The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-27 00:00:00

FEBRUARY 27, 1846.
LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING S Ng

No. 16,674.

COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE. Annuity, Family Endowment, and Loan
ASSOCIATION, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London. Under Act of
Parliament 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110. Established 1841.
At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of the Com•
mercial and General Life.office, held at the Company's offices, as
above, en February 13, 1846.
H. G. WARD, Esq., M.P., in the chair,
it was resolved unanimously,-
1. That the report now read be adopted by this meeting.
2. That a dividend of 61. per cent. upon the paid up capital for the
half-year ending the Ist of January, 1846, bedeclared.
3. That H. G. Ward, Esq., M.P., William Bastow, Esq., and T.
Bush Saunders, Esq., be re elected Directors of this Company.
4. That W. Wellington Cooper, Esq., be re-elected Auditor.
5. That the Directors be empowered to take such steps as they may
deem advisable for increasing the working eapital of the Company,
by an issue of the reserved shares.
Thanks were voted to the Chairman and the Directors, and the
meeting broke up.
By order of the Board,
FRED. LAWRANCE, Resident Sec.
Offices,ll2 and 113, Cheapside.
For the purpose of carrying out the fifth resolution the Directors
have resolved upon issuing the reserved shares at par.
The sum now paid up Is 12s. on each share of 101.
Applications for allotments may be made in the following form,
and addressed to Frederic Lawrence, the Resident Secretary, at the
Company's offices, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London.
Form of Application for Shares.
To the Trustees and Directors of the Commercial and General Life
Office, 112 and 113, Cheapside, London.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of WI.
each, and I undertake to pay 12s. per share on allotment, and to
sign the deed of settlement on delivery of the stock.

Address ................ •. .
Business or profession
Date of application •• •••• •• • •
Reference ........... .

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital A 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ~exp-
ence or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of kin interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT'‘.
The success and increasing presp,rity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last anunal investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from SO to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Polio, effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

E 0

fg
• E 0
o g
:4 S.

(lag
(la g Premium. 2 Bonus
added.

Bemis In
Cash.

A 1837 £l9l 13 5
I X X "' 1838 165 13 0
6311033 74 3 4 18321 138 13 6
11840 89 0 0

1117 13 51L1317 1
74 13 101 11 8 6
61 14 31 9 210
41 13 4; 6 11 0

X 395 Il 1
346 2 3
296 13 4
247 4 3

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in L.,
amber of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Bee.

OVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY, 5, St. James's-street, London,
TZUSTEES.

Lord Rossmore. Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq.,
Sir August Brydges Heniker, Bt. F.R.S., F.S.A.
Henry Pownall, Esq, -Claude Edward Scott, Esq.

DIRECTORS.
Chairman—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord ARTHUR LENNOX, M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—C. GRANGER, Esq. MP.
John Ashburner, Esq., 31. D. John Gardiner, Esq.
T. M. B. Batard, Esq. Aaron Asher Goldsmid, Esq.
Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. Lord Macdonald.
Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P. Alexander Ogilvie, Esq.
C. Farebrother, Esq., Alderman. I Henry William PownaU, Esq.
William Tulloh Fraser, Esq.
The business of the Company is divided into three principal
branches _ . _

The Assurance of Life, and all the ordinary transactions of assur-
ance offices, upon advantageous terms, peculiar to this Company ;
An entirely New and Advantageous System at once of Assurance
and Deposit;
And the Granting of Loans upon a new and highly beneficial sys-
tem, and the effecting all pecuniary arrsuagemeats connected with
life assurance.
A Board of Directors meets every Thursday, at two o'clock ; but
proposals may be made at any time.
Prospectuses and every information may be obtained, and pro-
posals for Assurance or Loans may be made, at the offices of the
Company, between the hours of ten and four o'clock daily, or lay
letter addressed to the Secretary.
GEORGE CUMMING, Secretary.

THE AUSTRALASIAN, COLONIAL, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY COM-
PANY, 126, Bishopsgate-street, corner of Conklin'.
Capital, 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon Colquhoun, Esq.
Robert Brooks, Esq. IC. E.• Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
Jehn Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
Tzurrisza—Edward Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. H. Capper, Esq. ;
Edward Thompson, Esq.
.LuniToa.s—James Easton, Esq., and C. Richardson, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples.
ReNasas— The Union Bank of London.
COLONIAL Betessis—The Bank of Australasia (incorporated by
Royal Charter, 1835), 8, Austin-friars, London.
Polsucteae—Dr. Fraser, 62, Guildford-street, Russell-square.
ACTUARY AND SECRETARY—Edward Ryley, Esq.
The following are the specimens of the rates of premium charged
by this Company for the Assurance of 1001.

WITH PROFITS.

Age. Annual Premium.
20 £ll7 1
25 2 2 1
30 2 8 2
35 2 15 2
40 3 4 0
45 3 15 6
50 4 11 8
55 8 9 7

WDl]

SOLIT PROFITS.

Annual Premium.
£1 10 3
1 14 11
2 0 7
3 7 0
2 15 3
3 6 6
4 1 8
5 0 5

No extra Premium is charged for residence in the Australasian or
North American Colonies, or at the Cape of Good Hope.
Peculiar facilities are afforded for the assurance of the lives of
persons proceeding to or residing in the East Indies.
Premiums may be paid, and claims settled, in Australasia add the
East Indies, by indorsement of the policy.
Immediate and Deferred Annuities are granted by the Company
on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu-
tion that Annuitants participate in the profits.
The following are specimens of the rates of annuities granted for
every 1001. sunk :

Male Female Male Female
Age. Lives. Lives. Age. Lives, Lives.
40 £7 8 3 £6 18 2 65 £l2 0 £lO 19 0
50 813 6 714 4 70 15 0 8 13 2 6
60 10 16 3 9 9 0 75 18 9 2 16 3 5

Prospectuses, with Tables, Forms of Proposal for the purchase of
au Annuity or for making an Assurance, and every information,
may be obtained by application at the Office of the Company.
itTL-EY. Actuary and Secretary.

BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPAXT.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Vict., cap. 9.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
MUTUAL ASSURANCE BRANCH.
Complete security afforded to the Assured by means of an ample
subscribed capital, and the large thuds accumulated from the pre-
miums on upwards of 6,000 policies.
Half the amount only of the annual premium required during the
first five years, the remaining half premiums being paid out of the
profits, which, after five years, will be annually divided among the
Assured.
--- • • ----

MUTUAL ASSUBANCR BRANCH. PROPHIRTIRT BRANCH.
Half ?re- Whole Pre- Half Pre- Whole Pre-
Age. niittni, first mium, after Age. mium, first mium, after
five years. five years. seven years. seven years.
£ s. d. £ a. 4. £ a. d. £ s. d.
20 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 18 0 1 16 0
25 1 2 2 2 4 4 25 0 19 y 1 19 2
30 14 11 29 10 30 1 1 9 23 6
24 1 8 6 217 0 35 14 11 2 19.10
40 112 3 36 6 40 19 2 218 4
45 119 6 319 0 45 114 10 39 8
50 27 9 416 6 50 I 2 6 45 0
55 218 10 il7 8 55 212 9 3i 6
PETER UORRISON, Resident Director.

AN AFFECTING GOOD BYE
A gentleman, not many days remote,
Was heard in conversation with his coat.
" My faithful friend," said. he, "it makes me grieve
To think that I'm constrain'd to take my leave.
You've been a worthy garment in your time,
But now, alas! I think you've seen your prime.
And, therefore, dearest coat! I think it best
To fold you up and pop you in thy chest.
Good bye, my worthy coat I good bye! good bye l"
(And here he wip'd a tear-drop from his eye).
" Well," said the garment. "if it must be so,
It can't be help'd ; hut I regret to go.
Of course you'll haste to MOSES for another;
At MOSES' mart I've many a worthy brother.
You'll get a coat of MOSES and his SON
To serve you just as well as I have lone.
I'm only one from such a boundless stock ;
They've charming coats iu thousands—dress and frock.
Cheer up, good master ! pray cheer up," said he,
" You'll get another coat as good as me."
LIST OF PRICES.
READY MADE.

s. d.
Beaver Taglionis . •................. from 0 8 6
Chesterfields or Codringtons ..... 0 10 6
D'Orsnys, Att.°is, Pembroke, and every description of
Winter Coats ...... • • „.., „ ................
..
Boys' Winter Coats in every style .............. from 0 8 6
Winter trousers, lined „„ „„ 0 4 6
Doeskin, „
Dress Coats, edged .. ••• • •
801 l Cellar Vest •••••••• • • • • • • ................ 0 1 9
Double-breasted ...• •• •• ••••••• • • • • •• 0 2 6
Boys' Hussar and Tunis suits ..... ...... 0 18 6
Ditto, Winter Trousers.... •• • • ..... ....... •. 0 3 0
Ditto, ditto Vests •. ••••• • •• • • • 0 1 6

MADE TO MEASURE.
Winter Coats, in every style and shape, handsomely
trimmed .• .• •••••••••••••--• • • • • • • • • •• • .
Milled cloth Great Coats, velvet collar and cuffs ...... 1 12 0
Tweed Wrappers ... ...
Ditto Trousers .. ••.••• • • • • • ..• • • ••• • • • 0 8 6
Winter Trousers, in all the new patterns . .
Doeskin ditto.... ••••• • • • • ...... .• 0 10 6
Best quality, or dress do ........... ..... ....... „ 1 G 0
Dress Coats .• • • • • •• -1 12 0
Ditto, best quality made •. .• ..... ••••••••• • • • • • • • • 2 15 0
Ditto, Lest quality made •••••-•••••••••• •• •• • • •• • • •• 3 3 0
Cashmere Vests.— •••• • • • • :•• •• • • ..
Satin do., plain or fancy ......... .
Boys' Hussar and Tunis suits .• •.••.••• •• •• •• •• .• 1 6 0
Great Coats ....... 0 14 6
The New Work, entitled • " Habiliment Hall," witk full di
rections for self-measurement, may be had on application, or for.
warded, " Post Free."
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollen Drapers, Hat-
ters, and Outfitters, Minorics, and Aldgate, City, London.
IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased ordered, if not approved of or
exchanged, or the money returned-
N.B. No business transacted at this Establishment from sunset on
Friday till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed at twelve
o clock.
CAUTION.-IE. Moses and Son are obliged to guard the public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike false-
hood of being connected with them, or its the same concern, has
bean resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. They
have no connexion whatever titi ith any other estaidishmont, in or out
of London, and these who deAre genuine Cheap Clothing should (to
prevent disappointment, 842.C.n/All or send to 154, AratoriSS, Sr 56,
,Llclgitts, mane the Clatirol*

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Lectures on CHEMISTRY, with Brilliant Experiments,
by Dr. Ryan, daily at Half-past Three, and on the Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at Nine o'Clock. During
Lent a series of LECTURES on ASTRONOM r, by Dr. Baehhoffner
on the Mornings and Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days, illustrated by a beautiful DISSOLVING ORRERY, aecoom-
panted by Dr. Wallace on Grove's Melodian, a new Musical
Instrume,t, and on Braby's CALOTONE. A daily LEC-
TURE on the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, illustrated by a
Working Model carrying Visitors. A New and Powerful Working
Model of COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, which
ascends and descends Inclined Planes with one or more passengers.
The PHYSIOSCOPE, OPAQUE MICROSCOPE, DISSOLVING
VIEWS, CHROHATROPE, &c. Experiments with the DIVING
BELL and DIVER. Open from Eleven to Half-past Five, and
from Seven to Half-past Ten in the Evening.
Admittance. One Shilling. Schools, Ralf-price.

rfillE HUMAN- TRIPOD, or the THREE-
-11 CHILD and FIRST BIPE NIS EVER SEEN or
HEARD OF.

The nobility and gentry, and the lovers of natural sciences, are re-
spectfully invited to view the following unprecedented phenomenon
of a Male Child, Six Months old, by name JOHN BAPTIST DOS
SANTOS, a native of Portugal, having THREE LEGS and
TWENTY TOES, and being otherwise a very line, well-made,
healthy, and lively boy. lie is a bipenis as well as a trisceles, and
the causes of this extraordinary gemination of limbs and organs, and
the probabilities of their future growth and development, may well
afford ample field for the speculations of the learned,
Exhibited every day (Sunday excepted) from Eleven to Five
o'clock, at No. 56, QUADRANT, REGENT-STREET.
. .

Admission, Half-a-Crown,

The Child will be shown privately at the residences of the nobility
and gentry, by applying to Antonio Dos Santos, at the same address.

