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' N n.,„ , ' 1 -.,.........____:. - •..ta' i tomemons .• GENERAL POST-OFFIC E, December, 1852. 171141 POSTMASTER-GENERA L will receive Tenders for the supply of WAX, COMPOSITION, and TALLOW CANDLES, OIL and SOAP, for the use •f this Depart ment during the ensuing year. 17sh January, and 'they The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretires Department of this Office, at or before noon on MosinsT, the must be enclosed in sealed covers, addressed to " Her Majesty's Pest master-General," and endorsed " Tenders for Candles, BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established August 1, 1837. , Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, vitt., cap. 9 . Cnitaxau—Colonel ROBERT ALEX.ANDER,a Riackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. A table of increasing rates of premiu m, es pecially adapted to NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF GERTRUDE. the securing of Loans or Debts. A New Edition, in One Volume, fop. 8 co., price 6 s. 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London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1853. No . 18,808.] -- j [PRICE 5D . THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the HOOD MEMORIAL, held Dec. 2d• at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscrip tion List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and T 0 LOVERS OF FISH. 100 REAL YARMOUTH 'DLO i.TERS, (Cured to keep from Two or Torero Months) FOR 65., on 225 rot 125., PA.crec a tucLuuEo. The above forwarded to all parts Act iPt of penny postage stamps for the amount. Address Thomas Lettis, Jun., Flsheurer, Grelit Yarmouth. LAW INTELLIGENCE. THE YEAR 1852. Miss ELIZA. COOK, Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and Ma. 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 Strudw !eke, at the Wbittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Mr. John Watkins, Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street. Letters Patent. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. or seven annual Empowered by her Majesty's Roya Annual division of profits. Profits.. Policy holders participate in profits after five payments, according to the table selected. _ Premiums calealated for every three months' diffeteoce of Half credit pollc,ea granted on terms unusually f age. _ avourable ; the unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April 1 •ast, a reducti of 30 per cent. was made in the c urrent year's Premium .l. all —. partied_ on pating policies. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'el ocu. Age of the assured in every else a d m itted in the policy': M e dical attendants remunerated is al l cases for th eir reports. (PROPRIETARY.) Extract from the Half Credit Kates of Premium. (MtrruaL.) -------- Extract from Tab le Participation P In profits, ayments. after Sevan ?early -------- y-----„"rlyt az: Half Whole remittal premium Age. Annual gaff Qu il I) First for Re- premium p re _ 9IY " 4 Seven mainder Pre_ Years. of Life.. initial. ---- --- 7 Z s. d. X s. d. Years. Months f 1 7 . d , . f a. di -----_. s. 4. 30 I 1 1 9 , 2 3 C 30 0 0 420 12 3 40 192i2 18 4 -- ' 2 7 ~, I - ,, ~ , 50 2 2 6, 1 4 5 0 6 2 7,0 I 4 e n ~ 0. i 2$ 2 1 4 B "' n ' l2 5 60 , 3 1 111 6 13 4 u 12 6 .7 —_,___________ FOSTER, Resident AN L FILA-NCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London, NEW FEAT-elm rx LI FE ASSURA_N•ci ------ --... THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL ASSURANCE COMPANY , LIFE 18, New Bridge-street, Blacker Mrs, London, CAPITAL--ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POON,. DIRECTORS, F---IngburY• . R. YaHowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road Junior United G. Noel Clarke, Esq , late 17th Lancers, J _„. Serpi,. ~ 1, , George (Mode, Esq., Portland-terrace, Wal l6ls w ° " ., anti.E.,, ,, lUb. Helier's, Jersey "'""x, St. V Stephen Crackuall, Esq.. 1, St. John's-g--.*denas Nuttin,--...idn ew-square, I.incoln's-inn. , and 11 Y , ',re p George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-66u- ' Ryde- ark, a rid Lodge, Stailordsbire. Tor Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on -the-Hill. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Pertreen.t William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, ii Ure. place West. ' de-pa= is a te u r ght.sq Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple , Barr C n -at. Law. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymonr-street West, uare. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. AUDITORS. _ F. J. Bigg, Esq„ 126 , Strand , Actuary and Secretar y to the M edical, Legal, and General Life Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Gaillhall-chambers. BANEERS. SIT Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London. t rair s iciess. Idon. Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-plats. L onna Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour - stre et West, agh t.square • SURGEONS. El H. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour -street. Port de-park rna., Michael Teevan, Esq., 44 , Glouceiter.plaCC, Y ~are . CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Ndson, E q., F.L.S. INSFECTBR OF AGENCIES. F. P. F. Strousberg, Esc! STA.NDING COVVOI.• William Wellington Cooper, Esq., Itew-sqpare, L incoln's.. sowcaoas. Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY• Charles W. - Bevan, Esq• The public Is respectfuly invited to examine the Ptinetipi es Deposit System of Assurance. which is based upon tables the by, and is under the immediate Supervision ot, Francis G. p . Z. u ulted Esq., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company, - "eison, Comparative Tables to assure 5001 one eath,. n ap er._ twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY an on theszn aged ofAssurances. 4 BYstern ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. )221.257d 2871. 2s. 9d. //.10s Od NEW EDITION OF ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM•. Trio, a ble to Pain or not desirous of gor omitting topay, thePo licY would still remain Of its slam. 'Value, 5221.25.7.ti11death if 20 Years after, no fttr- PaYllient beingre qthueiCed. Ifhowever the partY, fom) any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlYdraw ont all hehas put in, viz., 2251., but a certain bonus of 62/. 2 S . 9d. in the bargain which is m ore , than one-fourth of the whole enits payments, r he could either draw or 3 part. 201. or 501., diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age when withdraw n . See P— ".ffess and 7 in d etailed pamphlet, by F. G• P. Nelson, E. _i_______L--- 1 --- --- fed by the English h ot a ti n an d * The rates hare selected are those adOP- Cambrian Office, and advertised in its distinctiVe features as low rates of p r emium, and professedly for the losver and_ In so idd ing classes, In most offices, particularly the older ones, sue% hi the Equitable and the Globe, these rates Would be utuc ntran g et% in favour of 3 ia the former of 101. 7s. 6d., with 10 shillings per cent. e l ce fee, would be the rate to insure 8001. at 20 years of age. In the atter 81. 13s 4(1 , to insure the same sum. The higher the rate the more the nErosrr system. *vx TsELy t Money o und interest Dora — I every f our _ laid out at comp feet. years. be seen t On comparison of these two tables it will ~, securebat Per Son under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance ea.' _ the ing advantages, viz., let. For a less sum, P the ordinn can assure aid annually, he follow. a larger sum in case of death than under ~,,,__ - J ./ syste 2ndly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy ho can „ in. which applies to receive in this Company, by the above example, 3r dl y I all age . THREE times as much as on the ordinary systern• • n the of inability or omission to pay, his policy retrains still hi s event Prope,... of the same value as it was, though he ce,ase his current pa,_ "T. for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinall system, r e ents nothing. 