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ANNALS -01` THE' PENINSULAS,
CAMPAIGNS.

By TIIOMAS lIAMILTON, Esq.
Late of the 29th Regiment.

Author of " Cyr:l Thornton," " Men atnd Manners in America," &c.

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THE PHYSIOLOGICAL and SCIENTIFIC
TREATMENT of CIIOLEBA.
By W. PARKER, Esq., , and L.A.C., Barnstaple, Devon.
Advocated before the Medical Staff at Gwydyr House in August,

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Rome Illustrated In a series of Dissolving Views, with a Descrip-
tion, daily, at Half-past Four, and every Evening at a Quarter to
Ten.—Lectnre on the Chemistry of Food, by Mr. Ashley, daily, at
Half-past Three, and in the Evening at Nine o'clock.—Lecture, with
Experiments, on the Hydro-Electrie Machine, by Dr. Itachhoffner,
daily at Two, and on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at
Eight o'clock...—Exhibition of the Oxy-hydrogen Microscope.—Diver
and Diving-Dell.—The Chromatrope.—Models and Machinery ex-
plained.

Open daily' from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (except
zaturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
Adraisslon. is —Schools. Half-price.—The New Catalogue, is.

A NOY-ELTY for the approaching season is in
preparation to which a distinguishing name has not yet been
given, but which the inventors, Messrs. NICOLL, can recommend
as one of the most useful, warm, comfortable, and graceful articles
of gentlemanly attire ever produced. Specimens can be seen at 114,
116, and 120, Regent•street, and 22, Cornhill, as also TILE TREBLE
Garment, or PALETOT, called THE NICOLL, which retains all the
characterbities of the famed Paletot (registered 6 and 7 Vie., cap. 65)
is its exterior, and has the additional advantages of being convertible
from a warm t o a light Overcoat, or vice versa, at the pleasure of
the wearer, or as the mild or cold mature of the weather may re-
quire. This gm-rodent must be seen and worn to be properly appre-
ciated ; it will be found, perhaps, the best preservative of health in
this variable climate. THE NICOLL has been secured by Royal
Letters Patent in ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTL AND, and the
COLONIES ; it. can, therefore, only be purchased in the country, or
abroad, of Messrs NICOLL'S (the patentees) recognised AGENT. 4,
and in LONDON only of themselves, viz., at 114, 116, 120,
REGENr-STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL.

THE NICOLL, PALETOT (Regd. 6 and 7
Vict., cap. 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 120, REGENT-
STREET, and 22, CORNIIILL.

Also for Nicoll's Morning Coat, now in almost universal request
for the Country, Riding, Walking, Seaside, &c. Shooting Jackets
adapted for the Moors, &c.

Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Mess re.
NICOLL are the sole Patentees of the design and material.

WESSRS. NICOLL'S Wholesale and Counting
I house Departments for the London Branches in the Ship-
ping and Woollen Trades arc in CHANGE-ALLEY, CORNIIILL,
on t 120, REGENT-STREET.

THE DAY OF THAMES'S SHOW.
.AIR—" The Bay of Biscay 0."
Loud roared the cannons' thunder,
When princely Albert came ;
The air was rent asunder
With the plaudits to his name.
It was a glorious day,
And one of proud display:
Hearts were light—scenes were bright,
On the day of Thames's Show.

Now launched upon the river,
Tile royal bark appeqrs ;
While smiling thousands give her
A welcome in their cheers.
For la, in that fair bark,
The royal guests they mark :
Hearts were ligltt—scenes were bright,
On the day of Thlmes's Show.

The sight was one of beauty,
In which E. M. and Son
Proved they had done their duty,
As they have ever done.
Crowds elegantly dressed,
In countless numbers pressed,
To survey, objects gay,
On the day of Thames's Show.

The day in tri❑mph closes,
And what remains for us,
Bet to aid the Mart of Moses.
Whose dress attracted thus?
This Mart in si2ht appears,
Let's hail it with our cheers!
Much was done, by M. and Son,
On the day of Thames's Show.

