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CONTRACT for OALS for her Majesty's DOCK-YARDS and ' the ADMIRALTY and MARINE OFFICES. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy znerset.-place, 3d April, 1647. The Commissioners for eras siting the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Prn at Britain and Ireland, do hereby give notice, that on Tnuasoly, ill a 22d insta:it, at one o'clock, they will be ready to treat wills such , ersons as may be willing to Contract for supplying her 111pjesty's D 'ock Yards, or any one or more of them, and the Admiralty and Atari ne Offices with COLS. A distribution of the Coa's, and a form o fth e Tender may he seen at the said office. No Tender will be recei , ad after one o'clock, on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless t he party attends, or an agent for him duly authorized In writing. Every Tender must be a ddressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words "Tender for /l and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible', persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in t - he sum of 201. per 103 tons for the due per formance of the Contract. pHILHARmi J.INTIC SOCIETY, HANOVER SQI3 ARE ROOMS. PR°GRAMM E Me THIRD CONCEnT, Mosnav BvzrtiNo NEXT :—Sinfoula In to (Mozart)—lluetto, Mr. Manvers and Signor F. Lablaehe — Concerto, Pianotbrte, in F Minor, Mr. W. S. Ben nett— Terzetto, " te," Madame Caradori Allan, Mr. Manvers, and Si gnor F. Lablache (Beethoven)—Overture, Preciosa (Weber)- Blnfonia in C Minor (Beethovan)—Air, Madame Caradori Allan (Anb er) — Coneertapte, Messrs. Blagrove and Willy (Spohr) —Over ture, Lodoiska (Cherubini). _ - , - Conductor, Mr. Costa. Single tickets, Otie Guinea, and double tickets, U. LOS., to be had of Messrs. Addison and Hodson, 2W, Regent-street. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, COItNIIILL, LONDON, Capital £500,000. This rn,„ illmpowered by Act of Parliament. r " With - "atie e mbraces important and substantial a dvan t a g es •"Pect to n die Assurances and Deferred Annu ities. The assured on all occas , ons, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the P •11 t thl ds of the premiums paid (see Table); also th u e y' two-r e optio-4 of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his iu terests men other conveniences or necessity. Assurances for terms of years are granted at the lowest possible rates, DIVISION OF PROFITS. _ The remarkable success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a fourth bonus, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid On each Policy effected on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES. .17 „" 4 Bonus Bonus in 0g g Assure-1 Premium. ... • added.. Cash. tF 6 ° may t o , i 5 0 2 ' ; Borrow. 1837 4217 15 14100 011 416 0 4,X445 0 0 4 4s. d. 1838 192 3 0 87 1 4 13 10 2 , 395 11 1 601000 3 4 1839 165 11 10', 74 1 9 11 6 1 34 12 3 1 1840 116 7 6 54 010 7IS 10 296 13 4 1841 111 6 8 49 10 0 1 . 710 4 247 4 5 The divides of profits le hozuhl, mid the next will be made in Zifnriber- ther preate c iear; , , • • - = 4Fs , riamOUSON CANROUX. Secretary. T HE EXPERIENCE LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 15, George-street. London, 58, King William-street. Established 1843. Capital 300,0001. This Company's Tables are based upon the EXPERIENCE OF THE > SEVENTEEN LIFE OFFICES,as contained in the Report of their Mortality published in 1843. The Company embraces, in its constitution, the advantages of both the mutual and proprietary systems of Assurance. The SHORT PERIOD RATES will be found, In comparison with other Companies, to he exceedingly favourable to Insurers, and the rates for the whole period of life as low as is consistent WITH PERFECT SECURITY. For prospectuses, &c., apply at the offices as above, or to any of the Agents throughout the kingdom. 112.- order of the Directors, T. YUILLE WARDROP, Secretary. METROPOLITAN SOCIETY, No. 3, PRI:N Egtaillishe _ _ DIREC LIFE ASSURANCE STES-STREET, BANK. al in 1835. TORS. Thomas Henry Hall, Esq. Frazer B. Renshaw, Esq. John Francis 3laubert, Esq. Joseph Pease, Jun., Esq. Henry Sturt,Esq. John Taylor, Esq. Joseph Underwood. Esq. George Vaughan, Esq. Charles Frederick Weber, Esq. upwards of 60,0001. premiums 300,0001. lnce, abates the premium, to Its rs ; the reduction for the current John Allcard, Esq. Richard Low Beck, Esq. Edmund Chas. Buxton, Esq. Sir William Clay, Bart., M.P. James Dawson, Esq. Thomas Fowler, Esq. Francis Fox, Esq. Joseph Fry. jun., Esq. Robert Grant, Esq. Annual premiums Accumulation from This Society for mutual assura members, after the first five year year is at the rate of 47% per cent London, 1846. RICHARD 1. EhATIIFIELD, Superintendent. T HE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE SGCIETY. No. 2, ROYAL EXCIIINGE-BUILDINGS. This Society is established on the principle of combining all the known advantages and conveniences of the oldest Life offices, with the general results of their experience. Its Premium Tables are adjusted on the most economical yet safe scale, and embrace three distinct divisions or departments : Thus, Policies may be effected on TUE MUTUAL SYSTEM, securing all its advantages without its risks Or liabilities, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS. TAE PROPRIETARY SYSTEM,with the full benefits of its acknow ledged SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, and ECONOMY; and TIIE ACCUMULATIVE OR DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED SY Tins SOCIETY, which perfects the principle of Life Assurance, the full amount of the Deposit—Premiums being at all times available to the Assured. ALSO lIALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS for stipulated periods, a pecu liarly advantageous arrangement for YOUNG LIVES and for all per . ROOS WITH ADVANCING MEANS OR INCOMES. And, Tables expressly calculated for NAVAL and MILITARY aims in all quarters of the world, on the most moderate te rms. Together with all the usual divisional rates, accommodations, and conveniences. EDWD. F. LEEKS, SECRETARY. VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. IS, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. DIVISION OF PROFITS. At the first Septennial Meeting of this Company, held on the 11th March last, a BONUS, averaging 23 per cent. on the amount of Drentiums paid, was declared on Policies entitled to participate in Profit s . Four-fifths, or 80 per cent. of the entire Profits of the Company, Will at future divisions be appropriated to all Assurers entitled to share therein. Every advantage is offered by this Company to Assurers. On Policies taken out for the whole term of life, one-half of the An nual Premiums thereon may remain unpaid for five years. Parties Assured with the Company are allowed to reside in many of the Colonies without additional charge, and the Premium required fer the East or West Indies, and other extra risks, is more than Usually moderate. By a plan originating with this Company, great security is offered to parties Assuring the Lives of others. Advances continue to be made to Assurers on Assignable Property or Income, and also ott the guarantee of most undoubted personal sureties. Detailed Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, by application at the Office, or by letter addressed to the Actuary. WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary. STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Constituted by Act of Parliament, 1825.) GOVERNOR. His Grace the Duke of BUCCLECCH and QUEENSBERRY. DEPUTY-GOVERNOR , The Right Hon. the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE. ORDINARY DIRECTORS. John Robert Tod, Esq. John S. Newbigging, Esq, George Patton, Esq. Alexander Clapperton, Esq. Charles Pearson, Esq. David Smith. BIRI • Eagle Henderson, Esq. Ale, Esq. Sir James Eyre. M.D. Edward Tho. Whitaker, Esq. James Gadesden, Esq. George Froderick Young, Esq. William Haigh, Esq. Jchn Lindsay, Esq. Progress of the Standard Life Assurance Company during the Year 1846 : The new Policies issued from the 15th of November, 1845, to 15th of November, 1846, the Company's business year, amounted to a 92, the number of proposals made to the Company during the same period being 769. The amotint.of New Assurances, covered by the 592 New Policies Issued during the year, was 368,6791. 7s. led. (an average of 6251. for each Polley) ; the amount of Assurances applied for during the Year being 476,1351. 17s. 9d. The claims were moderate, both in number and amount, and considerably less than shown by the mortality tables on which the Company's calculations are founded. The results in other branches of the business were favourable. The business of the Commercial Life Assurance Company of Scot land was transferred to the Standard Company during the year 1 846, being 398 Policies, covering about 200,0001. of assurance, and b eing in addition to the new business of the year above reported. The business of the York and London Assurance Company, which Was transferred to the Standard Company in 1844, continued to exhi bit satisfactory results In its progressive development. The revenue of the Company exceeded 120,0001. per annum. The Standard Life Assurance Company is so constituted as to afford t he benellts of Life Assurance to all who may seek its protection in t h.at form which is b es t su it e d t o a tt a i n th e ir obj e ct ; w hil e to th o s e .L 1 1 1 .9 look to the a d van t age t o b e d er i ve d by way o f b onus t o th e i r Lel u icies from the favourable results of the business, there is every Inducement to connect themselves with the Company. '''nun additions to Policies have been declared on three °me lons —in 1835 , in 1840, and in 1845. The following are the examples of the additions made : Policy of 1825 for £l,OOO increased to £1,600 0 0 De. 1830 do. do. 1,412 10 0 Do. 1835 do. do. 1,225 0 0 Do. 1840 do. do. 1,087 10 0 An investigation of the Company's affairs, and a division of pro st.B, are made every five years, the next being in 1850. Forms of proposal and every information may be obtained at the Company's Offices— George Moir, Esq. J. M. Melville, Esq. Ilumphrey Graham, Esq. John Sligo, Esq. Alex. James Russell, Eaq. William Wood, Esq. William Keith, Esq. James Col _ 3, George-street, Edinburgh ; 82, King William-street, London ; ' 66, Upper Sackvillo-street, Dublin ; 35, St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; or at any of the Agencies which are established In the principal towns of Scotland, England, and Ireland. Ey order of the Directors. WILL. TIIOS. THOMSON, Manager. PETER E WART, Resident Secretary, 82, King William-street. In two volumes, post Bvo., now ready at all the Libraries, THE POACHER'S WIFE; A STORY OF THE TIMES. BY CIIARLTON CAREW. " A story of deep interest, highly-wrought situations, and pathos." —Ne iv Monthly. " A forcible display of a sad portion of our social position." — Douglas Jerrold. "It ably and eloquently illustrates the miszhievous influence of the Game Laws on high and low."