4thly. Should he require to amount of his policy be can do so at plesure. path 1 n c rl eierc Iterm e rn; f ds a iatec e i.t il r ea l t na y ; i e n t :5 by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any whole amount of his previous payments and .n le If t t ° er the' has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single „PaYment, three be years, or any time afterwards. raise his poliel its former amount ; and by this system he can at all t e ht e e s r r 7 gu e l ven his annual savings by his annual expenditure, wan t ate bargain of having a fund to fly to in case of necestibtsYti the saMe the In a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, rec t t he g. , as rest fur his money, and in case of death his famibytfl, c ve mer " e !T . l te. the amount of his savings. In ordinal Li fe en(Pe ca b d t o tian such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is canc th e n .,,_ no an d, instead of h av T e °,,inent he ceases to pay his current prem!ums, Iliad to fly to for aid, all his hard-earned saving s br me forfeit any the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit ne pocked Lea to more fortunate co-assurers. La of bi e Suet , a system Is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked a nd PEPOSIT assurance is the only system of as whim e e tiked un iversally recognized and adopted when the principles are t, 511 be ti ally c anvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely 01013 it s confers greater advantages than a bank because it allows a f ". It of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives tvrice the am oun t rate bands of the Company to the repres.tntatives of the De In the case of death. thus combining the Positor he ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BEN . AN ASSURANCE COMPANY. E PITS OF In case of endovrment . essura ncea the advantage s of tile bl ' P° sl T IlYstem are sell More strikin ADVANTAGES OLFIFTIL ISCOMPANY ASS URANCE BR UNDERA NC H THE. ORDINARY To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201, to 5,0001. on every known principle thereof. Lives in all but the wors:trestagtakeSenoaftdraeutese'eqanuldvalsueenhtastohave be rejected by other OffiCeS , th e on clear disease. Part!. ed on every kind grant of Loans from 50/. and upwards real or personal, on the Most equitable terms to the borrowsecurity, Annuities of every description granted on very favourshi er , Non-forfeiture of a Policy —ln case of inability to PolicyPayth: Lens, premiums, the Directors will either purchase the , 'o at 'rant market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less a Per 05 ,,.. a fai r rest corresponding in amount to the Whole of the previous „7,! Ante_ which have been made. Ant e_ Detailed prospectuses with tables in further illustrati „ -. the y, posit system, and any further information may De obtaind o „ ~e . caeca to the Agents in the country , or to CHARLES W. BEVAN , --- Resident Seeretar"3.."Pit* .—Agents wanted in all parts of the World. vp Tilt S ECRET INFIRMITIES THE IiMIOSOPITY. OF MARS_lies ~,fit' AT ON INFIRMITIES OF YOITTI3Jr.„''‘enTGs d 8 ,,,, ,,,...1,. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENu i ; n ' l',lh, an it a r en E ._ In French, English, Germans Du t°ll ',... pr rOrt i '."tarn, ' LEI a Sealed Envelope. 2sl. ed.. sir post-free. . A. T .1. 0 N . ii, -PRESER -.; We and Pun ; an S ELF Analytical investigation of the 11Y..° .ant silty_ Mions of which that is:lPu'. erience ans treatment li ficationi lect a ff ects Marriage, in all the besxinn W .._ D i m es and T in the health and happiness o Man, with a. ts ofjo s ' en"s" Y bade diments, tracing their origin to the effec „,dy ; fo ll o w b ta, Rep ro _ youthful excess, tropical climates, or dos@ g`" in the Y Prue tient remarks, founded on twenty years' e g e tness , ' " r niatorr of Impuissance, Nervons Debility, Local Gene rative g 3 . ste hoaa, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary an d A n atettlY of the I T' 11- lustrated by !SO coloured Engravings, on the... waith and D isease. ditctiVe Organs and their relative conditions in By SAMUEL LA.'MERT, s"' N ~ /, oto 0 3 7, BED F 0 R D-S QU A B D ',,, e Viliversit ° Il i ; Medicine, Matriculated Member 0 f '" lo t Medieli l. .41n. De dor of burgh, 'Honorary !Member of the London lioeP 30 . 'ociety, of Apothecaries , Hall, London- t‘ e ,,"i n t out th e Licentia te The essential object of this treatise Is r,- 0 exces, e . .earm , whic - oin irregularities f.„. re dation in h consequences resulting fr m ore miserY in Youth, " i 'itian, Perh /Inn have Pm duc t attire decay at all stages of life. Th a pe , any hood, and pre k i e gista• e treatment other class of d isease path°. he most eei -ent is d e ed an oo n ex ow P i e t* rte ra ng le g rn ained in tcon tine ntal adopted is fo un ded ebrated bothand in E.,. schools of tnedicine in this country • .. ere conde ue -.OPe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired arc p ier one of e t el l under the personal eliPervisionLeMert, td re 'l l eir whole 6 fe w egally qualified P I hysicians who have devoted ' and lo t me dis eas es- In - divided studies to this important branch of Me-i short. every peculiarity t relating to the treatment of the diate nel dootal i i mile relief to the generative sys em, and the means of . feg ionst ee ,., and ultimate cure sre described in detail. The Pr, ° ,i n guished 14 -nation of Dr. La'Afert, who has taken the most 0 " itself a M edical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in e , coder , Tffici ent guarantee that those who may place thentse l ` ce oside re 4 li a care will, in every instance, meet svith that delica te on tre atme nt and I nviolable secrecy which are so requisite t o the Of these cases. , 1 llbert, 49 p PLVlshed by the Author, and may be had oL • Titehbar n : ater. nester-row; itannaY , 63, Oxford-street ; tun e , , o st for ra tr ect, Haymarket ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or (Yee I, ,Yr e ersonaii„ — Y - two s tamps, front the author, who may be consult.. ' u s. ', or by utter daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till VI MAUNDER'S TREASURY OF HISTORY. Now ready, in fcp. 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At the The Burn the ordin The sum the Life Offices ordinary Life him if hew give ' t illable Offices would to Pay, or if he ond tt - His give him for to pay his currentnual prem. end of policy the surrender gi. 6s. 3, of nun of _ ... Annual thirty at that 0 .1 1) i r s s p a o l liey, •~ premium years when In case f after thirty paid into after he h" NEW 2491.75.64.. tuirdcoffers 44 %%U.* ta is e P fl a rt i ; of iyears'payments they have h ad j i v e l l_leh e , to years old, death amounting to . of at convouni us li LoNTEN , .. is THIS DAY PERMANENTLY TO TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. -- Office, 5, Henrletta-street, CovYenEt -.,, :- hewm have will h e 2491. 7s. 6(1: thicntevrest,t or to an'al‘ti,Crlg% o f the office. had the benefit of at compound omission interest. • little more one li a o h u t r ° a r t* re " '" '' 1 ' -- - 4 / 1 4 T . L...T .T8 LITERARY GAZETTV .N ga L r IRGED den. QUARTERLY REVIEN No. V. (price 2s. 6d.) is now ready. - I. Retrospect of the Literature of the Quarter. — death g iemoirs, Journal, and Correspondence.—lll. Thackeray CAB„ oLl'ood.—Vl. Whimwams and Opinions of Sir c . I " m Bart. - VII. India: How mum HINDU THRALL Is nor inability RULE D cii ±vra. Inecdtes of Wellington, Re.