The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-20 00:00:00

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GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
•:o. 11, LOMBAP.D-STREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post.
office, London.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Chairman.
THOMSON HANKEY, jun., Esq., Deputy-Chairman,
'Tcnry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
John Dixon, Est. George Lyull, Esq.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq
..;'ir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
John G. Ilubhard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
i'lcorge Johnstone, Esq. Henry It. Reynolds,
"ohn Labouchcri,, Esq. John Thornton, Esq
Was Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
TORS

tn., Esq.

AUDI'

A. W. Robarts, Esq. ~amuel Joucs Loyd, Esq.
Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
ACTUARY—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, Assurances may be effected m
ow Rates without participation in the Profits; or at moderate Rates
with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
Pads of the three Septennial Divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to rbout 1 per cent. per annum on the sum
assured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded 530,0001.

LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 501.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return of profit was declared
on the 6th of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1848, and the same
' is now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hours of ten and three o'clock, at the Head Office ; and
also by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at Christ-
mas Day must he renewed within fifteen days, at this office, or with
Mr. Sams, No. I, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the
Company's Agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become
void.

GEORGE KEYS, Secretary.

ARGUS LIFE ASSURANCE. COMPAIIr,
39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK;
And 14, PALL-MALL.
Chairman—The Right lion. the LORD MAYOR.
Deputy-Chairman—WlLLlAM LEAF, Esq.
Richard E. Arden, Esq. J. Humphery, Esq., Ald.. M.P.
William Banbury, Esq. .lupert Ingleny, Esq.
Edward Bates, Esq. Thomas Kelly, Esq. Alderman,
Thomas Camplin, Esq. Jeremiah; Filcher, Esq.
lames lames Clift, Esq. .Lewis Pocock, Esq.
AUDlTORS—Professor Hall, M.A.; J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq.
PHYSICIAN—Dr. Jeaffreson, 2 Finsbury-square.
SURGEON—W. Coulson, Esq., 2, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
CONSULTING ACTUARY—Professor Hail, M.A., of King's College.
STANDING COUNSEL—Sir John Romilly, M.P., Solicltor-Geueral.
SOLICITOR —William Fisher, Esq., 19, Doughty-street.
ADVANTAGES OV ASSURING WITH THIS COMPANY.
In addition to a large subscribed capital, Policy holders hare tho
security of an Assurance Fund of more than a Quarter of a
Million, and an annual Income approaching 70,0001. a year, arising
from the issue of 6,50 e Policies.

BONUS, OR PROFIT BRANCEL
Persons Assuring on the Bonus system will be annually entitled
to 80 per cent. of the profits en this branch (after payment of flYe
yearly Premiums) ; and the profit assigned to each Policy may be
added to the sum assured, or applied in reduction of the Annual pre-
mium.

NON-EMUS, OR LOW PREMIUM BRANCH.
The Tables oa the non-participating principle afford peculiar ad-
vantages to the assured, not offered by any other Office—for '►here
the object is the least possible outlay, the payment of a gives sem
is secured to the Policy-holder, on the death of the Assured, at a re-
duced rats sf Premium.

PREMTUYS TO ASSURE £lOO.

I 'WROTE TERM.
I. With Profits.
£1 15 10 £1 11 10
24i 3 0 7
3 0 7 2 14 10
4 6 II 4 9 11
6 12 9 $ 6 10

Abe• I One Year. (Seven Yeara,

Without Prelts.

20 £0 17 8 £0 19 1
30 1 1 8 1 2 7
40 1 5 0 1 6 9
50 1 14 1 1 19 10
60 8 2 4 3 17 0

One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may rem(' en credit
far seven years, or ono-third of the Premium may remain for life as a
iebt upon the policy at i par cent., er may be paid off at any time
without notice.
Claims paid in one mono after proofs have been approved.
Loans upon approved security.
The medical officers attend every day at Thrograorton-street at a
quarter before two o'clock, at Pall-mall at a quarte, before three.
E. BATES, Resident Director.

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY
No. 31, LOM BARD-S MEET. LONDON.
LNCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
TRUSTEES.
JohnCampbcll Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.?.
I
Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madox, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
Robert Henry Forman, Esq.
John Hamilton, Esq.
James Fuller Madox, Esq.
John Matthews, Esq.
C. 0. Parnell, Esq.
AIIDITOT.S.
I Samuel Field, Esq.
'William Ghrimes Kell, Esq.
MEDICAL ADVISER.
Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S.
RANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO.
SECRETARY.
David Alison, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Atkins and Andrew.
MANAGER.
Alexander Robertson, Esq.

William Adams, Esq.
John Atkins, Esq.
Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq.
J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq.
John Dangerfleld, Esq.

George Cumming, Esq.
glues Turner, Esq.

The POLICIES are INDEFEASIBLE anti INDISPUTABLE,
.he Company being prohibited, by the 54th clause of their Deed of
Constitution, which Is duly registered in terms of the Act, from dis
outing a Policy upon 'my ground whatever
The Rates of Premium are calculated upon Carlisle mortality, and
are its low as a due regard to complete security will justify.
HALF PRE MICH SYSTEM. —By this plan only one-half of the
remiums. with interest of the retained halves, is required to be paid
for the first five years—the retained halves, being payable at the
cmvemence of the assured. or allowed to continue, to ferm
a deduction from the claim on the Policy ; and as the As-
surance may bo relitiquisi,ied at any time without payment
of the retained premiums, this scheme enables a party to
assure for the fist live years at little more than half the usual rate,
and to discontinue a Policy at about one-half the usual sacrifice.
WHOLE WORLD POLICIES are granted, whereby the security
of a creditor, holder (V a Policy, continues unlinyalred, although the
assured life should go beyond the prescribed Inuits.
Sums are assured payable to the parties themselves on attaining a
specified age, or at their death, whichever shall first occur.
PARTNER-gill' I'OLICI ES are granted, whereby ajoint assurance
effected by partners, at the charge of the firm, secures the capital in-
vested. On the death of either, the survivor is benefited by retain-
ing the whole capital, and the representatives of the deceased obtain
their share without having to wait until It can be recovered from
outstanding debts.
There is no extra charge for residence beyond 35 degrees of tits
equator.
No Admission or Entrance Fees are required, nor is any charge
made for the Policy beyond the amount of the Stamp.
Claims are payable within three months after proof of the death of
the assured life.

The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors, and also to persons,
approved by the Board, who extend the business of Life Assurance In
connexion with this Company.

ONUS NOTICE roposals made to the
SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND and LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY on the Participation Class, an d completed previous totse
closing of the Books for the year ending 37 st December current, have
the advantage of a full year's claim for Bonus beyond that enjoyed
by members joining the Society at a later perioi.
NZIE, Manager.
Agent—IITTGIT M'KEAN,JOHN 4, RoyaIMACKE Exchfutge-buildings.
December, 1849.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salod,
and by Its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the rood.

