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King, acting master, ceßmandmg, reottlied4 t o port o. port this morning from the vire.' , ':•lE of tile Sphym c z ,... 1 , the Monkey to supply her place . ' Ear nkachieemiiii I disordered that it is feared she w, ill not be sta, 'bro. teed with the supernumeraries„k., , e— -the - Ros " -- • z i to Plymouth, in which case the BirkeO 'leact e sent. The African brought in Lieutenant Thompson, of the Victory, and a party of his men, from Yarmouth, aid it is generally understood that all atten.`pts to get the Sphynx off will be abandoned until finer weather shall have set in. The operations, therefore, will be con fined to clearing her of everything that can be removed. The Dauntless, new - steam-frigate, which is goin, g to the Clyde to get her engines, has been ordered to -load with Indian meal. , - _ GAMI '.I , N. idross ►ng cm .ert t 011 A 7 t.) i ce En% LONDON, SAT U RDAY VIORNING SIT Ny FEBRUARY 20, 1847. RIM V. No. 16,981. PRICI SD. Fred* rick PUBLICATIONS. IRELAND. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. SALES BY AUCTION. BRISTOL, FEBRUARY IS. SToox Exczamia.—The sales are—Great Western Quarters, 30 p. —Ditto, Fifths, 29—London and York, Registered, 3s. 9d. p.-3lan cheater and Southampton, % Ms.—Midland, New, 35 % —Ditto, New, 3% p.—Shropshire Union, X dis.•—York and North Midland, Pre ference, 10 p. EXCHEQUER-BILL OFFICE. 2, Whi, Feb. , . The Exchequer - bills dated in the tehall month of d March, 16 1846, 1847 viz cap. 23, 9,379,6001., Anno, 1845 ; 8 and 9 Vict., cap. 129. 4,9001, Anno, 1845 ; also the Exchequer-bills dated in Septem ,l2, nd November, 1845, p. 2 and 3, Wm. IV., cap. 125 ; for relief of _w n es t t India Islands, with the interest due thereon, will be PAID OFF ;I; in he 16th day of March, 1847, when the interest will cease. Such s will and be received daily from half-past Ten o'clock till Two, until b ; 'nclue.ing the sth day of M a r c h, a t thi s office, where lists are to be obtained, containing instructions for arranging the bills. The 'Must endorse each bill with their usual signatures, and write their betakes and residences at the bottom of each list ; and where arses of holders are inserted in bills, the bearers, not being such Cold must previously obtain their endorsements. The bearers . 41 3 c attend to give receipts for the payment. 7,l t9Ment may be obtained, if required, previous to the said 16th 1 e 5 7 of March, u p on l eav i ng the bills fur exam i na ti on one d a y prior Ro that on which such payment is desired. New Ulla, bearing an interest of one penny halfpenny by the day 4011 every one hundred pounds, and dated the said 16th day of March, may be obtained in whole or in part payment of principal of the Exchequer -bills issued under the above-mentioned Act of 8 Vict., cap,, 23, and 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 129, upon stating the required amount on the lists, delivered on or before the said sth day of M arch, 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 . Whith they have been issued. The bills issued for relict of West India Islands will be paid off is Money. 'CI. All Exchequer -bills charged on supplies dated prior to . March, 1846, have b- en advertised to be paid off. CONTRACTS for OILS, SOFT SOAP, and ROSIN. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 18th February, 1847. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral Of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, de hereby give noble, that on Thuasnkr, the 11th March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con vait for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards with LINSEED OIL, GALLIPOLI OIL, NEAT'S-FOOT OIL, SPERMACETI OIL, and SOFT SOAP and ROSIN. Distributions of the Articles, Samples of the Soap and Rosin, and Pomo of the Tenders may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any no ticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi . raity, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for and most also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 251. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contract, if exceeding 2,0001., and by One Person, If under that sum. WHITTINGTON CLUB and METROPO LITAN ATHENEUM.—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. WHITTINGTON CLUB and N ETRO- P ATHENA:UM. The Entrance Fees for aIIOLITAN Members of this Institution proposed on and after the lit 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. °films, 68, Cheapside. B EARIY S COLOURED YHOTuGrRAPHIC PORTRAI rs are taken at 34, Pa rliament -street, Westminster; 46 , King William -street, City; and 'I The Royal Polyt ec h n i c Inst i tu ti on , Regent-street. A picture is now speedily produced, far, very far, superior to any obtained by former exp,riments."—Art Un'on. " The Axingphthoteogcrolzsisteseel."— m f st%u to s nii ne ng le r s o s st w . onderful than the discov er y of CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 'Co. 78, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. The Annual General Meeting of Proprietors will be held. at the Office of the Society on THURSDAY, the 4th day of March next, at 2aUlastone o'clock precisely, at which meeting Five Directors and One Auditor (on the part of the Proprietors) will be elected. Any Proprietor desirous o f p ro p os ing a candidate for the o ffi ce of Director or Auditor must send the name of such candidate to the Secretary, at least Fourteen days before the day of meeting. The ballot will commence at Eleven and close at Two o'clock. The election of an Auditor (on the part of the Assured) will also take place on WEDNESDAY, the 3d day of March, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. All persons assured for the whole term of life, and qualified to vote, are hereby referred to the conditiqns endorsed on their policies, for information concerning the candidate to be proposed. Feb. 10, 1847. GEO. H. Prs:CKARD, Resident Secretary, FOURTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. A detailed report (just published) of the bonus declared, and the state of the Seeley generally, can be obtained, free of expense, by addressing a letter to the Seeretary UNITED KINGDOM. LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.— 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London: 97, 'George-street, Edinburgh; 12, St Vincent-place, Glasgow ; 4, Col ege-green, Dublin. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834. In 1841, the Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured to all policies of the participating class, from the time they were effected. Parties wishing to secure the benefit of the itext division of profits in 1848 should make immediate application. When the Insurance is for life, only one half the Annual Premium need be paid for the first 5 years. Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Director, E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., No. 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-snail, London, where Prospectuses, &c., may be had. PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, SO, REGENT STREET, LONDON, Established 1806. INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,200,0001. Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 529,0001. Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,520,0001. PRESIDENT. - The Right Honourable EARL GREY. DIARCTOIS. The Earl of 'Macclesfield. Frederick Squire, Esq. Sir John Osborne, Bart. Rev. James Sherman. John Deering, Req. Alfred. Beaumont, Esq. Alexander Henderson, M.D. Richard Sherwood, Esq. 1. The Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life Offices, the rate without bonus is lower than that of most other offices. 2. The Bonuses are added to the Policies, or applied to the redue ton of the Premiums, or may be received in cash as soon as de. eared, at their then present value. 8. Loans are granted upon the Policies issued by this office, sr the Policies are purchased at their full value. 4. If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may rePitir the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of good health. Bonuses paid upon Policies which have become Claims. Life insured. iSum insured.! Sum paid. John Wharton, Esq.. Skelton Castle Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart... air William Wake, Bart. • • • • Earl Strathmore..... •• • Yev. H. W. Champneys, Canterbury The Marquis ot Wellesley • • Earl Cathcart - 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 Z. 8. d. 7,706 6 0 7,652 13 3 7,500 5 9 7,128 15 8 4,509 1 1 3,411 1 3 1,862 4 11 l'rospectuses and ton to t --- Particulars may be obtained upon applica tion agents of the o ffi ce in all the pr i nc i pa l towns of the United Itlngdem ; an d at the bead office, No. 50, Regent-street. JOHN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director. ATIONAL LOAN FUN D LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26 CORNIIILL, LONDON. Capital £.500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured has, cut all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense er for :eiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premiums paid (see Table) ; also the option *1 selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in crests to meet ether conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFITS. The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society Las enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 55 per coat. on the premiums paid on each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. , , p t g .t , g g'l SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE .4 13onas Bonus in m,, Assured g. F Premium. i added. .- .-.^.. d Cash. E 9 may F - i Borrow. EMS, AND CREWE RAILWAY. The Committee of Management request that all parties holding Scrip, or Banker's Receipts, orhatinganyagainst 1 pany, will forward the same to the Secretary, at the Company's -- -- -- Office, in order that a further Dividend may be declared forthwith. , 1 1837!X217 15 1 .£lOO 0 11,X16 0 4 X 445 0 0 B y or d er , X £ l ' 1838; 192 3 0 87 1 4! 13 10 2 395 11 1 R. Y. CLARKE, Secretary. 0 1000 3 4 48391 165 11 10 74 19:11 3 1 346 2 3 Leek, 15th Feb., 1847. 1840 116 7 6 54 010; 718 10 1 296 13 4 1841! 11l 6 8 49 10 0 ! 7 10 41 247 4 s Ip...kS - lERN ___ COUNTIES RAILWAY.- E' TERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.- YORK EX I'ENSION SHARES. Notiee is hereby given that the Directors have made a CALL of 21. 10s. per Share upon the B Quarters of these Shares, which will be payable in Two Instalments of 11.55. each. Ihe first on the 18th of March, and the second on the 18th of May next. Interest at the rats of 5 per cent, per annum will be charged upon all arrears. The division of profits is annual, and the neat will he made in December of the proseat year. F. FERGUSON CAMROL'X. Secretary. THE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, FOR ACCUMULATIVE AND GENERAL ASSURANCES. No. