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I jt - C/ 7- - A,- • ( - - ,BAv •- . • ...„ "i • , I 4 - 4..? c:;) 4rioutu, t 4,„ 1 . • - . . , y - f re., • lilt 4- , • Drk -6( ‘'"7" Ito r ' r ' • ► ' • • 1 ,7(f-,7.1 1.",t0 ~' \ I'4 Of ~.CA.L.e.t .111,FONT BLANC is CLOSED for the Preen 'f LA IV INTELLIGENC --.1"4411t-t it IR-IV . WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, - 8 with New Costumes and y .rions Novelties, Vocal and Ch 1- raCteriStiC. every evening (except Saturday) at Eight A MORN 'Xi; PERFORMANCE every SATURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, 1301 Y.fraphic-hall , King William -street, Ch ar i ng - cross. The hall has been entirely redeco rated. • ...__ COURT OF QUEEN'S `~-,~ l'k) 1. 4:zl ,i-- ARGYLL *II,OO MS.—LAITRENT'S CASINO, tots a Great Windmill -street St. James's.— The above elegant Laurent e flow onen every evening for the winter season, with Donk° Celebr ated Orchestra. Pri nc ip a l C or n e t-a-piston, M. fashi Ant The Proprietor b egs t o i n f orm the pu bli c th a t this an able place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the "s• Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis -4011 One shilling. R. RAFIN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.--Open (for Gentlemen ih ro 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models ;IL calt — _PreP every aratirons, illustrating part of the human frame in h and disease, the race of men, &c Lectures delivered at 12, and half-past 7, b y D r. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and g h ",„1Y -In teresting series of Lectures Is now in course of delivery , 3 ; kl ,ur- }Ulm a t a quarter put 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, O ne " Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). THE CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY (Limited). I ncorporated 'under the Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1856. Capit&, 310,0001., in 62,000 Shares of Si. each. DIRECTORS. The 111-iht Honourable Viscount Exmouth, Montague-square, any, Canonteign, Devonshire, Chairman. rr,,derick Thomas Parsons, Esq., Porchester-terrace, Hyde park, Deputy-Chairman. Air T. Herbert Maddock, M.P., Suffolk-street, Pall-mall. Richard Thomas Colleens, Esq. (Messrs. Gouch and Cousens), Upper Thames -street and London -wall. Horatio N. Dickson, Esq. (Messrs. Dickson, De Wolf, and Co.), George -yard, Lombard-street, and San Francisco. Francis Little, Esq,, St. James'-street, and Salem-house, Lees, LAncashire. Edward Mammatt, Esq., Chairman of the Burton Brewery Comp any, Burton-on -Trent. 11 ; Nicholson, Esq., Old Trafford, 3faichester. ....-"Mlty Oliver, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Milliam Warne, Esq., Chairman of the Linares Lead Mining Company (William Warne and Co.), Gresham-street "West, and Tottenham. Eamrsas—The Bank of London, Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. ROLICI TOILS - -?tfessrs. Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and Hughes, Bucklersbury. SECRETARY —W. W , Terrington, Esq. Offices-2S, Poultry. continuous supply of wa t er throughout the year, for which is an unlimited demand, to the miners engaged in this, owh n e of the most valuable arid thickly-settled districts of the ole State of California. The reports of two Engli.h gentle= 11 who were deputed at different period s t o i n , ' 'gate the merits of the enterprise, gether with a Map of be district and detailed information, by which an estimate can be formed of the extraordinary prospects of this undert a ki ng , are pu bli s h ed i n a pamphlet, tricl 7 ;say be had at the offices of the Corepany, and of Messrs. B renton and Co. 5, Waterloo-pl ace, P all-mall. If the result of investigation about to be made shall not be entirely satisfactory to the present Board of Directors, the amount of subscriptions will be returned to the sub scribers, without deduction. Applications for shares, in the usual form, must be accom panied by th e b an k ers' receipt for a sum equal to 11. for every share applied for. 21. additional to bo paid on the shares allo tted whe n th e agent is appointed to proceed to California (of which due notice will be given), and the remaining 21. per share on the receipt of his report of the completion of the Purchase. C A. LIFORNIA WATER COMPANY The Dire c (Limited). tors HERE GIVE NOTICE, the L D AY for RECEIVING BY APPLICATIONS for that AST SHARES will F RIDAY, the 27th of February. W. W. TERRINGTON, Secretary, Offices, 28, Poultry, London. THE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. (Limited). Capital 100,000/., in 10,000 Shares of 101. each, with power to increase. V. per share payable on allotment. Incorporated under the Act 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by which the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the amount of their shares. TRUSTEES. R alph Walters, E sq., Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company. Colonel William Petrie Waugh, Director of the London and Eastern Banking Company. Pavid W addington, Esq. MX., 4, Spring-gardens. John 13 agshaw, Esq., M.l l , Director of the E as t ern C o u n ti es Railway, • DIRETORS. Colonel Wil liam Petrie Waugh Branksea Castle, Dorset, Di rector of the London and Eastern Banking Company. Robert L. Leckie, Esq. (late of Bombay), George-street, Port man-square. William Shaw, Esq., 1, Kensington-pa r k-t errace . G regor Grant, Esq., late Chairman of the Oriental Bank, Bombay), 4, Great Russell-street. P. C. Zillesen, Esq., Vice-President of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Company, Amsterdam. Sir Henry Derrant, Bart., Scottow Hall, Norfolk. Wenry Ward, Esq., F1.E.1.C.5., K 1, Albany. John Edward Panter, Esq., Director of the St. George's In. suranco Company, Pall-mall and Fulham. Andrew Walls, Esq., Lloyd's, and 11, Leadenhall-street. captain Raymond, Albion-square, Dalston, Managing Dire°. tor of the Steam Vessels. (With power to increase.) BANKERS. The Lond on an d Eastern Banking Corporation, 27, Cannon- Messrs.y. Cox, Cobbold, Rodweil, and Co., Bankers, Harwich, Essex. NOINEERS DI CHlEF—Messrs. Newton and Fuller, 16, King William-street, City. SITAREBROKERS. L ondon—Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street L iverpool —Messrs H. Davies and Son, 2,Royal Bank-buildings SHIPPING AGENTS—Messrs. William Felgate and Co., 4, Cle ment's-lane, City; Mr. R. Twiss, H. Son, Rotterdam. STANDING COUNSEL—AIfred Hill, Esq., 44, Chancery-lane. S omeireas.—Messrs. Rymer, Murray, Rymer, and Jackson, Ranover-street, Hanover-square, and 59, Chancery-lane. 4I xDITORS.—Messrs. Broom, Bagsbaw, and Westcott, 35, Coleman-street, City. SECRETARY.—Hume Greenfield, Esq. Offices of the Company--44, Moorgate-street, City, E.C. This Company is established with a view to afford the pub lic increased facilities in the conveyance of mails, passengers, specie, and merchandise between England, via Harwich, and the ports of Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, tire. A traffic arrangement for a term of years has been entered into with the Eastern Counties Railway Company on advan tageous terms, and the Directors have secured the co-opera tion of the authorities of the Dutch-Rhenish Railway Corn- DanY, and the other inland navigation and railway establish ments in Holland and Germany, all of whom are so convinced of the advantages to be derived from this line of communica tion, as the most desirable for passenger traffic, and the speedy conveyance of merchandise and perishable goods, that they are anxious to promote the views of this Company to the fullest possible extent. The town of Harwich is 68 miles from London by railway, and its port is the most convenient for direct communication between London and all the great seaports in Holland and Belgium, and thence to the northern and central parts of the continent of Europe Passengers proceeding to India via Trieste, by Harwich, Rotterdam, and the Dutch-Rhenish Railway, will effect a saving of 48 hours, as compared with the route via Marseilles; the line from Rotterdam to Trieste being on the eve of corn. pletion without a break. The harbour of Harwich is safe, commodious, and easy of access in all weathers and states of the tide—advantages 'which iao other port possesses on the eastern coast south of th. Humber. By the opening of this route via Harwich the dangers and delays of the intricate navigation of the Swin and the mouth of the River Thame s are avoided, whereby a saving of time is effected to Hamburgh, Rotterdam, and Antwerp of from 10 to 1] hours; whil st the route to Oberhausen and thence to the northern parts of E urope is four hours a and a quarter less by Harwich and Rotterdam than that by Dover and Ostend, as per tabular statement, an d thus the former direct route of postal comm un i cation. mus a t become the TIME rsa SOrrri-Easrrit's TIME PER EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. RAILW AY London to Dover hours London to Harwich . ..2i hours Dover to Ostend 7,, II a d r a w m i c ... .. t . o . Hotter.... .... 9 Ostend to Oberhausen (264 miles) 10i ~ Rotterdam to Ober- 4 bausen (124 tailes)4 20 hours i 15i hours [eh FARES. iymt SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL- I PER, EASTERN COUNTIES RAIL WAY. WAY. London, Dover, Ostend, to I London,Harwich,Rott er d am Cologne. to C , )'ogne. , Ist Cl ass , Rail and Ist Class, Rail and Steam £3lo 6I Steam £2lo 3 eill ditto ditto 2 9 8 2d ditto ditto 1 12 5 Saving in favour of Harwich. Ist Class, Rail arid 5team......... .