The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BOW STREET. —William Bishop, a private in the
first battalion of Grenadier Guards, accompanied by his
sergeant, attended before Mr. Hall, to state the parti-
culars of the following lamentable occurrence :
Bishop said that he was walking backwards and for-
wards on Waterloo-bridge, between twelve and one
o'clock on Saturday night, in company with a prostitute
who went by the name of Elizabeth Gordon, and lived
in Catherine-street, Strand ; and that having left her for
a minute, for a private purpose, she suddenly raised her-
self to the parapet of the bridge, and leaped into the
river. He heard the splash occasioned by her fall into
the water, and, on looking over, he heard her voice ex-
claiming " Bill." She always called him by that name.
He had known her on and off for several years ; but he
had not had any quarrel with her that night.
The sergeant stated that Bishop made a similar state-
ment at the barracks in the morning, but it was thought
very extraordinary that he did not raise any alarm at
the time, nor tell the police or toll-keepers what had
happened. It appeared that he went to the house where
the woman lodged and gave information of the occur
rence to the landlady or some person living there.
Under these circumstances witness had been directed by
the commanding officer to take Bishop before a magis-
trate, to state his own version of the story.
Mr. Hall—Was he sober when he returned to the
barracks ?

The sergeant—Yes, quite sober.
Bishop—l had been drinking all the evening, but I
knew what I was about. I was not drunk.
Mr. Hall—You say you had not had any words with
her. Was anything said in conversation which might
induce you to think that she contemplated suicide.
Bishop—No, sir.
The sergeant said that inquiry had been made at the
girl's lodgings, but nothing had been seen or heard of her
since Saturday.
Mr. Hall directed the sergeant to communicate with
the police upon the subject, as, if the body should be
found, Bishop would be required to give evidence at the
coroner's inquest.

In the course of the afternoon Inspector Wilkinson re-
ceived information at the Bow-street station that the
body of a young woman, answering the description given
of Elizabeth Gordon, had been taken out of the river at
Wandsworth.

GUILDHALL.—Wm. Nettle, a cabinet-maker, was
charged before Alderman Sir R. W. Carden with 'com-
mitting a series of indecent assaults upon a little girl
under 12 years of age.
Margaret M`Kay said she lived at 39, Bridgwater-
gardens, and was twelve years old on the 9th of last
February. A short time before Christmas she met with
the prisoner in a "penny gaff" in Golden-lane, and when
the performance terminated he took her to Smithfield.
On the way thither he took her into a public-house, and
gave her a glass of gin, and after committing the offence
complained of he gave her sixpence, and appointed to
meet her again at the "gaff " on the following evening.
The second time she saw him he gave her sixpence, and
on the third occasion he took her again to Smithfield.
Her next meeting with him resulted in his taking her to
a house of ill-fame near Smithfield, and after passing
some time in bed together he gave her 44d., and parted
from her. The last time she saw him was about three
weeks or a month ago, when he took her from the
penny theatre to a bookseller's shop at the corner of a
court, where he gained admittance at the front door by
ringing a bell, and let her in at the back, so that the boy
might not see her at all. She passed the night with
him by the side of the books in the shop, and did not go
home to her mother's house until the morning. The
prisoner gave her a shilling on that occasion, which she
spent in cakes and sweetmeats. The prisoner appointed
to meet her again, but she did not see him after that.
In answer to questions from Sir R. W. Carden, the
complainant said she was a frequent visitor at the penny
theatre, and sometimes she was there as often as twice a
week. Her mother did not know she went to such a
place, for she never told her. Complainant told her
sister first how the prisoner had treated her, in order to
induce her to go with her to meet him, and the sister
told her mother. The performances commenced at six
o'clock, and were over at seven o'clock, when they began
again, and lasted till half-past eight, and it was during
the latter time that she mostly visited the place.
In her cross-examination she became very confused in
the dates of the offences that were alleged to have taken
place since Christmas, but adhered to the principal facts
given in the evidence in chief.
Ellen M`Kay stated she saw the prisoner and the
complainant, who was her sister, enter a public-house
in company about a fortnight before Christmas.
Fanny Fowler (as the reporter understood the name)
said she was money-taker at the penny theatre, which
her father conducted, and she had frequently seen the
prisoner leave the theatre in company with the com-
plainant.
Sir R. W. Carden inquired what kind of performances
were exhibited at this penny establishment ?
The witness said they had nothing but singing and the
laughing gas.
The Secretary to the "Society for the Protection of
Young Females," who was in attendance during the
proceedings, here stated that be was watching the case
on behalf of that society, and it was a most unfortunate
fact that by far the greater portion of young females ap-
plying for admission to the Society's Asylum owed their
fall entirely to tsese penny theatrical establishments.
The case had only just come under his notice, but if it
was remanded he would take steps to prosecute the
inquiry further.
Sir R. W. Carden said he was glad there was some
one to take up the prosecution in such a case. The evi-
dence was quite clear as regarded the first transaction,
but he was afraid that the complainant was a wicked
little girl, and although she had no doubt told some
truth, she had evidently endeavoured to "uTe The mother
own
bad conduct by a great deal of falsehood.
was greatly to blame for allowing a child to frequent
such a den of iniquity, and it was not to be wondered at
if children became degraded when they had parents so
utterly regardless of their welfare.
The Alderman then asked the officer on duty in that
neighourhood why he had not reported this penny thea-
tre to his superiors ?—The officer said because his supe-
riors were already aware of its existence.
Sir. R. W. Carden wished to know why the police
authorities had taken no steps to abolish such a hot-bed
of vice and pest to society.
The acting-inspector said-he had attended the theatre
on several occasions, but saw nothing beyond singing
and dancing to enable him to interfere ; but with the
evidence given by the money-taker in this case, the police
would now have power to act.