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS. This Society embraces every known Advantage or Convenience offered by any existing Life Office. It combines THREE DISTINCT yet CO-OPERATING SYSTEMS, at the CHOICE of the ASSURED. Thus,—Policies may be effected on THE MUTUAL SYSTEM, Securing all its advantages, without its risks or liabilities, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS. THE PROPRIETARY SYSTEM, Wish the full benefits of its acknowledged SECURITY, SIM PLICITY, and ECONOMY. And THE ACCUMULATIVE, or DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED BY Tina SOCIETY, Which perfects the principle of Life Assurance, the full amount of the Deposit-Premiums BEING AT ALL TIMES AVAILABLE TO THE ASSURED. ALSO, HALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS FOR STIPULATED PERIODS, A peculiarly advantageous arrangement for 'YOUNG LIVES, and for all Persons WITH ADVANCING MEANS OR INCOMES. And Tables expressly calculated FOR NAVAL AND MILITARY RISKS, in all Quarters of the World, on the Most Moderate Terms Together with all the Divisional Rates and Accommodations of the best Offices. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, By Order, . , C. Y. RONEY, Secretary. Eishopsgate Station 12th Feb. 1847. lETHERIALINHALER, as constructed by Dr. 000 and Mr. ROBINSON. Mr. HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each of the Met•opolitan and Provincial Institutions at which this appa ratus has been used, it has succeeekd ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson, Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, M`Murdo, and many other eminent Surgeons, have operated on patients whilst under the in fluence of 'Ether, by means of this instrument, with the most corn 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 are received. EDW. FRED. LEEKS, Secretary. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM PANY. (Incorporated by Act of Parliament). 69, Lombard-street, London. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENEUAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, 69, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 23d inst., at Two o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the Half year ending the 31st of December, 1846. JOHN WILSON, Secretary. London, February 1, 1847. L ONDON NEW STOCK AND SHARE EXCHANGE, OLD BROAD-STREET. The peculiar feature of this Establishment is, that its members are not required (like in the London Stock Exchange) to be EX CLUSIVELY Stock and Share Dealers, but merchants, professional men, or tradesmen, can be admitted by conforming to its regulations. Particulars may be known, by application, to Mr. Meredith, Honorary Secretary, at the Exchange. CIIUBBS' LOCKS, FIRE-PROOF SAFES AND CASH BOXES. CHUBBS ' NEW PATENT DETECTOR LOCKS give perfect security from False Keys and Picklocks, and also detect any attempt to open them. They are made of all sizes, and for every purpose to which Locks are applied, and are strong, secure, simple, and durable. CIIUIIBS' PATENT COMBINATION L o A st C ru ll c , ti f o o i r i, F lo r w on i t n D p o r o ice rs : Collating House Doors, &c., are simple in c . and quite secure ; the Keys are particular yi T particularly neat and portable. CIIURBS' PATENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES, BOOK CASES CHESTS, &c., made entirely of strong wrought Iron, so as effectually to resist the falling of brick work, timbers , &c. , in case of the, and are also p er f ec tly se cure from the attacks of the most skilful burgl a r s _ CHUBBS' CASH and DEED BOXES, fitted with the DETEC TOR LOCKS. C. CA BB and SON, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard, London; and C. Chubb and Co., agents, 24, Lord-street, Liverpool. NORTON'S TRULY VALUABLE CAMO MILE PILLS, FOR INDIGESTION, &c. These Pills are a pure extract of camomile flowers, prepared by a Peculiar process, by which all the medicinal properties of rather more than one ounce of the flowers are concentrated into four moderate. sized Pills, They are mild in operation, and have proved wonder “ukY Successful in removing every sympton of indigestion, sick head ache, loss of appetite, giddiness, heartburn, costiveness, eruptions of the l skin, and all c om pl a i n t s ar i s i ng from a disordered state of the digestive organs ; they require no alteration of diet, and their opera tions will be found so beneficial in giving tone to the stomach, regu lating the bowel s , an d i n p romo ti ng a h ealthy habit, as fully to con vince all who take them of their great utility. Persons who have suffered from indigestion for several years, have, by their use, in a few Weeks perfectly recovered, which is a convincing proof that in the smallest compass is contained the largest quantity ,yt j o e f ie th s e ys t t o e i l i n ic , Pri nciple of so peculiar a ,•ature as to pervad e th e through which it di.Tw;e, lib a',l strew tat. Sold in bottles at is. I!•.id., zs.9d., aau I is. each, in every town nt the ki ngdom. and bo not per "4(44CialTlON,—Be sure to ask for " N or t on ' s 1111 s ," t 9 ParthaSl Art In Preparation, WILLIAM HOWITT and the PEOPLE'S JOURNAL :An Appeal to the Press and the People, by JOHN SAUNDERS, to appear (free) with the March Part of the People's Journal. Price Sevenpence. Advertisements cannot be received later than the 22d. People's Journal Office, 69, Fleet-street. Ready, H ow TO RE-CONSTRUCT THE INDUS. TRIAL CONDITION OF IRELAND. A LETTER TO LORD J. RUSSELL. Ey JAMES WIRD, Esq., Author of " Railways for the Many and not Mr the Few." (Vide "Times' " City Article, Feb. IS.) Smith, Elder, and Co. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. CHEMICAL LECTURES by Dr. RYAN, with brilliantiand varied Experiments, daily, and on the Evenings t Mundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays during Lent, Dr. BACHIIOFFNER will deliver a Series of Lectures on ASTRONOMY, exhi biting 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 ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, including the recent Patent of Messrs. Nott and Gamble. The Models and other Works in the Useful Arts are daily described. The beautiful Optical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi ments by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. THE JESUITS IN ENGLAND. Now ready, in I vol. post Svo., price 7s. 6d cloth, with Portrait and Memoir of the Author, the Second Edition, with Additions, of THE NOVITIATE; or, THE JESUIT IN TRAINING ; Being a Year's Residence among the English Jesuits. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE. By ANDREW STEINMETZ. Also, in 1 vol. post Bvo., price 9s. cloth, TUE JESUIT IN THE FAMILY. A TILE. By ANDREW STEINMITZ. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. TREATISE on DIET and REGIMEN. Fourth Edition, much enlarged and re-written, embracing the more Recent Views, Facts, and Discoveries of Chemistry and Statistics. By WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTSON, M.D , Physician to the Buxton Bath Charity. In five Quarterly Parts, at 2s. each. Part 1., on the let of MARCH. London : John Churchill, Princea.street, Soho. OUR PRESENT STOCK OF FOOD. THE AGRICULTURAL GAZE FTE and GARDENERS' CHRONICLE of THIS DAY, contains an elaborate Table of " Our Present Stock of Food, compared with that of Average Years at this Season." This Table has been drawn up from the returns furnished by about 150 known correspondents. The "Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette" may be ordered of any news-agent, or a single copy may be had by enclosing six postage stamps to the publisher, at the Office, 5, Upper Wellington-street, Strand, London. DR. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONG LIFE. Ia pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. II OIV T 0 BE HAPPY. " Jacuride Vivere."—Cie. 2. ----- WHIT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints ) 3. MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. " T. be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL. " Cure ut velem." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To be had of qierwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn- Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till biter, at I©, Argyle-place, Regent-street. PEARL CANDLE LAMP.-NO FICTION!! —The Lamps hitherto used have created vast inconvenience, and it is high time they were annihilated—thanks to the gigantic improvements of our age, the time is at hand. To offer a Lamp— perfection—is, we deem, rendering a public service ; fer what are we without light ? The Pearl is so simple, it cannot be mismanaged. No cleaning required. To sell the ordinary Caudle Lamps is now impossible; the public have long enough been pestered with suet' rubbish. the Pearl Candle Lamp is the perfection of candle lights. The public will have none other. Designs to suit every taste. Burning continually at CLARK'S, the Immense:Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, Ten doors from the Lowther-arcade. Please write down address. __ 7, PALL-MALL EAST. MPLOYMEN T.—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. Mien's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street. They arc 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 rale. The only license required is l Is. per annum, and many during the last 20 years have realised considerable incomes by the agency, without Is. let or loss. Application to be made, if by letter, post paid, as above. 52, Flect-streat, A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon Dentist, 52, Fleet- Street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW DESCRIP TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the originals by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may bo within reach of the most economical, he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica ion.-52, Fleet -street. At Home from Tell till Five. F RAMP T 0 N'S PILL of HEALTH Price 'this excell en t excell en t F am i ly Pill is i n medicine of long - tried effi cac y for per box. correcting all disord ers o f the Stomach an d B o wels, the common symptoms of which are C ost i veness, Flatu l enc y , Spasms, Loss of Appetite, Sick H ea d- ache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulness a f te r meals, Dizziness of th e Eyes, Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach an d Bowels ; Indigesti on, producing a Torpid state of the Liver, an d a consequent Inactivity of th e Bowels, causing a d i sorgan i za tion of every function of the frame, win, in this most excellent preparation, by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doses will convlaue the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and Jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each bux. These Pills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds, Agues, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urinary Passages; and, if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Persons of a Full Habit, who aro subject to Head-ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never be without them, as many dan gerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. For Females, these I'ills are most truly excellent, removing all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with the sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of th e Ski n, and give a healthy i and juvenile bloom to the complexion. To Mothers they are confidently recommended as the best medi cilia that can be taken , wring pregnancy; and for children of all ages they are unequalled. As a pleasant, safe, and easy Aperient, they unite the recom mendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no restraint of diet, or confinement during their use. By re gulating the dose, according to the age and strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be re quired ; and for Elderly People they will be found to be the most comfortable medicine hitherto prepared. Sold T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. IM d. and 2s. M. per h.J3.; ; and also by the Vendors of Medicine generally throughout the kingdom. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, *229, Strand, London," on tke Government Stamp. STAR-LIGHT ! NIGHT-LIGHT 11 PERFEC PION !! ! WHAT is a MORTAR LIGHT? What are ordi nary NIGHT LIGHTS ? Certainly, things that are bye-genes, and will be used no more. The Star-Light Night-Light is a charming little light to illumine the darkness of the bedchamber ; it must suc ceed ; its economy and simplicity myriads will admire ; for what can be desired more than perfection ? This beautiful little Light is burning, and can be had from 3s. 3d. to Ss. each, at CLARK'S, the IMlllelife Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand, Ten Doors from Lowther Aread e. engil ,eer, d Ka ileY , .ng o 301 ' pan, - wa s iectg 'were step" d to 24t1 l of it 1) lore ding and ip tO t l 2 e I.lth Le tile el -na, Dells the met iers this effeet OClAb er ' ks gdotS e by mile s Led. idst o f Ito sit it. was and' t o grit' ,tee. d all 0 stinx rfiti cam* 3° AY') TICE; an d %No' MO' f tb Must; tbs fuel, ! I I be Act u. witb9u 1 quest lo fuel fore Jibe 1 far the 5. P` 'the C,L I .; inwortwi mat c2lltr i ; port.— men:, au charactef be Pat e d s coal )here; be whateler' evidenidee: 000 ro t atbel he betW _.opa „ _ tiol e to to ior so ,ed $ t.; :f loath el the fu - Dudek' ged tb‘ b t ec t to I dela° g iveo. .Y.) ,e in the he !JO -. !es. The t pin i o n 0! assign ees one-tb i ,l dd 13 ,., •eseinted• he aPPli' Y.) furFroy st red• $ u nder ;ad beer' be g ° • eillsevg le g ° o l The apPe„ot ef bad tien'"nt lt t hil • t e4 be g l • dit e° 4 . 4 1 % , ) iresst ) JA° is • to I o ted v th ssl irn, s: SALES OF LANDED PROPERTY, OF FREEHOLD AND _LEASEHOLD HOUSES, RENT -CHARGES, REVERSIONS POLICIES, &c. Ai R. EDMUND ROBINS (Successor to the I, Y. X. late Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, and whom he has assisted many years in the conduct of his business) announces most respectfully to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public generally, that the tuslNEss WILL NOW BE CONTINUED BY HIM in, the department of SALES by AUCTION, or PRIVATE TREATY, of LANDED PROPERTY. of FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD HOUSES, RENT-CHARGES, REVERSIONS, POLICIES, &c., as well as SURVEYS and VALUATIONS; and he most respectfully urges that the long experience he possesses, under the able conduct of his lamented relative and predecessor. entitles him to solicit a portion of that support so many years enjoyed by the old-established concern in Covent-garden, whilst he ventures to assure his patrons that a strict attention will not only be paid to the interests of those who may entrust the disposal of their property to his con duct, but a scrupulous desire to render the charges for commission, Re., as moderate as he consistently can to accomplish that success which it will ever bo his primary object to achieve. Covent-garden, Feb. 20,1847. TO EMIGRANTS AND SPECULATORS. IMPORTANT SALE of LANDS in TEXAS, under the DOMI NION of AMERICA, calculated for AGRICULTURAL PUR POSES, and near several thriving Towns. MR. ROBINS is instructed to SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE. at the Auction Mart, on TauRSDAT, March 4, at Twelve, in various Lots, SINGULARLY ATTRACTIVE ESTATES for the EMIGRANT or SPECULATOR, comprising 10,643 ACRES of FREEHOLD LOCATED LANDS in TEXAS, under the Dominion, and in the Southern part of the United States of America, and new denominated the Land of Promise. The limits of an advertisement preclude the possibility of entering into general detail of the flourishing condition of this country, its genial climate, superio:itY of soil, proximity to important water communication, all of which will be fully described in the prospectus, with a description of each tract of land, and the boundary as set forth in the title ; it will now be suffi cient to state that the Lands comprise NINE ORIGINAL TITLES, or SEPARATE ESTATES, in the counties of Harris Liberty, Galveston, and Bexar, the smallest Lot of which will be 320 Acres, and THE LARGEST 4,605 ACRES, surrounded by thriving farms, and not far distant from the populous towns of Houston, Harrisburg, Montgomery, Trinity, and St. ♦ntonio de Bexa., all excellent markets, with important navigable resources. Also 6,080 ACRES OF FREEHOLD LAND, in eleven original unconditional certificates issued from the Govern ment, for 320 and 640 acres each, which give the right to the pur chaser to select the land at any period and in any part of the dominion of Texas then not allocated, and without the payment of taxes till the land is located. A more favourable opportunity for the emigrant has never offered, the large sum now demanded for land in America having turned the stream towards their new state of Texas, where, in a very few years, the same large prices will be obtained, and the located lands Included in this sale are all ready for the pur poses of agriculture. Full prospectuses, affording much useful information, may be had at the Crown Hotel, Princes-street, Edinburgh ; Tontine, Glas gow ; Gresham's Hotel, Dublin; Imperial Hotel, Cork ; Water loo Hctel, Liverpool ; Royal Hotel, Manchester ; ♦lbion Hotel. Leeds ; White Lion, Bristol ; Norfolk Hotel, Norwich ; of Messrs. Bush and Mullins, solicitors, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry; at the Mart, and at Mr. Robin's offices, Covent-garden. IN KENIF. FREEHOLD RENT-CHARGE IN LIEU OF GREAT TITHE, ARISING FROM A MOIETY OF TILE PARISH OF WESTER RAM, PRODUCING NEAR FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR. MR. ROBINS begs to announce for SALE . by AUCTION, at the Mart, on THURSDAY, March 25, at . Twelve o'clock, in One Lot, A PERPETUAL RENT-CrIARGE, in lieu of Great Tithe, secured upon a Moiety of THE PARISH OF WESTERHAM. IN KENT, which, under the Commutation Act, was settled at 380/. 17s. 2d. a year, but which has varied during the last few years below and ABOVE FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM. This charge becomes the first upon the land, and is now in the cha racter of a freehold ground rent, being in perpetuity ; it is secured upon SEVERAL WELL-CULTIVATED FARMS OF 3,220 ACRES, besides smaller tenants, altogether thirty-six in number. The outgoings for rates are about 601. a year; also one of the best pews in the parish church. Property of this description is now rendered as secure as any other freehold property that can be ()flexed for sale ; and from the impossibility of any diminution or loss arising from non payment, it becomes the most eligible for safe and permanent invest ment; indeed a more certain or safe income cannot be secured by a purchaser. Particulars will be ready twenty one days prior to the sale, at the King's Head, Westerham; Crown, Seven Oaks; of John Betholl, Esq., solicitor, 8, Parliament-street ;J. H. Badworth, Esq., solicitor. Westerham; at the Mart; and at Ai r. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. A most extensive and beautiful IMPORTATION of ITALIAN SCULPTURE, in great variety and unusual novelty, for unre- served Sale. MR. EDMUND ROBINS is instructed by the Importer to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, opposite the Bank, on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY NEXT, at Twelve, An unuittally extensive and truly-varied Collection of TASTEFUL MODERN ITALIAN SCULPTURE, embracing many objects of an entirely novel deseription, among which are numberless exquisite specimens of the sculptor's art, many of them original, and others copied from the most celebrated models in the Lanzt and Vatican, as well as the Borghese and other private galleries in Rome and Florence, all executed with consummate talent by carefully-selected modern artists. The assemblage includes finely-executed statuettes of Milton and Shakspeare, with groups and figures after Benvenuto Cellini, Bolognia, Michael Angelo, Canova, Thorwaldsen, Bartolint, and Pampaloni, beautiful vases, tazzas, and ewers of the Medici, Etruscan, Adrian, Roman, and Warwick forms, noble cisterns and splendid ornaments in various beautiful marbles, AN ELEPHANTINE PAIR OF VASES, copied from the pair lately sculptured for THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE OF RUSSIA. Also highly ornamented FroreiitiTeM;sZmarble dejeune tables, and an endless variety ol beautiful objects, suitable for drawing rooms, boudoirs, dining-parlours, halls, and conservatories. The collection will be on view on Tuesday next and mornings of sale; and catalogues can now be obtained at the Auction Mart, City, and Mr. E. Robins's offices, Covent-garden. CORNWALL RAILWAY. FIRST CALL of :21. 10s. per share, per 501. share, and 11. ss. per Half or 51. Share. Notice is hereby given, that the Directors have made a CALL of 21 10s. per 201. Share, said of 11. ss. per Halt or 25/. Share, payable on or before MoNDAT, the First day of March next. The Share holders are required to pay such Call accordingly to any of the undermentioned Bankers, namely :-- Truro, Falmouth, t Messss. TWBEDY. WILLIAMS, and Co. Redrutli, Messrs. GLYN, lIALLIFA.X, and Co. London, /Messrs. PRAED, FANE, and Co. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be charged on the above Call after the First day of March next, until such Call be paid. By order of the Directors, J. T. TREFFRY, Chairman. Dated Truro, 2d Feb., 1847. Interest will be allowed at the rate of 4/. per cent. per anntun on he whole amount paid up, from the date of payment. No Share holder is entitled to transfer hie shares until he shall have paid the Call. CALLAO AND LIMA RAILWAY COMPANY. The Shareholders are respectfully informed, that should the Diroc tors not receive the concoeslon from the Peruvian Government by the next June packet, when a reply to the last instructions sent to their Agent at Lima will be due, the Company will be DISSOLVED, and the Deposits returned. By order, G. UPTON, Secretary. 