line downwards, an d th e y arc engage d in caulking and re-copp er i ng th e same . Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Superintendent of this dockyard, and Acting Port-Admiral, with the clerks of the Treasury department of the establishment, embarked on board the Fire Queen steam-yacht, Master-Comman der Paul, this morning, and proceeded to Spithead , to pay am , wages c.B . , to and the the crew ms Medea, at,h 6,e Captain ham, ra hßailey, the former being order e d to the ß p o a d d n dl e e y' -s l, Mediterranean 2 and the latter to the West Indies, Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymou r, K.C.B. t e join Duntdhasat, under e . B. , PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9. The crew of her Majesty's ship Vengeance, 84, Cap tain Lord E. Russell, were paid wages down to one month yesterday. The starboard watch, and the first part of the port watch, have had 14 days' leave ; on their return the others have a holyday. The Rhadamanthus, 4, steam-transport, Commander Belam, will sail to-morrow (Thursday) with seamen for Portsmouth ; thence she proceeds to Woolwich. AbhPta The Desperate, 8, screw, Captain W. W. Chambers, will go out of harbour on Friday. SHEERNESS, FEB. 8. A court-martial was held on board the Waterloo, 120, yesterday, Captain the Hon. Montagu Stopford, presi dent, to try a seaman belonging to the Boscawen. He had repeatedly deserted his ships, and entered the army, from which he had also deserted several times. The Court sentenced him to four dozen lashes and 12 months' imprisonment. The Agamemnon, 91, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland. —Vice-Admiral the Hon. Josceline Percy proceeded out to this ship this morning, and inspected the crew, pre vious to her departure for Portsmouth, which is to be on Thursday next. On the gallant Admiral leaving he was saluted, and the salute was returned by the Waterloo. The Rattlesnake, Commander Henry Trollops, left the Nore this day, at nine a.m., for Portsmouth, assisted by the steam-vessel African:The Rattlesnake, it is ex pected, will remain at Portsmouth for a few days. Commander Josiah Thompson took up his commission to the Monarch, 84, guard-ship of ordinary, yesterday. The Espiegle, 12-gun Sloop.—Mr. T. S. Vinall, clerk, has taken up his commission to this sloop, and not the Barracouta, as formerly reported. Bignall,Th clerk, e B arerarr, uhtalas paddlea-wheelesntezih-silsoocpom.—mMissri.oJn. T. this sloop. ya‘rd from the mizen young man, the captain's joiner, fell overboard C hCa ta sh taomr o 3 n 6, S aCtoumr dma mizen chains, and was drowned. yanndel.Woyvinlsl,atwurildlabeiltpearirdmooffn ata LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1853. THE MURDER BY DROWNING IN THE REGENTS CANAL. CORONER'S INQUEST ON ELIZA LEA. Yesterday forenoon Mr. Wakley, coroner for the Western Division of Middlesex, held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle Tavern, King's-road, Camdentown, to investigate the death of Eliza Lea, aged 26, believed to have been murdered by drowning in the Regent's Canal, on the night of Monday, the 31st ult. A jury was summoned to investigate the case on Thurs day last, but in consequence of the absence of Thomas Mackett, the accused party, the coroner refused to proceed with the inquest until he had had an opportunity of bringing the subject before Viscount Palmerston, the new Secretary of State for the Home Department. On Mon day last an interview took place between the coroner and the Home Secretary, and although the noble lord was disposed to defer to the precedent set by his antecessors, he ultimately consented to give an order that the prisoner should attend before the jury, providing the coroner pledged himself to send the accused before Mr. Brough ton, the magistrate at Marylebone Police-court, by whom he had been remanded, at twelve o'clock on the same day. The jury, having been empannelled, proceeded to the dead-house of St. Pancras workhouse to view the body, and Mackett was brought up in custody of two warders of Clerkenwell prison, and placed in a private room. Mr. Wilding, from the office of Mr. W. F. Cooper, solicitor, of New Church-street, Edgeware-road, appeared for the accused ; and Mr. Seaton, of the Vestry-Clerk's office, on behalf of the authorities of St. Pancras, as they will be called upon. to prosecute. The Coroner made a few observations to the jury as to the nature of the case. He would not anticipate in any manner the circumstances, but it was satisfactory to know that the party who stood accused was in attend ance ; and at the proper time, should anything arise in the evidence affecting him, he would then be produced before the jury. William Lea, residing at psi, Augustus-street, Re gent's-park, identified