—SundaY Times. " It will be highly prized by all circulating library frequenters." —Asiatic Quarterly. " Every game preserver in the United Kingdom will ' read,' we do not say will like,' it. But read it, they all must."—Mirrer. " Mr. Carew is a writer of great power."—Sun. Charles Oilier, 18 and 19, Southampton-street, Strand. ON THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE HEALTH AND SHORTENS TIM DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE. ILLIISTRATED WITH COLOVIIED ENGRAVINGS, Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope, price 2s. 6d., or free by post, 3s. 6d. CONTROUL OF' THE PASSIONS: a Popular Inquiry into the Concealed Cause of its premature Decline, with Instructions for its Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional Weakness, Indigestion, and Consumption. Including a comprehen sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy. Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various Cases, &c. By C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman street, Oxford-street, London. Member of the London College of Medicine, &c. &c, CONTENTS OF TAE WORK, Chap. 1.--Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate indulgence of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings. Chap. 2.—Baneful Results of a Secret Vice on the Mind and Body, evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges tion, Stricture, Impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful Unions. Chap. 3.—Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence an.d Sterility, and the imperfect performance of the Marital act, caused by the practice of self-indulgence. Chap. 4.—Gonorrhoea, its symptoms, complica tions and treatment, Gicet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate. Chap. s.—Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Cases, and concluding observations, Plates, &c. Sold by Brittain, 11, Paternoster-row ; Gord m, 116, Leadenhall street ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street ; Noble, 114, Chancery lane; Mansell, 115, Fleet-street; Winhal, 78, High-street, Bir mingham; Whitmore, 119, Market-street, Manchester ; Howell, 54, Church-street, Liverpool; Robinson, 11, Greenside street, Edinburgh; Powell, 10, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; and all Booksellers. Persons desirous of obtaining the above work, and not wishing to apply to a bookseller for the same, may, to insure secrecy, have it direct from the Authors, by enclosing 3s. Gd., or Postage Stamps. Messrs. Lucas and Co. are to be consulted from Tenti 11 Two, and from Five till Eight in the evening, at their residence, No. GO, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London, and country patients may be successfully treated, on minutely describing their case, and enclos ing the usual fee of 11. for advice. DR. CULVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPLNESS, and LONG LIFE. In pocket 'volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each. W TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere."—Clc. WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID. (With Diet-tables for all Complaints.) MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES. Tole, or not to be, tkat is the question."—Shakspeare. 4. The PASSIONS—Their ADTENT and CONTROL. " Cura ut valess." These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are adapted to the intelligence of the times. To he had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn -lin ; Carvalho, 147, Fl eet - street ; and all B oo k se llers, or dire c t f rom :••• e Author, whos e p rac ti ce i s exclus i vely d evo t e d to home cons u lt s - Mornings" a till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine, 10, Argyle-place, Itegent-street. 4 rormaa TREATISE on the HEALTH, LIFE and VIGOUi - , of the BODILY UNCTNS. 111.11/4'--,ZETEENTII EDITION price 2s. F d.; Free by Pest (in a Seale THEEnvelope) 3s. Gd., SILENT FRIEND. A Medical Work tion, Thehe loss of the reproductive powers, with means of restora baneful effects of Indulgence, neglected Strictures, Se. '4:4 JY 8 r4r 4' nil YMPtOIII9, Sec., are fully pointed out. Illustrated by E R . p t l„„as ; followed by observations on Marriage. By R. and L. Y send Co., Consulting Surgeons, London. ktittblished by the Autrs, Paternoster may be had at their residence. stre b 7 Strange, No. 21, •row i Gorden, 145, Leadenhall. et eat ; Purkis, Compton-street, , iolio ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford 'et, and 37, Roy al Exchange, and all booksellers. .. fart I. of this Work is particularly addressed to those who are pre,— . t al „ ` - juLeu from forming a Matrimonial Alliance, throw fear of ecr u,: di squalifications, and will bef mind an. available Introdactlod to i,nieitiis of perfect ' and secret restoration. to manhood. In ti'lL„r Its treats perspicuously upon those forms of diseases, either ho t heir Primary or secondary state, arising from infection, showing um., urnserivwho neglect to obtain cometent medical aid, entail upon themselves years of misery and sufferi p ng. the ..e nervousALM OF STRIACUM is exclusively directed . te 44, :itire of and sexual debility. /rregularity, weakness, bar tit, e m• loss of appetite, indigestion, consumptive habits. and deUill• tie, arsing from venereal excesses, Ric. Price. Ils. and 335. per bot- Th o 1e Five-pound cases may be had as usual. typh av , ONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE. An anti nere,i d e remedy for searching out and pnrifying the blood from ye ideomjentamination, scurvy, blotches on the head, improper and body blew nu; and those paineil affections arising from iti eat ito. ".;..: e cendarysYmptonis, and all erup ions of the akm. Price lls 1 1,, 3 • Per bettl e . and'itt"l. iIY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 9s. 9d., 4 s. 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' r :1,1/ ii,..: . , 1%, •A Y - 4. ‘,'N*; , , ;74 ~., _ ~ 1., !. i - - cz. „,.*. . ... ..., ).„,- ~, ... . . .----,,-- ~_,.....- (4.3, ,i. . 0 ...,,,,,,, ' ;IQ- . 14 - nnon. * - '‘`-.,- . '4:4 -, . ...4.. ....si- 'l., . c... .1 , •N .____— N," ' c-,:--- N 0.17,020. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S splendid and powerful first-class STEAM SHIPS are appointed to leave — Custom-House or Tower, for— HAMBURGIL carrying her Majesty's Mails, every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. Blaeltwall Pier, for— ROTTERDAM and the RHINE, carrying her Majesty's Mails — Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Ten, Morning. • ANTWERP and the RHINE—The Soho, every Thursday, at Ten, Morning. OSTEND—Every Wednesday and Saturday Morning. Wednes day, April 7, at Ten Evening; 14, at Twelve, Noon. From St. Katharine's Steam Wharf, for— lIAVRE—Every Thursday and Sunday, at Eight, Morning. From London-bridge Wharf, for— BOULOGNE—Every Thursday Morning. April 8, at Five, Morn ing ; 15, at Twelve, Noon. • CALMS—Every Thursday and Sunday Morning. HULL—Every Tuesday and Friday, at Eight, Morning. YA.RMOUTII—Reduced Fares—Every Wednesday and Saturday, at Six, Evening. From Brown's Wharf, Poplar, for EDINBTJRGII—Reduced Fares—The Trident, Saturday, April 10, at Ten, Night ; the Clarence, next Wednesday, April 14, at Ten, Night; the Leith, Saturday , April 17, at Tell, Night. From Ilore's Steam Wharfs, Wapping, for— NEWCASTLE —Every Saturday, at Eight, EN Aiing. Between BRIGHTON and DIEPPE, next Wednesday, April 14. 9 , BRIGHTON and HAVRE—ApriI 15 . DOVER and BOULOGNE—ApriI 19. To s " ecure Berths, for Freight, and for Bills, containing hours of departure, fares, &c., apply at the Offices, 69, Lombard street ; 37, Regent-circus ; and 35, Leadenhall-street. TO THE CREDITORS OF STOCKWELL AND CO. Notice is hereby given that the CREDITORS who have proved their debts under a Commission of Bankruptcy, which was issued, In the year 1802, against CHARLES STOCKWELL, CHARLES HEMINGWAY, JAMES HAIGH, SAMUEL STOCKWELL, JOHN BAKER, and ,H91.4N ROGERS'ON, formerly carrying on business together in Co-partnership as DYERS, in LEEDS, in the county of York, or the respective legal representatives of such Creditors, may receive a FURTHER • DIVIDEND on their several debts, on application to Mr. James Hoatson, of West-hill, hi Halifax, in the said county; or at the office of Mr. George Edwards, solicitor, Lord-street, Halifax. C 0 L OURED PHOTOGRAPHIC FOR TRAITS, by Mr. BEARD, sole Went* 85, King William-street. City; „ . , 34, Parliamentlatreet, I:Vestnainster; and • The Royal POlYiechnic'institution, Regent-street. ” A picture is now speedily produced far, very far superior to any obtained by former experiments."—Art-Union. " The resulting tableau will bear comparison with the best mlnia ture."—Morning Chronicle. CORNWALL RAILWAY.—Notice is hereby giviin, that the INTEREST due on the PAID UP CALLS, in this Company, will be payable on FRIDAY the 16th Aprll next, for which purpose Interest Warrants will be issued to the Share'iolders registered, on the 25t`i imstant, the day to which the half years' In terest will be computed. WK. 11. BOND, Secretary. Truro, 231 March, 1847. fl OOD PIANUFORTES CHEAP.—The large N.lll and valuable STOCK of PIANOFORTES manufactured by ZEITTER and Co. is how SELLING OFF at 4, New Cavendish street, Portland-place, London, in consequence of a Dissolution of Partnership, The Instruments, consisting of mahogany and rose wood grands, semi-grands, cabinet, cottage, and piccolos, are made with the patent sounding-board, metallic plate, check action, and all the latest improvements. The Pianofortes made by Zeitter and Co. have always enjoyed a preference among the nobility and gentry, having been honoured with the patronage of her Majesty the Queen. the Duchess of Sutherland, &c. The peculiar construction of tree sounding-board insures their greater durability, and their firm tone is well known. Parties desirous of possessing one of these superior instruments inay now purchase the same on very advantageous terms. Grands, heretofore from 120 to 141 guineas, are now selling at to 701., and others in proportion. The premise's, No. 5, have been recently closed. EASTER HOLIDAYS. RO YAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., '.R.S.. Professor of Comparative Anatomy at King's College, Mornings and Evenings during the week. The GYMNOTUS ELECTRICUS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in a TRANSPARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORK ING MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied Ow.ical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experiments with the DIVING-BELL and DIVER, &c., &c. Admission Is. Schools, half-price. RLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS Copy of a Letter from lir. Blake, Kingseliffe, Northampton. shire : - - "Kingscliffe, January 21, 1847. • " Sir, —Twelve years ago I became afflicted with Rheumatic Gait. I,procured the best advice possible, but without deriving benefit; and the doctors recommended me to go to the Stamford Infirmary, where I continued twelve weeks, and left it without obtaining any benefit, and all hope of relief had vanished. juvi i aken " This hopeless state of thingt — Vinird 10', a friend advised me to try Blair's Pills. I then lost *Mine inilo'• 'lig to Mr. Mortlock, of Stamford, foc i boxy g.n4l hy.thaiitil.. 