—Present Condition of to pay. : ------- 2491.75.6 — d. — 6OOl. than 801. ----To--------rturto. • L perhaps 201 - anY interest P alish e d in America, Medical s c i e go--Together with separate Reviews of every Book of Past Quarter. Hookham's, 16, Old r B r France, s o t r r ee :r many durlog the --... THE 18th Number of the HYGEIST and mEDiCAL REFORMER, for January 1, mitains :—The Report of the Pritish College of Health for 1853—/he Human Body compared to A Tree, proving the Truth o f t h e Hygeian System of James Moriso o-- viz , that the Human B o d y in Disease should be w polte, and not othe rw i se.—Oftlee, 262, Strand. Trice m l d or .. iso or n, 2 s d ij „,, treated as a post; and may a l so b e had of all the Agents for i ' i 'ker sal Medie,ine throughout the Kingdom. T HE ALBION GOLD MINING COMPANY, the Gold Mines on Burns' Creek, and the Quartz Gold V f e o i r tilio °r :; l . l r enrga Conveyance in Fee-simple, of 1,000 acres, near Quartzburgli.P''' ul Posa, California. Capit a l, £100," 0, in 100 ,000 Shares of £1 each, to be paid up in ful without further liability. On the net Book system, requiring no deed of settlement. Neither the dire ctors nor any co-adventurers will have power to Contract debts —,,, bind thi s Company in California, there being a law against it in to a t State. TR USTEES. Marquess of D' )0 Van, O.C.R. and P.C.—Sir Robert Price, Bart., M•P ' n utEuToits. F" tl aud.place. Sir ROBER T PRICE, Batt., M.P., Foxley-park, Herefordshire and Strati 41-stret Piccadilly, Chairman. tr. The Most Most 1 3 .,.. 0 . 11. the Marquess of Donegan, O.C.R. and P.C., .--o- L an ie d u 6 t ant of the County of Antrim) ormean-park, Matthew wford, pat' , 13. 'A.L. fiddle MT l and Haverstock p e, hill, Halm !Inca& • , Renry IV. 11 " 3° d , tSCI Britton Ferry, Glamorganshirc. Antrim, _ Messze.sPsrsri.c,7t,olietkosrry, t it a iv i t c l o , t a i n i : d b :r . o a . n i l l s a ,K il l , n T. William-street, City. E '. o S, Prolessor of Geology, g43 C vorisrlanvo I ultsittio d ' Ansted, ESQ., F.R.S. and King's College. t SECRETATIL—George Jackson, Each )PRlels.-3. Copthall-buildings, Bank. Charing-cross. AppPeations tor eshornarpeast:,3bT, _ntade in the usual form to the Secreta, at the Obtained. ry _ (Juices. where prospectuses may be PORN OF APPLICATION FOR MARES. To the D'.lrectors of the Albion Gold Mining Company. Gentlemen, - - JE request you will allot me shares of oue pound sterling each in. the abo ve „ -nuertakin the whole of which, or any less number tb a% may be allotted to me I hereby agree to accept, e and when requ i red, to as... e amount thereon, and subscribe th cost book of th a Company, I ',PI, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Dal; The DireCt Orr s,!la,lre Adores .. •• •••••••. •• •• •• • • Reference .. •• .. great Pleasure in stating that they continue to ente rtain undir"'"'"ahed confidence in the full success of this under taking. By order of the Board, 3 , Copthall-bilildings • Dank, GEORGE Dec, 31, J ACKSON, Secretary. 1852. nature of ° p i ; e t s h en et " M ESSF 1 9 -. ALL SOPP k, SONS' PALE OR II ALES have been unquestionably X ;entitle and medical men of the day,vouched, tb by the Most fl dent tonic, as a general beverage Ith a for e th ' eti v iv erY tAree:b m l ß e in a lTe ti n d TtE e l is igredients employed, the moderate proportion of "1 and the ro b; it t ; and as tending, from the pure and wholesome - and the very considerable quantity of aromatic i rt oration of t .i. :rived from hogs alone, which they contain, to pre sand vigour of the stomach, and to conduce to the etl e Y n th e e biZ IL at organ when in a state of weakness, debility, or 4..tabib t „ In all 3 '' Dv which Malt Liquors are suitable, nose meet the de si,„,, cases • 'vu effect me° 0 certainly, none are prescribed with more confidence b o y „Te knel:llP " The careful manner In which the fermentation Is t e , -- -ected, al oe° them to assimilate to Foreign Wines more than "e ordi nary .1 es of this country ; and on this account they do not steB,lo/1 that 0 .ci dity of stomach created by the less perfectly ler tr",e4l a l es ! , "' These Bitter Beers differ from all other prepare thnons °l ' Malt, n containing a smaller amount of extractive matter, digestiona bl, io ,s v Iscid and ssccharine, and consequently more easy of ° T he y resemble, indeed, from their lightness, a Wine of el t rather the • 1 3 an ordinary fermented infusion ; and it is very sa tire.,etory to iip d that a beverage of such general consumption is en tirely free from Every kind of impurity." ALLsop p ,s I 'ALE or BITTER ALE may be obtained in Casks of if Gallons a nd upwards from the Brewery , B urton-on - Trent; and fro m 0 .11 lermentioned Branch Establishments : pt X NDON, at sI, King William-street, City; Dl:IIERPOOL, at Cook-street ; y )1 ,NCHESTER, at Ducle-place ; D I.: DLEY, at Burnt Tree ; ci. L ASGOW, at I la, St. Vincent-street; p C BLIN, at Ulster Chambers, Dame-street; ip: fLMINGHA.M, at Market-hall ; At Le e ither o f II ii ch places a list of respectable parties who supply the er in Ttottle o ' (and also in Casks at the same prices as from the B rewery). ....„/ • at any time be s en. 11. -------.--- . 1 )4P001'./ all' MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, ;fla t Pubili b ed, by H. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, Londoa. No I. g v e .. 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MURDER AND SUICIDE AT MLVCRESTER, - A fearful circumstance occurred in Manchester on Thursday morning, a man named James Rowe, 36 years of age, who resided in Worthington's-court, Rochdale• road, in that town, having murdered his son, aged about seven years, and then committed suicide by throw ing himself across the rails of the Lancashire and York shire Railway, which runs near to his residence, and allowing an engine to pass over him when going, down to the Victoria-station, at Hui-it's-bank. The unfortu nate wretch guilty of this double crime, who had been for some time a mechanic's labourer in the employ of the Lancaihire and Yorkshire Railway Company, rose between`? ie and six o'clock on Thursday morning, at an • earlier htiur than' . usti4i; .but there was then nothing re markable about his appearance to excite alarm, and he remained in the house, down etairs, as if preparing to go to his work. It may be stated as a fact - of some impor tance, in accounting for his perpetration of the horrid crime, that some time ago, 'while at work, he received a serious injury on the head, end since then he has mani fested symptoms of incipient insanity, but not of such a character as to attract much attention. Between six and seven o'clock he went up-staiN into the bedroom, where his three children were sleeping, and took one of them, John his favourite child, out of lvd, from between the other two. He carried him intciisn unoccupied room, in the front of the house, on the same floor, without saying why or wherefore ; and soot after, saying, as was usual with him, " God bless you,' he left the house, and went to work. No sound was hoard to proceed from the un occupied room, nor was there anything to indicate that so fearful a crime had been perpetrated in it. He reached his work at seven o'clock, the usual hour, and remained in the performance of his usual duties until within five minutes past eight o'clock, when, as an en gine was proceeding at a rapid rate down the steep in cline from the engine-house .to the Victoria station, to fetch out the exp ress t ra i n , ' the wretched man rushed forward, threw himself across the rails titi front of the engine, and was inst an tly c ut t o pi eces The news of this last fatal catastrophe had just reached his home