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TILE COURT of DIRECTORS of tho EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a Proprietor of Eaat India Stock has given notice, that at the QUARTERLY LIENEftAL COURT of the said C. mpany, appointed to be held at their House, In Leadenhall-street, on WZDXFAIDAT, the :1241 instant, he will submit the following motion : " That the late correspondence between the Honourable Court of Directors and the Bengal Government relative to any pledge having been originally given for the continued support of the Temple of Juggernaut oil the conquest of the d strict of Cattack, in the province or Orissa. already laid on the table of this Court, be printed for the use of such Proprietors as may previously signify in writing their desire to possess it." JAM r.S C. If ELVILL, Secretary. CONIMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS, FOit ORPHAN AND NECESSITOU's CHILDREN. PRESIDENT—JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. Notice is hereby given, that an ELECTION of CHILDREN, and aQZUAhi'I'EItLT GENERAL COURT of the Governors of this In stitulion, will take place at the London Tavtrn, Bishopegate-street, In the city of London, on TUESDAY, the 2ith day of December inst., when the Quarterly Reports hunt the )4oerd of Management and the Auditors will be received, and the molone of Meters. Cutliey, Ruin- Sey, and Lawrence, together with all such questions and matters as may be authorised and required by the rules of the Institution, will he entertained and determined. The Court will be held at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon precisely, the Election of Children will commence punctually at Twelve, ant the Poll will close at Tnree o'clock. The First PUBLIC DINNER to celebrate the foundation of the Schools will take place on MosnaT, the 27th December. The LORD MAYO:: will preside. Tickets, One Guinea each. Dinner on Table at Five o'clock. CHARLES NASII. Secretary. Offlaes, 51. Choapside. NuricE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that GEOR GE POCOCK, of Prospect-place Academy, St. Michael's -1111. in the city of Bristol, Schoolmaster, bath, by INDENTURE, dated the 27th day of November, 1147, assigned all his Household _Furniture, Debts, and all other his Estate, Property, and Effects to 'George 74'ise, butcher, an Benjamin Pring, brewer, both of the said city of Bristol, upon trust for themselves and all other the Creditors of the said George Pocock, who shall execute such Indenture within one calendar month from the date thereof; that the same Indenture was duly executed by the said George Pocock and George Wise on the day of the date thereof, and by the said Benjamin Pring on the 20th day of the said uaontli of November, in the presence of, and is at tested by Walter Pigectn, of the said city of Bristol, solicitor, and that the said Indenture now li:s at the Office of the said Natter Pigeon, 10 , Bridge-street, Bristol, foi - the perwal and signature of such of the 'Creditors as have not yet signet the same. _ - NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK of ENG- LA.ND. 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dec. 17, 1b47. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England kereby give notice, that a DIVIDEND at the rate of Six per Cent. per Au num, for the half-year ceding the 31st of December, 1247, will be PAYABLE on the Company's Stock cm and after MONDAY, the 17th day of January next, when the Dividend Warrants will be obtained at the Cotnpany's Office, 112, hishopsgate-street, or at the different branches. The Transter-book. will be CLOSED on and after Yet :say, the 24th December instant, until the Dividend becomes payabl By order of the Court of Directors, DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. QTEAAI TO INDIA, VIA EGYP T. Regular Monthly Mall Steam Conveyance for Passengers and Light Goods to Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. Tits PENINSULAR and ORIENTAL STEAM NATIGATIOX CGMPANY book Passengers and recoil , * Goode and Parcels for the -above Ports by their Steamers, starting from Southampton the 20th, sad ' , root Suez on or about the 11th of every month. For' Rates of PA:sage-money, Plans of the Steamers, and to se- Curs iPassages, apply at the Company's offices, il, St. Mary Axe - , tondo] t. A.STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. a MEETING of the BOARD ef DIRECTOTti, held this lath day eDeceinber, 1847, it was resolyed, " Th.at li .42 Eastern Counties York Extension Shares, haviag 10s. per Shal e only paid thereon, and 11,205 like Shares, leering 21. Per share (ay paid thereon, be this day absolutely forfeited. By order of the Board, C. P. HONEY, Secretary. Ilisnexgate Station, Dec. IC, 1847. OPENING OF THE BERKS AND HANTS RAILWAY. RMADING TO NEWBURY AND HUNGERFORD. The Dbreetors of the Great Western Railway Company hereby give notice, ih at it is their intention to OPEN the Line between READ ING and HUNGERFORD, en TUESDAY NEXT, the 21st inst., for the (to nveyance of Passengers, Carriages, Horses, &c. Trainst. wtli Leave Ilungerford at 6 10 and S 33, A.ll-12 10, 3 4, And 7 ze) P.M. ; and Return from Reading at 8 55 and 11 40 A.M.- 2 10, 6 18, and 9 P.M. Time IR ills may be had, and other particulars known by application it any of. the Great Western Railway Stations. By order of the Directors, CIIAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. Padd'in)r.. ton !Station, Dec. 16, 1847. p(FSV-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY for I 848, now published, price 36e., with Map of London corrected to this t awe,. being the 49th annual edition, and comprising, amongst other in rorm•aition, Official Directory, Street Directory, Commercial Directory, Trades' Directory, Law Directory, Court Directory, Par liament, try 01,-(N:tory, Postal I ,irectory, City Directory, Conveyance Directory, Sufficing Directory, &c., &c., &c.: all corrected to the latest polisiblo date. This Edition is unusually comprehensive, emit, tins many thousand names more than any former pub ligation. N. Kot , y and Co., Publishere, 19 and 21, Old Boswell-court, Lon don ; stud all Booksellers. THE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT is pr. eared In every colour, for selection, at Messrs. SWAIN and C O.'S , Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-street. Plies 21. - _ Pp if: ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMTANY. London, 345, Strand, September 1, 1847. COMMERCIAL TE LEtiItAPIL The • works if the Lines for commercial communications thebetween pia. :us eninnerated below, embracing a system of Telegraphs for v4 ratriei %dal purposes only, ant distinct from that reserved for the * Poeta! 1 see of Railways, being so far advanced as to admit of their ec 'alplet loon by thy . co mmenceinent of the coming year , t he Directors th ..... - " I 'lk tb s t the time has now arrived when it beco mes their duty to ~ It. kns iwn the arrangements which the y contemplate for the ao ''runsieda Lion et the public. , k i ltatisan I will be opened in central situations in the principal Towns, 1 7,'€kutie• I feseages and Dispatc hes will be forwarded to and received ' 1)41 air i .he other Stations of th e Electric Telegraph Company. , h or di .r to give to Merchants, Bankers, Manufacturers, and all kuuce m d with trade, the greatest p ossible amount of information, a *Q ui ' ii 111 be reserved in eac . i of the Company's Stations for Sub scriber s, in which will be received , tabulated, and exhibited, all Intel e'ace of commercial or public interest ; fur inatainie— Ship Lists from the various Porte. Share Lists from the various Exchanges. erica' Curer.t. ,Stock Exchange Lists. Cora Markets from the various Towns. Prices of Live Stock, St.c., Ice., Ste. In Le, n den, a Central Station, suited to the importance of the Me tropolis, L sin course of erection in the Immediate vicinity uftbe Bank and Roya I Exchange; in this Station the whole Telegraphic News of the con ntry will be concentrated And forwarded in every direc tion ; and here, as iii ether Towns, a Room will be reserved for Sub- Scribe rs . The al tyscriptiun to these Rooms will be Two Guineas per annum, kid in at ['ranee, which will entitle Subscribers to the right of en trance to all the Subscription Rooms of the Company, lacluding the eantra 15 ,cation at London. The Co regoing details some of the advantages of the Commercial l elegr at hto Subscribers,—but the requirements of the Public in ge- Ural • FILII be provided for by the Establishmeut of Offices, which will ~,4 t all tittles be open for the recept ion or transmission <f Messages rLI) ispatchts, while Messengers will be ke p t at the various Stations, wk in o eimpatelies may be sent out to a n y p art of the Town where Z co a imunlcation has been received by Telegraph at the Com lik'Y's l Station. 