4,-1 , that quantity, I 40 1 114 - 616ite trate% ',' I 'then sent - for another box, which enabled me to throw away the other, and, thank God, I have never since had such an attack. " I am much exposed to cold ; but, whenever I feel symptoms of attack, I have recourse to the Pills with universal success. " I recommended the Pins to a gentleman who resides in this neighbourhood, and lie has derived the most essential relief there from, and is now never without them. " You may publish this for the benefit of those similarly afflicted. "I am, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, "SAMUEL BLAKE, " Smith and Farrier." The never-failing effects of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS in curing every description of Gout and Rheumatism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any medicine of past or present times. They not only give relief in a few hours, but restore to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of time. They are equally speedy and certain in Lumbago, Sciatica, Pains in the Head or Face, and indeed of every athematic or Gouty affection ; in fact, sncn has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have taken it, and there is scarcely a city, town, or village in the kingdom, but contains many grateful evidences of its benign influence. Sold by Thomas Trout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S :GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and ob serve the name and adiress of " Thema:: Preen., 229, Strand, Lon don," impressed upon the Government Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. ALARMING FIRE. MARSEILLES, APRIL 1.--An alarming fire broke out in this city, at about midnight, on the 30th to 31st ult. One person was burnt to death, an old lady aged fifty. eight. Several persons were more or less seriously injured in their endeavours to escape. The loss of property is estimated at from 250,0001. to 300,000 f. This loss falls upon the Indemnite, Roy ale, and Urbaine Insurance offices. The site of the calamity was only about 200 yards distant from the port ; not a breath of wind was stir ring very fortunately, for the slightest mistral would have conveyed the flames to the centre of the shipping, in which case the whole port and the prin cipal part of the town would have perished. '1 he origin of the fire does not appear to be pre cisely known. It is supposed to have arisen in a stable, adjoining the timber yard of Messrs. Constant, where it was first perceived. The - Tribunal of Commerce was in the greatest danger, and but for the energy and presence of mind of one clerks of the Court, who ordered some of the rafters of the building that were already kindled to be cut away, the whole edifice must have fallen a prey to the flames. The house adjoining, the timber yard of Messrs. Constant, inhabited in part by them, and by others, among whom was the family of the proprietor of the premises, and the unfortanately lady above referred to, was burnt to the ground. PUBLICATIOPIS. SCIIILLER'S DRAMAS. Lately published, I. QC/TILLER'S JOAN OF ARC ; or, The LY Maid of Orleans. A new Translation. Is. 6d. 11. SCIIILLER'S WILLIAM TELL. Is. 6d. Or in one Volume, cloth, 4s. London : James Burns. 17, Portman-street. Of whom may be had, for two stamps, a new Descriptive Catalogue. DAVIES'S CANDLES, 60. per lb. ; Genuine Sperm, ls. 9d. ; Yellow Soap, 485., 545., and 60s. per 1121bs. ; Mottled, 60s. and G4s. ; Wax Candles, Is. per lb. ; German Wax, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Transparent Wax, Is. 11d.; Genuine Wax, 2s. Id. ; Waxed-wick Moulds, 7%c1.; Sperm 011, Bs. per gallon ; Solar, 3s. 3d., Pale Seal, 4s. ; Argand, or Vegetable, 43. 6d. ; Wind sor and Palm Soap, Is. 4d. per packet ; Brown Windsor, Is. 9d ; Rose, 25.; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d. ; Bale's Paragon Composite, repairing no snuffing, 10d. rer lb. For Cash—At DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite Slaughter's Coffee-house. COMFORT FOR TENDER FEET, AND A CERTAIN CURE FOll CORNS AND BUNIONS. AUL 'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND, which gives RELIEF on the FIRST APPLICATION. PAUL'S EVERY MAN'S FRIEND (CORN PLAISTER) is ge nerally admitted to be the best emollient application for Corns and Bunions, and is worthy of a trial on the part of those who are afflicted with such unpleasant companions. Testimonials have been received from upwards of one hundred Physicians and Surgeons of the greatest eminence, as well as from many Ofncers of both Army and Navy, and nearly one thousand private letters from the gentry in town and country, speaking In high terms of this valuable remedy. Prepared by John Fox, in boxes at Is. I d., or three small boxes in one for 2s. 9d. ; and to be had, with full directions for use, of C. King, 34, Napier street, Iloxton New-town, London ; and all Whole sale and retail medicine vendors, in town and country. The genuine has the name of "John Fox" on the stamp. A 2s. 9d. box cures the most obdurate corns. Ask for " Paul's Every Man's Friend." Sold also by Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-ssreet ; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Newbery, St. Paul's ; Sutton, Bow Church-yard ; Johnston, 16, Greek-street, Soho ; and 68, Cornhill ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Willoughby and Co., 61, Bishopsgate-street Without; Owen, 52, Marchmont-street, Burton crescent; Eade, 39, Geswell street; Prout, 229, Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Bunter and James, Webber-row; and retail by all respectable chemists and medicine vendors in every town in England. REMARKABLE CASE of RESTORATION. A striking instance of the power of scientific art to remedy the defects of nature has lately occurred in the case of a Mr. F. Balls, a gentleman residing at Northam, in Norfolk, who, in the year 1842, on returning from Harlestone Market to Woybred, where he thee re sided, sustained so severe a fall from his horse, as to bring on an ill ness of several months' duration, during which period his hair con tinued to come off, till he became, to use his own terms, " as perfectly bald as if his head had been shaved;" and the Rev. J. E. Daniel, then clergyman of the parish, offered him a wig as a substitute for his lost hair. Under these circumstances, he was induced to try the effect of ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL, end it is highly gratifying to add, with the most happy results. As soon as part of a bottle was used the growtk recommenced, and he has now to boast of a very thick and luxuriant head of hair, which presents this peculiarity, that, though prior to losing his hair it evinced no tendency to curl, the new growth is curly and strong. This feet speaks too strongly for itself to require obserration.—Bell's Messenger. p"*. s Beware of " Spurious Imitations !—The genuine article has the words " ROWLAND'S MACASS tR OIL " on the wrapper. l'rice 3s. 6d.-7s. —Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d.; and double that size, 21s. per Bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, at 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by al Chemists and Perfumers. ON NERVOUS DEBII.ITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES. JUST PUBLISHED, THE TIIIRTIETII THOUSAND, An Improved Edition, revised and corrected, 120 pages, price 25., in a sealed envelope, or forwarded, post-paid, to any address, secure from observation, for 2s. 6d. M postage stamps, illustrated with numerous .imatomical Coloured Engravings, A 0 0 D: 31 The Causes of its Premature Decline; with Plain Direc tions for its Perfect Restoration. A Medical Essay on those diseases of the generative organs, emanating from solitary and sedemtary habits, indiscriminate ex cesses, the effects of climate, and infection, &c., addressed to the sufferer in youth, Manhood, aid old age ; with practical remarks on marriage, the treatment and cure of nervous and mental debility, impotency, syphilis, and other urine-genital diseases. by which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and reach the full period of life allotted to man. The whole illustrated with numerous Anatomical Engravings on steel, in colour, explain ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the reproduc tive organs in health and disease; ith instructions for private cor respondence, cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and 0., Consulting Surgeons, 7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London. REVIEW OF VIE WORK. " Curris oJe MANIMOD. ( Strange). Having for many years been the standard work on these diseases, its originality is apparent, and Its perusal breathes consolation and hope to the mind of the patient." —Naval and Military Gazette. Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence ; sold also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill, London; Sowler, 4, St. Ann's-square, Man chester; Philip, South Castle-street, Liverpool ; Campbell, 146, Argyle-street, Glasgow; Robinson, 11, Grcenside-street, Edinburgh; and in a sealed envelope by all booksellers. Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily at their resi dence, No. 7, FRITH-STREET, SOUO-SQUARE, LONDON, and Patients can have this work privately torwardett them, by initial or otherwise, to any part of the United Kingdom, direct from the Author's Residence, or from any of the above agents, en remitting 2s. 6d. 1s postage stamps. T° B E S 0 L D." How oft on the newspaper sheet we behold This inviting advertisement-phrase, " To be Sold." E. MOSES and SON beg to copy this jargon In its fullest extent —" To be sold a great bargain." Many " Lots" of attire at this warehouse appear, And the public are coming to bid far and near; While thousands of " bargains" are daily " knock'd down" At the Dress Mart of MOSES—that Mart of renown. One " Lot" is a very remarkable " Lot," Such as no other House in the kingdom has got. Fifty thousand light Wrappers are offer'd for sale, The fashions of which you will heartily hail ; And as many choice Dress Coats are hero " To be sold," And Frock Coats as well, which you all should behold. Another prime " Lot" is a " Lot" of rich Vests, And Trousers, whose elegant fashion arrests. . In addition to these there are "Lots" of prime Shoes," And " Lots" of prime Boots, such as none would refuse. E. MOSES and SON would invite your attention To their " Lots" of choice Hats, so deserving of mention. And they also refer, with the greatest of pride, To the Hosiery goods at their Warehouse supplied. The attention of all Messrs, MOSES invite To their sales, which continue from morning till night ; And they trust you'll remember the Auctioneer's jargon, Which they quote for themselves, " To be sold a great bargain." This ESTABLISHMENT will be CLOSED on Tuesuait EVINING, Six o'clock, till FRIDAY MORNING, Seven o'clock, when business Will be resumed as usual, LIST Or PRICES. MADE TO MEASURE. Cashmere Codrington, from .... Taglionts, silk collar and cuffs .. •••••••••• •• •• •. • • • • 1 2 0 Cambridge Coat, lined throughout •••••••• • • • • •• • • 2 5 0 Tweed Coats • • • .... •• • ....... •••• •• • • • • ......... 0 16 0 Sporting Coat • • ...... ...... •••••••• • • • • • • • • 0 13 6 Dress Coat.... ...... Best quality manufactured ' Frock Coat . . Best quality manufactured •.. Rich pattern Vests • • .... • Cashmere, or cloth• •••..•••• • • • • • • .. Tweed Trousers •• • •• •••• • ..... •• •• • 0 8 0 Single-milled Doeskin ditto .. • . • • • • Best, or Dress ditto .. ••.• • • ••••• • • " '• •• • 1 6 0 Boys' Ilussar or Tunic Suits • • . READY MADE. Blouses, from • ...... ........ . • Cashmerette Codrington .................... • • .... 0 18 6 Cambridge's, Chesterfield Polka's, and all the newest patterns Tweed Coat ................from 0 8 6 Spo-ting dittto ....................... . Dress Coat . • Extra Superfine, a superior co it •• .. ••• • • •• • • 1 15 0 from 1 4 0 Roll-Collar Vests .. • ...... • • • • • Extra Superfine, a superior coat . .................... 0 2 0 Fancy satins •• •............. 0 6 6 Cloth, or Cashmere •......... •• .. • • 0 4 6 Tweed Trousers. ..... ............ .. 0 4 6 Fancy Cassimere or Doeskin • • • . Boys Tunic and Hussar suits • • •• •• Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, the money returned. E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, flatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitter., for Ladies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Wineries, and 83, 84, 85, and 86 Aldgate, :My. London. Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the public against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman like falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They have no connexion with any other hence in or out of London; and those who desire genuine and chc 14 clothing. &c., should call at, or send to, Minories and AldgAe, City, London. Notice. No business transacted at this establiihment from sun set Friday, till sunset Saturday. When. business l reaming till twelve o'clock. EXTRAORDINARY AND DETER MINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. In the course of Wednesday morning it became known, in Newcastle-under •Lyne, that a young man named William Keen, booking clerk at the railway station in that town, had attempted suicide, ,and that he was then lying in a dangerous state. Keen is about 23 years of age. He had been for some time in the office of Mr. Appleby, the extensive carrier at Longport, and was about six months ago appointed to the management of the railway business at the Newcastle station. He was particularly steady and attentive, his obliging manners and general courtesy of demeanour making a favourable impression upon the numerous parties having occasion to travel from that establish ment. He is a single man, and had lodgings at the house of Mr. Thursfield, in Red Lion-square. About eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, one of the men from the station made application for the key of an outhouse to get some hay for the horses. Mrs. Thursfield called to Keen, and some time having elapsed without his making his appearance, Mrs. Thursfield went up to his room. There, to her surprise and horror, she saw a chamber vessel half filled with blood. Keen was in bed with his throat cut, and in a state of insensibility. An alarm was immediately given, and medical assistance sent for. Mr. Crewe and Mr. Hallam promptly attended. On exami nation it was found that the upper part of the windpipe was cut completely through ; the razor with which the injury was inflicted seemed to have been drawn twice across the throat, producing an excised wound of consi derable size. Itlxteissive htemorthage had taken place, and the act must have been committed two or three hours before the young man was discovered. On further exa mination the roof of his mouth was found to be seriously injured, and his clothes were much soiled with dirt of a reddish colour. It was, at first, thought that he had been engaged in a death struggle with some person during the night, and the affair seemed enveloped in mystery. It was some hours before he spoke, and then he informed his attendants that the injuries had been inflicted by his own hand. He also said that he had discharged the contents of a pistol into his mouth, but the ball not taking effect, he spat it out. In the course of the morn ing there were found in St. George's Churchyard, close to the grave of a young lady lately deceased, a pistol ; not far distant, a leaden ball immersed in a pool of blood. This was the scene of his first attempt at self-destruc tion, by shooting himself. From information afterwards collected it appeared that on Tuesday evening Keen left the office shortly after nine o'clock, and proceeded, as was his usual custom, to the Globe Inn, to read the newspaper. He was exceed ingly temperate in his habits, never taking more than one glass of brandy and water, nor -did he exceed that quantity on Tuesday evening. He called at Mr. Browne s, next door, for a few minutes, leaving there at a quarter to ten o'clock. He must then have proceeded direct to St. Georges Churchyard, and attempted the appalling act of self-destruction, for the report of a pistol was heard in that direction by police constable Bloor and other partiesimmediately after the ten o'clock gun was fired at Messrs. Brocklehurst's silk factory. The ball, it appears, was imperfectly formed, and rather too small for the barrel, and it is conjectured that the strength of the gunpowder must have been partially wasted, and that the ball did not pass with sufficient force to effect a lodgment in the root of the mouth. The probability is that the young man, stunned by the shot, fell down amidst the graves, where he must have remained for a considerable period, and afterwards in his wounded state, found his way back to his lodgings. He let himself in, and went up to his bed-room, and the pre sumption is, from the circumstance of his garters being found fastened to the bed-posts, that he then meditated death by strangulation. His last attempt, however, at suicide was by cutting his throat, which he did as before described. A note, found in the bed-room drawer, shows that the deed was premeditated. In that note he clearly states his intention to destroy himself—he says that the money in the office-desk, with the exception of a small balance due to himself, belonged to Mr. Appleby, adding that his accounts would be found to be perfectly correct. No motive for the lamentable act can be ascribed. Keen was esteemed by his employers, and much respected by the public. The circumstance of the pistol and ball being found by the grave of the young lady before mentioned, would convey the idea of an attachment, and impart a tinge of romance to the melancholy event; but we are assured that no intimacy beyond that of a common acquaintance existed between the parties. Keen had for some time carried about with him a pocket pistol—the one with which he attempted to destroy him self—and he had been observed casting the ball after wards found in the churchyard from a piece of lead while at the office on Tuesday. No alteration in his usual manner had been observed previously to the dread ful occurrence. lc. , en's medical attendants state that there is a fair prospect of his ultimate recovery. The injuries in the mouth are not so serious as was at first anticipated. He has been calm and collected, and ex presses himself free from pain; but he has not at present I assigned any reason for his unhappy and in every way I extraordinary attempt.—Stufferdshire Mercury. THE Tumors.—We are assured that to such a pitch have the tramps got throughout the country, that they laugh at the law and the magistrates when admi nistering it to them 1 This " trade of tramping " must be put down :by a law far more stringent than that now applying to tramps ; both reason and justice to the rest of the community demands it. Dispatches were sent eff yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar. CHINESE BANKING. - _ Three per cent. per month, or thirty-six per cent. per annum, is the limited rate (of interest), and what ever the period upon which interest is due at the day of repayment,. no more can be received or demanded than the original susli.leat; and the lawful interest thereon, to an amount . sot exceeding the prineipal. Debtors not fulfilling their engagements are punished by blows, or by banishment to a given extent, ac cording to the amount of the debts; the blows to be repeated from month to month. Bills of exchange and promissory notes circulate. In lieu of endorsing the original note in the manner customary in Europe, they attach a piece of paper to it, which they assi gn the reason why it has been handed over to another person instead of money ; at maturity, the holder does not apply for payment to the drawer, but to him from whom he has received the bill ; and thus each endor ser proceeds, until at last it reaches the drawer ; or the three or four persons whose names are on the en dorsement, including the actual holder of the bill, call together on the drawer for payment ; this latter mode is considered the most simple and effectual. On placing funds in a bank, the depositor is furnished with a pass book, and whenever he draws for money, he sends his book to the bank, where the sum paid is entered in the same. It appears that when the pass book is lost, there is a great difficulty in recovering the money which has not been drawn for.