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jointures for widows, sums of money, or annuities for
children or dependents, and marriage portions, may be
secured. The young may make provision for them-
selves in declining years; endowments may bl created for
children payable at any stipulated rge,tobeapplied to the
purposes of education, as an apprentice fee, or as en out-
fit for any occupation or profession, and the possessor of
an entailed or any life estate may make provision for
younger children."
Unders such circumstances the choice of a proper
office will be a matter of considerable importance, and
Mr. Robertson points out various considerations
that should :be fully taken into account be-
fore a final election is made. lie details seine of
the numerous cases of litigation that have oc-
curred, where the stringency of the rules with respect
to " warranties" have created practical injustice.
Whether the insurance be looked to as a mode of
securing an adequate provision to a family when
deprived of a father's care, or of satisfying a creditor
contented to postpone his demand, provided ultimate
payment is assured, it must he obvious that it will be
much more satiifactory when there is no longer a possi-
bility of its being defeated by some technical error, or
some mistake,whicb, although wholly unimportant in
itself, is yet sufficient to defeat the claim being con-
sidered in the nature of a warranty. lie also very
ably advocates the mutual insurance principle, and con-
tends that a paid-up capital is wholly useless, while
it absorbs a considerable portion of the profits that
would otherwise be divided among the insurers.
Mr. Robertson's name as the author appears for the
first time in the present, edition, the three previously
brought out having been published anonymously. A
supplemental note has also been added, showing the
progress which the indisputable principle has made
since the first appearance of the work in September
last. On the whole, we can heartily commend this
interesting and useful little work to the attention of
1 our readers, more especially to those who contem-
plate insurances on their lives.

EARTHQUAKE IN NE W ZEALAND.

(Frc the Wellington Independent of Wednesday Oct. 18.)
It is our painful duty to record a serious and afflicting
visitation. Since our last the whole district of Port
Nicholson, (and in all probability, the entire colony if
not the other Islands of the Pacific,) so far as wo have
received intelligence from, has been moved hither and
thither, by a terrible, though grandly magnificent,
agency of nature. On Friday last, the day was remark-
ably tine, though rather close and sultry, but towards
night the weather changed, and early on Saturday morn-
ing the wind came up from the southward and east-
ward, blowing half a gale of wind, accompanied by heavy
rain. No change was perceptible during Saturday and
Sunday, but few anticipated the approach of so fearful a
storm, (if we may be allowed so to term it,) of earth-
quake. About half-past one o'clock A.M. of Monday, a
distant hollow roar was heard, the sound travelling- at a
most rapid rate, and almost instantaneously, in the course
of a few seconds of time, the whole town was labouring
from the most severe shock of an earthquake ever expe-
rienced by the white residents, or remembered by the Ma-
ories. The scene can never be effaced from our memory.
The crashing of houses, the fall of bricks, the hurrying
to and fro of women and children, and the incessant
wave-like motion of the earth, producing a chill at the
and a dreadful feeling of sickness, were more than suffi-
cient to appal the stoutest minded in the place.
The shocks continued, at intervals, until half-past
seven o'clock, a.m. When daylight broke the place pre-
sented a melancholy appearance. Most of the large
brick stores and dwellings, together with many of the
solid clay buildings, bad received a severe shaking, and
chimneys were levelled to the roof in about two-fifths
of the houses in town. The Wesleyan chapel, the gaol,
and other public buildings were seriously damaged, and
the smash of glass ware, and other property was very
great.
Many men, women, and children had narrow and pro-
vidential escapes, but up to this time we had to thank
God for preserving life and limb.
During Monday, three or four slight quiverings were
experienced, and owing to the threatening appearance of
the weather, fears were entertained of a recurrence of more
disastrous shocks. The weather cleared off in the eve-
ning, and the stars made their appearance. But few
slept during the night, and at four o'clock and at half-
' past seven o'clock in the morning two light shocks took
place.
Yesterday, business was at a stand-still. Though the
shops opened as usual, men felt anxious and concerned,
and this was increased when the wind once more set in
from the south-east. At half-past three o'clock a slight
shock passed through the earth, within a second followed
by one, if anything, more severe than that felt on the
previous morning. Every house in the town rocked arid
quivered like a ship in a gale of wind at sea, and several
buildings either fell in or were so shook as to endanger
the inmates or those who passed beneath them. Shock-
ing to relate, Barrack-sergeant Lovel, and two of his
children, one a girl of about four years of age, and the
second a boy of eight, were buried beneath the falling
bricks and rubbish which fell from the wall surrounding
Mr. Fitsherbert's stores. They were immediately dug
out, but we grieve to state that the little girl was quite
dead, and the boy so injured that he expired at 11 o'clock
last night. The unfortunate father received severe in-
juries, large pieces of flesh being torn from his thighs,
but considering the awful nature of his affliction he is
doing better than could have been expected.
But few brick or clay houses resisted the shock. The
Colonial Hospital was severely injured, so much so, that
it was deemed advisable to remove the patients to Go-
vernment House. The patients were removed from the
military hospital to the wooden barracks at Mount Cook,
and the prisoners were taken frcm the gaol and placed
in custody of the soldiery. On all sides and in all direc-
tions, ruined stores and dwelling-houses presented them-
selves to the eye—and the earthquake has clearly de-
monstrated that wooden buildings are about the only
class of habitations which can be deemed secure against
such dreadful shocks.
Tuesday night passed over, and d by at length dawned
on Wellington. Two or three shocks occurred, but not
severe ones. Many walked about and did not trust
themselves in any place of shelter, whilst numbers formed
tents and coverings in the open air.
The weather has now changed, and the wind appears
to be setting in from the North. From appearances in
the sky, it is imagined that the Tongariro or some other
volcano is in active operation—if so we may deem the
greater danger passed. Throughout the whole of the
dreadful scene, we have to be thankful to the Supreme
Being that so few of our fellow creatures have been num-
bered with the dead; and whilst on this subject, we
would notify, that the Scotch Church will be opened this
evening for the purpose of Divine worship, and in order
1 to offer up our gratitude for the preservation of the com-
munity from destruction.