2 hubs c ribers' Names are received at the Commercial Telegraph Of ce• w h era any further inlormatioa may be obtained. The • p t ltyllowing are the Towns to which the Cemmercial Telegraph t o ' ) 'e • brit extended:— Tido ' k Barnsley Peterborough C helmsford liVarga, [4, Wakefield Yarmouth Ipswich ig: L . e Leeds Huntingdon York Z tity Halifax Darlington -P e p."' R oc hdale Manchester Newcastle ~,, aest, si le Mall Leicester Berwick --Izahterb es ry Maidstone Derb y Edinburgh •rthai n pion Tonbridge Nottingham Glasgow *Tent ry Gospor t Lincoln Scarboroitgk ) artliin,gb am .Southauipton Chesterfield Bridlington !, 01 re rtu tmpton "Wi n chester, She ffi eld Stamford 'tlifl'ord 1 lorchester • Bradford Norwich I , C 468. ter Br l ito l Wisbeach St. Ives -.a? r ! pool Gleocos t er Lowestoft Ware — vtbe Thant Cheltenham Cambridge Colchester J. LEWIS RICARDO, Chairman. --- --- ri it - _____.„. . A. R I A G E. 1 4,21/1- One half the world as desolately single, and the other Contented. Diffidence, or a 4, - .,, P P °,1 I g them married, questioialgY `'Was t 1 right determine the forap'T, awl miscalculated hopes inn -4i -4 r th • latter. The solitary on . ma y ,s,lsiela!:lmself under the plea cants. a and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un ,,,",Prosi. Tg harry ; but the truth lies dceye ,* . P h ysic al Inca p acity, '‘ brolu •n health, are the great hin drances 4e domestic Kapp .., liess 13 g social contest. The do wr y should no} be the only marriage set hjinent. , aoaour and justice dern and t hat *health ahould form all Item i .,... t he con apact ; it alone dignities the alliance. ElhOsted hoped or th nlect en toted more srly than poverty,o mistortnne. Reader, If ktoe sum ilse a concern yon, procure Dr. r CITLYERWELL'S little -.7:3d011e 3 ' On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is. aTir(hy • o.st, In stamps Is. 6d. eacfl). Let us imagimatively -il oct, or s prus fish teeing, doter you, bY tfieir titles, nor be hindered by tfi.... r oi Sin tei -protation of their supposed contents, from obtaining 10,7 The. v one not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but th' s the clot et perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whose th s 'Y are , offs red as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put fortis on abt me s , übiects, by anqualleed authors, which alone or it t Lother , an i a eisgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other lt te 4 Pusbilca Lions claim your attentiox (same price Is. cock, A ~,,, Pu tt Is. W.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and 1)" 1 . ' an d " How to be Happy." They are not merely ?.:7.l)lnets, b tt t equal in quantity a library *volume, nor are they the it7e r, epleme r. sl scribblin go of the hour, but the study of the author's . 4 , who ewe . • , his present existence, health, and positiou to this sob .."-tallee of the,. maxims he • would inculcate—to do onto others as be would be done , ta , te—tc Mrs• atter nature's laws—and to keep always : 4 the "sunny ads 'e of the w. e y . " Th e a b o v e works may be had of kerwooa, 25, nu, •rnoster-row ; Carvaltie, 147, Fleet-street ; Mann , ' 9 . Cerakill ; Nana, 'I. 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or ether ',vise) trails the am hor (who ;nay be conferred with personally. Mornings aid cy an ! . urs), 14, Iscyll-place 1144ezi-street ; mid all litooicsolies a. R. LI'MERT ONTA IR AF:CRE...7 INFIRMITIES OF TOOTH AND MITTIRITy._.\ WITH 40 CO 'LOURE D EN GRA V INGS (Di UTEEL. Just published, and may lie had in Fre ma c• English, ii a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d„ or oast-free, from ' the Author, for forty-two Stamps, ' ELF-1 - 3,ESERI TATION ; g „Merlical Treatise tr \,..? on the Physiology of .carriage, Infel ie1.140.3 aid M.!produotive „?ons. awl the Secret Infir, tattles aid Disoirdt Iv of Youth _aid Ila t -t:,lty, usually acquire.' at a * early period of 1 4€,, ac.'ltiCh.ctservate gds, and mental pow( .11 - s, dimiialsh said el. I;ietilo tt. , e atatzral ()prof , aid exhaust the vital ..niorgies of 11'.atnliood ; . with P eattieve- N pli : L vattorhs on the Treatment of Ice•rvoits Debility anti indigostfou, ir o ,,, i ' a er ar.sing trots these cans 'es, clove stady, •r the la. 4lence . 6( ;g tr i:e . 6ll cbsuatee: Local ant c lonstltutionnl Weaknotati, ,2.-yelsilis, 'ete tic ` u ra, a nd all Diseases and I, 'ergo igei moats resulting trona . lai .i s A414,0* With Forty coloaret t Eng, •avlngs, illastratlirg '' a 'az I ,; l °Y. Physiology, andof the Reproductive . 1 a1 1' 14. R, 4/ their structures, usse, and ft =Woos, aad the venues illfe tt Z il taftt are produced la theta by , sellta Ty habits, exeesses, and _ _-__ 9 BY SAMUEL LA'A. rERT, .D.. _ uARB, ' —E . DFORD-STREET, D• 5 Q LONDON. b li°' of )fiedicine, Matriculated Meml te." of the University of Edis r— ir_,fll, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hal '., ,ovit ion, lloaorary Member tbatte Lc laden Hospital Medical Socie tY, *Co: requires the fulfilment of OCT' ra,i conditions. la order "fell w 'ittriy be really the cause of in .utuat ppinees. Could the h t i e chedness, be raised. covers the origin of dent s jos many waid. It t, trues source In every instance 113,1 _to t, tr tr attendant disuP -eet4t,,a4cd to physical disquali fi entier std tek lit "'oths. Xxcesses are always ini,unou ; het *1 i t , t with. advs. 4taZe, becomes, wb , all the gift, which w ceration to fraugh 01 • gr . at ,• or less inju , to t hemeoli fi c source of unseal .. , ho WHlstitutional and vital powers. 7Yfe p art/ 0 enter excesses, o rc ,r,,, 'ea to dilate, Aro '', r it ture and oonseoacuct of which this Treati hazgaii thae_ r *ltictlye of greater severity of misery to P" frame, t Ti a L'lY other to whieli it is subjoot. Al i .' Work astitains an aeourate and complete _aecotinf *Of_ do taw' * th, t i - ,.. e NY and Playi4ology of the keproduotive At r !. taw' r elative conditions in health and disease. It ile 4 arYer , , Y d 5 ' 1 4 ; 1. ' 4 the closest atteatioa and study, for wha t isabJect sun r 4 ,4 2 1 ere imeortaneo than the preservatioa of thee health, the physical capabilities of which evory I tan should . / leti"l %sea. It unfortunately h a pp ens th at the unhapPY gl ~ 0 1 excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired life or from the follies of advanced age, while Inifering tkr Invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of up .7,i') qualided physician for relief. Shame and the dread so n' tt ic7 ll Y, but erroniamsly entertained that these comlnts are lur t he reach of art, alike restrict him mud prevent h is s seeking 11 41 ; 4' 4 i anee where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he i°eaatliat accurate discrimination Ii ascertaining the causes of 41 , , ttily l ,',Wmtpati l y with the su ff erer, and, above all, secrecy, Java otoctirsr.lsitr.s.eterlse the intelligent aid practical physician, and to the (itnirit,` xnair who can show by his posse . sion of the requisite legal 4 1 ic,1 1 ,7 . 4 Dons that lie Is entitled to esteem and respect is his profes i'A2lticiar,itlEts. the Utmost con fi dence should he extended. Dr. .!.1 has obtailed the highest medical honours, as his diplomas "" the• great extent o f hi s p ra ctice for many years i s a 4 11y - t l% bis professional experience, which has reference almost ~ ...rea.`nient of these diseases. bY the' Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, i'veet r ",‘„ aster -ron,; Hannay, 63, Oxterd-street; Sturic, Tichborne zlitYlnarket • Mansell 115, Fleet-street; Gordon, 146, ,htiall-street London ; or , ' free by post for forty-two stamps, tv Author, ' who may be consulted on these disorders personally 4tititlell'etter, daily, from Ten till Ywo, and front Five till Eight at his 5 . Beglorg-etreet Bedford-souse London. o 1.7 •)34 LON "1)0 N, SA RDAY • . F . ' T.; . j . • ROYAL HOTEL, GRAINGER-STREET, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. CHARLES STATES solicits the patronage of his BROTHER TRAVELLERS to the above Establishment, which has recently been newly furnished and laid oat expressly for a Com mercial Hotel. The COMMERCIAL ROOM, one of the largest and most elegantly fitted in the NORTH, it is hoped will be found complete iu every respect. The BIM-ROOMS (Sixty in number) have been fiarlished in a style which must ensue the approbation of all visitors. Contleznen travelling with STOCK can at all times have SHOW ROOMS wilfaext any extra charge. The Ilia Jolla, Lecture Room, and Royal Hotel Assembly Room are all attaated, mid under the same management. The Royal Motel is in the moat central situation in Newcastle. THE WOOLPACK INN, DONCASTER. MARIA NICHOLSON (Widow of the Original Proprietor of Ow above old-established House), haying thoroughly repaired it and ut great expense rendered it complete with every comfort, begs to inform COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN and the Public, that she has restunesi the Occupation of the Premises, and earnestly solicits a renewal of the support tormerly so liberally bestowed on the Esta blishment. Mrs. Nicholson assures those Gentlemen and Families who may honour her with their patronage, that her entire attention will be devoted to render the House all they could wish. The best quality of Wines and Spirits will be supplied at moderate charges—and Commercial Gentlemen may depend upon strict atten tion and adherence to their separate accommodation and wishes. N.B.—Excellent Stables, and Lock-up Coach-horses and Loose Boxes kept. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY 6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowared by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. CU/MEAN—Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., 11. P. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq. The following are among the advantages offered by this society : Lower Rates of Premitun than those of any other office, which en title the assured to participate in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society. A Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Pre mium, to every Policy effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. Three Bonuses have been declared out of three-fourths of the pro fits, the last of which, in 1844, averaged 361. per cent. on the pre- LW! paid. In thturc the whole of the profits will be divided among the As,tered. The next division of profits will be made in 1849. Prospectuses and ffill partioakirs may be obtained on application to CAMPMELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. AI ETROPOLITAN CIE LIFE ASSURANCE No. 3, Princes-street. Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must be payable within Thirty days from that date The Pretniums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, en the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates all its profits to the benefit •f parties assuring theirs own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. An abatement of Premium has been made at the rate of 4714 per cent. for the year ending the 4th of April, 1848, under the confident expectation of a continuing abatement at that rate, at least to all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. RICIIARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. Princes-street, Bank, December 6, 1847. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 26, CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital .£AOO,OOO. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured :Lit3, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expanse or for falture of the policy, two thirds of the premiums paid (see Table); Also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion •f his in terosts to meat other convenieucies or necessity. Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possilole rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The increasing prosperity of the gooiety has enabled the Directors At the annual meeting hold on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a Mli bmus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on tke premiums paid on eacb policy effected on the profit scale. ELtMPLEK. ) I Perms- Sum! the .1 , . ...1 . t , , Annual Policy Bonus in l vent Re- I Assured kZe. E 2 I Pre- 'taken addition Bonus in duction °filmy bor n m m ium. out In Assured. C as h. Annual I row on co f i Prengurns.l Policy. 1 X s. cl. X s d. X s. d. 1 1 £ s. d. r 1837 243 9 3112 8 i 1 8 4 6 494 818 X Xs. d. 1 1838 218 4 8 99 14 10 15 13 5X443 0 0 74 3 4 1839 192 110 SG 9 3 13 4 9 3 g 5 11 1 60 1000 1840 143 5 10 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3 1841 138 14 2 61 17 6 9 9 2 296 13 4 1842 111 6 8 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 b The annual Report, with tables •f rates, &c., may be kad at the oinco, or any of Its brunettes in the country ; •r, on application. will b e ibrwarded post free. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. N A TION L MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-WO.Uilit, LONDON. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. ROBERT WILCOION, Esq., Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and Co.) George Curshtua, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson. Esq. (Trewer, Lawson, and Traver). George Moore, Esq. (Ciroucoc, copestaite, and Moore). Winiant Nicholson, Esq. (J. and W. Nicholson and Co.) James Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Red/way - sae, Esq., New Bend-street. Peter Bolt, Esq. (Brocklebauk aid Bolt). David Waddington, Esq., ALP. Among ether advantages offered by this Society, are : Security without liability. Economy lu the management, nod low rates of premium. claims promptly paid. Profits to policy holders. Bonus declared July I, 1040. En - * g i ,-, 0 41, i 1.-4 1 ° , lIP, I, A, ir ) ., ' l , ?a (-:,,,; ;Iz. , . 5 g. E . ,4. i Nfl E •-• ii Ci . x .t. s. d. X. s. il. A Is3l 7 60 1,000 62 15 02415 1 248 40 1838 7 48 1,000 39 15 014 7 3 244 ,86 1339 6 69 1,000 60 0020 1 111 224 j 33 1839 6 43 2,000 68 0021 0 7 474 1 31 1840 1 44 1,000 35 0 9 0 6 • 202 1 27 1641 , 4 49 2,000 18210•18 10 II 341 ,93 N.II. Parties sending In proposals for Assurance before January I, 843, will La entitled to participate In the profits to be declared in J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. THE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE AS SURANCE COMPANY , Established 1637. Ewpewered by Special Acts of Parliament, 3d Vic., Cap. 20, and 10 Vic., Cap. I. 62, King William-Street, London ; 31. St. David-street, Edinburgh ; and 1, Cross street, Market-street, Manekeeter. Capital, One Million. DI/LECTORS. George Boustield, Esq. S. Morton Pete. Esq., M.P. Thomas Challis, Esq. and Ald. Thomas Piper, Esq. Jacob George Cope, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. Edward Smith, Esq. Joseph Fletcher, Esq. Bon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Midgard Monier, Esq. John Wilke, Esq. Charles Hindley, Esq., M,P. Edward Wilson, Esq. The CHRISTMAS renewal receipts aro now ready, and may be had on application at the Head Offices of the Company, or of any of its Agents throughout the country. In the Life Department the Company transacts all business re holing to Life Assurances, Deterred Annuities, or Family Endow ments, upon the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. Loans granted on personal security, and the deposit of a Life Polley to be effected by the borrower. To ail Agents, Solicitors, Auctioneers, and Surveyors, liberal al lowance made. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. ROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, JL 40, REGENT-STREET, LONDON, Established 1800. INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001. Anneal Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001. Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001. PRESIDENT. The Right Honourable EARL GREY. DIRECTORS. The Earl of Macclesfield. Rev. James Sherman. Tho Hon. Arthur Kinnaird. I Henry B. Churchill. Esq. Sir Richard D. King, Bart. William Judd, lisq. Alexander Henderson, M.D. James Sedgwlck, Esq. Capt. W. John Williams. Alfred Beaumont, Esq. John Deering, Esq., M.P. Gaorge nacre, Esq. William Henry Stoae, Esq. Richard Sherwood, Esq. 1. The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life ..)ffices, the rate without bonne is lower than that of m os t ether offices. „..... 2. V The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the redic !ion of the Premiums, or may be received in cash 1151 soon as de- Clared, at their then present value. 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Robert Pilkington, aged 56, formerly a small farmer in the neighbourhood of Heaton, near Bolton, iw this county, was indicted fur having; on the 22d day of August last, at Heaton, feloniously and of his malice aforethought, slain and murdered Betty Pilkington, his wife. There was a se con d c h arge pen di ng aga i ns t t h e prisoner, that o f h av i ng f e l on i ously cut and woun d e d Bridget Dean, a y oung woman, w h o now appeare d as a witness against him, as will appear in the fol lowing report. Mr. Cross and Mr. Monk conducted the pi.osecu tion, and Mr. J. Pollock the prisoner's defence. It appeared, from the opening of the counsel for the prosecution, that the motive for the deed com mitted by the prisoner had arisen from the circum stance of his not being permitted to live in the same house along with the deceased. She had for some years lived with her and the prisoner's son, John Pilkington (now a prisoner himself in Kirkdale Jail). She had been separated during that time from the prisoner, and the rest of the family, it appeared, were disinclined to permit him to remain at his son's, and hence, as it was supposed, the prisoner had enter tained the vindictive feelings which prompted him to the killing of his own wife. The following witnesses were called. Bridget Dean, examined by Mr. Monk, stated that John Pilkington, with whom she lived as servant, left last August, and after that the family consisted of William Pilkington, his brother, deceased, and wit ness. Had lived there several months, but during that time prisoner never lived at the house, but occa sionally worked, as at mowing time, and got his meals. He had his meals in the stable. On the 22d of August, and during the elder son ' s absence, pri soner called, at about eight o'clock, at the house, knocked at the door, and asked to be let light his pipe. He was told by his son William that he could not come in, but on saying that he would leave after Lis pipe was lighted, he was admitted, and then sat down by the fire. Witness told him to leave, and he then said he would not. Witness told him she should not