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APRIL 14) 1847.
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THE PICTURES EXCLUDED BY THE
ROYAL ACADEMY.
Painters and Sculptors are hereby informed, that Works which
may he excluded by the Council of the Royal Academy, win be re-
ceived for Exhibition at the ROYAL ADELAIDE INSTITUTE,
Adelaide Gallery, Strand, according to the regulations of the Com-
mittee, embodied in the Notice to Contributors, which may be had
on application to the Secretary.

SECOND DAY OF SALE,

THE SEPARATE SYSTEM.
1 At the Dorset Quarter Sessions, on Tuesday, the
Marquis of Westminster again introduced to the
Court his opinions upon the subject of prison dis-
.ipline and separate confinement. The topic had
•ccupied the attention of the Court upon three former
occasions, and has as many times been noticed in our
columns. On this occasion the Noble Marqdis ob-
Served, that the subject still weighed upon his mind,
and the more strongly, because he felt, when com-
mitting a prisoner to the gaol of Dorchester he was
committing an irreparable injury. He had a perfect
recollection of one case of this kind, where the man
left the gaol much worse than when he was sent
there, and his re-commitment became necessary.
The question was whether or no the separate system
was the only means that had been found effectual in
reforming offenders, and he submitted that it was.
In proof of this, the Noble Marquis adduced the re-
port of the chaplain of the Preston House of Correc-
tion, the opinion of the Governor of the Glasgow
House of Correction, the experience of the Model
Prison at Pent,onville, attested, as it was, by
Lord Chichester, the Speaker of the House of
Commons, Sir B. Brodie, Major Jebb, and
others ; the sentiments expressed at a meeting at
Frankfort last year of benevolent and distinguished
men from England, France, Russia, Germany, Swit-
zerland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Holland,
America, and other nations; and at which meeting
reportsate and
solitary unanimous resolution in 4:fiwort-1 the ofd
f separate
solitary confinement _was-free° O
the inspectors of the Western Penitentiary, at Penn -
iylvania, the testimony of Judge Parsons when
charging a grand jury in Philadelphia, and the
.pinions of Lord john John Russell in 1837, and of
Sir G. Grey during his present term of office;—all
which were expressive of the good effect, under pro-
per management, of the system for which he con-
rended. This system had already been carried out in
wenty-eight prisons, with three of which he was
connected, and he wished to add Dorset to the num-
ber. He knew that in rural districts there was a
great objection to laying out money, but he wished
them to look at this question more as tradesmen than
farmers, calculating upon the ultimate return rather
than upon the present advantage. He concluded a
long address by leaving the subject in the hands
of the Court, expressing himself, however, un-
willing to relinquish a question which he considered
of vast consequence to the moral state not only of
thot county, but of the nation at large.
Mr. G. BANKES, M.P., the chairman, after thank-
ing the Noble Lord for the able and comprehensive
manner in which he had stated his case, observed that
it was very true that the court was cautions in laying
out large sums of money ; the magistrates felt that
the money which they expended was not their own,
but was contributed by parties who were less able to
contribute it than they themselves were. It was
evident the Government had some comprehensive
scheme in contemplation, and, although he would not
then venture to pass any decidedly strong opinion
upon it, still he must say that he concurred in the
observations of Lord Denman, that the proposition for
abolishing transportation was an " appalling" one.
At present it would be most imprudent to lay out
their money in altering our ]gaols, still he hoped the
Noble Marquis would not relinquish the subject, but
bring it forward, if necessary, upon some future and
more convenient occasion.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS,
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STOCK EXCHANGE.-There has been a better feeling
tions are slightly
manifested in the market to-day ; buyers were more un-
improved. The sales are-Amberg,ate, Nottingham, and
Boston, % dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 p.-
Chester and Birkenhead, Halves, 23A-Eastern Counties,
York Extension, I% dis.-East Lancashire, New, 1/2 p.--
Ditto, New (Scrip), Bs. 9d. p.-East Lincolnshire, 1% p.-
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 17%- Glasgow, Barr-
Iliad, and Neilston, 21/2 p.-Leeds and -Thirsk, 3% dis.-
Ditto, Preference, 3,4 p.-Liverpool and Newcastle Junction,
11/2 dis.-London and North-Westem, 172-Manchester
and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), IJ. p.-Ditto,
West Riding Union, 1 P.-Manchester, Matlock, and Mid-
land, % dis.-Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Eighths, 1% dis.-Midland Stock, 114-Ditto, 401. Shares,
3 p.-Ditto, New, 21/s p.-North British, New Quarters
(scrip), 1/2 p.-North Staffordshire, 21A p.-North-Western,
dis.-Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), Gs. 3d. p.-Shrews-
bury and Hereford, 11 dis.-Shrewsbury and Chester, New,
% dis.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% dis.-
South-Eastern and Dover, 351/2-Ditto, No. 4, Thirds,
-York and Newcastle, Preference, 3 p.-York and Nor
th
Midland, Preference, 8 p.-Demerara, 3/4 p.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 3/4-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire,
3/4-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 c.-Blackburn,
Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, 11/2-East Lancashire (late B.
and P.), New, 7-16-Ditto, New (scrip), 5-16-Fleetwood,
Preston, and West Riding Junction, 13-16- Great Northern,
'g -Ditto, London and York Extension (scrip), 1/2-Hud-
dersfield'and Manchester, 11/2-Leeds and Thirsk, 31/2 dis.-
Ditto, Preferential,: Manchester and Leeds, 32/. Shares
(late Extension), 1-74-Manchester, Sheffieldrand Lincoln-
shire (Sheffield- and Lincolnshire), 2%-Mauclaester and
Southampton, lls. c.-North Staffordshire, 24-North-
Western, 1-Oldham Alliance, 4-Scottish Central, 71/2-
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 4s. 6d.-Shropshire Union,
325. 6d.-South-Eastern and Dover, 3514-South Stafford-
shire, 14-West Riding Union, 1- Wharfdale, 9-16-York and
Newcastle, Preference, 3%-Whitehaven and Furness,
LEEDS, Aram 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 15s. dis.-Eastern Counties, York Exten-
sion, 20s. dis.-East Lancashire (Blackburn and Preston),
10s. p.-Ditto, New, I Is. p.-Ditto, New Scrip, 12s. 6d. p.-
East and West Yorkshire, 2s. 6d. dis.-East Lincolnshire,
15,4 p.-Great Northern, Extensions, 12s. 6d. dis.-Leeds and
Bradford, 43% c. p.-Leeds and Thirsk, 33/4 n. dis.-Ditto,
New, 13,i dis -Ditto, Preference, 18s. p.-Leeds, Wakefield,
and Midland, 17s. 6d. dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Junction, 1% dis.-Malton and Driffield Junction, par
-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 414 p.-Ditto, 32/. Shares
(late Extensions), 365. 6d. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union,
203. 6d. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, is.
3d. p.-Manchester and Southampton, 18s, 6d. dis.-Mid-
land, Preference, 13/4 p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 4% p.-
North British, Halves, 21/2 p.-Ditto, Extension (scrip), 9s.
p.-North Staffordshire, 21/4 p.-Northern Counties Union,
2% dis.-North-Western, 19s. 6d. dis.-Sheffield, Rother-
ham, and Goole, 17s. dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham
(B), % dis.-South Staffordshire Junction, 2s. 6d. dis.-
thirfdale Junction, 12s. 6d. dis.-York and Newcastle, Pre.
ference, 3 p.-York and North Midland, Preference, 7% p.
HULL, APRIL 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Hull and Selby, Half
Shares, 51,4-North British, Extension (scrip), 7s. Gd. p.-
Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., Preference, 21s. p.-Great North-
ern, 2/ 18s. 9d.-Ipswich and Bury (Norwich Extension), 41/4
dis.-North Staffordshire, 214 p.-Northern Counties Union,
9s. 6d.-West Riding Union, 17s. 6d. p.
SHEFFIELD, APRIL 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire
(scrip), Bs. p.-Great Northern, dis.-Manchester, Shef.
lidd and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 64 dis.-
Di, to, 20/. Shares, 465. 6d. dis.-Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 31s.
die.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 214 dis.-West Riding
Union, 1 p.
EDINBURGH, APRIL 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 271. 17s. 6d.
-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 18e.-Arbroath and Forfar, 27/.
155.-Ditto, Halves, 15/.-Ayr and Galloway, 2/. ls. 6d.-
Caledonian, 26/. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 2/. 3a.-Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire, 2' 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 39/.
53.-Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/.
95.-Dundee and Arbroath, 421. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. I,
:301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Dundee and Perth, 38/.-
Ditto, New, 191.-Eastern Counties, 201.-Ditto, York Ex-
tension, 4/. 65.-East of Fife, 21. 165.-Edinburgh and Bath-
gate, 61. IN.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 71/. 15s. ex div.-
D tto Halves, 19/. 10s. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, 17/. 15s.
ex div.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 20/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto,
Preference, 211.-Edinburgh and Northern, 15/. 103 -Ditto,
New, 31. 135.-Ditto, Newport, 7/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto,
New, 21. I Is. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 31.-Glas-
gow and Ayrshire, 61/. 10a.-Ditto, New Stock, 381.-
Ditto, Quarters, 15/. 15s -Ditto, Halves, 81.-Glasgow,
Dumfries, and Carlisle, Si. 155.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/.
-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 55.-Glasgow and Gree-
nock, 18/.-Ditto, New, 91.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 58.-Glas-
guw, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18s.-Great North of
England, 2321. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, 2!. lls.-
Manchester and Leeds, 1031.-Midland and Eastern
Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 26/. 155.-North
British, 32/. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 17s. 6d.-Ditto,
Thirds, 3/. 2s Gd -Ditto, Quarters, 31. 12s. 6d.-Ditto,
New Quarters (scrip), 1/. 35.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 15s. ex
div.-Scottish Central, 22/. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction,
11. 3s. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 20/. 155.-Stirling and Dun-
fermline, 41.-Stirling and Midland, 21. 75.-Wishaw and
Coltness, 49/. 7s. 6d. ex div.-York and Newcastle, 341. 15s
-Ditto, New, 14/. 155.-Ditte, Preference, 71. 10s.-Direct
Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d.-East Indian, Bs.-Great
North of India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 3s.
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 9d.