LIS I' OF PRIC Efi.
BEADY MADE.

Autumn and Winter Over Coats, In every
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The Bulwer, handsomely and warmly trimmed 0 15 0
The Paletot, ..... •• 018 0
Chesterfield. ditto....— ........ 1 0 0
The Albert Wrapper, a very handsome style
of Ov.r Coat ••••••• • • • • • • • . 1 5 0
Shoottnz Coats
Lounging or Brorning Coats .............. 0 4 6
Autumn and Winter Trousers, in Tweed .. • . 0 4 6
Ditto ditto Doeskin .. 0 7 05
Ditto Vests •••• • • • • .• • 02 6
Ilk Silk Velvet ..... ....... 0 13 8
TUs Coats .• •• .• ..
Frock Ditto ••••• • • • • • •••• • . . • ••• • . •• .. 0 19 0
Youths and Boys' Over Coats, In every style,
from• ••• ..... . ............... 0 7 0
Hussar and. Tunic Suits • • .... • •••• • • .. 014 6
Boys' Autumn and Winter Vests ...... 0 0 8

MADE TO MEASURE.
Men's Autumn and Winter Over Coats • • from 1 1
The Chesterfield Wrapper, In a warm ma-
.. .... 1 8 0
terial, lined • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .....
The Palctot, handsomely and warmly trimmed 1 16 0
The Eglinton Wrapper, a very el2gant style of
2 0 0
The Strathmore Witney Over Coat, newest
style, lined throughout • ..... • • ••• • • • 210 0
Autumn and Winter Trowsers, in Tweed and
0 10 6
Best Black Cass!mere ditto 1 6 0
Autumn and Winter Vests 0 5 6
Best Black Cloth ditto ......... ..... 0 13 6
FDrroecsks . ..
Black Silk Velvet ditto ............ ...... 018 6
fromfr from
m 3352 ss tot o
3 2 153 0
Hussar and Tunic • • ....from 1 5 0
Fuperfnie ...... • • .... .•• • • • ........ ...... 1 15 0
Men's Shooting Coat• Elegant Dressing Robes, in great variety, ,

from •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• ..16s. to 5 0 0
A Large Stock of Fur Coats, in every shape, from 60s. to 201.
Naval. and Military Uniforms, Liveries, &c.
,lournl'na to any extent at Five Minutes' notice.
A Stit of Mourning complete for 11. 10s.

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The new boa, entitled "The Minion of the Million," with full
directions for Self-ineasnrement, can be had on application, or for-
warded, post free, to any part of the kingdom.
Notice—The Fur Depurtmeit is sow replete with every novelty
yt
t.,nel
moneyade, or
returned.us ade to
of the season.
Itte°asbUerrve,eif—nttn
E. MORES and he N, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
aYprairrotvl celde
opt. urweilhla
bsee de
cehi tahnegre
dr
oard
Heelers, Farriers, Boot 'and ShJeinalcars, and (leneral. Outfitters, 154,
155, 15:3, and 15T Minerie?, and is 3, 84, 85, and Bt, Aldgate, City,
London ; all communicating with each other, and forming one vast
Establishment.
Caution.—E. 2N MY and Son regret having
to guard the public
against ; Lot Laving heard that the untradesmartine
falsehood of halo s connected with them, or " It is the same concern,"
has been reeortrld to in many instancea, and for obvious reasons,
!hey beg to statt that toy have 110 conaexien with any other limns
to or oat of I ,on ion, except their Branch Establishments, 3t, Far-
gate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire;
snst tilos° whir require che,p and genuine clethin;;, gLe., should call
at or stied to the Minories and Aldgate, City, Loudon ; or either of
the Branch Eet Wisinents, as above.
Tate Notice,- -This Establis:imeut is closed from sunset Friday
to Innmo fis,zurd ay. whet, bus nem is resumed till twelve o'clock.