5, Barge-yard, Bucklerlbury, 16th Feb., 1847. PLATE. A B. • B. SAVORY and arcf — SONS, Manufacturing e Silversmiths, 14, Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of Englaud—The best wrought SILVER SPOONS and FORKS, Fiddle Pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ; Queen's Pattern, 7i. 4d. per ounce. The following are the weights recommended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier, at the same price per ounce:— Fiddle Pattern. Queen's Pattern. oz. s. d. Aa. d. oz. s. d. Zs. d. 12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2..10 15 0 12 Table spoons 40 at 7 4..14 13 4 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 72 . • 7 3 4 12 Dessert dittos 26 at 7 4.• 9 10 8 12 Table Forks 30 at 7 2..10 15 12 Table Forks 40 at 7 4..14 13 4 , 12 Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2.. 7 3 12 Dessert ditto 26 at 7 4.. 910 8 .. . 2 GravySpoonstO at 7 2.• 3 11 8 1 Seup Ladle 10 at 7 2.. 3 11 4 Sauce ditto 10 at 7 8•• 3 16 8, 4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 1 Fish Slice .. • • • • ...... 2 18 0 12 Tea Spoons 10 at 7 11• • 3 16 8. 1 Pair Sugar Tongs 0 15 0 N. E. A Price Current, stamper drawings, and containing informi Silver or Sheffield Plate, may be h into the country free of postage, in 2 GravySpoonsl2 at 7 4.. 4 8 0 1 Soup Ladle 12 at 7 4.. 4 8 0 4 Sauce ditto 12 at 7 10.. 4 14 0 4 Salt Spoons (strong gilt) 2 2 0 1 Fish Slice 12 Tea Spoons 14 at 7 l 0.• 5 9 8 1 Pair Sugar T0ng5.....• 1 5 0 I as a Newspaper, illustrated tv stion relative to the purchase at ad on application, or will be sent answer to a paid letter. ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, pries 2s. 6 , 1. or post paid, to any address, for 3e. 6d. in Postage tamps direct 'front the Author's residence. IELF PRESERVATION: A Medical Treatice ►►JO on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturay. Illuerated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy. Physioingy, and Disease, of the Urinary and Repre4uctive Organs, explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and show•i: g the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ott r excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervoi s Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of the Urethra. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON, 9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London; _ Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. CONTENTS OF TEE TREATISE. Cuanza. 1. Oa the l'hilosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances andoOligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.— CHAPTER. 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative Organs, their flinctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy lotion --CHAPTER 3. Oa Solitary Habits; their various effects en the Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function , of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of th`c Mental Faculties. CRAFTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtf and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness. Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—CnArreas 5 and 6. Or the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gouiterhcea Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of ..he Urethra. REVIEWS OF FUR WORK. "The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail. tied sae ti cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of the tre =eat of the various disorders arising from the lollies an' frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which mue act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its peruse' many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit t no ap peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era. Published by the Author, and may be bad at his residence; also from Kent and Richards, 52, Paternoster-row; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street, Starie, Tichborne-street, Quadrant; Gordon, 146 Leadenhall-street, London; Newton, la, Church-street, Liverpool and by all Booksellers. At Home for Consultation daily, from Nine till Two, and from Five till Eight ; and all letters immediately replied to, if containin the tee of 11., for advtce.&c.-9 REDFORD-STREET BEDFORD /WARR. LONDOv STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, FEB. 16.—During tie last few days there has been more inquiry than for some time pre viously, both for goods and yarn. Although little business has been done, except in cases where holders consented, under the pressure of heavy stocks, to accept lower prices, there was upon the whole a more cheerful feeling on the Exchange yesterday, than on any market day since the commencement of the year ; and some of our best-informed merchants and manuacturers ap peared to think that there were strong indications of future improvement. We learn, too, that the advices received from the United States, by the Hibernia, are very favourable, and give a more decided promise than heretofore of an extensive business to that country. We do not learn, indeed, that an% very heavy orders have been received, nor are any such likely to be sent at this season ; but we believe that - the small shipments sent out at wh itohhe had a a t d t e rn not t n d p r o o f v i l o a u s y s t l y e t a o r ( r m s e o d m e p a o r f t t o h f e m t, h e o f fa reg b o r ia i c r s a iv r e em e u f n a e ll ra t t r i given t a h expectations p e e x e c t e rl e ti d o i n n s oy may ex t ports to the United States), have been generally sold a n d g e prices ees ; generallyan d expected. further x ecte d. orders B But, t , h have whatever been for those and other goods, so that a large business be entertained i) improve ment, the present position of pinn e e s rs to an period in the history of the future manufacturers ietntidis unfavourable. of the yarn, or cloth into which cotton manufacture, has the Probably, at no former margin between the cost l' rab cottonsuspension by a a n dv very ye Ipricelarge ge has been the working of short manufactured, been so small as at the present time ; the necessary result proportion of the trade, and a total sp p ension of labour by a number of large establishments. ' n uring the last few days, the greater part of the millo Stule), bridge, Hyde, &c., have began to w wo e r r k s in Ashton, l eight hours per day ; and their example is likely on y to have considerable influence upon other pur • ties, who have hitherto persisted in working full time. ROCHDALE, FEB. 15.—T0-day there has been an extremely dull market, the worst we have had since this year came in. Very few pieces have been sold, and comparatively few buyers have attended the market.. It is reported that two small manufacturers for Black- water market have stopped payment, and others are talked of. HALIFAX, FEB. 15.—Both spinners and manufacturers experienced a gleam of hope , when tho y saw the price of corn beginning to give way ; but the re-action in the cotton market has dashed their hopes, and made the gloom darker than before. Wools, both long and short, k • become rather easier to buy, there has been more having inquiry for them, but purchasers have been rather shy, in the expeetltion of a more d e cided reduetion. 1 g —A very dull market see lI UDDCRE FIELD, FEB. ~. had, and quite a gloom pervades a mongst our cloth manufacturers. Hopes are entertained that the next packet from America may bring several orders; but this is not expected to improve any branch but the makers of light goods and vestments. LEEDS, FEB. 16.—We have a poor business doing at our Cloth Flails to-day ; i...uil there is no new fFaLury in the state of trade in oar district which demands notive. Both mauuiaetureis and merchants euntinue to aa o - nh great caution in their operations—the only mode to meet the exigencies of the times. —Manchester Guardian, THE DISTRESS. DuxLiN, FEB. 1 7.—The following melancholy deta ils of the sapid progress of s t arvat i on i n th e we st are copied from the Mayo Constitution of yesterday:— " In the neighbourhood of Newport, on Sunday morning last, a poor man, named Mundy, was found on the road side. His emaciated frame betokened that his death was the result of want. He was a native of Burrishoole. On Friday last a poor man died at Deradda, Mier Newport, of actual hunger, leaving a family to follow in rapid succession. On Saturday a poor man was also found expiring from exhaustion at Koos keen, and notwithstanding relief being brought, the poor man died, food having come too late! In the neighbourhood of Breaffy, near this town, the following deaths• have oc curred from starvation and disease—Michael M'Enally, of Roemen, on the 12th ; Peter Swords, of Derrinacrishant„ on the 12th; his wife on the 12th; James Gavan, of Ballysdawn, on the Bth ; his *wife on the 10th. All these cases proceeded from dysentery and exhaustion. On •Sun day, the 7th instant, Mr. Atkisson, coroner, held an inquest on the body of Patrick Maughan, at Coonanarrow. The deceased has left a family, who are in the most indigent state. The "jury verdict was—. 4 Death by starvation. In this village there is not a family that do not appear likely to fall victims to famine. On the same day, on the body of James Brislane, at Kilcrimtnin. The deceased was put on the public works a few days previous to his death, and was hastening on Saturday evening to the office of the pay-clerk, but being very weak from want of food, he fell on the way, and was found dead nest morning. Verdict—' Death by starvation.' On Monday, the Bth, on the body of Pat How ley, at Saltfield. The deceased was employed on the public works, and was found lying on the road, where he had fallen, by a person passing by; when removed to the nearest habi tation he died shortly after. Verdict—' Death by starvation.' On the same day, on the- body of William Sheridan, at Cloonta. The deceased had been in a gr-at state of destitu tion, and going from one village to another he fell into a small rivulet which he attempted to cross, and from his de bility was unable to extricitta V self! Verdict—' Death by drowning, bnc attributed . to starvation.' This coroner states there were twelve more inquests reported in his district, but which from indisposition he has been unable to attend. Dur ing the past week Mr. O'Grady, coroner, held inquests on the following persons :—Anne Fhilbin, Patt Hannon, Francis Gannon, Jordan Morrisroe, Anne Teatum, Patrick Carey, Thomas Costello, Constantine Muller, John Mulloy, Bridget Mulloy. In each of these cases the verdict returned was— Death from starvation.'' In the same paper there is given an account of a most atrocious murder which was perpetrated on the night of the 11th inst., about four miles to to the west of Louisburgh : "It appears that two sisters, named Mary and Honor Gib bons, lived Dear a brother of theirs named Jarred Gibbons; Mary went on that day to Louisburgh to purchase provi• eons, but did not return ; in her absence the house was burned, as well as the body of her unfortunate sister. Mr. Walshe and the coroner arrived there, and, after two days' inquiry, Mr. Walshe and the police found hid in James Gibbons' house a large quantity of the unfortunate woman's property; it was also discovered that he sold at daybreak the feather bed on which she lay the night she was murdered. Gibbons was found to be somewhat burned, and there was evidence from two of his relatives against him. The jury unanimously returned a verdict of wilful murder against him. He has been fully committed. It was with difficulty that the police saved him from being struck by the stones which the country people Jiang at him. The woman's right leg and arm were burned to a cinder." GALWAY ELECTION.. GALWAY, MONDAY EVENING, Fig gross poll, as declared by the returr, ing officer this afternoon, is as follows : The Solicitor-General Mr. O'Flaherty Majcrity for the Solicitor-General This has been an extremely close struggle, and the result is still doubtful, al hough the prevailing opinion is that the Solicitor-General will be returned by a very small majority. Some of the tenantry of the Marquis of Clanricarde came into town this morning to record their votes, and it was deemed necessary to afford them the protection of a military escort, in consequence of the growing excitement amongst the populace in this town. GALWAY ' T UES DAY, FEB. 16.