THOMAS HARRINGTON WILSON, Secretary,
Adelaide Gallery, Saturday, April 10, 1847.

COLOURED PHOTOGRAPHIC POR-
TRAITS, by Mr. BEARD, sole patentee of the Daguerreotype.
34, Parliament-street. Westminster;
85, King William-street, C"v ; and
The Royal Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street.
" Some portraits we have recently seen by Mr. Beard's new pro-
cess have much delighted us."—Art-Union.
" The method of colouring renders them agreeable and life like."—
Times.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
LECTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by
T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at
King's College, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at Nine. The GYMNOTUS
ELECTRICITS, or ELECTRICAL EELS, exhibited in a TRANS-
PARENT VESSEL. LECTURES on ARMSTRONG'S HYDRO-
ELECTRIC MACHINE, by Dr. Bachhoffner. The WORKING
MODELS and MACHINERY clearly explained. The varied
Optical Effects include a New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS.
EXPERIMENTS with the DIVING-BELL ..nd DWER, &c., &c.
Admission Is. Schools, -I ale°.

THE CITY OF LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
No. 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS.
This Society is established on the principle of combining all the
known advantages and conveniences of the oldest Life offices, with
the general results of their experience.
Its Premium Tables are adjusted on the most economical yet safe
scale, and embrace three distinct divisions or departments :
Thus, Policies may be effected on
THE MUTUAL SYSTEM,
_sccuripg all its advantages without its
risks or liabilities, ♦N IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION TO ASSURERS.
THE PROPRIETARY SYSTE M , with the full benefits of its acknow-
ledged SECURITY, SIMPLICITY, and ECONOMY; and
TILE ACCUMULATIVE oft DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED BY
Tuts SOCIETY, which perfects the principle of Life Aisuran .e. the
full amount of the Deposit—Premiums being at all times available
to the Assured.
ALSO HALF-CREDIT PREMIUMS for stipulated pc-la's, a pecu-
liarly advantageous arrangement for YOUNG LIVES and for all per-
sons WITH ADVANCING MEANS OR INCOMES.
And, Tables expressly calculated for NAVAL and MILITARY RISES in
all quarters of the world, on the most moderate terms.
Together wi,h all the usual divisional rates, accommodations, and
conveniences.

EDWD. F. LEEKS, SECRETAET.

