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was, therefore, quite evident that the prospects of this Com-
pany for the future were pre-eminently above those of all the
other companies which had not been obliged to adopt this
system, and every person connected with it might look for-
ward with perfect confidence to extremely satisfactory bo-
nuses. With' respect to the mode of valuation, it was stated
in the report that all the policies had been valued separately;
and he would state in addition, that all the lives taken
as healthy lives had been valued at the increased age at
which they had arrived on the 30th of June last. With
respect to the diseased lives, the directors had adopted a
course contrary to that of every other office which had taken
such lives. If they had taken a life at 40, whose real age
was 30, they had always, to all intents and purposes, con-
sidered that life as a life of 40; so that a much larger sum
was laid by to meet that claim than would have been laid by
had the same policy been effected in any other office. Now,
with respect to the question respecting the reduction of pre-
mium, he begged to say that the bonus might be taken in any
shape, and at any time, that might suit the convenience of the
party interested. Another question put by Mr. Neison was with
regard to the number.of policies. The number at the last divi-
sion, five years ago, was 3,140 ; and the number now in exist-
ence was 4,138.—( Hear.) The average age of lives on the
books was 48. The number of deaths expected within the
last vear was 106; but he was happy to say the actual
number which had occurred was only 53, being just one-half.
--(Applause.) This was rather more favourable than the
general average ; but the same sort of mortality had existed
(luring the five years, with little deviation.—(Hear, hear.)
In answer to a question by Mr. STREETER,
The SECRETARY said, that in consequence of the enormous
competition which had existed between the life offices for
the last ten or twelve years, several of the more recent ones
had endeavoured to show a great bonus. In order to keep
themselves alive, they had, on the first occasion, instead of
dividing the profits up to that time, anticipated the future
profits from the business upon their books. This was an ex-
tremely fallacious mode of proceeding, and must in time
prove ruinous. It would, no doubt, have the effect of mis-
leading some persons, by giving to the office a highly flourish
ing: appearance, when that was not really the case. This
Company had, however, laid by rather too much than too
little, and had not encroached on any future profits.
Mr. NELSON had not the least hesitation in saying
that the mode of valuation which this society had rejected
would have had the effect of anticipating future bonuses,
and he was justified in that opinion by an essay read before
the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, by one of the most
scientific writers on the subject. One feature connected with
this Society deserving of great commendation was the mi-
nuteness of detail with which the valuations were made.—
(Hear, hear.) He should feel obliged if the Secretary would
state the total amount assured by all the policies.
The SECRETARY-2,657,0001.
A PROPRIETOR inquired what portion of the accumulated
50,0001. the proprietors would eventually obtain?
The CHAIRMAN— One-sixth, as at present.
The PROPRIETOL—And the assured ?
The SECRETARY—Three-sixths, and eventually nearly
five-sixths, arising from the reservation of one-third.
Dr. REID inquired the average number of proposals for life
assurance during the last five years, and the amount of money
included in those proposals?
The SECRETARY—The average annual number of proposals
was 557, and the amount prorosed by them was 339,600/.
Mr. Wifisitiw said the report and the explanations which
had been given were so satisfactory, that every one interested
in the affairs of the company must feel obliged to the direc-
tors for the manner in which they had conducted its affairs.
—(Applause.) Ile wished particularly to impress on the
notice of the proprietors and the public the importance of
the last paragraph in the report, which invited the assured
and the public to examine with attention the state of their
own affairs. If there was one mode of inspiring confidence
better than another, it was that of giving on all occasions
every passible information, and showing no wish for con-
cealment.—(llear, hear.) He agreed in the suggestion, that
it would be desirable in future reports to give a general out-
line of the principles on which the society's calculations were
founded.

CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM
COAL. AND SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR
RAILWAY COMPANY.--

- NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
POIITSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The statement of a___CQU;.
temporary, that Captain Pasco, of the Victory, is ordered
" to enter 800 additional seamen on the bo,;ks of that
ship," is not correct. Captain Pasco is merely ordered
to complete the complement of the Victory (700), and
not to enter one " additional" man. When men board
the Victory for entry, and Captain Pasco shows them
the Admiralty order, which renders men v. ho enter that
ship liable to be draughted, without notice, into any
craft that may want hand*, the men immediately decline
to enter, saying, " Oh, no, Sir ; I like to know who and
what I am likely to sail with ; general service won't do
for me." This fact is strikingly illustrated in a letter of
Nelson to his friend Captain Lockyer,-in which he thus
expresses himself as to the practice of enti ring seamen
for " general service," which then existed ;—," The dis-
gust of the seamen to the navy is all owing to the infer-
nal plan of turning them over from ship to ship, so that
men cannot be attached to their officers, or the officers
*are twopence about them."
The Scourge steam-sloop, Commander J. C. Caq.in,
left this afternoon for Bristol, to lo9d with meal for
Ireland.