—The poll opened soon after nine o'clock this morning ; but it goes on very languidly, and pretty equally on both sides. The contest willl, it is thought, close this evening, and the chances are that the Solicitor- General will be returned. But the issue is still very doubtful. QUARTER-PAST ONE &MOM—The numbers polled this day are : Monahan, Solicitor- General O'Flaherty This reduces the majority of the Solicitor-General on the gross poll to three. Two o'CLoat—There are conflicting accounts of the state of the poll at this hour. The friends of the Solicitor-General state that he is still in a majority of four, whilst the Repealers assert that O'Flaherty has a majority on the gross poll of two or three. There was some rioting and stone-throwing in the street this morning for nearly two hours, but no very serious ca sualty occurred, as far as we could learn. On Sunday, a man, accompanied ley his wife and child, applied for charity at the house of a person residing at Strawberry-hill, near this city. The owner of the house, being himself a poor man, said he had nothing to give away, on which the applicants entered, and took up their seats in t ide. A piece of rag dropped from the male pauper while in the act of stooping to light his pipe, which was at once picked up by one of the inmates of the house. The child of the former, seeing this, exclaimed, " They have: got your money, daddy," -wherenpohohlwinin , t-areed round, and de manded " his money" of the owner of the house. The latter refused, until he ascertained the amount , and a scuffle ensued, in which all parties present heartily jo ined. The noise at tracted the neighbours, who rushed in, and on learning the slate of the case, insisted the contents of the " rag" should be disclosed. This was done, and it was found to contain 25 sovereigns, 12 half-crowns, and 2 shillings. The beggar anti his family were returned the money, and took their departure amid the hooting and shouting of a large crows of persons.— Cork Constitution. s HORRIBLE FRATRICIDF. — T he Journal des Debat a publishes the following horrible ca se of fratricidefrom letter dated Bethune, 6th inst.: — " A fratricide, committed sse_ with more than ordinary ferocity, has filled our arrcn dir. ment with consternation and alarm. M . Florentin Appou ... haV'n badly brother Louis was his partner. The latter, ' cr editors managed his private fortune, was c ompelled by his brother Fla cheaux occupied a spacious flouremil l at Lorgie s. His to surrender his share in the flour - mill t o his rentin. This person was prosperous; whilst his profligate habits committed an act of swindling, and, in rtion order to avoid a prosecution, he was obliged to sell a portion order to avoid a prosecution, he was obliged to sell lie still of his growing crop, together with his funiitnre. 1 - 1 t'n The continued, however, to reside with his brother floren!: latter, at length, wearied with providing for the lavish aving ex penditure of Louis, determined to marry; and, after of his cautiously announced to his brother that the banns brother of marriage had been published, house, where he passed the afternoon. During i Floren Louis, excited by disappointed cupidity, broke into his bed tin's mill, and thence into his bed-chamber , where was locked in a recess. The unworthy brother next its intro duced a piece of iron into the lock, in order to preventher might being opened. This he did in order that his brot to see to be obliged to strike a light, and thus enable him returned he proceeded to h b is sa fa b t s h e e n r e ' e s accomplish his horrible intention. When Florentin hisassassin turn his key in the lock of his press, he did as removed some anticipated, he lighted his lamp, after having e borne he proceeded to prepare for bed, but not being able to of his clothing. Louis then appeared armed head. A severe with which he struck his brother on the Florentin re struggle ensued, but at length the unfortunate the m, in and ceived a mortal blow as he was escaping frorafearing that a fell to the ground. His execrable assassin, h and nostrils breath of life might remain, closed his mouth n of that with clay. clay. A few hours after the perpetrasni ° ll wet with the tricide, Louis Appourcheaux was arrested, t blood of the unfortunate Florentin." —On Thursday w r ith a musket, INTREPID CONDUCT OF A YOUTH •` outbreak of a ceived at the London engine stations 1(1 Brentford. In the morning, between twelve and one o'cloc af , most destructive fire in the town of 0 . from the Regent's space of a few minutes the County engin a e _e, with the West quadrant, and two belonging to the brig ei i conflagration, upon of England one, started for the ensclthat tba outbreak had reaching which which the firemen foul' boot and shoemaker, curred in the premis • es of Mr. Grover, a well-known Red to the situate in the High-street, next door an express was re ice of Mr. O'Hara, George Best, in the seta a youth, named and owing to his intrepid butcher, first discovered the fire, ofsaving five lives from a horri ble Lion Inn. It appears from in conduct, was the instrument and he noticed smke death. Whilst in his mastersayvs, - 1 and on running to issuing from Mr. Grover's back wino ing through an aper the front of the house he saw, by p i f shop was in a general tore in the window shutter, that tn quines made on the spot, that • able to make the inmates sensible " Fire," but without being. ._ they were exposed; he there of the great danger to backvitlica of the building, and, after climb fore, returned to the eb _, d with the aid of a poleaxe used ing over the wall, succeeded, staircase, smoke and sparks were at the same blaze. He immediately kir:cc:in: open the an do d or s , hou w t h e e d n , for killing bullocks. and made for Mr. Grover's upwards with the greatestconsiderable trouble he entered the bed impetuo- moment rushing were perfectly unconscious what was sity. After sme k e had obtained such power over tile chamber, bat the :' in his arms and ran down the stain bedroom ascended ; at they inmates, that in the course of a few minutes longer, they going on, b burnt to death. Best having laid hold of the the must have been , l e a shook him violently, and s then took up a couple of..placed them in safe custody,he with them. Baying Groverand her - 1 Mrs. husband,and. a third turned and save' same manner. Not f 1 . child was saved in the d . into ee ing then satis arindg recovered himself, he e returned i the burning pre fied shat all w . and inspected leaped into the yard. every room not on that all the • fire, and being convinced inmates were got out, n the sta . he was about to run down bim irs to escape himself, wh en a large sheet of flame down,ov k but bav o i n the staircase and com pletely knocked him erhias childreneresave, h life would have occurred. he was quite insensible, and such When picked "P him, that effect had the smoke upon . the blood issued from and nose, and it was some time before the youth his mouth could be restored. Had it not been for his praiseworthy ex ertions,Grover time, a most rd Isleworth The engines of Brentfo , , and other neighbouring opened one of t towns, were early at the scene : but the fire was not extin guished until the whole of Mr. Grover's stock-in-trade was destroyed, and the premises_ partially gutted, The occupier, who has lost upwards of 5001. worth of property, was only h d e e f b ,l a o c r k a b 1 windowslo s o f insured for half that amount. One or two of the contigu ous premises are also damaged by fire, but not to any great extent. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.—The Bristol sugar market has been very flat during the week in all descrip tions of sugars, and prices have given way in nearly all descriptions 6d. to Is. per cwt. The stocks in first hands are very light, supplies are, however, now coming in. The arrivals during the wsek have !aefi— One vessel from De merara, with 533 hogsheads and tierces; one from Pernam buco, with 2,450 bags; one from Batavia, with 2,554 baskets and bags; one from Mauritius, with 6,400 bags and 539 casks; and one from Manilla, with 7,100 bags. Lumps must be quoted somewhat lower—brown 665., and standards 675, per cwt. Bastards are also lower, with little doing. Treacle, 295. to 30s. SODA Biscrnis.—Thil recently introduced de scription of biscuit, from America, the manufacture of tlee United bates, is naw being i -mOorteil lets ; the port-of Leii don, as well as the port of Liverpool, to which place the im portations had previously been confined. DESTITUTION IN IRELAND. The following is a copy of a letter from Commander Caffin, R.N., commanding her Majesty's steam-sloop Scourge, dated Feb. 15, 1847: — (PRIVATE.) " My dear Sir,—Having, in the course of my late duty (of discharging a cargo of meal, &c.) at Schull, been brought into direct contact with the distress that prevails there and in its neighbourhood, I venture to lay before you (feeling assured it would interest you in their behalf) that which I had occular demonstration of. " In the - village of Schull three-fourths of the inhabi tants you meet carry the tale of woe in their features and persons, as they are reduced to mere skeletons, the men in particular, all their physical power wasted away; they have all become beggars. " In landing the meal, &c., they used all the cunning they possessed to avoid detection in cutting open the mouths of the bags, and purloining the contents, and it required great watchfulness to prevent it. " Having a great desire to see with mine own eyes some of the misery which was said to exist, Dr. Trail), the rector of Schull, offered to drive me to a portion of his parish. I found there was no need to take me beyond the village to show me the horrors of famine in its worst features. I had read in the papers letters and accounts of this state of things, but I thought the) must be highly coloured, to attract sympathy ; but I there saw the reality of the whole—no exaggeration, for it does not admit of it—famine exists to a fearful degree, with all its horrors! Fever has sprung up, consequent upon the wretchedness; and swellings of limbs and body, and diarrhoea, from the want of nourishment, are everywhere to be found. Dr. Traill's parish is twenty-one miles in extent, containing about 18,000 souls, with not more than half a dozen gentlemen in the whole of it. He drove me about five or six miles; but we commenced our visits before leaving the village, and in no house that I entered was there not to be found the dead or dying; in particularising two or three, they may be taken as the picture of the whole—there was no picking or choosing. but we took them just as they came. " The first which I shall mention was a cabin rather above the ordinary ones in appearance and comfort ; in it were three young women, and one young man and three children, all crouched over a fire, and the pictures of misery. Dr. Traill asked after the father, upon which one of the girls opened a door leading into another cabin, and there were the father and mother in hed, the father the most wretched picture of starvation possible to con ceive, a skeleton with life, his power of speech gone the mother but a little better, her cries for mercy and food were heartrending ; it was sheer destitution which had brought them to this. They had been well to do in the world, with their cow and a few sheep, and potato ground ; their crops failed, and their cattle were stolen, although, anticipating this, they had taken their cow and sheep into the cabin with them every night, but they were stolen in the day time. 