L YNN AND DEREHAM RAILWAY
COMPANY.
At the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS in this Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street, London, on Thursday, 26th February, 1846,
HENRY CHARLES LACY, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors, in the chair,
The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meet-
ing, and the Report of the Directors,
. The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to, viz.:-
Ist. That the Report of the Directors, read to the meeting, be ap-
proved of, adopted, and confirmed.
2d. That the Common: Seal of the Company be allied to the Re-
gister of Shareholders.
3d That the salary of the Secretary be at the rate of 2001. per
annum, commencing from the date of the Act of Incorporation.
4th. That Edward Self, Esq., be elected Auditor, in the room of
George Whitley, Esq., who has resigned.
sth. That the annual sum of 40/., over and above their travelling
expenses, be alloered to the Auditors for their services, to be paid
from 20th August, 1845.
6th. That Sir Henry Rcddam Calder, Bart., and Henry Charles
Lacy, Esq., be re-elected Directors.
7th. That the sum of 6001. be paid to the Directors, as a remunera-
tion for their services up to this time.
Bth. That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the Direc-
tors, for their attention to the interests of the Company.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
9th. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman, for
presiding. W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

ELY AND HUNTINGDON RAILWAY
COMPANY.
At the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS in this Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate street, London, on Thursday, Feb. 26, 1846,
HENRY CHARLES LACY, Esq., Chairmon of the Board of Direc-
tors, is the chair,
The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meet-
ing, and the Report of the Directors,
The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to, viz.:-
Ist. That the Report of the Directors, read to the meeting, be ap-
proved of, adopted, and confirmed.
2d. That the Common Seal of the Company be affixed to the Re-
gister of Shareholders.
3d. That the salary of the Secretary be at the rate of 2001. per
annum, commencing from the date of the Act of Incorporation.
4th. That Timothy Steward, Esq., be re-elected Auditor.
sth. That the annual sum of 401., over and above their travelling
expenses, he allowed to the Auditors for their services, to be paid
from July 31, 1845.
6th. That Henry Charles Lacy, William Everard, Henry Champion
Partridge, Foster Rbynolds, Edward Self, and Joseph Bridgewell
Whiting, Esqs., be re-elected Directors.
7th. That the sum of 6001. be paid to the Directors, as a remunera-
tion for their services up to this time.
Bth. That the cordial thanks of the meeting be given to the Direc-
tors, for their attention to the interests of the Company.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
9th. That the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman for
presiding.

W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

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TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE,
for MARCH, pace One Shilling, contains—
Life and Correspondence of Eavid Hume ;'by J. H. Burton, Esq.—
The Earl of Gowrie ; a Tragety—The Deserted Tavern ; a Tale of
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On Wednesday, 411 March, will be published,
In two volumes Bvo., vith Portraits and Facsimiles,
LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of DAVID
HUME, from the Pap rs bequeathed by his Nephew, BARON
HUME, to the Royal Societ3 of Edinburgh ; and other Original
Sources.

By JOHN HILL BURTON, Esq., Advocate.
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UNITED SERVICE MAGAZINE,
and NAVAL and MILITARY JOURNAL, for MARCH•

CONTENTS :-.

1. The Secret of Commana. •
2. Guernsey and its Lieutelant-Govemor.
3. my Own Recollections or the River Plate.
4. A Tale of a Brevet ; a Sketch from Life.
5. Our Log, and Incidents of a Voyage to the Cape, Madeira, and
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6. The Battle of Rancou.

7. Reminiscences of the late War of Succession in Portugal.
8. Memoirs of an Old:Sinnggler.
9. Remarks on Abercrombie's Expedition to Egypt and its Results.
10. Memoirs of an Old Sailor.
11. Alexandria in 1845. By Hadji Abdullah.
12. On the Recruiting of the Army.
13. Manning of the Royal ffavy.
14. The Battles on the Sutlaj.
15. The New First Lord of the Admiralty.
•
16. Recent Operations in the River Plate.
17. Major-General Sir Isaac Brock and the Forty-first Regiment.
Stations of the Army and Navy—Official Dispatches of the Battles
in India—Promotions and Appointments—Estimates—with all the
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APPALLING EXPLOSION ON THE

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.