REPRESLIt TATION OF WINDSOIL—It is asserted
that the So4ic itor-General of Ireland, Mr. Hatchell, will
offer him sell f as the Government candidate for the
borough of" Windsor, in the event of Lord John Hay,
C. 13., resin Wing his seat on Admiralty appointment.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Royal standard fhgs were hoisted at Portsmouth
garrison fho-staffi, yesterday, in honour of the anni-
vert,.ary of the birth of his Royal highness the Prince
of Wales.

and has consequently given fresh hope to many who
were previously sceptical as to the continued safety of
Captain Sir John Franklin and the officers and crew-s
of the Erebus and Terror, Arctic discovery ships. It
has generally been nc:ticed by the captains of whalers
that a cycle of three years brings great changes in the
position of icebergs and the flues of the Polar regions;
and as that period will clarrze next season, there is
every reason to hope, if the Esquimaux statement is
correct, that the intrepid navigators will he liberated
from the ice, and return to this country, after a period
of grtat suspense to their friends and the public at
home.

Accounts have bEen received from the whale ship
Frolic, Captain George A. Hensburgh, off Ternate, i❑
May last. The captain says .—" I have been very
successful with Mr. Greener's harpoon and gun,
having struck and secured seven whales with it that
would never have beeri alongside had I not been pro-
vi(cd with it. I think the furthest I have struck
with it has been 18 fathoms, or 36 yards, which is
equal to six times the distance of a dart from any man.
The great merit in the harpoon gun is in chasing
whales, after they are gallied or act or shy. I struck one
whale with such force that the iron went through it
on one side end the lead out of the other. I use
Manilla line, two coils being sufficient, and ten yarns
in a strand."

PLYMOUTH, Nov. B.—The Nautilus, naval appren-
ticas brig, has come into harbour for the winter.

The Andromeda and the Tyne hulks have been
towed into harbour by the Confince steamer, as they
are not required any longer in the Sound.
The Seagull packet was paid wages on Tuesday,
and went into the Sound yesterday.
The Shearwater steamer, Lieutenant E. Tumour,
went out of harbour ,yesterday to Barnpool to have
her compasses adjusted. _

The serpent, 12, is hourly expected at this port to
take the mails.

THE BERMONDSEY MURDER.
Yesterday morning, according to the special re-
quest of Frederick George Manning, Mr. Binns, his
solicitor, waited upon him in the condemned cell in
Horsemonger-lane Gaol. The interview took place
in the presence of Mr. Rowe, the chaplain ; Mr.
Keene, the governor; and two turnkeys. Manning
was in much better spirits yesterday, and as soon as
Mr. BMus entered his cell be shook hands with him
cordially, and thanked him for his kindness. He told
him he was quite prepared to meet his unhappy fate,
and could die happy if his wife would only tell the
truth. Ile informed Mr. Bums that he took with
him some railway shares to Jersey, which he de-
stroyed in a water•closet before his apprehension, a
description of which he handed him for the benefit of
Mr. O'Connor's family. They will, no doubt, be re-
stored by the companies who issued them. This will
clearly show that the murdered man was possessed
of considerable property in railway shares, which
were useless to any one except the real owner. On
being asked where the crowbar was, he stated that it
could be found at a certain rail way station (naming
the place). Ile directed Mr. Binns to disposa of all
his property, and after paying all demands for legal
expenses, to hand over the surplus to his brother Ed-
mund. Prior to Mr. Binn's leaving him yesterday,
he handed hiM the following letters, giving him per-
mission to publish them if he pleased :
MANNING TO lIIS WIFE.