leave him alone with the old woman. Ultimately the three—witness, deceased, and her son Wil liam—all went out together, witness and William going to deliver milk to customers. It was not usual for deceased to assist to deliver milk. Deceased and witness, after parting for some time, and when witness had delivered out her milk, again met, and returned together to the house. On their entering they found prisoner still there, and he immediately said, addressing deceased, "Is thee to be master here ?" To which deceased replied, " Yes, our John left me in care of the house till he came back." He was sitting while he asked the question, and as soon as she had made this reply he rose and began to strike deceased with the poker. Did not see the poker before he struck the first blow. Saw him strike her twice somewhere about the head, when witness got between them, and got the poker into her hand. Prisoner twisted it out of her hand, and struck wit ness herself with it. As he was making a second blow at her, witness ran out to alarm the neighbours, at a place called Barrow-bridge, and went into the first house she came to. The prisoner and the de ceased were the only persons left in Pilkington's house. When she returned there were several other persons in the house, and deceased was then lying on the floor, bleeding from her head. She died almost immediately, after uttering three moans. Cross -examined—It was the deceased who told prisoner that he could not be admitted into the house, and as they were leaving with the milk, she, deceased, said to prisoner that he had no right to come where she was. He made answer, saying that her " living" was not there, that she had two homes and he only one. Prisoner had no regular home, but used to come to the stable of his son's house to get some food. Could not say which, she or deceased entered the house first on their return ; and could not say whether some other words may not have passed between pri soner and deceased before he stru c k th e bl ow . Did not remember whether deceased said " you had better start," when she told him that " our John had left the house," &c. But remembered that she did say those to him at some nart of the time Ile•examined—lleceau , l i;a. not speak angrily in addressing the prisoner. John Hodgkinson, living in the township of Heaton, stated that he was nephew of the deceased Betty Pilkington. Went to the house of deceased on Sun day, the 22d of August, at about eight in the morn • ing, but did not enter the house ; but the door was open, and witness could see the prisoner sitting there by the fire. Prisoner soon after came out, and into the yard, and asked witness what he wanted. He replied th at h e wan t e d t o s ee his Aunt Betty. Prisoner replied that she had dressed herself up and gone off about h a lf an h our ago, adding that he thought she had gone to witness's house. After some further conversation with witness about the house, prisoner said, 4 , I think things is going to be very awkward ;" adding that his son John had given him, prisoner, direction to get lodgings nearer the house, and no longer lodge in a hayroost. Cross-examined—Had heard it mentioned that the prisoner had received some severe injuries on the head. Never saw him during illness from such a cause ; but heard of it. I William Pilkington, the prisoner's son, about 2 . 5 years of age, confirm e d the testimony o f th e y oung woman Dean, as t o w h at occurred w hil e h e was i n the house, when the p r i soner came to t h e h ouse , an d also as to the state of his mother when found lying on the floor. Cross-examined—Prisoner was run over by a cart wheel in 1830, and there was now a large mark on the top of his head, caused by that accident. He was " not proper," not " his own person" for a lo?gtime after that accident, when he got to drinkin g. There was one period, f or : three or four il ays o r a week , when he lay a bed w i t h out being at a ll conscious . About five or six ye ars ago he was t h rown o ut o f a cart, and fell on his head. It was a severe fall, and he was then laid up and attended by Dr. 'lamp son, and had a silver pl ate applied to t h e f rac ture in his head. Re-examined—Prisoner, after recovering from the second illiam ndaccid:iniltler of Barrow. ,we ntabouthi b s r w id o g r e k , as before. a mile from the hous e o f the deceased, stated particulars of a of what he perceived on being called to the house after the blows had been struck. Deceased was lying at about a yard from the door, and blood was on the floor near her head, but saw no blood on any other part of the floor. Saw prisoner apprehended in Little Bolton, at about three miles and a half oft Thought there were a few drops of blood on his lett hand. Joseph Hunt--Had seen the prisoner about six weeks before in a field, and spoke to him. The old woman was at that moment coming out of the shipper' and going into the house. Prisoner said then that He (prisoner) would b e an end of that d—d old devil." and dvvife when apprehending near Pilkington's house, saw Mary Fairhurst, living -officer, I):iisdf e u:;eon, of Bolton, the prisoner at about half' -past nine on the morning of the 22d, passing through the fold three quarters of a mile from pi ikin , where witness lived, directionw e nt g t t o on tio s 1 ef . ihloilineksi house go a was walking fast, coining from al: ton's, and going towards Horwich Moor. found a poker, all but deceased Joli n and about two inches, covered in the as h es. There was Lawton,sea r c p h o e l d i c e it, officer charged perceive a p n r iy blood and hair on the thick end of the poker, which was the end thrust into the as h es. death of the deceased, to adding, " say- Charles Hodgkinson, another o sbihnoli blood n i oe.dr so withudpooens Prisonert hn h io e n it .mr murder eapkliee di ,t o of his o ~i y whom he had been called in, was r s o e ls o t f en t h h o e li d n the blows received sta iN te i d r. tl C ia h t a t r h l e es ca ll u on the head. The bone of the left cheek was frac tured, and there was a wound layi ng the bone bare on the left temple. A third wound, towards the back part of the skull, and the skull there fractured ; and there was another fracture of the bone on the left side of the head. There must have been at least four blows to produce all these appearances, and the blows must have been severe. They might have been co casioned by the poker produced. Mr. Wolstenholme was as ed k to examin e th e pri soner's head, and, upon having done so, stated that there was a mark of a very severe wound on the top of the head, but he could not perceive any marks of the operation of trepan. Does not think that the in jury sustained, if the prisoner had recovered from it, was such as to impair his mind so far as to prevent him from reflecting as a rational being. John Pilkington, the younger, the elder son of the prisoner - at the bar, no w a p rison er here, was put in the witness-box by t he prosecution, that he might be examined for the prisoner if thought proper. He stated that when prisoner was thrown from the cart, he was attended by Dr. Hampson, but did not know what he (Dr. Hauipson) did in curing it, or whether he had applied a trepan. About a week before wit ness himself came to gaol he saw his father, and told him to get lodgings somewhere near the house where deceased lived. Prisoner had not lived with deceased for some years. Prisoner had for ;years had a farm of about twenty-two acres, and he had carried on the business, as a small fanner, after the first acei- 'rospectuses and full particulars may' be °Utah • ) the agents of the of ice in all the principal to' tiola n ; and at tile head office, No. 50, Regent-al JOHN A. ISEA.UI4ONT, Maui led upon applica rne of the United .reet. tgiug Director. poisa," G Tß:l:::::::::::Late.yy3:iii,chuq. .: . lAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR- L;n .sq do .: u .ephairman. G IjAD NY Entrauce of the Old Post eputy-ChairM*ll. Ne. 11, LO2I,IAIIII4TARNEOCEffiETc,,,C,aTitic: Loyd, jun , Erg JOHN DIY ON, MARTIN, Esq., mi. p e. 1 lleury Hulse Berens, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Sir Walter It. Farquh.ar, Bart. Stewar t Mariorib Menisci': Hankey,jun., Esq. ants Ifsq Reynolds, mu., Barb Jelin Harvey, Esq. Robert liitibrd E' Esq, J a o a l m in es Tlio l ton,s q. John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. 0, —.. Esq. ';eorge Johnstone, Esq. otut Labouchere, Esq. la,* Loch, Esq. James Tulloeh, Esq. . t Aubiroas. IC ,Itobarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq• "1 , ..- 'kg Jones Loyd, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. `OP Amu/al.—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S. the "SEE DEPART3IF,NT, Assurances may be effected at fit „ tee without participa tion in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates je ". " k •Icipatiou in ° HO moiety of the Profits every seven years. At :L i , t i t: .par three Sentoeini;4l divisions which this Company has made , amoun ted to about 1 per cen t. p er annum on the the Bonuses . , ut 27 per ce nt. on the amount of premium received;su f the tred. or alit. ass, • no unt of Reversionary Ii allotted by the Coin and the whole a. . 