The Sun. — London, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

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I 1 \-----ti' T S. ....... - ..... I. EXCHE Q UER -BILL OFFICE. 2, Whitehall Yard, Feb. 16, 1847. The Exchequ er -bill s d a t e d i n t h e mon th o f March, 1846, viz : V.s, Viet. cap. 23, 9,379,6601., Anne, 1845 ; 8 an d 9 Vi et., ca p. 129, , 24,90 0/., Anne, 1845 ; also tho Exchequer-bills dated in Septem- Zr and Novemb er, 1 845, p. 2 an d 3 , W ut. IV.. ca p. 125 ; for relief of Nest India Islands, with the interest due thereon, will be PAID OFF ?Z ‘ t_its 16th day o f M arc h , 1847, w h en th e interest will cease. Such ,„!,' Will be received daily from half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until Z" , i ncluding the sth clay of March, at th's office, where lists are to o btained, containing instructions for arranging the bills. The bearers their must endorse each bill with their usual signatures, and write r 'tames and residences at the bottom of each list ; and where th e h "e, names of holders are inserted in bills, the bearers, not being such louden,Qnle must previously obtain their endorsements. The bearers attend to give receipts for the payment. Payment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 16th `,'Y of March, upon l eav i ng t h e bill s f or exam ination one day prior to t hat on which such payment is desired. New bills, bearing an interest of one penny halfpenny by the day 'l' o ll every one hundred pounds, and dated the said 16th day of „`u . ch, may be obtained in whole or in part payment of principal of the E xchequer -bills issued under the above-mentioned Act of 8 Viet., 23 , and 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 129, upon stating the required March, which on the lists, delivered on or before the said s th day of Which new bills, with the interest on the bills exchanged, will be issued on the 17th day of March. The bills to be classed in separate lists, according to the Acts under Which they have been issued. TLe bills issued for relict of West India Islands will be paid offis Money, All Exchequer-bills charged on supplies dated prior to Mar .,, ` 1R46, have been advertised to be paid otf. THE PATENT MILE-INDEX CARRIAGE COMPANY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 65,0001., in Shares of 101. each. Deposit, Is. per Share, (amount limited by Statute). e P"its will be returned without deduction, if the whole capital • be not subscribed. TRUSTEES. Richard Barker, Esq., 14, Fitzroy-square. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq., Resington Lodge, Notting-hill. U. II BOARD BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ar-ey Kennedy, Esq., Chairman of the India and London Life As surance Company, and Deputy Chairman of the Oriental Bank, esington Lodge, Notting-hill,—Chairman. Captain Tyndale, Director of the South Eastern Railway, 2), Alfred 13rompton,—Deputy Chairman. utenant General Wright, Royal Engineers, Army and Navy Club, James's-square. Glasier, Esq., 84, Milton-street, Dorset -square. ' x •'• B. Curtis, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, and 29, Wellington-road, St. John's -wood, 4*bert. Faulder White, Esq., 24, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park. (With power to increase the number to ten.) MANAGING DIRECTOR, Henry Von:Uster, Esq. BANKERS. Sa,pte, Muspratt, Banbury, and Co., 77, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Moire. Wire and Child, St. Swithin's- lane, City. SECRETARY. Mr. Lionel Curtis. The features of the undertaking are as follow : I. Patent Mile-Index. 2. Mile Tickets, at Gd. per mile. 3. Supe rior Cabs, with better class of drivers, under control and gu arantee „ body of gentlemen. 4. Act of Incorporation. 5. Detailed esti plates, showing five per cent. interest, and a dividend of ten per cent. and upwards, both clear of income-tax. 6. Abstract of deed for In formation of applicants, copies of deed given to Subscribers. 7. De posits returned if capital not subscribed, unless subscribers decide on Commencing business with capital actually subscribed. 8. The re numeration to the promoter and the directors postponed till share holders receive five per cent. interest on capital, and then propor tioned to profits realised—thus giving but proof of the accuracy of the calculations. The Subscription List will shortly be closed. Prospectuses, Estimates, and Forms of Application for Slum, trusy be obtained on application to Messrs. Wire and Child, solicitell, St. Swithin's-lane, City; or to the Secretary. By order of the Board, • LIONEL CURTIS, Secretary. Ternrorary (Maces, 32, Charing-cross, Feb. 9, 1847. The whole Prospectus was published in this paper en Monday, Feb. 8. TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS, BUILDERS, and OTHERS. MESSRS. PROTHEROE and MORRIS will SUBMIT to PUBLIC COMPETITION by AUCTION, on the Premises, Stanhope Nursery, Gloucester - road , Old Bro m p ton, on NnAT, February 22d, 1847, and Five fallowing Days, at Ele ven o'clock each day (in consequence of the death of Mr. Rigby), The whole of the valuable NURSERY STOCK, consisting of Fruit and Forest Trees, Ornamental and Deciduous Trees, a large assort ment of Evergreens, American Plants, Rhododendron Arboreum, flue standard and dwarf Roses, &c. Also, the Greenhouse Plants, consisting of large Camelias, choice Geragiums, Erica, Epacris, Bo conia, tcc., and about 500 Orchidaceous Plants, lately imported. May be viewed prior to the Sale ; Catalogues (Is. each, returnaMe to Purchasers), may be had on the Premises, of the Principal Seeds 4,en, and of tho Auctioneers, American Nursery, Leytonstone. N.B. Should any party be disposed to purchase the whole o f the u rchidaceous Plants in One Lot, they would be disposed of previous to the Sale. The Premises and Grounds to be Let. PARISH OF Si'. GEORGE, Hanover-square. TO BUTCHERS, CHEESEMONGERS, CORNCHANDLERS, G ROCERS., Milkmen, Potato-dealers, Oil and Tallow-chandlers, Co lourmen, and Coffin-makers. Such persons as are willing to CONTRACT with the Governors and Directors of the Poor of the said Parish for Supplying the Work house for Six Months, from the 25th day of ttarch to the 29th day 1 :3 1 September, 1847, may deliver in their sealed Proposals at the .. o ard-room, in Mount-street, on or before Nine o'clock on Monday , the 22d day of March, 1847. Persons tendering are desired to be in ntl endance, and to take notice that all offers must be made upon, and str ictly in accordance with, the printed form of Tender, which may Mo unt - street, on application to the Master of the Workhouse , in as well as any further particulars. By order, T . B. CHAPPELL, Clerk. DESTITUTION AND SICKNESS. efts;[ The affluent and benevolent are earnestly solicited to aid the Committee kß now making by the Managing Committee of the ROYAL E ' i m eli HOSPITAL, Gray's Inn -road, a charity established for the of of the foreigner, the stranger, the friendless, and the outcast, 71 ti in sickness or disease, who are here received so far as the means of the I ns ti tu ti on w ill permit. _i:r:i i ther patronage nor letters of recommendation are neustary ; it otherwise, the wretched beings fur whose benefit the Institu ...."oA is intended would not know how or where to obt lin them , an d :Inne Seeking for the means of admission would, in all probability, unheeded and unk..own ; a melancholy instance of which kind gave rise to the founding of this charity. "" large debt, which is now gradual y bei n g radticed, still encum bers the operations of the Committee , b ut confidin g in the sprit and benevolence of an English public, in support of such a " a ritY, they fearlessly continue their efforts to meet the urgent a ppeals daily made at their gates by the most miserable and wretched Of the human race. Contributions received by the Treasurer, Jtio. Masterman, Esq., : r •P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond Co. co.; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and C o. ; Prescott, Grote, and ' 0 ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn rind Co ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; B arclay and Co- Denison and Co. Co.;; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Orerend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Mas ternaan and Co. ; and at the Hospital. By order of the Weekly Board, EDW. RICE, D.D., Chairman. The Committee meet in the Board-room every Wednesday , Six o'clock, at to manage and direct all the affairs of the Charity, which meetings the subscribers are invited to attend, and the Hos pital is at all times open to the inspection of the public. N EW SHARE and MONEY MARKET, ROYAL EXCHANGE. LONDON. SEVERAL THOUSAND SHARES WANTED, AT GOOD PRICES, Daily Share Lists are publicly exhibited'at the TRA NSFER-OFF ICE, facing Cornhill, and will be sent to any part of the Kln;;dom on appli. cation. Detailed Lists may also be had at 114, Cheapside ; 25, Strand ; 32, Cockspur-street ; 53, Piccadilly ; and 191!,,,, Oxford-street. Stevens, Hansard, and Co., Transfer-office, 5, Royal Exchange London. N ATIONAL MERCANTILE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, POULTRY, MANSION-HOUSE. LONDON. maxcroas. ROBERT WILCOXON, Esq., Chairman. • THOMAS SIDNEY Esq., Alderman, Deputy-Chairman. Edward Baker, Esq. (Gale, Baker, Warde, and Co.) George Cursham, M.D., Saville-row. William Lawson, Esq. (Trower, Lawson, and Trower). George Moore, Esq. (Greucock, Copestake, and Moore). William Nieholsen. I:sq. (J. and W. 'Nicholson and Co.) Jamee Peek, Esq. (Peek, Brothers, and Co.) Giles Redroayne, Fes., New Bond-street. Peter Holt, Esq. (Brocklebank and Roll). AJ&g other advantages offtred 1)7 this Society are security with out BM:17111y, economy in the management, anti low rates of premium, ClaiMi promptly paid. PROFITS TO POLICY.IIOLDERS. (Bonus declared July 1, 1846.) rn r.::' 1-i' ~., 0 0 = 1 1 00., - ~I i t ,- .72 a '-",..., 0. 