—Montgo mery Martin's China. RELIGIOUS FANATICISM AT READING.--Some ex citement has been occasioned in this town of late by a series of prophetic announcements by a section of religionists---called by some the " Latter Day Saints," but whose tenets are very peculiar and very difficult to wre t odi e lai r rf m or e o d t t hg b i by define—of the final termination of the world, and that on ttt t lo t ei e ns :30p notion r t dotn o ya f :vn M haues a n a r a,b c : h e:rui w irgo e dfh w at yp e ne r dr e Ai ortnoidgdshei ridiculous. a s larodmuwsi been e a ne t i Ingvwhfieat fixed se ov enfartln credibleb ua a sst hitherto io t t h m sea a ry y t appear,tthhaethat p rthe thepredictions iscet ofpanrcset pretenders had dd b ep e r y rso o v n te d od c a o s n t falser a d i propheticas powers had many credulous followers, but the circum stance had given rise to very much observation, owing to a tradesman doing an extensive business, and living in one of the greatest thoroughfares of the town, having for months past been a convert to these sentiments, and that such seems to have been the strong convictions of his own mind of the veracity of the announcement that his shop window has abounded with pamphlets on the subject, and he has been known to have engaged himself in promulgating these notions amongst the half-educated and easily beguiled inhabitants of rural districts. As the day approached the interest increased amongst some people, and towards the evening for the prophesied " mighty roar," the " faithless" gathered near his shop in numbers rather too thick to be pleasant, and with the view to prevent the demolition of his windows, as well as "to save his bacon," he found it necessary to put up the shutters, and a number of policemen were kept parading the street for several hours to preserve order. Various were the rumours of what this deluded and much-to-be pitied individual proposed doing, and we will mention only one as showing the extravagances of mind of religious fanatics. It was reported that he intended to dress himself in white and proceed to a high hill about a mile or two from the town to meet the Saviour. COAL IN SOUTH AFRICA.—The attention of the Colonial Government has been directed to the coal fields in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. The beds of coal which were discovered s ome years since at Coles berg, are not available, owing to their distance from sea coast ; but recent information goes to show that the coal-fields of the new settlement at Port Natal promise to be the means by which steam navigation is to be ex tended in the Southern Hemisphere. The following official notice, issued from the Colonial-office at Natal will direct the attention of the colonists to the value of this mineral product :—"lnquiries having been addressed to this office by parties interested in steam navigation, relative to the quantity and price of native coal to be obtained at Port Natal, his Honour the Lieutenant- Governor requests that landed proprietors who may have found coal, of quality equal to that brought to this market from the northward, in situations more favour able for conveyance to the port, will forward specimens of the coal to this office. The Lieutenant -Governor will also be glad to receive information upon this subject from any one disposed to furnish it. " By command of his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, (Signed) ' 6 D. MOODIE, Secretary to Government." The masons empl oye d a t t h e Sunderland Pier have given notice to their masters for an advance of wages from 275. to 30s. a week, intimating that unless this de mand be compli e d w i t h they will ka y o their work. It is only three wee k s s i nce their wages were advanced from 24a. to 275. a wee k . The demand appears unreason able.—Newcasile P aper . NEW SOUTH W ALES .—E x t rac t of a letter from Sydney, dated 7th N ovem b er , 1846 :—" Ido not exag gerate when I say, that a recurrence to transportation here will effect inestimable benefit to all classes, and produce in the colony a state o f pro priety unexampled in its previous histo r y. A s you m i g ht e xpect, we have some dissentients in the community, one party turning up their eyes at it for the sake of consistency, and an other from a desire not to perpetuate their status in quo, which they hoped in a few years might he merged in the influx of free people, and old distinctions forgotten. The matter is, however, of vital importance ; and if we fail in getting converts direct the agitation of this measure will, at all events, stimulate emigration, and either we must have shortly, as labour is every day growing scarce and dearer." T irE ISLAND or Lonos.—The island at which the American forces aro concentrating, preparatory to a descent upon Alvarado and Vera Cruz, is thus described by a correspondent of the Philadelphia North American, who writes from Lobos under date of March 7 The island of Lobos is a lovely little spot, formed entirely of coral, about two miles in circumference, twelve miles from the Mexican shore, about sixty miles from Tam pico, and some 130 from Vera Cruz. It is covered (or was before we landed) with a variety of trees and shrubs, the highest of the former perhaps twenty-fire feet high, and these are so thickly covered with vines that one can hardly get through them. There is hardly a tree, or shrub, or plant growing here I have ever seen before. Banyan trees, spreading over large spaces of ground, their limbs forming props as they pierce into the earth and take root, while the tops, thickly thatched with evergreen vines, form most beautiful arbours. Lemon, lime, fig, palm, cane, and a hundred other species of wood, are growing with all the freshness and beauty of the Indies. There is plenty of water to be had by digging four to six feet. It is brackish and sweet, but we are getting used to it, and like it nearly as well as ship water. Fish and se a fowl we have in profusion. With these we have a delig htful s ea air, that fourteen hours out of the twenty -four makes th e place pleasant. I i ma gine, to convi nce you who read gre at coal fires, that we are li terally roa sting during a portion of the da y . The sun is so h o t that our faces and arms are blistered if exposed but a Itthiws i s l c l r b a e w d l i b ffi e s c i u d l e t , s few minutes. Today, by Fahrenheit, hi the shade, I scored 92 degress. The universal remark among the volunteers is, if this is winter what will summer be ? But withal our regiment is getting along remarkably well. There are very few sick, and they are from the country—none dangerous." COAST DEFENCES OF SCOTLAND.—The annexed return embraces a list of the various guns mounted on the different castles on the coast of Scotland and the estuaries :—Edinburgh Castle—nine 24- pounders, six 18-pounders, nine 12-pounders, seven 6-pounde rs , an d two 8-inch mortars ; tota l, 33. Stirling Castle—six 12- pounders, e l even 9-pounders, and twelve 6-pounders ; total, 29. Dumbarton Castle —three 18 -pounders, nine 12-pounders, ono 9-pounder, and four 6- pounders ; total, 17. Leith Fort—fire 24-pounders, four 18-pounders, and one 10 inch mortar ; total, 10. Fort George —seven 21-pounders, eight 18-pounders, eight 12 -pounders, two 9-pounders, and two 13-inch mortars ; total, 27. Fort Charlotte—eight 18 pounders, and four 32-pounder carronades; total, 12. Fort William —twelve 12-pounders. Rothsay Castle (Isle o f Bute)—five 18-pounders. Grand total for Scotland, 145 guns. It will be observed from the above return that, with the exception of a few guns, mortars, and carronades, at Leith Fort, Edinburgh Castle, Fort George, and Fort Charlotte, the whole of ' the guns in Scotland are of exceedingly light calibre, and almost unfit for the improved state of modern war ' fare. The attention of the authorities has not yet, we understand, been drawn to the coast defences of Scots land, but a total revision is likely to take place shortly in the character of this armament, or at least, a material , increase in the number of guns of heavy calibre. S Ng APRIL 7, 1847. ..„. THE LATE CONFLAGRATION AT HIBERNIA WHARF. Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Payne and a re spectable jury assembled at the Bridge-house Hotel., London -bridge, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected with the recent conflagration at Hibernia-wharf, the property of Mr. Alderman Hum phery, M.P. William Monroe, the foreman of Hibernia-wharf, said he left the premises for the last time at 20 minutes past two o'clock on Sunday morning. He was the last per son in the warehouse. He had been working with :five other men on the wharf till that hour, in landing and shipping goods. When he left he locked up the pre mises, and carried the keys home with him. The ware house was lighted with three gas burners, and it was witness's duty to extinguish the lights before he left, which he did on the morning in question. The last gas light he put out was in the counting-house, where he lighted a candle, and on getting to the door he pinched the snuff, and placed the candle outside of the building. The men on the wharf were not allowed to smoke, and never did so. The goods in the premises were of a ge neral description. There were in one part about 200 pockets of hops. In another part there was a quantity of rags, and a few bales of shoddy. A juror hero explained that shoddy was a dressing of Yorkshire cloth, and the most dangerous article that could be placed in any building. It was of an oily na ture, and if the least quantity of water got upon it, it would cause the substance to ignite spontaneously. He (the juror) had been obliged himself to throw some into the Thames on several occasions. Owen M. Cross, another workman, said that he saw nothing in the warehouse likely to take fire. He was in the middle floor during the night, and had a candle with him, which he stood on the head of an empty beer cask. He did not put the light out till he got on to the wharf. He could not tell in what part of the building the fire beg_ttn. Edward Hitriiilton engineer of the Tooley-street Bri gade station, said that he arrived at the wharf between a quarter of an hour and 20 minutes past three on Mon day morning with the first engine. He then saw fire at the side window in the court. He could not form any idea as to where the fire began. Thomas Brooks, a foreman at Hay's-wharf, s aid th a t he had been desired by the Alderman to attend and an swer any questions the court might put. He had occa sionally been at Hibernia-wharf to deliver in goods. He had loaded at different times many a ton of shoddy, but had never had an accident with any. A juror—But you turn it over, do you not, whilst it is in the warehouses? Witness