about nine o'clock, and Mrs. Leicester, a neighbour, was just telling his wifhthat he was killed, without say ing that it was his own act, when one of her children rushed into the house, half dead with terror, and told her that John had beet found in the iroccupied room, bleeding terribly from the throat. Thebereaved woman' hastened to the place, and found that ter child's throat had been cut with a razor, and that he was quite dead, having bled to death. The murderer must have accom plished his deed before he left the house, as he never returned to it, and the unfortunate child was thus left to die unaided, when probably early 'ty3 sistanpe might have saved life. An inquest was held, on view of ti r bbdy, on Thurs day evening, at the Spread Eagle, Roclidale-road, when Mrs. Rowe, the widow, stated that on Wednesday night her lirdirand wheifilting a goocl-431 - ...waued--zile so much excited that she , took the paper from him. He said he had been thinking of destroying himself and two of his children, and he had previously said that when h e died John should die the same day. She thought he looked wild when he left home on Thursday morning for Work, but there did not seem to be anything particular the matter with him. The injury to his head was done a year ago. The fireman of the engine stated that, as he was going down the Victoria-bank, in a tunnel formed by a broad road carried ever the railway, be saw the deceased step from the abutment, kneel down, and put his body across the rails, when the engine was only 20 yards off, and on a heavy incline. There was, of course, no chance of saving him. He was quite dead, and in one of his pockets there was a razor besmeared with blood, the fatal instrument with which he had committed the murder. Evidence was given to show that the deceased had been low within the last few days, and the jury returned a verdict that "John Rowe was murdered by James Rowe ; and that James Rowe, while in a state of in sanity, killed himself." DEATH FROM LAUDANUM.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner, held a lengthened investi gation at the Shepherd and Flock tavern, Little Bell alley, Coleman-street, into the circumstances attending the death of Ann Brannan, aged five weeks, which was caused by laudanum. Catherine Brannan, No. 3, Blue Hart-court, deposed that deceased was her daughter. On Wednesday morning she went out to look for some work soon after breakfast, leaving the deceased to the care of a girl named Ann Wayland, who was appren ticed to witness. She returned about dinner iime, when deceased was asleep, and had been so for some time. Wayland said she had given deceased some laudanum from a wine glass, in which there were still a few drops. The girl's mother came in and said, "Let the baby sleep —it will sleep for some hours." Witness allowed the baby to sleep until one o'clock on Thursday morning, when finding she did not wake she put deceased in a warm bath, which appeared to cause the child to recover. Witness then wrapped the deceased in flannel and went to bed. On awaking about eight o'clock in the morning she found the baby quite dead. Wayland told witness that she had bought a penny worth of laudanum for her toothache. Ann Way land, the girl in question, said she was minding the de ceased, whose mother went out on Wednesday morning. Soon after the deceased began to cry and was very cross, and she mixed some sugar with about a half a tea spoon ful of laudanum, which she gave to the child. She purchased the laudanum at the shop of M r . T wee d, near Finsbury-circus, who neither labelled the vessel in which it was bought or told her that it was poison. Mr. John Roberts, surgeon, Finsbury-circus, said that he was called to see the deceased about nine o'clock on Thursday morning, when life was quite extinct. It ap peared that the child had died from the effects of lauda num. The girl Ann Wayland, showed witness the quantity of laudanum she had given the child—about half a tea spoonful, which was quite sufficient to kill a child seven or eight years old. The Coroner, in sum ming up, said that, in his opinion, there was no inten tion on the part of the girl Wayland to destroy the child's life. It appeared to be an innocent act of the girl's to quiet the child, rather than an intention to destroy its life. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that Ann Wayland did not administer the laudanum to deceased to destroy life knowingly, but the jury could not sepa rate without expressing to Mr. Tweed, the chemist, their disapproval of his selling the laudanum as he did. Mr. Tweed was then summoned into court, when, address. ing him, the coroner said that there appeared to be some doubt about the propriety of selling pennyworths of laudanum indiscriminately. Any person might go to one shop for that quantity, then to others, and so obtain a large quantity. He thought it would be much better if the chemist were to have some knowledge of the pur chaser. Mr. Tweed : This girl told me she wanted the laudanum for the toothache, which is a very common thing. A Juror : But what we think wrong is, that you did not tell her that it was poison. Mr. Tweed : I had no thought that she would have given any to the de ceased. Several Jurors : But you should have told her that it was poison, and then, in all probability, the girl would not have given it to the child. The Coroner (to Mr. Tweed) : You will, for the future take more care in selling these poisons, or the attendant responsibility may be great. Mr. Tweed said he would act on the learned coroner's suggestions, and properly caution all persons buying laudanum, by telling them of its poisonous qua lities. FIRST SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA. - The laying down of the first submarine cable in the United States, and which is ultimately intended to connect this country and the continent of Europe with the continent of America has just been successfully completed. The cable which forms the first section of the Newfoundland Electric Telegraph works has been sunk between Cape Tormentine, in the province of New Brunswick, and Carlton Head, on Prince Edward's Island, by Captain Kennedy and Mr. Gisborne. It was a work of consi derable difficulty, and the water being shallow ou the New Brunswick coast, the steamer could not get within a mile of the shore, so that one mile of cable had to be conveyed on shore by means of a kedge anchor and four horses and oxen. The entire operation occupied eleven hours. The wind and tide swept the vessels down west ward, and it was at one time feared the cable would run short before reaching shore, but there were three-quar ters of a mile to spare on reaching it, and the insulation on being tested was found perfect. The line, having been completed from Sackville, New Brunswick, to Charlotte Town, Prince Edward's Island, has been thrown open to the public. ADMIRALTY COURT. (Before Dr. Lushington.) THE BONAPARTE.