PORT OP LONDON SHIPOWNERS' LOAN
AND ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Offices, 20, ST. HELEN'S-PLACE, LONDON.
The Deed of Settlement of this Company having been approved by
the Registrar, and the number of Shares prescribed by the Act having
bee., subscribed for, the Directors will proceed upon the Ist of May
next, ensuing, to issue Sea Policies under their Common Seal.
For the effectual protection of both shareholders and the assured,
the constitution of this Com any is based on the principle of limit-
ing the amount entertained in and upon individual vessels, or their
cargoes, in rateable proportion to the capital subscribed, and remain-
ing clear in hand according to a graduated scale, constructed with the
greatest care, thereby securing a wide and equalised distribution of
outstatiaing risks, to the enti,-e exclusion of gambling p_ fits, and
ruinous losses, from both sides of the account.
Under special clauses inserted in the Deed, no single Insurance.
for the space of twelve months, from the date of issuing the first
Policy, will exceed 5001. For the space of three years from the same
date the limit has been fixed at 1,0001.; and for the space of seven
years at 1,5001.,—a method of proceeding obviously calculated to
ensure a steady and remunerative business, and avoid the disastrous
results incidental to an opposite system.
A list of the Board of Directors, of the officers of the Company,
and of the Agents appointed for the outports, will be given in the
Prospectuses, which will be published after the complete registration
of the Company has been legally effected.

After a few remarks from Mr. FLOYER, M.P., the
subject dropped, as on all former occasions, without
any definite result.

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE
RAILWAY.—MANCHESTER, MoriDAv.—This morning a
special meeting of the shareholders of this company was
held in the Corn Exchange of this town, for the purpose
of obtaining the sanction of the proprietors to the several
Bills now before Parliament for the construction of short
branches, and also for their amalgamation with the Canal
Company, &c. Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M.P., presided.
After the advertisement calling the meeting had been
read by Mr. Stevenson, the law clerk, the chairman
stated that the whole of the bills which were that day to
be submitted to them had already undergone considera-
ble discussion, and that the directors were unanimous as
to the importance of each of the separate schemes. The
object of the meeting was, therefore, merely to legalise
the contracts and the applications to Parliament. The
whole of the Bills were then read over, and in each case
a resolution, authorising the directors to prosecute them
with vigour, was unanimously adopted; after which a
vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.
TESTIMONIAL TO DR. TAYLOR.—The students of
the faculty of medicine in University College are about
to present to Dr. Taylor, their late esteemed Professor
of Clinical Medicine, an address and testimonial, ex
pressive of their high regard and estimation of his cha-
racter and talents. The address—a specimen of elegant
penmanship, executed by Mr. Robertson, of Coventry.
street; and the tegimonial—a handsome tea service and
salver, manufactured by Messrs. Rowlai,d and Sons,
silversmiths, of Regent-street, will be exhibited to all
friends interested iu the matter, in the council-room of
the College, during the early part of the week. Dr.
Taylor was the first student of the College elevated to
one of its professorships, but held office only a short
time, hi health breaking down under its onerous duties.
ROBBERIES.—On Monday the police received infor-
mation of the following robberi, s:—Stolen from the
house of Mrs. Somes, Grove-place, Brompton, a gold
curb chain with locket attached, a bunch of roses on it,
and the words " Forget me not;" a gold pin set with
turquoise, and ss. in silver. On the Bth, from the house
of Mr. Shepherd, Forestgate, Essex, five silver dessert
forks, a silver butter knife, afish fork, and a silver des-
sert spoon. On the 7th, from 56, Poland-street, the
pearls, a mourning ring, a valuable" gold ring set with a
pblruoepesrtotyneorr
esMemr.bWliniglsoan,baablio)donire,,haeadgo;lad ring set with
gold ring set
with paste and garnets, gold snake brooch with turquoise
eyes, and a variety of wearing apparel and linen. On
the 9th, from the person of Mr. Levy, in Size-lane,
Backlersbury, a gold lever watch and a steel purse con
taining 71 103. in gold.
IMPORTATION OF lIERRINGS.—The ship Ina ar-
rived in the Commercial Docks from St. John's, New
Brunswick, has brought, in addition to an extensive
cargo of wood goods, the very large number of 637
boxes of herrings in a preserved state, and four firkins
of butter, the production of that British province of
North America.

GLASGOW, APRIL 12.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—East Indian, 78.
East Lothian Central, Ms.—Edinburgh and Perth ( New
Co.), 60s.—Ditto, Halves, 21s. 6d.—Glasgow General Ter-
minus, 13%—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No.
2, 7 14 —Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, s%—Man-
cheater and Southampton, 24s.—North British, New Quar-
ters (scrip), 225. 6d.—Scottish Central, 22N—Scottish Grand
Junction, 235.

