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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL IIEETING of the PRCPRI ETORS of this COMPANY will be held It London, pursuant to Act of Parliament, at the Paddington Station, n Thursday, the 17th day of F. bruary, at Half-past Twelve o'clock, for the Election of Three Directors, in the place of Viscount Bar rington, James Gibbs, Esq., and Richard Potter, Esq., retiring by rotation, and for other purposes of business, - - - - - The Chair will be taken at Ila'f-past One o'clock precisely. C. RUSSELL, Clia.rman. BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the Act; and in compliance w:th a Bye-law, notice must be given to the Secretary, on or before the 3d February, of the mimes of any Pro prietors who are to be nominate! for electien as Directors at the said Half-yearly General Meeting. - The Transfer Books of all Stock and Shares will be closed on and from the 7th of February, and will not be reopened until after the said Half-yearly General Meeting on the 17th February. By order of the Boon], Q'S A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Paddington Station, 90th January, 1853. MINERALOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE , London.—Prefefsor T EgN .NT , F.G.S. w ill c ommence the SECOND PART of his COURSF, cons'sting of Ten Lectures on MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the study of Geology, and of the application of mineral substances in the arts. The Lectures Will be illustrated by an extensive eidleclion of specimens, and will commence on WEDNESDAY AlOrning, Jan. 2F, at Nine o'clock. They will be continued on each succec^ting Wednesday. at the same hour. Fee, One Guinea. 1:. W. JELF., D.D., Principal. 'PURSUANT to an ORDER of the HIGH -X- COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause JAMES THOMAS DELAIIA.If against SAMUEL LOVEJOY, the Creditors of BEN JAMIN' WEBSTER, late of the Turk's Head Public-bouse, Charlotte street, Portland • place, in the par ish of, tair t Marylebons, in the county of Middlesex, Licensed Victualler. deceased (who died on or about the sth day of April, 1836), are by their solicitors, on or before the 15th day of February 1853, to come in and prove their debts or claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, O. 15, Old-square, Lincohi's-inn, Middlesex, or they . will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Order. Tuesday, the 22d day of February, 1853, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and Adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 17th day of January, 1853. JAS. JOHNSTON, 100, Chancery-lane, London, Plaintif f 's Solicitor. FRENCH PLAYS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE —SEASON 1853. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the SEASON of FRENCH PLAYS will be COMMENCED on MONDAY next, Jan. 31, by the engagement of 31 , nsleur Ravel (of the Theatre du Palais Royal —his fir3t appearance since the year 184'). The first performance will consist of two new and amusing Vaudevilles, entitled UN MONSIEUR QIII SUIT LES FEMMES, and YORK; ou, Une Recompense Honette, in both of which Mons. Ravel will ap pear. Mr. Mitchell has the satisfaction to submit the following List of Artistes, engaged to appear during the season :—Monsieur ▪ Madam 2 Lambert (or the Theatre du Paleis Royal), Madlle. Tian (of the,Thsatre Franqais), Madlle. Luther (of the Theatre do ase---ber first apiatiretle - in England), Monsieur _ Madlle. Emma Fleury (Eleve du Conservatoire, Patis), Madlle. e (of the Theatre des Varietes—her first appearance in Englano), Monsieur Adrien Fede, Monsieur Leonard, Madlle. Madeline Brohan (of the Theatre Franois -her first appearance in England), and Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Fraegns). The eminent Trage dienne, Madlle. Rachel, is also engaged for Twelve Representation•, and will appear in Monsieur Emile Angler's successful Play of DIANA, at the commencement of her engagement.—During the en gagement of Monsieur Ravel, at the beginning of the season, it is intended to give Four Representations a week—on Monday, Wed nesday, Friday, and Saturday Evenings—the Mondays and Fridays being, as usual, Subscription Nights.—lt is also respectfully an nounced that, during the Easter week, from Monday, March 28, until Saturday, April 2, M. Robert Houdin will exhibit his extraor dinary Entertainment of Soirees Fantasiques, being his last appear ance in England. previous to his final retirement from his profession. —The French Plays will be resumed after Easter, on Monday, April 4. The Subscription will he arranged for Thirty Representations, on Mondays and Fridays, until the end of May. The favour of an early application for Season Subscriptions is respectfully solicited at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and at the principal libraries, as usual.-33, Old Bond-street, Jan. 22. LAZRENT'S GRAND CASINO. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill -street, St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Hrompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. Open every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-I-Piston, M. Boulcour. Admission—ONE SHILLING, Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancinz to commence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. PATRON—H R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. NEW EXHIBITION. —An OPTICAL and MUSICAL IL LUSTRATION of SHAKSPEEE'S " MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," with an ENTIRE CHANGE of MUSIC, introducing the ORIGINAL MUSIC by Sir Henry Bishop, Morning and Evening.— LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on the endless AMUSEMENTS of CHEMISTRY, adapted to a Juvenile Audience; by Dr. Itachhoffner, on the PHILOSOPHY of SCIENTIFIC RECREA TION ; by Mr. Crispe, on BALLOONING.—DISSOLTING VIEWS, including Day and Night Views of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, Sze., &c. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age, half-price. THE HOOD MEMORIAL CLOSE OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above the Grave of THOMAS HOOD in Kensal-green Cemetery, held Dec. 2d, at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscription List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and Miss ELIZA COOK, • Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and lilt. JOHN WATKINS, Were appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are deposited at interest in the London and Commercial Bank. Contributions are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the Whittington Club, ftrand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins, Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. Among the subscribers are the following : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, KG.— • • £25 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.1'....... 5 0 0 The Right lion. B. Disraeli, M.P • .•• • • 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, M.P.........• .. 5 0 0 Sir William Frazer, Bart .•.. . ..... 10 0 James Harmer, Esq.,.. . •• • John Macgregor, Esq., M.P • • 5 0 0 Arnold It ogers, Esq. .. ••••••••••• • •• .. • • •• • • 5 5 0 Mrs. Robert Elliot ... • • ••• . • •••• • Riebard Dawson, Esq., 31.1).• •••••••• • • • • • • 5 " George Peabody. Esq... . .• •• • ....... : ••• 5 5 0 Edward Moorman, Esq..• • • • •• -• • • ••• • 0 David Salomons, Esq .......• ......... •• • • 5 5 Messrs. Spalding and 5 5 ( 4 Miss Eliza Cook • •• • • •• •• • • Miss Cushman.— ......... ....... 2, 0 ) 0 ( 0 Proct.cds of an "Evening with lic;o • ti 1. .• • at the Whittington Club. 8 5 0 Mar& Young, Esq., and family ..... . 4 4 0 Samuel Rogers, Esq.- • • .• • • • • • • • • • • •• C. W. Dilke, Esq... • • • ••••• • • • • • •• • `• Charles Lushington, Esq.. •••••• • • . • • 3 0 Elias Davis, Esq... ••••••• • • • • • • • • •••• • • • • 3 3 0 The Right lion, the Earl of Ellesmere •••• • • . . 2 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P.. •• .. 2 0 0 Sir James Duke. Bart. , • '2 2 0 R. Monckton W ines, Esq , M P..... •• • • B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) •••• ._ 2 2 0 DOnglab Jerrold, E5q.....• ..... .• T. K. Hervey, Esq. • •.. • ...... 22 0 Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office ••• • • 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. •......................2 2 0 C. W. 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C.Hall . • .•... ••••• • • • • • 1 1 0 Albert Smith, Esq. .. • • Lady Morgan .....• ••.. • • .. ...... ......... 1 1 0 W. C. M. Kent, Esq. •..••• , • • • • ........ ..... 1 1 0 Alfred Crowquill, Esq. • .• • 1 1 0 William Jerdan, Esq . •• Hepworth Dixon, Esq . . 1 1 0 W. R. Gore Langton, Esq., M.P..... • ......... , 1 1 0 C. Baring Wall, E.q•, P. •• • Charles Gavan DuffY, Esq., M.P.. •• • •• • • 1 0 0 R. Swift, Esq., M.P . 1 1 0 James Macgregor, Esq., 3I.l' B. Oliveira, Esq., M.P.. ••• • • • ••• • . ....... 