The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-29 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1852.

T LOVEISOF FISH.
iqo REAL YARMOUTH 'BLOA TERS,
(Cured to keep from Two or Three Months)
FOR 65., OR 225 FOR 125., PACKAGE INCLUDED.
The above fora anted to all parts on receipt of penny postage
stamps for the amount.
Actin s 4 Thomas Lettis, jun., Fishcurer, Great Yarmouth.

THE EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY incorporated by Royal Charter 85 ; .—Not ice
to Proprietors.—ln consequence of the resignation ofTlenry David-
son, Esq., as a Director of, this Company, by reason of his con-
nexion with the Australasian Pacific Mail Steam racket Company,
an EXTRAORDINARY GE t 4 KRAL MEETING of the Proprietors
of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, on Monday, the 3d of January next, for the purpose of electing
a Director in his stead, in compliance with the provisions of the Deed
of Settlement, when Charles Geach, Esq., M.P., of Park-street,
Westminster, and of Edgbaston, Birmingham. who has consented to
become a Director, will be proposed for election.
The chair will be taken at 1 o'clock precisely.
By order of the Court of Directors,
JNO YATES, Secretary.
1, Royal Exchange-buildings, Dec 20, 1852.

South Australian Copper Mining Company,
17, Gracechurch-s reet.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Committee of Manage-
ment, appointed at an Extraordinary Gt neral Meeting of the Share-
holders on the eth inst have Resolved as follows :
Ist. That all Shares in the Company be duly Registered in the
cost-book of the Company.
2d. That notice of the same be given, by public advertisement,
requiring the shares to be sent into the office of the Company for
registration accordingly.
3d. That a pro rata allo'ment of the unappropriated shares in
the Company be made at par in respect of every Share so sent in for
registration as aforesaid, on or before Tuesday, the 18th day of
January, 1853, but that all Shires not sent in for registra ion as
aforesaid on or before the said 18th day of January, be ab olutely
excluded from all benefit of such allotment.
Notice is therefore Given, that ad ihareholders are requested to
send in the'r Shares for registration accordingly. The Committee
of Mannement beg to intimate to the Shareholders, that those only
who are registered will be entitled to the bonus arising from the
prerninmq realised on the Shares already rad, which under the au-
thority of a Meeting of the Shareholders, might be divided among
them. - - • -.--•

17, Graceehurch Stree', London.
By order of the C ommittee M Management,
THOMPSON, Chairman.
SAML. H. ARMITAGE, Purer.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
FINAL NO ri cE
As the Books of the Society for the current septennial period close
upon the 31st current, parties desirous of Joining the society are
reminded that, in order to secure right to participate in the alloca-
tion of profits to be then made, all proposals for assurance must he
lodged either at the Head Office, or at one of the Agencies, on or
before that date.

JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
• WM. LINDESAY, Secretary.
Ed'nburgh, 5, St. Andrew-square, December, 1852.
Y.B.—Proposals cannot be received after Friday the 31st curt.
London Office, 4, Royal Exchange buildings.
HUGE M'KEAN, Agent.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE CJMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard•street, London.

DIRECTORS.
THOMSON HANKEY, Jun., Esq., Chairman.
Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
John Dixon, Esq. John M artin, Esq., M.P.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, E,+q,
John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq.; Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
George Lyall, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
I
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq.
SECRETARY—George Keys, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par-
liament, this Company now offers to future insarers Four-fifths of
Par-
the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when
all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at Christmas 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits.
At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the
Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the
Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One
per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses
added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,0001.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East
and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
United states of America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as
would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received
and registered.
Notice is hereby given, That Fire Policies which expire at Christ-
mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr.
SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-Mall; or with the
Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become
void.

ECONOMIC L IFE ASSURA.NCE SOCIETY
6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFR LARS.

Established 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.

- .
DIRECTORS.
CURIEDIAN—Right Bon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.I.
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq
A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon Ba.
Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq. Archibald Hest Esq., ,M. rtP.
Henry Barnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq.
Robert Biddulph, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq.
Thomas Edgar, Esq. William Routh, Esq.