MR. DISRAELI'S " TANCRED." We are requested
to state that a Second Edition of " Tancred ; or, the
New Crusade," by B. Disraeli, M.P., Author of " Co-
ningsby," " Sybil," &c., is published this day by Mr.
Colburn ; and those who have been hitherto disap-
pointed in obtaining the work may now procure it of all
Booksellers.
MYSTERIOUS CARHOP DROWNING.—OR Monday an
inquest was held, by adjournment, at the Queen's Head,
High-street, Poplar, before Mr. W. Baker, respecting
the death of Deedrich Kendrap, who was found floating
in the Blackwall Basin of the West India Docks. It
aprared that the deceased was a native of Bremen, in
Germany, and had lately arrived in London, on a plea-
sure excursion. He took lodgings at the Castle public-
house, in Whitechapel, where he remained until Tues-
thy morning last, when he left the house, and at twelve
o'clock the same morning his body was discovered float-
ing in the Blackwall Basin, quite dead. He was searched
by one of the dock constables, who found on him a small
book, in which was written his name and address, and a
watch guard, but the watch was missing. The constable
said it was very unusual for bodies to float when they had
only been in the water such a short time. The deceased
soon after his arrival in London was knocked down in
the streets, and robbed of 131. Since that period he had
been principally supported by the landlord of the Castle,
and the master of the brig Dorothea. In the absence of
any conclusive evidence, the jury returned a verdict of
"Found drowned."

CIVILISATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.—
seems strange that in the middle of the nineteenth
century—in the capital of the civilised world—in a
country distinguished for its respect for public decency
slot' of Christian principles, any necessity should exist
—for high moral feeling, and, above all, for its profes-
sion
an appeal on the question which we are about to dis-
cuss. Yet such is the fact. Scarcely a day passes with-
out our witnessing the most revolting violations of the
sanctuaries of the dead, whilst the hundreds of burying-
places of this huge metropolis, permitted to exist in the
midst of its living population, are so many centres of
infection, laboratories of malaria., whence issue most
offensive and deadly compounds, the gaseous products of
human putrefaction, the food, if not the principles, of
malignant disease and premature death. If I establish, as
I believe I shall, these propositions, we are bound by a
double motive to use every exertion for the removal of
this dark stain—this foul blot, from our national cha-
racter. As Christians, we aro called upon to crush, and
that for ever, a system that necessarily entails end im-
poses the daily execution of deeds, from the perpetration
of which barbarians would recoil with abhorrence.
As men, as members of a civilised community, it is
our duty to remove constantly increasing causes of dis-
burying- places,
comfort, disease, and frequently inconceivable suffering,
e n
gpoinveorrtey,esapnd whoseecially among our poorer brethren,
whose
avocations too frequently
x
compel their residence in localities where the evil is
hreer e,
mostin a
numerous n'rd,theand most danger-
ously overcharged.—From Mr. G. A. Walker's Lecture
publicin t praonmdinent—w
private, a
on the Metropolitan Graveyards.
THE LATE FIRE AT GUILDHALL.
----On Saturday
an inquiry was instituted by Mr. Burn, the chairman
of
the city lands committee ; Mr. Saunders, the city
comptroller ; and Mr. Bunning, th :
--e city surveyor ;
a,sisted by Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the
Loedon fire brigade, as to the origin of the fire at Guild-
hall. Mr. Wood, the superintendent of the Guildhall
watch, Stewart, the chief officer, and several other wit-
nesses were examined, and from their evidence it ap-
peared that the fire was discovered by Wood and Stewart
on going their rounds, and the latter, who had been in
the fire brigate, speedily got the hall engines into play.
The fire existed in the coal vault, under the lobby lead-
ing from the courts of law to the hall, and under the
library. From some cause the brigade engines did not
arrive for nearly half an hour, when one only was
brought into use, as the watchmen and others, under time
direction of Stewart, had brought the hall engine to
play upon the fire through a trap-doer in the lobby,
being unable to go down from the density of the smoke.
It is a matter of doubt whether the fire originated from
spontaneous combos,' • on or the coals and faggot wood,
or from the overheating of hot air i
P-Pos, but no person
was known to have gone below after seven o'clock on the
previous morning, and great precaution is taken to pre-
vent all persons from passing, that way after the watch
is set. lied is not been for the timely discovery, im-
mense loss would in all probability have resulted, as the
wooden flooring of the lobby forms the ceiling, of
the
vault, and the library, courts of law, and probably the
comptroller's department would have fallen a sacrifice to
the flames, and invaluable books and documents been
destie,yecl. The conclusion which the committee of in-
quiry came to was not made known, but will be re
ported 0, the city lands committee at a special meeting.
ELECTION MOVEMENTS.—Viscount Cantalupe has
issued an address to the electors of the Eastern division
of Sussex, off.- ring himself as a candidate at the ensuing
election. lie holds himself unpledged ; is an advocate
for religious toleration ; and is prepared to advocate the
repeal of the malt-tax.