DOVER, THURSDAY Nmax.—The Coroner's investigation relative
to this sad catastrophe was commenced this day, at twelve o'clock,
before Mr. G. T. Thompson, the borough Coroner, and a jury of
thirteen householders, in the Guards'-room attached to the town ter-
minus of the railway.
The names of the sufferers. and their respective ages, as handed
to the Coroner, by Mr. Way, the station-master, are as follows :
Joseph Harnbrook, aged 24, left a widow and one child ; William
Gordon, aged 23, a widow ; Thomas Hutton, 52, a widow, and no
family ; James Cooke, 56, left two children • John Russell, single
man ; John Payne, 39, a widow and seven children ; Isaac Hughes,
28, single man ; John Wilson, 28, a widow ; Edward Ruck, 38,
widow and two children ; John Kendall, 24, single man ; William
Richards, 39, widow ; and Joseph Willis, 30, widow and two chil-
dren ; the last-named deceased survived the accident some hours.
He died in shocking agony at nine o'clock last evening.
The jury having been duly empannelled on the twelve bodies,
Mr. Sims, the foreman, observed that before the investigation was
proceeded with, he should wish to ask the Coroner whether he really
had any power to deal with the ease, as the accident took place in
the county, and, therefore, he thought, out of the jurisdiction of the
borough Coroner.
The CORONER remarked, that knowing an opinion had gone abroad
questioning the legality of his going into the inquiry, he had sub-
mitted it to the consideration of Mr. Sergeant Manning, who was
clearly of opinion that he (the Coroner) had jurisdiction in the
matter, and was bound to proceed with it.
The inquiry was then resumed.
Henry Moore said he last saw them alive at half-past eleven o'clock
on Tuesday forenoon. They were engaged on the line near the cave.
Never saw them enter the cave. Did not know that it contained
powder, or even that a cave existed there.
Mr. Nash said that, after the Coroner had taken the evidence as to
the identity of the deceased, he would call witnesses who would mi-
nutely describe the formation and character of the cave.
Mr. Nash here addressed the jury, and said, it would be found that
the deceased were aware of the existence of gunpowder in the cave ;
and, according to a statement, which he had reduced to writing, of
one of the sufferers, since dead, which he was desirous to put in as
evidence, the explosion was occasioned by one of the deceased incau-
tiouslysmoking a pipe in the cave, and a spark falling on to the
powd
The CORONER replied that he could not accept it as evidence.
powder led to the deplorable result.
Francis
;n
beinge Coast-guard. On Tuesday last I left our
sworn, then said, I am a commission boat-
man,e;vio service of
oft
h station at Lydden Spout, near Dover, and proceeded on duty along
the railway towards Folkstone. Having spoken with a policeman
and a plate-layer, who were on the line, respecting some particular
thßarnes,o
duty, I returned towards Dover, and while walking on the sea-
wall, near the Shakspeare tunnel, I saw the explosion take place
at the foot of the cliff, about 50 yards in advance of me. I felt
the shock very greatly, and ran back as it shook me. There was
a dense body of smoke, and I noticed dark figures being hurled into
the air, which I have no doubt were the bodies of the deceased.
Thinking at first that they were blasting the cliff,' ran back to the police-
man to blame him for not warning me. He told me that he knew
nothing of the circumstance. I then returned, and met an old man,
who was holding up and grasping his hands in apparently deep agony.
I said to him, " What are they doing—are they blowing up the
cliff ?" He replied, " Oh, no, there has been an accident; several
persons are killed." I then made my way to the mouth of the cave,
and saw bodies lying about in all directions, with their clothes on
fire. I noticed three or four men alive in great suffering. Two were
lying in a ditch fronting the mouth of the cave. They were sensible,
and praying God to let them die. I afterwards discovered the other
under the sea-wall. The remainder were scattered on the line and
about the rocks. As soon as I had recovered myself, for I was much
confused by the scene, I ran to the policeman, told him the occur-
rence, and bade him go to the spot. I then went further up the line
and fired my pistol, the usual signal to alarm my comrades at the
station to render assistance. On returning to the cave a pilot en-
gine and some carriages came up from the Dover station, and I
assisted those present in placing the sufferersin them.'-,
Thomas Dingley, a plate-layer, in the service of the company, was
also examined, and spoke to the foregoing facts.
Henry Hunter, a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Grissell and
Peto, deposed, on Saturday last I was breakfasting in the toll cave
with several other labourers. It was full, and the labourers, the
deceased, wanted to enter. They were murmuring for want of room,
and said to Dingley, as he would not disturb his rabbits for them in
one of the caves, would he let them go into the one that contained
the powder? He refused, unless they got the sanction of Mr.
Way, the station-master, when he would remove and bury
the powder. On Taesday morning, between eight and nine
o'clock, I saw the door of the cave open, and went in with
several fellow-labourers, and drank some beer. There were two
small beer-casks in the cave, one was empty and the other had two
gallons of beer in it. They were placed in the cave on Monday, and
were taken away only twenty minutes before the explosion. When
L went in I saw the powder on the floor ; did not think there was
much danger in wandering about such a place.
Some interruptions occurred here in the investigation from Mr. De
Lassoux, coroner for the Canterbury division of the county claiming
the right of holding the inquest.
Mr. De Lassoux again repeated his determination to proceed
with his inquiry on the following day, and left, evidently much
excited.
The investigation was then resumed; the witnesses who were
examined corroborating the evidence previously adduced, and at a
late hour the inquiry was adjourned, with a view of obtaining further
evidence.
The dying declaration of the deceased, Joseph Willis, which was
rejected by the Coroner, as it could not be received in evidence, but
which gives the cause of the explosion, is to the following effect
I, Joseph Willis, make a statement, as far as I can recollect, of
the cause of the accident. At a quarter-before one o'clock P.M., on
Tuesday, I, in company with others, entered a cave situate close to
where we were at work. We did so in consequence of Its raining.
and wanting to finish our dinner. Afterwards one of my mates—l
do not know his name—took a lucifer-match to light his pipe of
tobacco. Having done so, he accidental let it fall upon the ground,
close to something black, which immediately began to hiss, and we
all became alarmed, and endeavoured to make our escape, during
which time it communicated with two barrels which were in the
cave, containing gunpowder. I did not at the time know that they
contained powder, but judged they did in consequence of the explo-
sion which followed directly after. I recollect nothing further."

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The Queen held her first Drawing-room this season yesterday after-
noon, at St. James's Palace. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, at-
tended by the royal suite, arrived from Buckingham Palace shortly
before two o'clock, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain, the
Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole
to his Royal Highness.
In attendance were the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of
Buccieuch, the Ladies of the Bedchamber, the Countess of Mount
Edgecwnbe (in waiting), the Duchess of Norfolk, the Marchioness of

Royal Highness,
Douro, the Countess iiiCilarlernont, the Viscountess Canning, and
the Viscountess Jocelyn ; the Maids of Honour, the Honourable
Misses Stanley and Dawson (in waiting), Paget, Kerr, Napier, and
Lady Caroline Somers Cocks ; the Bedchamber Women, Honourable
Mrs. George Campbell, Lady Gardiner, Honourable Mrs. Brand,
Viscountess Forbes, and Lady Theresa Digby ; Lord in Waiting,
Lord Glenlyon; Groom in Waiting, Colonel Drummond ; Equerry
in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot; Pages of Honour in Waiting,
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in Waiting, Lady Fanny Howard, and her first Equerry, Colonel Sir
George Couper,'Hart., was present at the Drawing-room.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by his
Equerry, Major Stephens, and his Royal Highness Prince George,
arrived at St. James's Palace, and were received by the Vice-
Chamberlain, who conducted their Royal Highnesses to the royal
closet. '

Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, com-
manded by their Lieutenant, Sir Henry Robinson, was on duty at the
principal entrance, in the State-rooms, and also in the Portrait Gal-
lery and Presence Chamber.
Before the Drawing-room, her Majesty, according to annual cus-
tom, received, a deputation from Christ's Hospital in the Throne-
room. The deputation, which was ushered to the royal presence
by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, consisted of
Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., the President; Mr. Richard
Hotham Pigeon, the Treasurer ; Mr. Thomas Poynder and Mr. John
Alliston, two of the Almoners of the institution ; accompanied by
the Rev. William Webster, M.A., the Mathematical Master; Mr.
W. H. Back, the Drawing Master; and the forty boys of the Royal
Mathematical School, founded by King Charles the Second, and was
most graciously received.
The Queen condescended to inspect the charts and drawings of the
boys, and to intimate her approbation of their performances. Her
Majesty was also pleased to express the lively interest she felt in the
continued and increasing prosperity of Christ's Hospital, of which
ancient institution her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
have for several years past been Governors.
The deputation having retired, the Foreign Diplomatic Corps
was introduced, when the following presentations to the Queen took
place in the diplomatic circle :
By her Excellency the Countess Dietrichstein-LHer Highness
Princess Nicholas Esterhazy and Mademoiselle Dedel, daughter of
Ow Netherlands Minister. _ _ _

