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On Thursday a meeting of the magistrates of the
county of Middlesex took place at Hick's hall, Cler-
kenwell. The chair was filled by Mr. H. Pownall.
The deputy clerk of the peace having read the ml
~rtes of the last court, the reports of the visiting j ustices of
;he county prisons weret produced and read. That relating
.o Coldbath-fields prison stated the. sanitary condition
of the establishment to 'be satisfactory: it contained a to-
tal of 1,141 prisoners, exclusive of children—vie., 933
males and 208 females. The report from Westminster
Bridewell stated the ?Lumber of prisoners at present
therein confined to be' 537 males and 197 females, making
a total of 734. The report from the House of Detention
showed that since the date of the last report, January
10, the total number of prisoners committed to that
prison was 1,646.
UNAUTMORISED VISITORS TO PRISONS.—In conse-
quence of the governor of the Coldbath-fields prison
having, some short time- ago, received at the prison as
visitors two persons who were objectionable to the visit-
ing justices, that body passed a resolution making it
imperative that every visitor should have his name and
address entered in a boe)k to be kept for that purpose
by the gate porter. The: governor protested against it;
but, as far as regarded them, the visitingjustices deter-
mined to enforce the regulation, and the chaplains now
memorialised the full court to order the rule to be ex-
punged from the order-book. A long and very animated
discussion took place upon the matter, and the result
was, that the rule laid down by the visiting justices was
confirmed; the numbers being—ayes, 20; noes, 18.
NEW LUNATIC ASYLUM.—It vas resolved to raise
10,0001, by mortgage on the county rates, for the new
lunatic asylum at Colney Hatch, making a total of
30,000/. raised for the same purpose.
After transacting some routine business the court
broke up.

BORNEO,_ &c., VOYAGE TO.—A party of
Gentlemen have chartered a first-class armed yacht of large
tonnage, for prosecuting a 'VOYAGE to INDIA, CIIINA, BOIMEO,
4USTRALIA, and NEW ZEALAND, to ,ail early in May. A
,9aPlain and a Surgeon will accompany the expedition, wldch offers
1111ar advantages to gentlemen of science, the friends of missions,
C!llDlttilists, &c. A first ottleer and midshipman wanted. For par-
tcalars apply personally, or by letter addressed to `-math Evans, Esq.,
"ta. Secretary.
Office, li, Charles-street, St. James's

FREE EMIGRA'rION to the AUS'FRALIAN
COLONIES and the CAPE of GOOD HOPE.
Her Majesty's Colonial and Laud Emigration Commissioners hay-
:.,"ll appointed the undersigncel their Principal Agents in the southern
Counties of England, for receiving applications for and 071 behalf of
moose who may be desirous to Emigrate, and the selection of suitable
r 4 'long for a Free Passage to Sydney, Port Phillip, Adelaide, or the
Cape., of Good Hope ; full information as to the classes eligible, and
the conditions on which free passagos are granted, together with al
Accessary aid in arrai*ing for the same in accordance with the t7em-
I'llasioners' regulations, will he gratuitously and generally afforded tit
allalcation, either personally- or by letter, to
JOHN MARSHALL and CO.,
Agents for Goventment Emigration, at Southampton ;
and at 26, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, London.

No. 17,317.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING

[PRICE SD.

PUBLICATIONS.

QUEEN'S LARDER, 79, LONDON WALL.
(IQ CHAPMAN begs to state that he has recd-
Lo • Tered his health and resumed business in the above Esta-
blishment, and trusts his attention to business in Quality and price
wiil still merit their supi,ort.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT—March 24.
(Before 1). C. MOYLAN, Esq., Judge.)

COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY
MAGAZINE.
F,flited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.
The April Number, in addition to the usual matter, will contain
the following important articles:-
1. M. GUI ZOT. From Authentic Sources.
2. REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE.
3. TILE MODEL REPUBLIC.
4. PRINCE MET TERNICII.
Chapman and Hall, 156, Strand.
Orders received by all Booksellers.

A CHIEF BARON IN DIFFICULTY.—HARRIS V. NICHOLSON
In this case the defendant, Renton Nicholson, " Chief
Baron," as he styles himself, of a Judge and Jury So-
ciety held at the Garrick's Head, Bow street, had judg-
ment obtained against him some time back, and was
ordered to pay the debt, 181., by instalments. The order
of the Court he neglected, and was now summoned to
show cause why he had not complied with that order.
On the case being called yesterday, the " Baron did
nut attend, but sent a friend to say he was ill in bed, and
could not come to the court.
In answer to questions from the Judge, the " Baron's"
deputy said he bad not seen Mr. Nicholson that day, but
he saw him the previous day in bed, about one or two
o'clock in the afternoon.
JUDGE—I have seen many people in bed at that hour
of the day, and yet they have not been ill. I suppose
his habits are irregular, and he goes to bed late.
The Deputy—He goes to bed late, but he never keeps
in bed to that time.
JUDGE—I cannot receive that at all as a sufficient ex-
cuse for his absence. He has been served personally
with the judgment summons, and he was bound to ap-
pear. I suppose you are not a doctor.—(Laughter.)
The Deputy—No, your Honour.
JUDGE—Did you feel his pulse or try to form any
opinion as to the nature of his illness.—(Great laughter.)
Deputy—l did not, your Honour.
JUDGE—It appears clear to me that it will be very
easy for Mr. Nicholson to walk down to this court, and
unless he does, or sends a medical certificate that he is
really ill, I shall commit him to prison for contempt.
The deputy rushed out of court, intending, it was sup-
posed, to fetch the " Chief Baron," but neither return-
ing before the rising of the Court,
The Learned JUDGE directed a warrant to be issued
for the committal of Mr. Nicholson to prison for twenty
days.
After this was done, it was ascertained that the
plaintiff in the cause had not been present at all during
the day, but had been represented by an agent, who,
every time he was addressed, answered as if he was the
plaintiff.
The Learned JUDGE, after severely reprimanding the
man for his conduct, said he had laid down a rule, from
which he would not depart, never to commit a man to
prison without the plaintiff attended in person. He was
bound to attend, so as to answer any questions the de-
fendant might wish to put to him.
The warrant of commitment was then rescinded, the
" Chief Baron" thus escaping, through the absence of the
plaintiff, incarceration in the common gail of the county
for the present. Another judgment summons was
granted free.