MISS BURDETT COUTTS'S NEW CHURCH.--The ar-
rangements for proceeding with the erection of Miss
Burdett Coutts's new church, in Rochester row, West-
minster, to which an ecclesiastical district has already
been assigned, having now been completed, the founda-
tion stone will be laid in the course of a few days with
the customary solemnities. It is expected that the cere-
mony will be performed by Miss Coutts in person,
assisted by the Bishop of London and the Dean and
Chapter of Westminster. The site has been gratuitously
made over by the Dean and Chapter. Until the com-
pletion of the church divine service is to be performed in
the temporary building which has been for some time
opened,, under the ministry of the Rev. W. Tennant,
M.A., incumbent of the new district.
THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMFORT, SAFETY,
HEARING, &C. IN THE NEW OPERA HOUSE..—Thu
means of properly heating and ventilating the house
appear to have received due attention. Ilot-air stoves
arc fitted up under the pit stalls, with flues to conduct
the warmed air over the house ; and every gas lamp in
the corridors has a ventilating. pipe above it. On them,
and some other points, however, we reserve our opinion,
not venturing to form one hastily. For the extin-
guishing of fire, should it occur, mains, supplied from
cisterns in the upper part of the house, are provided,
with cocks and hose on each tier. As to the general
safety of the building, notwithstanding the rapidity with
which the works have been carried on, they have been
done in the soundest and most substantial manner, and
so as to entitle Mr. Albano, the architect, and all con-
cerned in them, to great praise. As regards the con-
veyance of sound, we are disposed to consider the new
opera- house singularly successful. During the perform-
ance we visited every part of the house, and found in
every place that the lowest sound from the stage was
distinctly audible.—The Builder.

The never-failing effects of Blair's Gout and Rheu-
matic Pills in curing every description of gout and rheuma-
tism, have secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any
medicine of past or present times. They not only give relief
in a few hours, where the patient has been driven nearly to
madness by the excruciating tortures of this disease, but re-
store to perfect health in an inconceivably short space of
time. They are equally speedy :.rdcertain in rheumatism,
either chronic or acute, lumbago, sciatica, pains in the head
or face, and indeed for every rheumaiic or gouty affection : in
fact, such has been the rapidity, perfect ease, and complete
safety of this medicine, that it has astonished all who have
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DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN THE BELVEDERE-ROAD.

—On Monday afternoon, between four and live, an acci-
dent of a most deplorable character, and which it is ex-
pt'cted will be attended with fatal consequences, occurred
in the Belvedere-road to a young man, about twenty,
named Joseph Cox, who was engaged for the Wood
C ,rving Company, in the above road, where some work-
shops are being constructed. The unfortunate man had
ascended a ladder to a height of upwards of forty feet,
when suddenly losing his hold he fell to the bottom, and
was nicked up and conveyed to the Charing-cross Hos-
pital in a frightfully mutilated state. Mr. Steghall, the
house• surgeon, said that he had received, besides a broken
kg, a severe fracture of the skull and other injaries, that
rendered his recovery almost hopeless. He remains in a
dreadful state of suffering at the above institution.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson has returned to
town.