An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders
of this company was held yesterday at their offices, 2,
Moorgate•street, to declare a dividend for the half-
year ending 31st December.
N. PRYCE CAMERON, Esq., having taken the chair at
one o'clock, said that the statement of the accounts laid
before the directors enabled them to recommend that a
dividend should be declared for the six months ending
the 31st December last, at the rate of 12i per cent. per
annum.

A resolution to this effect was proposed by the Chair-
man, and unanimously passed by the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN then declared the meeting dissolved,
and called on

Mr. HOWDENi the Secretary, who read the advertise-
ment, calling a special meeting of the shareholders to
receive the report of the directors.
The SECRETARY then read the report of the Directors.
The report stated that since the last general meet-
ing of the shareholders, in October, the directors had
given their best attention to the expediency of taking
measures to commence the construction of the line, with
the value and importance of which they were increas-
ingly impressed, not only for the transit of their own
coal to the port of Swansea, but also for the large
amount of mineral and traffic which must pass
over it ; that the directors anticipated that it
would become, by means of its extensions, the trunk
line of communication between Swansea and the large
mineral properties lying to the north and east, as well
as the manufacturing districts of the Millard Counties
of England ; that they fully anticipated large and in-
creased profitable advantage from the floating docks at
Swansea, where their line would terminate, and for
which a Bill was before Parliament during the present
session ; that the value of the undertaking would in no
long time be universally acknowledged by the
public ; and, finally, that the directors, in their future
operations, would consider economy at the same time
that they endeavoured to secure the most immediate
means of transit for theircoals to the market at Swansea.

steam
e sloop, Commander West, arrived
at TSht.eHTlecnaate on

The Mutine, 12, Commander Tryon, arrived in the
night at Spithead from her cruise down channel, whither
she was dispatched on the 4th to relieve the homeward
wind-bound traders with provisions and water. A court
martial is ordered upon her Seeond Lieutenant, Mr. 'l'.
C. R. Gill, for alleged drunkenness.

The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, left to.
day for Ireland with meal, calling en route to render
what assistance she may be able to the Sphynx.
WooLwicrt, JAN. 16.—Rear-Admiral J. W. I), ans
Pandas, C. 8., and the Hon. William F. Cowper, Lord,
Commissioners of the Admiralty, and Captain Ellice,
comptroller of steam machinery, returned in the Black
Eagle steam-vessel, from Sheerness, on Wednesday
afternoon, and landed at Woolwich Dockyard. The
Hon. Heary G. Ward, Secretary to the Ad (grotty, did
not join their Lordships at the ports visitei, as was
expected.
The Centaur steam-frigate went down the liver on
Saturday last to try her engines, and brought up at
Greenhithe for the night. Early on Sunday morning
she proceeded to sea, and went to the northy,tud as far
as the Maplin S,tnds, and near to the Mouse Light, pre-
vious to turning. Her engines (by Boulton, Watt, and
Co., worked remarkably well, and she acquired a speed
of ten knots per hour. She returned on Sunday atter-
noon to her, moorings at Woolwich. On Wtdnesclay
she was taken to Deptford, to be laden with meal and
provision stores for Ireland.

The CHAIRMAN moved that the report of the directors
should be adopted.
The resolution was put to the meeting, and unani-
mously passed.
An HON.
.PROPRIETOR begged to ask the chairman
whether anything was going forward with the railway?
The CHAInmAN said that overtures had been made to
the company with respect to the railway ; but the direc-
tors, considering t he nature of them, had not thought it
prudent to meet them. He said the railway would
turn out to be one of the most valuable parts of the
company's undertaking, as forming a communiwition
with the docks at Swansea, which, when made, would add
great value to the line, and to the rest of the company's
works ; and not only that, but it would become, ere
long, a main trunk line from the foot of Swansea, and
the mineral districts to Manchester and the manufac-
turing country about.
Mr. B. SALO3IONS wished to know what the overtures
were.