BEAUTIFUL TEETH.
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DENTIFRICE.
A WHITE POWDER compounded of the choicest and most re-
elterch6 ingr,dieuts of the Oriental herbal. It extirpates all tartar-
ous adhesions to the teeth, and ensures a pearl-like whiteness to
the enamelled surface. It% anti-septic and anti-scorbutic properties
exercise a highly beneficial and salutary influence: they arrest the
further progress of decay of the Teeth, induce a healthy action of
the Going, and by confirming their adhesion to the Teeth, perpetuate
effective and complete mastication ; the breath also, from the salu-
brious and disintecting qualities of the Odonto, attains a grateful
sweetness and fragrance.
The Proprietors of this Dentifrice pledge themselves that Its elll-
cacy in preserving and embellishing the TEETH, far surpasses any-
thing of the kind ever yet offered to the public, and has, in cense-
queuce, obtained its selection by her Majesty the Queen, the Court,
and Royal Family of Great Britain,•and the Sovereigns and Nobility
throughout Europe.—Price 28. 9d. per box.
CAUTION.—To protect the public from fraud, the Hon. Commis-
sioners have directed the Proprietors' name and address thus.
" A. ROWLAND and SON, 20, Hatton-garden," to be engraved on
the Government stamp, which is affixed on each box.
ROWLAND'S ALSANA EXTRACT,
For relieving the Toothache, Gum Boils, and Swelled Face, and
which, by constantly using, prevents those maladies. In the anguish
of excruciating pain it affords instantaneous relief. It is perfectly in-
nocent in its nature. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each bottle.
The Government Stamp, as on the 0 Odonto," is affixed on each
bottle.
Sold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers.

•
XEADING SAUCE, for FISH, GRAVIES, :I ASHES, STEAKS, &c
JOHN and CHARLES COCKS, the Sole
,Pro-
prietors and Manufacturers of the celebrated READING
...ACCF,, beg most respectfully to Caution the Public against the
:,,11.1) frauds and impositions practised to- many London and Country
Oilmen, who are offering for sale their own spurious composons as
tau Genuine Reading Sauce.
This SAUCE is patronised and recommended by most Families in
e Kingdom, and as a Sauce for general use it stands unrivalled. It
illretalled by all respectable Oilmen and Fish Sauce Venders in the
—edam. Be particular in asking for
"COCKS'S READING SAUCE,"
*Lich is prepaud Only by John and Charles Cocks, at their Mann-
7,tery, Duke-street, Reading.—All others are Counterfeits.—Obserye
et same J. and C. Cocks, Reading:: on the Seal.and Label of each
aigtle ; without this none are Genuine.

CAMPAIGNING IN ITALY.
Now ready, at all the Libraries,
ADVENTURES of an AIDE-DE- CAMP ;
Or, A CAMP MIN IN CALAtqI.IA.
By JAMES GRANT, Esq.
Author of " The Romance of War."
" Reading for every taste ; adventures is love and war ; legends,
anecdotes, and personal notices till up the deign—and above all, the
cidental sketches of scenery and manners impart a living Interest
to the narrative."—Literary Gazette.
" Precisely the sort of work to pass round the book-club, which
every one will be pleased with ; the lovers of fiction for its stories ;
the lovers of fact for its sketches of places and persons ; the lovers of
literature for the life and spirit of the composition."—Crltic.
" A hook of various and stirring adventure, possessing' the advan-
tage of freshness."—Spectator.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

NOTICE TO ADvEicrisEßs.
THE NUMBER of STAMPS i%sued by the
Authorities of the Stamp-office, during 1847, to the
DAILY NEWS, was •• • • 3,447,009
This, we believe, is within eight per cent. of the namber issued to
the Morning Harald, Morning Chronicle, and 'Morning Post, all put
together. In adrlitien to the above, issued to the DAILY NEWS,
aorniks Paper, there were issued for the Evening Edition,
THE EXPRESS, •• ••-• •• .... 778,714,
Which was more we believe, than were issued either to the Globe
t*Standard, Evening Papers.
The DAILY NEWS, price Threepence, is published every Morning
In time for the early mails.
Daily News Office, Whitefriars, Flect•street.