£1 0 3 _ 2d ditto ditto ......... 0 17 3 Saving in favour of - ---- A. deputation-has been in Holland, and submitted theviews of this C ompany to the Postmaster- G enera l, the Minister of Fin ance, and the Mi n i s t er o f th e I n terior, who have promised their cordial co-operation in support of the undertaking. ra- It is intended, in the first instance, to confine the ope tioonns_oonf this Company to the direct conimunication from L This ! via Harwich, to Rotterdam. us C ompany will have swift and commodious p ackets, and its m anagement will be ' out with the utmost car e, carried so as to secure expedit' t and the di rectors submit that the I"' safety, and comfort , . a . __ d. some dividend to the saivaii.,eilielders, h traffic cannot fail to realise band- The The capital will be on which 2/, per share is t ed into 10,000 shares of 10/. each, s. hugs per share is to be ace be Paid on allotment. Five sign acicd to the bankers of the Company, and their receipt must If less than the number o f T a PanY the letter of application shares applied for be allotted, a proportionate part of the d turned. No call will exceed I).°Bit will b e i mme di a t e l y re• a less interval than three monthrr share, and will not be at Forms of application for shares brokers and offices of the Conaoil p an ina y be obt a i ne d a t th e 44 Moorgate-street, City, London, E.C. ; and a t the lYc'e liams, Esq., agent to Lloyd's, and Vi c 8 ef Oliver John Wil. lands, Harwich, Essex. e Consul of the Nether- Application for shares and prospectuses to be made to the Secretary, who will give in All letters addressed " Secretary" will receive immediate attention. Harwich, and Continental FORM OF APPMCATION FOR SHARES Ton he Directors of the London, team Packet Company (Limited), 44, Moorgate-strect, an _ paid to City, E.C. Gentlemen,—l enclose you a receipt for the Condon and Eastern Banking Corporation, (Limited) • d I hereb y request you will allot me shares in the Londony, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company and I hereby agree to accept such shares or any smaller) Pay the calls number that may be allotted to me, and to thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds of the Company, I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full "' Occupation "' Date Bum'. EtCeived the day anns' R 7, the sum of on account of the London, garivich lBs an d ye:4l=W %WIZ hoket Convoy (Limited), Lendon., - - - -- - -----" PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a eaase, Parsons against Coke, the Credi tors of JOHN PARSONS, late of Craig Cottage, near Neath, and of Swansea, both in the county of Glamorgan, Colliery Proprietor and Worker, who died in or about the month of November, 1355, are by their solicitors, on or before the 13th day of March, 1857, to come In and prove their debts at the chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1857, at One o'clock in the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudi cating upon the claims. Dated . this 4th day of February, 1857. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. GEORGE TAMPLIN, 159, Fenchurch-street, Agent for Edwd Strick, of Swansea, Plaintiff's Solicitor. pURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, Parsons against Coke all per sons claiming to be the next of kin of JOHN PAR.; .NS. late of Craig Cottage, near Neath, and of Swansea, both in the county of Glamorgan, Colliery Proprietor and NVorker, who died in or about the month of November, 1855, living at his decease, or the personal representative or representa• Ives of such •f them as have since died, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 13th day •f March, 1857, to come in and prove their kindr.d and mate out their claims, at the Chambers of the Vice• Chancellor Kindersley, at No. 3, Stone-build ings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1857, at one o'clock in the after• noon, at the said Chambers, Is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 4th day of February, 1857. CIIAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. GEORGE TAMPLIN, 159, Fenchurch-street, Agent for Edwd. Strlck, of Swansea, Plaintiff's Solicitor. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, tree by post, Is., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, f rom t h e effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury; with observations on the obliga. lions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualiflca- Bons. By R. and L. P} RRY and CO., Surgeons. Sold by Piper Brothers, 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 160, Ox ford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Lead. nhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed to renovate the Impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual 4e bility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle, or four quan tities in one for 335., which saves I Is. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, en anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the system action is skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, t onsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &e. purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the tua r l E r ß e em is undeniable. Price Its. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls ef the urinarymedy RY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec 140, Leaden ihna6lal7;;asetes; organs. Price 2 9d 4s. 6d II I per box. of w g . onorrhcea , gleet, stricture, and diseases Sold by Barclay andC Sons, Farr '. ing " don-stree an t ; Darby s and Gosden, 1 1 , e 0 t u r i t c t h i s i . e e z u i street ; Hanna, VV. Edwards, Harding', 4 , Cheapside ; Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard ; medicine vendors throughout and P aul's - chnrchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford rout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; and all ~ d6 t 3 e d. Oxford-street; xingelem. Butler and NO MORE PILLS N ADISPEPSIA NERVOUS, ' FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTIOORN, LIVER CONIPLAINTS, concn, As; deli u HEALTH RESTOR he above R IrA remedies,L E li a T r R A I A R 1 0 1 . 0 ER D MEpI n C r I 7o E us, L AND P e T o l m ON l, , , A al.. N n D:E . B . l d Ll t T h l ir D U BARRY'S cost in o i t lr beGrcores t saves fifty times its consequences, such as hemor rh sion, oddity, heartburn, palpltati o i d a l affection on of 5 , flatulency, disten sion, neuralgia, deafness, nob, the heart, nervous ' the pit of the stomach and between in the head HiA:BA:s, C CONSUMPTION, _TF m wear headaches, tions of the sk‘n, impurities and ptohe shoulders, erysi pe s ia p s ains at dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and of the blood, ser ' o e f ru ul P a . after eating, or at sea; low spirits, spuicmkness during pregnancy,' general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, 9, epileptic fits, spleen paralysis, trern , rs, dislike to society, unf i tness involuntary blushing, mory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, foe'. study, loss of me mory, groundless fear, wretchedness. It iraustio melan choly, food for infants and invalids generally, as the turns acid on the we akest stomach, nor interferes it n with a ever good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner and restores the facu lt y of digestion and nervous and muscular' energy to the most enfeeble d. Su p ported by testimonials from the celebra ted Professor of Chemistry Dr Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr •Ilar. vey, Dr. Campbell , Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, L er d Stuart de t)ecies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, afte. all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery aban toned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure, 111.D.,E.R.5. , Bce., 2 &C. " London, 4, Bloomsbury-square. " I hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta Arablca I find it to he a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole- Come, easily digestible, likely to promote a healtky Liona of th flitoch and b ow els, and thereby to co unteract dyspepsia (Indiges e 'ion), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW USE, M.D., f.R.S., &C., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. The C Russian Consulate General, London, Dee. 2,1847. Im Barr onsul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, Maiest) ti lnd Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they bad sent to hiS the " MlnisteerEmperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to Switably s, of the T , I mperial Palace. canisters, Ilb%ed for all climates, and with full instructions. In quality, lib G s ; 21" ; 2lb 4s 6it ; 51b lls ; 121 b 22s ; super refined !crs are forwardebd lls ; Sib 22s ; 101 h 335. The 1011 i and 121 b eanis -15 Barry Du B arry Carrj . ago free, on receipt of Post-office order. ason, and Coand Co, •77 Regent-street, ••• t t t London; Fortntlnt, 60. Gracee •, purveyors . • ehen -s ree , _ b hurch-str to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at Corn fu • 4 - eet ; 33 0 a ,v, Bl a u and 451, Strand ;4, Cheapside; 68, Kko ritreet . 6 Psgate-street ; 55, Charing-Cross; - -- _ !(:), Oxford-street 4 PATENT COMPRESSED VEGETABLES , for the supply of CO Victualling Stations, and Stores in General.