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Of thi The following testimoniai Is another proof of the great efficacy s Medicine : •, " Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16,1851. takin Bir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from g Frampns Pill of eth, I feel it a duty that I owe :to you and the public to to ' send you l t l h al e following statement. For upgards of ni ne Years I hav e exper i ence d th e e ffi cac y o f thi s exce ll ent m e dicine. I bad long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampt o n' s Pill s , now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief; and during this long pe r i o d of t i me I have taken them i n preference to any other Medi cine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. , I beg farther to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and We know of nothing to equal it. "I am, Sir, yoars respectfully, THOMAS PHOVIITCE. - - - " To Mr. T. Profit, 229, StrandLondo. This excellent Family Pill is a i medicin n e of long-tried efficacy for Correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a Pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a d operation with the most successful effect, and require no re atraint of diet or confinement daring their use. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the Mime and address of " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London,"on the Government Stam p. • Price Is. 1 1 ,4 d. and 211. 9d. oar hex South Australian Copper Mining Company, 17, Gracechurch-street. "Familiar to their mouths as household words." Thissentiment Shakespere might have applied in various ways. When we think of Law-making, Stock transferring, or money-changing, Parliament, Exchange, or hank, becomes "familiar to our mouths as household words." On the same principle, when attire of any description is wanted, the name Of E. MOSES and SON, drops from our lips "familiar as household Words ; " and to every one their establishments are well known for the 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 cheapest. 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, Hatters Furriers, 'toot 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 " Carnillar" with the variety and seasonableness of their present stock, in wbich warmth, comfort, novelty, style, and economy is displayed in thousands of new designs in Dress for Ladles, Gentlemen, or Children. To specify the number of improvements introduced by E. MOSES and SON, is beyond she range of possibility, but inspection of their n ,velties in Overcoats, Paletots, &e , &c., and dress for all classes and professions, till afford the greatest pleasur e . E. MOSES and SON'S Juvenile Clothing, Sporting Dress. Clothing for Artisans 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, splendout, and cheapness. EMIGRATION. The difference of opinion formerly existing in reference to Enilgra tiOn is now completely removed. No one doubts the expedienuy and advantages of Emigration, but the expence is the principal conside ration with everyone contemp'afing a change of country and pursuits. It is scarcely credible how small an amount will procure an Outfit at E. MOSES and SONNI; it is also impossible for any class of Emi- ----• grants to obtain the article's they will require, so good or so cheap as they are offered at the Outrittin; Establishment of E. 1I0•41.:S and SON. The attention which every Emigrant requires is presided for byy a separate dvartment G2pgrilo O cthinv,' Specially rnimirdr k. by ,iff:r ill's - are otTo;ed at wh esale prices, and are acknowle igtx.l by thousands of Emigrants to he every way stmsrior to any which can bo had vlsewlie - e. Ship-sailing Information and full Lists of Outfits for Ladles and Gentlemen may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the Kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having; to guard the public against impositioii, having learned that the untradesinan-like falsehood of " Belo; emneeted with he.r Erablislunint," or" It's the same concern," has been resorted to in in my Instances, and for obvious reams, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Estaiilishoutits, ai foli.Jws London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Hmories, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, 3, Bart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Farzate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. ImpogrANT.—Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no ably ement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled "The World's Pharos," containing the flligrafst's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self•mea- S'"ement, may be had on application, or post-free, tb any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for t:;e year ending 1853 can be had gratis, On application. Ici Pon parle Franca's. Qui si Marla ttaliano. Hier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua so ha',l4. Espanol IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Snifflers, 219, Regent-street, London No I. in cloth, price 6s. by post free, ss. M., ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, With the View: o the Correction of wide-spread Errors 11 2 1 relation to the Treatment and Core of Sufferers from Debility of the ur onerative System, 'r Sexual Hypochondriasts. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickfor,i is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first Urne, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi rl reader. We trust this may not be the last. if he 'shall row say other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his uo wer to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. tromised in a former number that we should recur to this At 14. in ord er t o ex hibi t I ts a i m more clearly. The author lashes great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying Indon t he credulity of the publi c . The tribe of Quiet Symathisers.' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book 1 -o o l d find its way into the hands of those who suffer from th corn ?taint of which it treats, we are satisfied th a t many h undreds would ..yed much needless suffering of body and mind, and wha'c. is of Z e lroportar.ce, though It is that which the quacks most prize e m n'oneY......This volume is well qualified t o pu t an end to the blrical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, -.44 . 