" I address you as a fellow-sinner and a fellow-
sufferer, and not as my wife, since the contract must,..
be considered as cancelled, extending as it does only
until death and not beyond it, and both of us standing
as we do, on the brink cf eternity. We may already
consider ourselves as cut off from the world. The
consciousness of this truth does not, however, prevent
me from expressing my earnest solicitude for the
happiness of your soul as well as my own. I do,
therefore, beseech and implore of you to be truthful
in all you utter, and that you may not be tempted to
yield to any evil suggestions of the enemy of our
souls' welfare to question for an instant the solemn
truth that we shall shortly appear before our God in
judgment—that His eye is upon us now. The time,
though not, so far as I can learn, precisely fixed, when
we are to be launched into eternity, but we may be
quite sure and certain that it is close at hand. And
now, by all kindly feelings we have at any time en
tertained towards each other, I earnestly pray that
you will lock to God for the pardon you need, and of
which I feel my own need also, believe me, through
the merits of a crucified Redeemer, being satisfied that
His all sufficient atonement and intercession cannot
benefit us unless we repent and give proofs of that re-
pentance. Believe me, I upbraid you not, but trust you
will be assured that I forgive every one, as I pray and
hope to be forgiven by God ; and now I close, as my
feelings are too acute to write more. May the Lord
be merciful, and may He be so consistent with His
promises. Let us be truthful and sincere in all we
say and do. This is the last letter you will ever
receive from me. Now let me beg of you to grant
me an interview this day if possible. I have a great
wish to have one before I depart this world.
"F. G. MANNING.
" Written on the 29th of October, 1849, in the
condemned cell, Horsemonger-lane Gaol.
" FREDERICK G. MANNING."
MARIA MANNING TO HER HUSBAND.
" I address you as my husband. I am far away
from my happy native land on account of this contract
and this land which you have made to me a captivity.
The peace and well-being of society, the laws of truth,
which you have broken, have alike demanded my
banishment from the country which gave me birth.
But I am not going away from God; He is every-
where alike present, and at all times gracious to
those that seek His mercy and His favour. Whathas brought me into this eternal consequence ? If
you live and die unforgiven by God, though those
sins will be punished by the laws of man, they are
still all registered by the only God. All that I have
to say is this—l never made any statement of any
kind to injure or condemn you in this matter, that you
well know, from first to last. I am here condemned
only by your statement. if it had proved beneficial
to you, I should have been sati-fi,:d. With all your
doings and the great expense of your learned counsel-
lors, that did not benefit you, but plunged me unmer-
cifully with you to this horrid fate. All I have to
beg of you now is to state facts, as you know that I
was not in the house when O'Connor met with
death ; but I was gone to see for him, and during
that time he called in my absence, and was shot by
that young man from Guernsey who was with you in
the back parlour smoking; but that I did not know
anything about it until the Saturday, and that it was
all settled in the kitchen. I was in hopes you would
have brought that young man forward on the trial,
but that you did not dJ, but only blame me, as you
did from the first day. But, my dear, as you now
know that you cannot save yourself, I implore of
you to state the facts which are truth, and endeavour
to save your wife. By so doing it would be satis-
faction to your own heart and soul to know that you
are doirtg right and good towards me before you
depart frgrnthis world. The Lord God will forgive
you and comfort you. Believe me, I upbraid you
not, but you will be assured that I forgive
you, and every one, as I pray and hope
I may be forgiven by God. If you comply with
this truly statement, I shall be happy to see you until
the last day. My hope and life is in your hands. You
can, if you will, save me. Remember you cannot
answer for our sins or transgressions when all our
secret sins shall beset in the lightof His countenance,
and when the wicked who carelessly lived and miser-
ably died without the fear or favour of God shall
doubtless perish everlastingly. In that day a craven
conscience shall proclaim a failing heart, and an
angry judge shall point to the wicked.
" I humbly look to thee, 0 Lord. Thou bast set
feral as a propitiation for the remission of sins that
are past through Thy furls:ln:nee. I cannot write
any longer. God bless you, and have mercy on us
both