Wednesday, October 18.—The Independent was issued
from the press about twelve o'clock AM. in the after-
noon the weather once more set in from the south-east,
and during the afternoon and evening slight shocks were
felt.
Thursday October, 19.—During the night, the wind
blew fresh and the clouds betokened heavy weather from
the southward. A few minutes after 5 A M., a third
severe shock was experienced, which lasted about a mi-
nute, completely destroying the buildings previously
shaken. Mr. W. B. Rhodes and Co's. brick bonded
store, the Wesleyan Church, and numerous dwellings of
brick and clay were levelled with the ground, and many
dwellings built of these materials apparently not previ-
ously injured, were now seriously damaged. Several
families took refuge in the new Episcopal Church, and
the wooden buildings were flown to as places of safety
by those who bad been driven from their usual places of
abode. A proclamation was issued by his Excellency
the Lieutenant Governor, ordering. Friday Oct. 20, to be
observed as a general fast by the inhabitants of Port
Nicholson.
A company of soldiers, and numerous civilians were
employed during the day removing the property from
Captain Rhodes' bonded store, and it is with great plea-
sure we state that the military conducted themselves
exceedingly well, working cheerfully and together, and
that nearly the whole of the buried property was removed
anti placed in safety.
'Way, Oct. 20.—The wind still continued from the
same quarter, though the day was clearer than the pre-
ceding one. Prayers were offered up in the several
churebes by the ministers of the different denominations.
Shocks were felt at intervals but not severe ones. Mr.
Level, after lingering to this time, expired in the morn-
fling, bowed down by the weight of his afflictions.
Saturday, Oct. 21.—Was a remarkably fine day, but
slight shocks still continued.
The remains of Barrack-sergeant Lovel were con-
signed to the tomb, his two little ones having been buried
the day previous. Deceased was buried with military
honours, the band of the 65th preceding the corpse to
the tomb, and a large number of civilians paid their last
tribute of respect by attending the remains to the grave.
Sunday, Oct. 22.—Fine clear day, with wind from the
north. Shocks took place at intervals of three or four
hours.
Monday, Oct. 23.—Weather fine with wind from the
same quarter. But few shocks were felt, and hopes
were entertained that the subsidence of the earthquake
might be considered as certain.
Tuesday, Oct. 24.—Monday night passed over quietly,
with only a few slight quivers being felt.
The morning was fine and beautiful, and business was
carried on as usual. Men were employed taking down
the shattered dwellings, and activity prevailed in every
direction. So far the inhabitants were inclined to be-
lieve that the shocks were at an end, but at 10 minutes
to two a slight tremble took place, and at 5 minutes past
two a fourth severe shock passed through the earth, fol-
lowed within a minute or two by a second and third, the
three with the oscillation occupying seven and a- half
minutes of time. Up to this evening the shocks conti-
nued with little interruption.
The shocks continued throughout with a gradually
diminishing force for ten days.

MONEY MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 9 per mille, which, at the English Mint
a price
eof
31 17s. 102 d. per ounce for standard gold,
is on London
gives n x-
change of 25.39; and the exchange at Par
at short being 25.321, it follows that gold is 0.26 per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advi
which, ces fromat
Hamburgh the price of gold is 437 per mark,
the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10!d. per ounce for
standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.11; and the
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.101,
it follows that gold is 0.11 per cent. dearer in Ham-
burgh than is London. The course of exchange at New
York on London is 1061 per cent., and the par of ex-
change between England and America being 109 23 40
per
.cent., it follows that the exchange is 3.33 per cent.
against England; but the quoted exchange at New York
being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be
deduoted from the above difference.

HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE.
The Queen held a Levee yesterday afternoon in St.
James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert arrived
from Buckingham Palace, attended by the Royal suite,
and were received by the Lord Steward, the Lord Cham-
berlain, and the Master of the Horse.
The Royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Suther-
land, Mistress of the Robed; the Marchioness of Douro,
Lady in Waiting; the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting;
Captain the Hon. F. Denman, Groom in Waiting; Gen.
Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting; Messrs. Forbes and Gor-
don, Pages of Honour in Waiting; the Marquis of
Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert; Vis
count Clifden, Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness;
Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Charles B. Phipps, Private
Secretary to his Royal Highness; Captain Francis
Seymour, Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness;
and Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting to his Royal
Highness.
Sir Edmund Lyons, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary at
the Swiss Confederation, had an audience of her Ma-
jesty in the Royal closet, and was presented to the
Queen on his arrival from Athens by Viscount Palmer-
ton, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
Their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest and Prince
William of Hesse Philippsthal attended the Levee. The
Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Serene
Highnesses, and attended by the Royal suite, passed
from the Royal closet into the Throne-room.
Her Majesty's train was composed of Nottingham-
shire lace over blue satin, trimmed with bows of blue
satin ribbon. The petticoat was of Nottinghamshire
lace, over white satin, trimmed with bows of blue satin
ribbon to correspond. Her Majesty's head-dress con-
sisted of diamonds.
The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were intro-
duced, when the following gentlemen had the honour of
being presented to her Majesty and the Prince Albert in
the diplomatic circle:—
By the Brazilian Minister—Le Chevalier J. M. de
Souza Lisboa, son to the Minister, and Attache to the
Legation.
By the Swedish Minister—Le Comte de Rosen, aide-
de-camp, General and Chambellan au service de S. M. le
Roi de Suede and de Norvege.
The Diplomatic Circle was attended by Mehemed
Pacha, Ottoman Ambassador; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian
Minister; Viscount de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister;
and Baron de Moncorvo, Attache to the Legation; Baron
de Brunnow, Russian Minister; Count de Kielmansegge,
Hanoverian Minister; Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Mi-
nister; le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Mi-
nister; Mr. George Bancroft, American Minister, and
Mr. Broadhead, Secretary of Legation; Count &him-
melpennick, the Netherlands Minister, and Peron de
Stratenaus, Conseiller of Legation; Baron do Rehausen,
Swedish Minister; Mr. J. J. de Osma, Peruvian Mi-
nister, and Major d'Elisalde, Attach 4 to the Legation;
Senor Molina, Costa Rica Minister; Marquis de Sauli,
Sardinian Minister; Le Comte Colloredo, Austrian Mi-
nister; Colonel Baron Austen, Hanoverian Service;
Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Service; and Colonel the
Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of
the Ceremonies.
The general circle was afterwards introduced. Sir
Robert H. Inglis presented a petition to the Queen
from her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects in British
Guiana, praying for measures against the Brazilian
and Spanish slave trade, and for relief to her Majesty's
colonies.
Mr. Henry Charles Sirr (Royal Westminster Militia)
presented a copy of his work entitled " China and the
Chinese."
The general circle was attended by the Lord Privy
Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of
State for the Home Department, the Secretary of State
for the Colonies, the President of the Board of Control
for the Affairs of India, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen
at Arms, Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting;
the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice- Chamberlain,
the Comptroller of the Household, the Secretary at War,
Mr. G. E. Anson, Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse;
Sir Matthew Wyatt, Lieutenant of her Majesty's Hon.
'Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; the Quarter-Master Ge-
neral to the Forces, Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul-
General for the Hanse Towns; the Attorney-General
to the Queen Dowager, Mr. D. Harmer, Standard
Bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Mr.
Keate, Sergeant Surgeon to the Queen; Rev. Evan
Nepean, Chaplain in Ordinary in Waiting ; Mr.
Albert William Woods (Lancaster Herald), Gen-
tlemen Usher of the Order of the Bath; Colonel Parker,
Silver Stick in Waiting; Sir W. C. Ross, R.A., Minia-
ture Painter to the Queen • Mr. Robert A. Heath, Sardi-
nian Vice-Consul; Mr. Koch, her Majesty's Consul at
Frankfort; Colonels 11. Bentinck, Triaulx, and Clark
Kennedy, Aides-de-Camp to the Queen; Captain Provo
Wallis, R.N., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen; Captain
Curling, Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at
Arms; Sir Seymour Sadler, Exon in Waiting; Captain