5 ,1,0001. pan r exceeded o d ~, n Life Policies to the extent of their values, pr0,r1,11," ,r1, 1 1, " piiingiroainkte!,,, 0 1 ,0.11 have been effected a sufficient time to have i not under 501. FIRE DI 11rY,NT, a Return of profit was declared premiums received on all P in the attar nod in each cede a Ta.u , s , Christmas 1846, and the o s li a c m ie e , o v n iiie t ti,ehaA2d been in up, , P y ,,,- P in force aereli PA" 4 t i,4 no , vin course of p a y ment daily (itideY and Saturday excepted) , betty, en the hour. O r ten and three o'clOCk, iii , the Road Office ; and also 1 y the Agents in ties COtißtrY Districts. Not ice is hereby given, iti4 Assurances which expire at Christ ruts must be renewed w i tin !Mean days at this Office, or with 11r. s ene, No. 1, St. Janeas-street, copier' of Pall-mall, or with the CA gnpany's Agents througttout the Kingdom, Ptilerwise they be eline Igcl. OIiOACIE KEYS, liwattfor. AMERICAN NEWS. The following are additional extracts from the American papers brought by the Acadia:— SHIPWRECKS. (From the New York Herald.) BOsTON, Nor. 24.—The ship Alabama, of Boston, \Vise, from Liverpool 19 th Oct., for Boston, with a gene ral south, din weather running t in h t i o ck t , he at baiyialf-past two thi s Ain., wind a gale f rom t h e struck on Minot's Lodge; the ship swung round , head to the wind , and backed off; found her to b e i n st , sinking condition, and attempted to run her on again. She was entirely unmanageable ; got out three of the boats, and took in the crew and two cabin passengers (Rev. 13. O'Connor, of Miltown, Ireland, and John H. Connor, of Liverpool). At four a.m., got on board ship Bombay, from Manilla for Boston. Captain Wise came to the city in a pilot boat. The ship now lays one mil e and a halt N.E. of Minot's Lodge, in sixteen fathoms of water, sith her forema st g one. Nothing can be saved but the main and mien topsails. TERRIBLE G STE A M -B SSOATOF LlF. ust reached here, E DISASTER, AND P I TTSBURGH, Nor. 26 . — N ews has j LO. by way of the lakes, of a s ad catastro p he which hap pened on Lake Michigan, by which nearly two hundred human beings have been hurried in to an untimely grave. On Sunday morning last, the prop eller Phoenix, bound up to the lakes, was discovered to be on fire, when within nineteen miles of Sheboygan. The fire broke out under the deck, and a fresh wind prevailing, spread with fearful rapidity. The utmost consternation pre vailed among the passengers, and it was impossible, amidst the excitement, which followed, to make the proper effirts to stay the flames and save the boat. There were upwards of two hundred passengers on board, and the scene' was heartrending in the extreme. Mothers crying in frantic madness for their children, wives clinging to their husbands, and crying aloud for mercy from above. Some, in desperation, plunged into the lake ; others, in their wild delirium, rushed head long into the flumes. It was a harrowing spectacle, and humanity shudders at the recital of it. Some of the passengers succeeded in escaping in the boats, and the rest either perished in the flames, or were drowned. Those who so miraculously escaped in the boats were shortly after picked up by the steamer Delaware, which hove in sight just in time to see the dreadful fate of those on board the ill-starred Phoenix, but too late to render them any earthly assistance. Every attention was paid to the survivors by the saficers and crew of the Delaware. One hundred and fifty of the passengers were German immigrants. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 23, r.x. Cotton—The cotton-market yesterday and to-day was animated, the sales amounting to eight thousand bales, at an advanco of an eighth to three-eighth of a cent. per lb. Flour—Sales of choice Ohio were made at 5 dolls. 25 cents. per barrel ; of Illinois, at 5 dolls. 50 cents., and of St. Louis, at 6 dolls. Tobacco—Sales were made at 2i. Freights—We note engagements for Liverpool at id. for cotton. Exchange —Sixty days bills on New York were done at 21- to 3 per cent. discount ; sight draughts at i to Bills on London, 1041 to 106. Treasury-notes, 100. Az rived —Ships Pacific, Statesman, and Chaos, and schooner Mediator, from New York ; ship Indepen dence, from Boston ; barque C. Wright, from Balti more. Cleared—Ships Arkansas and Quebec, for New York ; and Cheshire, for Boston. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., Maidenhead Station; Fri.. Iver Heath-11. The Essex Union hds., Wed., Moor Gardens; Fri., Mayland Bill. The East Essex hds., Tues., Finehinfield Town; Fri., Notley Gate-104. The South Essex hds., Tues., Corringham•street; Fri., Oisett Heath-10*. Mr. Farquharson's hds., Mon., Elsington ; Tues., Dole's Ash; Wed., Hook Park. Mr. Drake's lids., Mon., Meumarsh Guide Post; Tues., Stratton Audley; Thurs., Chesterton Village-104. The Brighton harrs., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Race Course; Fri., tho Dyke. The Badswurth lids., Mon., Red House; Wed., Hems worth Land End; Fri., Pollington Bridge-10f. Mr. Cowell had an interview witk Earl Grey yes terday, at the Colonial-office, S IN _DECEMBER 18, 1847. dent occurred to him, viz., when the wheel passed over his head. Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the defence, submitting to them the question of whether it was not probable that the prisoner bad in fact suffering greatly from the injuries he had sustained on the head, and been rendered by them so subject to tem porary paroxysms of temper as to have been incapable, on a sudden cause of irritation, to reflect upon the consequences of an act such as that which it could not be denied he had committed. After his Lordship's summing up the jury retired for about twenty minutes, and on their return found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence of death was then passed in the usual form ; the Learned JUDGE intimating to the prisoner that he could hold out to him no hope of his life being spared. The prisoner, who seemed to listen to his Lord ship's address with earnest attention, repeatedly protested that he was not guilty, that the evidence against him was untrue, and that he had not struck his wife at all. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. ALLEGED MATRICIDE OF MRS. SHERIDAN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Frances Johnson was called—l um the sister of the last witness. My husband is a fire lighter in the Excise office, and we have been separated more than two years. I lived with my mother after the separation, and for the last six weeks of her life was entirely dependent upon her bounty, my husband having stopped my allowance of five shillings por week, which he formerly allowed me. The prisoner frequently complained of having to support me and my child, and said that he would not have mo in the place; but my mother used to say that I should be there; and a conversation of this description took place a few days before my mother was taken ill. The witness detailed what took place on the 17th of Oc tober in the same terms as the last witness. Some arrow root had been ordered a few days before, and it was kept in a paper in the front room. The deceased partook of this arrow-root, which witness generally prepared, and the prisoner was in the room on almost every occa sion when she did so, and she frequently left the room while the arrow-root was in the course of being prepared. On the Wednesday after deceased was taken ill, she rallied, and appeared to get better, but there was a speedy change for the worse, and they found it necessary to send for Dr. Macon. Witness had given her mother some arrow-root at eight o'clock, and she was taken worse about ten or eleven. On the day she referred to the deceased had rallied so far as to know witness and her sister ; before that she had been in a constant state of stupor. After her mother's death her sister took some of the arrow -root, and immediately afterwards she corn plained of a burning pain in her mouth arid stomach. Cross examined—l put on my bonnet and shawl before I went out on the night of my mother's death, which night I spent out of the house. I was so anxious and maddened by despair I don't know much about the matter. I did swear that I had slept at the house of a friend on that night, but it was a mistake. I certainly did take a little drink when I was in the state I have described. I had half a quartern of brandy at a public house. I don't know where I went after this. Mr. CLAnKsoli cautioned the witness, and told her that her brother's life might depend on her answer. Witness—l have no knowledge of what Imppened. I cannot say whether I went into six different public houses during that night. If I did I didn't know it. I felt very sick from grief. Ido not know whether I fell down drunk in the street. Were you not so drunk when you were to be examined as a witness before the coroner, that the beadle would not admit you?—l don't recollect it ; I may have had a little to drink. On the night before your mother died, when you left the house, did you not attempt to conceal u satin scarf ? —I did, in order to take care of it. Did any one take it away from you?—Yes, my brother. Whose shawl was it?