1 1 0 W. J. Fox, Esq., M.P. ••• • • • 1 1 0 Sir John Kerle Haberfleld, Knt. Bristol .... 1 1 0 Mrs Miner Gibson ... ••.•-•••••• • • • • • • • • 1 0 0 Thomas Creswick. Esq. R A •. •... J. B. Backstone, Esq...• •••• • • • Mrs. Fitzwilliana Bev. Felix Palmer, Frierning ••• . • • 1 1 0 Horace Mayhew, Esq.. . Sydney Yendys Dobell, Esq.... •... • • .......... 1 l 0 C. Cowden Clarke, Esq. • • .... ••.. • • .......... 1 0 0 J. E. 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This applies to the novelest styles of CAPES, WRAPPERS, AND OVERCOATS ever offered by any house in the world, the Prices being very much ,fiver than those charged elsewhere E. MOSES -& SON'S JUVENILE ATTIRE, ready made or to messare, surpasses all others In Elegance, Rua. bi:ity, Comfort, and Cheapness. HOSIERY, the elegant and useful, HATS and CAPS, the newest shapes and most superb finish, Cheaper than at any other House. No :18,827.] NOTICE. SUBSCRIBERS to EVELYN'S DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE are respectfully informed that the 3d and 4th Volumes of the New and Enlarged Edition, prin!ed uniformly with Pepys' celebrated Diary, are new ready for delta cry ; and they aro requested to order the completion of their sets without delay, to prevent disappoint ment, as the volumes will only be sold Eeparately for a limited period. Pu blished for Henry Colburn , by his Successors, Horst and Plackstt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Orders received by all booksellers. THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY COMPANY, No. 72, Lombard-stree!, and 24, Connaught-terrace. TatiSTEES. Richard Sponner, Esq., M.P. Itichard Malin., Esq., Q.C., M.P. I J. Campbell Renton, Esq. , M.P. James Fuller .51adflox, Esq. Wil!lam Wilberforce, Esq. Tira POLICIES are IND (SPUTABLE, In terms of the Deed of Settlement of the Company. duly registered, and are thus rendtred CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU. VENTS of SECURITY. •This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING INSURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rte of Pretwuni arc combined an Insurance of a Sum payable either at death or on attaining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; and giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, althouili the payments should at any time he discontinued. ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. ANCHOR ASSURANCE COMPANY, 67, Cheapside, London. For the YOUNGER, AGES the Premiums of Life Assurance re quired by this Company will be found 1• wer than those of most other offices; while the BONUS ADDITIONS that are periodically made to the sums assured from the Company's profits, tend still further to lessen the outlay on account of. premium. Life Annuities are granted by the Company on equitable terms. Prospectuses may be had on a,,plication. T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary. Chief Agenclei—Manchester, 1, Ducic-place; Glasgow, Buchanan street ; Hull, Exchange-buildings; Newcastle-on-Tyne, Royal Ar cade ; Leeds, 17, Albion-street ; Birmingham, 27, Wateroo-street. A -V -E SEND - ft- PACKETS, No (new Packets call at tke Grays, Grecnkithe, and Pardect Plats, The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permittlxg) PROM TERRACE PIER, GRA.VESE Wmolllays. Surinam V .D : Terrace ... ,1%. .., ici 'lll $ Ti me kit, V I a .. /t Fier. 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MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against Imposition,having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with theer Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as foltiws : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, I, 2, nd 3, H art-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fantate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Batters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. 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In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d.. or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps, QELF-PRESERVATION; an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of arriage, M all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and happine , s of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhesa, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il lustrated by 50 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the L on don Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few egally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and ur.- divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care inviolable will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these cases. Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater- Haymarket; Mann, 23, Co,ornmhilla; beor noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, c f C:n ee su b it y ed P stamps, from -the author,posetrsofonralfloyr,tyn-rt‘bvyo etter daily, from Ten tilt Two and irom Six till Eight. IMPORTANT MEDICAI, AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Balinese, 219, Regent-street, London, No I. flvo. ' In cloth, price ss, by post free, ss. 6d., - • _ .. . ~ ___, ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRWEA, with the Viewc o the Correction of wide-spread Errors In relation to the Treatment and Core of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, 'r Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. FICKFORD Dr. Pickford Is known to English renders by his frequent practi cal contributions to Germa n me di ca l literature.' This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. "we promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of • Quiet Symathisers,' an d Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; arid if this book could And its way into the hands of those who suffer fr m th com plaint of which it treets, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and wind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much ......This volu me is well q ualified to put an end to the upon empirical 'iioii s e y a :stem of treating Spertnatorrhoea, and to pl ace t h e treat ment more ra!ional and physiological lasi.. it Is. theref ore , likely to do much good: —Medical 1 1. Circular, June 1852. Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., TUE CURE OF STRICTURE OF TILE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTEITAY, Member of the 'loyal College of Surgeons of England. "In proof of his views ho (Mr. Courtenay) has given he history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., xii. and xviii. No. ix. had res , sted, for a period of twelve ye trs, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. spear,apear both in duration, severity, and comp lication of symptoms, of e ag. gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the treatment adopted by Mr. Courteuay proved eminently Professor Users on the Treatment of otricture. • (__./ / 711-", ( --e - (---- '\ N,' ~ -. 0. , ..k ::-- 1••;.,-.. -- ' :11 : ''': - ' / IC , : N I 111 /:' • _ ~. _ • - - ~.-• • - , - .4 . ,‘ , 2,, • ( ,;.,, ,::".,---'30%111.;:.v.P 0r,,....4,,,,,.--71:::::i ` ~.: 9‘ ,3l°llkl'.4'' ' t i sotizesti: . HO . ft l.';; ' \ '''. . ':— •• ' , 1' 40 (1' ,.. 11 :1/ .(41' ,0•{1. (14:".-11 :?, -. .w. :'.. 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AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, London, December 30, 1852. Notce is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING. of the PROPRIETORS of the LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet•street, Loiricn, on Wednesday, the 2d day of February next, at Twelve o'clock • at noon precisely,. pursuant to the provisions of the Society's deed of settlement, for the purpose of receivin the ,uffitors' annual report of the accounts of the Society up to 31st December, 1852 ; to elect two Directors in the room of John Forster, Esq., and the Hen: the }ice-Chancellor Sir James Parker, both deceased ; and for general purposes. The Director to be chosen in the 2001T1 of John Forster, Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of June, 1853, and the Director to be chosen in the room of the lion. the. Vice-Chancellor Sir James Parker, deceased, will remain in office with the 24th June, 1854. LITERATEiBE. HARRISON AINSWOITH'S NEW-STORY. The rata of Bacon; or, the Custom: Ditnthow. A Tale of English Home. By W. Harrisoti Aingworth. Chapman and Hall: Harrison Ainsworth redirivus I Yes ; and. restored to admirers under the happiest auspices—by the com mencement, with the new year, of a good old English tale founded upon a good old Englislicustoin—a custom none the lesA entitled to . our credence because simply traditional inns character. weii;onic the romancist By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWSES, Actuary a cordiality enhanced by his prolonged silence—a silence only broken recently for au interval by his tan talising chapters abo u t "Mervyn Clith e roe." The close of that autobiography we count