answered in the affirmative, and explained that it was done to prevent overheating. William Wilkinson, sub-engineer at the Southwark bridge-road station, said that ;shortly after his arrival, on one of the shutters being burned away, he saw that the gas pipe had melted, and the gas was burning, which could not have been the case if the gas had been turned off at the main. He found the wrench on the main, but the pipe was so rusty that it could not be turned. It had evidently not been turned off that night. Monroe, upon being recalled, admitted that he might have neglected to turn the main cock off. Joseph Willy, the private watchman, stated that he passed the premises a few minutes before the discovery was made, when he could neither see smoke nor smell fire. He saw the men leave on Sunday morning. They were perfectly sober. The Coroner having summed up the evidence, the jury consulted, and returned the following verdict:— " That there is not sufficient evidence to enable them (the jurors) to decide how the fire originated, but in their opinion there is every probability that it arose from the spontaneous combustion of some bales of waste or shoddy." THE PRIVILEGES OF THE BAR. Lord Vivian has published a correspondence between himself and Mr. Justice Coltman, relative to some remarks made by a barrister, Mr. Temple, during a trial on the North Wales Circuit. It appears that Lord Vivian prosecuted a servant for embezzlement ; that Mr. of h Temple is a d w d a r s e s engaged t e he fjourr jury, e defence, c astso m nd e a i nip , in ta t t i h o e n course upon the motives of the prosecutor. Lord Vivian applied to the advocate for an explanation, which was refused, whereon he wrote to the judge who presided at the An extract from his letter may be given:— "For Mr. Temple's opinion of my motives I care not; but I do care for the opinion of those amongst whom I live ; and the ignorant amongst them are likely to be led astray by such reflections as were cast upon me by Mr. Temple. lam fully aware of the license allowed to an advocate in defence of a client ; but I conceive that such license (the law affording no redress for calumnies thus uttered) should be exercised with discretion and with justice. I venture to assert, in the charges brought against me by Mr. Temple, both have been violated ; and in this opinion I am supported by Mr. Townsend, the gentleman who conducted the prosecution, but with whom I had no previous acquaintance. To you, my Lord, then, I appeal to set me right in the opinion of the public, as to my motives for prosecuting Hill having been neither vindictive, outrageous, or wrongful." Lord Newborough, the high sheriff, was next appealed to, and signs the following memorandum, which is pub lish, d with the letters:— " On application to the jute as to whether he pur posed taking notice of the letter Lord Vivian addressed to him, he stated That he could not now revert to the case in Court; that he considered Mr. Temple's language to have been impertinent, but hardly worth Lord Vivian's notice; and being relevant to the case, he did not stop him at the time, although had Lord Vivian appealed to him he should have stated that his conduct bad been very proper in the prosecution, and that he (the judge) would write to Lord Vivian to that effect.' Lord Vivian, in reply, expressed his regret that he did not, as presiding over the Court, think fit at once to vindicate his cha racter from false imputations, and from language which he stigmatised as impertinent; and that he (Lord Vivian) yet more regretted that there was any counsel on this circuit so devoid of right and gentlemanly feel ing as to shun making reparation for the unwarrantable language he had used." DEATH or LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR Dt n L. GILMOUR, K.C.B.—We regret to learn that intelli gence has been received from Rome of the death in that city of Lieutenant-General Sir Dugald L. Gilmour, K.C.8., on the 25th ult. This distinguished officer had been upwards of 50 years in the army, and had shared the perils of the Peninsular war under Sir John Moore and the Duke of Wellington. Sir Dugald entered the army in 1794 on being appointed ensign in an indepen dent company, and thence removed to the 57th Foot. In 1795 he accompanied the expedition to Quiberon Bay, and in the succeeding year assisted at the taking of the colonies of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. He then returned to England and attended his regiment in the disastrous campaign of 1799,:nnder the Duke of York in Holland, and took part in the battle of Bergen, and on the 2d and 6th October at Castricum, where he was severely wounded in the head, and taken prisoner by the enemy. In 1805 he was promoted to a majority in the 95th (the Rifle Brigade), and served at the investment of Copenhagen, the battle of Kioge, and the march through Zealand until the surrender of the town. He went in the command of three companies of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade to Sweden, to act under Sir John Moore, from whence he proceeded to Portugal. On the retreat irom Salamanca he was on the rear guard, and almost constantly engaged with the enemy. At the battle of Corrunna he commanded the left wing of his regiment, and eminently distinguished himself. He again proceeded to the Peninsula in 1809, with his regiment. At Almedia he was with the advance guard on the Con and Agueda, during the siege of Ciudad Ro entire drig by commandarshal of Massena, his fr regiment.om which tn periodus Busaco had h the o again greatly distinguished himself. In 1801, on the retreat of Massena, he was engaged in the different ae• tions at Pombal, I4edinha, Sabugul, and Foz d'Arouce, at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor, and at the action at Guinaldo. He was then compelled to repair to his native country on account of ill health. In August, 1813, he was sufficiently recovered to rejoin his regiment at Lesaca, in the Pyrenees. He subsequently took part in the events at the Bidassoa, Nivelle, Nive, and in the vicinity of Bayonne, in the actions of Vic Bigorre and Tarbes, and finally at Toulouse. The gallant General, in acknowledgment of his gallant services at the battles of Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Nive, and Toulouse was de corated with a cross. He was a knight commander of the order of the Bath, and in April, 1842, was appointed colonel -commandant of the Rifle Brigade. The deceased was in the receipt of a pension for his distinguished ser vices. His commission was dated as subjoined:—En sign, 10th July, 1794; Lieutenant, 20th August, 1794; Captain, 13th May, 1795; Major, 23d May, 1805; Lieu tenant-Colonel, 30th May, 1811; Colonel, 19th July, 1821; Major-General, 22d July, 1830; and Lieutenant- General, 23d Nov., 1841. A boiler explosion, attended with loss of life, oc oco irred on Thursday on board the Troubadour, which Irisles between Swansea, Bristol and Liverpool. The vessel had just arrived at the Mumbles, and turned off her steam, when one of the principal tubes of the boilers exploded, filling the engine-room with scalding steam, which rose in a dense cloud, and was seen from the shore. Two men were below at the moment, and their sufferings were frightful. One of them rushed out of the door which communicated with the engine-room, and fell exhausted. The other made for the ladder, with a view of getting on deck, but the scalding steam drove him backwards, and he sunk. When extricated their appearance was truly appalling—they were ac tually boiled. They were conveyed to thQ Swansea In firmary, where one shortly died: the other remains in a dangerous condition. None of the passengers sustained any injury. MELANCHOLY DEATH OF Two GUARDSMEN.—A melancholy accident occurred on Monday evening to two privates belonging to the Coldstream Guards. One of them, who had been married the same forenoon at the military chapel, proceeded on board one of the Green wich boats, in company with his bride and comrade. It appears that the first-mentioned, on the boat passing Rotherhithe, by some unlucky heave, stumbled backwards and fell into the river. He sank almost im mediately, and was seen no more. The second soldier, perceiving the accident, plunged into the water, but so far from succeeding in the noble effort to save his com rade's life, lost his own, PRICE SD. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, TUESPAY.—The St. Vincent,l2o, Cap tain Milne, flag of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Commander-in-Chief at this port, was taken out of dock last evening, having had her bottom cleaned. She will complete the repair of her defects in the basin, and be expedited for sea service with all dispatch. Nearly the whole of her stern has been taken to pieces, and is in -course of reconstruction. The new rigging of this fine old three-decker has been set up in a style of masterly .excellence which even a landsman cannot fail to notice, and drew the attention of the Secretary of the Admiralty and the Board most markedly on their recent visit of inspection. The Undine steam-vessel, Master Commander Allen, was taken into the dock vacated by the St. Vincent, to repair defects. She is to be coated over the bottom with the same kind of composition as that with which the Fairy has been recently paid. During one portion of her trial trip, on Thursday last, she is reported to have steamed at the rate of 14 knots per hour. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, was removed from the basin to day, and taken alongside the Blake hulk in the harbour, to prepare for sea service. The nursery apartments in this vessel have been enlarged, and the approaches to them rendered less dangerous for the Royal Family and attendants. We believe the almost perpendicular stair case which led from outside her Majesty's apartments to those of the Royal children has been rebuilt in a less awkward manner and situation. We have had an opportunity of witnessing the pro gress made by the boys entered on board the Victory in the seamanlike exercises of reefing and furling and un furling sails, broad sword practice, manning yards, gene ral quarters, and all the manoeuvres incidental to the duties of a sailor, and they perform them with a style of precision and seamlike alacrity which reflects the very highest credit upon them and their officers. Captain Pasco has scarcely had his crew of boys under his charge three months; they went on board the Victory from the plough-tail, and the great majority of them were the poor starved peasantry of Ireland and Scotland, who had travelled all the way from their distant homes on foot to enter for her Majesty's navy; great, therefore, must have been the exertion made and the pains taken to bring them to their present state of efficiency, as they are now fit to be draughted into any ship for sea-going service, either at home or abroad. We have often thought it would be a good thing to devote a ship to the exclusive service of exercising boys and bringing them forward for the navy, in other words, a nursery ship; and as the Vic tory is not fit for fighting it would be a noble purpose to devote her to, both on account of her size and conveni ence in every other respect, and the associations with which she is so gloriously connected, which could not but have an influence upon the mind of every genuine as pirant for fame in the naval service of his country. WooLvercrt, Aram 6.