The prisoner was admitted to bail, and remanded ti.
Friday next.

CAPTURE OF A RUNAWAY BANKRUPT IN AUSTRALIA.
—About seven months since, a warehouseman, trading
under the firm of Spriggs and Co., in the City, and who
had obtained goods on credit to the amount of 30,000/.,
which he converted into cash, absconded, and embarked
in a fictitious name on board the Cleopatra for Australia.
A fiat in in bankruptcy was filed against him, and as he
did not surrender, a warrant was issued for his appre-
hension. Mr. Charles Falconer, an intelligent and re-
spectable man, who was forupwards of 25 years attached
to the Thames police, as constable, surveyor, and in-
spector, and who had been on the superannuation list for
several years, was appointed by the creditors of the
bankrupt to pursue him ; and, with the concurrence of
the commissioners of the metropolitan police, he embarked
on board the Sarah Sands, an American screw steamer
bound for Port Philip. The Sarah Sandsleft Cork in Oct.
last, and her safe arrival at Port Philip has been already
announced. A serious accident happened to Mr.
Falconer on the voyage out. He was standing near the
gangway of the screw steamer in conversation with the
steward, when a heay sea struck the vessel, and Mr.
Falconer was knocked backwards with great violence,
by which six of his ribs were broken. He was insensibld
for some time afterwards, and never moved out of his
berth for six weeks after the occurrence. About three
weeks ago, it was rumoured that Falconer had died of
the injuries he received, but advices have been since re-
ceived by his family, and by the assignees, of the run-
away bankrupt, conveying the gratifying information
that Mr. Falconer had arrived at Melbourne, quite re-
covered from the effects of his accident, and that three
days afterwards he had succeeded in apprehending the
person of whom he was in pursuit. It appears that the
Sarah Sands, which sailed a fortnight after the Cleo-
patra, arrived three days before her, and that as the
fraudulent bankrupt was coming on shore, Mr. Falconer,
who had been very often in his company in London,
stepped up to him, and immediately made him his pri-
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bankrupt on board the Cleopatra, and lodged his prisoner
in gaol. The bankrupt was subsequently brought before
the authorities at Melbourne, and Mr. Falconer having
produced a warrant signed by the Home Secretary, and
another from one of the City magistrates, with the sworn
depositions of some of the creditors, the bankrupt-was
delivered into the custody of the London officer, for
transmission to England. Mr. Falconer is now on his
way to England with the fraudulent bankrupt, and in
his last letter stated that he expected to reach London
in the course of the present week. The money taken
from the bankrupt will secure a handsome dividend for
the creditors.

DISTURBANCES
AT GREY TOWN AND CHAGRES —When
the last West India steamer left Grey Town and.Chagres,
disturbances were daily apprehended between the Ame-
ricans located at those places and the Mosquitan and
New Grenadan Governments. At Grey Town, the
Mosquitan Government had allowed the Americans
the temporary use of a small island, not much better
than a sand-bank, which forms part of the harbour,
and is situated at a short distance from the town. The
Yankees quickly built a few houses on it, and now the
steamers that come down the river, instead of stopping
at the town as formerly to pay dues and benefit the
inhabitants, stop at the island and avoid all dues, and
deprive the inhabitants of the town of an immense
benefit. The Mosquitan Government had ordered
the Americans to quit the island, because the ob-
ject for which they had been allowed a temporary loca-
tion there had ceased. The Americans had refused to
leave, and the day after the West India packet left Grey
Town the Mosquitan Government intended to drive the
intruders out by force. When the packet left Chagres
there was a violent dispute raging between the New
Grenada-1u Government and the new town built up by
American, German, and other speculators at Navy Bay.
The New Grenadan Government had imposed a house
tax on the stores and houses built there, which the inha-
bitants had refused to pay. The tax amounted to from
10 to 100 dollars a month, according to the size of the
houses and stores and business done in them. A military
official had been sent down to Navy' Bay by the New
Grenadan Government, and the struggle between the
inhabitants and the authorities was expected to come off
a week after the mail steamer left Chagres.

CO UNTR Y MARKETS.