upon obtaining ultimately; but meanwhile we are now enabled to solace ourselves for its interruption by the new seilial which, in his capa city as editor, Mr. Ainsworth has. just adventured upon in the pages of the New Monthly Maycine. It has been the good fortune of our author to hit upon—or. rather we should say it has been wonderfully to the credit of his judgment that he has selected—some of the most admirable subjects for fiction ever chosen by a con tributor to our national literature. The very titles of some of his most popular works axe - sufficiently indica tive of this themselves. What, fora- instance, could be happier as a selection than that f#nous one of The Tower of London?. Aided by the magic pencil of Cruikshank, Harrison •Ainsworth is that well-.known narrative—perhaps in some • respect 4 the most daring he has ever attempted—revealed ' every nook and crevice of the quaint old Tower's of , Julius, displaying them to us in their threefold character as Fortress, as Prison, as . Valace, : .repcoklirg,fla9 ,. ..Lh- theorms of a i;:a,niShed generation, and investing ungeon, and stair case, and turret, aitd corridore, nay, even pillar, and porch, and lattice with an atmosphere of romance, while UNITED KING-DONT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, • Established by Act of parliament in 1834. No. 8, Waterloo Place, Pall. Mall, London. The distinctive leatures of the Company embrace, among% others: Tables of Premiums formed on the lowest scale compatible with security, and constructed to meet the various wants of assurers, and every risk to which protection by assurance can be extended. One-half the Life Premium for the first Five years may remain on credit. Loans granted on approved Personal Security. Assured not restricted in their limits of travel, as in most other Companies, but may proceed from one part of Europe to another in decked vessels, without License, and to British North America, and many parts of the United States, without extra premium, by merely giving the ordinary notice to the Office in London of the intended visit. Whole-world Policies granted at slightly increased rates of Premium, thus rendering a Policy in money transactions a real security. Prospectuses, and every information, may be obtained upon appli cation to the Resident Director, NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. T HE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, • 18, New Zrldge-street, Blackfrian, London. CAPITAL—ONE lIIINDEED TiIOIISAND FOUNDS. DIRECTORS. • R. Tallowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. G. Noel Clarke, Esq , late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club. George Ccode, Eeq., Fortland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St. he called forth from the dull stones and mortar some of the most remarkable and interesting of their great his torical associations. What again could be more felicitous than the notion of repeopling from the Past, in like manner, the gorgeous fane and verdant haunts of Windsor Castle ?—an idea further developed afterwards in regard to the town dwelling of our monarchs—St. James's. Victor Hugo had celebrated in this way the Cathedral of Paris in his masterly fiction of " Notre Dame " aud Harrison Ainsworth did the same by the Cathedral of London, in his Old St. Paul's—en hancing the interest of the story, by recounting in it the horrors of that Plague and Fire which successively devastated this metropolis in the seventeenth century. Happier still was our author's choice of a subject in Guy Fawkes and happiest of all to our mind, that of Crichton the Admirable ! In this manner, upon various occasions before now, he has continued to create a soul under the ribs of death, by reviving some dim old legend, or doubtfully remembered story, in the pictu resque guise of a living arid attractive romance. Alfred Tennyson has done the same once or twice in verse—as in the instance of " The Sleeping Beauty ;" or, better still, in that of the " Lady Godiva." It is with the like skilfulness of selection that Mr- Ainsworth has taken now as the theme of his new domestic tale of naives, Jersey. Stephen Cracknall, Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting•hill, and 11, yew-square, bin George Knox, Esq., 15 , . Connaught-square„ . /lyde-park, and Tor Lodge, StaffordAbire. Alexander Maclean, Esq;, Harrow=on•the-llill. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-,square. William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park place West. R ,bert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour street West, Connaught-square. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's -square. .iIIDITOILS. F. J. Bicg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, Legal, and General Life Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. BANKERS Sir Charles Price, Marryat, an - irt7o. - , - 3 - , - King William-street, London. PHYSICIANS. • Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-place. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. SURGEONS. H. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour street, Portman-square. Michael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Eiq., F.L.S. INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. F. P. F. Strousberg, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. William Wellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-Inn. life in England. " The Flitch of Bacon ; or, the Custom of Dunmow." The origin of this old legendary form he has himself described thus delightfully : SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. THE OLD INN AT DIINMOW. The public Is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated by, and is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. Comparative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged twenty next birthday, on the OBDINAET and on the DEPOSIT system ofAssurances. " And now a few words more in reference to the old inn. Many years ago, it had been the most important habita tion in the place: in fact, the hall. Neglected by its owner, Sir Walter Fitzwalter, an eccentric personage about whom strange tales were told, though none to the effect that he had much chance of gaining the Flitch, for indeed he se parated from his lady who died in despair, it was said, soon after that unfortunate event; then altogether aban doned by him • and in the end sold, and for an old song, for like most deserted houses it was supposed to be haunted and no one would inhabit it. Half of the mansion was next pulled down, including the haunted wing, and the residue being converted into an inn, passed through several hands, and was at length taken by Jonas Nettlebed im mediately after his first marriage. But the precautionary measures above detailed had not been entirely effectual in getting rid of the ghost. It only appeared to have changed its quarters. There was still one chamber left ; and the best in the house, unluckily; in which whoever slept was sure to be scared by some unaccountable noise or preter natural appearance. With this exceptilm the inn was quiet and comfortable enough, and the general accommo dation excellent. Good ale, clean sheets, civil host and buxom hostess : what more could any reasonable traveller lesire? Let us walk up and look at the old house. • As _fedly, it is picturesque, and rich enough in elaborate architectural detail to please you. What a fine facade it presents !' high roof, quaint gables, twisted chimneys, and bay-windows, still full of stained glass. And what a,large and hospitable porch ! Note those noble elm-trees grow ing near it. To an arm of one of the largest of them is Au.Apensled Jonas - ~Nettlebed 'A gaud But for re e, and the circular bench embracing I& .e, sting' watering-trough for horses, and some other matters, you .:1d never have taken the house for an inn. Now let us enter. The promise without is not belied by what wo find within. Here is a spacious and lofty room, capable of accommodating any number of guest ; and here no doubt the old Fitzwalters a hospitable race, save the last of the line—must often have feasted their friends, and held their Christmas revels. Is it much changed since their time? We think not. Witness that high, carved mantelpiece, amongst the ornament of which you may discern their many-quartered shield : and you may also find their ar morial bearings in the blushing panes of the bay-windows. The wainscots are of oak as in clays of yore ; and that ponderous table of the same dark material, and that mas sive carved sideboard, can never have left their places. They must have belonged to some Fitzwalter in the days of :good Queen Bess, when the hall was built, and when that fine oak staircase was reared, which you see leading to the railed gallery above. Many a light foot has tripped down those polished steps ; many a heavy boot clanked up them. Rich silks have rustled in the gallery above ; fair faces have looked down upon the gallants below, when beards were wagging at the board, and the damsels' names were on then- lover's lips as they raised the cup to them. Many a swift couranto has been danced upon the floor : many a song has echoed from the vaulted roof : many a Yule log has crackled upon the hearth ; many a sport and pastime has boon hold round it. All are gone now. No wonder there is a ghost in the house. It must mourn over past splendours—over the buried joys of other days." The scene opens, of course, at once in the, locality thus oddly invested with popul ar ce l e b r it y. And here it is that our romancist gives us this capital descrip• tion of • ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the ordinary do] The sum the Life Offices would give t>, ordinary Life him if he were unable for et Offices would to pay, or if he omitted an( At the llis give him for to pay his current ne) end of policy the surrender annual premium of res : 64 Annual thirty at that or sale 8/. Cs. 3d. after he has h ai r, premium years when age, of his policy, paid into their coffers a t to assure the party in case after thirty 249/.75.6d., and which me 500/.