the body of deceased as that of his daughter. He last saw her alive at half-past seven o'clock on the morning of Monday week at home. For the last five months she had been allowed to come home each week on a Sunday, and remain till Tuesday. She was in good health when he saw her in the morning, and he did not see her again until between 11 and 12 the same night, when he saw her a corpse at the Regalia public-house, Augustus-street. Henry Swindon Williams said he resided b at No 2, Henry-street, Cumberland-market, and was a pianoforte maker. On the night of Monday week was sitting in the club-room of the Regalia, and had occasion to go out into the back garden of the tavern, which runs down to the banks of the Regent's-canal, from Augustus-street, Re gent's-park. While in the back garden he heard the cries of a woman as if in the water, and immediately after hurried footsteps as of a man running towards him up the passage which leads down to the towing path of the canal basin by the side of the Regalia. He hurried back through the house and called to Mr. Wolfe, the landlord, that some thing was the matter. He next ran out into Augustus street, followed by the landlord, and at the top of the passage in Augustus-street met a man, and said to him, " What's the matter ?" to which the man very coolly re plied, " I think a woman has thrown herself into the water." Mr. Wolfe said to the man, "then come and assist us to get her out." He then ran down the passage towards the canal, followed by the man, and witness fol lowed him. When they got to the bank of the canal at the end of the passage he still heard a cry from the water and a gurgling and splashing sound as of a person sink ing, but the fog was so thick that at the time they could not distinguish even the surface of the water. Mr. Wolfe called out, " Can you float, or can you speak ; " but received no answer. He then ran back to get a light, followed by the man, who as witness thought had gone to assist him. After they had gone, there were three more splashes in the water. On Mr. Wolfe's re turn with a light and a rope, he exclaimed, "Where has that man gone to ?" Witness answered, "He followed you up the passage." He replied, "I believe that vaga bond has thrown her in." Witness ran up the passage and down Augustus-street, and met police-constable 114 S, and asked him if he had seen a man dressed like a bricklayer's labourer pass down the street, and he said he had not. He then informed him there was a woman drowned, and he went to the place and assisted another constable, 166 S, in getting her out of the water. A plan of the locality was produced by one of the de tectives of the S division, showing the passage from Augustus-street down to the canal, which is 119 feet in length, and the witness said, when he heard the first cry and the footsteps, he was about 60 feet from the water's edge, and when he heard the footsteps coming towards him, he ran in the same direction, and met the man at the moment he arrived at the top of the passage. Mr. Joseph White Johnson, surgeon, of 16, Park village East, said—Soon after 11 o'clock, on the night of Monday week, he was called to see the body of a young female at the Regalia Tavern. He found her wrapped up in blankets, lying on a table, apparently dead. The appearances were those of asphixia, occasioned by immer sion in the water. Had since made a post-mortem ex amination of the body. There were no external marks of violence. There was no doubt whatever but that the cause of death was suffocation by drowning. The witness Wilson was here recalled, and, in answer to the coroner, said he, believed he could identify the man whom he met in the passage, but, owing to the darkness of the night, he could not swear to him. The coroner directed the witness to retire, and then ordered Davis, the summoning officer, to bring up the accused, and a number of men, similarly attired, with him, to ascertain if he could be identified. A group of 14 labouring men, nearly all attired in flannel or corduroy jackets and fustain trousers, like those worn by Mackett, were here introduced, and the accused was brought up and placed in the midst of them. The witness Wilson was then recalled, and asked by the coroner if he could see any person in the room he believed to be the man he met at the top of the passage on the night in question. He looked round the room for a moment, and then went up to Mackett, and, placing his hand on the accused's shoulder, said, "This is the man." The directness with which the prisoner was thus singled out caused great sensation, and the accused turned pale and held down his head. The Coroner—Why do you believe that is the man ? Witness—Because I saw him last Tuesday week at the police court, and