COLCHESTER -MARCH

Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat,
red, 40s to 50s ; barley, 34s to 38s ; oats,
Mazagan, 30s to 32s ; middle and small,
white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325.

white, 48s to 58s ;
17s to 248 ; beans,
32s to 38s ; peas,

CHELMSFORD—MARCH 24.
Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 408 Od
to 57s Od, new 38s to 55s ; red, old 36s to 475, new 31s to
44s ; barley, 25s to 27s ; chevalier, 31s to 37s ; grinding.
21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 56s ; oats,
19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 305 to 35s ; white, 32s 0 3!-P
boiling 38s to 41s ; dun, new, 29s to 33s ; beans, tick, 32P
to 34s ; Harrow ticks, 31s to 368 ; Mazagan, 29s to 325.

The following is the official statement of the quantitiei
of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the pofto
in Essex, from the 21st to the 26th March,
elusive : both In-

Colchester
Harwich _
Leigh .....
Malden__

.4
8
4

27199 -151
304 34
888 501

4 I P;

2 I A

60 I 3291

i 1 ...55., 1,4

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47
4 410
36 -
99 42°

KIRKCALDY— MARCH 26.
The following are the quotations for grain :
Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Beans.
1
First
I
Second
Third 39s Od 27s 6d 17s Od I Os Od
Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Od to 30% Od.

ET—MARCH 28.
he close of the market :

COAL MARK
Prices of Coal per ton at t
es. d.
Bate's West Hartley 16 3
Burnhope l6 0
Carr's Hartley l6 6
Hasting's Hartley 16 6
Howard's West Hartley
Netherton 16 6
Longridge's W. Hartley 17 0
New Tanfield 16 6
North Percy Hartley l6 0
Ravensworth W. Hartley 17 0
South Hartley 16 0
Tanfield Moor l6 3
Tanfield Moor Butes 16 0
West Wylam Trader 17 0
Willington Hartley l6 3
Wylam 17 9
Gosforth 18 91
Harton lq 9
Harvey Wylam, uns. „16 6
Hebburn lB
Ships at market

o, d:

Killingsworth E. ......... 6
Lawson ................. ... 18 0
Riddell ..................... 18 9
Washington, ........... ...16 0
Eden Main ............ ..19 3
Belmont .....................20 0
Braddyll.. .....•20............
Plummer .................. 20
Richmond .............. 19 6
Russell's Setton ........... 20 0
Stewart's .................... 20
Caradoc . ............... 23 0
North Hartlepool ......... 0
16 0
-
I South Hartlepool. ..... 20
19 0
Th0rn1ey..................
Whitw0rth.............. . ... 16 9
Tees ....... - ...... ...... 20 0
Birchgrove Graigola ..... .23 0
Wayne's Merthyr ......... 21 6
9 0 I 501 d............

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Menai 28.
The market to-day was very dull and heavy, vv.—
generally lower prices. The principal dealers were eau"
pied with arrangements for the settling of the account on
Wednesday. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (22rn
0
shares, 30.—Chester and Holyhead, 32t•Lancast
Counties, 14—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 751—f
and Carlisle 93—Ditto (third shares), 13a p• Liverpo
Crosby, and Southport, 17i—London and South-Wes
1181—Ditto (I-shares C), 1i p.—Manchester, Sheffiel
and Lincoln, 304 Midland, 741 i—South-Eastern and
Dover, 234—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17
Northern Union A, 251.

MANCHESTER, MARes 28.
There was very little business doing, and prices Were
rather lower. Dovers, 231 • Leeds stock, 75i ; Midlands,
74i ; Sheffield pref., 11.

BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 28.
The market here was very flat all day, and very little
business doing.

LEEDS, MARCH 28.
We have had a rather brisker market to. l'be
-day t
business done done is still not large, and prices do n°
show any material change. On the whole, however,
shares are firm. The following are the closing transactiolis.
this morning :—North British, ; East Lancashire,,P.
Leeds Northerns, 168 ; ditto Fifths (41. paid), i n'oeC.
York and North Midlands, 29i ; North-Westerns, °l'
Lancashire and Yorkshires, 75i ex div. ; South-EasteD^
and Dovers, 231. 6s. 3d. ; Leeds Northern Extensions,
No. 1, prem.

SEABORNE 'WAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent from the General rOl
by the night—and M by the morning -dispatch.]