Bellairs, Exon of the Yeomen Guard; Sir Benjamin
Smith, C.S., Captain Courtney Boyle, RN., Groom of
the Privy Chamber in Waiting; Sir John Strachan,
Bart., Gentleman Usher in Waiting to the Queen; Mr.
Edward Hobhouse, Gentleman Usher in Waiting upon
her Majesty; Captain G. C. Blake, R.N., Gentleman
Usher to his Royal Highness Prince Albert in Waiting;
Colonel Sir John Mourillyon Wilson, C. 8., Gentleman
Usher to the Privy Chamber of the Queen Adelaide.
The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had the
honour of being presented to her Majesty:—
Lieut.-General the Marquis of Tweeddale, on return
from India, by the Marquis of Breadalbane.
Major- General Sir Edmond K. Williams, K.C.8., on
appointment to the Colonelcy of the 80th Regiment
and on return from India, by the Duke of Wellington.
Mr. Thomas Tod, on appointment as paid Attache to
her Majesty's Legation at St. Petersburgh, by Viscount
Palmerston.
Sub-Lieutenant Stephens, on appointment to 2d Life
Guards, by Colonel M'Douall.
Captain Steele, Coldstream Guards, on return from In-
dia, by the Margins of Tweeddale.
Lieut. Rogers, on return from foreign service, by Lieut.-
Celonel Sir Lewis Grant.
Ensign Rickman, on his appointment to the 77th Regi-
ment, by Captain Milne, R.N.
Lieut,-Colonel Reed, Royal Engineers, on return from
the Government of Barbadoes, by Earl Grey.
Lord Frederick Montague, on leaving for India, by the
Marquis of Tweeddale.
Lieut. Arthur Wade, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset.
Mr. Richard B. Wade, by the Earl of Enniskillen.
Mr. Frederick Goulburn Walpole, by the Marquis of
Douro.
Mr. Neville Ward, West Kent Yeomanry Cavalry, by
Viscount Sydney.
Lieut. Charles Warde, by Major-General Sir George
Pollock, G.C.B.
Major-General Sir William Werra, on his appointment
as Colonel of the 94th Regiment, by the Duke of
Wellington.
Sir John Warrender, Bart., on succeeding to the title,
by the Marquis of Breadalbane.
Major Welchman, on return from India, by the President
of the Board of Control.
General Sir Robert Wilson, on return from the govern-
ment of Gibraltar, by Earl Grey.
Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson, on promotion, by the Master-
General of the Ordnance.
Commander Winniett, Lieutenant-Governor of the Gold
Coast, on his return from his government on leave of
absence, by Earl Grey.
Lieutenant R. Townley Woodman, on return from foreign
service, by Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Kerrison,
Bart., K.C.B. and G.C.H.
Mr. George Wyse, by Sir Wm. Somerville, Bart.
Mr. Paget, by Sir Alex. Hood.
Lieutenant Hon. Thos. Pakenham, R.N., by the Earl of
Longford.
Mr. Palk, by the Earl of Morley.
Mr. Roundel' Palmer, M.P., on being appointed one of
her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. George Palmer, West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry, by
his father, Captain Palmer.
Mr. Paterson, by the Duke of Atholl.
Captain Patterson, on return from foreign service, clad
Promotion, by Major-General Lord F. Fitzclarence.
Catain E. T. Peacocke, by General Warren Peacocke.
Reapr-Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell, on promotion by
Sir F..T. Baring.
Dr. George Porter, by Mr. Lawrence, Surgeon Extra•
ordinary to the Queen.
Mr. Henry J. Prescott, Governor of the Bank of Eng-
land, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. Charles Presaly, on appointment as Commissioner
of Inland Revenue, by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.
Sir Colman Rashleigh, Bart., by Mr. Agar Robartes.
Mr. John Fleming Martin Reid, on return from India,
by Sir John Hobhouse.
Mr. Osman Ricardo, M.P., by Colonel Sir J. Mourillyon
Captain A. Rice, by Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas
Downman.
Captain G. P. Rich, R.N., on return from the Mediter-
ranean, by Sir Francis Baring.
Captain Riddell, R.A., by Major-General Riddell.
Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. Ridley, on promotion, by
Colonel Berkeley Drummond.
Lieutenant H. B. Roberts, by the Duke of Devonshire.
Lieutenant Julius Roberts, by Sir Francis Baring.
Lieutenant Richard Roney, by Lieutenant-General Sir
Lewis Grant.
Colonel Rose, her Majesty's Consul-General in Syria,
on his return on leave of absence, by Viscount Pal-
merston.
Rear-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, by the First Lord of
the Admiralty.
Lieutenant H. Ruce, on appointment, Royal Marines, by
Colonel Wright.
Lieutenant Ireland, High Sheriff of Suffolk, by Vis-
count Mandeville.
Mr. J. Jee, by Colonel Sir Robert Wilson.
Captain L. Jones, R,N., on return from foreign service,
by Sir F. Baring,
Mr. H. S. Keating, on his appointment as one of her
Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. King Meade King, by his father, Mr. R. Meade
King.
Mr. Sergeant Kiuglake, on receiving a patent of prece-
dence, by the Lord Chancellor.
Lieutenant A. F. Kynaston, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by Sir F. Baring.
Mr. W. W. Lamb, on his appointment, 7th Dragoon
Guards, by Major-General Llewellyn, C.B.
Mr. John Lane, on his appointment to her Majesty's
Hon. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms, by Lord Foley.
Captain the Hon. E. Lascelles, on promotion, by the
Earl of Cawdor.
Colonel C. F. R. Lascelles, by Field-Marshal the Duke
of Wellington.
Ensign W. Lawes, on appointment to 17th Foot, by Mr.
appointment to deputy-lieutenancy
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Mr. James Lockhart, by Lord Wrottesley.