--BOTTOMEY. Dr. Lushington gave judgment in this case, which had been argued during the present term. He said that the cause had already travelled up to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and had been remitted back to this court ; their lordships being of opinion, that the validity of the bond as affecting the iron which had been shipped on board the vessel could only be imp eached on the ground that there had been no sufficient communication to the owners and consignees. Their lordships had therefore sent back the case for this court to receive further evidence upon the point, to make such final de cree as justice might require, and to determine the ques tion of costs. He (Dr. Lushington) was not able to understand from the judgment of the Judicial Committee what was intended by the words "sufficient communi cation." If their lordships meant a clear intimation that it was the intention of the master to raise money on bottomry of the ship and cargo, then it was evident that no such intimation had been given. But there was another interpretation of the words, namely, whether the master had made a sufficient communication as to the disasters which had befallen the ship, and had asked for instructions how to proceed. The usual practice of the owners of small vessels (like the Bo naparte) as far as he had been able to collect it from 40 years' experience, seemed to be that when they fell into difficulties, they chose some house of business at the port in which their vessels happened to be lying to .trortsa.ct_thg . whole ef of larger ships, where -j ibe Masters were persons of a higher degree of education, more might be expected ; but the practice with respect to small vessels was as he had described, and it was very unusual indeed for the agents so appointed by the masters to do more than re port the nature of the accident. On the whole, there fore, he believed their lordships did 'not mean that the communication should be in direct term—" You must ad vance the money, or your cargo will be hypothecated.' To require more than a general communication of the dis asters, and a request for instructions, would go far to impeach the validity of an immense proportion of the bonds when it came before this court ; and he (Dr. Lushington) could certainly not lay down any such stringent rule, unless he had the clear authority of the Judicial Committee. The next point was whether in the present case such a communication as he had stated to be necessary had been made, or attempted to be made, by the master or his. agents ? Now, it appeared that the British consul at Cronstadt, who was also an agent of Lloyd's, and must be pre sumed to be a highly respectable person, had written a letter, in which, as it seemed t o hi m (D r . L us hi ngton ) he had made every complete and proper disclosure of the state of the vessel ; and that Messrs. Wilkinson, Whittaker, and Co,. of Hull, the consignees of the iron and the opposers of the bond, had not deemed it pru dent to take any steps in consequence. Besides this, Messrs. Good, Flodden, and Co., the consignees of certain wood which formed the remaining portion of the cargo, had written out, stating that neither they nor the other consignees would interfere. Of course it would be said thaeMessrs. Wilkinson were not bound by the unauthorised statement of Messrs. Good, but that was . not the point th e y were now cons id er i ng. T hey were trying the conduct of the master ; and what, he would ask, must have been the effect of Messrs. Good's letter upon his mind, or on the minds of foreign merchants, especially when it reemed to be confirmed by the entire silence of Messrs. Wilkinson, notwithstanding that an answer had been specially requested from them ? It was clear that the' opposers h a d h a d amp l e i n f ormat i on as to the state of the vessel, and that on receiving it were called upon by the law to take measures for the protec tion of their property. That, however, they had declined to do : and therefore he must pronounce that there had been a sufficient communication within the meaning of the remission from the Judicial Cominittee. The point upon which the case had been sent back had not been raised at all upon the pleadings, and perhaps he was wrong to have allowed it to he argued. The intkoductionof it in the irregular manner in which it had been raised was much to be lamented, on the ground both of the expense it had occasioned and of the disgrace it reflected upon the mode of pleading in the Court of Admiralty. If this had been the intended defence, it ought in common justice and in accordance with the soundest principles of law to have been stated with sufficient distinctness for the other • party to have taken issue upon it ; and he hoped that if the case should go back again, the Judicial Committee would be apprised that these were not the ordinary pleadings adopted in this court. He should pronounce for the bo d as it affected the iron, and he ?"Mad - dO latta 1110k1W - THE NUOVA " Dr. Lushington gave judgment likewise in this case. The bond, which bore date the 16th of April, 1851, had been given by the master, Battistella, to Messrs. Sechino, Brothers, and Co. ; it covered the ship, freight, and cargo, and was opposed by the consignees of the cargo. The history of the ship, which was a Wallachian barque, was shortly this : On the 19th of June, 1850, she sailed from Hull for the Brazils, and was destined to return to a port in Europe. On the 15th of April, 1851, she arrived at Rio Janeiro, where the master and all the hands, except the mate Battistella and three seamen, died of yellow fever By the order of the Ottoman Consul, Battistella was appointed master, and it was alleged in the act on peti tion that the vessel, with a cargo of wood and black rushes proceeded to Bahia, whither she arrived on the Ist of November. That on her voyage she encountered violent storms, which rendered repairs necessary ; and that the master had no money or credit, and the Otto man consul being absent, he applied to the vice-consul of Sardinia, who was one of the firm of Sechino, and who caused advertisements to be inserted for a loan on bottomry. That the tender of the house of Sechino themselves being the lowest, the bond was executed to them for the sum of 1,3251. 10s. 9d., which, with maritime interest of 40 per cent., amounted to 1,8551. 15s. That the ship reached this country on the 20th of June, 1851 ; and with her cargo was arrested. That no appearance was for some time given for them, but that eventually the consignees of the cargo appeared to oppose the validity of the bond. The an swer of the consignees stated that the vessel arrived at Bahia in ballast, and without a cargo ; that she was consigned to Messrs. Sechino, and that through them the master, on the Bth of November, chartered the vessel to Mr. Charles Lane, a merchant residing at that port. That Messrs. Sechino were not only aware that the vessel was unseaworthy, but that they concealed the circumstances from Mr. Lane, and the charter-party stated the ship to be seaworthy. Now, without entering at all upon the many points of law which might have been raised in the case, and deciding it solely upon the facts admitted, he (Dr. Lushington) was of opinion that it was the duty of the master, the Messrs. Sechino, and the Sardinian consul, to have made a communication to Mr. Lane, and to have inquired of him whether he was prepared to make the necessary advances ; and that their omission to do so was fatal to the validity of the bond, as far as related to the cargo. Where the owners of the cargo and the charterers of the ship were upon the spot, there must be an express communication to them ; and no defect in that particular could be remedied by adver tisements or any other means of publicity whatever. This was a most important rule of law, and one that he could not under any circumstances relax. In fact, until such an application had been made for the money and refused, it could not be said that the master had no credit ; and - the materials for bottomry did not exist. He (Dr. Lushington) must, therefore, pronounce against the bond, so far as related to the cargo, with costs. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.