" M. MANNING."
" Received by F. G. Manning on the 30th of
October, 1849."
The following statement we have received is in
substance
.the confessions made by Manning at the
interviews which he has had with his relatives since
sentence of death was pronounced upon him :—He
declared most solemnly that a month before the ac-
tual commission of the crime his wife spoke to him of
her intention to murder O'Connor, in order that she
might become possessed of the large amount of money
which she knew he had. He endeavoured to turn
her thought; away from the commission of
such a deed, saying she would be hung
for it. She, however, said that she was
determined to shoot him, and that he must help
her to bury him in the kitchen. About this
period she purchased a dozen bottles of brandy, and
though at other times and in the circumstances they
were then living she would have been chary of making
such a purchase, she kept him fully supplied with the
liquor, so that, to use his own words, " during the
whole of this time I was not in my right senses." He
first thought of giving information of his wife's in-
tention to the police, but fear for his wife, who he said
had great mastery over him, or a belief that she would
not carry out her intentions, restrained him from
saying anything about the matter; but he declares he
repeatedly told her that he would have nothing to do
with it. Nearly about this period O'Connor was in-
vited to stay a short time with some fiends at liou-

logne, and she was to meet him there. She said if
the cpportunity did not present itself of doing away
with him in Minver-place, that she would do so when
they were together at Boulogne, adding that it would
never be found out. With the view of accomplishing
her purpose, she purchased a small pair of pistols at
the shoplof Mr. Blanch, a gunmeker, in Gracechurch-
street, who, at her ri-quest, instructed her how to
load them. In order to be the better prepared for the
disposal of the body, and to destroy any traces of
guilt, she directed him to purchase the crowbar to
raise the stones in the back kitchen, and the lime to
burn the body. Manning declares also that the hole
in which the body was found was dug by Mrs.
Manning with the dust shovel produced at the
trial, a firtnlght before the ;murder, and that
she carried the earth out by pailfuls, and mixed it
with the ashes in the dust-bin. It was in June, he
says, that the conversation took place with respect to
what would make a person put his name to a cheque
for 5001. O'Connor at the time was supposed to be a
teetotaller, and Massey, Manning says, suggested that
morphia (which he descrii4ed as a white powder), if
put into his tea, would so stupify him as to render
him a ready instrument in their hands. It was,
however, never given to him. It may be remarked
that Manning was then in needy circumstances.
Manning's attention was called to the state of O'Con-
nor on the night when Mrs. Manning bathed his
temples with eau de Cologne, in order to ascertain if
he had been drugged ; but he declared that nothing
was given to him, and that he was under the in-
fluence of brandy, which be had taken from fear of
the cholera.