Mr. Lopes, by his father, Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., M.P. Mr. Sergeant Byles, on obtaining a patent of precedence,
Mr. Ralph L. Lopes, by his father, Sir Ralph Lopes. by the Lard Chancellor.
Lieut. J. S. Lunvelaiee, on return from India, by Gen. Lieut. Edgar, A. Drummond, R.N., by Mr. A. Drum-
Sir Robert Wilson. mond.
Lieut. A. Macdonald, by Colonel Parke. Lieut. C. leine Fox, on appointment to the Grenadier
Captain M'Dougball, R.N., on return from service in Guards, by Colonel C. Lascelles.
China, by Sir F. Baring. Lieut. ire cling, R.A , on promotion, by Lieut. General
Mr. C. R. Mackenzie, by Sir J. J. R. Mackenzie, Bart. ' Sir A. Barnard.
Captain L. Mackinnon, by Colonel Chaplin. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, Grenadier
Mr. M'Kinstry, by Gen. Sir P. Maitland, K.C.B. Guards, on promotion, by the Duke of Wellington.
Lieut. N. Macnamara, by the Duke of Richmond. Ensign C. M. Green, on appointment to 30th Regiment,
The Mayor of Manchester, by Sir G. Grey. by Rear-Admiral Sir A. Green.
Lord Manners, on his marriage, by the Duke of Mr. Edward Hyde Greg, Earl of Chester's Regiment,
Richmond. Yeomanry Cavalry, by Major General Sir W. Warre.
Commander W. G. Mansfield, on promotion, by the Lieut. Hawksley, 2d Lite Guards, on promotion, by Col.
Right:Hon. R. Lalor, Shell, M. P. M`Douall.
Captain Edmunds, R.N., on promotion, by Admiral Dr. T. Graham Balfour, on promotion and appointment
Dundas, M.P. of Surgeon to tho Royal Military Asylum, by the Se-
Commander F. Egerton, by his father, General Sir C. B. cretary at War.
Egerton.
el Barnard.
Commander Charles J. Balfour, by Earl Cawdor.
Mr. Elliott, on appointment as deputy-Lieutenant for Captain Robert Balfour, by Sir John Cain Hobliouse,
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Berks, by the Marquis of Downshire.
Captain Ellison, on promotion, by Lord Rokeby.
General Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B.
Ensign R. G. Ellison, by Lis father, Major Ellison.
Lieut. G. 0. Evans, by Colonel Pal ke.
Dr. 0. Evans, on appointment to Royal Marine Infir-
mary, Woolwich, by Sir F. Baring.
Mr. James Francillon, by Captain Lloyd, R.N. Robert Bateson.
Captain J. Fraser, by Colonel Parke. Mr. Richard Bateson, on his appointment, Ist Life
Lieut. Fredericks, by Major-General Sir William Warre. Guards, by Viscount Combermere.
Mr. Daly, late secretary of the province of Canada, by Commander R. Beechy, on promotion by Sir Francis
the Bishop of Cashel. Baring.
Mr. J. Dalziel, by Earl Grey. Lord Bingham, on appointment to Rifle Brigade, by the
Lieut.-Colonel Sir H. Dare!), on promotion, by Lord F. Earl of Lucan.
Somerset. Cornet William J. Birt, on appointment to Ist Dragoon
Commander Tennyson D'Eyncourt, on return from fo- Guards, by General the Hon. Sir W. Lumley, G.C.B.
reign service, by the Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Eyn- Major Blachford, on promotion and return from India,
court, M.P. by General Sir Robert Wilson.
Dr. Don, on return from foreign service, by the Earl of Lieut. Bland, R.N., on return from foreign service, by
Clare. Vice Admiral Sir George Monday.
Ensign Hon. Edward Douglas, by the Earl of Morton. Cornet Boscawen by Viscount Sydney.
Ensign Dowbiggin, by his uncle, the Secretary at War. Mr. Claud T. Bourchier, on appointment to Rifle Bri-
Viscount Downe, by Earl de Grey. gade, by his father Major-General Bourchier.
Mr. Charles Du Cane, by Commander Du Cane. Mr. Digby Boycott, by the Duke of Beaufort.
Ensign J. W. Dunne, by Sir Duncan M‘DougalL Lieut. B. H. Boxer, by Major-General ,Sir E. Williams,
Commander Dyke, by Sir F. Baring. E.C.13.
Her. William Burton Dynhaine M.A., Chaplain to his Second Lieut. T. H. Bramston, on' appointment to the
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by his Royal Rifle Brigade, by Lieut. General Sir Andrew Barnard,
Highness the Duke of Cambridge. G.C.B.
Ensign C. Cullen Maunsefl, by his father, Colonel Mr. Brigstock, on his aointent as Deputy Lieute-
Maunsell, M.P. nant for the county of Somerset,;by the Duke of Beau-
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Mr. Maxwell, Deputy Lieutenant of the stewartry of fort.
Kirkcudbright, by Colonel Clarke Kennedy, A.D.C. Mr.: Robert Davies Jones, High Sheriff of the county
Lieutenant J. G. Meheux, by Colonel Parke. of Merioneth, by the Hon. E. M. Mostyn, M.P.
Commander W. R. Mends, by Sir F. Baring. Mr. Kershaw, M.P., by Lord John Russell.
Mr. P. J. W. Miles, by his father, Mr. Miles. Sub Lieut. the Hon. C. B. Lyon, on appointment to:the
Rev. W. Molesworth, by Mr. Mesekinnoe, M.P. 2d Life Guards, by Colonel M'Douall.
Commander Montresor, on return from service on coast Mr. Boteler, High Sheriff of the county of Glamorgan,
of Africa, by Sir F. Baring. by Mr. Talbot, M.P.
Lieutenant-Colonel Moor, by Mr. Evelyn J. Shirley. Mr. Alexander Brown, (Lieutenant, 'Yorkshire Yeo-
Captain Moore, R.N., on promotion, by Sir F. Baring. manry Cavalry, by Lord John Russell.
Cornet Charles E. Moore' West, Somerset Yeomanry, Mr. John Frederick Croft, by his father, Sir John Croft,
by Lieutenant-General Sir George P. Adams. Bart.
Lieutenant Roger Mostye, on appointment Scots' Fusi- Mr. M. O'Reilly Dense, Deputy Lieutenant, county
leer Guards, by Colonel'Berk eley Drummond. Loath, by the Duke of Roxburghe.
Lieutenant Murray, by the Rightlßon.
Bon. Fox Mettle. Rev. Lord' Arthur Hervey, by Lieut. Colonel the lion.
Mr. John Murphy, by Colonel Oldfleld. C. B. Phipps.
Lieutenant R. Nantes, by Captain J. D. King. Mr. Hildyard, by the Mai quis of Granby.
Mr. Parry Nisbett, High Sheriff of Wiltshire, by Lord Captain the Hon. Strange Jocelyn, ScotsFusilierGuards,
Vaux, of Harrowden. on promotion, and return from India, by Colonel Ber-
Viscount Nevi'', on his marriage., by Sir J. Johnstone. kelev Drummond.
Sir Robert L. Newman, on succeeding to the baronetcy, Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to Buckingham
by Lord Seymour. Palace after the levee.
Lieutenant Newman, on return from foreign service, by
Lord Seymour.
Sir George Nugent, on succeecitner, to the baronetcy, and
to deliver the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath
worn by his late father, Field-Marshal Sir George
Nugent.
Captain Donat Telenchy O'Brien, R.N., on being granted
the good-service pension, by Sir F. Baring,
Captain Ormsby, by Major-General Sir E. Williams.
The Hon. H. Campbell, by his father, Lord Campbell.
Lieutenant Campbell, 72d Highlanders, on his return
from foreign service, by the Marquis of Breadalbane.
The Bishop of Cashel, by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Sub-Lieutenant Caulfield, on. appointment Ist Lite
Guards, by Viscount Combermere.
Mr. George Cavendish, on his marriage, by Major-Ge-
neral the Hon. H. Cavendish.
Hon. and Rev. Francis Clements, on his appointment to
the vicarage of Norton, by the
Lord Chancellor.
fo-
Lieutenant Cheerios F. Clifton., on his return from
reign service, by Colonel Charles Middleton.
Lord Wm. Pelham Clinton, on his return from abroad,
by Viscount Combermere.
. Lord Cochrane, on his return from China, and marriage,
by Major-General D'Aguilar.
Surgeon Cockburn, on promotion, by Viscount Comber-