— DEC. 31. (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) IN THE MATTER OF DAVID BOWEN. This insolvent, a coal merchant, was opposed by Mr. Cooke on the part of Messrs. Irvine and Brown, coal merchants, Broken-wharf, Wapping. Mr. Sargood sup ported. - The complaint was, that the insolvent had improperly contracted a debt with the opposing creditors. It ap peared that he had been in their service, and at the end owed them about 2001. for money collected, after allow ing his salary of 61. per week. His son-in-law, a per son named Smith, had given his bill for the balance, and the insolvent stated that he believed that when it was given that Smith was a farmer and worth 10,0001. It had, however, turned out that Smith was only a farmer's bailiff, and unable to pay the bill. The insolvent had lately made up his mind to emigrate, but was arrested by a creditor on a judge's order. Mr. Commissioner Phillips intimated that whatever complaint the opposing creditors had against the insol vent had been condoned by them taking the security from the son-in-law. Mr. Cooke apprehended that it was a fraud to get the opposing creditors to take the security when it would not be paid, and therefore there was no condonation. Mr. Commissioner Phillips was of opinion that there could be no fraud unless it could be shown that the insol vent knew that Smith was in different circumstances to those stated. He had, however, sworn that he believed he was a man of property. Mr. Cooke complained of a statement made on the schedule respecting the debt due to the opposing creditor. Mr. Commissioner Phillips said it must be altered. It was, no doubt, owing to their kindness to the insolvent that their complaint in this court had failed. The insolvent was discharged. IN RE WM. BURT. This insolvent, a lieutenant in the army, was opposed by Mr. Nichols and Mr. Caarteen. Mr. Sargood sup ported. In the course of a long inquiry it appeared that the insolvent had held the rank of "Captain" in the British Legion in Spain, and had been called " Captain up to the present time. He had described himself as " Lieuten ant" in his schedule. Mr. Commissioner Phillips held that the insolvent must describe himself as known as " Captain Burt," and adjourned the case for an amended description. ILLICIT STILLS.—The officers of Inland Revenue dur ,ng the year have captured upwards of 100 illicit stills in different parts of the metropolis. The year 1851 was pronounced eventful, for so it was by the ordinance of man, and when it was over they who witnessed the great triumph of art and congress of nations concluded that they might now rest awhile from 'excitement and change. It is true that much business was to be done in the Legis lature, and sober-minded people preached the duty of work after play. There were questions to be resumed and arrears to be pulled up ; a grand beginning was to be carried out, and splendid theories made useful. It is true, too, that towards the end of that so-called marvellous year there were not wanting signs portentous of a future more checkered than just then suited the wearied expect ations of man. But the year that has come forth at least has proved as usual, a genuine child of the future. As usual it has passed the anticipations of either prudence or folly, and bears its own charac ter, new, varied, and even prodigious, in the tables of time. In fact, the year 1852 does not yield to its predecessor in the momentous quality of its events, and the interest which its mention must ever awake. As in duty bound, we cannot but record with gratitude that it has, on the whole,. and on a calm estimate, be e n a y ear o f grea t prosperity, and promise of still greater. War has kept far from these shores ; Europe is - pacified ; little clouds have threatened the political horizon, but have pass e d '.l. o iviirtarmienrtiteNnilytt-Btat;:ware -StiWcontent ifith their own ; the festerin quarrel that for tivienty `years has interrupted buf -06111 - mercie' in South America has been happily stanched ; even the miserable Kafir. war has almost exhausted itself ; the new General who was dent there in January already talks of his return ; our war with our East Indian neighbours is little more than an endless parade at the cost of English patience and money • and so the year has cl ose d on an a ll b u t un i versa l tranquillity. But the mention of war, cannot but suggest both our danger and our loss. We have this year lost our greatest intiai, The Duke of Wellington, who has .stampt hitname on so long a range o f ep oc h s , and who eiron'Wt year still seemed a man to guide,. the fertunes'of his country in peace or in - war ' has at length gone f ro th- us; and this year, though seT. far in the century, borrows a splendour not its own froni, the revival of his story, and the record. of his fame: We have buried our great chief, with the consciousness that the eyes of many nations and of future ages were upon us. Time seemed to retrace its steps, there was a pause in - the political strife, all parties, all classes for once were agreed to gather round the grave of the man whose achieve- Aleuts, unparalleled as they were, nevertheless seemed the least part of his greatness. That has been the greatest act of the year, and whatever has been omitted towards the welfare of this country at a crisis of just anxiety . has supplied by th e 'determination of a ll claSees to show the utmost possible readines s t o hoithiir their common deliverer. To pass to other countries, the same year hai seen the death of Soult in France, and Castanos in Spain, each of them, with what justice it is needless to in quire, compared in his own country to our Welling ton. While the great relics of the last war have thus been passing away, the Imperial Throne and unscrupulous ambition- of Napoleon have been re vived in France. Once more peace seems to hang on the breath of a man who may consult necessity or passion by giving the fatal word that shall sur round these isles and cover the ocean with war. From this year we are fortunately compelled to date the restoration of our long-neglected defences, in the shape of a new militia at home, and a class of screw-ships fit to cope with the giants recently launched from the ports of our nearest neighbour.Our security is affected by the blow that struck down the liberties of Prance. What .Napoleon 111. has done to his subjects he may, with as little warning or hesitation, do to us who have less claims to his . mercy. The confiscation of the Orleans property, and the .release of Abd-el-Kader, if they show a difference of demeanour to those whom he may consider his foes, prove at least the habitual secrecy and boldness of his designs. Our domestic_ politics have been scarcely less muya inb •The' cry of Frotection4 has been .unexpecte r let into power by the division s o f its opponents, and, after a reign dexterously spun out to 300 days, has been ejected by their reunion. Lord Derby and Mr. Disraeli have thus had a year's govern ment of this country, not without success. A large body of their adherents has been added to the roll of British statesmen. Our defences have been re stored, and Chancery reformed. The exploded dogma of Protection has had it last appeal in a new Parliament, and in that appeal has now been cast for ever. From this year we date, then, a " Coalition" Ministry, combining all who are wil ling to govern the country on the principles that have prevailed for the last thirty years. Lord Palmerston has been this year—almost exactly this year—out of office, and is not the least re markable member of our new Christmas party. A crisis of such political difficulty has given us more of the seeds of progress than of actual legislation. Rival factions now vie in the promise of reforms, nor are there wanting many, indications of change, whether we look to events, to discoveries, or to the scarcelyless palpable development of public opinion. Labour of all kinds is becoming less of a drug, and the tables are turning against the employer. Coal, iron, other metals, and even agricultural