On the night of the murder he says O'Connor
called at Minver-pl..ce, and after exchanging a few
words with Mrs. Manning went away. In half an
hour he came back, his demeanour evincing irreeolu •
tion whether to stop or not, thus accounting for his
being seen on London-bridge about five o'clock going
towards the city. He must,- therefore, immediately
have changed his mind and gone to Minver-place.
Mrs. Manning pressed him to stay, and he walked
into the pirlour and sat down. Immediately
afterwards she said to hien, " Come down stairs,
and wash your hands hefore dinner ;" to which
O'Connor replied, "No, I don't care about it to-
night." "Oh," she said, "you had better do so, as
Miss Massey (who Manning says she knew was not in
town at the time) is coming, and you know she is a
very particular lady, and you should show yourself
off to the best advantage." He says this was a mere
trick to get him down stairs. He further says he
did not think so at the time, as he had no idea that
in the evening she was about to perpetrate the crime
of murder. He asseverates this most solemnly.
D'Connor did go down stairs to the back kitchen,
Mrs. Manning following closely after him. At this
time Manning was up-stairs' in the front room,
dressing. In a few minutes his wife came up-stairs
and exclaimed, " I have done it—he is dead enough."
Manning says he was dreadfully frightened, and told
her "she was a dead woman, and would be hung for
the murder." She got into a passion with him, and
said he was " a d—d coward ;" and pointing a pistol
it him, which he says was loaded, exclaimed in a
threatening manner, " If you don't come down and
see him, I will serve you the same." He asked
her how she did it, and what O'Connor said ? and,
after drinking a glass of neat brandy, she ex-
plained that when her victim got to the bottom of the
stairs he said, " What ! hay nt you got this drain
finished yet ?" The next moment she said she pressed
, the muzzle of the pistol close to the back of his head
and shot him dead. We may remark that this will
account in some measure for the report of the pistol
not being heard by Manning himself, nor by the
neighbours. After some hesitation, and overpowered
by her menaces, he did go down, and he says he was
horrified to find O'Connor lying on his face, partially
in a stooping posture, his head hanging into the grave
which had been prepared for him, and his hands up
to the sides of his head. Manning, when explaining
this to his brother and sister, to the governor of the
prison, and the chaplain, went down on his knesa in
the cell, in order the better to illustrate the position
of the unhappy man. This was ten minutes or a
quarter of an hour after the commission of the mur-
der. Mrs. Manning turned over the body, and
struck him on the head three or four times with the
crowbar, exclaiming, " You d—d old villain, you
Rill never deceive me or any one else any more."
Manning then says he ran up stairs ; he was followed
shortly afterwards by his wife, who showed him the
keys she bad taken from the body. She then took off
her gown—the one produced at the trial, and proved
to have been stained with blood, and washed herself,
her hands being smeared with blood. She then went
out, saying that she would be back directly. Not
liking to remain in the house he went into the yard,
and sat on the wall and smoked a pipe, and had a chat
with the neighbours. He had told her that he would
not stay in the house,-but she persuaded him to do so.
When she came back, having been at O'Connor's
lodgings, she had some scrip, some of which she burnt,
finding it useless; the rest she kept. Manning's
brother asked him at one of the interviews what had
been done with the clothes anti the crowbar; and he
said that the clothes were burnt, and that she must
have taken the crowbar with her, and, be supposed,
dropped it at one of the railway stations. The next
day she pledged two gold watches belonging to
O'Connor, but he could not tell where. On the
Monday after the murder, when he came home, she
told him that two persons, whom she believed to be
officers in private clothes, had called and inquired for
O'Connor. These persons, it will be recollected,
were Mr. Welch and Mr. Flynn, who stated, in their
evidence, that she trembled and looked so pale that they
asked her if she was ill. Manning told his wife,
who was extremely frightened at these inquiries,
that she had evidently been found out, and
that she would be hung. She then fainted,
but Manning gave her some brandy, which soon
restored her. Afterwards she said she would not stop
any longer, that she would go to America, and that if
she were discovered she would stick out till the
eleventh hour. After some delay she said, " Now
Freddy, you go to Bainbridge's, and endeavour to sell
the furniture. See what arrangements you can make.
Don't be in a hurry, but stop and smoke your pipe.
I'll be there in a couple of hours." He did so, but
as she did not come he went to the house and found
her gone. Being almost penniless, he pawned the
pistols at a pawnbroker's in Bermondsey-street and
afterwards sold the furniture and went away to
Jersey. She got all the money from him which he
obtained at the Bank. He declared he knew nothing
about the Great Western Railway robberies, but im-
plicated Poole and others. He said, Mrs. Manning,
who vio doubt was in Poole's confidence, knew some-
thing about them.
At the conclusion of his last interview with his
brother and sister, he said when they were leaving,
" Mr. Keene, I have to ask you one great favour—
that you will not, for the sake of my family, allow
any one to take a cast of my head, to be exhibited at
Madame Tussaud's."
Mr. Keene assured the unfortunate prisoner, and
also his brother and sister, that if he could prevent
this being done he would do so.
Manning reiterated the assertion that, so help him
God, he had never injured a hair of O'Connor's head,
adding that the statement as given above, was true in
every respect; and if he were to be executed the life
of an innocent man would be taken. All the persons
present, at the request of Manning, knelt down and
engaged in prayer.