Day when made up From what When
COUNTRIES. da.
in General Post- Port n-iand.
Office, London. Dispatched. c- *
Each Moll.
Liverpool ..• April 4
packet) ..........N March 30 •
((bbyyßurintitpedacks)ts.N. Every Liverpool ... Eac
AmericaAAerraa
(by U. States
Southampton Prll April 5 .....
ampton) .. • • • • • • • •
A upsatcrka leita) (viaSoutli
At, 4th of May ...... Southampton Pei 4
Bth of May ...... Dover ...... April 1
Dittomtt (viai Marseilles)
2d of April .. Plymouth .. arch an
AAlfßeiaalliNces
NN
8,9,
2o4f,tithe3mo
oorimth.
mAparrllchP2l,
Alexandria3l 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton . pril 4
Bahamas ~.........M 2nd of the month Southampton Ist of mph
Belgium ..N Daily Dover Daily
Brazil .......... M 9th of the month.. Southampton pril 16
Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Southampton . Nil 16
Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. March 26
Cape of Good Hope ..N 2n4 of April .. .... Plymouth .. March 30'
Cape de Verds ......14 14th of the month. Plymouth .. March 26
Ceylon (see India)
Cey10n......
Channel Isles Mon ~Wed ,&Fr'd. Southampton TILTO• w.
.. • . & 17th of month Southampton APrll I
China (see India)
Constantinople -24 7,8,17,24,&27 of ra Dover .. .. • • 317.7`- 301
__,,
Constantinople .. M 4th & 20th of mon Southampton APru2,. l'
Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily
Dover ..... • Pvrloeu" 7 Egypt (see India)
France & N Twice daily ... . Dover Twiced:
Gibraltar
.. 31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton March 11 6
Greece (see India)
Greytown .... • --DI 2nd & 17th of mon. `outbampton April I,
Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London ... • • aee_." pit.
Havannah M 2nd of the month Southampton Apr. • Holland M Wednesday & Sat London tif
Honduras; .• • • —NI 17th of the month Southampton April lb'
India (vlaSatthampt.)3l 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton A 4
/011
Inlia (via Marreilles)3l Bth& 24th of month Dover .... • • April 1
lonian Isles (see India)
Lisbon
Irela ........31 & N Twice daily
...... Holyhead ... rwiced
31 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton April
Madeira ...... •• • . M 9th of the month Southampton tPrij lfi
2
Madeira ...... • • 23rd of the month Plymouth .. Aprila Malta (see India)
Malta •••• • • • • 7,17,19,28, 30 efm. Dover Mauritius (see India)
Mauritius •• • • N 14th of the month Plymouth . •
10
ot
"'eller. ••••• • • • • • -21 2nd of the month. Southampton as 2 Naples.. .. ..•• • • • N sth Itsth2sthormon Dover • • Prq,
New Granada .. 2d & 17th of month Southampton SPr,e_, 40
New Zealand By private ship .. Variou. port' Urn'
. . 31,alchh
Papal States .... • ....N '+th I sth2Athofmon. Dover .. .• • • APril Peninsula .......... th 1 7th2Bthotmon Southampton API? 6,
Peru •••••••• • • • • .. M & 28th of mon southampton AP' 6
Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth . • Match9
inril
Sicily ••••• • • • • • ..N sthl -th2sthofmon, Dover ..... • 9 Tvuensceaznuiyeemlie.n..,
8: •
i.;•eiviNe sth 15 th2sthofmon. Dover Ap.4, 1
VanAusitcalia) . Land
......... 2d & 17th of month soathampton Aps-
A..rg 1
West Indies . Id 2d& 17th of month Southampton

Pril 8
pr! 4
April 1
arch 30 ‘&..
April 12
March 29
pril 4
Ist of room
Daily
pril 11
pril 16
March 26
March 30"
March 26

Rio to t
the
madeSociety,waswhichdeepestsounding Janeiro to the Cape of Good Hope, in 36 deg:
49 min. south latitude, and 37 deg. 6 min. west lc AC;
tude, on a calm day, the ocean was ascertained t 3 uht
7,706 fathoms deep, 7•7 geographical miles. The vi( Jig 0
of the superincumbent water was so excessive, tb tot,
bottle of fresh water being lowered to a great dept
the sea, the pressure drove in the cork, and expelle4 itvw
contents, the sea-water taking the place of the fres Iv"
Leisure Hour. clAt
A LUCKY &ULM—Much gossip has been excite
Wells for some weeks past, from the circumstance 9
report having ,got into circulation that the bish
oP
butler, Mr. Box, was engaged to be married to a l*e
with a fortune of 60,000/. This report, so far as
wi
marriage is concerned, was confirmed on Monday 1 ati;
when the wedding took place in London. Whether tal
fortune of the lady extends to the sum above mentio alc
.
we do not pledge ourselves, but it seems certain that J
Box is become master of! a sum of 20,000/., whic
settled on him, leaving the lady mistress of a still lax gel
sum. Mr. Box's friends is Wells are much gratified: ;
his good fortune. He is considered by all who k-
ireso
him an intelligent and highly respectable man.—
sm
County Gazette.

GENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING
COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That this Company's Auxiliary Iron
Screw Steam-Olio ARGO, 1,850 tons, George Hyde, Commander, will
leave Southampton for PORT PHILIP and SYDNEY on W EDNES-
TrAy, the 4th of May next.
'I he accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are
fully furnished. The rates of passage money—After cabin, first
class, B.o'. ; Fore Cabin, second class. 501. These rates are exclusive
of wines, beer, and spiritous liquors, which, however, may be had on
board at moderate prices. The ship will carry an experienced
surgeon.
Applications for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2,
Royal Exchange-buildings; and for freight and parcels, to Messrs.
Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
HONORARY PRESIDENTS.
Lord Elpbinstone
Lord Belhaven and Renton
William Campbell, Esq., of
Tillichewan.

Earl of Courtovrn
Earl Leven and Melville
Earl of Norbury
Earl of Stair
Viscount Falkland

LONDON
CHARLES GRAHAM,
CHARLES DOWNES, ]
H. Blair Avarne, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident
Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq.