ATTORNEYS' ANNUAL CERTIFI-
CATE DUTY.
On Wednesday a meeting of the attorneys of the:rnetro-
polis was held at the Law Society's Hall, in Chancery--
lane, for the purpose of considering the best mode of
inducing the legislature to repeal the above named tax.
The chair was taken by Mr. C. Ranken.
Mr. WING proposed the first resolution. In doing
so the speaker entered into some details respect-
ing the imposition of the certificate duty and its
progressive increase, and showing its pressure on
the calling of attorneys. The sum extracted
from this class in the four terms of the years
1844 and 1845 amounted to 89,2221. The per tentage
of the annual certificate duty on the average incomes of
attorneys was V., whilst the whole average amount ex-
tracted from attorneys' incomes was no less than 9 per
cent. per annum, taking into account the heavy duties;
imposed on articles of clerkships and on annual admis-
sions. The operation of the tax was to exclude a great
number of persons from practising the calling of an
attorney, whilst at the same time advantage was taken
of that circumstance to enable several persons not
licensed as attorneys to practice under legal certifioate.
With these observations he begged to move the. follow-
ing resolution:—
" That the profession of attorneys and solicitors is
unjustly taxed towards the exigencies of the State, and
that the payment of the duty of 1201. on their articles of
clerkship and 251 on their admission (equivalent on the
average of lives to the annual payment of 91. and up-
wards), and the annual certificate duty of 121. and IL;
besides the income-tax of three per cent. paid by them
in common with the rest of the community (making
altogether an income-tax of 101. per cent. on the average
of their professional incomes), is unjust and oppressive."
Mr. KINDERSLEY seconded the resolution, which, after
some discussion, was unanimously agreed to.
Mr. K. BARNES and Mr. ARMSTRONG respectively
proposed and seconded the next resolution, as follows:
" That as the income of attorneys and solicitors is de-
rived from severe mental application, is dependent on
health, and is consequently of a precarious tenure,
instead of paying a greater tax than others, the taxes on
their professional incomes should be in proportion to
such tenure."
After a lengthened discussion the resolution was
agreed to.
The third resolution was to the effect, " That if the
legislature, in spite of the efforts of the attorneys, per-
sisted in levying a special tax on them, then that, instead
of appropriating this amount to the public revenue, it
ought to be appropriated exclusively to the purpose of
providing for the education of the rising generation of
attorneys."
This resolution was proposed by Mr. CROWDER, and
seconded by Mr. FIELD in an able speech, wherein the
latter gentleman insisted upon the facts lately exposed
at the old Bailey and other criminal courts, showing that
the attorneys of a certain class did not scruple to lend
themselves to the practices of protecting and encourag-
ing unqualified persons in the practice of criminal law.
The general sense, however of the meeting was very
strongly expressed on the subject, and after a stormy
discussion, in which it was broadly intimated that the
resolution if carried would stultify the two previous
ones, as well as tend to place at the disposition of the
Law Club a large sum of money levied on the whole class
of attorneys, the resolution was negatived by an all but
unanimous show of hands.
The third (actual) resolution was then proposed by
Mr. Collate and seconded by Mr.COVERDALE as follows:
" That the foregoing resolutions be signed by the
chairman and advertised in the daily papers, and that a
petition founded thereon and now read be presented to
both houses of parliament, and that the council of the
Incorporated Law Society be requested- to take charge
of such petition."
Which being agreed to, the meeting passed a vote of
thanks to the chairman and separated.

FIFTH THOUSAND.
AN EARNEST CHURCH, the WANT of the
TIMES.
Price One Penny, or 7s. per 100.
Also, Second Thousand,
THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST.
Price 2s. 6d. cloth ; small size, stiff cover, is.
By His Rev. ISAAC BROWN, Dover.
London : Ward and Co. Dover :P. Robinson.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, London ; 97, George-
stlvet, Edinburgh ; 12, St. Vincent-Place, Glasgow; 4, College Green,

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton.
John Bonham Carter, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant, March 10.
Commission by they Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Frederick Leopold Sapieha Monteuffel Baron de
Rutzen Frentz to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 9.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutlandshire.
The Honourable Gerard James Noel, to be Deputy-
Lieutenant ; Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., to be Deputy-
Lieutenant, March 17.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
Gilbert Stapleton, Esq., to be be Deputy Lieutenant ;
Thomas Emerson Ileadlam, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute-
nant, March 11.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant and Sheriff Princi-
pal of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry Lord
Fergus Kennedy to be Cornet, Vice William Cochrane
Patrick, promoted, March 17.
ADMIRALTY, MARat 20.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Admiral Richard Matson :
Vice Admiral of the Red Sir Adam Drummond,
K.C.H., to be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White George M`Kinley to be
Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Samuel Pyre, K.C.H.,
to be Vice-Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red, James Richard Dacres, to
be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White, Honourable Josceline
Percy, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Honourable Sir Fleetwood
Broughton Reynolds Pellew, C. 8., K.C.H. to be Rear-
Admiral of the White.
Captain Charles Sotheby, to be Rear-Admiral of the
Blue

DR. RAMADGE ON CONSUMPTION.
One vol. Svo., the Third Edition, with Coloured Plates, price es.,
(10NSUMPTION CURABLE ; and the Manner
J in which Nature, as well as Remedial Art, effects a healing
Process in Cases of Consumption. Explained and illustrated by
highly interesting cases. To which is added, an Exposition of the
Treatment by which the Development of Tubercles may be prevented
in persons liable thereto.
By F. 11. RAMADOE, M.D.
Fellow of the Royal College or Physicians, Ace.
London : LONgIIISITI, and Co.

(Established by Act of Parliament hi 1834.)
In 1841 tho Company added a bonus of 2 per cent. per annum on
the sum assured to all Policies of the Participating Class from tke
lime they were effected.
When the insurance is for life, only one-half the annual premium
deed be paid for the first five years.
Every_ information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Director, Ns. 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-hall, London, where prospec-
tastes, Soo., may be had.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
lie, 11, LOMBARH4TREET, at the Entrance of the Old Post-
office, London.
DIRECTORS.
- JOHN DIXON., Esq., Chairman.
JOHN MARTIN, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
/Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. George Lyall, Esq.
fir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Stewart Marjoribanks,Esq.
Thorason Mulkey, jun., Ee'. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Jena Harvey, Esq. James Morris, Esq.
John Gellibrand Hubbard, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
JOhi Loch, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
ACTUART—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEARTMENT, Assurances may be effected at
P
low Rates without participation in the Profits ; or at moderate Rates
with participation in one moiety of the Profits every seven years. At
each of the three Septennial divisions which this Company has made,
the Bonuses amounted to about 1 per cent. par annum on the sum
*enured, or about 27 per cent. on the amount of premium received ;
and the whole amount of Reversionary Bonus allotted by the Com-
pany exceeded S:30,000/.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
'gelded 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
en the 2d of June, upon the premiums received on all Policies
which had been in force seven years at Christmas 1846, and the same
W now in course of payment daily (Friday and Saturday excepted),
between the hours of tell and three o'clock, at the Road Office ; and
also by the Agents in the Country Districts.
Notice is hereby given, that Assurances which expire at
Ind Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with
air.Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall, or with
the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they be-
Come void.