produce, are rising. Our workshops and factories cannot keep pace with orders. With increased employ ment there is a corresponding increase in the use of comforts and luxuries. Never did the metropo lis and manufacturing towns show so rapid growth. Notwithstanding these inducements at home, emi gration has set in to our Australian colonies, in addition to the Transatlantic current, with unpre cedented force. Vessels cannot be found too large or too swift, and a new class of emigrant-ships has come into existence, to be replaced possibly, i n it s turn, by one much larger. Lines of steamers are designed, or are already commenced, to all parts of the globe, and scarce a week passes but some new wonder is launched on the deep. Not to insist for ever, or exclusively, on the benefits of Free Trade, the immediate cause of this extraordinary move ment by land and by sea is the daily increasing dis covery of the Australian goldfields. The vastest treasure ever yet accumulated by man has been this year in the vaults of the Bank of England ; but it is no more than the annual crop of gold reaped by a few thousand Englishmen from the valleys and mountain sides of a remote colony. The probable effect of this Providential interference with the old distribution and laws of wealth baffles the skill of the boldest and most experienced speculator. The channels of currency and of oommerce take a long time to fill with this new stream of gold, but they must overflow before long ; and then we shall see, more clearly than reason can tell'us, the final result of these wonderful discoveries. In the conflict of parties the Legislature has hardly kept pace with events and spontaneous changes. Much-desired improvements of the metro polis are yet at a standstill. If there is anything to notice, it is that nuisanc es o f a ll ki n d s grow with the growth: of this huge city, and become yearly more intolerable and more difficult to be mastered. But the age is still big with promise. The Exhi bition which has this year been swept clean from Hyde-park, has left twin offspring,—the one na tional, the other private. That which is growing up under official nursing, is to be a vast and com prehensive Institute of Art and Science at Ken sington-gore. The less favoured progeny is already rearing its lofty dome on the ridge of the Surrey hills, and bids fair to surpass, in many respects, its splendid original. The year 1852 will be famous in the annals of education for the copious reports of the two University Commissions. But, whether for good or for ill, for promise or for failure, few years will be more memorable. The Church of England will remember how Convocation contrived to get up a debate. Christians of all kinds will deplore the common scandal of rival churches in the cause " Achilli versus Newman." Everybody will remember our summer of intolerable heat and draught, our autumn of rains and inundations. Within this checkered twelvemonth were lost the Amazon and the Birkenhead. Scarcely any but will associate the year with losses not so terrible, but neamr. home. F ew years have been so fatal ' to genius and worth. From a much larger obituary may be selected the names of Turner, Prout, J. Landseer, Finden, Eliot Warburton, T. D'Orsay, Po r t er , th e economist, PugM, and Webs Moore,- ter, the Am er i can states man. —Times • 0 'UNDLE STEEPLE CHASE. --The Earl of Cardigan, Lord Burghersh, and Hubert de Burgh, Esq., have con sented to act as stewards of Oundle steeple chases, which are fixed to come off' on Friday, Jan. 28. The sport will consist of a Grand Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 s.vs. each, with 100 sovs. added ; a Selling Steeple Chase of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added ; and a Farmers' and Tradesmen's Steeple Chase of 5 soya. each, with 25 sovs. added. The acting officials in promoting this meeting (and a highly successful one is anticipated) are Mr. Wright, of th e T a lb ot i nn, and Mr. E. Francis, of the Dolphin inn. We are glad to find that we were in error yesterday in giving a seat in the new Board of Admiralty to Rear- Admiral Sir James Stirling, and we cannot help congra tulating the naval service of the country, mercantile as well as Royal, in the exclusion of an officer from the di rection of Admiralty matters who was mainly instru mental in inflicting that injury on the shipping interest which has done more to unman the Royal Navy than any system of "humbugging " experiments or flogging propensities that have prevailed for the last 20 years. Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., is a good u ibsti tute for Sir James Stirling, who, by the way, ue mus t admit, is an excellent officer and well up to his work as the commander of a ship. Captain Dundas will give weight and character to any board, for he has been educated especially for one of its members. He is suffi ciently acquainted with the habits of the old navy to re spect, admire, and adopt that which has been proved to be good, and to reject that which is harsh, tyrannical, and unjust ; whilst he has had so much experience of the young navy afloat and ashore, on foreign service and at Whitehall, that, superior to the prejudices of 1794, he is at the same time eminently qualified to correct the abuses which fast young gentlemen Californian sailors and bad marines have imported into the service. According to appearances we have some good work ing men now at the board, and clever men as secreta ries, and without ascribing to them the character of "all the talents" of the navy and civil service, we may hope, and we trust we shall not be disappointed, that the watchword of the, First Lord —"progress" will be made in such direction that every deserving and active officer shall have a fair chance of promotion and em ployment, whilst the worn-out shall have a liberal re tirement—that our seamen shall have good, humane, and just men to command them, and that they shall be encou raged to stick by the service by advancement to positions which shall make them respectable men, and then by offers of persons to their widows which shall keep them from starving at their husbands' decease, by battle, shipwreck, fever, or the ten thousand casualties to which seamen alone are subjected. We trust that such "progress " will be made in the civil service as will reward the in dustrious, and secure to them the full advantage of that portion of their salaries which is now dedu c t e d t o f 0rm...,, what is termed the .T.----it11101411"1P' progress in o — u . ":"1.4 not 6 e o n • millions in building' the " - -.s ' and expensive fleet of ships, of which theTatitalouw, "Pique, Vernon,lMitt guard, and Albion were the ruinous models ; or-drive away our best artisans to the _merchant establishments or to foreign countries. We trust that the general "progress " in naval affairs. shall be such as to main tain a fleet composed of that number and class of ships, equipped in that superior manner, officered and manned, with those complements, and commanded by those chiefs from which the combined forces of any three powers in the world could not possibly escape utter destruction should they be disposed at any time to make a hostile demonstration towards our coasts.—Marring Herald. • PORTSMOUTH, DEC. -31. Vice-Admiral Sir - Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, ga ve a b r illi ant entertainment ..fhi'S - evening at the George Hotel,. to inaugurate his - ' , entry-upon his appointment to the chief command of this port and station, and to greet the officers undefhis command. There were present Rear-Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., superintehdent of Portsmouth Dockyard ; Rear- Admiral . CdraT, commanding the western squadron ; Colonel Menzies, 'K.H., Commandant of the Portsmouth Division of Ur Royal Marines, • and now Acting-Lieu tenant-GoVernbi of the garrison, and staff; Captain.