The Tartarus steam-vessel has been refitted at Wool-
wich, and is now ready for sea. Fcrty seamen, from the
Excellent, came round from Portsmouth yestei day, to
navigate the Tartarus to Ireland, where her services are
required.
The Porcupine steam-vessel, Captain Bullock, left
Woolwich yesterday for Ireland, to convey meal and
provisions from one port to others in that country.
The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander
Petley, towed the Cockatrice victualling transport ship
from Woolwich to Sheerness yesterday.
The Avon steam-vessel, Commander Otter, was tried
down the river yesterday, having completed the refitting
she required on her return from the coast of Africa, and
was found to answer very well.
The Charon steam-vessel is to be unlocked to-day,
and the Medea steam-vessel, Commander Graham E. W.
Hammond, will be taken out of the basin on Tuesday
next (to- morrow).
Major Pester's company of the Royal Artillery, under
rders for Malta, and a large detachment to fill up the
companies- at that station, were medically inspcted at the
Ordnance Hospital on Tuesday morning lat, and are ex-
pected to proceed by railway to Portsmouth to embark
in the Athol trop-ship, Master Commander Yearn, for
conveyance to the Mediterranean.
Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, of the Woolwich division
of Royal Marines, has been placed under orclers to pro-
ceed to Spike Island, to take the command of the R al
Marines in Ireland.

The CHAIRMAN thought he must, in common prudence,
refuse answering the Hon. Proprietor's question. Certain
overtures had been made to them, but he did not think
it prudent to say anything about them, so as any way to
compromise the company.
The CHAIRMAN then informed the meeting that ano-
ther company had been formed for the construction of
docks ntSwansea, for which they were to apply to Par.
liament tl_is session, and the members of this company
were to have the preference if they chose to take shares.

The SEcnETAlly said the original draft of the report stated
the exact mode; but the directors thought so few persons
would properly understand it, that it would be much better
for parties to call at the office, where every information would
be afforded.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to a question by a proprietor,
said that no party would receive the bonus who had not paid.
five premiums before tLe 30th June last.

The Rev. Mr. SHERMAN moved a votes of thanks to
the chairman and directors, which was unanimously
passed.
The meeting then broke up.

FLANDERS. MAIL.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 14.—We receive complaints of
pauperism and its ravages from both sides of the Rhine.
The Breslau Gazette states, that the Roman Catholic
priests of Cracow have given up their revenues for six
months, in order that they may be applied to the relief
of the distresS which prevails among the people.
The distress occasioned by the scarcity of grain, and
the high price of provisions has extended itself to
numerous other districts. Letters from Pesth state
that the distress is so great in Hungary, that the poor
are grinding nutshells to make into bread.
We learn from the Augsburg Gazette, that the aboli-
tion of tithes and corvees will certainly be carried
throughout the provinces of Austria, by the month cf
April next. The decree relative to this measure will be
carried on the 30th of April.
The A!tona Mercury states that the Danish Govern.
merit does not intend to convoke the States of Holstein
this year.

LOSS of her MAJESTY'S STEAMER

SPHYNX.
This fine ship, on her passage from Plymouth to
Portsmouth with seamen, run on the Back of the Wight,
near Brook, in a thick fog, on Saturday morning. Her
bottom was stove in on the rocks, as was her stern, and
there is every reason to believe that she will become a
cr•mplete wreck. The crew and passengers landed in
safety, excepting the commander's lady, who received a
serious injury in the boat, being struck on the head by a
plank which fell from the steamer ; she was conveyed to
the parsonage at Brook, and medical assistance sent for
from Newport. The Sphynx was commanded by J. B.
Crsgg, was 1,050 tc ns, 500-horse power, and had a crew
of 160 men, besides part of the crew of the Tvne. She
had been in commission only six months. The wind is
off the shore, but there is always a heavy sls ell on in
foggy weather with the flood tide, and a worse berth
could not have been found for her, nor a situation but to
which assistance could be better given.

TILE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1847.