Loss OF Two LIVES BY FIBE.—On Friday morn-
ing the following melancholy accidents occurred on the
Surrey side of the water, whereby the lives of two fine
children were sacrificed. Iu the first case it appears
that the deceased, Mary Ann Bentley, aged eight years,
who resided with her parents in Upper Queen.street,
Southampton-street, Camberwell, was left in a room by
hers( if ironing, and during the absence of her mother
she set her clothes on fire. The flames spread with
great rapidity, and her screams soon roused the other
inmates of the house, who hastened to her assistance.
The poor girl had then reached the lower part of the
premises, where the foot passengers and several of the
lodgers succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not
before the whole of her dress was burned to a cinder,
and her body, from head to foot, literally roasted. The
unfortunate sufferer was seen by a surgeon, but subse-
quently was conveyed with all speed to Guy's Hospital,
where the resident surgeon immediately applied the best
remedies, but so complicated were the injuries that she
expired soon after her admission.—The second accident
happened to a child named Ellen Crawley, aged two
years, of White's-court, Bermondsey-street, Southwark.
Pr. ern what could be gleaned, it seems that the deceased
was left in an upstairs room in front of a large fire,
while th© mother was at a neighbouring public-house,
and whilst she was gone the unfortunate infant rolled or
crawled under the grate, where its garments became
ignited, and before the deceased was discovered she was
nearly burnt to a blackened mass. The child .as
w rapped in a blanket and taken to St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, but survived only a short time afterwards.
formation of the two deaths have been forwarded to Ur.
W. Payne, the Coroner for the city of London aid
Southwark.
STEYNING.—C. Goring, Esq., M.P., regaled the whole
of his lub,urers and cottagers, with their wives and
families, on Monday last, at his seat, Wiston Park, in
c )nmemoration of his wedding. About 4G5 sat down to
the substantial fare of roast beef and plum pudding.
Numerous sports in the park filled up the afternoon with
mirth; and at eight a Lugo bonfire was lighted on a
promontory of the Downs, near Chanktonbury Ring.

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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 5.

This day had, audience of her Majesty, the Count
Coltoted° Wallsee, Envoy Ex•raordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the Emperor of Austria, to deliver
his letter of recd, to which he was introduced by Vis-
count Palmerston, G.C.8., her Majesty's Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs.
WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 9.

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nen. who retires; Cornet John Fermi. Godfrey to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Conyers, Nov. 9.
12th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant John Almerus
Digby to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thelluson, who
retires ; Cornet George Charles Selwyn Durant to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Digby, Nov. 9.
4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Trail
Arnold, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Poyntz who exchanges, Nov. 9.

sth Foot—Captain John Massy, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Captain, vice Francis Richard Fyner,
who exchanges, Nov. 9.
7th Foot—Ensign William Edward Wallace, from the
26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lloyd,
who retires, Nov. 9.
Bth Foot—Captain Frederick Douglas Lumley to be
Major, without purchase, vice Holmes, deceased, Aug.
4; Lieutenant John Henry Edward ge Robeck to be
Captain, vice Lumley ; Ensign Allan John Robertson
to be Lieutenant, vice Robeck ; Ensign John M'Namee,
from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice
Robertson, Nov. 9.
22d Foot—Captain David Anderson, from the 83d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Heady, who exchanges,
Sept. 17.
24th Foot—Ensign James Charles William Kippen to
ba Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Stenford, deceased
Sept. 6.

25th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Ridgway Poynta, from
the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Arnold, who ex-
changes, Nov. 9.
3211 Foot—Ensign•John Birtivhistle to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Stewart, deceased, Sept. 3i
37th Foot—Colour Sergeant John Chisholm to, be
Quartermaster, vice Richard Hamilton, who retires upon
half-pay. Nov. 9.
40th Foot—Lewis Trelawny Clark, Gent., to be En-
sign, by purchase, vice Fowler, who retires, Nov. 9.
5 tth Foot—Lieutenant George Cumming Miller to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Brown, deceased,
Oct. 11 ; Lieutenant John Charles Hill Jones to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, whose promotion by
purchase has b?en cancelled, Nov. 9 ; Ensign limy
Elliott Bayly to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, Oct. 11;
Ensign John Frederick Flatnauk to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Bayly, whose promotion by purchase has
been cancelled, Nov. 9. _ _ _

60th Foot—Captain Alexander Ccia Dlcik, from the
94th Foot, to be Captain, vice Rhodes, who exchanges,
Nov. 9.