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FORGERIES ON THE L6NDON
AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
A young man of very respectable appearance, named
Horatio Nelson West, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer,
charged with having been concerned in forging a great
number of documents, purporting to be shares in the
London and South-Western Railway Company.
Another person, whose name, as the evidence did not
involve him criminally in the transaction, we shall not
publish, was put to the bar at the same time, upon sus-
picion of having been concerned in the offence.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Humphreys attended for the prisoner
West. The second prisoner, who seemed to be quite
astonished at his situation, was undefended.
The Learned Counsel for the prosecution briefly
stated the case, which, he said, was brought forward at
the instance of the directors of the company. Applica-
tions had been made to the proprietors of the new
Money market, by letter addressed from Portland-
place, to sell a number of shares, and it was strange
enough that these shares were found to be forged upon
the detection of another offence committed by the per-
petrator, who received in payment of a cheque 401. more
than he was entitled to, and appropriated that sum to
his own purposes.
Mr. James W. Stephens, partner with Mr. Luke
James Hansard, said, on the Bth of March, about three
or four &deck in the afternoon, I received a letter by
the hands of a messenger, a person of shabby appear-
ance, enclosing fifty shares in the London and South-
Western Railway Company, and purporting to come
from a gentleman. named Craven, of Portland-place.
In consequence of the directions contained in that letter,
I got the shares verified the following morning at the
office of the company, and they were disposed of to Dr.
Henry Clark, of Southampton. Observing there was
no number mentioned in the letter, I asked the mana-
ger what number it was in Portland-place, and he, with-
out any hesitation, said No. 11. On the 9th of March
the same messenger brought the letter I produce, pur-
porting to be from the same gentleman, and requesting
to know whether the fifty shares had been sold, and I
sent him back an answer, stating that the sale had taken
place according to the instructions. Just as I was going
to post the letter advising him of the sale, the same
messenger came and handed me another letter, request-
ing the amount of the proceeds. I wrote an answer to
him, stating to him that we had not as yet received the
proceeds of the sale, but that as soon as we received the
money, we would forward it to him. On the following
morning we received another letter, stating that Mr.
Craven expected, when he sent to us, that wo were agents
in cash transactions alone, and requesting that a cheque
for the amount should be at once transmitted to him. As
I received intimation that I might have the amount
that day, I determined to call myself at Portland-
place, and leave the cheque for Mr. Craven ; and just
as I was going out of my office for that purpose, I met
the messenger at the door, put a cheque for 2591. 7s. 6d.
into an envelope, sealed it, directed it, and gave it to
the man to convey to his master. On the following day
the clerk of the banking-house at which the cheque was
paid called and said he had overpaid the cheque 401. In
consequence of this communication I was induced to
send for the prisoner West, who called twice at my
office, but I happened to be out. In about a week, how-
ever, I saw him, and I asked him from whom he had
btsitli-d four 101. Bank of England notes which I named
to him, and I to!d him our bank,rs had paid that amount
:oo much, and that the notes had been traced to his pos-
session. He said that the second prisoner who stands
next to him at the bar, and one Mr. Wilson, whom he
did not know, came to his office to transact railway
business, and that one or other of them gave him the
notes, as the second prisoner owed him some money in
another transaction. I pressed him to say which of them
had given him the notes, and ho said the second prisoner.
West gave back the 401. I said to him, " Why do you
trouble yourself about it, and why don't you make the
second prisoner pay you what you have given up?" Ile
said that Mr. Wilson is one of the Hall of Commerce
chaps, and I know nothing about him, and I don't like
his appearance, or something of that kind. I asked him
if he had any objection to walk with me. He said he
was perfectly willing. I wished West to identify Wil-
son, and he walked with me to the Royal Exchange. I
told him we had sent the shares to the company, and
found they were genuine, and, therefore, we had nothing
more to do with it.

Daniel Forrester, the officer, stated that in conse-
quence of the information which he bad received about
the overpaid 401., he took some steps in the case, and
he received information from Birmingham which in-
duced him to look after West. He found that there had
been an exchange of money at the Bank, part of which
was of the sum drawn from the banking-house of the
last witness, for gold. West said he had received the
forty pounds of the second prisoner and a man named
Wilson and the second prisoner, came into West's office
at the time, and said he did hand some money to West,
and that he and Wilson had had some money transac-
tions, and he -had received change from Wilson, and gave
to West, to whom he owed it. In the course of conver
cation with West, witness was told by him that he had
been at Ely, but that he had not been at Birmingham
for two years and a half. Witness said to him, " Mr.
West, you have been at the post-office in Moorgate-
street for letters in the name of Perry," and he denied
it. He said he had been there, but he had bought a,
knife and a ring there. The man from the post-office al
Birmingham identified him as the person who had called
for letters in the name of Perry.
Mr. Clarkson said to the second prisoner, who
seemed disposed to speak, "As you have no legal ad-
viser, I would advise you not to speculate upon ques-
tioning this witness."
The second prisoner—l don't want to speculate upon
anything. lam innocent of any offence.
Mary Ann Dingley, of 124, Moor-street, Birmingham,
said—l know West by the name of Perry, and be came
and lodged in my house frora the 18th of March, with
the exception of one tingle night, the 26th, to the 2d of
April.