'The son had worked on the roads and earned his eip,htpence per day, but this could not keep the family, and he, from work and inset* ficiency of food, is laid up, and will soon be as bad as his father. They had nothing to eat in the house, and I could see no hope for any one of them. "In another cabin we went into, a mother and her daughter were there; the daughter emaciated, and lying against the wall; the mother naked, upon some straw on the ground, with a rug over her, a most distressing ob ject of misery; she writhed about and bared her limbs in order to show us her state of exhaustion. She had wasted away until nothing but the skin covered the bones; she cannot have survived to this time. " AUother that I entered had, indeed, the appearance of wretchedness without, but its inside was misery. Dr. Trail, on putting his head inside the hole which an swered for a door, said, ' Well, Phillis, how is your mother to-day?' He having been with her the day be fore, was replied—' Oh, sir, is it you? mother is dead!' and there, fearful reality, was the daughter, a skeleton herself, crouched and crying over the lifeless body of her mother, which was on the floor, cramped up as she had died, with her rags and her cloak about her, by the side of a few embers of peat. " In the next cabin were three young children belong ing to the daughter, whose husband had run away from her, all pictures of death. The poor creature said she did not know what to do with the corpse, she had no means of getting it removed, aid she was too exhausted to remove it herself. This cabin was about three miles from the rectory. "In another cabin, the door of which was stopped with dung, was a poor woman whoa we had taken by sur prise, as she roused up evidently much astonished. She burst into tears upon seeing the doctor, and said she had not been able to sleep since the corpse of the woman had lain in her bed. This was a poor creature who was passing this miserable cabin, and asked the old woman to allow her to rest herself for a few moments. She had lain down, but never rose again. She died in an hour or so, from sheer exhaustion. The body had remained in this hovel of six feet square, with the poor old woman, for four days ; she could not get anybody to remove it. She said she trusted her sins were par doned. She had prayed earnestly for forgiveness. She had been a wicked sinner, but God was merciful, and her Saviour was all-sufficient. She thought she could die, and longed to depart and be at peace, and she had blocked up the door that she might not be disturbed. She had some money—a trifle—by her ; but living four or five miles from the village, she could not get any food. She had asked her neighbours' children to buy her some, but they were too much taken up with themselves. She could not rise up, and could just manage to kneel. She had nothing to eat in her miserable hole, and I should fear must be dead ere this. "I could in this manner take you through the thirty or more cottages that we visited, but they, without ex ception, were alike— the dead and the d)ing in each ; and I could tell you more of the truth of the heart rending scene were I to mention the lamentations and bitter cries of each of these poor creatures on the threshold of death. Never in my life have I seen such wholesale misery, nor could I have thought it so com plete. lam convinced in that district it is not in e-- human power to stay the evil : it may be to alleviate it ; but this must be by a good organized system, and the supply chiefly gratuitous. I am of opinion a number of naval surgeons should be employed, having under their orders a number of men--who might be selected from the lists of pensioners (if they could be highly re commended)—to have charge of certain districts, not only dispensing medicine where it may be required, but also food, on an order of the relief committee, to any person in their district. The pensioner or two who might be under each surgeon would not only assist it visiting, but in conveying the food and medicines, &c., for the poor; and by being strangers to the localities, having no friends, would do this duty without par tiality. The surgeons should act with the relief commit tees, but independent of them. A board of health is also now wanted, as it cannot he expected but a pestilence will rage when the mass of these bodies decompose. They have cea'ed to put them into coffins, or to have the funeral service performed, and they merely lay them a few inches under the soil. " All that I have stated above I have seen with mine own eyes, and can vouch for the truth of. And I feel I cannot convey by words the impression left on my mind of this awful state of things. " I could tell you, also, of that which I could vouch for the truth of, but which I did not see myself, such as bodies half eaten by the rats ; of two dogs last Wednes day being shot by Mr. O'Callaghan whilst tearing a body to pieces ; of his mother-in-law stopping a poor woman and asking her what she had on her back, and being replied it was her son, telling her she would smother it ; but the poor emaciated woman said it was dead already, and she was going to dig a hole in the churchyard for it. "These are things which are of every-day occurrence. " I trust you will pardon my having troubled you with this, and taken up so much of your time. I have given the counterpart of it to Sir Hugh Pigot ; but thinking you might like to have it, has induced me to send it to you. I enclose one of Dr. Traill's letters : every word I can answer for the truth of. "Pardon this hasty scrawl. " Believe me, my dear Sir, very faithfully yours, "J. CRAUFORD CAFFIN. " P.S. There have been two or three post-mortem examinations of those who have died, and they find that the inner membrane of the stomach turns into a white mucous, as if nature had supported herself upon herself, until exhaustien of all the htunours of the system had taken place. POLYPHONY. Mr. Love, the celebrated Pol.) phonist, on Wednesday evening entertained a numerous and respectable audience Pat Crosby Hall, Bisho sgate-street by the exhibition of his extraordinary feats of ventriloquism and polyphony. The pieces selected for the exhibition of his ta l e n ts w ere "A Voyage to Hamburgh" and "A Christmas Party in the Olden Time." In the former p iece the characters, selected from the miscella neous g rou p of deck and cabin passengers of the steamer, were of the most amusing description, and their c3loquial peculiarities admirably hit off. In the latter piece the transformations were most rapid and successful, and called forth at each change the cheers and hearty laughter of the audience. The performer changed from " a military officer" to " a serving lad," from the serving lad to a " West India gentleman," from that personage into a " fashionable and loquacious young lady. They eung lady was trans muted into " an old lady," who in turn resolved herself into "a servant," the servant intoold andgentleman " and, finally , th e old gentleman into the talented amusing lecturer himself. The curious power of ventriloquism was most ex cellently shown in a conversation between Mr. Lcive and an imaginary bricklayer, who was supposed to he on the roof of the building. The deception was most perfect, a nd the " oral perspective" of distance (as the lecturer styled it) most clearly defined. The performance is an nounced for repetition next Wednesday, an to d we end cor dially re commend any person wishing sp a lea -an' evening to avail ihem , elves ot th , ot,portunity p , . I l of witnessing Love's encertaiutneuts Ilf poly pho„y. ------------ "''i" . " 6 "' .. "" ......... _ .. _ EADYERTISE3IF.NT J.-11IIRE OF DROPSY BY ROLLO way's raxs AND O I NTHENT.—" on 4, I gremont- stre Decemberet, Brig htlast on, Feb. I, 1844.—M.r. Ilolloway—Sir, the 17th of ,my dauchter was sent for from London to see me, as she expected, for as my medical a t t endant state.l that it was impossible the last time , I could live to see Christmas -day. I was frihtfully swollen in body. my arms and gs were double their usual size; the water tloateki about alt Over is bo,iy. In Oh alarming state I had 'recourse to I :; or wo-aerful medicines, w!Lieb • :., eit my hie, :and ternoved -.11 the water from my system.—(Signed) MARTHA WILLARD." Sold by all res pectable druggists, And at rrofessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, strand, London. LIVERPOOL, FERRIIAZY 18. SrociE ExcuAxox.—The sales are—Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, % dis. ex div.—East Lancashire, New, 2% p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 1% p.—London and North-Western, 190—Ditto, Quarters (Grand Junction), 20,i - p.—Manchester and Lecds, Fifths, 5% p.— Ditto, Halves, (late L. and B ), 5 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire (late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 4% dis.—Midland, 122 ex div.—Ditto, 401. Shares, 5% ex div.—Ditto, New, 3% p.—New castle and Carlisle, 112% —North British, New, % p.—Preston and Wyre, Halves (A), 4t4 p.—York and North Midland, Freference, 10 p.—}ludderosteld Canal and Railway, 32—Ditto, 4% p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 2% dis.—Ditto, Preference, 1% p.—Scottish Central, 7 p.— Ambergate and Eastern Junction, Is. 3d. p.—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, I Is. 3d. p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9%—East Lincolnshire 2% p.—Fleetwood. Preston, and West Riding, % p.—Great Northern (Nos. Ito 108,000), p.— Ditto (Nos. 108,001 and upwards), % p.—London and York, p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 13s. 9 dis.