BOARD.

Esq., F.S.A., Chairman.
Esq., Deputy Chairman.
J. G. Henriques, Esq.
F. C. Maitland. Esq.
William Railton, Esq.
F. H. Thomson, Esq.
Thomas Thorby, Esq.

MEDICAL OFFICERS.
PHYSICIAN.—Arthur H. Hassall, Esq., 11. D., 8, Bennett-street,

St". James's.
StraGEosi.—F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48, Berners•street.
The bonus added to policies from March, 1834, to the 31st
December, 1847,1 s as follows:

Sum
Time Assured. Sum addedto Sumaddedto Sum payable
Assured.' Policy 411841 Policyin 1848 at Death.
£5OOO 13 years 10 mthe £638 6 8 £787 10 0 £6470 16 8
*lOOO 7 years .. .. 157 10 0 1157 10 0
500 1 year .. .. 11 5 0 511 5 0

EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a person aged
thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual Payment for which
is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 1681. I Is. Bd. ; but
the profits being 2U per cent. per annum on the sum insured (which
is 221. 103. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 1571. 10s. added to the
Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid.
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
Only one-half need be paid for the first five years when the In-
■nrancefs for Life. _ _ _

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Every information will be afforded on application to the Resideßi
Director.

NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE.

THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE
♦SSURANCE COMPANY,

18, New Bridge-street, Blackfliars, London.
CAPITAL—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS
DIRECTORS.

Chairman—The Right lion.theViZlnt Drumlanrig, M.P., P.C.,

Comptroller of her Majesty's Household.
R. Yaliowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury
G. Noel Clarke, Esq., late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club
George Coode, Esq., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St.

Baer's, Jersey,_
Stephen Cracknall, Esq.. 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11,
r'ew-square, Lincoln's-inn.
W. Jones, M.D., Davies.street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth,

Leicesters • •
George Rolex, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor
Lodge, Stallordabire.
Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill.
David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square.
'William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park-

place West.
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square.
31Ekjer Sperling, 14, St. James's-square.

AUDITORS.

. J. Blgg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical,
Legal, and General Life Office.
William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers.
♦. Peck, Esq., 8.A., Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life
Office, 345, Strand.

BANKERS.
Sir Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., $, King William-street, London.
Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., 3, Regent-street.
PHYSICIANS.

Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-place.
Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square.

BURGEONS.

A. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lover Seymour-street, Portman-square.
I,llehael Teevan, Esq., 44, aloucegter-place, Hyde-park-gardens.

CONSULTING ACTUARY.
Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S.
INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES.
F. P. F. Strousberg, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.
William Wellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-inn.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hill and Mathews St. Mary-axe.
RESIDENT SECRETARY.
Charles W. Bevan, Esq.
The public is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the
Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated
by, and is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson,
Esq., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company.
Comparative Tables to assure 5001 on death, by a person aged
twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system
of Assurances.
ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM.

,The sum the ordinary
The sum the •Life Offices would give
ordinary Life him if he were unable
Offices would 'to pay, or his omit, ed
At the His give him for to pay current
end of policy the surrender annual premium of
~ Annual thirty at that or sale 81.65. 3d. after he has
o
.0 premiumyears when age, of his policy, paid into their coffers
mto assure; the party in case after thirty '249/.73 6d., and which
t 5001. is fifty of years'payments they have had the use
years old, death 1 amounting to I of at compoun
1 hewill have will be 2491.75. 6d. j interest, or in
paid into worth which theyhave the event of his death
ob. the office. had the benefit; one hour after such
-4 ' of at compound; omission or inability
interest. I to pay.
- ------

181. 60. 3d.1!
I

---
little more 1
2491.75.6 d. 6001. than 801.
perhaps 901. NOTHING.

ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM.
Ifun able t o pay, or not
desirous of paying or
omitting topay,thePo-
licy would still remain
of its rum, value,
522/.25.7d.ti1l death, if
20 years after, no fur-
ther payment beingre-
quired. Ifhowever the
party, from any cause,
wished to cancel the
Policy, he could not
onlydraw out all hehas
put in, viz., 2251., but
a certain bonus of 62/.
20 /I.los Od 225/. 522/.257,1 237/. 2s. 9d. 2s. 9d, in the bargain,
which is more
than one-fourth of the
whole ofhispayments,
or he could either draw
out a part, 201. or 501..
diminishing the Polley
only by the assured
value of the sum se
drawn out at the age
when withdrawn. See
pagess and7in detailed
pamphlet, by
F. G. P. Nelson, Esq.