• RAILWAY SHARE MARKET'S.
__.LIVERP.OOL, JANUARY • •
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, p.—
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, % p.—Birmingham and
Dudley, 5% p.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 9% p.—
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 1 j p.—Buckingham.
shire, p.—Caledonian, 2 dis.—Chester and Birkenhead, 201.
Shares, 1% p.—East Lancashire, New, p.—Ditto, New
Scrip, 1% p. East Linc,lnshire, 2 p. ex int.—Glasgow and
Greenock, 20—Great Northern (Nos. 1 to 108,000), p.
ex int.—Ditto (Nos. 108,001 and upwards), g p. cx int.—
Great Western, 45 p.—Liverpo:,l, Crosby, and Southport, 11%
p. —London and North-Western, 194—Ditto, Quarters, New,
12% p.—London and South-Western, 63—London and York
(Direct Northern), p. —Manchester and Leeds, 28 p
Ditto, Extension, IL 6s. 3d. p.—Manchester (late Sheffield
and Lincoln), 1/. 16s. 3d. dis.—Midland Stock, 40!. Shares,
71,2 p.—Ditto, New, 4 2-3 p.—North British, New Thirds
(scrip), 2:Y4 p.—North Staffordshire, 31, p.—North Union
(A), 221—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 4i dis.
—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), I% p.—Ditto (B) :31'3 p.
—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1A dis.—West Riding
Union, 11. 16s. 3d. p.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 51,•
p.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding Ex-
tension), p.—Dublin and Drogheda. 1314 dis.
, JANUARY MANCHESTER 16.
_ _ _ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan-
cashire, and Cheshire, :A p.—Eastern Counties, Perpetual,
No. 2 7—East Lancashire, New (scrip), 11,-„i p.—Manches-
ter, Buxton,;
Matlock, and Midland, % p.—Manchester and
Leeds Extension, 1% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, Eighths, % c. dis.—Ditto, Grimsby, 201. Shares,
11/4 dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham (B), 3i p.—Shropshire Union Railway,;and Canal,
1/2 dis.—West Riding Union, 1 15-16 p.
LEEDS, JANUARY 16.
STocK EXCHANGE.—The decrease of business noticed in
my last has been succeeded by a decline in the price of
many stocks, and the markets generally have been flat.
The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, ls.
n. dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 10 p.—Buck-
inghamshire, 13s. 6d. p.—Eastern Counties, York Exten-
sion, 255. p.—East Lancashire, New, 3 p.—Ditto, 23/I p.—
Ditto New Scrip, 28s. p.—East and West Yorkshire, 9s. dis.
—Great Northern (late London and York) 10s. c. p.—Leeds
and De..vsburv, New Extensions, Scrip (pink), 11, p.—Leeds
and Thirk, ss. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 114, p.— Leeds, Wake-
field, and Midland, Its. dis.—Halton and Driffield Junction,
I n p.—Manchester and Leeds, Half Shares (late Hud.
and Shetr.), 5 n. p.—Ditto, Extensions (late Wak. P. and
G.), 53A p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland,
17s. 6d. p.—North British, Thirds, 51s. p.—Ditto, Quar-
ters (late Carlisle Branch), 40s. p.—Ditto, Extension
(scrip), 16s. p.—Northern Counties Union, 17s. 6d. dis.—
North-Western, 9s. p.—Sheffield and Rotherham, 83A p.—
Sheffield, 'ROthertuun, • -and+ Goole, ss. p.—West Riding
Union, 41. Is.—Wharfdale Junction, Ils. dis.--York and
Newcastle, Preference, 4T4 n. p.
HULL, JANUARY 16.