—Trent Valley, Midland, and Grand Junction, % p.—West Riding Union, 365. 3d. p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, p.—North Staffordshire and Churnet Valley Junc tion, 31s. 3d. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 6s. 3d. p. 31,LNCHESTER, FEBRUARY 18. Blocs ExcaANua.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, % p.—Birkenhead. Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, % p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 91( p.—East Lancashire, '2% c. p.—Ditto New (scrip), 1 746 p.— East Lincolnshire, 2 p.— Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % p.—Great Northern (Direct N orthern) Scrip, Regd., 1 4 p. Ditto (London and York) Scrip, Regd., 3-16 p.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 4% p. --Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 8% p. —Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3i p.—Manchester and Leeds. 321. Shares (late Extension), 214 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, • , nd Lincoinsinre (flrimsby), 201. Shares:l% dis. —Ditto (late Sheffield and Lincoln• shire), 1 dis.—Manchester and Southampton, % dis. -Midland, SOL Shares, 4% c. p. —North Staffordshire,, 7-16 p.—North Staffordshire and Churnet Valley Junction, 14e p. 7 -Northern Counties Union, 1% dis.—Oldham Alliance, % p.—West Riding Union, 1% p.—Whart dile, % dis. LEEDS, Fxsau.say .18. STOCH Excnsmt.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, Is. 6d. c. p.-East Lancashire, 2 1 A p.-Dilto, Blackburn and Pll3toa, 2!. 1 p. -Ditto, New, '2l. 3s. 9d. p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 271. 6d. p.-East and West Yorkshire, Is. p.- East Lincolnshire, 2% p. -Great Northern (Lite Loudoa and York), hs. p.- Huddereeld .::d Manchester, Thirds, 1% p.-Leeds and Thirst, 24 dis.-Ditto, 138. 6d. die.-Ditto, Preference, 275. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and :dal land, 10s. die.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 12s. Gd. dis.-Malton and Dritlield Junction, 235. p.-Manchester and Leeds, Halves (late Ilud. an•t Sheff.), 4 p.-Ditto, 321. Shares (late Extensions), 2% p.-Ditto, Extension (line Walt. P. and G.), 5% v. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland. 15s. p.-Midland, New, sp. -Ditto, Preference. 3% p.-North BM:3h, Thirds, 545. p- -Ditto, Quarters (late Carlisle Branch), 435. 6d. p.-Ditto, Exten sion (scrip), 14s. 6d. p. -North Staffordshire, 3% n. p.-North. Western, 91. 6d. p.-South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 4s. p.-West Riding Union, 365. p.-Wharfiale Junction, 6s. c. die. HULL, FEBRUARY IL STOCK EXCHANGE.--The sales are-North British, 35-Ditto. Quartets, 87s. 9d.-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 15s. 6d. p.-Black burn, Clitheroe, dis.-East Lancashire, New Scrip, 265. 3d. p. -Great Northern (London and York), 2%-Malton and Dritlield Junction, 1% p. SHEFFIELD, FEBRUARY 18. &ruck EICRANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 14s. p.—Great Northern (late London and York), Reg., p.—Malton and Driftleld Junction, 235. 6d. p.—Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire (201 hares), 28s. dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 21s. dis.—Midland (Sheffield and Rotherham), 3314—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland )4 dis.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, )4 p. NE WCASTLE-UPON-TYIN E, FEBRUARY 18. Broca Excustrux.—Tile sales are—Lie-s and Brad&rd, 45 p.-- Newcastle and Carlisle, New 13 p.—Northera Counties Union, 14 dis.—North British, 104 p.—Ditto, Thirds, 525. 9d. p.—Ditto, Quarters, 11% p. —Ditto, Extension, 15s. 6d. p.—York and Newcastle. Extensions, 6% p. EDINBURGH, nissuAsy 17. &rocs Exottattoz.—The sales 'are —Ayr and Galloway, 468. Direct Northern (scrip), 555.-9undee and Arbroath, 461.—Ditto, New, No. 2, 30—Ditto, New, No. 3, 51.—Dundee and Perth, 33 Ditto, New, 18 3 4—East of Fife, 66s.—East Lothian Central, 445. —Edinburgh and Bsthgate, ski --Eindburgh, Leith, and Granton, Now Quarters, 16s. 3d. p.— Edinburgh and Northern, New, 735. —Ditto, Newport, 5% —Ditto, ditto, New, 50s.—Great Northern (late Direct Northern), 755. 6d.—North British, 35%—Ditto, Halves, 16%—Ditto, Quarters, 87s. 6d. —Ditto, New, Quarters (scrip), 28s. —Ditto, Thirds, 75s.—Ditto, Fifths, 71.—Scottish Midland, 22% Stirling and Dunfermline, 7514—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d. —East Indian, Bs. 6d. GLASGOW, Fxszuway 17. STOCK Excaet.fos. —The sales are—Caledonlan, New, 478. 6d.— Dirset Northern Scrip, 535. U.—Dundee and Arbroath, 444—Ditto, New, No. 2, 3!l.—Ditto, New, No. 3, 51.—Dundee and Perth, 33►4 —Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 30e.—East of Fife, 625. 6d.—East Indian, 9s.—East Lothian Central, 423. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth. New, 14s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, 91. 2s.— Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391.—Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 425. 6d. —Scottish Central, 2174—York and Newcastle, Preference, 81. 16s. 6d. THE ~N O HOUSE" ON THURSDAY. The following Members were present when the House was counted out (27) : Mr. Thornely Sir A. Hay Sir C. Napier Sir It. Inglis Mr. Greene Major Macnamara Dr. Bowring Captain Layard Mr. R. Currie Mr. Brotherton Mr. M. Forster Mr. Barnard Mr. Nluntt Mr. C. O'Brien Mr. Stansfield Mr. B. Escott Mr. Plumptre Mr. Grimsditch Mr. Spooner Mr. S. Crawford Mr. W. Patten Captain Lindsay Mr. Finch Mr. M. Milnes Mr. R. Trevor Lord Sandon Sir John Hope. PARLIAMEI TARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the HUUSt , of Comninn , ) NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. THU ILSDAY, FEB. 18. The following Railway Bills are appointed to be read a second time : HONDAY, rns. 22. Lynn and Ely (Lynn and \ ormegay Navigation). Lynn and Ely (Deviation and Lynn Docks). Airdrie and Bathgate Junction Amendment and Deviation. Portadown and Dungannon. Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster Junction (Masbrough to Doncaster). WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24. Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Amal. gamation. Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Branch to Wisbech Harbour and Wisbech Harbour Improvement). Eastern Counties (Hertford to Hitchin). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Wiebech to Sutton Bridge, is ); TBURSDAT, FZB. 25. St. Helen's Canal and Railway (Warrington and Blackbrook Branches, &c.) Great Northern (Branches to Sleaford). Great Northern (Extension to Leeds and Wakefield, Deviation of Methley Branch of Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway). Great Northern (Purchase of Ambergate, .Nottingham, and Boston and Eastern Junction, &c.) PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. ;HOUSE OF COMMONS. (Room 22, before Mr. Examiner Smut.) UNOPPOSED LIST. In the following unopposed cases, the Standing Orders were completed : Great Western Railway (Amendment and Extension). Eastern Counties Railway (Somersham to Ramsay). Lagan Navigation (Powers to make new Towing-paths and other Works, to borrow Money, to alter Tolls, and to ex tend Time for purchasing Lands, and to amend Acts). Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales Drainage and In closure Company's Incorporation. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company (Tower Hamlets and London). Guildford Extension, and Portsmouth and Fareham, and London and South-Western Railways Acts Amendment, and New Lines, Branches. Deviations, and Extensions (Lines from Godalming toChichester, and to Cosham, near Portsmouth,with Branches to Bognor,Chichester Harbour,and Ernsworth, and to join the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, near Chichester, with Deviation at Godalming. and Extensions at Portsmouth, to be called the Surrey, Sussex, and Hants Railway). Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (Exten sion from Royston to Cambridge, and power to sell or lease the same to the Great Northern Railway Company). Royston and Hitchin Railway Act Amendment (Sale or Lease of Line). Duffryn, Lynvi, and Porth Cawl Railway Company ; and Lynvi Valley Railway Company Amalgamation. OPPOSED LIST. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (BRANCH TO HORN CASTLE AND TO BRAYFORD MERE, LINCOLN). In the above opposed case the standing orders were found not to be complied with. This closed the list for to-day. (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY). UNOPPOSED UST. In the following unopposed cases the customary formal proofs were put in, and the standing orders oomplied with : Ewell Rates. Saffron Walden Rates. Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway (Extension Railway to Melford, Lavenliam, anti Clare). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, anti Ilals:e , id Railway (Extension Railway from Lavenbam to Bury Si. Edmund's). Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Railway ( Lease to the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway Company). Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern Union Railway Company). Clandge's Patent Asphalte Company. Legal Quays (London).. Warkworth Harbour. Payne's Patents Assignment. Ryde Esplanade and Pier Street Improvement. King's Norton, Northfield, Beoley, Edgbaston, and liar borne Rates Bill. OPPOSED LIST. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (Branch from Burnt island to Dunfermline Branch ; Deviation and Extension of Dunfermline Branch ; Branch from the Strathearn Deviation to the Scottish Central Railway; Great North Road Crossing (Strathearn Deviation), and Road Crossing, and Dalkeith Railway Crossing. Dunfermline Branch). The hearing of the allegations in the above case was then resumed ; but the inquiry had not closed when the Examiner adjourned. STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. The Committee met at the usual hour for the dispatch of public business. The decisions on the different schemes sub mitted to the consideration of t he Committee were the fol lowing:— EDINBURGH, LEITII, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. Allowed to prcceed. SOWEIIBY BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT BILL. Standing orders not complied with. GREAT NORTHERN (DEVIATIONS BETWEEN GRANTON AND YORK). AllowedoN A to proceed. NORTH-WESTERN (BIRMINGHAM LONDON AND LICHFIELD BRANCHES). Allowed to proceed. SAMPLING AT TUE OUTPORTS.