AUDITORS.
Edward Charrington, Esq.
Captain Robert Gordon, R.N.
Francis Dumergue, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, 111 D., Cantab., Hon. D.C.L. Oxon.
F.R.S., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy-
sicians).
Summon—Benjamin Travers, Esq , F.R.S., No. 54, Green-street
Grosvenor- square.
SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq.. No. 12, Essex-street, Strand.
ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S.
The advantages offered by this Society are :
ECONOM Y i.ombined with Security, and Lower Rates of Premiums
than those of any other office, which entitle the assured to participate
in the profits, and considerably lower than those of any other Mutual
Assurance Society.
The WHOLE of the PROFITS are divided every fifth year among
the Assured, and a Bonus is added, after the payment of the Fifth
Annual Premium to every Policy effected on the participating Scale,
if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits.
The BONUS declared in 1,449 (arising from the whole of the pro-
fits), upon the Mutual Principle, averaged 62g, per cent. on the
Premiums received.
LOANS granted on such Policies as are purchasle by the Society.
Number of Policies in force on the lst January,a
1b852. 5,950.
The Assurance Fund exceeds 1,200,0001. Income 200,0001. per
Annum.
Service in the Militia or Yeomanry Corps will not affect the vali-
dity of Policies.
The subjoined Txble shows the advantages offered by this Society,
resulting from low Premiums, and a division of the entire profits
among the Assured :

4.2 5,-,J2-43nT„ • mr..1`84:32it ggzc
7,1 s E g•. 9 n .274 • t
set ViP. I›S4
8 ,V,•,—V°°
Vggg
• -452-4.1 NSM °°..e
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E-4 4.1
--
£. £ 1852. 1853. 1852. 1853.
20 21 )5 10 1260 260 108 £5O £63 £1418£1431
30 26 13 5 1205 205 110 48 60 1363 1375
40 31 19 6 1140 140 118 4i 57 1303 1315
50 45 6 0 130 30 129 41 51 1200 121 C

The next Division of Profits will be made in 1854.
Prospectuses and Rill particulars may be obtained on application to
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary.

QURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Member of
v the Royal College of England, twenty-eight years in London
practice, will remove any case of a r rivate nature before charge be
made for medicine to those attending. In cases arising from debility.
nervousness, scrofula, pains in the back, lumbago, affections ot
the kidneys, infirmities of youth and maturity, or any case re-
quiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton decidedly
states that no case within reach of human aid shall leave him un-
cured. Ladies and Gentlemen who prefer consulting by letter, en-
closing a fee o' 105, 6d., with a detail of their complaint, will be
answered by return of post. Surgeon Hamilton attends for personal
consultation from 9 till 2, and from 5 till 9, daily. Post orders pay-
able at Charing• cross post-office, to HENRY HAMILTON, Z, King
william-street. West Strand, Lond,on.