EASTERN ARCHIPELAGO COMPANY
Instituted for the Extension of Commerce in the Chian Seas
and tor Prumeting the Civilization of Borneo,
&c.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares of 1001. edoll.
DIRECTORS.
JOHN MACGREGOR, Esq., Chairman.
Captain C. R. Drinkwater Bethune, R.N., C.B.
Alexander Nairne, Esq., Director of the Peninsular aid
Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Hugh Hamilton Lindsay, Esq.
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Deputy-Chairman of the Penin-
sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.
Henry Wise, Esq.
BANKERS—INieSSrS, Glyn, Ilallifax, Mills, and Co., London.
The objects of this Company are to carry on mining, agricultural,
and trading operations in the Eastern Archipelago, and the acquiring
and disposing of lands in the Island of Labuan and the parts adjacent
—a region abounding in mineral wealth, most fertile in all the valu-
able tropical productions, and very happily situate tor the purposes
of commerce.
The Island of Labuan has been formally taken possession of by the
Crown of Great Vritain ; and, by a treaty with the Sultan of Borneo,
many highly important advantages arc perraanently secured to this
country. I'iracy in the eastern seas will now be effectually suppressed;
and, tinder the protection of the British flag at Laboari, a new era
as regards those regions, has commenced, which affords the most fa-
vourable opportunity for successfully accomplishing the objects of this
Company.
To those who are at all acquainted with the Indian Archipelago, it
is wholly unnecessary to expatiate on the advantages to be derived
from this undertaking. The important discovery of an abundant sup-
ply of excellent coal on the mainland of Borneo, in the Immediate vi-
cinity of Labuan, is a circumstance which of Itself would resider this
enterprise pregnant with the most beneficial results. A formal grant
of this coal, extending through a district of about 150 miles, has been
obtained from the Sultan of Borneo, and is, with the
w h appom arranger
Majesty's Government,, now held by and is,
with
ments for its working will be made.
The working of the coal mines will form an important feature in
the operations of the Company,
Tile geographical position of the Borneo coal districts In relation to
our Eastern possessions, and to the steam communications which are
now carried on, and others which are about to be carried on in con-
nexion therewith, is a matter of peculiar interest,. and even of na-
tional importance. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, for instance, disburse more than 130,0001. annually for
coal for their steam-vessels, of which sum ribose., 90,0001. are ex-
pended in coal used to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope. This
coal. as well as the requisite supplies for the steam.vessels of her
Majesty's navy, and for those of the Honourable East India Com-
pany on the India and China stations, is at present chiefly furnished
from England, at an average cost exceeding 335. per ton ; so that the
expenditure by her Majesty's Government, the Honourable East In-
dia Company. and the Peninsular and Oriental Company for the sin-
gle item of coal, will be considerably reduced as soon as the opera-
tions of the Eastern Archipelago Company are sufficiently matured
to admit of their supplying the several depots which have been esta-
blished at Hong-Kong, Singapore, and other places, with coal for the
use of the many British and Foreign steam-vessels re-orting to those
ports.
The certain increase in the consumption of coal in the eastern
seas, from the causes already mentioned, and the opening of other
channels of demand, cannot fail eventually- to augment the use of
Borneo coal. The projected steam communication between Singapore
and our Australian colonies—the probable communication by the
same means at no distant period, between the various British settle-
ments to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope and the west coast
of America--as well as the system of railways now about to be esta-
blished in India—are events smincirtly calculated to occasion an
immense consumption of Borneo coal, the inure so as it can be sup-
plied at comparatively moderate rates. Samples of the Labuan and
Borneo coal have been brought over to this country by Mr. Wise,
aed submitted by her Majesty's Government to a careful examination
and analysis by competent parties, with a most satisfactory result.
The Borneo coal has also been pronounced by the Calcutta s oal
Committee, appointed by this Bengal Government, to be equal to the
best English coal ; and CaptainaValistge, in his report on the supplies of
coal obtained from the seam at Labours, for the use of the Honourable
East India Company's steam-ship Nemesis, dated Sarawak, 10th
June, 1847, observes—" I have no hesitation in stating that the coal
received at Lohman is equal to any English coal I have seen on board
steamers in India, and decidedly better than any coal worked in
India for steam purposes?'
The portion of territory contemplated for the first operations of the
Eastern Archipelago Company possesses a climate and soil admir-
ably adapted for the culture of cotton, tobacco, sugar, coffee, rice,
nutmegs, pepper, and other valuable productions, and is most
favourably situate, having the advantage of Labuan, now subject to
British dominion, as a point d'appui ; nor can there be a doubt of
the excellent position of the proposed field of enterprise for an ex-
tensive and lucrative commerce. he oximity of Java, Sumatraof,
Siam, Cochin-China, Ilalnan, ManTilla, Cprelebes, &a., is not only
great importance in this respect, but also as affording the means of
introducing with facility from those places Chinese and other colo •
'lists, and labourers to any extent required for the service of the
Company. Labuan itself will form an essential link in the
achain of
our eastern settlements, from Penang, , and Sto
Hong Kong ; and in the district of Sarawak every protection and
encouragement will he granted by Mr. Brooke in furtherance of the
Company's objects. In short, every circumstance justifies the anti-
cipation that the late proceedings of the British Government relating
to Borneo, if followed up with vigour by the operati the pre-
scut Company', will change that which has been heretofore a region
of piracy, lawless violence, danger and desolation, into a scene of
busy, peaceful, and beneficial commerce; bringing the advantages of
progressive civilisation to a large and fertile tract of the globe, and
conferring extensive benefits on the commerce and manufactures of
Great Britain. The philanthropist and the statesman, as well as the
merchant, will thus feel interested in this design, which, through the
medium of British enterprise, sanctioned and protected by the wls-
dons and decision of the Government, promises the amelioration of
the condition of the natives of the Indian Archipelago, among whom
there exaits a disposition most favourable to the development cf the
resources of those countries.
The view here taken of the promising character of the undertak-
ing is not hypothetical, but is the result of the arduous personal re-
searches of various individuals, who, in thnes past, have been de-
sirous of widening the circle of commerce and civilization, and,
among others more recently, of Mr. Wise, who has for several years
devoted his time to the closest investigation of the subject. To his
patient and Indefatigable perseverance for a long period in calling
the attention of her Majesty's Government to the importance of
Labuan as the site of a British settlement, may be ascribed the fact,
that the protection of our flag is now extended to countries so important
both in it political and commercial point of view.
The Queen hat appointed Mr. Brooke Governor and C. mmander-
in-Chief in and over the Island of Labuan and its dependencies, as
well as her Majesty's Commissioner and Consul-General to the Sultan
and independent chiefs of Borneo. These measures, and the course
of policy which they indicate, will materially facilitate and advance
the objects and interests of the Company throughout the Eastern Ar-
chipelago.
The Company being incorporated by Royal Charter, the responsi-
bility of each shareholder is limited to the amount of his subscrip-
tion. The charter provides for the execution by the shareholders of
a Deed of Settlement, to be approved by the President of the Board of
Trade.
Power is given in the Charter to augment the amount of capital of
the Corporation, if that course should become expedient.
share to be paid on the allotment of the Directors and the re-
mainder to be paid by instalments as called for by the
'I ho affairs of the Company are to be managed by a Court of
Directors of not more than twelve, two Managing Directors, and a
Secretary, and such agents, in Labuan or elsewhere, as the Directors
shall nominate ; the Directors and Auditors to be elected by the
shareholders, as provided by the Deed of Settlement.
Application for shares from parties well affected to the objects for
which the Company is established, addressed, in the form annexed,
to Messrs. Gledstanes and-Co., 3, White Lion-court, Comilla.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 23.