The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe
guard to health.

Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Pere-street, Oxford-
street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also by Messrs.
Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen
and Merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in
auce.

.N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the nam,s of " LEA
and PEERINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle.

EYEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a
few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the ase of
G
RIMSTONE'S AROMATIC
REGENERATOIt.
If you are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human
Agure, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or
of any wholesale or retail chemist druggist, or perfumer, an 111.
bottle of Grimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential
spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his
bary, Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and
gentry, by whom it is h,ghly appreciated for its manifold virtues, too
numerous to be set forth in an advertisement, but may be read In his
pamphlet, in which the bottles are eqclosed.

Each pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant,
Herb:try, Iligheate, and will ho found at page 11, un'er the copy of
Mrs. Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the " Times" newspaper, 7th
of August, 1R46.

This pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two
postage stamps.
The Arotpatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the pest on
receiving a post-office.order for 4s. Gd., lid., or Es., which in-
cludes the postage witia the case.
The I ls. size contains four of the 4s.
A few of its many vit tues, as thousands can prove, are published
In the pamphlet enclosed with each bottle.

Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age,
you will remember the thousand, of blind you meet with in your
walks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was
the demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re-
moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward,
clear-sighted people (the climate is the same) ? tell you the cause
—the universal use of Grimstone's Eye Stillff ! and because it cured
Ophthalmia, Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Headed', and Deaf-
ness, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi-
cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced Its character, 67
cases of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of
oppression ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godfrey Sykes, Esq.
altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of
the Treasury; the letter of protection, signed by Herries, Fsq., to
Mr. William Grimstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was
on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in canis-
ters, within the reach of every peer family. But under this order of
Government it is obliged to be stamped.
GRIMSTONE'S MEDICATED EVE :SNUFF, sold in canisters,
inclosed in a pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the
Government order, at Is. lid., 2s. Dd., and 4s. 61 each.-- The
Pamphlets sold at Id. each. If through the post, Is. Bd., Is. 61, arid
As. Bd., including postage, &c. The following letter is sae out of the
many thousand proofs.
Read the following Medical Testimony to the cure of fly cases
of Gutta Serena, front G. IL Boutell, Professor of Galvanism :
" Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Noy., Is ts.
" MR. W. GRIMSTONE.—Sir—I must in justice to you send the fol-
lowing Testlivonial with regard to the extraerdinary efficacy of your
Eye Snuff in cases of Gotta Serena. I have used it in five cases with
the most astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this ! !
or make what use you please. The cures have wholly
astonished
me and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, &c.,
G. IL BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism."
All letters to Mr. William Grlnistene, Herbary, Highgate, near
London, at which establishment Ile continues to manufacture his
far-famed HERB TOBACCO, t;0 much esteemed in all foreign parts.
The following letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from
Springfieldlcaniio
the author of tho " Pleasures of Ileme :"
Isure of statittg how highly I
esteem your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for
sir, tdenCyc t
myselftage.,. Devon, 15th August, 1848.
the choice leaf, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti-
nople. lam sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find
yours a great and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price.
" I am your obedient servant,

" FARQUHARSON
"To Mr. William Grimstone, HSTUART erbary, Highgate." , D.C.L.
This extensircly-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug-
gists, and others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 714 d.,
Is. IV., 20, 9d,, And 4y, 6d, each, Including the Cloyerwllent Stamp

TMPROVED DWELLINGS for the POOR
I At the present moment, when a day of National Thanks-
giving is appointed, it cannot be out of pace to bring before the
minds of the Christian public some of the efforts which have been
made, and are still making, to remedy the deplorable evils which
endanger both the lives and the morals of the poorer classes of
society.
The SOCIETY for the IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION
of LABOURING CLASSES has now been occupied for more
than four years past with these objects:—
It has built a r..nge of Dwellings for the Induerlous Classes, on
sanitary principles, at Bagnigge-wells, Gray's Inn-lane. lime
twenty-three families and thirty single women are 2CCOTIIIIIO dated.
It has repaired and r ndered fit fer healthy occupation four houses
In King-street and Charles-street, Drury-lane, wherein 103 working
rn n are accommodated.
It has built, in Ge rge-street, St. Giles's, a Model Lodging House
for working men, where 104 persons of this class find a csrnfortable
habitation.
It has repaired and Stied up, at No. 74, Hatton-garden, a house
for the accommodation of fifty eight females of the working-classes.
It is now building. in Streatham-street, Bloomsbury, a range of
dwellings for mechanics and their families, wherein about 4$ such
families will find good and healthy habitations.
At Tunbridge Wells it is aiding to raise a series of co'tages for
agricultural labourers, of which six and a lodging-house for single
men are already completed and oecupied.
Besides these various works, it is in constant correspondence with
a great number of benevolent persons in all parts of the kingdom ;
who apply for Its aid in the building or Improvement of cottages, or
the setting-oat of cottage allotments.
In these various works It has expended, and Is expending, more
than Twenty-three Thousand Pounds. For the works now in hand
a further sum of between Three and Four Thousand Pounds is needed;
towards vslitch the Committee now solicits the contributions of the
benevolent.
The folimsing are the sums already subscribed towards the house
now erecting in Streatham-street :
SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert - - - - -
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent -
lier Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester -
The Right Hon. Earl Spencer - -
Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. -
The Right Hon. Lord Faversham •
8. M. Peto, Esq., M,P. -
Rev. E. Hollotal - -
His Grace the Duke of Bedford -
Miss Portal
Messrs. Barclay and Co - -
Kosenos - - -
Abel Smith, Esq. -
Lord Willoughby de Eresby
AFr end, by L Sullivan, Esq. - -
Total, to Jan. 1, 1549 - -
Donations since received
W S., a Tribute for the Thanksgiving Day -410 0
Mrs. Blair
Mrs. Lambert Blair
The Rev. Dr. Ellerton
A Friend
R. B. Cooke, Esq.
Major Cruikshank - - - - - - 3 0
A., per Nisbet
Y. T. - - - - - - - - 4 0
C. Saver, Esq.
A. Palmer, Esq.
A. 11. Bradshaw, Esq.
It. C. Kidd, Esq.
W. S. Angell, Fsq.
The Dowager Lady Cooper - - - - 10 0
J. E. Denison, Esq., M.P. - • - - le 0
Rev. J. Ware
Mrs. Charles Pym
Gee. Pearce, Esq.
J. Sperling, Esq.
R. 11. V. Walpole. Esq. - - 10 0
R. A. Hornby, Esq. - - 3 0
Viscount Brackley - • - - - 10 0
H. B. Hickman, Esq. - - - - 10 0
Miss A. M. Cotton
Marquis of Blantiford - - • . - 5 0
Rev. Dr. Pecey
J.:O. Harris, Esq.
H. Unwell. Esq.
Rev. Dr. Cotton, Principal of Worcester College A 0
John Hardy, Esq.
Mr. Hargraves
W. E. Hubbard, Esq. - - - - 5 0.
Lieut.-Colonel Seymour - - . - 5 0
Mrs. Hugharn - - - - - - 20 0
Major Little ''''' 1 0
IL 0., one who has read Lord Ashley's Letter
in the "Times" of the 19th ult., as a Thank•
offering of herself and family from the late
Epidetaic
Lady Murray
W. 'Jennings, Esq.
R. Wilkinson, Esq.
J. Beaufort, Esq.
Ilsit. Mountstuart Elphtnstone - - 10 0
Miss Ware
Edward Strachey, Esq.
Mrs. Durnaresque
Thomas L. Ward
T. H. Bastard, Esq.
F.. Gardner, Esq.
T. Twining, jun., Esq. - - - 20 0
T. H. Parker, Esq. - -
Mrs. Bird
- t 0
J. J. Smith, Esq.
0
W. Penny, Esq. - -
-- 6 0
W. Spurkes, Esq.
Chrlstlanus ----- - - 10 0
B. Smith, Esq.
5 0
G. Harding, Esq.
J. C. Hall, Esq.
E. rt. Bastard, Esq.
Mein,ers of Rev. Dr. Cumming's Congregation 10 0
W. I'. Angell, Esq. - - - - - 5 5
Mrs. Schaal
Miss Catherine Shp rt - - -
F. W. M. L. - ----- 5 0
Donations and annual subscriptions will be received by Messrs
Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lc :e ; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar,
and Ce., St. James's-street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co.. Strand ; Messrs
Straiten, Pa , and Co., Temisle-bar ; and by Hatchards, P ccadilly ;
Seeleys, Fleet-street and Hanover-street ; and Nisbet, Berners-
street ; or by the Secretary, at the Oflice, 21, Exeter Hall.