he was dressed like the man I saw on the night the body was found. The accused was not, when before the magistrate, placed amongst other men. He had, when I met him, either a basket or bundle in his hand. The man I have pointed out is that man, to the best of my belief. The accused, in answer to the coroner, having stated that his name was Thomas Mackett, Mr. Wakley read over the evidence to him, and remarked that it having been proved that deceased had been drowned, it now be came the duty of the jury to ascertain if possible how she came into the water. Did the accused or his professional adviser wish to ask any question ? Mr. Wilding and Mackett replied in the negative. The Coroner said he had promised Lord Palmerston that the accused should be at the police -court by twelve o'clock, so that the proceedings before the coroner should not interfere with the duties of the magis trate. lie thought it desirable, therefore, that any evi dence which appeared to affect the accused should be at once taken. Mr. Henry Timpson said he resided at the Victoria Tavern, Mornington-road. He knew deceased by seeing her about the neighbourhood. He last saw her alive on the night of Monday week, about half-past ten, and a man was with her in front of the bar. The barwoman served them with a quartern of gin. They remained about ten minutes, and they both appeared sober. The Coroner—Should you know the man again ? Witness—Yes, that is him (pointing to the, accused.) (Great sensation.) Ido not recollect seeing him before that night. The time it would occupy to walk from the Victoria to the Regalia would take about three minutes. Had no doubt whatever the person he had pointed out was the man with deceased on the night in question. Mackett declined to put any question to the witness, and was here removed: Charles Perceval, police-constable S 166, having been sworn, deposed to having taken the body of a woman out of the canal, near the Regalia public-house, shortly after 11 o'clock on the evening of Monday week. The body was got out by means of a rope. He was called to the spot by a man named Adams, who said he was going to the York and Albany for the drags. Upon arriving on the spot witness found the witness Wilson, Wolfe the landlord, and several other persons. Previous to Adams calling his attention to what had occurred, he perceived a man pass him hurriedly. Witness was at the time standing on the footpath, near Park-village East, which is about a hundred yards from the "Regalia." The man who passed in the road was dressed in a flannel jacket, light cap, and corduroy trousers, the latter smeared with plaister. He had a bundle or basket slung over his shoulder. Had no doubt that the accused, Mackett, was the same man. Could see him distinctly, the fog, which had been very dense, having somewhat cleared off. Charles Bow, the detective officer, 333 S, was next sworn. On Tuesday, the Ist inst., having received in formation that a woman had been drowned in the Re gent's Canal, with whose description he was furnished by his sergeant, as well as that of a man who had been seen in the company of deceased, and having also been informed that a parcel was missing, the contents of which had been described to him, went to a house in Egglington-buildings, High-street, Marylebone. The door was opened by a woman, who stated that Mackett resided there ; but upon being asked if he was at home, made no reply. Witness then said that if . she could find him, he was to be sent to Mr. Norris, clerk of the works at the New Church in Margaret-street, Cavendish-square. Upon stating. this, Mackett, who was in the house, replied, "I will go with you now, sir." He accompanied me ; and after walking some distance, I asked him if he knew Eliza Lea. He replied that he did, and that he had left her at a friend's house, in Prattkitreet, Camden-town, on the previous evening. Re then asked where she was, and I informed him that she was in St. Pancras Workhouse, and that she had been found in the Re gent's Canal. Mackett then inquired if she was dead ; and upon being told that she was, he dropped his, head, and replied that he *yid be able to clear timeett After lodging Mackett iu the' custody of a fellow officer, witness returned to the house where ac cused lived. He then saw a woman who stated she was Mackett's wife. Witness said he came from " Tom" for the parcel which he took home with him on the previous night. After some delay, the parcel was handed to him. It contained a blue merino dress and trimmings. Wit ness here produced the bundle. Mary Ann Lea, mother of the deceased, was the next witness examined. She deposed to having last seen her daughter, Eliza Lea, on the morning of the 31st ult. She was then well and in good spirits. Between 