6ROIIN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron RoLFE.)
John Drury, Thomas Bulloss, William Hall, and John
Marsden, who were yesterday found guilty of maliciously
inciting, procuring, hiring, and commanding Alexander
and Thomas Heatlacote to commit a felony, by destroy-
inn. the machinery of Peter Bradshaw, at the lielham
Wheel, in Sheffield, were this morning brought up to
receive the sentence of the Court.
His LORDSHIP said, ithat the prisoners being in a
higher station than the two Heathcotes (who had been
convicted) had, by holding out to them promises of re-
ward and protection, incited them to the commission of
the offence to which they (the Heathcotes) had pleaded
guilty. Common sense dictated that those who hired
others to commit a crime should receive a more severe
sentence than those who actually committed it. His
Lordship then sentenced the prisoners to be severally
transported for ten years.
THE LEEDS MURDER.
Mr. DEARSLY made an application in the case of
Michael Stokes, who had been convicted of murder, for
a copy of the indictment, in order that a writ of error
might be brought to reverse the judgment, but he still
hoped his Lordship would reserve the point for the con-
sideration of the judges.
His LORDSHIP said he had consulted his Learned
Colleague, who thought with him, that the words " sent
forth," which created the difficulty, might he rejected as
surplusage, and that he should not reserve the point, but
that he should he happy to hear Mr. Dearsly.
Mr. DEARSLY then said, that the indictment charged
that the prisoner, " Michael Stokes a certain musket
then and there charged and loaded with gunpowder and
one leaden bullet, to, against, and upon the said Mary
Anne Garrad did shoot, discharge, and send forth, and
that the said Michael Stokes, with the leaden bullet
aforesaid, out of the musket aforesaid, then and there by
the force of the gunpowder, so shot, discharged and sent
forth as aforesaid, the said Mary Ann Garrad did strike,
&c., giving to the said Mary Ann Garrad, with the
leaden bullet aforesaid, so shot, discharged, and sent
forth out of the musket aforesaid, one mortal wound,
&c." He submitted, therefore, that these allegations
were repugnant, inasmuch as the first allegation was that
the musket was discharged, shot, and sent forth; in the
subsequent allegation it was charged that the bullet so
discharged, shot, and sent forth as aforesaid, caused the
death. These allegations were inconsistent and repug-
nant. _ _