- £3OO 0 0
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100 0 0
50 0 0
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110 0 0
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Just published, complete, Is. boards; or Is. 6,1. cloth,
VIR. AINSIVORTH'S ROOKWOOD.'
London Cliaprngn and Hall, 186, Strand.
Sold by all Booksellers. Newsmen, and at all the Railway Stat'ons.

NEW WE l-.KLY ILLUSTRATED PERIODICAL FOR LADIES,
Saturday, December 29, will be published (to be continued
Weekly) prlc, 3d., or :,tamped 4d., No. I. of
THE LADIES' COMPANION AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
Edited by MRS. LOUDON.
Assisted by the most eminent Writers awl Artists.
London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street ; lybere all
Communications for the Editor should be addressed, and Advertise-
ments are received.

'PIIE NOVELTY most recently introduced by
MESSRS. NICOLL is called NICOLL'S PATENT EIDER
DOWN r ALETOT, such novelty consisting in the adaptation of
Eider Down in the formation of NICOLL'S PALETOT, the original
elegance and utility of which is, however, faithfully preserved.
Eiders are found In great numbers in Iceland and the Fere
Islands, where their beautiful and delicate down•is well known to ht
proof against the most severe cold, and even the small quantitj
which can be compressed and concealed between the two hands, wily
serve in the formation of a Paletat, which, while it has most extra-
ordinary lightness, has, nevertheless, more warmth than the fines+
and thtcke3t blanket, the great desidera'unt for a winter garment
being thus accomplished, namely, personal warmth without fatigee.
Public inspection is invited at MESSRS. NICOLL'S wholesale and
retail warerooms,
114

6, and 120, REGE\T•STREET, and 22, COINIIILL,
London.

TII E SEAL FUR PALETOT
The costly nature of the material will necessarily confine
the use or This garment to a ielect few ; but he who can afford the
expense will pronounce it to be the most gentlemanly, elegant, and
luxu-ious article of dress that can possibly be conceived. Messrs.
NICOLL will, continue to supply the SEAL FUR PALETOT at its
present moderate pric3—that is to say, so long as the demand does
not interfere with the supply; for it mast be borne in mind that the
number of Seal Skins in Vie English market is very limited—at least
such as are capable of being formed into the graceful garment
called NICOLL'S PALEToT. Registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap, 65.
An early purchase would, therefore, be desirable.
11., J., and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, and 120, REGENT-STREET,
and 22, CORN HILL, LONDON.

1 rpHE NICOLL PALETOT (Registered 6 and
7 Viet., cap. 65) WAREROOMS, 114, 116, 120, REGENT-
STREET, and 22, CORN lIILL.
Many have assumed the use of the word PALETOT, but Messrs.
NICOLL are the solo Patentees of the design and material.
The Wholesale and Courting House Departments for the London
Branches in the Sh'pping and Woollen Trades are in CHANGE-
ALLEY, CORNIIILi., and 120, REGENT-STREET.
The NICOLL is the distinguishing name given to a garment
secured by Royal Letters Patent from general imitation. It has al
the advantages of Messrs. NICOLL'S original invention, the RE-
GISTERED PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH. The NICOLL PA-
LETOTS are charged One, Two, Three, and Three-and a-half
Guineas, according with the climate or purpose for which they may
be required,

FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
The manifold advantages to the Heads of Families from the
possession of a medicine of known efficacy, that may be resorted to
with confidence, and used with success in cases of temporary sickness
occurring in families, mere or less, every day, are so obvious to all,
that no question can be raised c f its importance to every householder
la the kingdom. From among numerous testimonials, the following
is respectfully submitted :
" To Mr. Thomas Pr mt, 229, Strand, London.
" No. 5, David-street, Regent-road, Manchester, March 12,1842.
"Sir,—l have much satifilaction in communicating to you the re-
sult of my experience after repeated trials of Framptou's Pill of
Health ; and I feel it bat i ustice to state, that in the course or many
years trial of various Aperient Medicines, I have never found results
at once so salutary and efficient in the relief of the system from
redundant bile, &c., &c., with so little inconvenience ; I am there-
fore warranted in declaring that they supply to me a means loot,
wanting W' being able to recommend to families, schools, and espe-
cially mercantile men, whether at the desk or en the road, a most
valuable resource in an occasional medicine. And I shall take credit
to myself it, in giving this testimony, I am the means of making
Frampton's r more generally known and appreciated.—l am,
Sir, re:pectially yours, " WILLIAI SMITH."
The unprecedented sale of these Pills, arising from the earnest
recommendations of the many thousands who have derived benefit
from their use, render any lengthened comment unnecessary. They
are not put forth as a cure for all diseases to which mankind is
liable, but for Bilious and Liver Complaints, with their many well-
known attendants, Bilious and Sick Headache, Pain and Oppression
after meals, Giddiness, Dizziness, Singing Noise in the Head and
Ears, Drowsiness, Heartburn, Loss of appetite, Wind, Spasms,
Ste.
Two or three Drowsiness,
will convince the afflicted of their salutary
effects. Tile stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy
action cf the Liver, Bowels and Kidneys will rapidly take place;
and instead of listlessness, heat, pains, and jaundiced appearance,
strength, activity, and renewed health, extending to good old age,
will be the result of taking this medicine, according to the directions
accompanying each box.
Sold by T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. Price Is. PA& and 2s. 9d.
per box ; and fay the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the
kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'.I PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Trout, 229 Strand, London," on the
Government Stamn.