—The Amphion steam-frigate, in charge of Lieutenant Sibbald, arrived at Woolwich from Grcenhithe on Sunday afternoon to have metal valves fitted to her air-pumps instead of canvass, the material of which they were originally constructed, to dispense with their noise when working. The Salamander steam-sloop has had her orders, to be paid off at Woolwich to-day countermanded, and she will continue in commission until further notice is given. The Sphynx steam-sloop was taken into the basin at Woolwich yesterday. The Kite steam-vessel has had her engines refitted, and got up her steam yesterday to try them in the basin. The Hon. 11. G. Ward, Secretary to the Admiralty, visited the Dockyard to-day, with some friends, and went over the various departments. The workmen in the Dockyard were permitted to leave an hour earlier to-day by order of the Commodore- Superintendent, to afford those entitled to vote an op portunity of tendering their suffrages in the election of thirty commissioners and a churchwarden for the town and parish of Woolwich. The Porcupine steam-vessel being still required for service on the coast of Ireland, Captain Bullock has re sumed his surveying duties in boats, and will land every evening and perfect his draughts at the nearest farm houses. Royal Marines-148 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division arrived at Woolwich on Saturday afternoon, under the command of Captain Urquhart, with two subalterns, to do duty in the place of the detachment of the Woolwich division which left here last week for Portugal. COLOURABLE OWNERSHIP.—There is a provision in the new County Courts Act under which an alleged ownership to property can be speedily settled. It has frequently occurred, on a creditor obtaining an execu• tion, that the property on the premises of his debtor has been claimed under a bill of sale, or some other conve nient instrument, or a friendly landlord has been found to claim the property against the execution creditor. Such matters in many instances have been " colourable.' or, in plain language, actual " frauds," but the parties have refrained from litigating the alleged ownership on account of the law expenses necessarily attendant on such a proceeding. Now, however, the Legislature has provided a very simple remedy in such cases, and has given power to the new County Courts to come to a sum mary decision in respect to a claim. The following pro vision in the Act (9 and 10 Victoria, chap. 95, sec. 118) is very explicit on th e matter : And be it enacted, that if any claim shall be made to, or in respect of, any goods or chattels taken in execution under the process of any Court holden under this Act, or in respect of the proceeds or value thereof by any landlord for rent, or by any person not being the party against whom such process has issued, it shall be lawful for the clerk of the Court, upon application of the officer charged with the execution of such process, as well before as after any action brought against such officer, to issue a summons calling before the said Court as well the party issuing such process as the party making such claim, and there upon, any action which shall have been brought in any of her Majesty's superior Courts of Record, or in any local or inferior court, in respect of such claim, shall be stayed, and the court in which such action shall have been brought, or any judge thereof, on proof of the issue of such summons, and that the goods and chattels were so taken in execution, may order the party bringing such action to pay the costs of all proceedings had upon such action after the issue of such summons out of the County Court, and the judge of the County Court shall adjudicate upon such claim, and make such order be tween the parties as to him shall seem fit, and such order shall be enforced in like manner as any order made in any suit brought in such Court." By the new rules, the claimant is to be deemed the plaintiff, and the execution creditor the defendant in the summons. THE MANCHESTER COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION.— PLUNDER OF SHIPS AND BOATS AT GIBRALTAR.— OR the 20th ult. we stated that the directors of this associa tion had determined to memorialise Earl Grey, the Co lonial Secretary, with reference to the plunder of ships and boats lying in the harbour at Gibraltar ; and especially as to the circumstances of two individuals being seized in the act, on the 7th of January last, who, proving to be Spanish revenue officers, were, by order of the Governor of Gibraltar, Sir Robert Wilson, delivered over to the Spanish authorities, without being dealt with by the British. Ou this subject, a letter, of which the following is a copy, was received by the chairman of the association yesterday, from the chairman of the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce:—" Exchange-buildings, Gib raltar, March 12, 1847.—Sir—Mr. Prescott having com municated to the Exchange committee of this city, through one of its members, the kind interest taken by the Commercial Association of Manchester, in a matter in which the Exchange committee had occasion to appeal to Lord Grey, against an act of Sir R. Wilson, the Governor of Gibraltar, who had thought fit to obstruct the course of justice, to the prejudice of the commerce of the place, I am instructed to convey to you , as chair man of that body, the warm thanks of the Exchange Committee for the part taken by the Commercial Asso ciation on that occasion. Lord Grey, in answer to the appeal made to him from this, states that he disapproves of the conduct of Sir Robert Wilson in the case com plained of, and that he had given his Excellency instruc tions not again, in a like matter, to interfere with the administration of justice in this city.-1 have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, M. H. BLAND, Chairman of the Gibraltar Exchange Committee. To James Aspinall Turner, Esq., President of the Commer cial Association, Manchester. It will be seen that although, of course, the exact terms of the reproof have not transpired, the official notification being conveyed to the Gibraltar Chamber of Commerce and the merchants there, by the Governor's secretary, it is sufficiently plain that his conduct has met with the reprehension of the home Government, and that his instructions will, in all probability, prevent in future the recurrence of any similar leniency to the plunderers of British property.— Manehester Guardian. LOLA MONTES.—A fresh claimant appears for the " honour" of the birthplace of Lola Montes. The Galw ay Vindicator, on the authority of a correspondent, o i o nsi s that Coughrea is the true locus in quo Betsy inhaled the vital air. Her father, poor Jerry Watson,and often followed the profession of a vagrant player, Watson his " mirror," delighted the denizens of Loughrea ,, with tore ~ which he held singularly close t n Betsy, too, Vindicator . concludes the imagination; it is ' an — in ,, h T er his.js should notwonder if n w o a t s i ce famou sthus: over true tale' some mixture of Spanish fire, obtained from day. no , . tale The of o she the `old inherit Spanish town,' the ' ancient citie of the trib es ,' Galway, which may acco unt f or t h e surmises as to her Spanish origin. IMPORTANT TO WEAVERS.—A. case of consid era bl e importance to weavers in general was tr i ed before Bailie Barlas in the Police-court, Perth, on Monday. John Miller, a young lad, a weaver, residing in the Newrow, was accused of having purloined a certain quantity of cloth fr om a we b he was weaving to Mr. James Swan, mataufacturing agent, and J. Boyd, also a weaver, was charged with having been accessory to the theft by selling the cloth. On confession of the parties it was proved that a square of the web had been stolen, but Miller alleged that it was his own property, as he had made the web good as required by the billet in quantity and quality, having the square over. The Bench, however, decided that the square, under any such cir cumstances, could not be constituted the property of the weaver, and sentence of fourteen days' imprisonment was passed against Miller, and sixty days against Boyd. he having been previously conv i c t e d o f a similar offence. Perth Courier. /.Z . 2- ~-L, PEDESTRIANISM. The great Foot-race of Ten Miles, between William Jackson, the American Deer, and Richard Manks, the \Varwickshire Antelope, was decided on Monday, on the East Surrey Race-course, Peckham, in the presence of at least 4,000 spectators. The circuit of the ground, after careful measurement, proved to be 1,100 yards, which multiplied by 16, the number of rounds to be run by the men, gave the distance, ten miles. At 20 mi nutes past four o'clock the course was, with 30 me diffi culty, cleared, an d t h e men started, blanks w ith a lead of some four or five yards in the first 200. At the first turn (of 1;100 yards) Jackson led by four yardi, com pleting the distance in three minutes. Second turn 2 s t(l4ll,4leoaod yards)ing by seven or 4 , r 3 e s i (2,200 yards) Jack son l e d w i t h t h e l i ke advantage; t i me 6 min. 10 sec. . Third turn. Jackson (3,300 y ar ds) 9 min 2 Jacksonsec., .yameclasnks 4 . 4th o turn. yards i n the re ar . sth. Jackson (5,500 yar 2 ds) 15 mitt. 51 sec., M anks at thi s per i od, which was the crisis of g s h ec t . the race, running slow and " gibletty" (if we may coin a word), and the Deer quite cool and self-contained ; Manks 16 sec. behind. ind. 6th. Jackson (6 , 600) 19 min. 10 si C , the Warwekshire Antelope " outside the pale," by 23 see. 7.h. Jac'tson (7,700) 22 min. 26 sec., Manks 22 min. 56 sec. Bth. Jackson. (half the distance, or file miles,) 25 rn,n. 44 sec. And thus the race went on, Jackson kerping the lead, and increasing it, thereby putting at rest the question of his superi or en d urance , . and also his power of sustaining pace. L est, however, those curious in time and distances should deem our ac count imperfect, we continue the modeofnptittion where with we commenced. For the 9 th circuit, then (9,900 yards), Jackson showed himself at the Judge's chair in 29 min. 6 sec., Manks being t- h ree. quarters of a minute before his person appeared in the same line of view. For the 10th, the winner's time was 32 minutes; 30 sec.; for the 11th, 35 min. 5 sec. ; for the 12th,139 min : 13 sec. ; at this distance the loser was 1 min. 12 sec. behind. The 13th circuit of the course was completed i n 42 . m in. 36 sec. ; the 14th, in 46 mi n . 