NO MORE PILLS nor any Other MEDICINE.
DU BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA. ARABICA FOOD is
the natural remedy which has obtained 50,000 testimonials of cures
from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Archdeacon Stuart
of Ross, and other parties, of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation,
and diarrhoea, nervousness, biliousness, liver complaint, flatulency,
distension, palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, deafness,
noises in the bead and ears, pains in almost every part of the body,
chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, erysipelas, erup-
tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofula, incipient
consumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, heartburn, nausea and sick-
ness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spasms,
cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, asthma, cough, inquie-
tude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, dislike to
society, unfitness for study, loss of memory, delusions, vertigo, blood
to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear, indecision,
wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, and many other corn
plaints. It is, moreover, the best food for Infants and invalids gene-
rally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, but imparts a
healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of diges-
tion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled.
Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London.
A few out of 50,000 cures arehere given :
Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de
Denies : " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Re-
valenta Arabica Food. and consider it duet ) yourselves and the pub-
lic to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Decies."
Cure No. 49,832.—" Fifty years indescribable agony from dys-
pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms,
sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du
Barry's excellent food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near fuss,
Norfolk."
Cure No. 51,418.—" Major W. Edie, 14; Buckingham-
street, Strand, London, cured of two years' liver complaint and
inveterate diarrhoea, with total prostration of strength which had
resisted the best treatment in India and at home."
Cure No. 47,121. " Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage,
Waltham-cross, Herta : a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion,
gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies."
Cure No. 48,514.—" Miss Elizabeth Yeaman, Gate-acre, near
Liverpool: a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of
nervous irritubiLty."
DR. IrCTILZEICS TF,STIMONIAL•
Bonn, 19th July, 1852.
This light and pleasant Farina is one of the most excellent,
nourishing, aid restorative remedies, and supersedes, in many cases,
all kinds of nnedi Ines. It is particularly useful in confined habit of
body, as also in diarrhces, bowel complaints, affections of the kidneys
and bladder, such as stone or gravel; inflammatory irritation and
cramp of the urethra, cramp of the kidneys and bladder, strictures,
and hemorrhoids This really invaluable remedy is employed with the
mist satisfactory result, not only in bronchial and pulmonary com-
plaints, where irritation and pain are to be removed, but also in pul-
monary and bronchial consumption, in which it counteracts effectually
the troublesome cough ; and I am enabled with perfect truth to ex-
press the conviction, that Du Barry's Revalenta Ambles( is adapted
to the cure of incipient hectic complaints and consumption.
Dr. ROD. WCRZES,
Counsel of Medicine, and practical M.D. in Bonn.
In canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full Instruc-
tions-11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 1 is. ; 121 h. 225. ; super-
refined, 51b., 225., 101 b., 335. The 10lb. and 121 b. carriage free on
receipt of post-office order.—Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-
street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to -her Ma-
jesty, Piccadilly: Hedges and Butler ; Dietrichsen and Hannay, 63,
Oxford-street, Barclay ; Sanger ; Sutton ; Edwards ; RumseY ;
North and Co. ; Crosse and Blackwell; also at 60, Gracechurth-
street ; 49, Bishopsgate-street Within; 4, Cheapside ; 330 and 451,
Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; at the Post-office, Camden-town;
24, Motcomb-street; and may be ordered through all respectable
Booksellers, Grocers and Chemists.

THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General
Meeting of the Subsclribers to the HOOD MEMORIAL, held
Pec. 2d• at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that the Subscrip-
tion List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and

Miss ELIZA COOK,
Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and
DI it. JOHN WATKINS,
were appointed Trustees to the Fund.
The amounts subsctibed are deposited at interest in the London
and Commercial Bank.
Contributions are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the
Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54,
Great Ormonde-str et, Bloomsbury ; aad by Mr. John Watkins,
Hon. Sec., 34, Parliament-street.
Among the subsc. ibers are the following :
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.•• • • .... Z 25 0
Tee Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P....... 5 0 0
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P ••. • • • •• • ... 5 0 0
The Bight Hon.:`. B. Macaulay, •.. 5 0 0
Sir William Frazer, Bart.• •.. •••••••• • • • • • • • 5 0 0
James Harmer, Esq...• • • • • • • ..
John Macgregor, Esq., 51. P •••••••••• .. • • • • • • 5 0 0
Arnild Rogers, Esq. .. ••••••••••• • •• • • • • •• • • 5 5 0
Mrs. Robert Elliot ... •••••••••••• •• • • • • • • • • .. 5 0 0
Richavd Dawson, Esq., M.D.....
George Peabody. Esq..• ••••••••••• • • • • •• • • • • 5 5 0
Edward Moorman, E5q...... .•
David Salomons, Esq .. ••••••• • • • • • • • ••• • • • 5 5 0
Messrs. Spalding and Hodge... •••••••• • • • • • • • • 5 5 0
Miss Eliza Cook•• .. • • • • • • • • • • "
Miss Cushman.... • • ...• •• • •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 5 0 0
Proceeds of an " Evening with Hood " at the
Whittington Club.. • •
Murdo Young, Esq., and family ...............4 4 0
Samuel Rogers, Esq .• •••••••• • • • • • • • • ••••• ••• 3 0 0
C. W. Dilke, Esq... •••..•••••••• •• • • • • • • • • • 3 3 0
Charles Lushington, Esq.. • • ...• •••• • • • ..... • • 3 0 0
Elias Davis, Esq,..
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere •• • • . 2 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P..• •.. 2 0 00
Sir James Duke. Bart.. . • •••• • .. 2 2 0
R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M. P.• •.••••• • • • • • • 2 0 0
B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwell) - 2 2 0
0
Douglas Jerrold, Etn....
T. K. Hervey, Esq. •••••••• • • . • • • • • ...... •• • 2 2 0
Rowland Hill, Esq., general Post-once ........22 2 0
0
C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. • • ..
CW Dilke, jun., Esq.. ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 2 2 0
Edward Moxon, Esq.. • ...... •••••••• • • • • • • • • 2 2 0
James Coppnek, Esq... •••:.., •••••• • • • • •
, • std., .4.WrtalteitiArti**Arfillirtliii . .. ••• • • • --'o*lr'