9 and 10 in the morning of the above date she gave deceased a half-sovereign for the purpose of redeeming a merino dress which had been pledged for 3s. at a pawn broker's at the corner of Hanway-yard, Tottenham-court road. The merino was pawned by deceased eight or nine months ago. Witness had never seen it. Deceased intended it for dresses for 'witness's two younger children. Had often seen her daughter in company with Mackett, with whom she had lived for six years. At the time o f her death deceased was lodging at Townsend -cottages, Portland-town. She had separated from Mackett about five months ago. Her daughter was to purchase suitable trimmings for the dresses, and she said she should return immediately. Witness had never seen her since. Sarah Hermitage was the next witness examined. She was the wife of Richard Hermitage, a labourer, residing at No. 32, Pratt-street, Camden-town. Was intimately acquainted with deceased, whom she last saw alive on the evening of Monday, the 31st ult. In the morning of that day she met deceased in the Hampstead -road ; she had a parcel, which she opened, the contents consisting of a blue merino dress, lining and trimmings. She said she had been to get the parcel out of pledge. It was wrapped in brown paper. The parcel produced was the same. Was with the deceased when she pledged the merino, eight or nine months ago. Deceased asked witness to accompany her to the Queen's-road, Kensing ton, where she understood Mackett was at work. It was past one when they got to Kensington. They were then told that Mackett had gone to work for Mr. Beek, at the new chapel in Margaret-street, Oxford-street, whither they proceeded, and reached the spot at about twenty minutes after five ; and, after waiting a short time, Mackett came out and spoke to deceased. He then accompanied us towards home. After walking a short distance, deceased asked Mackett what l e was going to stand, to which he replied that he had only twopence. Deceased then said she would stand a pot of beer if she never saw him again. They then had a pot of beer, and proceeded as far as the King's Head, at the corner of •the New-road, where they had another pot of beer. A little further on the road, at the Southampton Arms, they had a quartern of gin. Here Mackett said that as he had come so far, he would go on and see witness's husband. They all went to 32, Pratt-street, where they arrived at about 8 o'clock. Deceased and Mackett ap peared to be on good terms ; the latter said he had been married on the Sunday week previous, but deceased would not believe him. On witness's husband coming home they had another pot of beer, but deceased had not enough money to pay for it. Deceased left my house at a quarter-past 10, in company of Mackett ; she said she was going home. Before leaving she inquired whether, if she left the parcel with witness, she would take it to her mother's the next day. Witness refused to do so. Deceased then snatched it up, and said she would take it herself. Deceased appeared in particularly good spirits, and wanted to sing. Witness's husband objected, but she would insist upon having her way, and she sang, " I've wandered by the brook side." Samuel Robert Wolfe, landlord of the Regalia pub lic-house, corroborated, in all the main points, the evi dence of the witness Wilson, but he could not swear to the identity of the man. Sergeant Lockerby, of the detective force, produced the clothes taken off deceased when she was found in the canal, but as they had been cut and torn in order to get them off at the time of the fatal occurrence, the Coroner suggested that it would be as well for the jury not to be led by their appearance. The officer also pro duced a plan of the spot, and gave a detailed description of the distances, from place to place, where deceased and accused had been traced. The towing-path was nearly level, it was covered with gravel, and measured 13 feet wide. The Coroner here intimated to Mr. Wilding, who at tended on the part of the accused, that if he had any additional witnesses to call he, the coroner, would ad journ the inquiry. Mr. Wilding had no wish for an adjournment, and t 43 jury. H e remarked say for anoth er pl ace. would The reserve c e ene r a n t y h t e h n i n g chargedh e h a the that there was one strong fact, namely, that there appeared Planning p - articular place ; on the part of the accused to P o r g e e -c t o t n h c e er d t e i e o e n a , e n ed o on the contrary, she sought him out, and appeared to give him some kind of invitati on. The other points no touched upon by the coroner were, the desire of the deceased that the woman Hermitage should give her parcel to her mother, and on her refusal she snatched it up and took it with her ; and that