WHITEHALL, MARCH 18.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Henry
Brooke, of Dudley, in the corny of 'Worcester, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of
Chancery.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Benjamin Harris, corn-merchant, Tewkesbury.
BANKRUPTS.
John Ellis and Charles Ellis, builders, Warner-road,
Camberwell, to surrender March 31 and May 5, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as-
signee, Basinghall-street; Hall, Moorgate-street.
William Day, brickmaker, Hilgay, Norfolk, March
31, at eleven, and May 8, at half-past eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street, London; Megison and Co., King's-road, Bed-
ford-row; Reed, Downham Market.
William Wheeler, builder. Notting-hill, Kensington,
April 4, at two, and May 9, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee
Abchurch-lane ; Thrupp, Winchester-buildings, Broad-
street.
Lewis Goodheim, cap manufacturer, Birmingham,
April 6 and 29, at eleven, at the Birmingham District
Court. V alpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Harri-
son, Birmingham.
Joseph Baldwin, coal merchant, Camberwell, Surrey,
March 31, at half-past one, and May 5, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Stead-
man and Place, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall- street.
Richard Winnall, grazier, Mathon, Worcestershire,
April 6 and May 6, at eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham;
Harding, Birmingham,
John Edward Jones, engineer, Upper Charlotte street
Fitzroy-square, March 30, at one, and May 13, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Gregory and Co , Bedford-row; Ford-
shaw, Liverpool.
Francis Edward Moorish, draper, Leicester-square,
April 3, at half-past one, and May 8, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee,
Guildhall-chambers; Reed, Langford, and Marsden,
Friday- street.
William Dingley, victualler, Bridgwater, Somerset,
April 7 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Elernamau, official assignee, Exeter ; Lovibond and
Carslake, Bridgwater; Bishop, New Bridge-street,
Blackfriars.
John George, grocer, Jackfield, Shropshire, April 8
and May 2, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Bir-
mingham.
Frederick Merrell, grocer, Halifax, Yorkshire, April
7, and May 5, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Williamson and Co.,
Gray's-inn; Rudd and Co., Halifax; Bond and Barwick,
Leeds.
Henry Hollis, tea-dealer, Bold-street, Liverpool, April
5 and 26, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Rogerson, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields ; Davenport and Son, Liverpool.
Evan Owen, auctioneer, Ruthin, Denbighshire, April
3 and 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court.
Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Oliver, Old Jewry;
Evans and Son, Liverpool.
Joseph Taylor Wo9lner, currier, Bury, Lancashire,
April 6 and 27, at eleven, at the Manchester District
Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Appleby,
Harpur-street, Red Lion square, London; Grundy, Bury.
William Lax, land-surveyor, Darlington, April 4, at
twelve, and May 11, at half-past one, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court. Waltley, official assignee,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Allison, Richmond, Yorkshire ;
Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
James Dove, tanner, Darlington, Durham, April 4, at
eleven, and May 11, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne; Mewburn, Great Winchester street, Lon-
don; Mewburn, Hutchinson and Mewburn, Darlington;
Rymer, Darlington; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
William Price, engraver, Bristol, April 7, and May
5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton,
official assignee, Bristol; Trehern and White, London;
Sabine, Bristol.
James Penny, brewer, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan-
shire, April 6, at half-past eleven, and May 4, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee,
Bristol; Bishop, New Bridge-street, London ; Lovibond
and Co., Bridgwater.
James Bonnin, jun., builder, Onslow-cottage, Bromp-
ton, April 11, at half-past one, and May 9, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee,
Coleman-street, London; Tucker and Steavenson,
Threadneedle-street.
(Dividends, &c., in our next.)
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending March 21,
1846, is 245. Bd. per cwt.

GEORGE KEYS. Secretary.

PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE,
be, REGENT-STREET, and 2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-
XIIILDIX GS, LON DON.
Established 1806.
INVESTED CAPITAL, 1,236,000/.
Annual Income 140,0001. Bonuses declared 743,6001.
Claims paid since the Establishment of the Office, 1,678,0001.
PRESIDLIST.
The Right Honourable EARL GREY.
DIRECTOSS.
The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Chairman.
The Rev. James Sherman, Deputy Chairman.
Henry R. Alexander, Bsq. William Ostler, Esq.
'teary Blencowe Churchill, Esq. George Round. Esq.
George Dacre, Esq. James Sedgwick, Egg.
Alexander Henderson, M.D. Frederick Squire, Esq.
William Judd, lisq. William Henry Stole, Esq.
hlr Richard D. King, Bart. Capt. W. John Williams.
The 'Rates of Premium are those adopted by the principal Life
Offices, the rate without ewes is lower than that of most other
offices.
The Bonuses are added to the folicies, or applied to the reduction
Of the Premiums.
Policies issued by this office are purchased at their full value ; or
Loans may be obtained upon them, after they have been in existence
for five years.
If a party neglect to pay for the renewal of his Policy, he may
repair the omission any time within twelve months, upon proof of
geod health.
The whole of the profits (subject to a trifling, deduction) are given
to the Insured.
Boni-feet paid upon Policies which have become Claims.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Lito insured•

Sum insured

Sum paid.

- _
Portzsmornr, MARCH 24.—The following young
gentlemen (midshipmen) passed their examination very
creditably this morning on board the Excellent, in the
science and art of gunnery, qualifying them for the rank
and duties of Lieutenant :—Messrs. Simcoe, Burgess,
Pike, and Russell, of the Excellent ; Mr. Sparks, of the
Victory ; Mr. Coventry and Messrs. Preston, Waddi-
love, Dowell, and Kelhani, late of the Eagle, recently
paid cif.
The Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, is stripped, and
will be paid off to- morrow.
The Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, sailed
ilamstoeur.tCh.ommander Fulton, sailed
this this afternoon for Cork, to join Sir Charles Napier's
squadron,iTshaeftieirenrcocaoulnliicns'
for
g2a4tPlymouth,24, Master-Commander
to take in mails, whence
she proceeded to Cork, en route to the Cape of Good
Hope, Bombay, and New Zealand.
The Adventure naval transport, Mr. P. Wellington
master, arrived this afternoon from Plymouth with stores.
The Cormorant steam-sloop was taken into the basin
to day, to be refitted for further service.
The remains of the late Vice-Admiral Warren, who
died on Wednesday, will be interred at Wymering in a
few days. A subscription has been set on foot, headed
by Admiral Dundas, Captain Milne, Captain Eden, and
other officers in distinguished positions in the service, to
raise funds for the erection of a monument, to comme-
morate the good name and deeds of the gallant deceased.
In Harbour—The Victory, 104, Captain Eden, flag of
Sir Charles Ogle, Bart.; the Excellent gunnery ship,
Captain Chads, C. 8.; the Powerful, 84, Captain the Hon.
R. S. Dundas, C. 8.; the Blenheim, steam-block ship,
Captain Horatio Austen, C.B. ; the Illustrious, 72,
Captain Yates; the Diligence, naval transport; the Bir-
kenhead, steam-frigate, Commander Hewlett ; the
Gorgon, Commander Grenfell ; the Lightning and
Echo.
At Spithead—The Adventure.
In Dock—The Victoria and Albert Royal yacht; the
Ajax, steam-block ship; the Actaeon, 26, and Orestes,
18, refitting.
In the Basin—The Malabar, coal depot ; Cormorant,
steam-sloop ; Rolla, 10 ; and Rocket, tug.
On the Slips—The Royal Frederick, 110 ; Princess
Royal, 90, in frame ; the Arrogant and Plumper,
steamers.
Wind, W.N.W., moderate breezes, and fine weather.