ism-I-nosy w nwpwrrin-
Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family .• • • • .... • • 20 0
Mrs. Theodore Martin ( iss Helen Fancit) .... 2 2 0
A few Young Men at Simpk at and Marshall's— 15 6
Nine half crowns from M anches.er.... •• • .... 1 2 6
The Right lion. the Earl of Carlisle ••• • • .... 1 1 0
The Right lion. the Ears of St. Gernians ••• • • • e 1 1 0
The Right Hon. Lord Brougham ••..••• • • • • •• 1 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord Hadley Stuart, M P... 1 1 0
The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne ••• • • • ..... 1 8 0
Alfred'Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate)..... •• .. 1 l 0
Lady Sarrts s.. • . •••• - • . ••••.• • • • • ... , • 1 1 ()
W. M. Thacter ay, Esq... ....... • • •• • • 1 0 0
Charles Swain, Esq, •..••.• . • • ••. ••..• • .. 1 0 0
W. C. Macready, -• . •• ••••.• • • .. • • 1 1 0
J. _Westland Marston, Esq . • 1 1 0
Mrs. S. C. Hall
Albert SmiLh, Ersq. •••• .. • • •••• •••• • • .. 1 1 0
Lady Morgan.
W. CM. Kent. Esq •..••• • • • • • ..... •••• • • • • 1 1 0
Alfred Crowquill, Esq. • • 1 1 0
William Jerdan, Esq...• •• • • ..... •••••• • • • • • 1 1 0
Hepworth Dixon. Esq ••.•.••• • • • • • • • • •• • • 11 0
Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., M.P.. • • •••• • • • • 1 0 0
R. Swirl, Esq., M. 13.. ••••••••.••• •• • • • • • • • • • • 1 1 0
James Macgregor, Esq., 51. P •• ..
B'. Oliveira, Esq., M.P.. ••• • • • .... •
W. J. Fox, Esq, Nt.r .. •••• •• •• .•"•••••••• .. 1 1 0
Sir JohnKerle Haberdeld, Knt. Bristol .. •• .. 1 1 0
Mrs Milner Gibson ... •••••••• • • • • • • • .
Thomas Creswick. Esq. R.A
J. B. Birkstone. Esq.. ••••.. • • • • ..... l 1 0
Mrs. Fitzwilliain • •
Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning
Horace Mayhsw, ••.• 1 0
C. Cowden Clarke, Esq. • • • • • • • • • •
Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford .••• • • • • .. ••• • • 1 1 0
Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Itstitution 11 0
Temple and Winsen..
Rev. J. C. Collins 1 0 0
Eight half crowns from Preston .. 1 0 0
In pence from Bideford •• • . ......... ..... • • 018 8
In Half-crown, from Bristol ..... ........... 1 2 6
In Half-crowns and Shillings 0 11 0
In pence from Bristol. • ...........—.. 0 12 6
• Jacob Brett, Esq., Paris •• • •• • • 010 0
John L. Burnard, Esq., Bath •• • • .... • • ...... 010 0
H. F. Lawes, Esq. ...• •• • • •••••••••••• . • .... 010 0
Mrs. E. L. Wilkinson ••••.• • • • • •.••• • • • • • 010 0
Miss E. Ebsworth ...... ••.. • • • ...• •.. • • 0 10 0
Miss Mitford• • ••••••••••••••••••
E. L. Blanchard, Esq.. • • .... .• .•.• • • 010 6
A few Poor Needlewomen.....• •••• • • 010 6
Frederick Hogg. Esq. • • ••• • . • .... ......... 010 6
W. C. Bennett. Esq.• •.••• • • • • • •• • • 010 0
Christopher Cook ..
Miss Ebsworth ...... ••••• • • • • • .......... 0$ 0
W. H. Somerton, E5q....... •••• • • • . ~........ 0 5 0
F. Adams •• • • • 0 i 0
F. W. Adams ...• .. ••..•• • • • • 0 5 0
E. B. Tripp ...... .......... • • 0 5 0
M. Welling • • ..... •• • 05 0
Charles F. Ivens •.• • . .• .... •• • • .......• 0 5 0
W. Rumsey ................ .............. 0 5 0
F. (+. Dowty • • ......... ........ ............. 0 5 0
F. W., of Oxford .............. • • •• 0 5 0
In other sums •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 182 19 0