On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person I
under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follossure w-
ing advantages, via., let. For a less sum, paid annually,
a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system.
2dly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive
which applies to,all ages,
in this Company, by the above example,
THREE times as much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event
of inability or omission to pay, his policy remains still his property,
of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments
for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets
nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the
amount of his policy, he can do so at pleasure. He can at any time,
by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any Part from 11 up to the
whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he
has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three
years, or any time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even
its former amount ; and by this system he can at all times regulate
his annual savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the
bargain of baying a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as
ix a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets
than
s Inte-
rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive m
the amount of his savings. In ordinary Life Offices he can do no
such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment
he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any
ftind to lly to for aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to
the society, and his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his
reor efortunate co-assurers.
Such a system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked
and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system of assurance which can be
universal recognised and adopted when the principles are impr-
tially canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. a
It
confers greater advantages than a b•tnk because it allows a fair rate
of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the
sands of the Company to the representatives of the Depositor is
case of death. thus combining the
ADVANTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF
AN ASSURANCE COMPANy.
In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DEPOSIT
system are still more striking.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY
LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH.
To those who prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to
WO/. on every known principle thereof.
Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been
rejected by other Offices, are taken at rates equivalent to the parti-
cular disease.
• Loans from 501. and upwards granted on every kind of security,
real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower - -
Annuities of every description granted on very favourable te
Non-forfeiture of a Policy.—ln case of inability to pay the eurrasnt
premiums, the Directors will either purchase the Policy at a fair
market value, or give a new one in lien thereof, less 5 per cent., inte-
rest corr .sponding in amount to the whole of the previous Pa 3 menu
which have been made.
Detailed prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De-
posit system, and any further information may be obtained on appli-
cation to the Agents in the country, or to
CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary.

N.B.—Agents wanted in all parts of the Wald.

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Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, London,

THE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD
COMPANY, Nevada District, California.
Established in France as a Societe en Commandite, by which the
responsibility of Shareholders is expressly limited to the amount

of their subscriptions.
For the purchase of a valuable freehold auriferous landed estate,
21,600 acres in extent.
Capital, 300,0601., in 150,000 Shares of 21. each.
To be increased to 500,0001. so soon as dividends to the amount of
twenty per cent. have been paid on the present capital, which•is an-
ticipated from the first twelve months' actual operations.
Seventy-five thousand of the above shares will be Issued at once, of
which twenty-five thousand have been subscribed for in New York ;
and the remainder are reserved to be issued when the property has
been inspected and reported upon by a surveyor, and approved of by
the Board of Supervision, or sooner, should a general meeting of the
shareholders so determine—no payment beyond a deposit of five per
cent, upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the
vendors until the property be thus approved.

BOARD OF SUPERVISION.
Paris—Monsieur Drouillard, Banker and Director of the Lyons
and Mediterranean Railway.
, Monsieur Monternault, Director of the Paris and Orleans
Railway Company.
In London—John Bagshaw, Esq.
Of R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
„ H. W. Schneider, Esq.
ff John Stewart, Esq.
„ Charles Trueman, Esq.
„ Cspt. Leicester Vernon, R.E.
GERANT IN PARIS—Mons. Ennemond Bagary.

'lnc:amts.
Messrs. G. 13urnaud & Co., Cornhill.
Messrs. Foster and nraithwaite, Old Broad-street.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co.
The London and Westminster Bank.
BANKERS IN PARlS.—Messrs. P. Gil and CO.

SOLIC [TORS.
Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse•yard.
SECRETARY.—Mr. William Bray.
Offices. In London :-64, Old Broad-street ; in Paris, '79, Rue
Richelieu.