subsequently, through the extraordinary vigilance and tact of the police, this same parcel was subsequently discovered at the residence of the accused Thomas Mackett. In this case no attempt to prove an alibi had been set up, and therefore if the jury believed that this unfortunate young woman had lost her life through the criminal act of any person, then it would be their duty to return a verdict of wilful murder against such person as the evidence seemed to point at. If, on the other hand, they did not think there was sufficient evidence to justify them i n fi xing criminality upon any one, then theycould retur n an open verdict that the deceased was found drowned in the water, but how she came there there was not sufficient evidence to show. The jury then retired, and, after an absenc e of about twenty minutes, came into court, and Mr. Matthews, their foreman, decl are d th a t the jury had come to a una nimous verdict, "Th a t Eli z a Lea was wilfully murdered by,Thomas Mackett." proposed t h at The Coroner said as it would take some ti me to draw u b pe issued the official te send de c t n il me accusede n t f 0 upon which h r trial, hei his w arrant could the jury should re- assem ble at a future ti me, on which occasion he would take the opportunity of expressing himself and explaining the circumstances under which Lord Palmerston had been induced to send the accused before the coroner's jury. It was ultimately agreed that the jury should assemble to sign their verdict on Monday evening next, ; under sen tence ESCAPE AND SUPPOSED DEATH OF A CON- V iC T. employed on — of A tr c a o n n s v p i o c r t t „ at n io a n me f d or E t ll n mu y n ea d rs l: w ul a m s e Monday morning last, about eight o'clock, to clean out the surgery on board the convict hospital-ship at moor , ' ings in the river, when he took the opportunity of at tempting to escape by jumping overboard with the in tention of swimming to the Essex shore. When the alarm of his escape was give n, every eye kept di rected to the Essex side of the river , but the convict n ever made his appearance, and it i s the general impressio n th at he was drowned in the attempt. The drags were used nearly the whole of yesterday, but the body h as not been found. About the time of the attempted escape cries of distress as of a drowning person were heard further down the river, but the persons on shore who heard them could not perceive any object in the river, and were therefore unable to render any assiztance. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SEAHAM AND SUNDERLAND. The want of railway communication between the important ports of Seaham and. Sunderland has long been felt to be a serious inconvenience ,by the inhabi tants of both these towns. On Tuesday last, took place the interesting ceremony of "turning the first sod" of a railway intended to connect the two ports, which has been projected by the Marquis of Londonderry, and which, strange as it may appear, in these days of rail way depression, is to be executed throughout by his lordship, at an estimated cost of 50,0001. In addition to affording the means of speedy communication be tween the two towns, the project embraces the connect ing together, and opening an easy way to the sea board for many important colliery districts, which have hitherto been obliged to send their mineral produce round by circuitous routes. The new line, which is seven miles long, will enjoy the remarkable distinction of being commenced and carried through without the obstruction of competing interests, the necessary buy ing off of opposing landholders, or the expense of an ap plication to the Legislature. It will be made without an Act of Parliament, the whole of the land traversed belonging, with unimportant exceptions, to the noble marquis. The cer emon y was witnessed y a very large assemblage of persons, including the leading inhabi tants of Seaham and Sunderland, and the surrounding country. The scene was highly animated and pictur esque. A handsome platform, occupying the site of the intended Seaham station, was erected in the centre of a field commanding a fine sea view on one side, and upon the other the ancient church of Seaham, with the family manskupt .fiord Londonderry. in close proximity... • The guests invited - to be present met in the town of Seaham at one o'clock, and shortly afterwards moved in procession, headed by two excellent bands belonging to his lordship's collieries, to the scene of operations, where they were met on their arrival by the Marquis of Lon donderry, who, accompanied by the mayor of Sunder land, and two or three other gentlemen, drove up' in a carriage and four at the sa me momen t. The noble mar quis was welcomed by the assembled multitude with loud cheers. His