'z' ' 112' 14 >- `gc.: - V 9 7..ag . ; c-g ari -t52 1 , , , t2 4 —a E * E ~-;• H.'s ' e' -IR e. • 5 P ' =' ,l 4 1 X X. s. d. X. s. d. £ '----- 1628 7 60 1,000 62 15 0 24 16 6 248 40 1838 7 48 1,000 39 15 0 14 7 3 244 36 1839 6 159 1,000 60 0 0 26 1 111 224 33 1839 S 43 2,000 68 0 0 21 0 7 474 1 31 11146 8 44 1,000 35 0 0 9 6 0 202 I 27 1841 4 49 2,000 82 10 0 18 10 0 341 '23 J. JONES, Actuary and Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 COENHILL. LONDON. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. Tkis Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances ant Deferred Annuities. The assured hts. On all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for elture of the Policy, two-thirds of the eretniums paid (see Table) ; 'lin the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in crests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted OR the lowest possible fates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and incraasitig prosperity of the Society las enabled the Directors, at the last annual inye.itigation, to declar, 4 ilttrth bonus, varying troll 35 to S 5 per cent. ow the premiums pail "I each Polley effected on the Pront scale. EXAMPLES. 1 I -.117 r p, l= renth un . 2 i P may ` 4 Bonus ' Bonus in 5 Assure 5 added. Cash. F. 0 . 5 :-.. s itorrow — I ---- —•- - -•-• ,---- -- ; £ £s. d. 1837 £ 21 7 15 1 I ~ O 4!£445 XlOO 011 XIG 0 0 0 { 11841 111 6 8 49 10 o'j, 710 4 247 4 5 18 3 10 1 296 346 13 2 3 4 1 838 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 11 1 01000 3 4 1 1 8 83 40 9 1 1 6 1 5 8 1 7 1 1 : 0 7 8 4 4 0 1 10 9 171 The division of profits is annual, and the next will he made ill December of the present year. F. FERGUSON C.I3IROUX, Secretary. LIFE ASSURANCE.—BRI rrsit BOCIETT, 17, New Bridge, D MEC" MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE street, Blackfriars, London. __TORS. J.hn Atkinson, Esq. Captain Twisleton Graves Henry Wm. Beauclerk, Esq. '‘lLlhounmteLanaxiiiligtae-IZ,n'EohtrolEi:llo. ntresor Henry Charles Curtis, Esq. G Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. Hon. William Gore George Alfr,d Walker, Esq THE BRITISH MUTUAL LIE ASSURANCE SOCIETY entertains proposals of any descrip tion involving the con tin g enc y of human life. P rospec tuses and every infor mation may be had on applic a ti on at the office, 17, New B r idge-street, 131ackfriars. CHARLES JAMES TIIICKE, Resident Secretary. UNITED KIN GDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 9, WATERLOO-PLACE,AELDLI-NMBAULRL4I. LONDON. 97, GEORGE - S TREE T, 12, ST. VINCENT -PLACE, GLASGOW. DILECTORS. JAMES STUART, Esq., Chairman. HANANEL aitland, DE CASTRO, Deputy Chairman. Esq. Samuel Anderson, Esq. F. C. M liaunilton Blair Avarne, Es n• William Hellion, Esq. X• Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident. John Ritchie, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. ' F. 11. Thomson, Esq. Charles Graham, Esq. This Company, established by Act of ?ornament in 1834, affords t he Most perfect security In a large paid.up Capital, and in the great success 'which has attended it since its commencement, its annual income being upwards of 84,C00/. time l ieu t thu o ln 1841 the C ompany a dd e d a b o nus of 11. per cent. per annu m on t y i l n Bw s 4 ur er e e d e t ff o ec a t i e l d. policies of the parti c ipating class from the The bonus add e d t o p o li c ies from March, 1834, to the 119 t of De cember,. is as follows: Sum Assured. Time Assured Sum added to Policy, 151100 •••••. .. .. 6 years 10 months ....:£683 Gs. 114. 50 08• • ........6 years ........ 600 Os. Oa. 50 00 • • ........ 4 years •••• • • .. 400 Os. Chl. 50 00. • ........2 years •••• •• •• 200 Os. Id. T he c .. m Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderato scale, and y one-half need be paid fur the first five years, whore the insu rance Is for life. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the next Division of Profits In 18 48, should ma k e i mme diate application. Loans„„ Made on Policies to tile extent of half the sum to be assured, - ", o se curity approved by the Directors of the Company. . entrance Money or charge except - the Policy Stamp. &rector. g. 1,,,u n9L Boyd, Esq., of ,NO. 8, to ,f 4 verY information will be afforded Oil application to the Resident Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, L 91149%, e, &c., '4 and Bir- Glasgow, p.—Groat 314 I , — Extension rosby, and 2! .—London tanchester 5 1 4 P• ez reston and (B). M P• uteri' and p.—South 3ule, y P• Lte N. and ford Jun c- Counties, p.—Ditto, Sing, , 4 p,—Lan d North ester and ricolashire d South cston anti -IG dis.— stunt and )01e, P. 19-16 p. h reduced cts of the awing, Ws !It r nxiety 1 arrange - The sales East Lan:. p.— East fester, 3 4 S ).21 Tblrsk. Is. dis.— .—Multon ds, Halves that Quar lcrip), 14s. p.— West 'referesce, has trans iexecuted, aillg flrlig, i'ow Scrip. 30. 6d. dis. Irdrlo and hares, 151. itto, New. Junction, Dunblano, th, 43/. cx itto, r, 151. 71. Edinburgh , itto, half and Gran- North e rn Newport. wth (Old). shire, 651. noral Ter labres, 91. trdrossan, h of Scot !:xtensionii .ixteenths. c, 321. 151. pd.—Ditto. Quarters .ntral, 211. Band, 221. entry, at.d nfez inlln•. notion, 31. e, 361. 10s. Bombay of India. ellorw, and ay, 38a. — 'IN., 533. — Edinburgh )urgh and o, N, 2a.—Man 4.—North tto, New. Midland These .io ether tincture !es abo►e ied, but iperature it in the 71e. spread patched ound in !diately p before he facts eturned .ho wa a aol, for MY.-- Lewin', of Mr. e, after a large spirits, listilla een re- appa ing no ike the Lises at MM........... Charier he vrifb arrlsou, teeeter ~ 3f.r. of sir itchett. i ll ea p ie inbury, d 67. E s q., of ecklen- act ate , Esq. od 74. 0. 119 redact Fe- _ No. 16 ) 977. LAN DON, T U ESDAY MORNING SUN 9 FEBRUARY 16 1 1847. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CHEMICAL LECTURES y Dr. ItY..kN, with brilliant and varied Experiments, daily, and on the Evening. of Mondays, Wed nesdays,' and Fridays. On the commencement of Lent, Dr. BACH HOFFNER will deliver a Series of Lectures on AS ERONOMY, ex hibiting the latest discoveries, on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate Music, by Dr. Wallis. On the alternate Mornings and Evenings he will Lecture on the EL 1 CTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, including the recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble. The Models and ether Works in the Useful Arts are daily described. The beautiful Op ical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi ments by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, Admission Is. Schools, half-price. HENRY RUSSELL at the STRAND T HEATRE. HENRY RUS S ELL, composer of " Woodman spare that Tree," " The Ivy Green," " The Old Arm-chair," "The Ship on Fire," " rho Gambler's Wife," " The Maniac," " Some love to Roam," " I'm Afloat," "A Life on the Ocean Wave," " The Newfoundland Dog," &c. &c., will have the honour of giving his VOCAL EN TERTAINMENTS on MONDAY EVENING, Feb. 22, and following evenings, interspersed with Anecdotes of Negro Life and Character. Boxes, 35.; Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Half-past Seven ; commence at Eight. Private Boxes, I/. Is. Box office open from One till Four. FMPLOYM_ENT.—Persons having a little time to spare are apprised that AGENTS continue to be appointed in London and country towns to the EAST INDIA TEA COM PANY for the SALE of their celebrated TEAS. Offices, 9, Great St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. They are packed in leaden canisters, from an ounce to a pound, with the price and weight marked on each packet, and but little trouble is occasioned by the rate. The only license required is I Is. per annum, and many during the last 20 years have realised considerable incomes by the agency, without Is. let or loss. Application to lie made, if by letter, post paid, as above. UNDER THE PATRON/GE OF ROYALTY AND THE AU- THORITY OF THE FACULTY. KE A TIN G'S COUGH LOZENGES. A Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs— in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Consumption (of which Cough is the most positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In Asthma, and in Winter Cough, they have never been known to fail. Prepared and sold in Boxes, Is. 1%d., and Tins, 2s. Sd., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., No. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, Loudon. Sold retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. Copy of a Letter from Colonel Hawker, the well-known Author on " Guns and Shooting." Longparish House, near Whitchurch, Hants, Oct. 21,1846. Sir,—l cannot resist informing you of the extraordinary effect that I have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks, that defied all that had been prescribed for me ; and yet I got completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I find are, the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach. or digestive organs. I am, Sir, your humble servant, P. HAWKER. To Mr. Keating, 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. PARISS' PULAIGNIC ClGARETTES.—Phy sicians have long iliscovered that in diseases of the lungs and air passages, a remedy to be really efficacious must come in direct contact with the diseased organ, and this cannot take place unless it be administered under the form of vapour or smoke. The diseases in which the Cigarettes have been found so beneficial are, difficulty of breathing, tightness of the chest, spasmodic asthma, catarrhs, hoarseness, sore throats, aphony (loss of voice), ear-aches, rheuma tism of the jaws, tooth-ache, neuralgia, &c. In the first stage of consumption their beneficial effects are surprising, and in the ad • vanced stages they relieve the cough, lessen the expectoration, check the night perspiration, and produce calm and refreshing sleep. Sold by Messrs. Barclay, Butler, Edwards, Hannay, Johnstone, Sanger, Schooling, and all respectable medicine venders in Great Britain and France, in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and I Is, Observe that the name P. Pariss, 26, Place Vendome, is engraved on the Government stamp. EYEBROWS, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS KERS produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE RATOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers, a few drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also it most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular bottles, protected by the Government stamp, at 4e. ; double the size, 7s. ; and double this size, Its. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con taining testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes' Advice on the Growth and ?reservation of the Human Hair, &c." By post, 4s. 6d., 7s. 13(1„ and 125., for money orders only. Sold wholesale only at Grimetone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near London ; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger, Oxford-street; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside ; Fisher and Teller, Conduit-street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill • and by all chemists. Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and R. Raimes, Leith-walk; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, AdYer User- office. WHITTINGTON CLUB and METROPO LI lAN ATIIEN.EUM.—The COMMITTEE are happy to inform the Members that they have taken Premises at No. 7, Gresham-street, which are being adapted for the purposes of the Club with the utmost rapidity. W HITTINGTON CLUB and _METRO POLITAN ATIIENYEUM. The Entrance Fees for all Members of this Institution proposed on and atter the let of March, 1847, will be increased to One Guinea for Town, and Half-a-Guinea for Country Members. All persons who have been nominated as Members, and have not paid their entrance fees are requested to do so immediately. RATESEND STAR and BLACii\i'AIL PACKETS. Boat and Rail included is One Payment, avoiding the danger And delay of the Pool. From the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9%, 16%, 1,3, 4, and ',. Sundays, at 9%, 11, 1%, 4, and 5. The Trains starting one quar ter of an hour before each of these times. New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7%, 8%, 91%, 11%, 1, 3, and 5. Sundays, at 8%, 11%, 1, 3, and 5. N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers. Star Office, Gravesend, Dec. 28, 1846. E ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- YORK EXTENSION SHARES. Notice is hereby given that the Directors have made a CALL of 2/. Ms. per Share upon the B Quarters of these Shares, which will he payable In Two Instalments 01 11. 55. each. 'the first ou the 18th of March, and the second on the 18th of May heat. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum will be charged upon all arrears. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman. By Order, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Bishopsgate Station 12th Feb. 184 T. GREAT WE STERN RAILWAY. The Directors of this Company are ready to RYCEIVE TENDERS fpr LOANS of MONEY, in sums of not less than 1,0001. for a period of five, seven, or ton years, on the security of mortgage debentures, bearing Interest at the rats of 41. 10s. per cont. per annum, payable half-yearly. Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway office, Paddington Station. CHARLES' A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. GENUINE CORK WHISKY. This Spirit, so justly celebrated for its mildness and flavour, could not hitherto be had in perfection, except in the City, where it is manufactured. In order to supply this want in the London market, J. STEPHEN'S has opened the extensive Vaults, No. 141, Fleet street, for the sale of this pure WHISKY, to which he begs to direct the attention of that portion of the trade who have not as yet fa "'mired him with their orders. The public can be supplied with this delicious spirit, of great age and strength, in quantities of two gal lons, at 18s. per gallon. Stamped sample bottles, 33. 4d. And Is. Bd. —Gate entrance, 141, Fleet-street, and through Wine Office-court. 13J Dr. INHALER, as constructed by Dr. BOOT and Mr. ROBINSON. Mr: HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each of the Mettopolitan and Provincial Institutions at which this appa ratus has been used, it has succeeded ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson, Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, M`Murdo, and many other eminent Surgeons, have operated ou patients whilst under the in fluence of .Ether, by means of this instrument, with the most com plete success, to whom Mr. Hooper begs to refer, and to the reports in the recent Medical Journals. The success attending this Inhaler is in great measure owing to the construction of the valves. Orders addressed to Mr. Hooper will be executed on the day they arc received. WRECK OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-SLOOP S PHYN X. THE COURT-MARTIAL. PORTS3IOUTIT, FRIDAY.—A court-martial, comprising Rea- Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., President; Captain Pasco, of the Victory; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent; Cap tain Henderson, C. 8., of the Sidon ; Captain Kingcome, of the Belleisle ; aptain Milne, of the St. Vincent ; and Mr. George L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morning at 9 o'clock, on board the flag-ship St. Vincent, to try Commander John Bettinson Cragg, and the other officers and ship's company who formed the crew of her Majesty's steam-vessel Sphynx when( she ran ashore, upon the following charge : " For that you and such officers and ship's company as aforesaid, on the 16th of January, 1847, all of them being at that time in actual service and full pay of her Majesty's fleet, did, through negligence, run upon the shore in Brix stone Bay, at the back of the Isle of Wight, her Majesty's steam-sloop Sphynx." All the officers and ship's company having been called into court, and the charge having been read over in their pre sence, all, except Commander Cragg and the Master, Mr. Wallis, were ordered to withdraw. Commander Cragg then applied for permission to have his " friend" to assist him, which was immediately granted, when Mr. James Hoskins, solicitor (late mayor of Ports mouth), took his seat behind him. The trial then commenced by the log-book being put in and identified as the ship's book by Commander Cragg, who deposed that the entries in it relating to the 16th of January last were correct. At seven o'clock P.M. on the 15th, he said, the Start Light north and by west seven or eight miles, I was on the paddle-box. when the master proposed that we should shape our course up channel. I inquired what the course was; he replied east and by south. I inquired if that was from point to point or from the present position of the ship. The master replied, from point to point, and that east and by south would carry us the same distance without St. Catharine's as we were off the Start. I consented to the course being shaped east by standard compass, the deviation being one point eastward, and directed that she should not go inside her course. At this time it rained—sometimes thick—wind from east. I had some conversation with the master about reducing the steam ; lie thought we had better make the Portland Lights first. I went below to ascertain if the course pointed out by the master was correct and compared the standard compass with the steering compasu, which had been pre viously done by the master when he shaped the course. At eight o'clock I received a report from the chief engineer, and ascertained the number of revolutions we were making. I cannot state now what number he said, but I replied I don't want to go so fast—l don't want to go , into port to-night. He said, or I directed—l don't know which—that the ex pansive gear should be put on another step of the cam (the 3d), and a fire lighted, so as not to have so much coal on, which was done. I then remained on the bridge or paddle box until the Portland Lights were seen, at 10 o'clock, on the port bow ; at 12 we were abreast of Portland Lights, bearing north four or five leagues. I sent for the master shortly after, and said I wished the speed of the vessel to be reduced, I believe I said to half-speed; he said, " Yes, sir," and I then said " I will go on deck and order it." He re plied, " Let me go, sir, I'm going on deck," and he went. I think he reported to me it was done. I spoke to him then about his (the master's) knowledge of the Channel in going through St. Catharine's or the Needles, as we could when the day broke take the passage which most favourably presented itself. The master said he had a thorough knowledge of the Channel, particularly around the Isle of Wight, hav ing been brought up in it all his life. I was on deck all night. When below I was sitting in a chair, and on two occasions I heard the order reported. I ran on deck and observed we were passing vessels showing lights. The officer of the watch (Lieutenant Marryat), who was en the port paddle-box, called out, " How's her head?" The quarter.. master answered S.S.E. and S.E.; the course was conse quently kept. I remained on the quarter-deck, looking out, until after three o'clock, when I went below and desired the quartermaster to call me at four. I was called, and the quartermaster stated, in answer to my questions, that there were no lights in sight except vessels' lights, and the wea ther was the same as when I went off. I told him to call me at five. I was called at five by Mr. Sullivan. I asked him if there were any lights in sight. He said, " No, sir ; the master's on the paddle-box, and has sent a man up to the mast-head to look out for the lights." I asked him if the patent log had been hauled in. He said, " No." I directed him (Mr. Sullivan) to go immediately and do it, and let me know the result. He reported eighty-four miles on the patent log. I said, " Tell the master to go as slew as pos sible, and keep her off; he knows we don't want to go in to-night." I went on deck at five o'clock, and when I got on the quarter-deck, or top of the ladder, I cannot say which, the ship struck. I suppose that was about twenty minutes after five. I got on the paddle-box as fast as I could, when I heard the master order the ship to " go astern." She moved astern for some time, but finding she was fast, and the sea breaking heavily over the vessel, I directed the engines to be stopped, and the water to be started overboard and the masts cut down. As soon as the water smoothed, we got our boat and an anchor out. When off the Start, and the course was shaped, I directed the patent log to be set and put overboard. The master said "I've set it, and put it overboard myself, sir. PRESIDENT—You say the Portland Lights at 12 o'clock were bearing north four or five leagues. Was the course altered at that time ?