By Madame Bunsen—The Baroneu de Langen, wife of Baron de
Langen, Officer In the Prussian Guards, and Attaché to the Prussian
Legation in London.
By his Excellency Count Dietrichstein—His Highness Prince
Nicholas Esterhazy, and Count Rodolph Kinsky.
The Fareign Diplomatic Circle was attended by Count de St. Au-
laire, the French Ambassador, M. George de Rabaudy, Chancelier
de i'Ansbassade, and Count de la Grange, Attaché to the Embassy ;
the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, and Baron
Koller, First Secretary to the Embassy; the Bavarian Minister
and • Baroness de Cetto ; Baron Dodd, the Netherlands Minister ;
Count de Pollen, Sardinian Minister; Baron de Moncorvo, the Por-

tuguese Minister, the Chevalier de Ribiero, Secretary, and Banns de
Lagos, Attaché to the Legation ' ...the Russian Minister and Baroness
de Brunnow, M. Alexandre de Berg, First Secretary, and Baron de
Nicholay, Secretary of Legation ; General Prince Castelcicala, Nea-
politan Minister, and M. G. Canofari, Secretary of Legation ; Count
de Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; Baron de Hugel, Wur-
temburg Minister, and Baron de Linden, Attache to the Legation ;
the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, and Mademoiselle
Bunsen ; Baron de Langen, Attache to the Legation ; le Com-
mandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister; Count de Reventlow,
Danish Minister, and M. de Bielke, Secretary of Legation ; Mr.
Murphy, Mexican Minister, and M. de Somara, Attaché to the Le-
gation ; the Duke de Sotomayor, Spanish Minister ; le Chevalier de
Pedrorena, Secretary, and M. Javier Romano, Attache to the Lega-
tion; the New Grenada Chargé d'Affaires, and Mtidame Mosquera ;
Mr. Raphael de Ayala, Secretary to the Mission, and Madame de
Ayala; the Swedish Chargé d'Affaires, and Baroness de Rehausen;
Mr. Charles Drouet, Belgian Chargé d'Affaires, and M. Delepierre,
Secretary to the Mission.
The General Circle was attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Lord Chancellor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord
Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom
of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gen-
tlemen-at-Arms, the Marquis of Londonderry, Gold Stick in Wait-
ing ; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the
Comptroller of the Household, Mr. Mandeville, her Majesty's late
Minister at Buenos Ayres; the Vice-Chancellor of England, Major-
General Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.8., Keeper of her Majesty's Privy
Purse; the Master of the Ceremonies, Sir Henry Robinson, Lieu-

tenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; the Solicitor-
General, the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, Mr. Sheriff Cap-
lin, Mr. Sheriff Laurie, Colonel Sir George Couper, first Equerry
and Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent ; Dr. Chambers, Physician to her Majesty and the Queen
Dowager; Captain Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, and
Groom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert;
Mr. M. Wyatt, Standard-bearer of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arms; Lieut-Colonel Hall, Silver Stick; Major-General Wemyss,
Equerry to the Queen; Major Stephens, Equerry in Waiting on his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge; Captain H. Hope, C. 8.,
Naval Aide-de-Camp in Waiting ; Colonels Weare, Owen, Dyneley
(C. 8.), and C. Kennedy (C.B. and:K. H.), Aide-de-Camp to the Queen;
Mr. J. B. Heath, Governor of the Bank of England ; Rev. Charles
Farebrother, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor; Rev. William Hutchin-
son, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Chaplin ; Rev. S. R. Cattlay, Chaplain
to Mr. Sheriff Laurie ; Mr. James Bunce Curling, Adjutant of the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the
Yeomen Guard; Captain BeLlairs, Exon in Waiting; Captain Kin-
caid, Exon of the Yeomen Guard ' • Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ;
Chevalier Hebeler, their Prussian and Wurtemberg Majesties' Consul-
General ; Mr. Charles Castellain, Vice-Consul for Belgium ; Mr.
Robert A. Heath, Sardinian Vice-Consul ; Hon. Frederick Byng,
Mr. Beresford, Captain lion. Mortimer Sackville West, Captain
Green ; Mr. Des Vceux. and Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Gentlemen
Ushers to her Majesty ; Colonel Godwin, Gentleman Usher to his
Royal Highness the Prince Albert ; and the following Ladies
DUCHESS—Sutherland
MARCHIONESSES—Westmeath, Londonderry, Exeter

COUNTESSES—Mexborough, Rosebery, St: 'Germans, Dalhousie,
Jersey, Delawarr, De Salis, Dowager De Sails, Haddington, roulett,
Ranfuily, Chichester, Haudwicke, Home, Limerick, Sheffield, Essex,
Rossiya, Dowager Winterton

VISCOUNTESS—Newport, Dowager Galway, Gage, PolWigton,
Sidmouth, Barrington, Dowager Glentworth, Dowager Torrington,
Ashbrook, Hawarden, Palmerston, Hereford, Duncan
BARONESSES—Anthony de Rothschild, Lionel Rothschild