4390 19 8
Future subscriptions will be announced in The Times sni other
papers. Every subscriber's same will appear in Eliza Cook's Jo-
nal. JOHN WATKINS. Hon. Sec.ur

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
PATRON-H R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION. —An OPTICAL and
MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S
DREAM." the Word. from Shakspere,ntialiely3'alutsalcQ)
urartlieorm.p,a3Fittetv,oeunrs:
Bishop, H. Buckland, and Dr. Cooke,
and every Evenina, except Satnrd Ay, at Half-past NI ne. —LECTURES
by J. IL Pepper. Esq., on the endlessAM USE MEN TS ofC E TRY
adapted to a Jurerile Audience ;
.1 By Dr. fiachhoffner, on the PHI-
LosOPHY of SCIENTIFIC.I RECREATION ; by Mr. Crispe, on
BALLOONING and the PRCSPECTS of AERIAL NAVIGATION,
a beautifhl Modci of POPP' PIN'S PAR %CHUTE,
tGliatrEaNteidS byGUIDE ROPE, DIAGRAMS, &c. DISSOLVING
VIEWS, including Pay and Night Views of WALMER CASTLE,
WALMER CHURCH, Sec.
Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children an ten years of age,
half-price.

URE AS CHRISTMAS COMES, it will be
attended with Tradesmen's Bills, which fall like 'vinegar
on the sweet moments of annual relaxation ; but what a change
has been produced in thousands of instances by the system so suc-
cessfully carried out by E. MOSES & SO)T. The Ready Cash Sys-
tem was never applied on so large a seal., but its success shows the
smallest profits remunerative, through avast amount of business,
and universal satisfaction xiven by punctuality, economy, and dis-
patch.
E. MOSES & SON'S DRESS for the season proves in the most
triumphant manrer the superiority of their Business. It is eon
principles, and furnishes
ducted with energy, founded on equitable
the Newest Styles of Dress for every season. On this account it is
available for all classes, their commands being immediately, effec-
tively, add economically executed.
The JUVENILE DRESS made by E. Moses and Son is the best
" New Year's Gilt" which parents and guardians can present to
young gentlemen. It is pt and made by e class of first-rate artist's
and workmen, whose entire attention is devoted to the cultivation of
the newest and most comfortable styles.
AT EIRE for WINTER in magnificent aid novel devices, compre-
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bending every style and varlet
able in any kind of weather.
Rich and elegant Dress for Balls and Parties is presented better
and cheaper at the Establishment of E. Mesas and Son than at any
House in the trade.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.