I A
.E.
t.VI One hell the world are desolately single, and the other
sseposing them married, questionably contented. Diradence, or a
.ense of right determine the former, and nfiscalcitlated hopes em-
.etter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of cautioa and worldly prudence, and the indlesolable, regret an-
:ow prositag harry ; but the troth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
sn4 broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
And coat el content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
lement. Honour and junice dernand that health should form an item
In the coLepact ; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
ieglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these snreeses concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
neMOlf:S "On Sinple and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., le,
;eel (by nee+, in siempe, Ir. fid. each). Let no imaginatively
*clued, or prudiA teething deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
eiNitt me:ref:v.lbn of their supposed contents, from obtaining
there. They are net intended certainly for mere idle ceriesity, but
her tke closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as entagonistie to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above aublects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
:ogether, are a disgrace to the ago. Furthermore, two other
title publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by rust is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
Avoid," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
paeaplefa, but eqaal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribbling' of the hour, but the study of the author's
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. .-- The Fairy royal
yacht, Commander Crispin, embarked the Duchess of
Kent and suite at Cowes this afternoon, and disem-
barked them at the Royal Clarence-yard, Goliort,
en route to Frogtnore. Her Royal Highness was
received by the usual chiefs of the port and garrison,
Mr. Superintendent Stevens, &c. A guard of honour
of the 77th Regiment was ordered by the Governor,
but the floating bridge broke down as they were about
to embark, and thereby prevented their attendance in
tim?. After disembarking the Duchess of Kent the
Fairy, in going to her moorings, fouled the Contest
(12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer) in the
stream, and cut down her main-channels, &c., to
within three inches of the copper on the starboard side.
This accident was caused in a most extraordinary
manner. Mr. Welch, the careful and experienced
master of the Fairy, was standing on the bridge ahaft
the funnel, directing her navigation, when some
substance from the funnel blew into his eye, and
caused such excruciating pain that he leapt off the
bridge, at which moment only the proximity of the
Contest was observed, and " hack her" was ordered too
late. As the accident to Mr. Welch (from which he
is still suffering) has been officially reported, we hope
no evil consequences will result to him, as he has ever
proved himself a most careful and steady pilot, and hes
navigated the
/Royal yacht Fairy now nearly two
years without a casualty until to-day, often with her
Majesty and the Court on board.
COLLISION..--(ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) —This after-
noon, about a quarter to two o'clock, as the
Fairy Royal yacht, Mr. D. Welch, Master, R.N.,
commanding, was goitig from the Victualling-yard
Creek, after landing her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent and suit thereat, to her moorings
near the Royal George hulk off Priddy's Hard, Gos-
port, she, by means unaccounted for, ran into the
Contest, 12-gun sloop, Commander the Honourable J.
W. S. Spencer, on the starboard quarter, and cutting
through the first port aft of the mainmast, displaced a
32 pounder gun, and cut like a saw down through the
bulwarks to the water's edge, carrying away the
main channels bodily, tearing the main rigging,
carrying away the hammock berthing, &c. Three
planks at least on the side, damaged, will have to be
taken out, and replaced with sound timber; and the
other damages will have to be made good before the
vessel can leave the port, which she was about doing,
for the coast of Africa, with the mail of the Ist proxi-
me. The Fairy has sustained no damage. A court
of inquiry, however, will be instituted, to investigate
the cause of the accident.
The newly-launched steam-sloop Argus is in the
basin, to be docked for coppering, &c. Her draught
of water is seven feet seven inches forward, and eight
feet three inches abaft. Her figurehead is an unique
specimen of the art of wood carving, by Mr. Hellyer,
of that department in this dockyard, and has been
greatly admired.
The Britomart, 12, Commander Chamberlain, sailed
from St. Helena on the Ist of November for Ascension
and England. She sailed from Loando on the 23d of
October.
The Despigue brig, prize to the Waterwitch, ar-
rived at St. Helena on the ..2d of November. Mr.
Singer, mate, was in charge of her.
APPOINTMENTS.
WOOLWICH, Dec. 19.—Commander—Robert J.
Le M. M'Clure (1849), to the Investigator, fitting
at Woolwich for the Sandwich Islands and I3ehring's
Straits.
Surgeon Alexander Armstrong, M.D. (1849),
recently promoted from assistant-surgeon of the Royal
Victoria and Albert yacht, to the Investigator.
Assistant-Surgeon—Henry Piers (1842) to the
Investigator. . .
The undermentioned acting masters have been con-
firmed, dated Dec. 18, 1849 :
Charles Bawden, second master (1842) of the
Driver steam-vessel, on the Pacific station.
George Gilev, second master (1843) of the Serpent,
16 gun brig, East India station.
George L. Carr, second master (1843) of the
Hecate steam-vessel, on the North America and West
India station.
The following second masters are appointed to the
undermentioned vessels :
George Raymond (1849), to the Rolla exercising
brig for apprentices, at Portsmouth.
IVilliam P Braund (1844), to the Triton steam•
vessel, on the Mediterranean station.
A. G. Whiche!o (1848), borne on the books of the
Victory, fl g ship at Portsmouth for scrvica at the
Royal Marine Barracks, to the Victory.
Tom B. Read (1848), from the Excellent, at Ports •
mouth, to the Saturn flag-ship, at Pembroke.
Edward J. Maitland (1849), to the Phaeton, at
Sheerness.
A deputation of the inhabitants of Wool vv!ch at-
tended at the Admiralty yesterday, consisting of the
Rev. Dr. Carlisle, Mr. Morgan and Mr. I:nms
(churchwardens), Mr. Parsons, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Roff,
and Mr. Graham, and they were liqened to with the
greatest attention by the Right Hon. Sir Francis T.
Baring, Bart., First Lord Of the Admiralty ; Rear.
Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, C B.,First
Naval Lord, and Captain Ellice,
ontroller
of Steam Machinery, • the object of the depu-
tation being to solicit that their Lordships would
be pleased to defer the reduction now taking place in
the number of hands in the steam factory, 25 having
been discharged last week, and notices given to 25
more that their services would not be required after
the end of the present week. The deputation pointed
out the unfortunate period of the season, and the little
chance the men would have of obtaining immediate
work, and that they would necessarily have to suffer
great privations. Their Lordships expressed theh
deep regret that they should have had to discharge
any of the men, but private establishments, when they
found they hsd not sufficient employment, discharged
their men, and their Lordships, being only stewards
for the public, must adopt the same rule when there
was not sufficient employment for the men in her
Majesty's establishments. Their Lordships added
that they would give the subject every consideration
but at present they had to make a reduction at Wool-
wich and a small number at Portsmouth.
Commander M'Clure joined the Investigator at
Woolwich to day.