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough

House.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, Sir George Couper, and Lord
James P. Murray, honoured the performance of the
French plays with her presence yesterday evening.
Mr. Reynolds, M.P., had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer on Tuesday, at his official reai
dente in Downing-street.

DREADFUL FIRE AND LOSS OF

LIVES.
Last night, about a quarter to ten o'clock, a fire of a
very calamitous character broke out in the lofty range of
premises termed the Royal Hat Depot, situate at No. 57,
King William-street, London-bridge. The premises,
which were of considerable height, extended backwards
some distance, and were in the joint occupation of Mr.
Devereux, a hat manufacturer, and Davey, a tailor. At
the time of the outbreak there were Mrs. Devereaux and
four of her children in the place.
From inquiries made on the spot during the progress
of the fire, it appears that while Sergeant Martin, of the
City Police, was going his rounds his attention was called
to the premises, when he observed an unusual glare of
light through the fanlight over the shop-door. This
convinced the officer that a fire was burning within,
and without a moment's delay he raised an alarm and
sent for the escapes and engines. During the time
pending their arrival, the officer exerted himself
in knocking at the street door for the purpose of arous-
ing the inmates. Whilst so employed, two females—
Mrs. Devereaux and one of her daughters—made their
appearance at the third floor front, bewailing in a half
frantic tone their impending fate. The sergeant told
them to remain for a minute or two, for the fire-escape
was arriving, and would be on the spot directly. The
poor creatures, however, ventured to spring from the
window; the elder female fell upon her head on the flag-
stones in front of the house, blood streaming at the time
from the wounds inflicted by the fall. Before sufficient
time had elapsed to remove the sufferer, her daughter
followed, and striking in her descent the leaden gutter
over the door she broke her thigh, and was otherwise
most fearfully injured. The latter party was forthwith
removed to Mr. Smith's surgery in Gracechurch-street,
where everything was done for her that the nature of her '
case would permit of, but in such a precarious state Ras
the unfortunate sufferer, that she was obliged to be
taken to the hospital, where she remains without any
hopes of recovery.
During the time that the fire was burning, one of Mr.
Devereaux's children made her appearance at a lower
window, and having broken the glass, the child suc-
ceeded in forcing her way partially through the aper-
ture, when some of the parties residing in Mr. Hill's
house, next door, with the aid of the police, managed to
draw the poor creature through, but in so doing the
flesh was horribly cut on her legs and other parts of the
body. She was removed to the nearest surgeon's, where
she at the present time remains.
The moment sufficient time had elapsed for the ruins
to become cooled, the firemen and escapemen entered
for the purpose of looking for the parties missing. Upon
entering the third-floor front a fearful picture presented
itself. Near the window the blackened remains of a fine
young woman, apparently about 18 years of age, was
perceived, and near her was the body of a child, about
nine or ten years old, also fearfully burnt. Shells hav-
ing been procured the bodies of the two sufferers were
placed in blankets, and having been lowered they were
placed in shells and conveyed to the dead•house, where
they will remain until viewed by the coroner's jury.
How the disaster occurred cannot, at present, be ac-