STOCK EXCHANGE.-Th'e sales are-North British, Quar-
ters, 615.-Ditto, Thirds, 214 p.-Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c.,153. dis. -East Lincolnshire, 3!,, cash-North-Western, 9s.
p.-North Staffordshire, 3/. Bg.-Northern Counties Union,
28s. cash-Derby, Staffordshire, &c., 13s. new scrip.
SIIEFFIELD, JANUARY 16.
STocK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, par-North British, Thirds, 24, p. -Ditto,
Quarters (late Carlisle), 2 p.-North- Western, Bs. p.-Shef-
field, Rotherham, and Goole, Gs. p.-West Riding Union,
365. 6d. p.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 1 is. Gd. dis.-
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, 6s. p.-Sheffield, Ro-
therham, and Doncaster, 1% p.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JANUARY 16.
STocat EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Glasgow, Dumfries,
and Carlisle, 1 p.- Newcastle and Carlisle, 116-Ditto, New,
137,4 p.-Northern Counties Union, gi dis.-North British,
Thirds, 21. p.-Ditto, Quarters, 2", p.
EDINBURGH, JANUARY 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 251. Vs. Gd.
-Airdrie and Bathgate, 4/. Be.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.
-Ditto, Halves, 151. 55.-Armagh and Portrush, 6s. 6d.
-Avr and Galloway, 2/. Bs.-Caledonian, 301.-Ditto, New,
2/. 19s.-Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 2'. 55.-Clydes.
dale Junction, S9l. 55.-Deeside, 31. 55.-Direct Northern,
3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/. 155.-Dun-
dee and Arbroath, 41/. ex new-Ditto, New, No. 1. 314-
Ditto, New, No. 2, 251.-Ditto, New, No. 3, Si. 155.-
Duridee and Perth, 284 -Ditto, New, 14/. 2s. Gd.-East of
Fife, 2/. 135.-East Lothian Central, 2/. N.-Edinburgh and
Ilathgate, 3/. ls.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 781. 17s. 6(1.-
atto, Halves, 214 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 19/. 55.-Edin-
burgh, Leith, and Granton, 201. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 91/.
12s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern, 15/. 2s. 6d. ex new-
Ditto, New, 41. 175.-Ditto, Newport, 61. ss. 6d. ex new -
Ditto, ditto, New, 31. ls.-Edinburgh and Perth, 1/. 19s.-
Ditto 2/. 183.-Glasgow and Ayrshire, 701.-Ditto, New
Stock, 38/. 155.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. Vs 6d.-Ditto, Halves,
91. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. 1 ls. 6d.-
Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 14 165.-Glasgow and Garn-
kirk, 411.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 10s.-Glas-
gow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, Halves, 94-Ditto, Prefer-
ence, 8/. 55.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 41.-
Great North of Ergland, 2391-Great North f Scotland,
21. 17s, 6d.-Great Western, 1311.-London and York, 31. ss.
-Ditto, Extensions (scrip), 2/. 155.-Manchester and Leed-,
lilt -Ditto, Sixteenths, 81.-Ditto, Extensions, 31. 12s: 6d.
-Newcastle and Berwick, 35/. hs.-North British, 364-
Ditto, Halves, 151. 155.-Ditto, Thirds, 3/. 175.-Ditto,
Quarters, 3/. 103. 6d.-Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 1/. 10s.
-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 2s. 6d.-Scottish Central, 211. 17s. 6d.
-Scottish Grand Junction, 1/. 10s.-Scottish Midland, 144
lbs.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 155.-Shrewsbury, Oswes-
try, and Chester, 71. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 1/. 45.-Stir-
ling and Dunfermline, 3/. 15s-Stirling and Midland, 2/.
103.-Strathern Junction, 4/. 35.-Wishaw and Coltness,
504-York and Newcastle, 38/. ex new-Ditto, New, 151.
58.-Ditto, Preference, 71. 12s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and
Madras, 4s. 6d.-East Indian, Ils. 6d.-Great North of India.
as. 6d.-Great Southern of Madras, 45.-Madras, Nellore,
and Arcot, 2s. 9d.

GLASGOW, JANUARY 15.