—No. Who set the Portland Lights?—The gunner, the officer of the watch. I looked at them afterwards myself. Was the wind blowing fresh and right ahead, and was there much head sea?—The wind was ahead; it was not blowing fresh ; there was no head sea. What was the weather at 12 o'clock P—lt rained, as it had done most of the night. Was that course (east) steered intended to take the Sphynx in or outside of St. Catharine's?—Outside, decidedly. The ship was to the south of that course all night. Was any means taken between 12 and 4 o'clock to deter s mine the any rata of goingi—The ordinary log was hove every hour. And what was her rate of going ?—Ten knots by the ordi nary_ log in the first watch. ou have When you went on deck at three o'clock, as y stated, was the weather then thickl—No ; you could see a long way off. The Portland Lights were seen until near two o'clock. Who informed you the weather was the same when you were called ?—Vincent, the quartermaster. Did he, at the same time, tell you her rate of going ? —No. When you settled the course you stated for the master to steer by standard compass did you lay down that course upon the chart with the master? — l was on the paddle-box when it was settled, but I went below and looked at the Channel L'irectary, and found that the course from the Start to St. Catharine's was E. and by S. 92 miles, as the masterouth had stated. The standard compass was always to the e ward of east. The ship was so freq uen tly kept to the south ward, that I had no apprehensions, but fully exptheected, from the state of the weather, to see the lights of Isle of Wight. When you were called at four o'clock did you inquire what distance the Sphynx had gone ?—No. As you stated that the Directory told yo u 92 miles from the Start to St. Catharine's, you surely must the have been sur prised at not seeing the St. Catharine's Lights, when there was more than that distance run on the log at four o'clock —The ordinary log always keeps a grea ter speed than the vessel is going by one mile or more in nin e in paddle-wheel steamers. You have stated that you could see some distanc e, and that it was fair during the night. Was it reported to stat yo ed u that the weather was changed during the night? You in your letter to the Commander-in-Chief ( Sir C. w eatherOgle)l that the weather was thick ?—I said in the lett er that the was thick when we went on shore. Was it to your knowledge that the vessel was going ten knots, or more, until she struck ?—I consider that the ighty vessel was never going ten knots. The patent log only gave e four miles in ten and a half hours. at fou r o ' cloc k , con stopping Did you propose to the master, or he to you, o'clock, stopping the Sphynx to get a cast'of the leads ---N on all occa o ; sidered there was an order to keep the lead gog alone. I did not on that occasion. Who gove that order ?—I did. Was teat order ever given in writing? —No. Was there any written order on the night o f the 16 th left with the officers of the watch T — N O. ni Was the lead hove at all during ght b e lieve not. By Captain }TENDS/SON—When the ship was ordered to the east at twelve o'clock, what was the difference of speed? —Three or four revolutions. The safety-valve partly shut as well What speed did a reduction of four revolutions give you r —I should think she then we nt about seven or eight knots. By Captain MILNE—Did you consider the master charged with the pilotage of the shipT—Yes. Was he on deck during the first an d middle watch and at what hours I— H o n deck constantly g e was watches, the night. Did he mark on the chart the s i t i o n of the ship at e i g ht, t we lve, two, and four o'clock? — lam not aware after eight o'clock whether he did or not. Whv did net the master take the bearings of the Portland Lights at the different hours, and by the cross bearings and the distance run in the interval, obtain the ship a c p h os a 's rt ition of his ? I do not know wh ether he did or not he had own in his cabin. At what hours did he report the position of the skip to o'clock, and, when I sent for him, at twelve you?—At eig ht o'clock. Did he bring t h e chart with him ?—Th e chart was on the cabin table. os ition of the ship on the chart at twelve? Did he mark t he p —No, he did not. was s wung for the deviation of the corn- When the ship passes, what was the amount of error, with the ship's head at east?-10 deg..2o min. east. Were you furnished by the officer who swung the ship with a table of the amount of deviations, wa s it inserted in the log? — Yee, and it was " pasted" in the leg. Is it in the log now? —No. Are the Court to consider that when the ship was steer ing east by compass the actual course was east 10 south?— Yes. -pimmDENT—When the Porland Lights were reported to you, at 12 o'clock, by the gunner, did you lay down the ship's position on the chart?—l was on deck all the time the Portland Lights were in sight. Dip you, from 7 P.m., when you were seven miles off ho Start, as stated i n the log, till the time the Sphynx struck, lay down the course steered upon the Admiralty chart?— Yes, I measured off the course on the Admiralty chart, and saw it was a correct course, as well as looked in the Channel Directory. I cannot say whether I laid it down or not. Did any officer during that night propose to you to get a cast of the lead? —No. When you came upon deck, a little after 5, where did you suppose the vessel was when she struck?.—At the back of the Isle of Wight. Had she struck before you got on deck?—l cannot under take to say whether I was on the quarter-deck or not; if not I was on the ladder. What time of tide was it when the ship struck?—Flood tide. By Captain CIIADS—You have stated that at 5 o'clock you gave orders for eng ine s to go as s l ow as p oss ible, and ship's head to be kept off; was that done?—Yes, as tar as the engines were concerned; they were going as slow as possible, but the ship's head was not kept off. Do you, from your own knowledge, know that the engines were going slow 2—lt was reported to me. I know it was so. What rate do you suppose she was going when she struck ? —Under five knots. How was her head when she struck 2—The quartermaster afterwards reported to me that her head was east and by By Captain MILNE—Did the master take the bearings of the Start at 7, and the Portland Lights at 12?—Yes, 1 be lieve so. Did he give the compass bearings, or were the hearings corrected for the deviation of the compass ?—Tbe bearings by standard compass. Ido not think they were corrected. Will you produce to the Court the table of deviations fur nished to you by the officer who swung the ship?—l cannot. There is a correct copy (put in). By Captain KINGCOME—When you left the deck at three o'clock at what distance do you suppose you could see a light at the Isle of Wight P—Eight or nine miles. Could see a ship one and a half or two miles off. Was it reported to you when it became thick P—No. By the PREMIEDENT—Did you leave any night orders at eight o'clock?---Yes. What were they?—To call me on all occasions of change of weather, and the officer of watch to keep his watch. The night channel orders were—that I never could be called too often if anything occurred. Who did you leave those orders with ?—I think the gunner. He was on the bridge with me for some time. To the Master—Do you wish to question any part of the evidence which has been given ?—No. All is perfectly correct. It is therefore unnecessary to give more than two items of the master's evidence. _ _ By the PuEsmEurr—llad there been a cast of the lead at four o'clock would the Sphynx have got on shore ?—I do not think she would, Cross-examined by Commander Cragg—Did you not alter the course on your own responsibility ?—I did, at live o'clock. Mr. John Jones, the gunner; Lieut. Marryat, Mr. William Cavendish Spencer Sullivan, acting mate; Walter Hall and John Vincent, quartermasters; Mr. George William Burnby, midshipman; Mr. Pemberton, first engineer; Mr. Oultine, engineer of the middle watch on the morning in question ; and Thomas M'Gellon, engineer, were all examined; but it is unnecessary to give their testimony. This concluded the prosecution, and it now being five o'clock, the Court adjourned until the following day to hear the defence. At 10 o'clock on Saturday morning the Court re-as sembled, when Mr. Hoskins delivered a most eloquent de fence on behalf of Commander Cragg, but which, we regret, is too lengthy for our limited space. The prisoner's certifi ficates were of the most satisfactory character, some of the most distinguished officers in the service having warmly tes tified to his merits. The master made no set defence, but also received an excellent character, from Captain Chads and other officers. The Court was then cleared, and after two hours' delibera tion, agreed that the charge had been fully proved against the said Commander John Bettineon Cragg and Mr. Joseph Wallis (the Sphynx having been run upon the shore in con sequence of the lead not having been attended to), and did adjudge the said Commander J. B. Cragg, in consideration of his previous high character and length of service, to be only dismissed from the command of the said steam sloop Sphynx, and to be placed at the bottom of the list of Commanders of the Royal Navy; and the said Mr. Joseph Wallis, in conse quence of his subsequent gallant conduct in saving the lives of part of the boat's crew of her Majesty's ship Scourge, to be only dismissed from the said steam-sloop Sphynx, and to be reduced from the rank of master of the Royal Navy, and to serve as a second master in the Royal Navy, and not to be eligible to be promoted