mere.
Lieutenant Edward Colsten, on his marriage and ap-
rmabrrkide.ge.
tment to the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, by
poin
Commander Coot°, on promotion and return from foreign
Liheuisteßnaony
F.
service, by Sir CC. Coote.
Lieutenant
nceesesrtehre,
Dr. Cowan, on appointment to 17th Regiment, by Sir P.
Dukeby Cia loofnCe la
Maitland.'
Colonel Cruttenden, by the Master General of the Ord-
nance.
Mr. L. Douglas Currie, on his appointment, by Lieute-
nant-General Sir Howard Douglas.
Mr. William Curzon, by Earl Howe.
Admiral Sir William Gage, by Sir F. Baring.
Lieutenant •General Sir John Gardiner, on appointmeni
to the Colonelcy of the 6th Foct, by the Duke o
Wellington.
Colonel Gilpin, by Earl De Grey.
Lieutenant R. Gipps, on appointment to Scots Fusilier
Guards, by Colonel Berkeley Drummond.
Mr. Alexander T. Gordon, by Viscount Castlereagh.
Captain Alexander Gordon, by the Duke of Richmond.
Lieutenant C. I). Grant, by Sir J. Hobhouse.
Capta'n W. D. Grant, by Sir J. Hobhouse.
Captain Greenaway, by Viscount Barrington.
Mr. Greenwood, on appointment as one of her Majesty's
Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Griffith, high sheriff of Denbighshire, by the Earl
of Falmouth.
Captain G. R. Grimes, by the Earl of Denbigh.
Mr. George Sclater, Cornet in Hampshire Yeomanry, by
Sir George Grey.
Lieut.-Colonel Hon. C. Grantham Scott, Scots Fusilier
Guards, on promotion, by Colonel B. Drummond.
Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart., by Lord John Russell.
Mr. Severne, Deputy Lieutenant of Northamptonshire,
by Major General Thomas.
Mr. Shelley, by Sir George Grey.
Rev. G. W. Sicklemore, by Lord Elphinstone.
Cornet Wyndham Slade, by General Sir J. Slade.
Mr. Masters Smith, High Sheriff of the county of Kent,
by the Earl of Darnley.
Dr. William Smith, on appointment as Physician to his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by Mr. Keate,
Serjeant Surgeon to the Queen.
Lieut. Colonel the Hon. George A. Spencer, 37th Regi-
ment, by Major R. Spencer.
Mr. Henry Spice, by Sir Robert Murray, Bart.
Colonel Spencer Stanhope, Grenadier Guards, by Col
C. Lascelles.
Mr. Walter Spencer Stanhope, by Mr. Spencer Stanhope.
Mr. Gilbert Stapleton, on his marriage, by Lord Beau-
mont.
Captain Story, on appointment to a company in the
Cavan Militia, by his father, Mr. Hamilton Story.
Mr. William Strachey, Precis Writer, Colonial-office, by
Earl Grey.
Captain Stratton, 6th Regiment, by Lieutenant-General
Sir J. Gardiner.
Lieutenan
tCb.y sL.iSr Johnugd Hobhouse.en,39thßegiment, Madras Native
Infantry,
Lieutenant G. Stoney Swinny, 15th Hussars, on rettirn
from foreign service, by the Earl of Bandon.
Mr. Stephen Charles Venour, by Vice-Admiral Sir T.
Briggs.
to the Royal Marines at Gosport Barracks, by r
Rev. Henry Aubray Veck, on appointment as Chaplain
to the Royal Marines at Gosport Barracks, by General
Lord F. Fitzclarence.
by Sir T. Baring.
Vice-Admiral Thomas, on promotion, _
Lieutenant-Colonel,Tierny, Coldstream Guards, on pro-
Canpetraaini
sWir.virTa.lEbouts,tattet.h Regiment, by Lieutenant -Ge-
motion, by Colonel Chaplin.
Sicklemore.
R.N., by Lord Radstock.
Mr. Graham Vivian, by his father, Mr. J.H.Vivian M.P.
Mr. Lionel Ames, by Colonel Sir J. Mourillyon Wilson,
ML
Lieutenant Jamestena n t Charles Tomblin,
Harcourt,
theour Rev.t, G. WW.
Mr. Nathaniel Barton, on return from abroad, by Lord
Clarinet.
Lieutenant C. E. S. Baynes, R.E., by the Inspector
General of Fortifications.
Mr. Ernest G. Birch, by the Earl of Stradbroke.
Lieutenant E. L. Bland, R.E., by the Inspector General
of Fortifications.
Mr. Brooke, on his marriage, by General the Hon. Sir
Alexander Duff.
Mr. Hume Burnley, attached to her Majesty's Legation
at Frankfort, by Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Clariaa, on his being elected a representative Peer
for Ireland, by Lord Stanley.
Mr. Conolly, by the Marquis of Ormonde.
Mr. Edwin Corbett, by Viscount Palmerston.
Lieut. C. P. Hallett, by Major-General D. M. Macleod.
Mr. Albert Hambrough; on his marriage, by Lord
Downes.
Mr. Robert Hampton, by Sir J. Hobhouse.
Mr. Thomson Hankey, jun., Deputy-Governor of the
Bank of England, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Captain Octavius Vernon Harcourt, 'R.N., on appoint-
ment as High-Sheriff of Yorkshire, by the Earl of
Carlisle.
Captain Hare, by Rear-Admiral Sir J. Coghill.
Mr. Edward Hawkey, by Sir Wm. Jolliffe.
Mr. Unwin Heathcote, jun., secretary to Vice-Chancellor
Wigram, by Sir James Wigram.
Captain C. T. Hecker, by General Sir R. T. Wilson.
Captain W. H. Henderson, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by Sir F. Baring.
Mr. Herbert, of Llanarth, on his marriage, by Viscount
Palmerston.
Lieutenant R. P. Henry, by Colonel Parke.
Sir Frederick W. Heygate, Bart., by Earl Howe.
Mr. Hippisley, deputy-lieutenant for the county of De-
von, by Earl Fortescue.
Captain Charles Hope, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by Sir F. Baring.
Captain Hopkins, by Colonel Parke.
Mr. Victor Houlton, by Sir John Mourillyon Wilson.
Captain M. Adye, by the Marquis of Anglesey.
Captain J. Adye, by the Marquis of Anglesey.
Mr. Henry Ames, by the Duke of Beaufort.
Lieutenant Armytage, R.N., on return from foreign
service, by Colcnel Brandling.
Mr. Dennistoun Brown, by the Duke of Argyll.
Lieutenant B. J. Brown, on return from foreign service,
by Lieut.-General Sir Edward Kerrison.
Mr. Brydges, by the Marquis of Thomond.
Lieut.- Colonel Buller, on his return from the Cape of
Good Hope, and on being appointed a Companion of
the Order of the Bath, by the Duke of Wellington.
Mr. Edward H. Buabury, by Lord Edw..Howarcl.