lordship, together with his friends, having mounted the platform, Mr. JOSEPH WRIGHT, of Sunderland, came forward. He said his respect for the character, his admiration for the public spirit, and his astonishment at the extraordi nary energy of Lord Londonderry, alike rendered him exceedingly glad to have an opportunity of expressing his devoted attachment to him. It was impossible that he could select a more ,interesting occasion, and it was therefore with great pleasure that he had acceded to a request which had been made to him, and consented to open the proceedings of the day, and introduce to them that great project which could not fail to have the best wishes of every individual connected with that important locality. (Hear, hear.) Before adverting to the imme diate business of the day, he trusted he should be ex cused for saying's few words as to the obligations they all owed to Lord Londonderry. To him was due the creation of the important port within the confines of which they were assembled ; and to him they were in debted for the conversion of a barren and rocky locality into a fruitful field of maritime trade and manufacturing industry. (Hear, hear.) It was now 25 years since Seaham docks were begun by the noble marquis, unaided and single-handed. At that time there were no great public works in this part of the country, and to Lord Londonderry belonged the high honour of having been the originator of them. The impulse thus given to the community at large had led to the prosecution of other great works of the same character and usefulness. There were no doubt some companies who, in the extent of their projects and the vastness of their operations, ex ceeded those which Lord Londonderry had undertaken ; but, as an individual originator, he stood unrivalled. (Hear, hear.) Si nce th e per i o d to which he had referred, Lord Londonder r y had never ceased to attend to the welfare of that locality, and they now saw that even advancing years failed to depress his wonderful energies, lessen his extraordinary zeal, or weaken his praiseworthy efforts to benefit the inhabitants of the district which he had peopled. (Cheers.) No outlay 'of money was too great for the noble lord ; the advantage of the port he had created in his mind outweighed all other considerations. (Hear, hear.) It was in this spirit that Lord Londonderry had taken up the noble project they were that day met to inaugurate —a project, he would venture to say, big with advantages to all he saw around him. There were two striking advantages 'to which he would particularly refer. The first was, that it would secure to the town and port of Seaham a speedy and direct communication with the large and increasing port of Sunderland, with which it had, in reality, one common interest—the advantage of the one securing the prosperity of the other. The second was, that the two ports had one object in securing the traffic arising from the extensive coal fields of Durham, and seeing that it was not diverted to more distant and rival ports. (Hear, hear.) He had told them that no rivalry existed between Seaham and Sunderland, and he trusted ere long to see all the inhabitants of both ports united in their efforts to uphold the valuable and impor tant connection about to be commenced that day. (Cheers.) While on this subject, he might perhaps be excused for referring to the family connection subsisting between the noble marquis and the port of Sunderland. Lord Londonderry had a rising and promising grandson, who took his title from that town, and who would, he hoped, emulate his grandsire in forwarding the interests of those with whom he was thus connected. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the advantages the proposed railway would secure—the increased accommodation of trade, the convenience of individuals, and the general in terests of the inhabitants of the two ports, there could not be two opinions. The improved connection between Seaham and Sunderland could not fail to prove of the most paramount advantage to the united interests of bath ports. (Hear, hear.) He would not say a word more, but would conclude by wishing success to the Londonderry and Seaham and Sunderland Railway, and long life and happiness to its noble and spirited projector. (Loud cheers.) Mr. WHITE, ironma,ster, of Seaham, said it afforded him the highest gratification to be permitted to witness the commencement of what he considered one of the greatest events which had ever occurred in that locality --the connecting together the two ports of Seaham and Sunderland. Whatever advantages they might possess in their own little port, these advantages were lost if the means of transport was not keeping pace with the increased requirements of trade and