* is fifty of years'payments they have had the use me years did, death amounting to of at compound get hewillhave will be 249/. 7s. Gd. interest,t or in its - paid into worth which theyhave the event of his death be the office. had the benefit one hour after such SW of at compound omission or inability interest. to pay. • na' qu little more da 20 dl. 6s. 3d. 249/.75.6d. 5001. than 801. NOTHING. bu perhaps 901. de ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Su' art Ifunableto pay, or not P r desirous of paying or b a omitting tOpay,thel'o all - licy would still remain in of its- rtru. value, Au 5221.2a.7d.tilideath, if tb 20 years after, no fur titer payment beingre- "' qui red. If however the w' party,trom any cause, en wished to cancel the w. Policy, he could not ac onlydraw out all behas tL put in, viz , 2251., but ill 20 7/. 103 0,1 225/. 522/.257d 2871. 2s. 9d. a certain bonus 01'621. 23. 9d. in the bargain, u! which is more NV than one-fourth of the a t whole ot his payments, Im or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 50/., diminishing the Policy Ti only by the assured PC value of the sum so • drawn out at the a•ge Tl when withdrawn. See o f pagess and7in detailed paMphlet, by tb F. G. I'. Neison, Esq. tb do _ * The rates hare selected are those adopted by the English and c., Cambrian Office, and advertised in its distil rates of premium, and professedly for the lowe In most offices, particularly the older ones, Inc ire features as low er and . mldd' lug classes. such as the Scottish Equitable and tbe Globe, these rates would be much higher. In the former of 101. Is. 6d., with 10 shillings per cent, entrance fee, would be the rate to insure 500/. at 20 years of age. In the latter 8k 13s 4d., to insure the same sum. The higher the rate the more in favour of the DEPOSIT system. . . t Money laid out at compund interest DOUBLES ITSELF every four teen years. On comparison of these two tables it will he seen that a person under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow ing advantages, viz., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system. 2ndly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive in this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages, TURES times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event of inability or omissio n to pay, his policy remains still his property, of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the amount of his policy he can do so at pleasure. Ile can, at any time, by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 1/ up to the whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three years, or any time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even' is former amount ; and by this system he, can at all times regulate his annual savings by his a nnual expenditure, with the facility in the bargain of having a fund to fly to in .case of necessity, the same as in, a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets inte rest for his money, and in case of death his fandlyreeeive more than the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices be can do no such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any fund to iy to for aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit : the pockets of his more fortunate co-assurers. Such a system is too equitable and. too striking to be overlooked and DEPOSIT assurance is the only*stemof assurance which can be universally recognized and adopted when the principles are impar tially canvassed, and its palpable.henetits become widely diffused. It confers greater advantages than a bank because it allows a fair rate of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the hands of the Company to the representatives of the Depositor in case of death. thus combining the ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF THE FLITCH OF BACON. "An old custom this delivery of the flitch; so old that the date of its institution is lost. Thus much only is known about it. The earliest claim on record was made in the seventh year of the reign of Edwardmtho Fourth, and the guerdon of rare conjugal love and truth was bestowed upon Steven Samuel and his wife by the good Prior of the Convent of Our Lady at Dunmow. Twice again in monkish times was'the prize won— a t l ong i ntervals, indeed, for the second application occurred in the reign of Henry the Sixth, and the third at the commencement of the Eighth Harry's rule. But the good old cus t om was continued long after the dissolution of the monasteries ; in fact, it could not be dispensed with, being part of the manorial tenure. Part of the venerable fabric, which had once sheltered the old Augustine canons and their superior, was still stand ing, where those, who had lived and loved as few love and live, had come, in days gone by, to make their claim, and hold themselves up as a bright example to their fellows ; the very stones beneath the porch were left—sharp-pointed flints they were, and little worn—on which throe proud and happy couples had knelt to verify their faith, and re ceive the priestly benediction and reward ; the ancient and curiously-imbed. oak chair was still preserved in which those worthy folk had sat together, and thus placed had been borne upon men's shoulders, round the precincts of the sacred edifice, to the sound rebec, psaltery, and lute, and amidst joyous shouting from admiring crowds ; the flitch of bacon being carried before them on a lofty pole. All these forms and ceremonies were yet observed, or ready to be observed, save that the Lord of the Manor, together with the steward and other officers, were substituted for the Prior and his white-robed brethren. But alack ! and well-a-day. Wedded love and faith would seem a fable. Only two more claimants came in two centuries. It was now in the middle of the third—that is to say, in 1750 — and none had yet offered—though a flitch of bacon was regularly salted and dried, and proclamation constantly made at the Court Baron that it was ready for delivery— secundum, jorrnam donettionis—to any applicants, on due fulfilment of the conditions annexed to the gift." Having in this way rendered his readers familiar at once with the Inn and the Custom of Dunmow, Mr. Ainsworth loses no time in introducing the principal per sonages destined to figure in the narrative. Besides the garrulous and uxorious ol d landlord, Jonas Nettlebed, the acquainted with Carroty Di c k, the blllyeggY,p y hambermaid, with of all, with Rose Woodbi ne , th e Dr and Mr. Roper, th e cra bb e d ; but rmolsoottls,et the r mysterious, ag a r n e d e heroine, and Frank Woodbine, the hero--doubtless the future and successful claimants of th e D unmow Flitch of Bacon. It i s in this fashion that the new story opens a story which, we trust, may shed fresh lustre on the New Monthly, and impart new popularity to the already popular name of Harrison Ainsworth. AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT system are still more striking. ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to 5,0001. on every known principle thereof. Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti cular disease. Loans from 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security, real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the berrower Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms. Non-forfeiture of a Policy —ln case of inability to pay the currant premiums, the Directors will either purchase the Policy at a fair market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments which have been made. Detailed prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De posit system, and any further information may be obtained on appli cation to the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. N.B.