counted for.
Since the above was written, the police, who have
been to the hospital to inquire after the state of the
sufferers, report that Mrs. Devereaux has died from the
effects of the injuries she received by jumping out of
the window.

POST-OFFICE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.—A clearly ar-
ranged and most elaborate broad sheet
,has been pub-
lished by permission of her Majesty s Postmaster-
General, under the editorship of F. W. Herbert, Esq.,
of the Foreign Department of the General Post-office.
This broadsheet—which will appear periodically every
month, and which must prove an inestimable convenience
in every mercantile establishment—gives in one view this
extraordinary assortment of information—a calendar of
the month; the days on which the different mails start;
the places they start to ; the price of postage to all
quarters ; the proportional increase on the weight of
letters ; ship intelligence ; packet intelligence ; and a
mass of miscellaneous information.

DEATH OP ALEXANDER CLAPPERTON, Est.—We
regret to announce the death of this much-respected
gentleman, which took place at his house in Prince's-
street on Saturday morning. Mr. Clapperton had been
in a weak state of health for some months, but, until
within a very short time of his decease, no immediate
danger was apprehended. His indisposition seemed to
be of a nature likely to yield to time and care, and many
years of restored health and continued usefulness might
have been, humanly speaking, fairly anticipated for
him. Having been upwards of forty years in business
in Edinburgh, and the dealings of the firm of which
he was a member being very extensive, Mr. Clap-
perton was one of the best known of our citizens,
and he was at the same time one of the most highly-
respected. He was a most intelligent, attentive, and
scrupulously honourable merchant; he was kind and
friendly in manner; and in all the relations of life, his
character was that of an amiable and upright man.
Although ho never assumed a prominent part i❑ public
affairs, Mr. Clapperton was a very efficient member of
various public bodies, and took an active, though unos•
tentatious share in many business matters connected
with the town, his time and his purse being both at all
times freely and readily at the service of every judicious
measure of general importance and benefit. He was at
one time chairman of the Chamber of Commerce; he
was also a director in the Commercial Bank, and in se-
veral insurance companies, &c., and latterly was one of
the directors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
Companies. In politics, Mr. Clapperton was through-
out life a sound and consistent Liberal.— The Scotsman.
DEATH OF DR. S. S. THOMSON.—It is with feel-

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on the previous evening, in paying a professional visit a
few miles from town. At first the complaint excited
very little alarm, and the numerous inquirers who called
were cheered with favourable tidings of his progress;
but on Saturday evening the case assumed a much more
formidable aspect. Indications of bronchitic congestion
began to appear--a disease especially dangerous in one
of his advanced age and full habit. All remedies were un-
availing. He gradually sank, and expired yesterday, in
his seventy-second year.—Banner of Ulster of Tuesday.
MURDER OF A SCHOOL-BOY.—An extraordinary
circumstance has transpired at Ashton-under-Lyne.
Three boys, whilst going to school along the canal side,
pushedcapo f
the o f anothernh em
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after it. The two children on terra firma then left their
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companion to perish, and went to school. The finding
of the dead budy of the boy who was drowned is said to
have led to the eliciting of this statement from the sur-
vivors,
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