LADIES —Laura Meyrick, Page Turner, Yarde Buller, Sinmkinson,
Sara} Lindsey, Claud Hamilton, B. Johnstone, Louisa Primrose, Anne
l'rimrose, Byron, Mahon, Bowyer Smyth, Kelly, Wheatley, the Lady
Mayoress, Eleanore Paget, Adelaide Paget, Constance Paget, Suffield,
Napier, Aldis, Dowager Napier, Blake, Langdale, Mary Sackviile
West, Isabella Wemyss, Caroline Kerrison, Charlotte Egerton, An-
trobus, Scudamore, Erle, Dorothy Walpole, Mary Knox, Elizabeth
Knox, Lucy Bridgeman, Charlotte Bridgeman, Maitland, Colborne,
Mary Fitzroy, K. Douglas, Alderson, Dalrymple, Lister Kaye, Farn-
ham, Hamilton, Spencer, Stopford, E. Dawson, Burrard, F. Sandon,
Peel, J. Stuart, Monteagle, Susan Habroyd, Frances Cole, Coote,
Clerk, Lyttelton, L. Pelham, Adelaide Capell, A. Beckett, M. Alford,
A. Wentworth, Goldsmid, Cottenham, Dowager Abinger, Daimeny,
Wade, C. Villiers, Dillon, K. Jermyn, Stabley, Cockburn, Lynd-
hurst, Beauvale, U. Lennox, Davis, Margaret Grey, T. Murray, A.
Barnes, J. Walsh, Caroline Gower, Fremantle, A. Vane, F. Egerton,
Graham, Goring, Caroline Bathurst, Brickman, Colchester, Shadwell
Canning, Harriet Anson.
BIGHT HONOURABLE—Lady Colvile.
HONOURABLES—Mrs.FeIIowes, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. 3lonckton, Mrs.
Holmes, Caroline Gage, Louisa R. Colborne,
Caroline Lyttelton, Miss Flower, Miss Ryder, Lady Cockburn, Mrs.
P. Barrington, Mrs. K. Stewart, Mrs. R. Currie, Mrs. A. Dunconibe,
Mrs. J. Mackenzie, Louisa Addington, Mrs. Carew, Charlotte Bar-
rington, Mrs. Phillips, Miss Eden.
MISTRESSES—Stewart Mackenzie, Chaplin,'Shaw Lefevre, George
CioirrtrY Walpole, Mrs. H. Tufnell, Miss Maude, Miss
Jenkinson, Tinney, Laurie, Matheson, Langford, Henry Beauclerk,
Jervis, Henry Creed, Charles Farebrother, J. B. Heath, Aldis, Yarde
Buller, John Neeld, William Paynter, A. G. Roberts, Whitworth
Russell, Eacott, Ram, Sandou, Newte, Monteflore, Willats, Henry
Harvey, T. Willis Fleming, Kinloch, EchnundCatripbell, Kingamill,
Robert Stopford; Walrond, Ross, Howard, George Maclean, Arden,
Vincent Thompson, Locke, Hamilton, Arbuthnot, Edwin Leaf,
C. Low, Rowland Cooper, Jones, David Salomon-a, Frederick Brett,
E. T. Coke, P. Gipps, F. H. Brett, R. Neville, C. Bruce, Howley,
L. Brooke, W. G. Ilayter, M. Gibson, Russell, Stephenson, Fitzßoy,
Hamilton, Newete, W. Chute, E. Cardwell, Austen, Talfourd, Cooper,
I)eedes, P. Bennett, Young, E. Grove, Barkly, Ogle, R. Ellice,
P. Reading, Morrison. Hume, G. Taylor, A. Montgomery, H. Ad-
dington, Gladstone, W. Campbell, Steuart, M. Gaskell, W. Glad-
stone, G. Bareay, H. Burr, Gascoigne, Maberly.
Mums— Hallam, Meyrick, Laura Meyrick, Frances Chambers,
Rosalind Chambers, Shaw Lefevre, Helen Shaw Lefevre, Mary
Wheatley, De Saris, Wilberforce Bird, Chaplin, Augusta Bird, Sarah
Chaplin, Marianne Chaplin, Page Turner, Emily Page Turner, An-
trobus, Caroline Antrobus, Ram, Paynter, Lockhart, Johnstone,
Elizabeth Johnstone, Christina Perceval, Bowyer Smyth, Shadwell,
Fanny Russell, Spencer, Mary Spencer, Hill, M. Ely, C. Baker,
Charlotte Hill, Eliza Hervey, Fanny Hervey, Hubbard, Cardwell,
Spearman, Louisa Stopford, Morrison, Jane Walrond, Cole, Gold-
amid, Louisa Cole, Murray Macgregor, Arden, Emily Davis, Newte,
Thompson, Lister Kaye, Panton, Stuart, Davis, Emily Timmins,
Mary Sulivan, Baring, Timmins, De Horsey, Walrond, Stewart
Mackenzie, Baker, Ellice, Emily Morrison, Lucy lleys E. Murray,
H. Campbell, Catherine Bathurst, Jervis, C. Sulivan, dopley, Coote,
Sophia Copley, Philips, Eliza Fremantle, M. Fremantle, Elizabeth
Dawson, Louisa Alderson, Mary Hume, Charlotte Hume, Wemyss.
The fbllowing ladies had the honour to be presented to her Ma-
jesty ;

_ .
The Countess of Limerick, by the Dowager Vicountess Gleatworth
Countess of Renfurly, by Vicountess Canning
Vicountess Newport, by the Duchess of Buceleuch
Vicountess Sidmouth, by Mrs. Howley
The Dowager Vicountess Glentworth, by the Countess of Renfurly
Vicountess Hereford, on accession to the title, by the Hon. Lady
Cockburn
Lady Page Turner, on coming to her title, by the Vicountess Can-
ning
Lady Simpkinson, by the Lady Langdale
Lady Sarah Lindsay, on her marriage, by her mother, the Countess
of Mexboreugh
Lady Kelly, by Lady Peel
The Lady Mayoress, by Lady Peel
Lady Napier, on her marriage, by the Dowager Lady Napier
Lady Blake, by Lady Palmerston
Lady Caroline Kerrison, on her marriage, by Lady Mahon
Lady Dorothy IValpole, by her sister, the Viscountess Pollingtoll
Lady Lucy Bridgeman, by the Viscountess Newport
Lady Charlotte Bridgeman, by 'he Viscountess Newport
Lady Elizabeth Knox, by her mother, the Countess of Ranfhrly

Lady Mary Knox, by her mother, the Countess of Itanfurly.
Lady Susan Hoiroyd, by the Countess of Sheffield

Lady Spearman, on her return from the Continent, by Lady Mont

eagle
Lady Mary Fitzroy, by the Countess Delawarr
Lady Adela Capell, by the Countess of Essex
Lady Wade, on her marriage, by Viscountess Palmerston
Lady Maitland, by the Viscountess Jocelyn
Lady Erle, by Lady Langdale
Lady Scudamore, by the Countess Delawarr
Lady Davis, by the Dowager Lady Napier
Lady Margaret Grey, on her being raised to the rank or dignity of a