—CHOLLET and CO. (Masson's and Morel Fatio's Patents), Manufacturers and Purveyors to the French, British, and Sardinian Armies and Navies. Compression gives the twofold advantage of preservation for an indefinite period, in all climates, and of easy stowage, one cubic yard containing as much as 16,000 rations. Our Potatoes, Cabbage, Cauli flower, &a., have been found to retain their original colour and flavour after a sea voyage of 5 years. BeAdea a great many testi monials from Government Offices and Merchants, we refer to the frequent eulogies passed upon our articles in Si,. Crimean pondence of the The unparalleled siiccess of Orireag: prise has brought a host of Imitations Into the market, which are offered at a low price. We leave It to the public to compare and judge. To supply the large demands made upon us for Government pur poses we are now working in six factories, viz., at Paris, Vilettee, Meaux, Mans, Rueil, and Dunkerque. Wholesale Depot, 123, Fenchurch-street, nearly opposite Mark lane. 2 1 ZGIIIILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1810-51-54 and 1+55, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). TUE STRONGEST, BEST, ♦ND CIIE•PEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PIICENIX (212 , ) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE sTREET, City. Circulars tree by post. 0 . 20,180.1 EAST INDIA HOUSE, 18Th FEBRUARY, 1857. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next Examination of Candidates for the appointment of As sistant-Surgeon in the service of the East India Company will be held at this House on MONDAY, the 13th July next, and succeeding days, and that the probable number of Vacancies in the Medical Establishment to be then filled up will be Fifteen. Copies of the regulations for the admission of candidates will be furnished on application to the Secretary, Military Department, at this House. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. MEXICAN and SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY. A lIALF-TEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders In this Com pany will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on TUESDAY, the 3d March, at Two o'clock precisely. 15, Angel-court, Bank, 12th FebruaryHYDE , 1856 CLARKE, Secretary. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms tor Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE A,'SOCIATION. Established 1840. TXIISTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomas Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P, Mutual Life Assurance for all classes of society. Existing Policies ..... • • £8 0,000 Accumulated Fend-- •• ............ 83,000 Annual Income •• A THIRD BONUS will be declared during the ensuing year. The Report and Balance-sheet for 1856 may be obtained at the Office, 15, Moorgate-street, London. WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. January 31mt, 1857. ESTABLISHED 1841. MEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pall-mall, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. At the Fifteenth Annual Meeting, held on 27th Nonember, 1856, it was shown that on the 30th June last— The no.nber of Policies in force was ...... •• •• • • 5,738 The amount insured was— ...... • • 2,752,1071. 78. 2d. The annual Income was— • . 118,557/. 16s. 2d. Two Bonuses have been declared (in 1848 and 1853), adding nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the average to sums assured, and by which a Policy of 1,000/. issued in 1842 on a healthy life is now increased to 1,2601. , ince the last Division of Profits in 1853 the accumulated funds have increased by more than 105,0001, offering considerable advan• tages to present assurers. Profits divided every five years—next division in 18511. The Society, since its establishment, has paid claims on 651 Policies, assuring 254,0081. Assurances era effected at home or abroad on healthy lives, at as moderate rates as the most recent data will allow. Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities given to assurers. Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables. Policies issued free of Stamp duty, aid every other charge but the Premiums. Agents wanted for vacant places. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, and every other information, may be obtained of the Secretary, at the Chief Office, or on applica tion to any of the Society's Agents in the country. C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. G REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY. Creation of 2,000,00 ^1. further Capital. The Board of Directors hereby intimate to the Shareholders of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company that the Hon. East India Company have sancti nod the raising of further capital in this Com pany to the extent of 2,000,0001., with interest guaranteed at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. It has accordingly been resolved, pursuant to the act, to issue the said capital rateably among the shareholders, in shares of 201. each, One new share to be given in virtue of every Two shares of 201. value standing on the register of the Company on the 16th January net. And the Board have, by such resolution, made a call of 21. per share en every new 201. share so allotted (with the option to the shareho'der of paying up the whole 201.), which is hereby declared nayable at the Bank of Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co., Lom bard-street, London, on or before the 26th day of February, 1857. Circular letters of allotment, with directions for payment, and forms of Receipt, will be forwarded to the address of the several shareholders. The shareholders are hereby informed that share certificates, if left at the office after notice is given that they are ready for delivery, remain at the risk of the proprietors. (Signed) CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, Superintending Director. 3, Now Broad-street, London, 9th Jan., 1857. CONTRACTS FOR'FRESH 'BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD, VEGETABLES, &c., FOR THE R0r.4.1. MARINE INFIRMARIES AT WOOLWICH AND CHATHAM, ADMIRALTY, 17th February, 1857. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of 11 Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice. that on TnEsniY, the 10th March neat, at One o'clock, they will be ready, at the °Mee of the Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, Somerset place, in London, to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for the supply of all such quantities of all or any of the fol lowing Articles as shall from time to time be required for the use of either one or both of the Royal Marine Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham, from the Ist day of April next to the 31st day of March, 1858, vlz : REEF and MUTTON SOAP, Yellow B EAD CANDLES, Moulds and Dipi MILK VEGETABLES Samples of the Soap and Candles, together with the conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be seen at this office, or by applying to the Purveyor at the Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham. No tender will be received after Ono o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. • Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiral*? ,nd bear In the left-hand corner the words "Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter s'gned by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the suns of 1001. for the due performance of the contracts for Beef and Mutton, for Bread and for Vegetables, and in the sum of 50/. for each of the others. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1857. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " MARGARET MAITLAND." Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., THE DAYS OF MY LIFE. An Autobiography. By the Author of " Margaret Maitland," " Lillicsleaf," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. THIRD AND CHEAPER EDITION, REVISED. 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We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other " equally flagrant evil which it ma y b e i n hi s p ower t o cor rect. London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book :mid find its way into the hands of those whe gaffer from the corn plaint of which it treats, we aro satisfied that many hundreds would tie saved much needless suffering of body and rind, and what is of ' at e u s s e h i mpor moneyta n . c . . t h . T o h u s h y o i t htm i s e t h i e a t w l c qa t l t i e d e q t u o a p cks u t a most dp to r i z t o — h e pltlaiese, th th e e r t e r f r: ee t m em en pi t r u ie p ai on sy a st m ern ore ot ra t ti re o a n t a ing l an B d P likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. e o rm hy a s i t o o l r o rr ea a l , b an ae d ia. to London: FL Balliere, 219. Regent-street. MISS GATHER' E HAYES'S CONCERTS. (Prontthe Manchester Guardian.) Miss Catherine Hayes gave the first of two concerto, in the Free-trade Hall, on Thursday evening. The immense hall was we ll filled, with a most respectable audience ; and certainly its walla never before echoed to such genuinely enthusiastic plaudits and cheers, as bestowed upon any individual artiste or performance. Miss Catherine Hayes took her farewell of Manchester in August, 1851, very shortly before starting for America ; the high estimation that had been here formed of her talents being shown by the audiences that crowded the old Free-trade Hall on the occasion of those parting performances. Since that time, she has voyaged round