4 Y to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. H. Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., Zit CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Prlnci a'w 10 once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate an d apparently In tractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTEWAY, M ember of the Royal College of Surgeons of Engla n d. he t..O r ° o f of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) h as g i ven a s of a great many cases success:try treated, as bad Such any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operate d . period eases ix., xi., ail., and evil.. No. is. had res sted, for a °f tWelve years, the treatment by ("Mallon, and was finally e n r u ration, - u v ed in as many weeks. Bat cases xviii. and xix. appear, both severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag. t eat .ravated character than any detailed by Mr. Byrne, and yet the adopted by Mr. Courtonay proved eminently saccesstal. " o rr°les s' e /. 1 n the . Trearment of Stricture. b R s CIJEVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. 147 p, To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho, - flee t - street Mann, 39, Corn hill. Price One Shilling each ; lxst, is 6d. ann, ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. Co„,. Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." curst,;', EN T B Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—E Vo res+ ,% about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills Tri p , Fields, High-roads, and other plemant places - Country I,.._,cand Rambles —The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home mat, —The Dratna—On Eating, Dria4ig, Bathing, Air, Ease, Occupation, &c., &C. rt.., 1, PRAGNIENTKFRom Tut ) fciUNTAINS. Two Vols. 1 TO VISIT Vol. I. -- THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. TILE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, A That three score years and ten ow course may run." v....•_poptilar review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner tZe".L.J,,dehilitated health and enfeebled constitut , on that harasses bitt4 s u o i r t . ,4, b , es e ets the man of pleasure, bu.ineis or tudy, and em h t bles and ru'esfor the diet ands physical regu latt" 01 every -day life. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refired as Athens ever heard." Su rqger : —Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the nassions. Chastity and its inf - ingement. The casualties oflicentiousness and dissipation, with tilu.strati ins, graphic, narra tive. and rernediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. TIIE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be. that is the question." Jana's...l4l,lx :—Laws end obligations of nature, society, and refl. ,ton!t_'" regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and wice both sides, as to age temperament, complexion. and gure, sere healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. ' h ‘..i -, , 5 cal d efectiveness and its s p ring, removal. Sterility' audits conversion. Cases, &c. (182 ItY t. 3 COLVERWELL, M.D. (1841), 111.R.C.5. (1827), L.S.A. 4), T wenty-flve years Medical and Forensic Referee in these Illatters. Price Is, each; by post, Is. 6d. _To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147. !Ileet-street Alarm, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D.. Paternoster il Argyll -place, Regent-street, who May be consulted daily from 44112 . 141 rills alid_Sevektill Nine. 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 ultithately 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 7 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 681, 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 bad 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 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 -d-rows ed r aind lie 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. BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-road, London. z-ir,—As a low medical journal is endeavouring to mislead the public as to the birth and parentage of JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist, we beg to send the followi, g for publicity. • We are, sir, your obedient servants, Montsorf and Co. February, 1853. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH of JAMES MORISON, the HY GEIST, WI i h the reasons that led him to the discovery of the lly geian System of Medicine, and the" Vegetable Universal Medicines," after 35 years of inexpressible suffering under the Medical Faculty : Irt ES MORISON, the youngest son of Alexander Mothon, Esq., was born at Bognie, in the county of Aberdeen, in the year 1770. The family has been long known as one of great affluence and re spectability, and the subject of this brief sketch was_ the second brother of .lohn Morison, late member for Banffshire. In early life he studied at the University of Aberdeen, and afterwards at Hanau, in Germany, :being intended for the mercantile profession. Alter finishing his studies he resided at Riga, as a merchant, an •I subse quently in the West Indies, where he acquired considerable West India p►operty. Having suffered much from ill health, he was ob liged to leave that country and proceed to Europe, seeking from change ef clime a restoration to health, It is nuw 25 years ago, that, by his discovery and perseverance, he accomplished his own extraor(rnary cure. We cannot do better than describe the following interesting par iculars, given by himself in the " Morison taint :" "A 35 years' inexpressible suffering, both of body and mind, is an event, too, which falls but to the lot of lew, if of any at a' l . Had it pleas:id God to. have called me out o: this world eight years ago, I another, maw and-been- forgutton,. and 44e-world &turd 111%1'6 ..reaPWriti benefit from my case ant misft_ ;;UffitB, nor from the favourable effects rroduced by the same means on my cis Lire, This Is a guarantee to the world not often to be met 'nail, 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 Biography, see the abridged "Mori- ForMly motto —lino Ictu—At one blow. _.` Family estate—Strawberry-vale, Finchley, Middlesex. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIE% OF 'YOUTH AND MATURITY PR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Doctor of Medicine, and 3latric Anted Memher of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the Londo i llespital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irreguiarities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema tu: e decay at all stales of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases 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 altd Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutiota► 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 he violated without incur ring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be remove t, and how the evil and its consequences 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 LAWERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaint+, 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. Ill.seleting thi • department of practice, he has been amply ra=• arded by the art at success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virines of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicines can he forwarded to any initials or address. It is desira^le that patients wishing to consult Dr. L'AMERT should first obtain a copy of his work on S L F-PRESKUVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Pi ilosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative De ility, illustrative by fifty coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting iron secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist them in the correct description of their cases, and it may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Xll ann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by pus for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, Bedford-square, London. 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 The report published by M. Bineau, the French Mi - hand. The man I have pointed out is that man, to the nister of Finance, on the present condition of the Trea- best of my belief. sury and the prospects of the revenue for 1853 admits of The accused, in answer to the coroner, having stated being condensed into a very few statements. It appears that prio r t o 1852 th e accumu l a t e d deficits represented that his name was Thomas Mackett, Mr. Wakley read by the floati ng d e bt amoun t e d to 26,070,0001. For over the evidence to him, and remarked that it having 1852 the estimates at first showed a further deficiciency been proved that deceased had been drowned, it now be of 4,120,0001., but of this sum credits to the amount of 1,480,000/, will b e annu ll ed, wh il e t h e i ncrease in the c ame the duty of the jury to ascertain if possible how she came into the water. Did the accused or his professional receipts over the figures originally assumed is found to din have be en 1,520,0001. These amounts toget h er ma k e a dviser wish . to ask any question ? 3,000,000/., and h ence t h e actual deficit for that year IVIr.Wil g and Mackett replied in the negative. will be reduced to 1,120,0001. The improvement The Coroner. said he had promised Lord Palmerston which has thus occurred in the revenue has arisen that the accused should be at the police - court by twelve both from the i n di rec t and direct taxes. The 'clock, so that the proceedings before the coroner former, it is pointed out, have recovered to o 32,400,0001., an d are magis mount in the most p ros p erous year of the reign of trate. He thought it desirable, therefore, that any evi now withi n 680 , 0 00 1 . o f th e i r should not interfere with the duties of the Loui s Phili ppe (1846), while if, allowanc e i s ma d e for dente which appeared to affect the accused should be at 80,0001. Adding the deficit of 1852 to thatNvhich had y the balance of taxes since taken off they exceed it b previously Henry Timpson said he resided at the Victoria accumulated, together with 3,120,000/ f • Mr ' reimbursements to dissentient holders during the recent .l3l Tavern, IVlornington-road. He knew deceased by seeing M. Bineau then proceeds to State that, owing to the conversion of the Five per Cents. the the total is 30.300 0001. her about the neighbourhood. He last saw her alive on once taken. large amounts constantly receivable by ie Tr which the Government allow interest, this Ositio in front of the bar. The barwoman Man was with her the savings banks and public establishments, and for the night of Monday week, about half-past ten, and a the floating debt is not too heavy. It is co p mpos d n at about ton minutes, and they both appeared sober. present of about 7,600,0001. due to savings bank eb o o n f served them with a quariern of gin. They remained 6,280,000/. due to the various comwines and s' a advances s establishments, about 4,800,000/. of Treasury b • e circulation, and of other items such as thee its a 'Witness—Yes, public The . Coroner—Should thati you him know (pointing the In to a t n he ag a ai c n cu ? sed.) (Great sensation.) Ido .not recollect seeing him before from the Receivers - General, s tc ., re that night. The time it would occupy to walk from the being 27,600,000/. As a set-off the Treasury Victoria to the Regalia would take about three minutes. possesses about 3,640,0001. in the obligations of railway Had no doubt he had pointed out whatever the person companies, which will mature at various p er i o d s i n fu- was the man with deceased on the night in question. ture years. With regard to 1853, and th e possibility of was the man with d ecea sed on the night in question. establishing an equilibrium, the Minister observes that Mackett declined to put any question to the witness, its expenditure, as fixed in July last, showed an esti- and was here removed. mated excess over revenue of 1,360,0001., which has since Charles Perceval, police-constable S 166, having been been increased by supplementary credits to 2,100,000/. sworn, to having deposed taken the body of a woman out He contends, however, that the probable receipts were the of placed too low, since the proceeds of the indirect taxes canal, near th e R ega li a pu bli c -h ouse, s h ort l y a ft er were calculated at 260,0001. less than in 18 52, whereas 11 o'clock on the evening of Monday week. The body he hopes they will show a progressive and considerable I was got out by means of a rope. He was called to the increase. 