—Agents wan tedin all parts of the World- CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL.—The annual statement of the operations of this hospital mentions that in the course of the last year 16,286 indigent sick persons were admitted on the books for relief, at a cost of 2,5531. 4s. ; of these, 1,282 were in-patients, and 15,204 were out-patients (many of whom were visited at their own homes, and the greater part were restored to the bless ings of health and to their occupations for the support of their families). These, with the cases reported in former annual statements, make a total of 221,144 sick and needy individuals who have partaken of the advan tages of the institution from its commencement, in 1818, to the 31st December, 1852. The committee thankfully acknowledge the very kind contributions to the hospital during the past year, and also the liberal donations to the fund for the completion of the building, and the fitting up of four additional wards for children and the younger class of patients. Upwards of two-thirds of the amount required for this important purpose have now been raised, and the committee hope for such further assistance as may enable them to accomplish the object of their solicitude during the present year. They will then have the satisfaction of providing fifty additional beds, and the hospital will be enabled to receive 400 or 500 more in-patients an nually than heretofore. In their last statement, the committee furnished a detail of the cases of accident and the sudden injuries which had been brought to the hospital in the preceding year. These cases have, during the last e 4 r o e 4w to require to be immediately admitted in-patients. Of w y as ea t r, amounted to 2,428, of which 324 were so dangerous 2 e1 8 : e 6 withpatients le t letters er a s d o m f i tte recommendation,d du r i during the and last 14 7 8 a 8 r 2 , the opening of the admitted without anyrecommendation.. The charity fifteenprsse present years iin s p a s i was in operation fordispensary, e l n B s a3r4y,, during which period, viz.,hospital 1833, it afforded relief from the year 1818 to 'the close of relief to 36 420 t cost , patients a a t- of 6,H.61, es, Bid. The Bouquet. A Monthly Periodical. A charming little publication, with a title at once graceful and suggestive. It blooms in the boudoirs of Mayfair, and in the drawing-rooms of Belgravia, having been culled at intervals of every four or five weeks in Marylebone-gardens, by Bluebell and Mignionette. In other words, the Bouquet is a dainty little magazine, con sisting of prose and poetic contributions from a number of young ladies, who are accustomed to meet in the gar dens of Park-crescent, not only for the purpose of social recreation, but for that also, it would seem of intellectual improvement. It is a happy thought most happily real ised. There is no alloy of vanity in it either—for each of the fair contributors to the Bouquet (and hence its title) conceals her identity under the name of some plant or blossom—the only clue to the authorship being that the initial letters in the names of bud and writer in each instance are identical. Mother Bunch, by right, ought to have been the editor—but, instead of that, we find the who must, e one would fancy, alarm the post occupied by a noli m tangere sort of personage, nmaolureeityimTorhoisutsle'aspirants, by telling them on the title ' page of every number that—Nento me immune lascessit Happily, if the Bouquet is arranged (and admirably ar ranged, it is raider those auspices) by Thistle, it is origi • pally culled by Bluebell and Mignionette. It includes every variety of colour in style, and perfume in sentiment —deriving its charms from all quarters of the favoured pkrterre—froiii the evening primrose to the hyssop, from the pansy to the squirting cucumber ! Altogether it is de cidedly, distinctly, unmistakeably (and we say this, re member, advisedly)—the most admirable illustration we have yet seen of—the Language of Flowers. The _Duke's Funeral. A Poem. 'By Sir Francis Hast ings Doyle, Dart. Clark, Becton, and Co. Another of those elegiac strains, sounding like the pibroch of patriotism over the grave of the brave old Wellington—another and another yet succeeds like the phantom kin g s before the gaze of the Thane of Glamis. By this time the public generally may not unnaturally be supposed to be tolerably well satiated with effusions upon this particular subject, and of this particular cha racter. As admirers of anything at all approaching to poetic excellence; we should be disposed to regret the circumstance, if we believed for one moment (which we don't) that any read'r of the poem before us would be thereby disposed to regard with apathy its merits as a composition. Nothing can be simpler in aim—nothing can be more true, more genuine, more unaffected in sen timent, than these very graceful verses, by Sir Francis Doyle, in commemoration of the old Duke's funeral. The opening has an originality in it that is really exqui site : " Child, with fresh cheek upon thy velvet palm, 0 bright-haired child, that sleep is sweet and calm— Through all those youthful pulses breathing balm ; But yet I say, Arise ! . Thc unexhausted night hangs damp— Black yet round each unwaning lamp; Against the echoing casement-pane, Driving•raw cold and plangent rain, The wind of Autumn sighs. Yet from that flower-like rest, through all, ' Rough gales that blow, chill showers that fall, I say again, Arise!" The tenderness of this is very beautiful. There is a pathos. in the idea of the rousing of the young child at that dead hour of the morning to witness the funeral pageantries of the memorable warrior lamented by Eng land. The incident is, to the author's mind, a symbol too—and a symbol, the meaning of which is clear, and the meaning is this— " Through thee, from booming gun and muffled drum, A voice must pass to all the years that come ! It is to thee, and such as thee, That England, great as yet, and free, • Commits a solemn trust ; To print, as in a living book, On youth's keen brain, each word, each look, And mark how o'er the nation's friend, By all poor honours earth can lend, Our stricken country seeks relief From passionate and noble grief." It would not be difficult to discover reason, by the way, for cavil at certain flaws in the poem as a work of art. We might question the nice taste of such a Cock neyism in the way of rhyme as the following : " From fathomless abysses still renewing Sea after sea to overwhelm and ritin." We might object to the distressing sibilation of the line— " Through seas of blood upheld, through earthquakes bore His country safe to peace's golden shore." But these minute blemishes—and there are but few of them —we forgive for the grace, and the sweetness, and the feeling, and the beauty of the composition. The follow ing passage has a crowning charm in it : " Child, suns must rise and set, the earth Through years and cycles onward roam - And ever, past the gates of Death and Birth, Life's ocean-tide exhaustless foam. We soon must leave thee—soon wilt thou be sitting Serenely under silvery hair ; Whilst bright curls glance, and fairy forms are flitting Around thy venerable chair. Then wilt thou tell them, Years and years ago, (I took it as a thing of course), An old man used to pass me, stooping low, White-headed, on his horse." The Duke ! Yes ; and slight though tho sketch is, it is perfect. The effusion does credit to Sir Francis Doyle —alike to his intellect and his sensibility. Watlim's London Directory. 1853. An enormous undertaking has here been adventured upon in the form of a comprehensive guide to all ad dresses in the British metropolis. "Watkins's London Directory" purports, and with reason, to be both general and commercial. It comprises, moreover, a guide through the " Environs," very copious, and to a considerable extent very accurate in its character. As a frontispiece to the volume, there is a magnificent map of the Capital of England, prepared and printed ex pressly for this publication by Deere—a map extending " - solat in its delineation - - - of the,- suburbs as ta include- Willesden, Wormwood Scrubbs, Barnes Common, Putney Park, Clapham Common, East Dulwich, Lewis ham, Greenwich Park, Bromley Marsh, Stratford, Low- Leyton, Stoke Newington, and Cricklewood. Alto gether the work appears to us very skilfully arranged, and that surely is about the foremost desideratum in a metropolitan directory. The principal ,divisions -are, as they ought to be, large and well-assorted. A " Street Key " follows immediately after the " General Alphabetical Directory " after which come the " Scientific Directory" and the " Pro fessional Directory." In a mercantile point of view, one of the prominent features of the coi4ilation is that which is defined upon the title-page as the " Classifica tion of Trades." Thereupon we have the " Court Guide," followed by the "Legal Directory." The guide to " All the Public Offices " includes, of course, every