the globe, singing in all parts of the United States, in California (we believe), in Australia, in the East Indies, and elsewhere • her praise s h ave b een sounded in varyi ng styles and differing languages, but they have always been of the highest. Now, after many a tour through Ireland (her native country) and Scotland, she is once more amongst us; and she showed last evening, in the most unmistakable style, that the latest and loudest praises bestowed upon her have been fully de served. Her five years' travel, and the arduous profes sional duties through which she has passed, have not—if we can trust our memory—prejudicially affected, in the slightest degree, the quality of her voice or her artistic skill. Indeed, while we write, we feel a certainty that she never sang with a more charming naturalness or greater power than last evening ; and we are almost tempted to be lieve that her voice has become even more mellow and sym pathetic than ever. It is not difficult to decide why Cathe rine Hayes has been and is so triumphantly successful, espe cially in ballads—a class of music that always must tell, even upon the most cultivated minds, musically speaking, and which with the uncultivated is the class that represents the power of music, seeing that it embodies that form of expressing natural feelings and emotions which must be the most direct in its course to the human heart. She is suc cessful because she is natural ; because her nature iskeonly sensitive and rightly impulsive ; because, with the whole power of her mind, she seems to throw herself into what she has to do; and because, for her object, she has an irresistible instrument—a voice at once sweet,mellow,ronnd, and power fal,thoroughly sympathetic,admirably cultivated, and under the most perfect control. With an ability to execute the ornamentations and frivolities of musical composition, which might be envied by a French prima donna, she is never tempted to blemish a ballad by shakes, runs, or tricks of any kind ; what she believes t o b e th e sentiment or the feeling that the composer had or ought to have had, that alone she strives to realise for herself and her audience. Thus, last evening, she held the audience entranced by the fervid pathos with which she sent forth the Irish melody, " The harp that once, through Tara's halls ;" it was a richly musical wail, the remembrance of which will long haunt those who heard it. And thus, too, she called tears into many an eye, from the exquisite beauty and force which she imparted to Bishop's simple " Home ! sweet home !" The rebound of the audience, when the ballad terminated, was merely natural; and their enthusiasm was at the highest. We regret that she did not repeat the ballad ; but she sub stituted " Comin' thro' the rye," and gave it with so much naïveté, that she was compelled, after retiring, again to appear and acknowledge the plaudits of the audience, who rose almost en masse. She was of course encored in the Irish melody ; and for it she substituted " Bonnie Prince Charlie." We did not h ear h er fi rs t so l o, w hi c h was Mey erbeer's " Ali! mon file;" but her other operatic selection was the " Casta Diva," which was rendered very finely. Another performance of Miss Hayes' remains to be noticed —a vocal polka by Alary. It was wonderful as a triumph over difficulties ; very pleasant from the jocund ease with which the most trying runs and flights were taken ; and remarkable, alike with the " Home! sweet home!" as showing the great compass of her voice. CIAIITION.-GEORGE HOBSON, TAILOR, I, j 57, LOMBARD-STREET, begs to notify to his customers and the public generally, that a person in the same street is copying hi, Name and Motto of "EXCELLENEE and ECONOMY ;" but that he has no connection with him or any other hones in London. PRIZE-FIGHTERS AT ELECTIONS. Henry Broome, " champion of all England," was placed at the bar of the Southampton Petty Sessions, charged with fighting in the High-street. Mr. Pocock, for the defendant, asked who was the prosecutor NO one appeared, and he then asked for the party who took him into custody. P. S. Ralfe stepped forward. Mr. Pocock—Are you the prosecutor ? Ralfe— I took him into custody. Mr. Pocock—Did he strike you ? Ralfe—No. Mr. Pocock—Then you can't prosecute. It is a most serious charge, and n otwithstanding the gene ral assiduity of the police they have in this case overstepped their duty. I can show by act of Par liament that it was not only lawful but laudable to defend themselves with their fists, instead of using cowardly weapons. This 'announcement seemed to surprise all in Court, and in the absence of any prosecutor, the defendant was discharged, amidst the cheers of those "waiting at Court !"--Poole Herald. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL. FEB. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues active, and the transactions numerous, closing this afternoon at a con siderable advance in the value of all the leading stocks, The following were the rates :—Blackburn, 83 i—Cale donian, 833 A—Eastern Counties, 103 —East Lancashire, 2 ii—Laneasfiire and Y or k s hi re, 100 99—Lancaster and Carlisle, 72—London and North Western, 1081 I—Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 361 4—Midland, 836 North Eastern, Berwick, 221—South Eastern, 234 1 North Union (A), 226—Grand Trunk of Canada, 12i / 1 — Ditto, Six per Cent. Debentures, 83—Great Western of Canada, 2'4—Ditto (new shares), 3 p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a strong and improving market, Lancashire and Yorkshire touching par, and clos ing at 990—District Bank, 11k—Midland, 833--East Lan cashire, 24,—Sheffield, 36—Ditto Pref, 12i—London and North Western, 108—Ditto (Eighths) 5-16 d.—Great Western of Canada (New), 3 p.—Dover, 23—Blackburn, 8 11-1 6—Caledonian, 3341—East Lancashire Fifths, 13 p.— Cheshire Junction, 70. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT REIGATE.—A man was found lying insensible in a shed, in a field opposite Cam den Chapel, at Camberwell, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning, and on being removed to the workhouse, re covered, and said he was Robert Bray, of Montreal, a sailor, and having been left behind at Southampton, by hie vessel, he had walked up to London. His appear. ance much resembled the description of the man who shot and robbed Mr. Ovenden, at Reigate, last week. At the request of the police, he has, therefore, been de tained. Mr. Ovenden remains, we regret to learn, in a very precarious s t a t e , as the ball has not yet been ex. traded. [AuvEarissmmirl—The following aro some out of many th,usand extraordinary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry's delicious Health-Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility :—Cure No. 41,617.—Winchester, Dec. 3, 184 7.—Gentlemen,—I am happy to be able to inform you that the person for whom your Revalenta was procured has derived very great benefit from its use ; distressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above mentioned case, I can with confidence recommend it, mid shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever an opportu nity offers, drc., drc.--.James Shorland, late Surgeon, 96th Regiment. 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DClri.cmi Campbellstr Chemistry offurther moans curo had D"; pers ons, whose health has For th been r f estor e e r d p b a y rt i i t c , u a l f ai te s ra l ll .es o p t e lior ct. jug paper, this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry's advertisernelit in anotlier part cf this MARKET NEWS.—(This 'ay.) COVENT GARDEN. andTh tehsendpepmliaena ruledsoffruitsatenaddvegetablese:— were very moderate, rEtUIT. Pineapples, per lb. 5s (kl to lOs Filberts, per 1b.....1s to ls 4d Colonia I do., e a . O s Od to Os Od I Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 140 s to s Grapes, per 1b.... 8s Od to 153 Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Foreign do ....... Os Od to Os 0,1 Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od Melons, each ....3s Od to 5s Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 35 to 8s Od Strawberries, per Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od pottle Od to Od Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s Od Gooseberries, per Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs Od half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Oranges, per 100.3 s 6d to 93 Currants, p. do. Os Oct tco3 Od Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Apricots,p. doz. 2s Oct to 6s Od Green gages,do. 4s Od to 7s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od VEGETABLE& Greens, p. doz. bun. 3s to as 6d. Leeks, per do 2d to 4d Cabbage s , p er d oz. is to is Od S'lallOts, per lb 6d to 8d Savoy do., p. do. le Od to 25 Od Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 55 Cauliflowers, do.'2Bod to 55 Od Parsley, per do. 4d to 6d Brocoli, p. bun. is Cd to is 6d Celery, per do Os 9d to is 6d Potatoes, per ton 60s to 135 s Eeet, per doz. is Od to 24 Oct New do., p er d 0...... Osto Os Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Turnips, per dozen M us h ro oms,p.ptl.2Bodto2s6cl bunches 2s 6d to 35 6d Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Carrots, per bunch...sd to 7d Cab. lettuces, per Cucumbers, each 2s t o 4 s Od score is Od to is 6d Garlic, p er 13 6d to Os ed Endive, per score is 6d to 3s Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Radishes, per bunch 61 to 8d Spinach, p. d0...2s Od to 2s 6c; Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od Brussels sprouts, per 57alnuts per 100...0s 8d to is half do 98 Od to 3s Od Gl3illies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d Onions, p. bush. 28 6d to 4a Od Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s New do., per bunch Od to Od Rhubarb, p. bun. 9d to is 6d French beans, per Asparagus, per 100 Gs Od to 9s 100 2B 6d to 43 OJ Sea ken, Per pnn. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. - Tarteys, 5s al to lOs Od ; Geese, 51 Od to 7s Oil each ; Ducks, is 91 to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, i s 3d to i s 9d each ; wild do., is to is 2d; Pigeons, 8d to is 3d each ; large `-zurrey Fowls, 6s to lOs ; barn-door do., 3s 6d to 6s ; Chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od per couple ; Capons, Os 6d to Os Od ; Hares, 3s 01 to 3s 61 ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s Od each ; Pheasants, ; Woodcocks, 3s Od 4 ; s s O n d i p ; e P s t g r ii3 d d g e t so, 2s ls 9 0 d d ; to T 2 ea s l 3 , d is 9d to 2s Od ; Wild D 3tos u 4t c os k s , is 9,1 to 2s 3d; Widgeons, is 9d to Os; Plovers, is to ls 9d each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, 65 Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to -- s Od ; English do., 14s Od to 17s Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, lOs 01 to 128 ; French do., 78 6d to 9s per 120; Leverets, Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od p er Blb s., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; veal, 48 Od to as Od; pork, 3s 8d to 68 par Blbs., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6(1 to 15s ; Brills, 2s Od to 7s each; Salmon 2s Od to 3s Od per lb ; Cod Fish, is 6(1 to 10s e ac h ; S o l es , 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; Eels, 8(1 to Is p er lb ; Lobsters, is to 4s 6d; Crabs, 'id to 3s 0(1; Whiting s , 3 s O d to 10s per doz. Common Oyers, 12s to 16s ; Natives 40s to 50s p e r b s h. ; Mackerel, tOs to s per 100; Smelts, is Od to 2s 6d per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 4s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 5s Od to 6s Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz.; Pike, 6 , 1 ; Sturgeon, 6(1 per lb ; Prawns, 5s 0(1 to Os; Mullets, 6d to is 6d each ; Plaice, 4(1 to is each ; Halibut, 6(1 per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to 2s Od per doz.; salt fish, Od per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bjd to 9d ; of household ditto, 7d to 8d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. 3tarket hides, 561 b to 641 b, 5d to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, to 54d ; 721 b to 801 b, sjd to sid ; 801 b to 881 b, bid to 6d ; 881 b to 961 b, 6d to Gad ; 961 b to 1041 b, 6 4d to 7d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Oct to Od ; upwards, —d to —d horse hides, 9s Od to 108 Od ; Caif skins, light, 4 8 Od to' 5s Od ; ditto full, 9s 6d to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, Os Oct to lts Od ; Kents, 8s to 9s Od; Half-breds, 8s Od to Os Od; Downs, Gs 6d to 7s 9d ; Shearlings, Os Od ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 101 to 4/ Os ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ ss; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ Os per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 4s; clover do., 31 lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ lOs per load, Supply tolerably goo d, and trade dull. WHITECEIA.PEL—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our quotations. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—FEB. 20. There was a fair attendance of town and country millers to-day. Holders of good wheat and flour were stubborn in their prices, and consequently only a fair business transpired, BO that no change can be made in the quotations of Tuesday last. Indian corn was Gd per qr. dearer for fine fresh white and yellow, but stale chambered parcels were neglected. Oats rem:keeled Id to 2d per bushel, and oatmeal 3d to tkl per road. Barley, also, was easier in price. Beans and peas were each purchaseable on easier terms. WAKEFIELD—FEB. 20. Wheat was firm at last week's prices. Dry parcels wore well cleared off, but other sorts were still difficult to sell. Fine barley was fully as dear. Beans were steady. Oats and shelling rather cheaper. EXETER—FEB. 20. CORN.—Wheat, 7s to Vs 9d ; barley, 5s Od to tis 6d; grinding do., Op Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od to 3s 2a. Beans, Os Od to 0 Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLOUR.—Fine, 42a Od to 410 Od ; seconds, 90s Od to 42s Od per sack. CATTLE.--There was a small supply of bullocks. Best beef, from 104 6d to Ils per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to 103 per score ; fat calves, —d to Od per lb ; barrenners, Os Od to Os Od. per score ; cows and calves, 121. to 161. Gs ; butchers' calves, Od to 7d per lb., rearing calves —s to - s each sheep, ewes and lambs, 0/. Os to 01. Os per couple; ewes, 76d to Od; weth ers , —d 8,1; lambs, —to Od per lb. Pigs, large size, — s t o — s; secon d s i ze, —s to - - 3 ; slips, —s to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, rid per lb, Pork carcases from lOs Od to lls Od per score. BRISTOL SUGAR-FEE. 20. The transactions since our last report comprise three car goes of Mauritius (30,000 bags), and 1 , 50 boxes of Havan nab, all for arrival, for which extreme prices have been paid. On the spot we have still nothing to report, there not being a cask of sugar on sale. The market closes rather quietly, but it is impossible to purchase on easier terms. Refiners' produce continues a very limited supply, and the few goods ready for delivery are eagerly taken at extreme prices. Of rum we have not any supply. ET. —FEB. 20. the close of the ma! , Walleend, Ste a 1. Northumberland 14 3 Lam bton l7 0 Ciosforth . 14 3 Hough Hall 15 9 Russell's Hutton 16 3 roes l7 6 ' Stewart's l7 6 Bell 15 6 South Kelloe 16 3 Kepier Graingo ... l6 9 Hartlepool Hetton l6 3 Riddell.. 14 3 Hilda .14 0 Haswell 17 6 Montagu' 15 3 Plummer ......15 6 t I Sold Naval and Military Intelligence. The annexed circular memorandum has been addressed to regiments at home and abroad : "orse Guards Feb 14. "Numerous c omp l a i n t s having been made the . Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief that officers commanding regi. meats do not furnish to their depots information respecting imprisonments, promotions, reductions, deprivations by sentence of courts-martial, &c., which is required for the due completion of the records at the depots, his Royal Highness directs that there be kept at the head-quarters of each regiment a casualty-book, in which every change in a soldier's service is to be duly and daily recorded, and that a copy of the entries made between the first and last days of each month inclusive, be sent with the returns and states at the commencement of each month to the depot. " His Royal Highness will hold commanding officers responsible that returns prescribed by regulation are regularly furnished. "By command. "G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The order in council which has just received the sanction of her Majesty, for the reduction of the corps of Royal Marines, provides that the established number of com panies in the entire corps shall be 104 of light infantry, each consisting of 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 11 non-com missioned officers, 3 buglers, and 101 privates. On Thursday afternoon the whole of the depots of the Indian and British regiments composing the Provisional Battalion, at Chatham. were inspected by Colonel H. Eden, Commandant of Chatham Garrison. A. final trial of the engines of the Nimrod, 6 guns, screw steam gunreswel, took place in the basin at Shoern,se on Thursday. Her engines made 53 revo l u ti ons per minute, with fn 121 b. to 151 b. pressure, working expansively, with a vacuum of 26. The trial was considered satisfac tory. The present orders are for her to steam out of the basin on Monday, and proceed to Portsmouth. The crew of the Flying Fish will be transferred to her on her arrival at Portsmouth. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 70, Captain Astley C. Key, from Lisbon on the 9th, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Wednesday. The Exmouth, 90, Captain H. Eyres, is making good defects in Plymouth Sound. She is to bo supplied with new main and wizen yards. Meanee, 80, is fitting with a screw propeller, at Sheer ness. Orders have been received that the Irresistible's machinery and boilers, of 400-horse power, are to be put into this ship, the same having been landed in this yard for some time. Her screw propeller is solid brass, and weighs 6 tons 19 cwt. 2 qr., and 17 feet in diameter. The steam troop-ship Megacra, Captain Purvis, bent sails in Hamoaze on Thursday, and steamed into Plymouth Sound yesterday. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty :—The Hon. J. M. Yorke, mate to the Brilliant; H. F. Nicholson, mate to the Excellent ; G. T. Meld, midshipman to thes.Victory for disposal ; H. N. S. Hood, naval cadet to the tioyal Albert, for disposal; G. R. Henage, H. V. Smith, and C. G. Whitelock, naval cadets to the Castor, for disposal. T- -HE SCREW STEAM-SHIP KANGAROO.