for the space of one year from the day of the date hereof; and the Court agreed' that the charge had not been proved against the other officers and the ship's company who formed the crew of the Sphynx steam vessel when she ran ashore, and did adjudge them to be ac quitted. Commander Cragg has been 33 years in the navy (although only five years a commander), and, during 33 years of that time, has been actually at sea, and mostly employed on fo reign stations. Ile entered the service in 1809, on board the Lavinia, Lord William Stuart; was midshipman of the Marl borough, at Cadiz ; and in North America during the war, with Admiral Sir George Cockburn; in the flag-ships of Ad mirals Sir Pulteney Malcolm and Plampin, at Sr. Ihlena, and Lord Aurelius Beauclerck ; a second time he joined Admiral Plampin, who, when he struck his flag, promoted him to the rank of lieutenant, in May, 1828. In 1829 he was flag-lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Paget, and commanded the tender to the Semiramis, and, during that time, captured a smuggling cutter on the coast of Ireland; he was afterwards in succession lieutenant of the Talavera, Malabar, and Cornwallis, and joined a second time with Sir Charles Paget, for the West Indies, in 1837, where he was placed in command of the Charon steam-vessel, and on her being paid off, was appointed to the Dasher ; from her was removed to the Hecla, which he commanded nearly three years in the West Indies. During the latter command in 1841, the yellow fever broke out on board, and the surgeon died on the fifth day, and she was at sea eleven days without a medical man, during which time Lieutenant-Commander Cragg personally administered to the whole of the officers and crew, who were all suffering from the fever, but not one died. On arriving at Barbadoes, a week afterwards, the fever again broke eut in the vessel, when every officer, ex cept Ilk. Cragg and one en4neer, together with a great pro portion of the crew, died; and there were upwards of 34 i❑ the hospital. Daring the time Lieutenant Cragg served in the West Indies he always acted as pilot, having no officers, a master's-assistant being lent him from the Rover to take charge of the stores. On paying off the Hecla he was pro moted to the rank of commander, having been 31 out of 33 yews actually at sea, and was appointed to the command of' the Sphynx on the 29th of June last. PR.ICE SD. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FllO3l OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) FEBRUARY 14. MONUMENT TO THE LATE COMMODORE OF TYR ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.—The subscription for this object now amounts to more than 800/., to which 2001. is to be added from the club funds, so that there is no doubt of its reaching the proposed amount, 1,2001., by May next, the time for holding the general meeting of members. THE NEEDLES LIOHT.—The loss of her Majesty's steamer Sphynx may, we hope, impress on the Government the ne cessity of altering the position of this light, as it is notorious that when most wanted it cannot be seen, being always capped in bad weather. It is well known that the unfortunates on board the Clarendon, the Sphynx, and the fifty other vessels that have been lost on the rock and cliff-bound coast of the Wight were not able to discern the Needles light or they would have been saved. 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During the day thousands of larks passed over, making for the south ; this continued during the 9th, numbers of the birds alighting in the turnip fields, feeding on the tops. and, strengthened by the warm sun, again took flight to the south. In many parts of the island they were taken in great numbers; in all parts they devoured the cabbage plants, &c. The frost continued by nights, but the warm sun of the days thawed the snow so much that the grass in the meadows dipping to the south and west, again pressed through on the 10th. It froze very hard till midnight on the lath, when the wind shifted to the south-west, attended with rain, and on the 14th the snow had almost entirely disappeared. The winter has been long and severe, and as the poor are not relieved by the charities of those that are gone, na rich legacies having been left to them, they rely on their own exertions, the poor-house, or to the voluntary subscriptions of the tradesmen, &c. 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On the Disorderr arising ft otn indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcea (}lest, Strictures, and oth er Die *eases of :he Urethra. g e kl4:l gui ElV a T . O a r io T talented Zte R d g ; "The work is a legally ' 1 1 1 :o has avid, litly had cousiderabl e eaP eri ce of quail gediiem al author ma o man, c the treltment of the various sorders arising from the lollies trailtiei of early indiscretion. Ti ie engravings are an invalual,le dwelt, by demonstrating the cot sequences of excesses, Which mur act to A salutary warning to you', Is and maturity, and by its perusal m any questions may be satisfactof ily replied to, that admit f no a;>. peal, eves to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and 1 say be bad at his residence; also from Kent and Richards, 52, Pate rnoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 6 Oxford-street, Stade, Ticlaborni -street, Quadrant; Gordon, 14' Leadenhall-street, London; Newl on, IG, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. 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CHUBBS' CASH and DEED BOXES, fitted with the DETEC TOR LOCKS C. CHUBB and SON, 57, St. Paul's Churchyard, London; and C Chubb and Co., agents, 23, Lord-street, Liverpool. PARLIAMEN TARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceen'in the House of Cornnumx.) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. SATURDAY, FEE. 13. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17. Midland Great Western of Ireland (Extension from Athlone to Galway). Exeter and Exmouth. Leeds and Thirsk (Leeds, Durham, and Newcastle Exten• sion, &c.). Leeds and Thirsk (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, , c.). Leeds and Thirsk (Knaresborough and Boroughbridge Branch). Leeds and Thirsk ( Eaglescliff and Stillington Extension). Leeds and Thirsk (Harrogate and Pateley Branch, &c.). Leeds and Thirsk (Branch from blelmerby to Northallar ton, &c.). THU RSDAY, FEB. 18. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith Extension). Ediubargh, Leith, and Granton (Union Canal and Caledo. nian Railway Junction). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Peterborough and Thorney Line). Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle•upon-Tyne Junction and Northern Counties Union Amalgamation. Cheltenham and Oxford. London and South-Western (Andover to the Bishopstoke and Salisbury Branch, &c.). FRIDAY, FEB. 19. Dundee and Newtyle. Dundee and Perth (Alteration and Extension and Inch. ture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael Branches). PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the two following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders complied with : Liverpool Corporation Waterworks. Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Amalga mation. OPPOSED LIST. BLANDFORD AND BURTON. This adjourned case was then resumed. It occupied the whole of the day, but the allegations sustained were not of any great importance. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases the formal proofs were completed:— Great Northern Railway—Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Al ban's Branch. .... .. Great Northern Railway—Deviation between Grantham and York. Boston ' Stamford, and Birmingham Railway—Branch to Wisbech Harbour, and Wisbech Harbour Improvement. Boston, Stamford. and Birmingham Railway—from Wis bech to Sutton Bridge, with Branch therefrom to Sutton St. Mary, and Improvement at Sutton Bridge. OPPOSED LIST. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY— LEITH AND GRANTON JUNCTION. In this opposed case it was decided that the standing orders had not been complied with in one or two instances. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY—ILFORD TO TIL BURY FORT AND SOUTHEND, WITH A BRANCH. In this case the opposition was withdrawn, and the custo mary formal proofs having been put in, the standing orders were declared to hare been complied with. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY—DEVIATIONS BE TWEEN PETERBOROUGH, BOSTON, AND DON CASTER. In this case also the opposition was withdrawn, and the standing orders complied with. Adjourned till to-morrow. MEETING OF THE IRISH PARTY. Another meeting of Peers and Members of the House of Commons was held on Saturday at their chambers, Parlia ment-street. Among those present were Lord Monteagle, the Marquis of Sligo, the Earl of Mountcashel, Sir E. Hayes, Mr. H. Lefroy, Mr. Edward Grogan, Colonel Acton, Mr. 