—The Lords of the Treasury having had under their consideration a memorial from a firm of high respectability at the port of Leith, re questing that the bottles used for sampling wine and spirits in bond at the outports miy be of the slime size as ti'-se slowed in London, Mr. Parker, one of their Lordships' Se cntaries, has intimated to the Customs' Board that be h:i6 b.eu commanded to convey to them their Lordships' autho rity for allowing the same quantity of wine and spirits to be taken as samples at the outports as in London. The Leander, 50, is being rapidly proceeded with, and is fast approaching completion. The Arrogant, 46, steam-frigate, with auxiliary screw, building by Mr. Fincham, the master-shipwright is nearly completed. The ways are being laid for launch ing her. Great progress has been made in forwarding the Royal Frederick, of 110 guns. A great number of workmen are employed on her, and if they are not removed she will be ready for launching in July or August next. The Penelope, steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, arrived at Madeira from this port on the IGth of January, and left on the 20th for Ascension, to take the broad pen dant of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, the. Commander-in Chief on the West Coast of Africa. station. A letter from her dated the 19th ult. reports " All well on board." The Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, flag of Rear- Admiral Inglefield, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope en route to the East Indies and China, from the River Plate, on the 17th of December. The Acorn, 16, Cora mand,r Bingham, also arrived on the same day front Monte Video. Both remained at the Cape on the 20th of D..e , mber. The Pr,sideat, 50, Captain Stanivy, Hag ,of Rear-Ad miral Dacres, Commander-in-Chiet on the Cape of Good Hope station, was :It Simon'A Bay on the 20th of De cember, as also were the Thunderbolt stem-sloop, Com mander Boyle, and the Cleopatra, 26, Captain Wyvill, about to sail for Englanii to be paid off. The Ditto, 20, Captain Maxwell, arrivt d at Table Bay from Simon's Bay on the 16th of December, and was in port there on the 19th, about to proceed to the East India and China station. Tht. Conway, 26. Captain Kelly, arrived at the Mau ritius from the Cape on the 22d of November. The Snake, 16, Captain Brown, arrived at the Mau ritius on the 25:h of November from Cosmeled, and sailed on the 29th for the coast and the Cape. The America, SO, Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, from Corunna, and the Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, joined Sir William Parker's squadron off Lisbon on the 9th inst. The latter grounded on entering the harbour, and remained ashore two hours. She, however, got off with out damage. A letter received this morning from the mother of a seaman of the Wanderer, 16, Commander Somerville, on the coast of Africa station, states that she was at the Pongas at the date of the letter, and the coast fever was raging awfully on board. _ WOOLWICH, FEB. 18.—The Odin steam-frigate, Cap tain. Williams, of the Amphion, having taken on board a quantity of provisions at Deptford for conveyance to Ireland, went down the river this afternoon to Green hithe to have her compasses adjusted, and will then pro ceed tit her destination, The Lightning steam-vessel brought down the Kite steam-vessel from Deptford to Woolwich yesterday, and the former steam-vessel has been placed under orders to proceed to Liverpool to serve as a packet for some time at chat station. The Wildfire steam-vessel, Second Master George Brockm4n commanding, left Woolwich yesterday for Sheerness. The Charon steam-vessel, formerly a Dover packet, is ordered from Woolwich to Chatham. The Cuckoo steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Abraham Perks, has returned to her station in Leith roads, from the north coast of Scotland, having been emplo-ed in conveying troops to Speymouth, Burghead, Cromarty, and other places in that quarter, on account of the riots which have taken place in consequence of the shipment of grain at those ports. The Crown agent for Scotland, since the return of Lieutenant Parks, has presented to him a handsome gold snuff-box, weighing upwards of filar ounces, as a mark of esteem and appro bation of his services. The Terrible steam frigate was taken out of dock yes terday afterncon, and the labourers were afterwards employed to clean out the dock, as is usual on such oc casions. One of the party, named Charles Donoghue, accidentally fell off the steps into the water in the dock, and was drowned. His body was recovered within about four minutes, and taken to Dr. Suther's surgery, and proper remedies applied, but life was extinct. THE WOOLWICH CONVICTS. Thursday an adjourned inquest was held at the Ord nance Arms, Woolwich, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, on the bodies of William Abbott, aged twenty-seven, and William Wallit , gton, aged fifty. seven. two prisoners under sentereo of transportation on board the hulks at The coroner had signified his intention, in conse pit vice of what had transpireu in the House of Com mons relative to the medical treatment of the prisoners, to institute a searching investigation, and it was agreed to order a post MOTU= examination by Mr. Bossey, - the surgeon of the establishment, in the presence of some eminent member of the faculty. Mr. Bossey also expressed his desire that the fullest inquiry should be.made into his treatment of the con victs. Yesterday Dr. Babington and Mr. Ashton Key, from Guy's Hospital. attended by request of the coroner. A. short-hand writer from the Secretary of State's office also attended, and took copious notes of the proceedings. Mr. Peter Bossey, surgeon of the convict establish ment, detailed the symptoms and mode of treatment pursued in the case of Wallington, who had been several times in the hospital. No remedial measures, either in the way of medicine or nutriment, appear to have been spared; port wine, isinglass, jelly, egg and brandy, stewed eels, and other articles being reely administered. to him. At the conclusion of his evidence the Coroner put n number of questions to Mr. Bossey as to the allegations made in the House of Commons. In reply to these, Mr. Bossey denied that he had ever threatened any sick pri soner with flogging, though he cited cases in which tho prisoners had for a time successfully feigned illness. There were cases in which he had threatened that if tho attempts at imposition were continued, he would order the men to be flogged; but they were not flogged, nor were their cases even reported, upon their returning to work. He had never threatened the really sick prisoners under any circumstances whatever. With regard to the charge of bucketing sick patients, or pouring cold water over them, he stated that in the case of a prisoner named William Theobald, who was in a state of insensibility through paralysis, he applied the effusion of cold water to his head, which treatment saved the prisoner's life at the time; and be believed this circumstance had beers maliciously misrepresented. He had never ordered pri soners who were on their death-beds out to work. It had been stated, in the case of a man named Hayden, that be had, been ordered to get up, and that he died almost immediately afterwards. The fact was, the man died at six o'clock in the morning, and he (Mr. Bossey) had not seen him since the afternoon previous. 'With refer. ence to the case of Henry Driver, whose body, it was alleged, was opened almost before life was extinct, and the entrails thrown into the Thames, the facts were, that he died at eight in the morning of the 26th of May, and the post mortem examination did not take place till nearly noon of the 27th, and the body was subsequently deli vered to his friends. After some further explanations from Mr. Bossey, Dr. Babbingtoa, and Mr. Ashton Key were examined, and expressed their entire satisfaction both as to the cause of death and the course of treat ment pursued by Mr. Bossey. The hospital was more crowded than they could wish, there being 97 occupants instead of the general average of 60. Still the treat ment was excellent, and the diet was richer and better than in Guy's Hospital. The jury, without retiring, returned a verdict of " Died from natural causes," in both cases. p the T r h e e st Coroner e then r e y x ! r a e n s d s e d r eg tir ett p e l d e a t s h u a r t e t he felt he atttic a k t on Mr. Bossey should have been made for two reasons ; the first, because a statement made in the House of Commons by an Hon. Member was always looked upon in in a t h s a e t ri; i u o s us l e ig c h o t t ; il, a i n n d ot se b c e o p n: l i b ly, iiely be a c i a l u s, s r e a a e t d ti , 7 x k e s e m pt a b d y s Members of the House. Members in that. I-I-use could say what they liked ; it was not libellous; they bad a cat te blooche, and could slash right and lea, an h d a t d h a e poor injured person had no remedy exce pthe to con private friend, who was a Member of the House. grant a afforded e tr o a n t n e i t tt i , t e .. of .H i e n gui ry, regretted hee a a t!: ee it houseo would q the charges. Mr. Bossey an opportunity of disproving j c u h r a y ra a c g te r r ee o d f After he concluded by Mr. Bossey,the in • bI) through gamy. noura with him that he came ho paying a compliment to t h h o e p s in k g ill tahned AND SILKMERCERS' INSTITTI• meeting of the subscribers to this Hall, John institution was held on Thurs lay h at xeter Pearce, F L be r f E teo l'in n ß th Ar an E i ß m s al Esq., president. The report showed thereceipt of the follow ingTlUTlLE- sums, subsequent to the . h Feb., 1846 :-8161. Os. 4d., dividends; which, with contributions and 71/. 2s. 5d., pro duce of sale of ball tickets, made a total of 2,6771. Os. 3d. Since the last report 1,3,'01. have been invested in the Fir. chase of Consols. The capital stock of the institution con sists of 18,272/. Bs. Three per Cent. Con so lid a t e d A nnu iti es , and 10,0601. in Three and-a-Quarter per C en t. A nnu iti e s. Twenty-four applicants have received pecuniary assistance, exclusively of two widows, who were in 1843 placed perma• nently on the funds. DEATH BY ALLEGED POISONOUS MEDICINES:mo Thursday Mr. Wakley, M.P., commenced an inquiry at the IVheat Sheaf, High-street, Camden-town, on the body of Miss Sarah Ellen Collier, aged 19, lately residing at No. 14 in the above s t ree t. A gentleman named Bowen, provei that deceased died on Monday evening, shortly after havin& taken some medicine, according to the directions on the lab& of the bottle that contained it. Dr. Cronin, it appears, ha prescribed the medicine, and an ingredient. supposed to be: deleterious (bitter almond water) had been obtained at the shop of Messrs. Bell and Co., chemists, of Oxford-street. 11r. Wakley stated that the post mortens examination had not vet been completed, and in the absenee of that requisite evidence he would atijourn the inquest to Friday (yesterday) Adpurned accordingly. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. The following ap.. p..intrnents have taken place : — Rev. W . G. pumphr,,, of Trinity College, Cambridge , to b e domestic cha p lain to thr Bishop of London ; the Re R. Wilson to be rural dean is the diocese of Chester; the Rev. Richard Neale, 11.A.,0f Queen's College, Cambridge , to he r ector of Stainburn , York shire; the Rev. John Groom, M.A., curate of at. John's. Liverpool, to the incumbency of Rainford, in the parish 4t. Prescot, Lancashire. 1 g•O5 , --.. . : ;obn''' 04 ' gao l ' . r of '4. lg ht.r . ;11 11 r 1 " 3 age' [e. a- 10° 4 !cco' 4 rAt'' nan t ‘ c en t. Alila° mcrit aliCb ° : 17' 2 * „Inc