DEATH OF JAMES ADAM, ESQ LATE or BARR
IN THE COUNTY OF RENFREW.—WO cannot allow thit
much respected man of genius to pass into oblivion with-
out a special notice, lie was a native of Lochwinnoch,
in Renfrewshire, and distinguished, not only as an emi-
nent and extensive improver of land, but as a man of
science. It was Mr. Adam who reclaimed the loch of
Lochwindoch by embankment and drainage. For this
enterprising and extensive improvement he obtained tbs
highest prize ever issued by the Royal Agricultural So-
cit ty of England. His mind was ever active in the
prosecution of science, and its application to works of
public utility. He was the first to project and survey a
line of railway betwixt Edinburgh and Glasgow (con-
fessedly better than the present line by far), and for
which he was rewarded by a premium. His attentior,
was likewise turned to the procuring for Glasgow an ade-
quite supply of water—we understand he has left behind
him a complete model and apparatus to show how the city
might be furnished with a superabundant supply of
pure water from the upper sources of the Clyde, on tht
principle of the Shaws water at Greenock, and com-
bining as it does 'a most ample supply of water for
driving machinery. This indeed is well worthy of due
examination by the authorities, and the public-spirited
citizens of Glasgow ought to examine it. The plans and
model referred to show satisfactorily how compensation
water and all other requisites may be supplied, withou
injury to others who have claims upon it. Mr. Adam,
in writing to a friend on the above subject lately, says,
" As regards power of the b, st description and cheapest
rate for driving machinery, and furnishing an ample supply
of pure water for household purposes and manufac-
tures, the city of Glasgow possesses the best means 0,
any city in the world, from its own natural resources;
for the Clyde has power enough to drive every mill in
Glasgow, by dispersion through pipes, working pistons
in cylinders, as denoted in the model that I have com-
pleted."—Renfrewshire Reformer,

; ST. MARY CRAY.—NOVEL PLOUGHING MATCH...—.
On Wednesday, Mr. George Hammond, of the Manor
' Farm, in this parish, had the satisfaction of Seeing 35
four-horse and 13 pair-horse ploughs at his house by
• seven o'clock in the morninLr, the whole of which were
sent him by the gentlemen and farmers in this and the
adjoining parishes of Paul's Cray, Orpington, and Chels-
field, to give him a day's ploughing. The whole of them
began to work by eight o'clock; the 35 turn-rise ploughs
in a clover ley of 32 acres, and tho pair-horse ploughs
in another field of 10 acres; and Mr. Hammond, in
order to make it a matter of some interest to the man,
kindly gave 14 premiums to the best ploughmen. The
bodily wants of the men were not lost sight of, they
being liberally supplied with bread and cheese and ale
about noon; nor must we forget to mention that the
unsuccrssful candidates had each a gratuity tz:ven to
them. The field was all that c,uld be desired for the
purpose, being nearly level, and well situated for the
convenience of those assembled to Witness this com-
mendable proof of neighbourly kindness. The weather
was unfavourable, yet it was a gratifying and cheering
sight to sae 166 horses at work in No fields, they
being all sent out •f pure good feeling to one man.
Such an instance of good feeling towards an individual
is now-a-days so rare, that we gladly record it, hoping
that it may inducF; others. in deserving cases,- to," go
and do likewise."—Dover Chronicle.
IRISH CATTLE.—The steam-ship Ajax, which has
just arrived in the river from Cork, has brought the
very largo number of 117 head of oxen, the produce of
Ireland, as a portion of her cargo,

is stated, as a suspicious fact, in connexion
with the recent unusual closeness of Professor Web-
ster's laboratory, that from its chimney an uncom•
monly dense and constant smoke has been observed
to issue for several days past, and that a great amount
of pitch-pine kindlings has been used there.
(From the Boston Evening Journal, Dec. 1.)
The excitement remains unabated, and in fact is
hourly increasing. At almost every corner, and in
various parts of the city, groups of persons have been,
and still are, engaged in discussing and speculating
upon the facts that have already come to light, as
well as upon the thousand and one rumours, for which
there is very little if any foundation.
So far as can be ascertained, however, it appears
that Mr. Ephraim Littlefield, who resides at the
Medical College in North Grove-street, had been
impressed with the belief, ever since it was ascer-
tained that Dr. Parkman entered the College build-
ing on Friday of last week, that he never left
it living, or that his body had been removed.
actuated by this belief, and also becoming strength •
ened in his convictions, Mr. Littlefield cut a hole
through the wall of the College, so as to give him
access to a basement-room directly underneath Pro-
fessor Webster's private "chemical apartment." From
this apartment a door opened at the head ofa stairway
loading to the basement-room. This door, it is now
.qated, has never been known to have been opened by
my person excepting Mr. Webster. Upon gaining
access to the basement-room, Mr. Littlefield found
therein the right leg and a small portion of the lower
part of the body of a man. This circumstance being
immediately made known to the proper authorities, a
search of the apartment occupied by Professor Web.
ster was instituted, which resulted in the finding of
bones and parts of bones belonging to a human body,
which had apparently been recently burnt,
so that the flesh and clothes were entirely consumed.
These facts, in addition to the one that Professor
Webster's apartment was in the opposite wing of the
building to that used for dissecting purposes, and
there being no known reason why a human body, or
any part thereof, should be in or about the premises,
were deemed sufficient to warrant his arrest. Ac-
cordingly officers Clapp and Starkweather were
dispatched in a private carriage to the residence of
Professor Webster, in Cambridge, last evening, and
made the arrest as above stated. This has been done,
although the part of the body found has not yet been
identified as a portion of that of Dr. Parkman, and
it is a matter of considerable doubt if it can be so
identified.
It is also stated, as an unusual fact, that during the
past six or eight days a fire has been constantly kept
burning in the furnace in the apartment occupied by
Professor Webster, and that for a long time previ-
ously no fire whatever had been in his room. The
foregoing is believed to be substantially a correct
statement of the main features of this melancholy case.
Officers have been sent to Cambridge with instruc-
tions to make a thorough search of the residence and
premises of Professor Webster, to see if any addi-
tional light can be obtained ; but the result of their
investigations is not yet known. Coroner Pratt will
summon a jury of inquest this afternoon, " to inquire
into the identity of the parts of the body found, and
by what means it came to its death."
Since the above was in type, we learn that Mr.
Webster ordered at the store of Mr. Waterman, 83
and 65, Cornhill, a box to be made of stout tin, sol-
dered tight, with the exception of the cover, and that
to be made so that it could be easily soldered on in its
proper place. This box Has to be about three feet in
length, by one foot and a half in depth and width, and
was directed to be sent to Professor Webster, but
whether to his apartment at the college, or his resi-
dence at Cambridge, we did not learn.
Another fact reported to the authorities is, that
among the ashes in the furnace in Mr. Webster's
room, at the College, there have been found particles
of melted silver and gold. Also a part of the lower
jaw hone of a human being, one or more of the teeth
in which is filled with gold in a peculiar manner at the
edge, corresponding precisely Kith those of Dr,
Parkman. These, with other circumstances which are
being brought to light, give a dark complexion to the
matter as far as Professor Webster is concerned, and
together with some incautious and inflammatory
statements published in some of the penny pacers,
have created some excitement against the medical
institution in North Grove-street.
Threats of demolishing the building have been
uttered in the heat of the moment by some indivi-
duals; but uo serious apprehensions are felt that the