'Villiers Stuart, Mr. P. S. Butler, Mr. Morgan, Mr. M. H. Tuite, Mr. William Smith O'Brien, Mr. R. Osborne, Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Fitzstephen French, Alr. William Henry Gregory, &c. &c. Lord Monteagle occupied the chair. Mr. SPOTTISWOODE, accompanied by three other gentle men connected with the mcneyed and mercantile inte rests in the city, was introduced to the meeting; and, atter sonic brief observations explanatory of the object of his visit, laid before their Lordships, and the other members of the Irish party, certain suggestive propositions embodying a scheme for supplying the funds necessary to carry out Lord George Bentinck's measure with respect to railways, in the event of the Railway Bill introduced into the House of Ccimmons by the leader of the Protectionist party receiving the sanction of the Legislature. Mr. Spottiswoode sub mitted that there were many reasons which should induce the Government to encourage the construction of railways in Ireland. They would not only furnish employment for a large number of the Irish population, and consequently re lieve the existing distress, but would afford permanent means of occupation to a considerable class of persons in maintaining and working the railways when completed. Railways in Ireland, too, were desirable for the general convenience and advantage of the whole community of Great Britain, and, when formed, would be property, created by otherwise unemployed labour, of a profitable nature to those who possessed it. The money for making the railways might be easily provided by the mean s o f E xc h e quer notes of 11. each, bearing no interest and receivable in taxes and other Government payments, without cost to the Exche quer and without disarranging the national finances ; but, on the contray, the circulation of such .Exchequer notes, by providing the wages of labour, would increase the con sumption of exciseable articles and thereby improve the national revenue. Moreover, the money so provided would not withdraw the means of prosecuary, atuindgesopteticeiralulysefautitohcecupprae: the general industry of the t s i e o n n t s , t ü b n u e t , t w e o n u d l d t , o o n s t t i h m e u c l a o t n e t r community. The several suggestions made by Mr. Spottiswoode were freely canvassed, but no formal resolution upon their merits was adoped ; they will be brought under the consideration of the Irish party at a future meeting on an early day. The proposition for raising the 16,000,0001. of money required by Lord G. Bentinck's scheme, by the of 1/. Exchequer asbeoncutmo commended Government payments, cause notes, bearing no interest, and d re a c u elv a a n b i l m e t a n te t d az d e i s scu an ss d io o n t , h i e u r that the plan proposed by the Irish els w r i e ll to the notice of Government by some of party the course of the adjourned debate, which is to be resumed this which every Member took thepart. deputationher by prolonged discussion in evening, if not interfered Committee on the Irish Poor Relief , Bill, which stands spe cially on the orders. Mr. Spottiswoode and discussed. It was the subject of medical charities was should be made to Government lwiisthfriends then withdrew, and agreed that application superintendence. Thanks were voted to Lord Mouteagle for his conduct in four for the introduction of a more ef ficient system of medical the chair, and the meeting separat ed shortly before o'clock. 63, I The Moniteur Algi•rien of the 30th ult., in giviniz an account of the last razzia of General Cayaignac, which has already been mentioned, states that Abd-el-Kader him self had but a few hours before been in the same neighbour • hood Conatilittin a razxia upon A tribe which PM hostile to him. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, FEB. 15.—Wind S., light breeze and hazy, with rain. DEAL. FEB. 13.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W. ; 14. W.S. W., strong.—Arrd. New Zealand, Smith, Calcutta ; Sovereign, Stuart, Madras ; Britannia, Coulthard, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Amazone, Stein, New York, for Bremen. Sld. Jessie, Cuba ; Beaufort, ditto. Arrd. from the River, Atlantic, Honduras; Jane, Rio Janeiro; Brontes, Charleston, Posthumous, Cuba. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrd. James Campbell, St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, for Liverpool. Sid. 12th, Helban, Batavia. CLYDE, FRB. 13.—Wind W., hard.—Arrd. Mogul, Oli phant. Batavia ; James Hunt, Simons, Antigua for Belfast ; Charlotte, Faulds, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Emi grant, Price, Mobile. HULL, FEB. 13.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Lanark, New York. FALMOUTH, Fan. 14.—The Susan, Healy, St. John's, New Brunswick, to London, put in here yesterday, with part of cargo thrown overboard, loss of boats, bulwarks, and having been on her beam ends. The Souvenir, London to Limerick, put in here yesterday, with damage to bows and cutwater, having been in contact with the James, Salmon, St,. Andrew's to Liverpool, which had been previously dismasted. A barque, waterlogged and abandoned, with forcrnaagand bow sprit standing, was passed 30th ult., in lat. 45 lon. 11, by the Sedulous, Levie, since arrived here. CORK, FEB. 12.—Wind Northcfrly.—Arrd. Ann Carr, Carr, Maracaibo; Chatham, B , New York; Wilhelmina, Lawson, Callao. Sld. Malabar, Mobile. MILFORD, FEB. 13.—The Eden, lariglia, y,enice to Cork or Falmouth, on shore near BroadEaven 26th ult., has bien got off and brought in here. a. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 13.—Wind S.S.E., light ; H, W., fresh. —Arrd. Anger, Bell,J3ombay ; A - Martin, Martin, Bom bay ; Dryad, Hanson, Lima; Pltlntate,‘Linik; Centaur, Rio Janeiro; Golden Fleece, Palethorp, MiAo•;;,Rowland, Blanchard, New Orlea.ni;lHarmony, JarnieLeß Orleans ;1 St. George, Hutchinson, Ikrew, OrleA; terd Seated, Fitt. shnonds, New Orleans; Denmark, Adrews, Virginia; She nandoah, West, Philadelphia ; Leonora, Dale, New York; IslatnoltiEackfo?d, New Ylirk ; Glen, I‘l.'Ntilty, Newfound ' land; London, Michael, Calcutta; Carter, New Orleans; Arabian, Hawkins; New Orleans; Gleusxvon, Guy, New York ; Frederica, Atkinson, New York ; Patna Pon eenby, China; Tory, Sharp, Savannah; Euphemia, Hicks, St! John's, New Brunswick. Sld. Jeremiah, Garnett, Shanghae. DEAL, FEB. 14.—The John, Rice, from Charente to Leith, ran foul of the Jane, Stanley, from London to Rio Janeiro, whilst at anchor this morning; the former lost mainmast, bowsprit, rudder, &c., and the latter lost anchor and chain, sustained considerable damage, and is leaky; both vessels remain in the Downs. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 13.—The Jane, of Bristol, from St. Andrew's to Liverpool, diamasted, but not in want of assist ance, was passed 4th inst., in long. 12, by the Ann Martin, Martin, arrived here. 14. The Stephen Whitney, Popham, from New York, and the Anjer, Bell, from Bombay, were in contact last night in the river; the latter lost mizenmast. Bnisroz., FEB. 14.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Science, West cott, Manilla. SWANSEA, FEB. 14.—Win'd W.—Arrd. Helen Hardy, Odin, Cuba. WATERFORD, FEB. 12.—Wind N. to N.N.E.—SId. Warrior, Trenan, Philadelphia. BELFAST, FEB. 9.—Arrd. Lucius Carey, Brown, St. John's, New Brunswick, with damage, fur the Clyde. Sld. 11th, William, New York. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. H.M.S. Rosa mond, Cape of Good Hope. Sld. Hilda, Batavia. NEWCASTLE, Fas. 12.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Ann Louise, New,York. OFF TORBAY, FEB. 14.—Wind W.S.W.—Princess Sophia, Wessel, Batavia, for Rotterdam and Sierra Leone. Fa!mount, FEB. 14.—Wind W., fresh.—Sld. Hampshire, Llanelly. Stumm, Fps. 13.—Wind W.S.W.—SId. Ann Louise, New York. RELATING TO THE LOVELY MARY, OF ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. A dispatch was received at Lloyd's this morning, an nouncing that Commander Caffer, .of her Majesty's steam sloop Scourge, had fallen in with the brigantine Lovely Mary, Stanton, of St. John's, Newfoundland, from Water ford, Ist of January, under jury masts, riding at anchor about two miles to the southward of the Dante Rocks. The Scourge brought up into the Cove of Cork. MEDICAL CHARITIES in IRELAND. MEETING OF THE IRISH PARTY. A meeting of the members of the Irish party was held at the dice of the Great Munster Railway Company, Parlia ment-street, at two o'clock, yesterday; Lord Monteagle in the chair. The following noblemen and gentlemen were in attend ance :—Marquis of Sligo, Earl of Mountcashel, Lord Massa rene, Viscount Bernard, M.P., Sir Arthur Brooke, M.P., W. S. O'Brien, M.P., P. S. Butler, M.P., W. Banbury, M.P., A. Lefroy, M.P., 11. Tuite, M.P., J. Martin, M.P., J. H. Hamilton, M.P., Sir E. Haves, Bart., M.P., G. A. Hamilton, M.P. and E. Grogan, M.P. After a lengthened discussion on the medical charities in Ireland, the following resolutions were agreed to : " That whatever be the future system for the relief of the sick poor, it is our opinion that it is essentially necessary to provide by law for a strict and complete inspection of all the medical charities in Ireland." " That the Chairman he requested to communicate this resolution to Mr. Labouchere." The Landed Property Improvement Bill was then dis cussed, and suggestions made for alterations in several of its clauses; after which the meeting adjourned. The future meetings of the members of the Irish party are to be held at 16, King -street, St. James's. FUTURE REPRESENTATION OF THE BOROUGH OF READING. (From the Berkshire Chronicle.) It is with extreme regret that we now announce that the hopes which we may say were universally and confidently entertained by the inhabitants of this borough that Mr. Wal ter, of Bearwood, would be their representative at the ap proaching election are at an end. That gentleman is now lying dangerously ill, and whatever may be the termination of his illness—which we sincerely hope will be favourable— he has directed it to be made publicly known that he has formed a firm determination to retire wholly from public life. He has expressed, so far as he is able, his sincere and affectionate regard for the inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, and assures them that though he shall in no case be their representative, he will, if spared. not cease from being their friend. ----- DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WANDSWORTR.—On Sa turday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, the pre mises belonging to Mr. Bell, lucifer match manufacturer, in Garrett's-lane, Wandsworth, were discovered to be on fire. The flames commenced in the steam-engine boiler house, and very speedily they penetrated the roof, and rose a consider able height, threatening destruction to the principal portion of the spacious works. With all possible expedition an engine belonging to Mr. Bell, and another from Messrs Watney, the distillers, were got to work, which prevented the fire from spreading. The brigade engines arrived from London. The fire WAS extinguished before ten o'clock, but not until considerable damage had been done to thepremiles. How the fire originated could not be ascertained. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —TEAS AT WHOLESKI B PRICE S , No. 2, BUCRLF . RSBURY, CHEAPSIDE. FILMiIIeS w hose c onsumption is large, and study economy , considerable advantage at this establishment. will deriv e uni form price is affixed, by which the pureha e se t ; of O a l lesing le pound can obtain it on the same terms as the trade. Ss , 3s. 4d, 3s . 8 1 Black Tea 2s. 8d , 45.,45. 4 c s 45 ., 4s. 4d., ss. Green 3s. 4d., . 35.. Bd ., Coffee One pound sent free 9d., 10d., Is , the country forwarded quantity is for 61b. we' paid to any part wh9lesale tea o a to a . is, 2d.,., 55., 65., 7s. is. 4d., is. 6d., is. Sd. any part of town. Orders from the same day; and when the f ight (tea only), the carriage is England.—MANsxm. and Co. defilers, 2, Bucklerabury, Cheapside . NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. _ . POR*SMOUTH, FEB, 12.—Captain lAyer's pay-sergeant of the 6th company of the Royal Marine Artillery absconded on Friday last with a considerable sum of money in his pos session. It is suspected, however, he has met with foul plan, or that some unfair means have been used to cause his ab sence, as he-bad on the previous Wedneday a much larger sum in his possession. Hitherto this mari_ has born Vmoit excellent character, having served in the corps upw2lrls of 19 years. He has seen some considerable service, and re ceived decorations of the Cross for the relief of Bilboa, 1836, and the Cross of Isabel IL for his services in the field. The Frolic 16, Commander Hamilton, was at San Bias on the sth of December, with a freight of bullion on board, ready to sail in a few days for England, touching at Val- paraiso. The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, was at San Blas on the 14th of December, collecting freight, and was to leave for Valparaiso, Rio, and England, on the 15th of February. The Modeste, 18, Commander Watkins, was expected there daily. The Avon, surveying steam-vessel, Commander H. C. Otter, sailed last eveniaig for Scotland to resume her survey. We are informed that the weight of the gun and pinnace on the deck amidships of the Birkenhead steam-frigate is so great as to have caused the deck beams to *sink so much as to press upon the cross-beams of the machinery, so that when the engines were stopped they could not be set going again And that with only 500 tons of coals on board she swims two feet deeper than was intended I The African steam-tug proceeded to the wreck of the Sphynx to-day with the Drake lighter in tow, and a gang of riggers on board to rig out a " derrick " for getting out her boilers and heavy machinery. Each boiler weighed 15 tons. The Drake is to take the machinery on board, but not the boilers. The Echo went in the same direction at noon to-day, taking a gang of shipwrights, and towing a mooring-lump, the two original camels, which have been re paired and strengthened, and one of the paddle box boats formerly belonging to the Retribution, the whole loaded with empty casks, and other stores to be used in the attempt to float off the wreck. Another and larger punt has been decked over, and fitted with a frame work of bulk timber, to be used at the Sphynx's stem ; one end of the punt is to lee brought against the stem, where a notch is fitted to receive it, and the punt firmly braced with chains to the vessel,while at the other end is a strong upright frame fixed about 12 feet high, over which, in notches prepared for the purpose and lined with sheet iron, the chain-cables to be used in heaving off are to be carried, which will give increased buoy ancy to the whole. It fine weather lasts we have great hopes in the success of the experiment. A party of men (50) of the Victory, under the command of Lieutenant Thompson, will go down to render assistance. All the offi cers having been brought from the wreck to the court-mar tial, Captain Austen, of Woolwich, has been left in charge of her, and Dr. Burns (awaiting passage to join the Dido in the East Indies) has relieved Dr. Clarke, of the Sphynx, of the medical charge. In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, and Felleisle ; the Rattler, Birkenhead, Echo, Myrtle, and Afri can steamers. At Spithead—None. In Dock—The Prince Regent, Ajax, Victoria and Albert, Leander, Serpent, and Champion. In the Basin—The Edinburgh, Dauntless, Sidon, and Kestrel. The second division of the 56th Regiment arrived by rail way this morning, and immediately embarked on board the Belleisle. The Sidon steam-frigate, Captain Henderson, C. 8., had her fore and main masts taken out to-day. , FEB. 14.—The Belleisle, 72, Captain Kingeome, dropped out to Spithead this morning with the reserve battalion of the 56th Regiment for Gibraltar, with whom she sails after shipping her powder, kc. The Herald, 26, Captain Kellett, was at San Blas on the N j r u a s n t e o returned ls f r n o d m . the She s would 2 o 9 f t t h he of C sail for Panama to refit early December. All well on board. The Rattler stean-sloop (screw) Commander Moorman, went out yesterday to try her screw, Sm. The Rapid, 10, Commander Galwev, was spoken with on the 3d instant off Cape Finisterre, bound southward. A vote of thanks has been sent down from the Admiralty to the officers and mea employed from this dockyard upon the Sphynx, expressive of the warm and entire approbation of their Lordships of all the measures adopted for her extri cation. and stating that their claims should be all attended to as soon as the work is completed. Ptermouvr.--,The South-Western Steam Navigation Com pany's packet Transit, Captain Michael Whitworth, under charter by Mr. Hislop, her Britannic Mal esty's Vice-Consul at Carril, arrived at Ply mouth on the 11thi inst. with about 700 sacks of Indian corn in sacks and bulk ; 40 and 50 cases of eggs, and 18 bags of chestnuts. The corn is very much heated, owing to the long and boisterous passage experienced. She completed her lading about the 23d of January left Carril, the 29th, returned the 31st, departed again the Ist inst., and having made about 30 leagues north of Cape Finis terre, put back to C orunna for coal en the 3d, and finally left the ' coast of Spain on the sth. They first had very heavy weather from the N.E., then a calm, followed by a severe gale from the N.N.W. On reaching Plymouth their coal was all consumed, and water nearly expended. In the Sound they touched o n the Batten Ree f, but came off with the flood about three o 'clock Aeki. The cargo will require to be landed and stored immediately. The Transit reports her Majesty's ship America, 50, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, and her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, to have left Carmine, with t he w i, wind at on the 3d inst. At Comma about eight or ten British, and the same number of foreign merchant vessels; one-half of the former bound to Carril. A great o f large timb er floating about near Cape Finisterre quantity and in Commie Bay, apparently the cargoes of wrecked vessels. Saw several homeward -bound ships in the chops of the Channel. D E ATH OF___ VICE-ADMIRAL YOUNG.—Died at Denmark -hill, on Thursday evening, after a short illness, in the 68th year of his age, Vice-Admiral William Young, an officer better known to the mercantile marine of the country, when Captain Young, for many years in the Transport-office, Deptford, th an an y other officer in the navy. Vice-Admiral Young was o ne of the few surviving original directors of the Dreadnoug h t Hospital Society, " pet claildxen which, with the Marine Seeley, he dea l g uated hie ." V THE ROYAL SOCIETY. The Marquis of Northampton, as President of the Royat Society, gave the first of his usual annual series of sal; fa on Saturday night, at his Lordship's mansion, in Piccadilly. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and above 400 noblemen and gentlemen, more or less connected with the different literary and scientific institutions of this country, grace d the noble president's re-union by their presence. At nine o'clock the visitors began to arrive in rapid suc cession, and it was past eleven before the carriages had ceased bringing company. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George Lennox and the Hon. Captain Gordon, arrived just before eleven o'clock, and was welcomed into the . vestibule by the noble president, by whom the Royal Prince was cm• ducted to the principal saloon. In the different apartments we observed a variety of is. teresting models, specimens of art, and various objects espe. cially attractive :to those moving in the circles attached to the arts and sciences. Among the gentlemen attending on this occasion was Mr. Holman. the blind traveller, who was introduced by Mr. J. Stephens. The principal models exhibited were Little's double-action printing machine. The working model exhibited was highly approved, and Prince Albert, to all appearance, was much pleased by the rapidity with which the numerous copies were worked off. It is but justice to state that much at tention was given by the crowded visitors to that particular object, and its utility was spoken of as such as to cause general adoption in cases where a large amount of copied were requisite in a limited space of time. Another interesting object was Mr. John Hutchinson'/ spirometer, for measuring th e v it a l capac i ty o f t h e l ungs. A new instrument for the inhalation of ether, called by the inventor " th e gra d uated dose inhaler," was also pointed out. _ Mr. R. R. Reinagle exhibited the model of an invention for preventing collisions on railways. M. Claadet submitted some discoveries lately made upon certain properties of the various rays of light, which are to form the subject of a paper preparing for the Royal Society. Some casts from the antique remains in the British Mu seum, cast in copper by the electro-galvanic process, were submitted by Mr. Cox. Mr. Goadby brought a beautiful specimen of the Clays.. gella, one of the most destructive marine animals known to naturalists. The specimen was obtained from the Phillippiae Islands, and is unique. His Royal Highness Prince Albert retired at a quarter be fore twelve ; and after the departure of the Prince Consort the general company separated. The Noble President will hold his next conversazione on th• 27th instant. ROYSTON AND HITCHIN RAIL WAY. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders of thil company was held yesterday, at. Radley's Hotel, New Bridge. street, Blackfriars ; Lord Dacre in the chair. After the usual preliminaries, The CHAIRMAN said—Before calling on the secretary ti) read the report, he thought it necessary to say that the num. ber of shareholders present was not to be taken as an evi dence of the amount of shares held, for they far exceeded the number required to constitute a meeting. The SECRETARY then read the report, which stated that the directors, in accordance with the powers given them at the last half-yearly meeting of the proprietors, had concluded arrangements with the Great Northern Railway Company, and that in consequence of the abridgement of the line by Parliament, the capital to be called up for the purpose of constructing that portion of the railway then sanctioned would amount to 200,000/., being 61. ss. per share. The agreement with the Great Northern Company provided for an application to Parliament for powers to lease the railway to them, the company (this being obtained) to execute a lease in perpetuity at an annual rent of 12,000/., being six per cent. on the capital before stated, the rent to commence on the opening of the Great Northern Railway from London to Hitchin, or on the 16th of July, 1849, the interest of five per cent. to be paid on the deposit and calls in the interim. Tne agreement also provided for an appli cation to Parliament for an extension of the line from Roy ston to Cambridge. The agreement contained a clause giving power to the Great Northern Company, on giving three months' notice to redeem, the annual rent or dividends at 50 per cent. premium on the share capital. The report, after congratulating the meeting on the arrangement that had been made with the great Northern Company, and alluding to the death of one of the directors, P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P., in whose place had been elected Francis Parker, Esq., of Manchester, recommended that the number of directors should be in- creased from fourteen to eighteen. The report concluded by stating that the directors were proceeding with the purchase of land for the construction of the railway, which would be completed by the Ist of May, 1849. An abstract of the receipts and payments of the company, since its formation, was then submitted to the meeting, from which it appeared that the expenditure was 25,121/. 18s. 5d., which left a balance in the banker's hands of 2,768/. 16s. 11d. The CHAIRMAN said it appeared to him that the report was so detailed, clear, and circumstantial, as to render any remarks from him quite unnecessary. But he was quite ready to elucidate any point that might require explanation. He would, therefore, move the adoption of the report. Dr. Sxow seconded the resolution, which was carried una nimously. M. J. Underwood was re-elected as auditor, and Messrs J. Arbouin, W. S. Boyd, T. Pym, and Captain J. M. Laws R.N., were elected directors in conformity with the recom mendation of the board. A special meeting was then held to consider the agreement made with the Great Northern Company. The SECRETARY read the agreement together with the draft of the two Bills. The agreement was unanimously sanctioned. Mr. LEECH proposed and ➢ir. UNDERWOOD seconded a vote of thanks to the chairman and the other directors which was also carried unanimously. The meeting then separated. THE ARMY. We are sorry to hear that the use of the beat-skin cap, hitherto worn by Fusileer regiments, is to be discontinued so soon as the caps now in possession of those corps are word out. w s The old colours the 36th Regiment havlicbeen received at Chelsea Colege:To which4stablishment they were trans mitted by'Lieut-Col. Ashmore, the commanding officer of that excellent co s, with a request that they may be der sited there, and iced by.tht nteterins of the army with the same jeahr care and veal as protected and defended them when nufurled before the enemy. A report prevails that Major-General the Hon. Charles] Gore, who was promoted in the last Brevet, has been ap-. pointed to the command of the eastern district of Canada, in succession to Major-General Sir James Archibald Hope, K.C.B. We learn from a friend in India that the gallant veteran, Lord Gough, is in the enjoyment of excellent health arid spirits. He never fails to take his daily walk of seven miles, and hence his continuance in such robust strength, for exec. cise in India has always proved the best preventive to sick. ness. His Lordship will not return to this country until the expiration of his full term of service as Commander-in.Chio of the Forces stationed in the East Indies. The Bill relative to limited enlistment, intended to be laid before the House of Commons, will probably provide that fot the future those enlistments shall be confined, for Infantry to ten years, for the Cavalry to twelve, and for the Royal Ar tillery to fourteen, with the option, if fit for further service, of enlisting for a renewed period, at the expiration of the first, or of becoming enrolled for occasional duty, upon the same, plan as the present embodied out-pensioners, receiving a pension two years for one of such enrolment, added to their service as soldiers. The men already enlisted are, we be. lieve, to a certain extent to be allowed their discharge under the same regulation.— Uvited Service Gazette. SENTENCE OF THE COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN BULL, 57TH REGIMENT. (EXTRACT FROM GARRISON ORDERS, FZB. 12, 1847) Field Marshal the Commander-in-Chief having had thy honour to lay before her Majesty the Queen the proceedings of a general court-martial, held at Chatham, on the lOUs December, :846, and continued by adjournment to the 21st of the same month, for the trial of Captain John James Bulk, of the 57th Regiment, who was arraigned upon the under• mentioned charge, viz.:— For conduct prejudicial to good order and military discip. line in the following instances : Ist Instance—ln having, on the 9th of July, 1846, on board the barque Mary Anne, then at anchor at Simon's Bay„ Cape of Good Hope, ordered Major Shadforth, 57th Regiment, then being his commanding officer, into arrest. • 2d Instance—ln having, at the same time and place, without authority, assumed the command of the head-quar ters of the 57th Regiment, by ordering Lieutenant Sweeten Grant, the acting adjutant to the corps, to place Capt. Stan ley in arrest. 3d Instance—ln having, on the 10th July, on board the barque Mary Anne, without authority, assumed the command of the head-quarters of the 57th Regiment, by issuing regi mental orders, and relieving himself from duty as captain of the day for which he had been detailed. 4th Instance—ln having, on the said 10th of July, and at the same place, refused to sign a pass-order fbr calling a meeting of the officers which had been issued by Major Shad. forth, then being his commanding officer. sth Instance— In having, on the said 10th of July, after he had been detailed in regimental orders as captain of the day, left the said barque Mary Anne, although express orders had been given by Major Shadforth, then being his com manding officer, to him, Captain Bull, that no officer was to leave the said barque without his, Major Shadforth's, per. mission. Upon which charge the Court came to the following de cision : The Court having maturely weighed and considered the evidence in support of the prosecution, together with what the prisoner has urged in his defence, is of opinion that he, Captain John James Bull, of the 57th Regiment, is guilty of the charge upon which he is arraigned in each of the five instances. The Court having found the prisoner guilty of the charge _ W preferred against him, which being in breach of the Articles of ar, do sentence him, Captain John James Bull, f the o 57th Regiment to be cashiered. The Court having, by its finding and sentence, pro nounced the strongest condemnation of the conduct of the prisoner, Captain John James Bull, cannot but remark upon the total want of jwlgment and energy evinced by the prosecutor, Major Shadfortb, under grave and trying circumstances that called for that degree of firm. ness and decision which alone could check and suppress such an outrageous violation of military discipline as oc curred on board the Mary Anne on the night of the 9tb. July, 1846. The Court having passed sentence upon Captain Bull, the prisoner, commensurate with the serious offences f which he has been found guilty, begs to recommend his o case to the favourable consideration of her Most Gracious Majesty, on account of the high character he has re ceived from his colonel and the officers with whom he hat served. Her Majesty was pleased to approve and confirm the find• ing and sentence of the Court ; in consideration, however, of the recommendation of the Court, and the ground of that recommendation, her Majesty was further pleased to extent her most gracious clemency to the prisioner, and to command that he be restored to the functions of his commission, and removed to another regiment of the line, and seriously admo nished as to his future conduct. ( gned ) J. MACDONALD, Adj.-General. Lieutenants the Hon. Percy Fielding and Plunkett Burton were presented on Friday, at the levee, on their appointment to the Coldstream Guards, by his Bo) al Highness the Duke of Cambridge. SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—On Thursday evening Benjamin Ballard, one of the labourers employed in this undertaking, left his barrow filled with chalk, and on resuming his labour on Friday morning proceeded towards the opening, for the purpose of shooting his load, when, it appears, from the intensity of the frost the mass had become frozen together, and adhered to the barrow, which drew him headlong down the shaft, a depth of 160 feet, by which he was killed on the spot. Deceased was a single man, about 23 years of age. The body was conveyed to the North Aylesford Union workhouse, at Strood, to await a coroner's inquest. - Wan 1 .._.; ._~