commerce. Any gentleman who would take the trouble to go back a quarter of a century in the history of Sunderland, would find that within that period vessels carrying only eight or nine keels were loaded without the limits of the harbour, and the traffic across the river was carried on by means of ferry boats. No sooner was an example set, then a rapid movement followed. Large docks were formed, and they were now enabled to carry out vessels of several hundred tons burden. Who could tell what the onward march of improvement might effect ? For himself he was sanguine that the day was not far distant when ships would leave Seaham harbour laden with manufactures for India's eastern coasts. (Hear, hear.) He had felt the want of railway communication as much as any man, and had often been pained to see his own manufactures carted away in packs like Spanish muleteers. The proposed railway would prove of the greatest possible advantage to Sea ham, and could not fail to attract many manufacturers to the locality. He himself knew of one manufactory capable of employing from 700 to 800 hands which would be at once established. He did not speak from the impulse of the moment, but from his own knowledge and firm conviction when he stated that there were few places so well adapted as Seaham for the establishment of blast-furnaces, and powerful rolling-mills. The lime stone rocks on which it stood, the iron-bound shores, extending for miles along the coast, and the ready sup ply of sand to be obtained in the vicinity, together with the price of ground, which was only a tithe of what it was elsewhere, rendered Seaham a most eligible site for the establishment of iron -works, and he would tell the manufacturers of the far w es t that, if they brought their establishments to that locality, they would have ample reason to rejoice at having done so. (Hear, hear.) Ad dressing Lord Londonderry, Mr. White said—And I cannot withhold, on this occasion, the expression of my admiration at the great public works which your lord ship has already carried out in this locality ; nor can I omit to allude to those other works and other labours which have not been forgotten by your lordship and your estimable partner, the Marchioness of Londonderry. I allude to the schools for the childrenof the poorer classes where the rising generation of this district are taught the true principles of a virtuous life. (Hear.) When I also recollect the visits of her ladyship to the poorest of the inhabitants, and her frequent presence at that noble institution founded for the relief of the distress of the poor and needy, I mean theinfirmarywhich is solely supported by your lordship's family, I cannot fail to express my heartfelt thanks, and those of the inhabitants of Seaham generally, that your lordship, in the evening of your days, after a long life devoted to the field and to the senate—not satisfied with what you have already accomplished, should put the finishing stroke to a noble life by a great work, intended for the advantage of suc ceeding generations. (Hear, hear.) When I recollect all these things, I am reminded of the words of the poet, who says— " Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main— A forlorn and shipwreck'd brother Seeing, shall take heart again." (Loud cheers.) Mr. CHRISTOPHER BRAMWELL (of Sunderland) spoke in support of the proposed railway, remarking that it could not fail to give a great impulse to the coal trade of the district. Coal was more important than the gold of California, for it was by means of this mineral that the place on which he stood was brought within ten hours of the City of London. (Hear, hear.) He thought that they ought all to feel greatly and everlastingly in debted to the noble marquis for having undertaken to make the railway, because he believed it would add very THE ARMY. The General Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to approve of Captain the H on. Granville Charles Corn wallis Eliot, of the Coldstream Guards, being appointed of t he 3d service inst. an aide-de-camp to his father, his Excellency the Earl of Rt. Germans, Lor d-Lieutenant of I reland, vice Ca p t. Arthur Lennox P eel, of the 52d Light Infantr y , re signed. L r a e d c y eiv C e la o rk n o bloeaftrdDaep for tforci On portion com panies of the 57 th Regiment for conveyance to Corfu. The Ist Battalion of the 7 1 st Hi g hla nd The ship ip to Light In fantry is now at Cork awaiting the E me rald Isle, Santipore, and Fl arrival of the ships •- c hartered to convey the service Flor a, which have been talion to Corfu. companies of this bat- The 81st Regiment, from Dublin, has relieved the 71st at Kilkenny and adjacent stations, but the former regiment has not yet been replaood in Dublin garrison._ /.