fe'er's daughter, by her aunt, Lady Jane Walsh
Lady Goring, by her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk
Hon. Mrs. Hall, on her marriage, by her mother, Dowager Vis-
countess Torrington
The Hon. Mrs. 11. Tufnell, on her marriage, by Lady Cottenham
The Hon. Mrs. Henry Walpole, on her marriage, by the Viscountess
Polliugton
lion. Mrs. Monckton, by the Dowager Viscountess Galway
Hon. Mrs. Fellowes, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Sondes
The HOR. Mrs. Methuen, on her marriage, by Countess Powlett
The Hon. Louisa Addington, by her mother, the Viscountess Sid-
mouth.
Mrs. Langford, by the Countess Dowager of Wintertqn
Mrs. Laurie, by Lady Graham
Mrs, Tierney, by Lady Cottenham
Mrs. Yarde Buller, on her marriage, by Lady Yarde Buller
Mrs. George Jenkinson, on her marriage, by Lady Gardiner
Mrs. Chaplin, by Lady Graham
Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie, on her marriage, by her mother, the Hon.
Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie
Mrs. Escott, by Countess Powlett
Mrs. Whitworth Russell, by Lady Caroline Russell
Mrs. John Neeld, on her marriage, by Mrs. John N. Gladstone
Mrs. J. B. Heath, by Lady Peel
Mrs. Charles Farebrother, by Lady Peel
Mrs. Henry Creed, by Lady Thesiger
Mrs. Jervis, by the Dowager Viscountess Torrington
lion. Mrs. Percy Barrington, by Viscountess Barrington
Hon. Miss Ryder, by Lady Frances Sandon
Mrs. Ralph Neville, on her marriage, by Lady Lyttelton
Mrs. Rowland Cooper, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady
Burrard
Mrs. Frederick Brett, by Lady Ashley •
Mrs. Frederick H. Brett, by Lady Ashley
Mrs. Plumptre Gipps, by the Viscountess Forbes
Mrs. David Salomon, by the Baroness Lionel de Rothschild
Mrs. Jones, on her marriage, by the Dowager Lady Abinger
Mrs. Arbuthnot, by the Countess of Dalhousie
Mrs. Locke, by Lady Goldsmid
Miss Hallam, by Lady Monteagle
Miss Frances Chambers, by Lady Fremantle
Miss Rosalind Chambers, by Lady Fremantle
Miss Laura Meyrick, by her mother, Lady Laura Meyrick
Miss Chaplin, by Lady Graham
Miss Sarah Chaplin, by Lady Graham
Miss Marianne Chaplin, by Lady Graham
Miss Page Turner, by her mother, Lady Page Turner
Miss Emily Page Turner, by her mother, Lady Page Turner
Miss Caroline Antrobus, by Lady Antrobus
Miss Shadwell. by her mother, Lady Shadwell
Mien raptor, her mother, 4rn, Willimu rioter

Mis 9 Lockhart, by the Duchess of Buccleuch
Mies Fanny Russell, by her mother, Mrs. Whitworth Russell
kiss Christina Perceval, by her sister, Mrs. Matheson
Mrs. Hamilton, by the Countess of Rosebery
Mai. Colonel Low, by the Lady Frances Cole
Mrs. Edwin Leaf, by Lady Edward Chichester
Mrs. Vincent Thompson, by Lady Alderson
Mrs. Arden, by Lady Dillon
Mrs. Ross, by Lady Cockburn
Miss Arden, by Lady Dillon
Mrs. Walrond, by the Lady Caroline Bathurst
Mrs. George Maclean, by the Countess of Haddington
Mrs. Robert Stopford,
the Hon. Lady Stopford
Mrs. T. Willis Fleivring, by Mrs. Howley
Mrs. Edmund Campbell, by Lady Spearman
Miss Jervis 'by her mother, Mrs. Jervis
Mrs: IV.7ratts, by the Countess of Erroll.
Henry Harvey, by Lady Cockburn
Mrs. Sandorn, by the Lady Colchester
Miss Eliza Fremantle, by her mother, Lady Fremantle
Miss Thompsen, by her mother, Mrs. Vincent Thompson
Miss Panton, by her Grace the Duchess of Norfolk.
Miss Coote, by Lady Coote
Miss Sophia Copley, by Lady Lyndhurst
Miss Charlotte Hume, by her mother, Mrs. Hume
Miss Mary Hume, by her mother; Mrs. Hume
Miss Wemyss, by Lady Isabella Wemyss
Miss Davis, by her mother, Lady Davis
Mrs. Hamilton, by the Countess of Rosebery
Miss Emily Davis, by her mother, Lady Davis
Miss Timmins, by Lady Dalrymple
Miss Eleanor Murray, by Lady Sarah Murray
Miss Louisa Alderson, by her mother, Lady Alderson
Miss Emily Morrison, by her mother, Mrs. Morrison
Miss Stewart Mackenzie, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. S. Mackcnzi
Mrs. E. T. Coke, by Lady Alderson
Miss Baker, by the Countess of Erroll
Miss Walrond, by her mother, Mrs. Walrond
Miss Jane Walrond, by her mother, Mrs. Walrond
Miss Baring, by Lady Arabella Baring
Miss Goldsmal, by her mother, Lady Goldsrnid
Miss Murray MacGregor, by the Viscountess Canning
Miss Spearman, by her mother, Lady Spearman
Miss Cardwell, by Mrs. Edward Cardwell
Mrs. General Taylor, by Lady Alderson
The Lady Harriet Anson, by the Countess of Lichfield
Mrs. Cooper, of Pains Hill, by Lady Burrard
Miss Hubbard, by Lady Napier
Miss Fanny Hervey, by Viscountess Gage
Miss Eliza Hervey, by Viscountess Gage
Miss Charlotte Hill, by the Lady De Saumarez
Miss Catherine Baker, by the Countess of Errol
Miss Mary Spencer, by Lady Cockburn
Miss Spencer, by Lady Cockburn
Mrs. lusten:by Viscountess Mahon,
Miss Emily Timmins, by Lady Dalrymple
The following Gentlemen were also present at the Drawing
Room :

DURES—Bucclentil, Norfolk.
AlsaQuis—Exeter.
Rosebery, Uxbridge, Oxford, Elleuborough,
Haddington, Limerick, Essex, Sheffield, Howe.
Viscoum—Pollington, Newport, Palmerston, Alford, Goderich,
Northland, Duncan.
LORDS—Byron, Claud Hamilton, Cottenham, R. Taylour, Stanley,
H. Lennox, Granville Somerset, Colville, F. Egerton, A. Vain,
Brougham, Brooke, Dalmeny, A. Lennox, Napier, Keane, M. Kerr,
A. Churchill, Sandon, A. J. Churchill, Colchester.
RIGHT lIONOURABLFS—Sir Robert Peel, William Gladstone, Sir
George Clerk, James Stuart Wortley, Sir George Cockburn, F. Baring,
Sidney Herbert, 6ir It. Gordon, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir James
Graham.

JUDGES—ErIe, Alderson.
HobrounAßLEs—E. Gambier Monckton, W. A'Court Holmes, Capt.
Duncombe, J. Lyttelton, R. Carew, M.P., H. Fitzroy, Captain K.
Stewart, W. R. Colborne, M.P., P. Barrington, Rear-Admiral Poulett.
COUNT—De Sans.