- —-; Superintendent J. H. Johnston, of Haslar, andall the captains of the fleet,at the port, and the Corovf.nder-irr 4. Chief's staff. Captain S ppard, the flag-caprain, is on 10.days' lea,v ; Mr. Yak secs barn to the late Port-Aeliniral, - is retained nxifice by Sir iibmas Coch rane ; and Mr. E. b'ij. DA: -1 .1 ,1 411ig.wh0 - wa s flag-lieu tenant 4 to Rear dmiral Preseot . B., late superin tendent of.the." . yard, is appoint6ducee.ssor to Lieu tenant Paslev a ..fla.g',to Sir Thomki - :C4clirane. The gallant Portadinflig.gaes,on leave next \V*. The rEncounter, 'l4, screw corv-Ate,' GaPtain O'C* laghau, was inspgcted. ht kithearthis morning (priqr.kr. proceeding to WoolWich*r new boilers), by Vice4l.'s.V miral Sir Th om iS Cochrane, .K.C.B, 0: who also inspected ' ' A the Plumper screw sloop, Commander Nolloth, Justre-:c- :1 . turned from foreign:service. Her crew was exercised in -.7. ,_ gunnery by Commander Sir William Wiseman, 'Bart., of the Excellent (Captain Chads being. Prc;leave), after wish she came into this h ar b our to be paid off. The vessel exhibited an admirable state Pfidiscipline. The Blenheim, 60, screw guard-ship, .CaPtaiii W. H. Henderson, C.B. was d o eit e d t o -d a y i n th e room of the London, to complete tke Apair-of her ilefects The Simoom, 18, screw troop-ship, Captain Kin;cpine, has unshipped all the machinery she brought from the Clyde for the Screw line-of-battle-ship Duke of Wellilig ton, 131, and is completing coals for further service. The Vengeance, 84, C ap t a i n L or d Edward Russell, it is reported, 'is in need of new main and upper decks, and will be ordered into dock to receive them. Duke of' Wellington, 131, screw-three-decker—as many hands are at work as can be placed upon her both in the engineering and shipwright departments. She is expediting -with all possible zeal and dispatch. Spithead still preserVes a most interesting view with men-of-war and merchant vessels there, upwards of 150 sail_ iiiironieter.look".-- 4 Termagant, 24, screw steam-frigate, Captain Gifford, is still returning stores. It is deemed probable that Captain Charles Graham, C.B. (brother of the First Lord of the Admiralty), of the Rodney, 92, may be appointed the successor of Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, in the superintendent ship of Deptford victualling-yard. The gallant cap_ thin left Portsmouth for the Admiralty last night. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 31. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Valorous, having had her copper cleaned, was taken out of dock yesterday. The Dido, 18, Captain Moreshead, received her shot and shell yesterday. The merchant barque Dockenhuden, of and from Ham burgh for Adelaide and Melbourne, with 80 emigrants, has experienced tremendous weather in the Channel for the last 21 days. On Wednesday morning, at 5 o'clock, when between the Dedman and the Lizard, about 2 5 miles from the land, on the starboard tack, under double reefed topsails, courses, jib, and mizen, with strong breeze and misty weather, she suddenly perceived a large ship to windward, which shortly after struck the barque at the fore-rigging, carrying away mainmast, mizen top mast, and bulwarks and stanchions on the starboard side. After the vessels were disentangled, five of the emi grants were missing. The barque arrived in Plymouth Sound at two o'clock yesterday morning, and about nine o'clock the ship Eliza, belonging to Mr. Restariek, of Devonport, entered the harbour with loss of bowsprit and other damage. She proved to be the vessel with which the barque had been in contact, and had on board the five missing passengers, all well. Four additional bodies have been washed ashore at Wernbury Bay from the wreck of the Ocean Queen — viz., a woman and three children. Last night, in consequence of fouling under the stern of a ship at anchor, a boat belonging to the Prussian brig Columbus, of Barth, was upset in the Sound, and the master, H. N. Suhr, was unfortunately drowned The altered ru dd er of the Adelaide was hung this afternoon ; she takes the trial trip to-morrow at two, and will probably sail for Australia on Sunday morning after the arrival of the London mail. That part of the cliff' opposite Breeches Rock which fell on the South- Devon Railway on Tuesday has been nearly removed. There is now very little inconvenience to passengers - and on Su n d a y th e li ne w ill b e entirely clear. Tele graph co mmun i ca ti on i s restored. SHEERNESS, DEC. 31. Her Majesty's screw steam-frigate Amphion, 34 guns and 300-horse power.—The following commissions were taken up yesterday for thi s s hi p —viz., Lieutenant Be vine G. W. Nicolas, October 23, 1849 ; and Charles S. Giles, Paymaster, Nov. 9, 1846. Her Majesty's screw steam-guard-ship Horatio, 24 guns, Captain the Hon. S. Carnegie.—Mr. J. Yeatman, his additional second master, y appointed to thi s s hi p, took up Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-sloop Barracouta, 6 guns.—Lieutenant Robert Gibson, January 16, 1849, has taken up his commission for this ship. Arthur W. W. Babington, surgeon, March 31, 1851, appointed to this ship, vice Patterson, resigned, has taken up his com mission also. Several seamen volunteers have entered for the Rattle snake, Commander H. Trollope. Up to the present time there have not been any volunteers for the Amphion or Barracouta, except stokers. Her Majesty's ,paddle-wheel steam -sloop Dri ver, o f guns and 280-horse pover.— A full supply of ammuniti G on from W oo l w i ch and and small arms has been sent down h ere f or this ship, Upnor. APPO INTMENTS. Master. —George Williams (1851), to the Miranda, 14 screw-sloop, Sheerness. Surgeons.—Arthur W. Barracouta, s t eam-sloo W. Babi ngton (1851), to the the scr ew guard-shi p, Sheerness Dr. J o h n Sl oan, to Paymasters.—p Ajax, Q ueenstown. frigate, ortsmout C. h W. Bo one, to the Odin, 12, steam the Satu rn , P embroke Frederi c k G ransmore (1844), to Assistant Surgeons.—W. J. B a i r d , Impregnable, flag-ship acting, to the the De s p erate , Devonport ; W. J. Duigan, to screw -sloop, Devonport. Second Masters. —W. H. Moore 1852 ' brand, steam-frigate, ( ), to the Fire- Woolwich ; A. F. B oxer , t o th e A B Fire- Amphion 34, screw-f r i ga t e, Sheerness ; Christopher R. . Wilkinson (1849), from the Victory, Portsmouth, to the Rattlesnake, 8, Sheerness ; Henry P. Ward (1850), late of the Dolphin, coast of Africa, to the Vic tory, vice Wilkinson. Clerks.- -Christopher J. Martin (1847), late in the Alarm, 26, to Imperieuse, 50, screw-frigate, at Wool wich ; Edward A. Amphlett (1847), late acting pay master of the Sappho, 12, to the Odin ; Arthur G. Thomas (1849), to the Desperate. Masters' Assistants.—James T. Boulton, to the Sidon, steam-frigate, Portsmouth ; J. A. R. Petch, to the Arro gant, steam-frigate ; William Pead, to the Firebrand. PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE HECLA, STEAM-SLOOP.—Messrs. Woodhead and Co. have given notice to Commander E. H. Beauchamp and the officers and crew of her Ma jesty's ship Hecla, who are entitled to share in the pro ceeds arising from the capture of the slaver, name un known, on the 25th day of June, 1851, that the distri bution thereof will be made on the 28th day of Jatuary, 1853, at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi, and where the list will be re-called every Wednesday and Friday for three months : Flag, 891. 14s. 11d. ; commander, 1681. ss. sd. ; third class, 421. 13s. 4d. ; fourth, 251. 12 0 .; fifth, 141. 18s. Bd. ; sixth, 121. 16s. ; seventh, 8/. 10s. Bd.; eighth, 41. ss. 4d. ninth, 21. 13s. 4d. ; tenth. 1/. 12s.