—LIVERPOOL, Friday, ---A telegraphic message was received here this afternoon by the agent of the Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam Packet Company, respecting their screw steam ship Kangaroo, which, at last accounts, was seen in the Delaware. It was as follows :—" Philadelphia, Feb. 6. The steam-ship Kangaroo, Captain Jeffrey, for Liver. pool, left the wharf, foot of Queen-street, at half-past nine o'clock yesterday morning, assisted by the City ice boat, and both proceeded down the river in handsome style." There is little doubt that the steamer was de tained somewhere below in the river, as there is no notice from New York on the 7th (when the Arago and New York 1€ ft) of her getting to sea. At all events she may be expected every tidel • A FEMALE GAOLER.—John Lewis, charged with breaking into the house of Miss Mansell, Manorbear, was confined in the Pembroke lock up, under the care of Mrs. Thomas, to await his trial. The prisoner, during his confinement, was remarkably still, seldom speaking a word. The prison being cold, Mrs. Thomas lighted a fire for the prisoner, and tried to make him as comfort able as possibl e . n Tuesday, the 3d of February, Mr. Thomas was obliged to leave home. All that morning, the prisoner appeared exceedingly thoughtful, and moved seldom. Mrs. Thomas sent her little girl to inquire of the prisoner if more coal was wanted for the fire. The prisoner answered in the affirmative. Mrs. Thomas ac. cordingly took some coal to put upon the fire; and on going into th e ce ll, s h e mec h an i cally took the key from the outside of the gate, placed it inside, and locked the gate from within. When she was in the act of putting the coal on the fire, the prisoner Lewis sprang to the gate, and got outside. Mrs. Thomas seized him at the gate, and clung to him ; and, whilst the prisoner was trying to reach the street door, he threw her down in the passage. The prisoner opened the street door, but Mrs. Thomas still held to his collar, and likewise to the hair of his head. The prisoner hurried Mrs. Thomas into the street, for the attempt to shake her off was vain. They both fell, rolling into the mud. Several persons were looking on, but, so sudden and strange was the affair, that they did not understand it, and thus left Mrs. Thomas to grapple with the prisoner for some time; but she never left hold of the prisoner from the time he sprang out of the gate until he was safely put back.—Hares fordwest Telegraph. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIvIL SIIEVICE.—The Home Department—The lord lieutenancy of the county of Lancaster has become vacant by the death of the Earl of Ellesmere. The Board of Trade—Mr. Burton Marshall, principal coast officer at Stirling, within the Port of Alloa, has been appointed deputy-receiver of droits of Admiralty to Mr. .T. T. Ansel!, collector. General Post-office—Mr. Thomas Spearpoint has been appointed postmaster at Folkestone. Audit-office—Mr, R. L. Woods has been appointed to a clerkship. Customs—A searchership at the Port of Hull has become vacant by the death of Mr. Thomas Stork, first-class searcher. Mr. John F. All nutt has been appointed a clerk in the East and West India Docks, London. Mr. Joseph Williamson, clerk for general business, has been appointed a clerk in the Long-room, London. Mr. John Hughes, comptroller at Newry, has been promoted to be collector at Dartmouth. Mr. Clifford Gill, collector at Bideford, has been pro moted to be comptroller at Newry. Mr. Alfred Gassett, comptroller, is promoted to be collector at Bideford. Mr. Samuel Malley, comptroller at Padstow, has been promoted to be comptroller at Bideford. The office of comptroller at Padstow has been abolished since the pro motion of Mr. Malley. East Indies.—Mr. E. O'Riley, assistant-commissioner at Toungoo, has been appointed magistrate of Rangoon, vice Dr. D. L. Morton, re signed. Captain G. E'. D'Oyly, assistant-commissioner at Thayet-Mayo, has been appointed assistant-commis sioner at Toungoo. Lieutenant C. P. Hildebrand, ad jutant, Pegu Light Infantry, has been appointed assist ant-commissioner at Thayet-Mayo. Mr. W. R. Ben son, deputy-commissioner of the third-class in Oude, has been appointed deputy-commissioner of the second-class. Mr. W. C. Capper and Lieutenant J. Reid, assistant commissioners of the first-class in Oude, have been ap pointed deputy-commissioners of the third•class. The Rev. G. W. Coopland has been appointed chaplain at Owalion—Oirit Serrico anette.' GOAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at 6. d. Bates's West Hartley ..,13 Bebside's Hartley - 14 (i Bell's Primrose l2 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton - 14 Longridge's WstHartley 14 6 Chester Main North Percy Hartley l3 0 Taufield Moor l3 6 Tanfield Moor Butos 13 6 Walker Primrose l3 0 Wylani Hastings' Hartley l4 6 Davison's West Hartley 15 0 Wallsend, &c. Eden Main l6 3 tiihlpe at market... 7 [ADVEBTISEMENT.] — HoIIoway's Pills a salutary extremein th yeltw. re medy for Indigestion and Liv er C o mpl a i n t s .—Ed war d stomach yellow- Smith, of Newport, Monmouth, was affli c t e d f or fif teen e only affordingguor, years with indigestion and liver compl a i n t . His kind—painsymp after eating, eructations of wind, pain i n th e b ac k and toms were of the severest r n i e g s h s t sohfouthldeers,kwineaaknndesesy, physicians e l s an ; guor, and temporary relief, when he was induced to try this won derful remedy, and in a short time all painful symptoms disappeared, a nd he was restored to perfect health.— Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, Lon don ; and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ;by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta; TT &env Al') TINARIN G --- SPECTACLES, POWERFUL. TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, r - EFLSPECTIVE GLAssas.—Messrs. S. and B. Solonsons, opticians, 39, Albe. marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel (W.) By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, O pera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, Rill show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and she double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers aecordingly.—T'ne Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable,newly-invented,verysman, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1. miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships aro clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, y ac hti ng, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourist s . O pera, race-course, camp, and persective 1.. Lessees with wonderful Newly-constructed Spectacle power.Of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invoution is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged Persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute oect pation—can see with these lenses of a m uc h less magnify. do not require the fr equent ing power—and they changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by seating one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can road small newspaper print with it; and those have not made use of spectacles by stating their age, Deaf ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invent e d instru ment for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kiad that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables d ea l persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39 , Albemarle. West, Piccadilly. Oboorvo—opßosite the Y. jue.i. (r.) [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD. RAIL IVAY IIVTICLLIGENCE, NORTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this un dertaking was held at York yesterday. H. S. Trtomrsox, Esq., the chairman, moved the adoption of the report, which has already appeared in our columns. In the course of his speech he observed that, in declaring a dividend of not more than 41 and 31 per cent. upon the Berwick and York sections respec tively, the directors were influenced chiefly by the fact that a considerable amount had been credited this half year to revenue for interest on unproductive works, espe cially the Auckland branch, which was now open for mineral traffic. All matters in dispute as be tween the ordinary and preference shareholders in the Leeds section were at an end. This, how ever, was not all. The directors were enabled not merely to declare the dividends be had mentioned, but they had made provision for contingencies to an extent which must be considered very satisfactory, as putting the property on a sound footing. On the bad debt fund they were accumulating a very nice reserve, and they were adding half-yearly such an amount for fire insur ance as would enable them in a few years much to di minish the amount paid in this respect. There was every reason to b e li eve t h at the Auckland branch would ultimately prove a profitable one. The time had not yet arrived when the capital account of the company could be closed, inasmuch as constant demands were be ing made upon the directors for increased traffic accom modation. The report was adopted with but one dissentient— Mr. Simms. GREAT WESTERN AND BRENTFORD. At the half-yearly meeting held yesterday at Feadall's Hotel, Viscount 'Villiers in the chair, The report, read by Mr. Eley, th e Secretary, stated that the progress which was being made in the construe. tion of the railway and docks was satisfactory. The greater portion of land through which the line passed had been purchased, and the directors had, with one or two exceptions, been met in a liberal spirit by the seve• ral landowners. The accounts showed total receipts on capital to the extent of 51,6481., of which 32,610/. bad beentransferred to construction account, whilst 19,1381. was still in course of receipt on shares. The total construction ac count exhibited on the debit side 33,5261., of which 28,7501 had been expended in purchase of land, con struction of works, engineer, law, office expenses, and similar items, leavi ng a present balance of 4,7761. The report was unanimously adopted. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. The twenty-second ordinary half-yearly meeting of the above company was held yesterday at the Euston-sta tion ; Sir H. Varney, Bare., chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The report stated that the balance in hand at the corn mencetnent of the half-year was 5541.125. 8d :—making a total of 25,4541. 12s. Bd. The dividends paid during the six months amount to 24,8491. 16i. 5d., leaving a balance of 6041. 16s. 3d. to be carried to the next ac count. The next dividend will be payable at the com pany's bankers on the 28th Feb. NORTH DEVON. The directors state that the contractor has been fully paid and satisfied, under the award of the chairman, accepted by all parties. The task has been performed by Mr. The, without charge to the company. The traffic of the line now averages about 921. a week more than it did in the last months of 1855. The sum applic able to dividends for the half-year is 2,7511. 7s. 3d. The dividends proposed are at the same rate as those paid for the preceding half-year, viz., 11 per cent. per annum on ordinary stock ; 2i per cent. per annum on B stock; and 61. per cent. per annum, on the Preference stock and shares ; leaving a balance of 141. lls. sd. to be carried forward. The remaining instalment on the 61. Preference Shares is to be called up. SOUTH WALES. Yesterday, at the half-yearly meeting of this company, the report was adopted, and a dividend of four per cent. per annum declared. NORFOLK. The directors of this company propose at the ensuing half•yearly meeting to declare a dividend of 2/. on the 1001. stock of the company, being at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. This is an advance of 1 per cent. on the corresponding period of last year. CALEDONIAN. The Director 4 of the Caledonian Railway have re solved to recommend a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum, leaving a balance to be carried over of 45004 EAST LANCASHIRE. The accounts of this company for the half-year ending 31st Dec., 1856, shows that the ordinary stock of the company amounts to 2,221,300/., and this balance gives a dividend on that stock for the past half-year, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, and leaves 1,8931. 2s. Bid. to the credit of the reserved fund. DREADFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAR BAi!'SLEY. ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MEN STIFLED OR BURNED TO DEATH. LATEST EARTICrLARS. LUND HILL, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Later inquiries confirm and amplify the horrible details already given. In some instances the whole of the male members of a family have been swept away—father aid two or three sons. There is scarcely a household in the neigh bourhood which has not been made desolate. The brave men who risked their lives to rescue those who had escaped death in the pit, were Mr. Coe (underground steward in the pit), John Warhurst (fo reman ) , Willi am Bevors, Mr. Webster (manager of the Hoyland and Elsecar Colliery), Mr. Maddison, John Hoyland (foreman of Raw. marsh Colliery), Benjamin Hoyland (foreman of I)arley Main Colliery), John and James Ellis,--.Wilcock, William Duck. worth (of Wombwell), James Cookson (of Hoyland Col liery), and James Warris. Although the explosion occurred soon after noon the descent was not possible till four. The gearing used for the descent had been destroyed by the explo sion ; and though the,most strenuous exertions were made to put it right, they did. not succeed till the time mentioned, when Mr. Coe, Warhurst, and Bevors, got into a " corf," and proceeded on their perilous journey into the pit. Before they had gone far they heard the noise of a slight explosion in the pit ; bet they proceeded till they found that the lining of the shaft had been so discomposed bx the explosion that further progress was impossible. They returned to the mouth of the pit, and the efforts of all were now directed to getting the lining in order. In about 20 minutes everything was ready to descend, and they went down again, and arrived in safety at the bottom, followed by the other men. These brave fellows spent nearly an hour in exploring the pit; and they did not quit their task till they saw indications of immi nent danger. They explored the pit to within about forty yards of the extremity of the northern level—a distance of about 400 yards. They also traversed about 20 or 30 yards of the southern level; but at this point they were stopped by the fire which had broken out as one of the results of the explosion. • They went far enough, however, to ascertain that a bed of coal, comprising an area of fifty or sixty yards, was in flames. They discovered, however, that nineteen human beings were still alive, all near the working shaft. These were immediately taken to the mouth of the pit, and conveyed to their homes. It is believed that none of them are fatally injured, _ _ _ The explorers found ten corpses on the northern side of the pit. These were blackened by the explosi on, and fear fully mutilated, evidently having been driven with great violeaco against the displaced masses of coal. Seven of these bodies were brought to the bottom of the working shaft, but the explorers had not tim e t o remove any of the others before they found it necessary to quit the pit. The decision that was come to by the proprietors to stop up the pit while so many persons remained in it was not ar rived at without the most anxious and prolonged delibera tion. Had it been delay e d l onger, there was danger of the fire spreading and bllrului; with such intensity as to cause the fall of the bed of coal and superincumbent earth, and the consequent falling in of the shafts. Had this been allowed, probably none of the bodies would ever have been recovered, but as it is, the fire having been checked in time, a large number of the bodies will be got out unburnt. It is hardly .. necessary to add th a t th ere was not the sl i ghtest Possibility of any of tho se i n th e pit being alive when the stopping up was decided on. In the meantime the fire is still raging in the pit. The s t opp i ng it up an d preventing . the access of the interior of air will of cours e c h ec k, an d p r obably time extinguish, mines, unanimous held the conflagration. For the present nothing can be done but to wait the result of the experiment. thiAs t m a o m r n e n , t ng t o h f s p a r a c p t re i e s t m t e n e z e p o r n e n s s e e c d te d t h vr ei t r h opinion that the stopping up of the pit last night was the most judicious course under the circumstances. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 aget Minos (taken) 10 to 1 agst Emigrant (taken) 12 to 1 agst Omer Pasha (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Hopeless Star (taken) 100 to 7 apt Teddesley (taken) 100 to 4 agst Weathercock (taken) 20 to 1 agst Any of Henderson's lot (offered) LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP. 7to 1 agst Bashi Bazouk (take 100 to 15 Bto 1 ags t Si ma (offered) ) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken) 8 to 1 agst A.damas (taken) 100 to 8 agst Any other. CHESTER CUP; 11 to 1 agst Leamington (offered) 50 to 1 agst Early Bird (offered to take) Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 11 to 2 Offered on the Field. Dun; 500 to 30 aget Blink Bonny (offered) SPETE V. PORTER. • '1 CA Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Lush and Mr. Lefe Er ;re aPtrenre for the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q,C., Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Mil ward for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action, Richard Sprye, was a person skilled in tracing pedigrees, and he sued the defendant—Thomas Porter —to recover a sum of up wards of 10,0001., under an agreement by which the defendant (T. Porter) promised that if the plain. tiff would furnish the defendant with oertain docu ments and evidence then in the plaintiff's hands, and the defendant should succeed by their means in estab lishing his right to certain property, the defendant would pay the plaintiff one-fifth of the property so ac. quired. The defendant pleaded a great many pleas, one of which alleged that the agreement had been rescinded, and the other that the right of action, if any, was vested in the assignees of the plaintiff, who had been insolvent. After a conference with the counsel, a verdict was taken for the plaintiff. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, in London, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and a Special Jury.) ROSIER V. LEWIS.—ACTION UPON A POLICY OF INSUR ARCH.— ALLEGED FRAUD. This case was partly heard yesterday, and the hearing was resumed this morning. The action was upon a po licy of insu rance against fire, and the principal defence was that the plaintiff had made a fraudulent claim upon the insurance office. The jury, after considering the matter for an hour and a quarter, found a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —Feb. 20. - (Signed) "CHARLES ETERAD." The prisoner, who was recommended to mercy by the prosecutor, was sentenced to three months' imprison ment with hard labour. CLERKENNVELL.