—Nly poor mother's. Where did you get it from?—From the drawer iu the bedroom. While your mother was dying ?—Yes. On the Wednesday before your mother died did you not take away this unhappy man's trousers ?—Yes, I was starving. What ditryou do with them ?—I sold them for a shilling. Were you not lying asleep and drunk on the same day your mother died?—l have heard them say they would not let me be in the room. I will Wear I was not drunk that day. _ F. Janson, tile daughter of the last witness, a child • j "at a olti , deposed that on Siun.l. y not I'7. prignnnr mo• ther a glass of it before her uncle had any. Her grandmother seemed very well then. She went to the Sunday-school, and returned at fivo o'clock, when she found her grandmother lying on the sofa, and the pri soner sent her for some more gin, but she did not know what was done with it. At this time her grandmother was sick and appeared to be very ill. She also saw her grandmother was sick after she had taken the gin the first time. Cross-examined—Three half-crowns were given to her by the prisoner to pay a tailor's bill, and her mother took ono half-crown and her aunt another, and this made her uncle angry. Mr. W. Eyre, a surgeon at Hackney, deposed that he saw the deceased on October 19.:She was labouring un der severe irritation of the bowels, and aff, cted by a degree of stupor. He thought she was labouring under an attack of cholera arising from the use of intoxicating drinks, and he treated her for the symptoms he ob served. He only attended her till the following Sunday, when she was still suffering under the same symptoms, but he ascertained in the meantime that his medicine had not been regularly administered. Tho symptoms he observed were those which would be produced by the administration of arsenic. By the COURT—Autumnal cholera joined to intoxica tion might have produced all the symptoms he saw. Mr. W. Tidy, another surgeon, who saw deceased after the last witness, said the symptoms he observed imme diately excited his suspicion that some irritant poison had been taken by the deceased. He was at first in formed that no medical man had been called in, but he afterwards ascertained that there had, and he therefore declined to act any further in the case. Mr. Toulmin, another medical gentleman who was called in to see the deceased, said that the appearaces exhibited by the deceased were those that would arise from an irritant poison, but might result from many other causes. Mr. E. Hacon, the partner of the last witness, gave evidence of a similar character with regard to the state of the deceased. On the Wednesday after witness was called in the prisoner came to his house, and, from his boisterous conduct, he believed he was intoxicated. He wished him to go to see his mother, and he dispatched his assistant. Witness went himself the next morning, and found a great change for the worse in the condition of the deceased. She appeared to be dying. Dr. Letheby, lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital, deposed that he analysed the contents of the stomach of the deceased, the intestines, and a portion of the liver. He described the tests he employed, abd stated as the result the detection of arsenic to the extent of about six grains in the liver and the intestines, and this quantity, he said, was quite sufficient to cause death; and, according to his judgment, the arsenic had nut all been exhibited at once, but in successive por tions, which had quietly and gradually infused them selves into the system, eventually occasioning a fatal result; and from the circumstance of his finding a por tion of arsenic in the intestines and none in the stomach itself, he was of opinion that a dose had been adminis tered shortly before death. Mr. Randall, the landlord of the house in'which the prisoner and his family resided, proved that there were frequent quarrels between then', and upon one occasion he heard the deceased say that the prisoner had struck her three times on the head. Mr. S. Giles, clerk to the London Life Assurance Company, deposed that on the 25th October the prisoner came to the office respecting a policy of insurance for 5001. upon his own life, effected in May, 1829, which he wished to dispose of. Witness gave him the necessary form, and the prisoner filled it up, and brought the policy to the office on the following Friday, and received 961. Ss. 6d. Mary Armstrong deposed, that on the day after the deceased died she saw the prisoner throw two little papers, doubled up, into the fire. The prisoner's sister Catherine followed him about, and said he had poisoned his mother ; and the prisoner looked about as if he was silly, and made no answer. She met the prisoner after wards, and he abused her very much, and said it would never have come out if she had not gone to Dr. Tidy. Evans, the beadle of Hackney, deposed that he was in company with the prisoner while the surgeons were making the post mortem examination, and he appeared very much excited, and said he should be ruined. He was also very anxious that a report of the proceedings should not appear in the newspapers. Martha Mills said that she was called in to assist in laying out the deceased shortly after her death. The same afternoon she saw Catherine Sheridan, stirring some brandy and water, and the other sister was sitting by her, and Catherine said to her, " You have killed your mother." . The other sister replied, " Indeed I have not; if I have, I have not done it myself." Mr. CranxsoN then rose to address the jury. He did not at all complain that the present inquiry had been taken up by the Government, nor of the mode in which the case had been presented to them by the prosecutors; and he wished he could say the same of another public functionary, the Coroner, who had taken a very active part in the preliminary inquiries, and that he could have been spared from making the observations which he felt it his duty to offer in reference to his conduct. If he had not been present perhaps he might have refrained from making those observations, but as he saw he was in court he would beg him to take an example from the conduct of the jury, and practise in future the patience and forbearance he had witnessed that day, and that when he was conducting an inquiry in which the life of a fellow•creature was involved that , he would not take upon himself to decide that he was guilty. The summing up of the coroner, a report of which he held in his hand, and which had been proved L to be correctly reported, was composed, in his opinion, of [PRICY, 3D. a farrago of ignorance, and evinced the greatest proof of want of judgment ; and he had no duubt that but for that summing up the coroner's jury would not have re turned a verdict of wilful murder against the prisoner. Instead of confining himself to his legitimate duty, the coroner had taken upon himself to utter a maudlin com mentary upon the supposed connexion of the prisoner with the family of a deceased man of eminence, for which it appeared there was not the slightest founda tion, and be suffered himself to remark upon the sup posed proof of the prisoner beimg of dissipated habits, and then talked ignorantly of the probability that existed of the prisoner having held the poisoned chalice to the lips of his mother. In his opinion nothing could be more abominable than that summing up, and he believed that when the jury had heard the portion of it that he should read they would be of the same opinion. The Learned Counsel was then about to read a portion of the matter in question, when he was interrupted by .tir. Justice WrGuTmAN, who said ho did not think it was competent for the Learned Counsel to read any do cument of this description unless ho intended to put it in as evidence. 1 The Learned COUNSEL proceeded—He should not take the course alluded to by the Court, and in concluding his observations upon the conduct of the coroner, he wanted the jury to contrast such a summing up as that to which he had alluded, redolent of pipes and tobacco, with the calm, kind, and forbearing observations which they would hear from the Learned and excellent Judge who was now presiding over them. The Learned Counsel then addressed himself to the circumstances of the case, and contended that at the utmost nothing more than a case of suspicion was made out against the prisoner, and he said he was sure they would dismiss altogether from their minds the evidence of his two worthless sisters, and he concluded his address by emphatically calling upon the jury to acquit the prisoner. Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN then summed np. The jury retired at a quarter past seven o'clock, and in ten minutes returned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty. Tb - ere was an attempt at applause when the verdict was returned, but it was speedily repressed by the officers. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOA-HOUSE. On Thursday Samuel Uriah Stoter, the letter-carrier and sorter of the Newington district, who was some days ago charged with having committed forgery and robbery, was brought up for re-examination. Mr. Mul lens, of the firm of Bush and Muliens, solicitors to the Committee of Bankers for Protection against Felonies and Frauds, attended for the prosecution. It will be recollected, that upon the first examination of the prisoner it was proved that a boy was sent by him to the Bank of England for gold for banknotes for 551., and that suspicion having been excited, inquiry was made, and it was discovered that the notes were the produce of a forged cheque upon the banking-house of Masiorman and Co. The discovery led to an investiga tion at the Post-office, and it was ascertained that in several instances that establishment had been made use of by the prisoner as a means through which his fraudulent plans might be turned to his advantage. Some additional evidence was brought forward in the first case, and Alderman GIBBS directed that the depositions should be made out, and stated that the prisoner should be corn mitted for trial at the Central Criminal Court. GUILDHALL. Yesterday Mr. Lane, from Goldsmiths.-hall, attended to present a donation of 101. to the poor-box from the Goldsmiths, Company. Mr. Alderman COPELAND begged Mr. Lane to make his best acknowledgments to the Court, and assure them their benevolence would effect a great deal of good. Op portunities of employing the money beneficially were constantly recurring. BOW-STREE7'. Hugh Joseph Smith, a :young man of respectable ap pear:iuce, was placed at the bar on Thursday before Mr. Hem - y, charged with having obtained, by false pretences, the sum of two guineas, with intent to defraud the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's-park. Mr. HENRY observed, that as the defalcations amounted to a considerable sum, he should require the prisoner to enter into his own recognizances, and fur • nigh two sureties in 1004 each to appear and answer the charge. Mr. Hugh O'Donnell Clayton, who a fortnight since was charged with having sent threatening letters to Mr. Gilbert East, a relative, and opponent in a recent action at law relative to the construction of a will, has been again brought up and discharged from custody, the pro secution having been withdrawn. ty4l,litu c: Li s t ! n a ig x,, oeb J, ire,ne d 1 5 147 1: a ir " o a m l i g- : e . -t ga b nn t Cunningham, m 7. , '3 t the Ii se cretary to King's College, by means of false pre sences. It may be remembered that the Lord Mayor drew public attention to the doings of this impostor on the 9th inst. at the Mansion-house, and read certain letters, from which it appeared that the prisoner was in the habit of representing himself as a shipwrecked passenger from the %Vest Indies, reduced to great distress, owing to his inability to recover his property, although entitled to a considerable fortune bequeathed to him by his wife. At Brighton he had succeeded in getting both money and liberal entertainment from a Mr. Bovill, secretary to the United Brethren, called '• Moravians," by writing him lung letters full of scriptural quotations, commending his benevolence to Heaven as an example to humanity, and assuming himself the tone and aspect of a religious man. Other similar frauds had been practised elsewhere, and his Lordship had been written to to put the public on their guard against the schemes of the impostor. The prosecutor, Mr. Cunningham, proved that the prisoner called on him, and having represented himself as a native of St. Christopher's, in the West Indies ship wrecked, &c., and in want of money to get possession of his luggage, and having, moreover, described many per sons and localities familiar to him (the prosecutor), suc ceeded in obtaining 51. from him. He afterwards sent another application from Southampton for a further loan, but the prosecutor having reason to suspect his character, communicated with the Mendicity Society, whose officers went in pursuit of the prisoner, and ultimately found him carrying on his frauds in another name. The prisoner, who admitted his guilt, was remanded for further examination. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Henry Rowland, a lad about sixteen years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with breaking into the first-floor room of the dwelling-house, No. 15, Denmark-street, and stealing a rosewood work box, and other articles, the p ro p er ty o f Th omas Halli ford, a lodger. Mary Ann Halliford said she was the wife of prose. tutor, and occupied the first floor front room at No. 15, Denmark-street. Yesterday afternoon she had occasion to go out on business, having previously locked the room door. On her return at seven o' c l oc k s h e f oun d some _ little difficulty in opening the door, and was obliged to use force to do so. Directly she entered the room she was alarmed to see the prisoner close by the window. She screamed out and immediately ran out of the room, and was proceeding down stairs, when the prisoner overtook her, and knocked her down by a violent blow on the head. He then made his escape into the street, but was subse quently brought back in custody of a constable. On searching her room she missed a rosewood workbox, containing 50 dozen of pencils, a victorine, a coat, a clock, and several other articles. The clock produced was her husband's property. John Chilcott Marleton said be was in Denmark street about seven o'clock last night, when he heard a loud scream proceed from No. 15, and shortly after he saw the prisoner ran out of the house, with a bundle in his possession. He pursued him, crying out "Stop, thiet;" to the bottcm of the street, where he stopped him. Witness collared the prisoner, who struggled and knocked him down. The prisoner then ran off, and just as he was turning the corner by St. Gilei's Church, he ran into the arms of a police-constable, who took him into custody. Police-constable, 50 F, said he was going by St.Giles's Chula, about seven last night, when he heard the cry of " Stop thief." He looked round and saw the prisoner running towards him. Witness placed himself in the middle of the road, and stopped him with the clock pro duced in his possession. He subsequently took him to No. 15, Denmark-street, and on searching the premises, found that the room had beon entered by forcing open the first-floor window. The room was strewed with property, ready packed up to be car ried away. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was fully com mitted for trial. SOUTHWARK. Yesterday, just as the magistrate (Mr. Seeker), was about to quit the bench, Mr. R. Bass, the extensive plate-glass manufacturer, of 42, Tooley-street, South wark, waited upon him for the purpose of asking his opinion respecting a quantity of letters that had been addressed to his house without any authority. Applicant stated that he had lately purchased the pro perty in question, which was highly respectable. Yes terday he perceived an advertisement manager, eachhgenAdnert n Advertiser fer twenty porters, ten clerks, and a an whom was to enclose a postage stamp and references. The advertisement had been answered by many hun dreds. He bad in his possession at the present time nearly 300 letters, many of which seemed to contain not only postage stamps but the characters of the writers. Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk, s a id th at the best way would be to allow the reporter to take cognizance of the affair; it was a public question, and ought to be repre sented through the channel from whence it came. HAMMOn Thursday EniEtn Sllii i ' who gave the name of John Brice, was charged before Mr. T. Paynter, the sitting magistrate, with having committed the following daring burglary;— From the depositions taken, it appeared that about three o'clock that morning policeman Cosier, T 222, while on duty in Kensington New-town, and standing within about four yards of the door of the Gloucester Arms Tavern, in the Gloucester-road, saw the prisoner conic out of the door of that house with a bundle in his hand. The prisoner pulled the door to, and as he did so, said, " Good night," as if be was speaking to some one a e na don o e n , i;u ls t i ~side. went T t h;)p . e iceman door, whichw n not, however, 'foundja to b r, inside saw three screws of tobacco lying on the floor. ale then called out loudly the name of Mrs. IJewpson, the landlady, but receiving no answer, he immediately starte,t oil after the prisoner, whom he overtook and secured in King street, leading out of Kensington square into the Great- Art -stern-road. On telling him he must go to the station-house, the prisoner said," It's all right, I know I shall have seven years for it, and that's what I want, as I may as well be there as starved to death." At the sta tion-house, on searching the bundle, 130 screws of to bacco, 160 cigars, some loose tobacco, and two pipes were found, and on his person, concealed between his shirt and person, were discovered 18 silver tablespoons, 24 teaspoons, 30 table-forks, three bottles of brandy, two meat pies, a piece of loaf' sugar, two biscuits, about 2oz. of tea, a piece of butter, 2s. Bd. in fourpenny pieces, 3s. 81d. in copper, and a number of duplicates. Police man Cosier then returned to the tavern, and called up Mrs. Hempson, when it was found that the prisoner had entered from a walled yard at the back, and by break ing a pane of glass close to the fastening of the taproom window had opened it, and 'entered the premises. In the tap-parlour he had lighted three candles, and drank a quantity of ginger brandy, three bottles of which are missing. lie was fully committed for trial on the charge, but was remanded until Saturday next, to (liable the police to ascertain whether or not the duplicates found on him relate to other robberies. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of important public business. MAJOR - GENERAL SIR GEORGE POLLOCE. There was a very full attendance of members, and the gallery and avenues were crowded with strangers anxious to witness the ceremony of presenting the freedom of the City to Major-General Sir George Pollock, K.G.C.8., agreeably to the resolution of the 6th of April, 1846, unanimously passed in honour of his glorious services in India. The moment the Court was formed the . Gallant General entered, introduced by Sir Peter Laurie and Mr. Obbard, the mover and seconder of the motion conferring the freedom. He was received with loud cheers. The CHAMBERLAIN having read the resolution, and sworn in Sir G. Pollock, addressed him in eloquent and appropriate terms on the high merits and valu able services which called forth the present pro ceedings. Sir 'GEORGE Por.Locx. then addressed the Court in the following words :—" My Lord Mayor, Mr. Chamberlain, and Gentlemen,.---It is not possible for me to express adequately how deeply sensible I am of the honour you have conferred upon me by presenting me with the freedom of the city of London, the largest, wealthiest, and most important city in the world; and, gentlemen, I mention it with pride, the city in which I was born.—(Cheers.) To be thus welcomed by my fellow-citizens on my return to my native country, after service in a foreign clime during 44 years, is most gratifying. My Lord Mayor, the very flattering manner in which mention has been made of my services greatly enhances the gratification I feel on this occasion. How far I merit such encomiums it is not for me to say. I had the opportunity given me by the Governor-General of India, the Right Honourable the Earl of Auck land, and the advantage of such an opening to distinction falls to the lot of but few men. I had sonic serious and unforeseen difficulties to overcome in the commencement of my command, but having mastered them, the army under my commard entered heart and soul into the cause.—(Cheers.) I felt that we had to retrieve a somewhat tarnished name, and to do so it was necessary to plant the British standard in the capital of the enemy, to release ou r country men. This wa s e ff ec t e d ; and although for some fifty or sixty miles we passed over the unburied remains of the troops so lately sacrificed, the conduct and forbearance of my army, as fine and krave an army as ever was led into the field, was most admirable.— (Cheers). I advert to this because it has been said that acts of cruelty were committed. I who. was aware of everything that occurred knew of none.— (Cheers). liy Lord Mayor, Mr. Chamberlain, and gentlemen, that I have merited your upprobatiot of my services in Affghanistan and elsewhere, is and ever will be one of the proudest recollections of my life." The Gallant General then shook hands with se veral of the members of the Court, and retired amidst great applause. THE SANITARY STATE OF THE CITY OF LO?iDON. Deputy PEACOCK presented the following report from the Commissioners of Sewers :—" We, the un dersigned Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London and the liberties thereof, do certify that we have caused the necessary notices to be given of an application to Parliament in the next session, and we have directed the Remembrancer to propose the draft 91:' Vt° BD:IMR kirt, tht twato irnarmirent .01 the better cleansing, paving, and lighting the same, and the Remembrancer has also by our direction prepared the draft of a petition to the House of Commons for leave to bring in the said Bill." The Deputy took occasion to contradict some grossly false reports, which had been generally circu lated, to the effect t hat the Corporation had prevailed upon Lord John Russell to have the city of London excluded from a participation in the metro politan sanitary regulations. Nothing could, he declared, be a more monstrous falsehood.—(Hear, hear.) The Corporation merely sought to commu,- nicate with Lord Morpeth upon the Bill in con templation, and his Lordship at once declared that the Government had no notion of interfering with the City, as they considered it to be in a most excel lent condition. He was happy to say that he held in his hand communications from the two companies by which the City was supplied, offering such a supply of water as would amply accommodate the whole of the population.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. S. HALE understood from what he had read in the published report of the Commissioners, that there was a decided wish amongst those who drew up the document, that all the sewers of the metropolis, including the City, should be under orse and the same authority. Mr. WIRE said that the vigorous proceedings of the Commissioners of Sewers for the City of London deserved the most marked approbation. They had, indeed, done their duty. If the other commissioners had been equally attentive to the interests of their districts, the charges would not have been of so sweeping a nature.—(Hear, hear.) It was neces sary to give a peremptory contradiction to the utter falsehoods and calumnies which were every day issued against the city of London. ; Persons were regularly employed to, go about and cry out against the drainage and sewerage of the City, as if those who were of the commission were such fools as to be careless about their own lives, as well as indifferent about the lives of their neighbours. There could be no greater falsehood invented than that contained in that atrocious charge. It was admitted that the ancient city of London, he meant the arena within the ancient walls, was one of the most healthy cities in the whole world. The drainage and sewerage were more perfect than those in any other city, and there was more cleanliness amongst the poor inhabitants— a cleanliness imputable to the poor inhabitants them selves—than could be seen amongst the lower orders of any other population.—(Hear, hear.) He could not see in the report of the commissioners any recom mendation that the City should be joined to the me tropolitan commission, and he believed that no such event ever would take place. Mr. LAWRENCE described the report of the com missioners as a piece of the most extravagant hum bug he had ever read. In that report the system of flushing was recommended, as if it originated with the commissioners themselves, and never formed part of the admirable plan upon . which the Commis sioners of the Holborn and Finsbury division had been acting. The report was then received and agreed to, and the petition to Parliament was adopted. CONSERYANCY OF THE THAMES. Mr. R. L. JONES brought up a report recommemd ing un application to Parliament for leave to bring in a Bill relating to the conservancy of the Thames. SMITHFIELD MARKET. It was determined that the market days should not be changed. INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB 26, RED LION-SQUARE, BLOOWISRURY.—III accordance aosfsethdeata recentspecial. e i n n s o r P s courtwit with th eo the resolutions o g l o u v t the Corporation over b oftWilliamheCity it)igeneral ofe a b ove toonaddon exce ll entpraying i res i t .o i r t u t t h i o e n i r , b . enuvolent objects of the charity w Evans, L Esq., a memorial to co-operation and assista nce b r as s becearnryringe prepared the nd signed by William Evans, Esq., M.P., th e i c k hairm a an, and by the mem b ers of the committee. It appears that during the past few months a great number of destitute deaf and dumb have received relief and assistance from tho 'society, as well as its influence in obtaining situations and employment. In the course of the same time an increased number of youths have been maintained within the institution, and taught the trades of tailoring, shoemaking, &c., while the female inmates have been in structed in the various branches of useful and or namental needlework, and hence it seems the increase of opera tions has so pressed upon the funds of the charity, that enable the charity to cont inue its numerous benefits. an appeal to the corporation was rendered necessary to Information reaching the police that a pr ize-fight was contemplated to take place on Rettendion Com mon, on Tuesday last, precautionary measures were taken to prevent the breach of the peace. Capt.. Skinner, R.A., with the Revs. John and Arthur Pearson, ma gistrates of the county, with five superin';endents and about thirty constables, were upon the spot, several other magistrates being also at hand if t heir presence had been needed. However the meeting was confined to the active conservators of the public pe ace, the infor mation given being doubtless intended e ither to divert the attention from another direction or entirely as a hoax.—Chelmsford Chronicle.