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On Tuesday, th e Ist inst., having iv in formation that a woman had been drowned in the Re gent's Canal, with wh ose d escription he was f urn i s h e d b y his sergeant, as well as th at of a man who had been seen received 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 Pratt-street, Camden-town, on the previous evening. He 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 should be able to clear himself. After lodging Mackett in the custody of a fellow officer, witness returned to the house where ac cused lived. He-then saw- a woman who stated shb 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 ber 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 38. at a pawn broker's at the Corner of Hanway-yard, Tottenhain-court road. The merino was pawned by deceased eight or nine months ago.. Witness bad 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 separatai from Mackett aboul five months ago. Her daughter was to purchase suitable trimmings for the dresse . s, and she said she should return immediately. Witness had never seen her since. Sarah Hermitage was the next vitness examined. She was the wife of Richard Hermitage, a labourer, residing at No. 32, Pratt-street, Camden-tcwn. 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. Keek, 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. Alter walking a short distance, deceased asked Mackett what he 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 quarters of gin. Here Mackett said that as ho had come so far, he_would go on and see witness's 'husband. 11'6T' 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 witl, 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 upor, having her way, and she sang, " I've wandered by the trook side." Samuel Robert Wolfe, landlord of the Regalia pub lic-house, corroborated, in all the ruin 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 d n n o n t e t d o a b eled plan n b fy the t p , p andea ra gn a c e. ve a The det d c e d r e a s e l s r p p t i r n o n . of the distances, from place to place, where deceased and accused had been traced. The tow ng-path was nearly level, it was covered with gravel, sad measured 13 feet wide. The Coroner here intimated to 'Air. 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 would reserve anything he had to sad for another place. The Coroner then charged the jtry. He remarked that there was one strong fact, namely, that there appeared no pre-concertion, no Planning on the part of the accused to get the deceased to any particular place ; on the contrary, she sought him out, and appeared to give him some kind of invitation. The other points 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 unfortt'oate young woman had lost her life through the criminld 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 did not think pointthere was at. slufificoinenttheeviodtehnecre hand, oatiPusttihfye them in fixing criminality upon any one, then'theycould return 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 abs ence of about twenty minutes, came into court, and M r. Matthews, their foreman, declared that the jury had come to a una,- b n y im T o h u o s m v a er s d m ict a , ck"eThtt.a"t Eliza Lea was wilfully murdered The Coroner said as it would take som e ti me to draw up the official document u pon which his w arrant could be i i send jy ss u u r ed sho utoldemb ret-haessacculse at a f ed for iu trial, r h e e prop ose d that time, 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. ATTEMPED ESCAPE AND SUPPOSED DEATH OF A CON VICT.—A convict, named Edmund Hulme, under sen tence of transportation for ten yeari, was employed on 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 tht opportunity of at tempting to escape by jumping overboard with the tore used who in tention of swimming to the Essex shore. *W hen the alarm of his escape was given4evky eye k ept directed to the Essex side of the river, but t ll6 ,Fonvict never made his appearance, and it is the general'impre ss i on that he was drowned in the attempt. Th nearly the whole of yesterday, but the body has not :i wereo s object been found. About t e cries of distress as of a drowning pers on were heard f ah u ne r da t r h wd e r etri d iee o rat ‘ h v then ecroeuf oldr en rv tn e ap r b , elre b c u et o t i v reader l:u persons .e no dg s a n the ri ver , o any assistance. 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 nobl e marquis. The cerem on y was witnessed by 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 S ea h am , with the family mansion of Lord 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 oaccollent -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 same moment. 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 a 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.) Since th e p er i o d to which he had referred, Lord Londonderry 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 te 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, ironmaster, 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-hound 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 west 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 children of 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 generationk. (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 ship wreek'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 ho 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 materially to the prosperity of the county of Durham. (Loud cheers.) He hoped Lord Londonderry would re ceive the reward he so richly deserve 3, 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 my se lf th a t I s h a ll fi n d con siderable difficulty and embarrassment in doing so, ,for nothing is more inappropriate than 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 acknowledge 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 stone, brick, nor stick. The 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 a 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 8,0001. 