Vice-Admiral of the White, Sir Thos. John Cochrane,
K.C.8., the newly-appointed Commander-in-Chief of
this port, arrived here yesterday afternoon, and hoisted
his flag at the fore on board the Victory in this harbour ;
this morning, at nine, the usual salutes were exchanged,
and the ships in commission under the chief command
changed their ensigns from blue to white. " O'Byrne's
Naval Biography" furnishes the following epitome of
the sea services of the new Port Admiral :-" Sir Thos.
Cochrane was born in 1789 ; is eldest son of Admiral of
the White the Hon. Sir Alexander Forester Inglis Coch-
rane, G.C.8., by Maria, daughter of David Shaw, Esq.,
and widow of Captain Sir Jacob Wheate, R.N., nephew
of the Hon. Major Charles Cochrane, A.D.C. to Lord
Cornwallis, who was slain in the first American war (18th
October, 1781) ; first cousin of Admiral the present Earl
of Dundonald •, and brother-in-law of the late Rear-Ad-
miral Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, and of
Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce. This officer en-
tered the navy on the 15th of June, 1796, as first class
volunteer, on board the Thetis, 42, commanded by his
father, with whom he served on the North American
station until 1798. In 1800 he rejoined Captain Coch-
rane in the Ajax, 80 ; and during that and the fol-
lowing year he attended, as midshipman, the expedi-
tions against Quiberon, Belleisle, Ferrol, and Egypt.
From April, 1803, until the 14th of June, 1805, we
next find him serving under his father's flag in the
Northumberland, 74, on the Irish station and off the
north coast of Spain, and then appointed to a lieutenancy
in the Jason, 32, Captain William Champain, stationed
in the West Indies, On the 24th, of September follow-
ing ha was promoted to the command of the Nimrod
sloop of war, and on January the 23d, 1806, he was re-
moved from the Melville to the acting-captaincy of the
Jason, 32, his commission for which bears date of the
23d of Anil, 1806 J3eilig off
_the coast of Surinam,
he to-Ok7"-on tfie 27th or 1807, La Favourite,
French National ship, mounting 16 long 6's and 13
12-pounder carronades, with a complement of 150 men ;
and in December following he assisted in reducing the
Danish West India Islands. His next appointment was
25th October, 1808, to the Ethalion, 38, in which ship
he shortly afterwards had a slight encounter with the
French 40-gun frigate Amphitrite, and creditably served
at the capture of Martinique. and the Saintes in 1809.
Having been on half-pay for two years, Captain
Cochrane, on the 31st of August, 1812, obtained com-
mand of the Surprise, 38, and continuing in that
frigate until August, 1815, captured, 16th January,
1813, the Decatur, American privateer, of .12
guns, and 82 men, and was in the Chesapeake
during the attack on Washington and Baltimore, and
in the operations on the coast of Georgia. While subse-
quently commanding the Forte, 44, from June 28, 1820,
until the close of 1824, he served on the Halifax and
West India stations, accompanied George IV. to Scot-
land, and brought home a large amount of specie from
Vera Cruz and the Havannah. He attained the rank
of Rear-Admiral 23d November, 1841, and on the 21st
July, 1842, hoisted his flag in the Agincourt, 72, as
second in command on the East India station, where,
from the return home of Sir William Parker in 1845 to
1847, he held the chief direction of naval affairs. The
Rear-Admiral appears during that period to have avenged
in a very condign manner a breach of faith made in re-
gard to the slave trade by some of the Borneo chiefs.
Sir Thomas Cochrane was knighted May 29, 1812, as
proxy for his father at his installation as a K.B. ; and
was nominated a C. 8., April 18, 1839. He received
April 16, 1825, the appointment of Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Island of Newfoundland and its
dependencies, which he continued to hold for several
years ; and in 1839 he was returned to Parliament for
the borough of Ipswich. The Rear-Admiral married
January 6, 1812 Matilda Ross Wishart, eldest daughter
of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ross, by
whom (who died in 1836) he had issue two sons and two
daughters. Of the former, the second, Charles Stuart,
is an officer in the army.
The. Dvina, Russian corvette, Captain Besseraysky,l
which left Spithead on Thursday, to prosecute her
voyage, put back to-day from the violence of the
weather.
The Termagant, 24, Captain Giffard, steamed into
harbour this afternoon from Spithead.
The Duke of Wellington, 131, has been again docked
to further her fittings. A large proportion of her ma-
chinery has been put on board, and her huge boilers will
be landed on Wednesday.
The London, 90, Captain Mundy, has been brought
into No. 2 dock to-day to have her copper cleaned, &c.
The Blenheim, 60, steam-guardship, Captain W. H.
Henderson, haulecleout of dock to the fitting-basin to-day,
having had her leaks stopped.
Simoom, iron steam-frigate, hauled into the berth va-
cated by the Duke of Wellington, and is landing ma-
chinery for the above-named ship.
Mr. Triphook, secretary to the late lamented Admiral
Sir Thomas Briggs, retains office as secretary to the new
commander in chief.