one of the various offices of the Government. Besides the foregoing divisions, there are four others of some im portance : there is a "List of Bankers," there is a " Parliamentary Companion," there is a considerable store of " Postal Information," and there is a division — and a very valuable division too—relating to " Convey ance." Add6d to all this, we have towards the end, the " Environs," as already intimated, in the shape of a succinct and orderly supplement. The comprehensive ness of the work is sufficiently well pointed out by its originators in the remark prefixed to its 2,102 pages, to the effect that it extends " on the north to Camden Town, south to Camberwell, east to the East India Docks, and west to Bayswater"—this, of course, being exclusive of the supplementary guide to the environs. As testi- monies tliat every re„Yard has been had to the typo graphy, as well as to the topography, it is only neces sary to observe that the printing of the volume has been confided to the firm of Spottiswoodes and Shaw, and the publishing to that of Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Altogether, the proprietor, F. W. Watkins, tells us on his title page—for we need scarcely say that we have not ventured to count for ourselves—that the Directory comprises no less than 142,000 names and ad dresses. These names and addresses, we learn from the preface, are thus distributed :-92,000 under the Alpha betical Directory, 122,000 under .the Street Key, 1,000 professions and trades under the Professional and Trades Directory, 30,000 of the nobility and gentry under the Court Directory, and so on through th rest of the clas sified divisions, with 15,000 names and addresses for the environs—making the sum total of 142,000 as already intimated. A violent controversy has for some time past, we may observe, been carried on between the respec tive proprietors, as to the relative merits of Watkins's Directory and of Kelly's Post-Office Directory. The former has claimed, by the way, a sup eriorityover the latter in regard to accuracy, as well, we - believe, as in reference to the possession in his work of something like 20,000 or 30,000 names additional. For ourselves, we shrink from any participation in squabbles of this character. Coin ciding with good Mistress Malaprop that " comparisons are oderous," we should have been disposed to preserve silence as to the respective value of the two publications. But seeing the claim already referred to, we conceive that the claimant has thereby driven us to an alternative. Satisfied upon this point, and reviewing the two works dispassionately, we give the preference distinctly, de cidedly, and unquestionably, to " Kelly's Post-Office London Directory." That work we conceive to be alto gether unrivalled among works of that description. We regard the volume before us, namely " Watkins's Di rectory," as in itself really very wonderful, and as only inferior (but then decidedly inferior) when brought into comparison with its still more wonderful contemporary. Everything considered, however, and setting " Kelly's Post-Office London Directory" altogether on one side, " Watkins's Directory" appears to us peculiarly meri torious, and indicative of an astonishing combination of enterprise, industry, and perseverance. THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS' PROPERTY.—The sale o: the beautiful articles which belonged to the late Duke of Orleans, was brought to a conclusion on Friday. The objects then sold consisted principally of silks of the richest description, which had been ordered for the pur pose of being used in fitting up the private apartments of the prince, but which his sudden death left unem _ _ _ _ - FATAL TERMINATION OF THE LATE CASE OF ployed. They sold for prices certainly far below their CRUELTY value, but still high enough to rea li se , i n th e aggregate, A T THE GREENWICH UNION.—The late atrocious burning at the Greenwich Union-house hastermciansaetencif a considerable sum. The four curtains and four per- burning fatally, the child Gaywood is now no Sundaymore—death hay tiejres, of figured silk, brought 28,000 fr. The beautiful farcical last. The piece of brocatelle, which had excited so much admiration j og put an end to its sufferings 0 pass i e e dtythe se c n o te m n ra ce on ef . on the day when it was on view, fetched 17,000 f. The public will very naturally ask, is fourteen days' imprisonment five portsercs of tapestry, representing subjects a /a Sergeant at the late session of the Central Criminal Boucher, were knocked down, the first for 3,250 fr. ; the Court, to atone for the depriving this child of life ? The next pair for 2,390 fr. ; and the large one for 2,005 fr• We ay mention, was liberated from The whole amount of the day's sale was was 69,286 fr. ;.. mirk Oldham, Newgate on the 15th ins and that of tl►e several days collectively upwards or wards made her appearance t-, and a very few hours •dt^r 800,000fr.- . at the Greenwich. Union in RECTORY Or ST. ANDREW UNDERSHAFT.—The a disgraceful state of intoxication, and, claiming admis- Bishop of London has given notice to the authorities of sion, said that d a . gentleman had given her a glass of ' The child, eil the parish of St. Andrew Undcrshaft, Leadenhall-street, wine thus r ering her in the condition she was then the rectory of which lately became vacant by the death i n . we may add, was an orphan, its wi of the Rev. William Antrobus, 8.D., that ho has dowel mother having, at the recent visitation, been suspended the tithes, &c., with a view to the apporiio ment of some of them to the augmentation of neighhour n- taken off wilt the cholera, and, previous to the injuries inflicted, was one of the healthiest and liveliest in the c. ing and poorer parishes. It was stated in the parish, yesterday, that so soon as these arrangements are corny-. house. The question now remains to be decided . wh ar. pleted, his lordship will present his son, the R e they the inhuman monster can or cannot be again her Blomfield, now rector of St. Alphege, London-wall, to if not of wilful the valuable living of St. Andrew. Te recto raigned, seeing that death has since resulted from ) , conduct, and made to answer a charge, Alphege, which will thus become vacant is anomaly. , is worth about • to law of England an • t 40Q1. a-year, and is in the gift of the bishop. escape, then indeed is the rY of St. I murder, at least of manslaughter. If she is altogether —.Kentisit, Mercury. ~a~l [PRICE 5 . D . CAPE OF G 001) HOPE. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Lady Jocelyn, Commander Stuart, arrived at Plymouth yesterday. Few events, it appears, have occurred since the departure of the last steamer which can be regarded as indicative of. the prospects of the war. None of the pro scribed chiefs have yet been given up. Another of those unfortunate " suprises" by the enemy which have so often during the war proved fatal to small parties of our force has lately occurred. About 20 of Montagu's Horse, under Captain Villiers, were passing between Chumie Camp and the Kieskamma Hoek, and the road being steep they had dismounted and were leading their horses, with their rifles incautiously left slung in the buckets attached to their saddles. Suddenly about 100 rebel Hottentots fell upon them and com menced firing, upon which the whole party fled, leaving five guns , and ten horses in the hands of the enemy, besides two which were killed. Captain Villiers was slightly wounded, and one of his men dangerously. A party froni Chumie Camp, under Captain Rennie, 7311 Regiment, at once proceeded to the spot, but the foo had vanished with his booty. The captured Slambie chief Seyolo has been brought down by sea to Cape Town, and lodged in the town prison until arrangements are made for his safe custody in the neighbouring village of Wynberg. • When the sentence of the Court-mar tial by which he was tried at Graham's Town was read to him, condemning him to be " shot to death by musketry," he is said to have betrayed no elm ! tion ; • brit when informed that his sentence was to be commuted, and that he was to be carried over the sea, he was overcome with alarm, and appeared to regard this doom as much more terrible than that first pronounced against him. He is accom panied by one of his wives, a counsellor of his tribe and his wife, and a female servant. The Governor has proceeded with a force of 2,000 men into the Orange River territory, having first issued the following proclamation : " Know all chiefs and men of all classes and tribes within her Majesty's dominions of the Orange River territory, that I am come among you to administer, in the Queen's name, justice and right equally to all. lam come not to make war, but to settle all disputes and to establish the blessings of peace. " I therefore order and command you all to remain quiet, each of you within your own country, and to await and abide by my judgment and decision. " I have with me