This Company has been enabled to secure, in the celebrated Ne..
vada District, California, the right to purchase the large property of
Thos. 0. Larkin, Esq., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain
21,600 acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold-bearing quartz
veins and auriferous deposits, and gold washings, and to be well
adapted for agricultural purposes.
The property is described as being situated on the west bank of
the Feather River, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento
River, and to be at a distance of about 195 miles by water communi-
cation from San Francisco. The Sacramento is at all times naviga-
ble for steamers ; and it is stated that, during a greater portion of
the year, vessels can navigate the Feather River up to the property.
The estate is freehold, and the vendors guarantee an indisputable
title, free from incumbrances.
The mineral importance and value of the property will be best
judged of by the following extract from the report of the Surveyor,
Nicholas Gray, Esq , who, in September, 1852, surveyed it as an officer
under orders from the United States Government. After giving a
detailed description of each lot, he sums up his report as follows :
" I class the whole estate, containing 21,656 70-100 acres, as mi-
neral land. Gold is found from the bottom of the smallest gully to
the summit of the highest mountain on the land, in the soil as in the
quartz rock. Some indications of iron are to be observed at the
south-west corner ofthe Table Mountain. Quicksilver has been dis-
covered in the same vicinity, and I have been informed by men of
veracity that a few diamonds have also been dug from the slope of
the same mountain. The whole front of the estate on Feather
River is about 24 miles, taking its meanders, and I believe the gold-
bearing quartz rock is to be found all along the bank of that stream,
and extending back generally two or three miles. By reference to
to the map you have all the principal points laid down of quartz
rock, rich diggings, &c."
Further import-mit details will be found in the accompanying
document and map of the property; and other particulars of an in-
teresting nature respecting this extensive territory may be inspected
at the office of the Company.
Mr. Gray states in his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins
were taken by him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to
I ondon for anal 3 sis, and the result of that analysis, as given in the
appendix, shows that with careful management a large return for the
capital invested may be reasonably expected from the Company's
mining operations.
The working capital of 100,0001., leaving the remainder for pur-
chase money, will, it is anticipated, be amply sufficient to conduct
all the operations of the Company; nd it is intended to expend
the same chiefly in erecting exiensive central mills for grinding the
auriferous quartz on the property, and for reducing and extracting
the gold from its matrices, whether sands, earths, or quartz, in the
most complete, perfect, and economical manner; and also in en-
couraging farmers to settle upon the property, whose rents would he
commensurate ,with its value and location, and who would in no
i n er al
ata
riches.price one-half of
etooroeomoatannindgwhhaelof
The vendors have agreed to sell the property
way interfere with the extraction of itsm
is to be paid when the capi
which is included in the prteastenist
IcanoprietasaLedantdo
£5
Shareholders as before mentioned. The entire
price to be
have been paid to the
dividends to the amount of 20 per cer
thus paid in mottles is probably not one-hundredth part of the mere
be extracted from the lands, independently of
value of the gold to
their fitness and eligibility for cultiva•iOß ; and the company have
moiety
been met with the greatest fairness by the vendors, who do not seek
of the purchase money, until an English surveyor, rominated by the
Board of Supervision, shall have examined the estate, reported upon
it, and declared it to be in at cordance with the prospectus. The
price per acre on the portion of purchase•money payable out of the
present capital is less than 101.
The Company may find it desirable that a town shall be erected
near the junction of the Feather River with the north fork of that
river ; and as great facilities and advantages will be offered to resi-
dents, the particular lands to be set apart for this city, looking at the
well known rapidity with which American cities are created ant
alsoA nitt organised
contemplation, yst em
which
oh grantingw itl y
tleelads
Peopled, may probably, in a few years, realise prices sufficient to re-
store to the Sharehelders the entire purchase money.
Com-
pany; and the Board of Supervision desire this
estate t a tei
s
to call the attention of
other individuals and companies
lsarogfe mreintuesrnosntoth
contemplating the purchase of farm-
ing lands, alluvial diggings, cr quest?. mining locations, vast
nisalag locations, to their
tracts of territory. The Board will be prepared to make sales and
Estate.
grant leases of portions of the Feather River
ration when expressing their conviction that
the
work to its full capabilities will, for many y estate fairly put to
dividend—what may reasonably be expected
fromyears, annually yield as
companies—at least 70 per cent. on the all succes fel gold
bonuses. The investment in the shares must, entire capital besides
that offered by any other company, either in
er Australia or California.
of carrying out the
therefore, be equal to
The Board of Supervision will have the pow
contract with the vendors. and of settling the statutes of the com-
pany, under which all its affairs will be regulated: The deposit will
be 21. per share, thus paying up the shares in full at the
allot-
ment, and all deposits applicable to the purchase itloney received
time of
from shares sold will beheld in like manner as the shares would have
been if not sold—viz., until the surveyor's report has been
quiet possession given, and a good title exhibited, received,
and
con-
veyance executed. a proper _

Applications for shares to be ad tressed to the Secretary, and to
the Brokers of the Company; and no application can receive atten-
tion unless references be given to Bankers or Stockbrokers.

APPENDIX.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER Faint NICHOLAS GRAY. U.S., Surveyor to the
lion. T. 0. LARKIN. Dated llamilton, June 11th, 1852.
" With this you will receive a small box of specimens of gold-
bearing quartz. The specimens here sent are not selected specimens,
because I wished to inform you correctly, or w ithin the truth, so as
to hear future examination. I saw much richer specimens.
" This was dug oat of a hole about 1% miles from Phcenix 11111
known as the Bloomingdale ledge or lead."
It is stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box wa;
sent unopened from San Francisco to London, and assayed by John.
son and Matthey, and that in the specimens no gold was visible to
the naked eye. The report of Messrs. Johnson and Matthey is as
follows *—

" Assay-office, 79, Hatton-garden, London,
August 2i, 1852.

"The box of gold quartz had half of each piece taken off, and the
whole crusheeljogether ve•y fine, giving grains of gold, which would
not pass through the sieve, equal to Boz. 10 &r t. of tine gold to the
ton of 20 cwt. The line i,owder produced, by assay, gold equal to
lloz. 10 dwts. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt.
oz. dwt• "JOHNSON and MITTHEY."
10
11 10

20 oat the present price of One 84s. 7d, per ez.—
gives a value of about 841. to the ton of 20 cwt.
It is inten,ted that the machinery to be erected by the Feather
River Company ,hall be capable of crushing and reducing the same
tiantity at least of gold ore per annum es is minded and crushed by
the celebratei St• Ann del Rev Company of Brazil. viz., about
60,000 tons per annum. The average produce of gold per ton, ob-
tain• d by that company, as per their publ shed reports, gives a value
of 1/. 11 s. per ton, of ore only as contrasted with the above extraor-
dinary produce of 84/. per ton, An average produce per ton of ore
of one-tenth only of this sum—say 81. per ton—must yield prOts
much larger than the 20 per cent. dividend anticipated by the direc-
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.