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 sonic 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 thig 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 development 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 determi na ti on never t o y i e ld 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- wa y h ouse of Seaham on their way to Sunderland,C 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 Sealiam, 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 are 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 Seahain 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 thiso r railroadbody of I am encroaching on any existing company assistance ourselves, F o' while2s y ear s w the greatwe are surrounded have enjoyedgreat ar and held n e a r b h y a had h a i n eh y eh companies p never _ the purse-strings of an almost unlimited number of shareholders. (Hear, hear.) Nobody gives more complete and general credit generous than benefactor to I do myself. believe he has been a great and n invariably an adjoining port ; but we cannot losbeese supported ight of theby fact that his undertakings have bodies of shareholders. (Hear, hear.) Well, look at lar 'Sl aliam, standing alone, like this spade I hold in my hand—why All not we y e waanndt is do a acliietatrlestfaogreoaunrd nseelvfaesv.eur. (hear, hear.) There is this g rea t company —the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway —which "Bestrides the narrow world like a Colossus, While wo petty men walk under his legs," and peep about as if ashamed to show ourselves. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) 'Why, such a state of things is not to be borne. (Hear, hear.) Let us try what, under our own exertions, we may not accomplish. The under taking we are about to commence may be a great plunge for me, but I have the satisfaction of knowing that no person can be injured in their future destinies by it ex cept myself. It may add to 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 perhap s ask why, at my advanced age I should not leave thi s new undertakingy form children ? Will , tell you why. I solemnly declare that 1 feel for th ..,... , people,.)' eaham who barked their all in a project sug.gfr-d by this y head (raising his hand to his ea. , all the affection of a parent, and, and as no one 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 li fe in endea vouring pardon for to having secure troubled same bl ea.y object. eu a t eh (Cheers.) but l the beg moment is one of great importance to myself. It may .ean uclengt, 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 d irected me, and al so th e hi s t ory o f m y l a t es t 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 ditty which has devolved upon me. (Loud cheers.) The noble Marquis descended from the platform aamnd a idsdtvtahneuinhgear:yfew feet cheers of the a piece them of turf with his multitude assembled, spade and threw it into a handsome mahogany wheel barrow in the most appro ve d f as hi on. H i s lordship then, amidst if possible still greater acclamations wheeled the barr ow across the field to his carriage, on the top of which, together with the spade, it was tri umphantly elevat e d. Th e noble marquis then, together with about 80 gentlemen, returned to Seaham Hall, where a handsome dejcumer 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 displayed 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 INTELLIGENCE. 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 at 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., from 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 OF 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 131 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 151 knots." Now, if the Fairy's speed was 21 knots more than the Bengal, we fear that our great ship, 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 151 knots, she only ran a mean rate of 121. Taking off, therefore, 21 from this 121, the speed of the Bengal must be rated at 101, 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.—. Herald. 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 a ft ernoon from the eastward, ' en route to Queenstown to embark troops. The Rolla, 6, naval apprentices' instruction brig, Lieutenant-Commander Fenwick, has commenced fitting out for her summer cruises ; she has sent up and fidded her topmasts this afternoon. H o ß s an ke s o h , e hase, s h tza d n a i b - pa ou c t k t e h t r e, e L i e u streakst e n a o n f t - o C o o p m p e m r a t n a d k e e r o o J ff . from her water-line downwards, and they are engaged in caulking and re-coppering the same. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., Superintendent of this dockyard, and Acting Port-Admiral, 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 wages to the crew of the Rodney, 92, Captain Gra ham, CI., and the Medea, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Bailey, the former being ordered to the Mediterranean to join the squadron under Vice-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., and the latter to the West Indies, to join that under Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.B. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 9. The crew of her Majesty's ship Vengeance, 84, Ottp 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. 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 Trollope, 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. The Barracouta, paddle-wheel steam-sloop.—Mr. J. T. Bignall, clerk, has this day taken up his commission to this sloop. afternoon, n t'he young man, the capt a in's joiner, fell overboard from Chatham, C ar on Saturday Commander next Wyvill, will Saturday be paid off wizen chains, and was drowned. THE ARMY. O The General Commanding-in-Chief has been pleased to approve of Captain the Hon. Granville Charles Corn wallis Eliot, of the Coldstream Guards, being appointed an aide-de-camp to his father, his Excellency the Earl of St. Germans, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, vice Capt. Arthur Lennox Peel, of the 52d Light Infantry, re- L thei Light ships hi p aH arrivaligl lHighland signed. The ship Lady Clarke left Deptford on the 3d inst. for Cork, to receive on board a portion of the service companies of the 57th Regiment for conveyance to Corfu. In fantry The ilssitlnwßaatttaclinornk awaiting a t i h ti e n g 7 t l h st e Emerald Isle, Santipore, and Flora, which have been c h ar tered to convey the service co • bat talion to Corfu. companies of this . . _ The 81st Regiment, from Dublin, has relieved the 71st at Kilkenny and adjacent stations, but the former regiment has not yet been replaced in Dublin garrison.