Mr. Clarkson then said he should call a gentleman to
give direct evidence as to the forged shares.
Mr. John Brown, in partnership with Mr. Thomas
Price, sharebrokers, said—l received a letter from a
person of the name of Perry requesting us to sell some
shores, and we sold them, and on the 22d of March we
remitted to J. Perry, 124, Moor-street, Birmingham,
bank notes to the amount of 1401„ one No. 94,538, of
1001. is one of the notes. The shares produced, Nos.
1,411 to 1,415, are parts of those which we sold for Mr.
Perry.

M. Alfred Morgan, treasurer to :the London and
South-Western Railway Company, looked at the shares
prcduced by the last witness, and stated that they were
forgeries.

The five shares puiport to be SOL shares. A great
number of forgeries had been detected, to the amount
(as we understood the witness) of 2,5001.
Mr. Charles Morgan, solicitor to the company, said he
had reason to believe that he should soon have very im-
portant witnesses to produce to show the ramifications of
the system of fraud.
The second prisoner said, whatever fraud might be
proved, he had nothing to do with it. He begged to be
allowed to put in bail. He did not care about the
amount. He had certainly been unfortunate enough to
engage in shares, to have many dealings in them, but of
dishonest dealing ho solemnly protested he knew no-
thing. If he had been imposed upon he could not help
it. He had a houseful of children, and ho begged
he should not be kept from them. He did not want to
skulk.

Mr. Humphreys did not object to a remand in the
case of his client West.
The LORD MAYOR said that he should remand West
111 next week, but that probably he should take bail in
case of the second pri.-ionor at a very short notice.
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.ONER'S .NQUEST.—On Monday Mr. Jose')
feyne, deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Blue Last,
Broadway, Ludgate hill, on the body of Elizabeth Max-
well, aged 44, who was burned to death at her residence,
No 5, Broadway. Barbara hill, of 6, SAtr-street, Edge-
ware-road, said that the deceased was her sister. About
half-past six o'clock on Saturday night she sent witness
to Coger's Hall, Bride-lane, to see if her husband was
there. She returned in about a qulrter of an hour, and
on entering the room found the deceased lying in front
of the grate, and on going to feel for her head, the flesh
came off in her hand. She was most dreadfully burned
over the head, face, and neck. When she went out
deceased appeared very weak and odd in her manner, as
if she had been drinking. In answer to the Coroner,
witness stated that deceased was in the habit of eating
very little, but drinking a great deal. She could not
tell how the occurrence took place. Roaina Jenkins, a
little girl ten years of age, who first made the discovery,
was called into the Court, but her answers respecting
the obligations of an oath being
Coroner refused to examine her. George Maxwell,h
unsatisfactory, the
tailor, said, that he saw his wife alive for the last time
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lodged with him for three years. His impression was
that she was intoxicated, and fell into the fire. There
was no alarm given by the deceased herself, or he trust
have heard it, as he in the shop the whole of h
evening. A juror said, that ten minutes before the
alarm was raised, ore of his lodgers, living opposite the
house, sent to know if he was burningNaonydlohumbgt,thaes
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deceased's body was baring et that p'eriod. Verdict—
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BREAD
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Death.
OIL CAKE.--A person named erson
residing at Vienna, has just discovered
thattheoi -ca
made from coleseed, after it has been pressed for ex-
tracting the oil, may he made into a palatable and nou-
rishing bread. The process is, to grind the cake into
flour, then to put water on it, and to stir it about vio-
lently. The water, which is charged with the bitter
parts of the substance, is thrown away after the flour
has subsided, and the flour is then kneaded and baked
like ordinary bread. The new bread has been employed
in the houses of rich and poor at Vienna, and the Arch-
duke Stephen has ordered a large qu entity to be sent to
the mountaineers of Bohemia.—Galignani.
A fire broke out on the 4th instant in the railway
terminus at Munich, and in a short time consumed the
wooden sheds erected round the carriage yard. The
property lying about was all saved, with the exception of
300 bushels of wheat intended for Manheim. The ser-
vice underwent no interruption.