£• £ s. d.
John Wharton, Esq., Skeltin Castle 6,000 7,706 6 I
81r John Saunders Sebright, tart... 5,000 7,652 12 3
16.1 r William Wake, tart. .. • • • • • ... 5,000 7,500 b 9
Earl Strathmore • • • • • • • • • • • ..... 5,000 7,123 15 I
Rev. 11. W.Champneys, Canterbury 3,000 4,509 1 1
The Marquis •t Wellesley •• • • • • • 2,000 5,411 1
Earl Cathcart , . .. .. .. .. 1,000 I 1,a62 4 I I

In answer to a question from his LORDSHIP,
Mr. DEARSLY said, he was arguing upon the record,
and not upon the evidence. Whereupon
His LORDSHIP said, that the proper remedy was in
error, and that the Attorney-General would, if he
thought there was anything in the point, issue his fiat for
the writ, and make the proper representation to the
Home- office.

Prospectuses and full particulars may he obtained upon applica-
tion to the agents of the office in all the principal towns of the United
Kingdom ; and at the head office, No. 50, Regent-street.
JOIIN A. BEAUMONT, Managing Director.

WALKER'S NEEDLES (by authority),
the " QUEEN'S OWN," with the new large eyes, are
easily threaded, even by the blind, and have improved points, temperlwe
,
and finish ; the labels are correct likenesses of the Queen and Pri
Albert in relief on coloured grounds. Sent free by post, by any
respectable dealer, on receipt' of thirteen stamps for every shilling
value.
IL WALKER'S NEEDLES FOR THE MILLION are about half
the price of the " Queen's Own." 11. W. also manufactures improved
Croclaits, Fish-hooks, Hooks and Eyes, Steel Pens, tc..4
Gresham-street West. ',onion.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Oakharn, March 23.
The Right Hon. Sir T. Wilde and the lion. Mr.
Justice Maule arrived here this morning, and having
opened the commission took their seats in the County-
hall at half-past 10 o'clock; the Lord Chief Justice pre-
siding in the Crown Court, and Mr. Jastice Maule on

the Civil Side.
There appeared in the calendar on this occasion the
rather unusual number of thirteen prisoners for trial for
the county of Rutland. Of these ono was charged with
murder, another with rape, and the remainder with the
more ordinary and lighter class of offences of every day

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occurrence.
There were two causes, of which one was undefended.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Lord CHIEF JUSTICE WILDE.:

THE QUEEN V. STAUGLITON.
This was an indietment fur a rape upon a female
child of the age of l2i years.
Mr. Macata,A.v conducted the prosecution, and at
the request of the Learned Judge watched the case for
the prisoner.
The prosecutrix, a very intelligent mad modest-looking
girl, of the age above stated, had been sent on the 7th of
January last from Barrowden to Uppingham, a distance
of six miles, to carry a letter to Mr. Hope, a chemist
there. When near Glaston, a village one mile and a
half from Uppingham, she was passed by three men,
with whom was a dog of rather remarkable colour and
appearance, which in the evf nt served as a material piece
of evidence to establish the identity of the prisoner. The
three men and the Wog passed her on the road going
towards Uppingham, and she lost sight of them. When
within about ono mile of Uppingham the prosecutrix was
accosted by a man, whom she positively swore to be the
prisoner, and who was accompanied by a dog exactly
resembling the one she had previously seen.
She then described the details of the offence per-
petrated upon her, which was not effected until
he had inflicted some blows upon her face and
used frightful threats to intimidate her. When
released she made the best of her way to Upping-
ham, and presented herself to Mrs. Hope in a state of
the utmost distress and suffering. From the description
given of the man the police set off in quest of the prisoner
who was well known as a railway navigator in the neigh-
bourhood, and after a protracted search he was found
concealed under a bed in the house of a friend, where he
was denied when inquired for, but the dog being in the
house the search was persevered in. All doubt as to the
accuracy of the prosecution in speaking to his identity
was removed by the evidence of two witnesses, who
proved that he was one of the three men seen, as above
stated, by her near Glaston, and that the dog was the
same dog, and had been recently stolen by the prisoner.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty; and the pri-
soner was sentenced to be transported for the term of his
natural life.
In the case of murder the grand jury ignored the bill.
The prisoner was a young girl employed nursing a baby.
The prosecutrix, the mother of the infant, on coming
into the room, found the baby in a dying state, and on
smelling at the mouth detected the smell of laudanum.
Shortly afterwards she saw the prisoner shut an oven,
and, on going to.look into it, discovered a bottle con-
taining laudanum, There was no evidence, however, of
the administering by the prisoner, or of her having pur-
chased, acquired, or been herself in the possession of
any laudanum. We believe that nearly all the evidence
against the prisoner was that above mentioned, but the
facts did not transpire in co urt, the bill having, as
before stated, been ignored by the grand jury.

APPOINTMENTS.

ADMIRALTY, MARCH 24.—Charles Sproull, Acting
Assistant-Surgeon to the Victory ; W. M‘Mahon,
Assistant-Surgeon to the Dee.