It appears that we gave the Admiralty yesterday more
credit than they deserve for their intention so to rein-
force Admiral Dundas's fleet as to make it m•re nearly
equal to that of the French. Instead of the Prince
Regent, 90, Captain Button, Sidon, 22, steam-frigate,
Captain Goldsmith, and Leopard, 16, Captain Gifford,
having been ordered from Spithead to the Mediterranean,
their instructions were merely to proceed to Devonport
to await orders.

We cannot account for this vacillation of their lord-
ships—or rather the Foreign-office. It is now well
known, as stated in our second edition yesterday, that
the French fleet of eight sail of the line (including three
screw ships) and steamers, whose armaments we under-
rated yesterday, sailed from Toulon, under the command
in chief of Admiral La Susse (the officer who com-
manded the Royal squadron on the visit of Louis
Philippe to Portsmouth), with Rear-Admiral Jacquenot
as second in command, on the 24th. This formid-
able fleet will probably communicate, perhaps anchor
in the same roadstead with the English force. If so,
what a shabby figure this country will cut along-
side the French. The British force, five sail of the
line, one of them a 78-gun ship ; the French force, eight I
sail of the line, three of them three-deckers, and all the
others second-class ships ; but with this great and almost
incalculable superiority in favour of the French—namely
that of the eight, three are screw-ships. Taking, there-
fore Captain Chad? estimate of the comparative effici-
ency of screw-ships and sailing-ships, we must regard
the French force as equal to 11 sail, or double the force
of Admiral Dundas's fleet. This state of things is dero-
gatory to England as the chief maritime power in the
world ; it is a reflection on our naval resources, which
are ample ; it bespeaks an inferiority, which is not real ;
it places us in a false position in the eyes of other powers.
We have the means of appearing respectable in the Me-
diterranean, and yet our ships are kept hugging the
coasts and ports of England, whilst from unwholesome
activity we are daily losing more men by desertion than
we are entering for general or particular service. The
French forces are in the Mediterranean, and there
should also be at least an equal number of British men-
of-war, leaving at home at the ports ships quite suffi-
cient to form a powerful north sea fleet, should the
weather or the state of affairs in the east threaten a
cruise to "Yarmouth."—Herald.

Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., is
spending the holidays at his country place at Fish-
bourne, Chichester. The Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., is at
Albury-park, Guildford. Captain Milne, we are glad
to hear, has just recovered from a severe attack of bilious
fever. Captain W. A. B. Hamilton is still absent from
Whitehall in consequence of the continuous presence of
scarletina in his family.
Rear-Admiral Corry hoists his flag on board the
Queen; 116, Captain Michell, at Plymouth, which ship
has been ordered to enter her full complement, 970.
She has now only 400 on her books ; where the other
400 blue jackets are to be found is a difficult question to
solve. The following additional appointments have been
made to this ship :--Lieutenants—W. B. Urmston
(1848), C. Stirling (1851), son of Sir James Stirling,
G. Taylor (1852.) Mates—R. Onslow, R. Chisholme,
and H. Berkeley. Naval Cadets—R. Boyle and H.
Herbert.

Captain John Moore (1848), has been appointed to the
command of the screw-corvette Highflyer, 21, at Ports-
mouth, vice Heathcote, promoted to the death vacancy
of Captain Matson. Captain Moore is the son of the
late Admiral Sir Graham Moore, and nephew of the cele-
brated hero of Corunna. We believe he is the youngest
captain of his Standing on the list.
Commander Thomas Archer (1861) died on the 24th,
in Derbyshire, aged 69. This officer was on the com-
manders' reserved half-pay list.

Lieutenant Frederick Robinson (1844), first lieutenant
of the Queen, 116, died at the Royal Naval Hospital,
Plymouth. This officer had seen a great deal of service
as a mate, and was one of the unrewarded lieutenants of
Sir James Ross's Arctic Expedition.

Dr. Edward Nolloth (1845) has been appointed to the
Hercules, at Queenstown, vice Corry, in charge of the
Isle of Skye emigrants.

PORTSMOUTH, March 28.

Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., one
of the Lords of the Admiralty, and Capt. Sir Baldwin
Walker, K.C.B , &c., Surveyor of the Navy, arrived in
this port to-day on a semi-official visit, the gallant Ad-
miral from his seat, near Chichester. They made an in-
spection of the dockyard, accompanied by Rear-Admiral
Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., Superintendent, and especially
the ships building and refitting, after which the visitors
embarked in Rear-Admiral Fanshawe's barge, and
visited the screw-frigate Highflyer, 21, Capt. Heath-
cote, and the Cruiser, 14, Commander the Hon. G. H.
Douglas, both of which vessels got up steam this morn-
ing, and came into harbour. After inspecting these
vessels, the gallant Admirals and Surveyor of the Navy
landed and left the port by the four o'clock South Coast
train. _

The Meg-fern, steam troop-frigate, Commander John-
ston, sailed from Spithead this morning for Barbadoes,
with draughts of the 36th, 67th, and 69th Regiments.
The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. George Allen Act-