HORRIBLE MURDER AT BOSTON.
The American papers are filled with accounts of a
horrible and mysterious tragedy at Boston, which
had created very great excitement. We extract the
following from the many and various accounts pub-
lished :
The mysterious disappearance of Dr. George Park-
man' of Boston, had been a theme of comment in that
city for some days. lie left his residence on a Friday,
and was not heard of until the Friday following.
Meanwhile, a reward of 4,000 dolls, was offered for his
discovery.
(From the Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 1.)
Since last, evening our whole population Las been
in a state of the gri atest possible excitement, in con-
sequence of the astounding rumour that the body of
Dr. Parkman has been discovered, and that Dr. John
W. Webster, professor of chemistry in the Medical
School of Harvard College, and a gentleman con-
nected I y marriiage with some of our most distin-
guished families, has been arrested and imprisoned
on suspicion of being the murderer. Incredulity,
then amazement, and then blank, unspeakable horror,
have been the emotions which have agitated the
public mind as the rumour has
gone one gathering
countenance and confirmation. Never, in the annals
of crime in Massachusetts, has such a sensation been
produced.
We give the facts that have thus far come to light
in this affair, with an accompanying protest, however,
against making them the material for fhrming an
opinion against the suspected individual, until they
have been thoroughly substantiated before a legal
tribunal. The principal reasons for the suspicions
assigned areas follows: • • .
Dr. Parkman held a note for 450 dollaks against
Professor Webster, which had long been overdue, and
upon which, although it was secured by a mortgage
of some real estate in East Cambridge, the doctor
had several times importuned for the money, and been
from time to time put off. At length he applied to
the officer who disposed of the tickets for 'Professor
Webster's course of lectures, to know if there was a
sufficient balance due for the Professor to take up his
note. This circumstance is said to have greatly
incensed Professor Webster, who, on Friday, morning
of last week, called at Dr. Parkman's house, No. 8,
Walnut- street, and left word, if he (Dr. Parkman)
wanted his money on that mortgage, to call at the
Medical College about one o'clock that afternoon."
The Doctor is known to have proceeded to the
College at the time specified—was seen to enter by
several persons in the vicinity; but was never seen to
come out. The statement that he was subsequently
seen passing Cragie's-bridge has been, we hear,
satisfactorily contradicted.
It is said Professor Webster admits that Dr. Park-
man was at the College about the time mentioned,
and that, although he asserts he paid him the 450
dolls, he cannot show a receipt fdrit—when it is well
known that Dr. Parkman was very methodical in his
business matters.
It is also stated, that during the whole of the past
week Professor Webster has kept himself very
secluded—that his rooms at the College have been
kept constantly locked—circumstances quite unusual
with him.
From these and other alleged facts such suspicions
were aroused that, in the Professor's absence last
evening, Mr. Ephraim Littlefield, who has the care
of the College building and grounds, was induced to
break the partition wall to the vault under the
private laboratory of Professor Webster, in the base-
ment of the building, and there discovered one leg
and a portion of the trunk of a human corpse, in a
condition which made it apparent that the remains
had not long been there deposited.
This discovery, with the fact that Professor
Webster is not an anatomist or surgeon, but simply a
chemist, and having nothing professionally to do with
the dissection of bodies, was sufficient to give rise to
the astounding suspicion that Dr. Parkman had thus
been most foully and diabolically murdered.
Professor Webster was accordingly arrested at his
residence in Cambridge by officers Clapp and Rice,
mad lodged in Leverett-street gaol last night to await
further developments.
We learn that a further and a thorough investiga-
tion was made in the Professor's laboratory this
morning, when in the ashes of his furnace were found
pieces of bone from the skull and other parts of a
man's head, together with several false teeth, some
coat buttons, and some grains of gold, apparently
from a watch melted down. On the stairs leading
t-rorn the laboratory to the lecture-room above were
fund spots made by a strong acid capable of destroy-
ing marks of blood, which might have been there
4pilled, or of almost instantly consuming the flesh if
thrown upon the person.
It is known that Dr. Perlman carried a gold
thatch, and wore some artificial teeth; but as yet we
do not learn that any real identification has been made
concerning these articles, or of the portion of the body
found.

FURTHER DISCLOSURES.
BOSTON, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
-- Further dis-
closures have been made to-day relating to the sup-
posed murder of Dr. Parkrean, but nothing positive
has been adduced to fasten the :barge of murder upon
Professor Webster. In the Professor's laboratory a
chest has been found,at the bottom of which, covered
with tar, further remains of a mutilated body were
di-covered. The whole of the body, with the excep.
tion of the head, feet, and arms, has been recovered,
and the fragments are being put together in their
true position.
A number of chemists and physicians are engaged
in analysing the ashes found in the grate of the
room.

The inquest will commence on Wednesday next.
The police assert that they have further information
against the accused, which will not be divulged
until the sitting of the coroner's inquest.
From the peculiar shape of the limbs, after they
had been put together, there is but little doubt that
they belong to Dr. Parkmaa.
The accused, this morning, is very quiet and
composed.
The military were out last night, but no dis-
turbance took place.

NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE
ABOLITION OF BURIALS IN TOWNS.

Yesterday a meeting of the above society was held
at the Society's-rooms, Bridge-street, Blackfriars ;
Mr. G. A. Walker, president, in the chair. Dr. T.
Evans, Messrs. Atkinson, Hatnba, Boxer, Shand,
Marshall, Webb, &c., &c., were present.
Mr. name read communications between Mr.
Wilson, jun., and Lord John Russell, concerning the
formation of a national cemetery, under Government
inspectors, to be called the "Victoria National Ne-
cropolis," which communications Mr. Wilson sent to
the society. He also read a letter from Mr. Collins,
solicitor, St. Columb, Cornwall, complaining of the crowded unhealthy state of the graveyards there, and begging the advice of the society as to the best means
of forming one- or more cemeteries in the district.
Those, and other letters of a similar character, were
entered on the minutes.
The CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting upon the
continued and powerful co-operation which the society
obtained from the press of the country. It was the
avowed opinion of the press and the public that the
expenditure and the whole arrangement of burials
should be regulated by a legislative enactment. Al-
though all deeply regretted the death of the amiable,
virtuous, and truly Christian lady, the Queen Dow-
ager, yet, it wws a consolation to her warmest ad-
mirers that she gave a practical illustration of her
profound sense and pure Christianity, by her personal
condemnation of the ridiculous pageantry of expansive
funeral exhibitions. He had recently stated his
views of the absurdity, and he might add th.:: wick-
edness of such mimickry of human woe, and was glad
to find that the press and the public were awakening
to the absurdity of such wasteful outward manifesta-
tions of grief.
Mr. MARSHALL fully agreed with their worthy
president, and was enabled to add to what he had
sail, that many ef the clergy highly approved of the
society's of jeets and operations. Indeed, it was their
interest to do sn, for according to 'he present system
of burials many, nay, the majority 01 them, were
robbed of their just rights and fees. For instance
tha burials in his (St. Giles's) parish exceeded by
thousands the number that died in it ; while in the
adjoining parish (St. Ann's) few or no interments
to ,k place. Ile would theretore respectfully suggest
the justice of granting a remuneration to those cler-
gymen who were entitled to it. lie did so with
confi lence, being aware that the society never con-
templated the slightest personal or individual iejustiee
in their objects.
The CHAIRMAN—The question of compensation
lay with the Legislature. Perhaps an average of
ten years might be taken as a basis for the compen-
sation. He regretted to learn that several worthy
clergymen's income arose chiefly from burial
fees. They were the persons who might be en-
titled to such compensation. How was the line of de-
marcation to be drawn, unless by the Legislature ? It
should, however, be remembered that vested wrongs
conferred no vested rights. As to the holders of
certain private burial-grounds, who were bearding the
Board of Health and opposing every sanitary move-
ment, no terms should be kept with them. Their
hand was against every man and every man's hand
should be against them. By those men the most
cunning devices were adopted to obtain cu.tom; for
example, he knew of a place where children were
buried at a v,ry low price, because the calculation
was that the parents and other relatives would be
buried there also.
Mr. WATT knew an instance of the sexton having
sent for a relative of a deceased about being buried in
his graveyard, mid asking him to give money in lieu
of hatbands, gowns, and gloves, which he intended
giving him and the chaplain. The undertaker,
apprised of this encroachment upon his rights, hur-
ried down to the sexton and heartily abused him for
having dared thus to interfere with his privileges
and his profits.
Mr. &AND made astounding revelations of a
burial.ground near the London bridge railway, where
bodies were not only stacked in heaps in a small space
of ground, but under the cellars of the surrounding
houses ; and of another burial ground in Bermondsey,
where bodies were similarly packed together; the
stench from which burial places nut only created di-
sease, and caused death amongst the immediate in-
habitants, but positively affected the casual passengers
in their neighbourhoods. He would at the fitting
time fully expose the abominations perpetrated in
these hotbeds of disease and death. He assured the
meeting that close to these dens—for he could call
them by no other name—cholera, fever, and every
species of fatal disease, raged during the late fright-
ful epidemic.

Tlie CHAIRMAN said that Mr. Shand stated that
the ground near the railway measured 7,870 feet,
which afforded sanitary interment to only 240 adult
bodies. That being the case, and as, according to
Mr. Shand's statements so many thousands have been
interred there, it could readily be perceived what an
enormous manufactory of disease was in operation
there. As to the stacking of dead bodies in the
kitchens of the houses, it was worse than a modern
Egyptian style of burial. It was a monstrous and a
deadly system, and those who dwelt in it should be
constantly made amenable to a criminal prosecution.
Messrs. Ilamber, Boxer, and others addressed the.
meeting, which, after a vote of thanks to the Chair-
man, adjourned.

WINDING- UP OF JOINT• STOCK COMPANIES.--
Yesterdny the winding. up of the affairs of an under-
taking, entitled the " Tontine Life Assurance Com-
pany," came on before the Master in Chancery
Richards upon the petition of Sarah Dee, be t! i g
forth that the scheme was ; roj. ctcd with a capitol
of 400,0001., in 20,000 shares of 201. each, with puma
to increase the captital to 2.000,000/ Business wos
opened at 20, mall, by the directors, the Hon. h.
Curz .n. Dr. Conollv, W. H. Burrell, W. H Cadogsn,
T. W. Fleming, lion. R. Romley, F. H. Lindsay, A. 11.
Proctor, and R. lloy; but as many of the s'fareholders
did not pay up the first subscription (1/. per tiny e), the
directors. without calling a meeting of the sharehold- rs,
in accordance with the deed of settlemVnt, to .consider
the propriety of such a course, passed, a resolution on
the 17th August last dissolving the company, arld trans-
ferring the business funds and debt,s,to the Engineers,
Masonic, and Life A-suranee Comp%ny, informing the
shareholders simultaneously., that unless the 11. were
paid to liquidate the expenbesajneurrfd, proce dings
would be taken for the recovery thereof: cal!.
not having Veen respond..d to, petitioner prays that its
there pre outstanding liftEdities to a considerable t.xt, nt,
and that as two policies of insurance have be c,ime
payable, but for which no provision has been made, du
affairs may be inquired into and wound up. The
Master appointed Mr. Henry Croysdill, of 33, Old
Broad-street, 9131cialrarinager, to proceed with the Aire.

peace of the city still be disturbed. We understand,
however, that Mayor Bigelow has adopted the most
energetic measures to suppress, at a moment's warning,
any riotous proceedings.
iVe learn that the only portion of the body dis-
covered was the left leg and a portion of the trunk
attached to it ; and, whst must tend to throw strong
suspicion upon Professor Webster, is the fact that it
was discovered in the vault connected with his private
room--a place where no human remains of the dis•
secting knife were ever known to be thrown.
It will thus be seen, that until the body is identi-
fi,.(i as that of the missing man, the evidence, though
strong enough to hold the accused for trial, will i
lysrclly convict him, but if coupled with a certain
recognition of the body, will form a strong array or
testimony. The accused exhibited more calmness this
morning, and wished to see his friends.
No additional evidence was found against the
doctor by the visit of the police to his res:d.toce at
Cambridge.
Dr. Webster has held a high rank in society, and
has been remarkable for the amiability of his dispo-
sition. His arrest upon the suspicion of having been
accessory to Dr. Parkman's death has occasioned the
most intense and painful excitement in the commu-
nity, and we cannot but hope that an investigation
of the circumstances will result in exculpating him
from a charge so dreadful, and so repugnant to his
general character.