sufficient of the Queen's troops to enforce obedience, and to punish with rigour and severity any chief, class, or tribe who may dare to resist my law ful authority. " All loyal subjects of the Queen will be ready to join me, should I deem it necessary to call upon them for their co-operation, against any contumacious offenders. " God save the Queen." The cause of this movement has not been officiftlly announced, but it is generally believed that the powerful Basouta chief Moshesh and the Sove reignty farmers are likely to collie into serious col lision. Reports have been received, which, how ever, want confirmation, that Moshesh has made a prisoner of the Rev. Mr. , Giddy, a Wesleyan mis sionary, together with a number of the farmers, whom he had invited to a conference, and has sent a message to General Cathcart threatening to put the who] e of them to death should the troops dare to enter his territory. General Cathcart has issued a proclamation al lowing that portion of the Tambookie tribe under ' Nonesi to return and settle down upon the terri tory they formerly occupied. Within the western districts tranquillity prevails, and the crops promise an abundant harvest. The Extra to the Graham's Town, Journal of the 14th of December—states that his Excellency the Governor with his staff, assistant commis sioners, &c., crossed the Orange River into the Sovereignty on Tuesday, the 30th of November. The camp is described as extending • in a line of about two miles, and presenting a most formidable appearance. It is not known what his Excellency's policy towards, Moshesh will be. All sorts of re ports were rife in the camp. Some say Moshesh's men have been patrolling the banks of the Caledon for several days past ; others, that his sons will try their strength with the British ; while others, who 'know the native character well, say that he has already sent off the bulk of his cattle intt) -tiff loacenible' and — fug:ged motintaiufs, and will try the effect of duplicity and evasion. Ex _ _ presses, it is stated have been sent off to the chiefs by his Excellency, but their contents have not transpired. The whole forco, it is said, will move in a few days towards Plaatberg, which is situated about 20 miles from Thaba Bobziou, the residence of the chief Moshesh, and about 100 miles from Commissie Drift. His Excellency visited Smithfield on the 3d, and returned to the camp the same afternoon. The English mail, by the Calcutta, which arrived in Table Bay on the 22d of Novem ber, reached the Governor's camp early on the morning of the 3d—a distance of about 900 miles from Cape Town in 10 days. Subjoined is a description of Macomo's den, as supplied by the Colonist, in a letter from Fort Fordyce, dated December 5 : " We went on an expedition the other day to Maco mo's den, which is situated at a short distance from this fort, and as there were only twelve of us, you may infer that the Waterkloof is completely cleared. This den is a number of caverns at the top of Fuller's Hoek, and the approach to them is most difficult from the rugged nature of the ground. We found several skulls, one of which seemed to be that of a European. There were also old karosses, leather, tobacco, bags, pumpkins, water bottles, and a good knife. A skeleton was found there a day or two ago wrapped up in a kaross, with the skeleton of a dog lying at its head. Another skeleton was near it, also wrapped up in a kaross, and from the material about it, was evidently that of some one who had been killed by a rocket. There are plenty of graves of the poor soldiers about, many of which had been dug up either by jackalls, or by Kafirs in order to get the blankets." The Fettercairn, Captain Maitland ; the brig Jane, 180 tons ; the barque Lady Sandys ; and the schooner Iris are laid on at the Cape for the gold regions. In Table Bay there are at present no less than 13 vessels destined for the gold regions of Australia, and conveying emigrants from various quarters, in cluding England, Ireland, and America, and some few from the Cape. The gold fever, however, which prevailed in Cape Town on the arrival of the Australian, has to a certain extent abated, and many who recently purposed emigrating have now wisely concluded to let well alone, at least until society is more organised in that modern El Dorado. The shipments of provisions, implements, and ne cessaries hence have necessarily created much ad ditional business in the various mercantile houses here. Large shipments are being made for Australia, not only in provisions, but also in wearing apparel. An advance in price has taken place on many arti cles of general consumption in consequence. Flour and brandy are now reported at an advance of fully 10 per cent. upon previous rates. No less than 2,500 tons of merchandise will be shipped from Cape Town for the Australian colonies in the course of the present month. From Mauritius the Commercial Gazette says— " Freights' have an upward tendency, and Si. is now asked, owing to the short supply of tonnage in the har bour, reduced as follows :—The Mary, burden about 500 tons ; Emperor, about 500 tons ; Albion, about 700 tons ; Stratford, about 500 tons ; Lady Valiant, about 900 tons. This amount is very small at this time, as about 15,000 tons will be required by the end of the year. A private letter from Madras informs us that the William Prowse has been chartered to Sydney at 3/. 10s. for 500 tons of sugar, and 4/. for other goods. This vessel was crowded with passengers. Purchases of sugar will be checked by the want of tonnage, otherwise ' the market is steady at former prices." The same journal states that 50 persons have subscribed and purchased the Walter Scott, in.which ' they were about to sail immediately for Australia. The Mazeppa has arrived at Madagascar. • C 0 ONEL COLT'S E TINC P STOL his invention, or rather improvem upon a pri nc i p l e ong established, as our readers are aware, gained a wide-world fame during the Great Exhibition of 1851. ch apprehension appears to have existed as to the reit. nature of Colonel Colt's invention. The gallant o;.cer does not lay claim to an original discovery, but he does venture to declare that he has the merit of improv ing greatly upon the old system. The pistols are of singularly beautiful make and form ; and this we say without disparagement to other discoveries - which have been made. The points of superiority claimed by Colonel Colt for his pistol are—first, the facility with which the six chambers may be loaded by means of a compound lever ramrod, attached to the pistol, which forces the ball so effectually home that the chamber. containing the pow der becomes hermetically sealed, and if the nipple be covered with a little wax the pistol may be immersed for any length of time in water without danger of a miss fire ; secondly, the perfect manner in which the revolu tion of the chambers is directed, so that it is impossible to fire the pistol until the barrel and one of the chambers are in a direct mine, and so that there is no possibility of any lateral es ca p e of flame on the explosion of the pow der ; and, lastly, the superiority of projectile power, as to force, distance, and accuracy, over every other pistol that has been invented. It appears from a report made by the board of the United States Ordnance, that out of ",032 tested, only one pistol failed in the inspection trial, and that was at tributed, by the repoit, "to the imperfect metal of the particular arm." At the same trial one of Colt's holster pistols was fired 1,203 times, and his belt pistol 1,500 times in succession, and the board reported that "neither of the pistols appeared to be injured by the firing." The penetration of Colt's holster pistol was found to be through seven inches of board, and his belt pistol through six inches, whilst the greatest penetration of the common dragoon pistol was only through five inches. In the Eastern Province News it is stated that Mr. Peard,!,Colo nel Colt's agent in Southern Africa, having met with some difficulty in establishing the reputation of the arm, brought the matter to a public trial, in a place called Baaken's Valley. The firing commenced at 200 yards ; and out of six charges Mr. Peard lodged two bullets into the target at that distance. The range of this pistol was then tried, and it was found to throw a ball a clear flight of 600 yards ; and that any object the size of a human being, could be struck with a tolerable degree of certainty at from 150 to 200 yards. Colonel Colt has met with so much success that he has established a manufactory at Thames Bank, where, in order to test the validity of his invention, he proposes to erect a shooting gallery, giving a range of 100 yards. When this object is accomplished, the public will have • vary practical means of setting at rest any doubt which may exist as to the value of his discovery. • We were much gratified a few days - since when we were permitted to inspect and test the five different sized pistols. We seek not to enter into any controverAy as to inventions of other parties ; but we do not hesitate to bear our testimony to the ingenuity, efficiency, and beauty of Col. Colt's pistols. SUSPECTED MURDER.