ENGLISH WORKMEN IN FRANCE.—Within the
last few days a subscription has been commenced by the
French residents in London in favour of the English
workmen so unjustly expelled from France. Among
the gentlemen who have contributed to that fund we are
happy to see the name of the Chargé des Affaires of the
French Republic. Although M. Cottu's contribution is
made in his private, and not in his official capacity, it is
nevertheless a strong indication that the expulsion of
the English workmen from Paris and other parts of
France has the sympathy neither of the present Govern-
meat of that country nor of the respectable portion of
the French people.
THE ROBBERY Or 2001. AT THE ROTUNDA HOTEL,
LIVERPOOL.—On Friday a young man, of rather smart
appearance was brought up before Mr. Rushton, at the
Police Court, upon the charge of being the party who
committed the above robbery. Police-constable Keogh,
of the detective force, stated the facts of the case, and
added that ever since the robbery bad been committed
he and Bates, another officer, had been in search of the
thief. On Thursday evening the prisoner was appre-
hended, anti, upon being placed in the back office by
Superintendent Brown, amongst some other parties, Mr.
Shane's nephew immediately pointed him out as being
the person who had committed the robbery. The nephew
swore positively to the prisoner. Bates, the constable,
stated that he apprehended the prisoner on Thursday
night, on suspicion of being the thief, but as yet no
portion of the money had been recovered. Mr. Owen,
who appeared for the prisoner, said that he could prove
an alibi, but that he declined doing so at present. Mr.
Rushton said he should remand him. It was then stated
that the prisoner was in custody in 1835, but was then
discharged. In 1845 he was imprisoned three months ;
and since then he had been twice convicted, and once
discharged. Mr. Rushton—" Oh! I remember the man
well enough now, and so do you, Mr. Owen; he is the
man upon whom the eighty sovereigns were found after
the Islington robbery. I shall commit him for trier—
Liver pool Standard.
THE GENTLEMEN- A T-A RMS.—We understand that
it is in contemplation to change the designation of the
lion. Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms (who. in the early
part of the reign of William IV., were styled Gentlemen
Pensioners) to that of the *4 Queen's Royal Body Guard,"
by command of her Majesty. By a recent regulation,
no person is allowed to enter this corps who is in any
way connected with trading or mercantile pursuits; and
every Gentleman-at-Arms is now eligible to be presented
at Court.
The Rev. Mr. Thomas, of Exeter College, Oxford,
whose perversion to Romanism was lately announced, is
the ninth convert from Exeter College since the cera-
meucement of the Oxford rnovemeut.—qturch and Slat e
caseate.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR STARES.
Gentlemen,--I beg to apply for Shares in the Eastern Archi-
pelago Company mentioned in the above prospectus ; and I agree to
accept the same or any smaller number which, within three months
from the date hereof, may be allotted to me, and without reference
to whether the whole amount of shares may be taken or subscribed
for, and to pay the deposit and the instalments as they may be called
for ; and to execute, when required, the deed of settlement prepared
under the direction of Use Court of Directors, and approved of by the
President of the Board of Trade,
Dated this day of 1848.
To Messrs. Gledstanes and Co., No. 3, White Lion-court,
Cernhill, London.
Signature of Applicant • •
Name of Referee •• • • • • • • •

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•VELF-PRESERVATION ; a Medical Treatise
oz the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
talons, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish awl enfeeble the natural
*clings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations ea the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence ol
tropical climates: Local and Constitntional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Dolls-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
_ nolosay, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
-exp/aining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
Infection. • BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
. • burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Marriage requires the fUlfllment of several eondltione. in order
that it may be really the cause of mutnai happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
Me traced to physical disqualifications and their attendant disap-
seelutments. Excesses are always injurious; the gift, which when
seed in moderation is . fraught with advantage, becomes, when
abused .the prolific source of mischief and of greater or less injury
to the constitntional and vital powers. The particular excesses, en
the nature and consennence of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame,
Shan any other to which it is subject.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Reproductive Organs, and of
their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly
reeittirea the closest attention and study, for what subject can
be of more importance than the preservation of the health,
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
be possessed. It nafertunately happens that the unhappy
victim of excessive indulgence and vicious habits, whether acquired
it early life or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
Ire= their invariable consequences, unwisely entertains a tear of ap-
plying to a qualified entertained for relef. Shame and the dread eo
frequently, but erroneously that these complaints are
beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking
for assistance where alone it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination n ascertaining the ceases of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, and, above all, secrecy, inva-
riably characterise the intelligent and practical physician, and to the
medical man who can show by hia posse; sion of the requisite legal
qualifications that he is entitled to esteems u
respect in his profes-
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LONDON-ADJOURNED SESSIONS.
(Before the Loan MAYOR and a full bench of Aldermen.)
SUPPRESSION OF DERBY SWEEPS.—MF. D. W. WIRE
appeared in support of the application of H. H. Watts,
of the Fleece public-house, Knightrider-street, Doctors'
Commons, for a renewal of his licence, which had been
suspended at the previous Court, on the suggestion of
Alderman Wilson, who had intimated to the Court that
the applicant allowed Derby and other sweeps for money
for the purpose of horso racing and gambling to take
place at his house. Mr. Wire complained that the
the applicant should have been so strongly opposed by
the worthy Alderman, for the committal of an act which
was carried on in almost every public-house in London.
He would not in the present case go into the question
of the legality of racing-sweeps ; but he would say
that there was nothing in the Act of Parliament
directly making them illegal; the applicant was desirous
to conduct his house in a proper manner, and with
a view to remove the opposition and the preju-
dice of Alderman Wilson, was quite willing to under-
take that the sweeps should be discontinued in future,
and ho had already removed his bills from the window.
Mr. Wire, therefore, trusted the Court would feel that
the license ought o be granted.
' Alderman WILSON was very-.glad to hear that the
applicant had Salted tbis course, for otherwise he was

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