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Her Majesty's ships Fury, Phaeton, Vengeance, Ar-
rogant, Encounter, Prince Regent, Leander, and Rodney,
are at Spithead.
At the Motherbank and St. Helen's there are upwards
of 140 sail of merchantmen.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, 9 P.M.

The Dido was towed out of harbour to-day by the
Confiance steam vessel. The Dido is appointed to sail
for South America on the 6th of January.

The Valorous will be put into dock on Wednesday to
have her copper examined.
The Vulture steamer being fully manned was placed at
her moorings to-day.
Commander Kennedy, chief of Coast Guard in this
district, who was actively and effectively employed in
January last in the relief of the second boat's crew of the
Amazon, the unfortunate mail packet, has been exerting
himself in relation to the wreck of the Ocean Queen.
This officer made three unsuccessful attempts to-day to
reach the great Mewstone, on the western side of which
the two masts and part of the deck are visible. These
attempts failed in consequence of the heavy swell. Cap-
tain Kennedy has secured the register, which states that
the brig was built at Wells, Norfolk, in May, 1851, 206
tons register, and' that Joseph William Hore became
master May 10, 1852. Fourteen bodies were washed
ashore—two, it is supposed, were passengers, and nine
look like'seamen ; two are mulattoes, and one is a negro.
The Wanderer, supposed to be a bark from 300 to 400
tons, was totally lost near Salcombe.

SHEERNESS, DEC. 28.

The following commissions have arrived here for her
Majesty's screw steam guard ship Horatio, of 24 guns
and 250-horse power—viz., Mr. T. Yeatman, second
master ; and Mr. W. Mayas, second master—both addi-
tional. Clerk, Mr. C. W. Motherwell.
The Horatio will, in consequence of her having parted
her chain cable bridle during the gale of yesterday, be
towed to-day to the moorings lately occupied by the
Wellington, 72, by the steam-vessels African, G. Gill,
and the Myrtle, W. S. Bourchier, master in command.
The following commissions have arrived here for the
Rattlesnake, of 8 guns :—Commander, H. Trollope ;
Lieutenant, R. S. Moore, now serving as a first lieuta.
nant in the Monarch, 84 guns, guard-ship in ordinary
here ; Acting-Master, Mr. T. Bourchier ; Paymaster,
Mr. S. S. Spark ; Assistant-Surgeon, Mr. T. B. For-
ster ; Clerk, Mr. H. Gilpin.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 28