61st Foot—Major James Campbell to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, without purchase, vice McLeod, deceased ;
Captain Charles Clement Deacon to be Major, vice
Campbell; Lieutenant Frederick Huson to ba Captain,
vice Deacon, Aug. 19; Ensign Thomas Gabbett to be
Lieutenant, vice Huson, Oct. 13; Ensign Robert Hutton,
from the 31st Foot, to 132 Ensign, vice Gabbett, Nov. 9.
64th Foot—Lieutenant Isaac Temple Twining, to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Errington, deceased;
Ensign William Davies Shipley, to be Lieutenant, vice
Twining, Aug. 20.
83d Foot—Captain John Heady, from the 22€1 Foot,
to be Captain, vice AnderEon, who exchanges, Sept. 17.
84th Foot—Ensign Bajamin Sandwich to be Liente
nant, without purchase, vice Leahy, &ceased, Aug. 15 ;
Sergeant-Major Hoary litowne to be Ensign, vice Sand-
wich, Nov. 9.

86th Foot—Ensign Ralph Fitz Gibbon Lewis, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, rice Creed, deceased,
July 30.
94th Foot—Captain Godfrey Rhodes,. from tLe 60th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Meik, who exchanges, Nov. 9.
UNATTACIIED.-13revet•Major James Seargill, from
the 97th Foot, to be Major without purchase, Nov. 9.
To be Captains without purchase—Lieutenant Berija
min Grey Mackenzie, from the 50th Foot; Lieutenant
Henry Cole Faulkner, from the 2d Foot, Nov. 9.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
John Buckley, coal master, Higher Crompton, Lan-
cashire

Bernard Bottenheim, m'rchant, Manchester.
BANKRUPTS.

William Woods and Samuel Thomas, hardwaremen,
Chcapside, to surrender, Nov. 23, at eleven, and Dec.
21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stans-
feld, official assignee ; Junes, St. Mildred's-court,
Poultry.
Lot Pulbrook, grocer, Cambridge-place, Hackney-
road, Nov. 21, at eleven, and Dec. 21, at half-past
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansteld, official
assignee; Bouts, Rodney. buildings, New Kent-road.
John Stock, sen., and William Stock, coal proprietor,
Ashton-in-Mackerfield, Lancashire, Nov. 27 and Dec.
18. at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,
official assignee, Liverpool. Ansdell and Haddock, Saint
Helens, Lancashire.

John Stock, sen., coal proprietor, Ashton-in-Macker-
field, Lancashire, Nov. 27 and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee,
Liverpool; Smith, Liverpool.
Macgregor Laird, commission agent, Birkenhead,
Nov. 26 and Dec. 17. at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Watson,
Liverpool.
Joseph Smith and Robert Smith, fancy cloth manu-
facturers, Kirkburton' Yorkshire, Nov. 22, and Dec.
20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee, Leeds; Hird, Huddersfield; Cariss and
Cudworth, Leeds.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Babiuglaall-street.
H. Hyland, Ewhurbt, Sussex, grocer, Nov. 30, at
twelve—B. APCliesh Chrees and J. Boyd, Bow Church-
yard, silk manufacturers, Nov. 80, at twelve—T. Walley
and P. W. Hardwick, Oxtord•street, linen drapers, Nov.
30, at ta,lve.

In the Country.

J. Clcmentson, Whitehaven, tobacconist, Dec. 7, at
twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—W. Wilson,
Houghton-le-Springy, Durhe.m, molester, Dec. 6, at halt-
past eleven, at the Court, Nowcaselc-upon-Tyne—W.
Cotton, King's Norton, Worcestershire, timber merchant,
Dec. 1, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—D.
Turner, Sheffield, innkeeper, Dec. 1, at the Council-
hall, Sheffield—T. Smith, Mulvey, Cheshire, shipbuilder,
Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. B. Go!-
borne, and A. A. I)obhs, Liverpool, wine merchants,
Dec. 4, at cloven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. W.
Bailey, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 3, at eleven, at the
Court, Liverpool.