`PAINLESS SURGICAL OPE Riy„,
TIOI~T IN DERBY UNDER THE -EFFECTS
OF VAPOUR OF ETHER.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
DERBY, SATURDAY NIGHT. —The first surgical ope-
ration in Derby under the inhalation of sulphuric ether
—and one, too, of a formidable character—took piece
this afternoon. The operation wile performed by Mr.
Rudkin, surgeon, in presence of several gentlemen, in-
cluding Mr. J. B. Murphy. surgeon. dentist. As well au-
thenticated narratives of the effects of this le marknnle
discovery are not only read with interest, but teay he
productive of much good in indueingothera t.‘ submit to
the treatment, I send yen the following particulars of the
case, every word of which can be satisfaCtiail, proved.
A young woman, aged 19, residing with r parents
at Repton, consulted Dr. Brirestocke, on account of a
disease from which she had been suffering for between
six and seven years. On examining the ease he fund
that, in the year 1840, she suffered severely from scar
latina, which left, as one of its consequences, an extensive
inflammation of the periosteum cf the tibia en the left
leg, which, partly from neglect and partly from ineffi
cient treatment, eventually involved nearly the whole i f
the shaft of the bone, accompanied by extensive ulcera-
tion, deep sitrussts, copious and rematkably fceiid
discharges. Theconstitutional irritation arising from these
cat ses had most seriou-dy affected the girl's general
health, and finding that the case required the immediate
attention of a competent surgeon, Dr. Brigstecke re-
quested that Mr. Rudkin would undertake the charge of
the case. She was then removed to Derby.
Without entering into further
.particularseilwas de-
cided in consultation that the whole of the diseased bone
should be removed. The bone at this time at its upper
extremity was entirely denuded to the extent of three
inches, but strongly adherent to the subjacent parts, and
the middle portion was partly concealed with firm but
unhealthy integument. As it was anticipated that the
removal of a sequestrum so -extensive and firmly ad-
herent would be attended with most excruciating pain to
the patient, it was determined that the means recently
introduced to suspend animal sensibility should be ren-
dered available in her behalf. For this purpose the
simple apparatus suggested by Mr. Herapath, consisting
of a bladder, atop-cock, and mouth-piece to breathe
through, was adopted. Almost immediately after
breathing the vapour, entire sensibility of the patient
was suspended. The intermediate portion of the hone
was then carefully dissected from its superficial covering,
and the sequestrum firmly grasped with a large forceps,
and with considerable violence eventually removed entire.
During this painful prOcese the patient was perfectlY
unconscious of what was going on. On the removal. of
the vapour she very soon recovered her sensibility ; and
when she recognised, the operator she exclaimed, " 06,
Mr. Rudkin, you have not removed my poor bone." He
told her that he had. She seemed for a moment very
dubious ; but on Mr. Rudkin exhibiting the detached
pica-, she could scarcely restrain her feelings of joy and
gratitude. She said that she had been dreaming ; that
she never experienced the slightest pain or inconvenience
either from the operation or inhalation of the vapour,
and that she was. quite astonifbed on finding" all was
over."
To show how little she was affected by what had
taken place, I may mention that when the bandages
were placed round the leg, the operator called to a female
attendant to bring a needle and thread, whereupon the
Patient exclaimed, " Oh, give it to me, I'll do it," and
immediately eewed the bandages together, as if nothing
had occurred.
The length of the sequestrum removed is seven
inches, and the operation did not occupy three minutes.
It• Was performed to the evident satisfaction of the gen-
tlemen who kindly witnessed the operation ; and thus
was this poor girl spared the most excruciating ages
by this new discovery. She says that she has less pa
now than she had before the bone was removed, at
does not feel the slightest inconvenience.
TRAN

SFEIt OF LICENSES FOR
THE; SURREY DB-num'.
At a special sesbion held at the Conn House, Newing-
ton-causeway, before Mr. Johnson, the chairman, and a
full lunch of magistrates, the follong transfer of licenses
took place:7-

• ". PARISH OF ST. GEORGE.
The Duke of York in the Borough-road, from Mr.
William Piper to Mr. J. Gascoine ; the Bell, in Friar-
' street, froM Mrs. 'Margaret Wootigate to Mr. Samuel
William Woodgate. •
ST. SAVIOUR'S:
The Bell, in the Borough market, from Mrs. Eliza-
beth Garland to ~Mr. John Longton ; the Queen's
Head Inn,' High-street, from Mrs. Mary Hughes to
Mr. Robert Wiltshire ; the Wheatsherit, Borough-mar-
ket, from Mr. James Horatio Reeves to Mr. James
Johnson.

ST. THOMAS'S.

The White Hart, St; Thomas's. street, from Mr. Thos
%Wale to Mr. Walter Hvarne.

BERMONDSEY.
The Red Cow, Grange-road, from Mr. Edward All-
bury to Mr. T. Rudd ; the Fleece, Upper Russell-
street, from Mr. Robert Bucroft to Mr. William Harris ;
the Fleet, Great George-street. from Mr. Wm. Skeeter
to Mr. Edward Harding ; the Three Compasses, in Ber-
Mondsey New-road, from Mr. Isaac Stacey to Mr. W.
W. Thorne.