3 sec . ; the 15th, m 49 m i n. 32 see„ Manks bein g th en 1 m i n . 44 sec. in the rear ; and finally, the ten mil es w ere run by Jackson in 53 min. 2 sec., his opponent running out in the last 500 yards, after a gallant, but ineffectual, struggle. And now a word about the men. William Jackson, the victor in this contest, thou g h ca ll e d th e "American Deer," was bor n i n th e c it y o f N orw i c h , an d i s now in his 27th year. He is 5 feet 3 inches in height, and weighs Bst. His earlier triumphs as a runner are not worth notice. His first recorded races were in 1842, when in several 200 yards and 440 yards' races he was the victor, but was by no means fancied" by the " good judges" of pedestrianism. In 1843-4 he shone a little, by lowering the pride of James Byrom in a mile race, and Maxwell in a run of three miles, but was beaten by Sheppard, Robinson, and Smith, at shorter distances. In January, 1845, he proved his lasting quality by running (a feat unparalleled in the annals of pedestrianism) eleven miles and forty-three yards within the hour ! . This was in his match with Sheppard, of Birmingham. His trans-Atlantic feats may be briefly told :—On the 22d of October, 1845, having taken a trip to the New World, he won 50/., by beating four others, in a five miles' race over the:St. Pierre Course. On the same day, he beat Gildersleeve in a ten-mile race for 1001, doing the distance in 59 min. 55 see. At Toronto, on the 4th of November following, he beat Gildersleeve, in the hour's match, for 1,000 dollars, the 10 miles being done in 56 min. 52 sec.; he ran 600 yards on his el even th mile and stopped, having then 1 min. 55 sec. to go before the hour was up. On the 12th of the sa me mont h h e again beat Gildersleeve in ten miles over the Bull's Head Course, near Albany, for a purse of 500 dollars ; time 55 min. 30 sec. Again was he brought into requisition on the 24th of November, when he undertook to run ten miles and a half in the hour, over the Canton Course, Baltimore, which he accomplished in 57 min. 30 sec. On the Bth of February, 1 8 46 , he was beaten by Gilder sleeve in a fifteen-mile race ; Jackson gave 600 yards t o start him and two others ; the prize was 1,000 dollars for the man who accomplished the distance in 1 hour 30 min., which was lost by 2 min. 30 sec., but the p r i ze was divided between Jackson and Gildersleeve. On the 25Th of the same month he undertook to run eleven miles in one hour, for a bet of 2,000 dollars, on the Eclipse Course, New Orleans, which he lost by 10 sec.; but on the 7th of March he won 200 dollars for running ten miles in 58 min. 30 sec. (one hour being allowed) at Savannah, beating Gildersleeve. On the 25th of June following ho again undertook, for a bet of 1,000 dollars to 700, to run eleven miles in the hour, at Philadelphia, but he was declared to have lost by two or three seconds ; he complained of not having had fair play. He was defeated by Geo rge S ewar d i n a hurdle race of one mile, 50 leaps, for 500 dollars at Washington, but was successful in a three-mile race for 300 dollars, at Montreal, and also in a ten miles and a half spin, for 500 dollars, at Charleston, South Carolina. This brings him home, where he defeated his present opponent in a ten mile race, at Rugby, on the Bth of February in the pre sent year, and again, under the circumstances above re• ported. Ri c n h a g r o d o d M e a a n u lt s s e c for o u could e n i o r t f a h v a o v u e r a h b a l de opinionf rien d s h ; a l l , e h not - sh m therefore, be excused for briefly giving, as a justification of their confidence, his: bygone deeds:—Bern' at Knowle in Warwickshire, on the 3d of May, 180 ; well-built, muscular, and with a peculiarly projecting cutwater for his figure-head, he looked with his five feet seven inches of stature capable of taking, as brother Jonathan says, " the stride out o'the little 'tin." But we must come to his past, instead of his present performances. His first recorded nice was running 20 miles, for 251. aside, with Thomas Birkhead (alias Lammas) of Sheffield, whom he defeated at Sparke Brook, in February, 1844, doing the distance in la o hours 29 min. 15 secs. On the 18th of March following, he again defeated Birkhead in a ten mile race, for 101. aside, at Vauxhall-gardens, Birming ham, :Banks having three hundred yards' starrgiven him, going over the ground in a few seconds over the hour. In a few days after this victory (March 18), Meeks undertook to run 18i miles within 2 hours on the Coventry-road, which he completed, having two minutes and a half to spare. On the 28th of October, in the same year, he beat Mountjoy, in a match of 300 stoaes, placed one yard apart, for 151. aside, at Vauxhall-gar dens, Birmingham. The distance is 51 miles and 540 yards, and he performed his task in 81 hours. He again atps e hnia n l edlrCi silver uir t l kci n cerou t ,kn e ph r fie.e e xna d eedeld : nt i too rkhead on the 27th of December, 1844, but was defeated in a ten-mile race, a t Sh e ffi e ld, f or a the d ) ril srh y ade e l effiacfreoe alm l dt B sp. 4 e s ot ftnhi John I s nossh matches l eoea w wmt e aT r (t e .Te ha p el r si i o n ac c nk i Green halgh, of Bolton, 10 miles, 100 L aside, over Knutsford race-course, Greenhalgh giving in at the fifth mile, May 26 ; beat C Moseley, of Sheffield, 1i mile, 50/. aside, Hyde-park, Sheffield, time 7min. lOsec., Nov. 2; beaten by J. Sherdon, Oct. 6 ; beaten by J. Sherdon June 1 ; beat Sherdon, Lovitt (50 yards start), Stain:by (100), and Williams, of Gorton, in a handicap five-mile race for a cup, value 15/., at Hyde-park, Sheffield, Dec. 28. And this brings us, chronologidally, to the last defeat, and the present one. SMITH AND JENKINSON.— The race of a quarter of a mile, wherein the Pet, of Regent-street and the London Stag perilled 50 sovereigns of their own money, or that of their respective backers, to say nothing of the amount ventured by that good, easy, and everlasting losing (or gaining) aggregate, the public, took place yesterday, near the Duke's Head, Bedfont, about a couple of miles on the farther side of the once famous heath of Houtz slow. At half-past four Smith and his antagonist showed at the scratch, and were soon off. Smith looked well, but did not start in the determined and dashing style which was his wont on other occasions. Jenkinson had a trifling lead for 300 yards, with his man close up, and running well; but from this distance he " forged ahead," and increasing his advantage, ran in a handsome winner (we don't mean personally) by at leat 10 yards. The betting at starting was 7 to 4 on Jenkinson. KITCHENER AND WARE, FOR 50 SOVS. ASIDE.—Much interest was centered in this struggle by the denizens of the northern and western parts of the great city. Gannick corner was fixed for the locus in quo of their race of 150 yards, for 50 sovs. `aside. The running may be described in a few words. At' a quarter to five the men we o n 3 to t tr, Kitchener leading by half a yard; shortly after, a t of position he was never quite dispossessed, anda nc eventually The betting was current v o 40 yards, he was eight to ten feet in adthis d a ra t n 6 i t n o 4 by up a o y n a t r h d e and losing a half.m an . NEIL AND DAY.—The race of 150 yards, between these men, for 10/., came off on Monday, at Leytonstone, Essex. The start was a fair one, and for 30 yards the runners kept a level pace; from that distance Neil led, and won a fast race by six yards. THE FOOT STEEPLECHASE AT NOTTING-DALE.— This hedge and ditch affair was contested yesterday, the prize being a silver hunting-watch. Rawlings, of Kil burn, and T. Laws, of Notting-dale, were the only com petitors out of five entries, having, it is presumed, de terred others from the contest. Laws went off with the lead, but at his third jump, a stiff .bank and drain, fell heavily, leaving to Rawlings the last quarter of a mile without anything like a struggle. The same men are matched to run a mile on the Surrey aide of Hammer smith-bridge, for 51. aside, on Monday Next. Kilburn, yesterday, gave general the Queen's Head, hurdle race, fora sweep stakes,FOOT-RACES AT KILBURN.—The Easter sports at satisfaction. The first was a yards, over six hurdles, in heats. grounds, distance 200 and 5 sovs. added by the . proprietor of the C. Hunt, W. Roper, young Saunders, and Redman:started for the first beat, which was won by Roper, Hunt and Redman running a dead heat for second place. For the second, young Saunders got a start, and kept it till the fourth hurdle, when he fell. Roper, who had been in close attendance, now came out, and, despite a game struggle on the part of Saunders, won the prize, by being first in both heats. The match between C. Hunt, W. Tucker, Read, and Jackson to pick up fifty stones, a yard apart, was won by Tucker, Hunt being but tea yards be hind when he deposited the last stone. UDDEN DEATH OF A POLICE SERGEANT:-.—Last night an inquest was held :before Mr. Bedford, at the Red Lion, Princes-stre e t, W es t m i ns t er , on th e b o d y o f Thomas Powell, aged 35, a p o li ce sergean t o f th e A division of Metropolitan Police. It appeared that about half-past two o'cleck on Monday morning last deceased was on duty, apparently in his usual health, when a cab drove from Wright's Coffee-house. Charing-cross, in which wero four men and a woman, who were creating a great uproar. Deceased ran after the cab for the purpose, as was supposed, of taking the number, when, without uttering a word, he fell back on to the ground as if shot. Police-constable Eve, A 47, who had followed, found deceased iu a state of insensibility, and took him in a cab to Westminster Hospital, where he was pronounced to be dead. Mr. Tebay, house surgeon of the hospital, said that there were no external marks of injury ; but, on making a post mortem examination, he found long standing disease of the heart, and he had no doubt that tt e exertion of running had, in consequence of that disease, occasioned deceased's death. A verdict was re turned of " Natural death." LAMBING EXTRAORDINARY. Mr. Burrell, of Burshill, near B ran d s b ur t o n, has thirteen ewes which have produced forty lambs, most of them are cloig well, one ewe having had twelve lambs in three years . n -