—THE UNEMPLOYED.—In the course of the day the man Bryant, who acts as the leader and spokesman to the unemployed, entered the court in a hurried manner, and, addressing Mr. Tyrwhitt, said he had to complain of the report which appeared in the newspapers of that day, which contradicted one which had previously appeared, giving a correct and impartial one in several points. He here handed in a letter containing the two differ. ent reports, which were perused by Mr. Tyrwhitt atten tively. _ Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had no control over the press. Magistrates, as well as reporters, were often found fault with, but they tried to please all to the best of their power, no doubt. He really thought the reports were very fair. Bryant was proceeding to make further remarks, when Mr. Tyrwhitt told him that he had ilothing to do with the matter. Bryant said he had been to see Mr. Birchmore, who denied having used some expressions attributed to him in the report of yesterday, and he was addressing him self to the reporter, who reminded him that be was making assertions in the ab,ence of Mr. Birchmore and that the report was accurate. The papers were banded back to Bryant, wh:) said the uneropl)yed deserved eymp3thy and assistance, and ar rangements were making to collect a public subscription on their behalf, which he had no doubt would be re spondegigi, kft ,-, Tyr-whia4probabry - ea. ' titist iiii — to Tier dila but I have nothing to do with the matter. ... Bryant left the court with a person who bad accom panied him, saying "I wish to impress on the reporter," but the remainder of the sentence was lost. LAMBETH , —EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CONFIDENTIAL CLERK —Russell Pearce, a young man of respectable appearance, who has been a confidential clerk in the employment of Mr. Cooke, an auctioneer, in the West minster-road, was placed at the bar, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of embezzling various sums of money, the property of bis employer, and appropriating them to his own use. Mr. Cooke, the prosecutor, said he was not only pained, but surprised, at the position in which the pri soner had placed himself, as he bad been in his service when he had been obliged to proceed against another young man in his employ, who had robbed him of 1501., and since then had gone over the books with him for the purpose of detecting another person who had also at tempted to rob him, and it therefore pained him (Mr. Cooke) to find that the prisoner had so committed him self. Mr. Norton observed that it was perfectly lamentable to find the growing evil of dishonesty among servants. From the most confidential to the most humble, all seemed to be going on wrong. Mr. Cooke said the friends of the prisoner were most respectable persons, and for their sakes, and not for his, be should be willing, with his worship's sanction, to forego a prosecution, provided he should be protected from an action for false imprisonment. Mr. Norton replied that an action under the circum stances was quite out of the question, and A Solicitor, who attended on the pris oner ' s b e h a lf , said be would pledge his word that no aotion should be brought. M. Norton thought a short imprisonment would do the prisoner no harm, and he should remand him for a week to give time to the prosecutor to ascertain the ex. tent of his defalcations. The prisoner was remanded accordingly. T authority,ASEOr T. F t h F. that the BACON,— We 6 ve e rn li m a e v n e t, be ac en tl i n n g for u m nd ed er , on good CASE the advice of Mr. Bodkin, will, under an Act of Parlia ment passed last session, remove the coroner's inquisition to the Central Criminal Court, in which the prisoner will be arraigned and tried on the same day as he and his wife will be arraigned for the murder of the chil dren. In case of a conviction for the murder of his mother, it is supposed he will be sent to Lincoln for execution. Mr. Medcalf, of the Northern Q;rcuit, has been retained to defend Bacon.—Stanford Mercury. THE LIVINGSTONE TESTIMONIAL. — A preliminary meeting of the Liverpool African Association was held at the offices, Exchange-buildings, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of making arrangements for a general meeting to consider the best means of giving expression to the appreciation of the inbatitants of this community of the great services rendered to commerce and the cause o f religion by the Rev. Dr. Livingston e by his African explorations. A committee was appin'e(l, who will r port to a future meeting. The mayor. Mr. F. e. Shand, presided, and there were present Mr. C. Turtle man of the dock committee ; Mr. J. A. . r, chair- Alderman S. Holm, Mr. G. li II f a ' Tobin, Mr. . ors all, Mr. son, &e. Hard MINES.—We cannot report upon y ment in the share market since our all- great improve is watched with some anxiety h. last. The standard in the expectation that any serious y intending purchasers, not anticipate, although, as weous decline (which we do symptoms of giving way) will have stated last week, it showed the prices of heavy dividend the effect of reducing good progressive minesstocks. The price of many coneerns, except Wheal M keeps up better than dividend to 05, and Whe 1P ' argaret, which have advanced a Providence to 85. At Wheal Margaret the profit for the last quarter is nearly 2,0001., and a dividend of V. per shareexpected. is South Frances shares h ave not been quite sofirm3ss to 0 865; the ends at the new discovery in the 104, at one time reported worth 1001. per fm, are not looking so well. Devon Great Consols have " declined to 450, 460.—Mining Journal of this day. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MER CHAN T AT BRISTOL—A d y at Bristol by it painful set action was produced 37,ster t nn a , Esq ,of s becoming known that Thomas K ins ton, h dd. Charl ton, 11 ,4 31 01, Clifton, a ied under Somerset, and Mani 11 . t Mr. Kin g t on was a mem meancholy circtinistances. Miles and K . tngton, BristoL her of the eminent firm of d "th gage WI his partner in ar ranging had been recently en line of clipper sailing and steam auxiliary ranging a o l to Melbourne, and appeared to be s hi ps f r om Bris t ol i n excellent health. On Th urs d ay he bad his horse urpose if proceeding to C' saddled for the p - Charlton-house, mounting the animal he was observed to fall On forward and then to slip from the s ti rrup an d f a ll on h is k n ee, which he hurt a littl e . I nstead of riding as he in tended, he proceedi3d to Charlton in a carriage, returned in the afternoon, alnd proceeded to his counting-house in Queen -square. While there it was observed that his speech became muffled, and his clerks being alarmed, sent for medical aid. His case was ccia.idered highly dangerous, anEl he was removed to his residence, where he died shortly after midnight. It is thought probable that he ruptured a small vessel on the brain by the fall, and that this acted on a predisposed bad state of health and caused his death. _ - MANSION-HO USE,—ROBBING AN EMPLOYEE,- - Charles Everad, a journeyman in the service of Mr. Poole, a chronometer maker, carrying on business in Fenchurch-street, was brought before the Lord Mayor and Sir R. W. Carden, in petty sessions, charged with having stolen the movements of a watch, valued at 10?., bel,inging to his employer. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty to the charge , and who seemed o ver p owere d w i th grief, handed in the fol ! lowing written statement in mitigation of punishment:— "May it please this worshipful court to hear my peti tion,—l have a wife (far advanced in pregnancy), to whom this shock may prove fatal. I have al,o seven children, the youngest about two years old, the elder of the number about eighteen. At the time I made use of the property for which I am tried I had two children in bad health, one of them afflicted with scrofula in the left hand, the other an affection of the lungs. I was advised. by Mr. Coulson, of ,the Old Jewry, and Mr. Bateman, of Islington, to send them to the Margate Infirmary. I got forms filled up by the churchwarden of the parish (Islington), and sent my wife down to make further in quiry. She learned that the youngest could not be ad mitted, on account of her age, but as out-door patient. Having another little girl, I thought it would be as cheap for her to take lodgings down there, and take charge of the three youngest, as for me to pay a person down there for their board, lodging, and attendance. It was done. I put the two elder girls out to service, and I and my two boys took one room, and gave up the apartments we occupied. I wanted a little money to start them. I applied to a loan-office, but could not suc ceed, and had to resort to the means which have brought me here, knowing it would be but a temporary thing; but, from disappointment in money, it unfortunately was discovered before I could redeem it. The expenses at Margate and at home swallowed up my earnings. My child had her finger amputated, and was recovering. I was in a fair way of getting the property back, but Pro vidence ordained it otherwise. For the sake of my family I plead for as merciful a view of my case as justice will allow. By granting my prayer, your peti tioner will ever pray.