—At Bath, on Saturday, a MSC of a very suspicious and mysterious character was brought under the attention of the magistrates at the Guildhall, when two young men, named James Bennett and Lewis Pen-an, were charged on suspicion with having caused. the death of a woman, whose name is unknown, on the night of the 11th instant. To enable the reader the bet ter to understand the evidence given below, it may be well to give a brief introductory statement. On the morning of the 12th of January, the body of a woman, which had evidently not been in the water many hours, was taken out of the river Avon, at Swinford, a hamlet between Bath and Bristol. The body was identified by several persons as being that of a woman who had passed on her way from Bristol to Bath on the previous day, and who had stated that she was a soldier's wife, and was following her husband from Wales to Winchester barracks, where her husband was stationed. A good deal of excitement was created, as there was little doubt from the appearance of the body, that the unfortunate woman had been murdered. An inquest was held before Mr. J. Ellis, coroner for Gloucestershire, when Mr. Brown, a surgeon, who examined the body, gave it as p his opinion that a wound, found upon the head of the deceased was inflicted during her lifetime, but that death was caused by drowning. The jury returned an open verdict of " Found drowned," and the police were desired to direct their attention to the case. The Bath police subsequently obtained some information which led to the apprehension of Bennett and Perran on suspicion of being concerned in the woman's death. The first witness examined was George Gill, who deposed that he keeps a beer-house, called the Odd Fellows' Arms, in Avon-street (one of the lowest parts of Bath). He re membered on the night of the 11th of January, a stranger, an Irishwoman, coming to his house between nine andten o'clock. She went into the taproom, and remained there drinking until eleven. He had since seen the body of •the woman, which was taken out of the river at Swinford, and identified it as being that of the woman he had seen at his house. The prisoner Bennett sat next to the woman in the tap-room, and Peran was in the skittle alley. About eleven o'clock he turned all the company out, and the woman left with the others. William El lerton, of 5, Milk-street, was then called. He was quite a lad, but he gave his evidence with considerable rehic tame, He deposed that he was at Gill's beer-house on the night of the 11th inA., and left at the same time as the Irishwoman and the prisoners. Seeing the two pri soners go off with the woman, bk„followed to watch them. When they got about half-way down Cat's-lane, - .Perm, 'Bennett, and the'ifoiiiiin - stooif against a free for three or four minutes. He then heard the woman cry "police" two or three times, rather loud, upon which Bennett ran away up the lane, passing witness appar ently without seeing him. The woman went on down the lane, and Perran followed her. At the bottom of the fare he heard the woman ask Perran to take her to the station-house, and they went on by the side of the river towards Bristol. That was not Cle way to the station. Perran then saw witness following, and cried out, " Who's that?" and lie replied, "It's me. It was dark, and he con tinued to follow for some distance, when Perna and the woman turned a corner, and he could not see them. He stopped, and could hear footsteps, as thougth they were trampling in the mud. He also heard a splash, which he believed was from Perran and the woman stepping into a pool of water, there being a large hole there knee deep. He at the same time heard the woman call " police" loudly once or twice, and she appeared to be crying as though she was hurt. Perran also called out "Oh, Christ I' and immediately ran by witness without speaking. He followed Perran, and on Kingsmead terrace he saw by the light of the lamps, that his boots and trousers were very muddy, as though he had stepped into the hole. Was quite sure that the splash he heard was not caused by the woman falling into the river, be cause he was standing on the I gdge of the bank, and must have seen her if she had fallen in. The woman was not drunk, but could walk steadily. He saw no scrambling or scuffling between Perran and the woman. He saw Perran yesterday in Avon-Street, and told him that the woman he was with by the river side was drowned, and that the pollee had been to him about it. Ferran told him that he had better not know anything A all about it. That was all the conversation they had. The magistrates decided to discharge Bennett and to remand Perran, Mr. Hughes, the chief of police, stat ing that he believed he should be able to produce further evidence in a few days. THE MADIAS.— Lord Carlisle has addressed a letter to the editor of the Leeds Mercury, in reference to the case of the Madiais. The noble lord says—" I am aware that it is thought by many that, so far from the case of the Madiais being a solitary instance, the prisons of Italy are at this moment crowded with the victims of religious persecution. I speak not of matters, however, which are beyond my cognizance. Upon the ground ofwhat we do know as a fact, without concerning ourselves for the present either with the conduct of foreign Governments or of our own, it is impossible that we should not await with great anxiety the course ts They have continually assur ed 'adopted by our own Roman Catholisc that tllote old wh-sub jeC . u principles and codes of intolerance, once certainly (and I readily admit not exclusively) attached to their church, had fallen into•pra,ctical disuetude, and were viewed by them with at least as much abhorrence as by ourselves. We gave them credit for the generous self-assertion. I will not waste your space by a reference to what is of so little moment as my own career • but I feel that on th e whole it has not lagged not lagged in sympathy for their just rights. What has since happened ? A man is in danger of meeting with his death, under a judicial sentence, for the offence of reading the Bible. The fact, as far as I yet know, is not controverted. It is known that there are some, it is believed there ar many,' undergoing similar risks. It must be per tshaehe allegiance sentences el t gif e eai n aie c t no paramounteues per fectly obvious that in such a state as Tuscany these d ar inspirationlotfieesss must implicit pßlioe t l slumber spiritual b Tow reviveopurecclesiasticaln deferencecßomanunderle t alfue to i ; t n h o e b see s n of e a R s Rome. ro e . n e W t i o t hthat quar rel ; but as even spiritual authority must maintain some reciprocal relations with those who are subject to it, surely the Roman catholic citizens of the United Kingdom will address the voice of remonstrance to their spiritual supe rior, deferential, dutiful, subnaissive as they will, but still earnest, importunate, and incessant. till by its timely in tervention they are rescued from' this glaring inconsist ence, this intolerable reproach. I might, had space and opportunity permitted, have been tempted to remark on many gathering symptoms, long foreseen, long expected by many, of a more obstinate and decisive conflict in t he world than has yet occurred ; but I refrain from all mat ters of speculation, and confining myself to whr: tis sub ject of actual record, I must repeat that upon the these mode in in which the Roman Catholic body at large treat estimat even of their most sincere well - wis hers ion mu st large y I de contemporary occurrences their plac e in the peed." INCREASE IN PITMEN'S WAGES e . ex 3,30.0 ~ is reaping the midland counties, as might h of th i t e iron trade, and advantage from the coal trade of coal and ironstone continue a in ne e The coal proprietors prosperity co — ur T s h e : if anything, of more than proportionate d r w s' to 3s. Gd. thin coal and stone mine to ss. per day, and the VALUE OF . a :g i es ,orn IN IRELAND.—The have raised the collieys' INCREASEDproceeding at a marvel lously° te . for the confiscated, whatever the pleasant , rate may sa y to the contrary. The sale of f Ireland lb V t ,vvell Taylor I: , .st week, is one of the estate' of Mr. of ' the " awful sacrifices" effected in the latest instances. land market. The property is situated in the e c w fi i g :tr t u iw d l e ' r ' s the Irish county o f Tipperary, and yields a net rental of 7531. 195., which was sold in one lot for the sum of 20,300/„ or at the rate of 27 years purchase. THE LAKES.—Skiddaw, and the whole range of moun tains in view from Keswick, south and west, were densely covered with snow to nearly their base, on SatUrday evening last ; and afterwards a keen frost set in throughout the lake district,