GREAT EXHIBITION OF TUE ISDUSTEIT OF ALL
NATIONS.— COlltructs have been entered jet') between
the Society of Ar;s and Messre. Junn s fuel George
Mazidue (contractors fee petite. w sky) or carrying ut
the project of bin Royal Highness Prince Alb rt, Pre-
sid. LL ut the seeiety el Aries o, establish an exhibition
of the works of art and industry of all natioes in 1851.
By the terms of the indenture, which was signed on the
7th ult., the Messrs. Munday undertake, v‘ithi:ut bray
security, to cerry Out Ws unpr( cedented exhibition
:telly on the it own responsibility, and te indernait' the
Society of Arts from all the expenses are] litthiliti(iec.:z;
necttl with the execution of the design. They
a
furnish 20 0001. to be appr.prieted as prix-* to the
must di serving exhibitors, and to erect a capacious
bui!dieg, cliculated to cost 50,000/. alene, end the
site of which will he provided by her Mejesty's
Commissioners of Woods and Forrs•s. the receipts
frern subscriptions towards the ohj. ct of the ex hi-
bitien and from the charges for winds:ion to the
public prove sufficient, all the funds advanced by the
contractors to be rep lid, with interest, at the rate ef five
per cent ; and if a surplus ri main the Messrs. Munday
will receive two. thirds of it. Since the indenture was
signed modifications have been effected in its conditions,
in order further to protect. the public interests, by his
Royal Highness Prince Alb' rt. The conduct of the
contractors throughout has been so much to his Royal
Highness's satisfaction, that Colttnel Phipps has ad-
dressed a letter to Mr. Drew, of Guildfcrd, the Messrs.
Munday's agent, by command, (xpressing his Roy al
Highness's srnse of their public spirit and confiding
readiness, in their original acceptaece of the contract,
and of the same feelings as exhibited by them in the
present much altered circumstances of the undertaking.
We understand that a Royal Commission fie. inquiring
into the best to de of carrying out the exhibition will
shortly be issued, and is likely to consist of heads of
parties and interests, members of the late and present
IV/ministrations, representatives of agriculture, art,
science, mechanics, and manufactures. It is proposed in
addition to nominate any number of local commissioners
desirable to reprt sent all interests, both at home and
abroad. A copy of the agreement (entered into between
S‘ ciety of Arts and Messrs. Munday may be in-
spected at the Seciety of Arts, .John-street, Adelphi.
ROYAL NAVAL FEMALE SCHOOL.—The half-yearly
ex,inination of the pupils took place on Tuesday,' the
18 h inst., at 'the school on Rtchmon&green, in the pre-
sence of the lady patronesses and other friends of the
institution. The examination was conducted under the
suptriniendence of the Rev. J. 1). Hales, the clerical
visitor, assisted by the teachers of the various branches
of edu attion. Professor Brasseur, of King's College,
kindly undertook the examination of the French classes.
The pupils we ra examined in Scripture. Scripture His-
tory, French, geography, arithtnetie, chronology, music
with thorough bass, repetition of poetry, &c. Tho
drawing classes were also examined as to a knowledge
of col; are, and the effect of their combination. Alto-
gether the examit ation was of a very testing character,
and such as to give satisfactory evidence of industry and
ability.
BAD NEWS FOR THE RATS.—A grand battue
against the rats in the sewers of Paris, which are shout
1:)0 leagues in extent, commenced on the night of Eta.,
turdey. The result up to this time is said to be the de-
struction of 250,000 rats, and it is eo piloted that by the
Ist of next month the number wilt have reached
600,000. The municipal authorities aro of opinion that
by making tour battues a year Paris will be rid of these
destructive vermin. Several plans of destruction were
made use of by the different brigades of sewermen, but
that vbh ch was found to be most successful was the
placing a large leather sack in which a large piece of
mutton tallow was placed—a dainty of which these ani-
mals are very Loud—at the corner of each sewer, and
towards which the animals were driven. The quarters
which furnished the greatest numbers were the neigh-
bourhood of the Milks, the streets near the Seine,
the markets, the rue rascal, and the Faubourg St.
Marceau. The Union, in giv ng, an account of the
affair, says:—" The 250,000 rats were all of the grey
Norwegian breed, except from 500 to 600 black
or English rats. Two of these animals were put
as.de by the men as a curiosity, to be presented
to the collection of animals at the Jardin des Plantes.
Frem the extremity of the tail to the tip of the nose
these two rats measure fifty-one centimetres (nearly
twenty inches English). Their eyes are read, like those
of white end their coats are as black and glossy as
the silk on a hat. The ferocity of these animals is
suet that one et the Norway rats was literally I ev,•ured
see tin minutes by the two English rats above mentioned.
ha animals after their capture sere all taken to th Ire
des Ravage ors, where they w.-re killed and skier/ d, an
operation that was not effected without much da,azer.
It is sa;d that se me demur has arisen on the p ire oft vo
glovers of Grenoble. who had offered to tyke all the rats'
Ales at the rate of 100 f. per 1,600, they having discovered
a means of' renduriag them available in maktrg gloves.
It appears that they had calculated on the num er
reaching 100,000, and arc now alarmed at the iw Jae
increase in the number: but as they have entered ,nta a
contract it must be fulfilled. It is said, however, that
more advardagebus propositions have been made by a
Mr. John Warton, a rich leather dresser of London,
who is not alarmed at 100,000 more or less, and it is
thought that he will be the purchaser of the lot. The
niuniczp it anti co:iticB having raised the bounty from 50E
per 1,000, the sow given last year, to 1001., the sum
per toad for the men will be twenty centimes. -
Ga/inaei.

PREFERMENT.—We understand that the Lord
Biotic') or .London has presented the Rev. Thomas Jack-
son, Principal of the Training College, Battersea, with 6
Prebendal Stall in St, kaura Cathedral,