Commander the Hon. G. H. Douglas has taken up
his appointment to command the fine new screw steam-
sloop Cruizer, 17, and hoisted his pendant on board
that vessel, under the shears in the basin at Woolwich
Dockyard.
The Terrible steam-frigate has received on board two
of her new boilers, and the other two are alongside,
ready to be put on board, to enable her to work full
power with four boilers, the number she had when first
fitted with engines of 800-horse power.
The Impdrieuse, 50-gun screw steam-frigate, Captain
R. B. Watson, C. 8., will be taken out of dock next
spring tides.
The Rhadamanthus steam transport, Master-Com-
mander Belam, hauing completed the repairs required
for her bottom, which was injured when serving at the
Cape of Good Hope, was taken out of dock to-day, and
is now moored in the stream.
The Megmra steam frigate, Commander John 0.
Johnson, is to be taken into dock on Thursday next
to have her bottom examined, and, if necessary,
payed with Mr. Hay's composition for preserving iron
vessels.
Vessels in the Harbour.—The Fisgard, flag ship of
Commodore Henry Eden ; Resistance troop ship,
Master Commander Bradshaw ; Rhadamanthus stear
transport, Master Commander Belam ; Megtera steam
frigate, Commander J. 0. Johnson • Black Eagle
steam yacht, Master Commander Petiey ; Lightning
steam vessel, Master Commander Allen ; Monkey
steam vessel, Second Master Lallenger, in commission ;
and Prospero steam vessel, not in commission.
In the Outer Basin.—The Cruizer screw steam sloop,
Commander Hon. G. H. Douglas, in commission. Rosa-
mond steam sloop, Medusa steam sloop, and Terrible
steam frigate, not in commission.
In the Inner Basin.—The Firebrand steam frigate.
Lieutenant D. O'Brien Casey died at Greenwich Hos-
pital on Monday the 27th instant. The gallant old offi-
cer was midshipman of the Hermione in 1797, at the
time that the crew mutinied and barbarously massacred
all the officers, with the exception of the master and
himself. The 000 l courage evinced by Mr. Casey on
that occasion will never be forgotten while the British
navy lasts.

[PRICE 5D .

seventh, 101. 16s. 4d.; eighth, 51. Bs. 2d.; ninth,
3/. 7s. 7d.; tenth, 21. Os. 6d.
Notice has also been given, by Messrs. Collier and
Snee, to such of the officers and crew of her Majesty's
ship Sealark as are entitled to share for a slaving-vessel
(name unknown), captured Dec. 25, 1850, that they may
receive their respective proportions of tonnage bounties
granted for the same, on Thursday, Jan. 13, 1853, or
any succeeding Tuesday and Thursday during the period
allowed for re-calling the payments. Individual share
in each class :-Flag, 301. lls. sd. ; commander, 57/.
Os. sd. ; third class, 201. 7s. 11d. ; fourth, 121. 4s. 9d. ;
fifth, 7/. 2s. 9d. ; sixth, 01. 2s. 4d. ; seventh, 4/. ls. 7d. ;
eighth, 2/. Os. 9d..; ninth, 1/. ss. 6d. ; tenth, 15s. 4d.
Notice has been given by Mr. Chippendale, to the
officers and company of her Majesty's steam-sloop Fire-
fly, John Tudor, Esq., commander, entitled to share for
the capture of the brigantine Relampago, on Feb. 24,
1850, that they will be paid their respective proportions
arising from the said capture on the 17th January next,
and all shares not then claimed will be recalled every
Monday and Thursday for the following three months,
pursuAnt to act of Parliament :-Flag share, 511.55. 4d.;
commander, 961. 2s. 6d. ; third class, 391. 19s. 3d. ;
fourth, 231. 19s. 6d. ; fifth, 13/. 19s. 9d, ; sixth, 11/ 19s.
9d. ; seventh, 71.195. 10d. ; eighth, 3/. 19s. lid. ; ninth,
2/. 9s. 11d. ; tenth, 1/. 9s. 11d.