BARONS—Anthony de Rothschild, Lionel Rothschild.
BABONETS—John Yarde Buller, Ed. Page Turner, T. Brinckman,
D. J. Nerreys, M.P., J. Tyrell, I. Lyon Uoldsmid, H. P. Pattlson,
R. Barclay, C. H. Coote, J. L. Kaye, A. K. Macdonald, H. Goring,
A. Spearman.
Stas—Francis Simpkinson, Q C., Chas. M. Fitzroy, Chas. Allis,
W. Medlycoff, G. Scudamore, J. Walsh, G. Wilkinson, R. Comyn
QUEEN'S COUNSEL.--Tinney, Jervis, M.P., W. G. Hayter, M.P.
REVEREND DOCTORS—SyIIIOII3, D'Arcy Irvine
REVEREND MESSIEURS—George Jepson, J. Jessop, E. J. Ireland
DOCTORS—Chambers, Billing. W. Pitcairn, F. H. Brett, Mackintosh,
J. Barry, H. Falconer, B. H. Mackenzie, Outram
The Accountant-General.
The Mayor of Norfolk.
MESSIEURS—Matheson, M.P., Poynder, Wilberforce Bird, Arden,
Jeston Homfray, Wallace, Ram, Yarde Buller, William Paynter,
John Neeld, M.P., John Lockhart, J. Booth, 11. Beauclerk, If.
Tufnell. M.P., Francis Burgh, Stewart Mackenzie, A. G. Robarts,
Escott, M.P., Walrond, J. Bowring, S. O'Brien, Cardwt 11, C. Gibson,
J. Gibson, W. Chute, M.P., P. S. Butler, M.P., J. Gilbertson, Martin,
M.P., W. D. Bruce, Howard, M.P., R. Currie, M.P., G. Fraser,
Kirk, M.P., Hume, M.P., Sulivan, J. Gibson, Fellewes, Molyneuz,
Gwynne, J. Banks, Alliston, C. Wyatt, R. Cooper, J. Harford, R.
Bewicke, H. Colston, D. Salomons, P. Burnet, Arbuthnot, C. Newte,
Young, Kingsmill, Hicks, G. Egerton, V. Wentworth, Jones, Wil-
shere, M.P., De Horsey, H. West, R. Neville, M.P., H. Burr, W.
Raleigh, Gilborne, J. Eld, Stephenson, J. Morrison, M.P., W. Lock-
hart, M.P., C. R. Gibson, M. Gisborne, Packe, M.P., Barkly, M.P.,
T. Baker, M. Gibson, M.P., M`Gregor, Clarke, G. Gill, Sergeant
Thompson, Young, M.P., R. Ellice, T. Fleming, A. King, M. Mihtes,
M.P., Kinloch, Gwynne, Sergeant Talfourd, P. Hamilton, Deedes
My., Fitzgerald, E. Saunders, F Hogge, W. Judd, H. Hughes.

FIELD-MA/MAL—The Duke of Wellington.
GENERALS —Sir Patrick Ross, Sir Henry Wheatley, G.C.H., Sir
Dudley Hill, Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, Anderson. C. 8., Sir Thomas
Hammond, Taylor, C. 8., Sir John Gardiner, Sir James Bathurst, Sir
James Cockburn. _ .

COLONELS—Sir Claude Wade, C. 8., Sir George Couper, Bart.,
Thos. Wood, Gascoigne, F. Cannon, Brandling, G. Everest, F.R.S.,
F.. W. Bray, C.B. Charles R. W. Lane, C 8., Austen, M.P., Moberly,
Murton, H. R. Hartley, J. I. Underwood, J. Low, C. 8., Matheson,
Owen, Sir James Scholder, Parlby
MAJORS— E. T. Cooke, M. G. Wkite, Brookes, Carvick, Le Missu-
rier, Turner, Froby Cantley, Blood, Onslow Baker, Edmund Camp-
bell, W. 31. Mills, Gordon, Algeo, D. Ewart, Sir James John Hamil-
ton, Bart., Wilkinson, C.B.

CAPTAlNS—JenkinsOlii lion. James Lindsay, Frederick Gaitskell,
Polhill, M.P., De 6alis, George Maclean, Francis Percy Nott, J.
Godfrey, Surtees Cook, H. Dalrymple White, Hamilton, Knox, W.
Wood, R. li. S. Jackson, Sanders, Geo. Lewis, R.E., Montague
Meryweather, James Goold, Sir Thos. Maitland, Compton, E.
Kevin, Taylor, M.P., Bateson, M.P., 11. P. White, G. Emery, W.
Wood, Haughton James, Fred. W. Hamilton, Franc's Percy Nott,
Pender, Sandham, Shea, H.C.S., Hon. James P. Maxwell, M.P.,
Kirkland, George F. Sympson, Hamilton, Mitchell, H. Rudd, B.
Creed; Stuart Farquharson, C. Sidney Hawkins, W. A. St. Clair,
Wetherall, C. Randell,
LIEUTENANTS —Riddell, William Philip Snell, Henry Bliss, G. Dis-
browe, Hon. Horace Manners Monckton, Fitzroy, S. R. Lugo*, Ha-
milton, Arthur 11. 11. Mercer, Singleton, Saunders, I. Kendall, A.
Dotiglas Smith, Mowbray Smith, B. W. Arthur Sleigh, James Money,
Portal, Bray, Maxwell, J. Chambers, Charles Lewis, Pitcairn Onslow,
John H. Mercer, H. Ponsonhy, G. G. Bowring, Reilly, C. H. Hut-
chinson, Young, F. Waugh, I. B. Jones, E. J. Charter, Matmers
Wood. George Scriven, I. L. Bolton, Ellison, T. W. W. Whittard.
Charles Cameron Shute, E. J. Christie, Somerville Burney.

CORNETS—CoIston, Fredcroft.
ENSIGN—Gwyn.
ADMIRALS—Sir Charles Malcolm, Ross, C.D.
CAPTAINS (Rorer, Navy)—Wood, Sir Henry Loraine Baker,
Bart., C. 8., Troubridge, G. G. Lock, Sir W. H. Dillon, Robb,
Sandour, M. J. Currie, W. H. Hall, A. R. Sharpe, Willis, R. F.
Stopford, Carter.
COMMANDERS (ROYAL NAYY)—Mathison, Cheere, James Booth,
Cooper, Montagu Hayes, C. H. Jay, J. S. Minoan, Henry Wedder-
burn Johnstone, Arthur Grant, Walter Kendall, Gladstone, M.P., W.
Ellis, Hoseason.

LIEUTENANTS (ROYAL NAVY)-01dmixon, John Blackmore, Sickle-
more, Edward Le Messurier, M. H. Perceval, W. W. Dwarris.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, re-
turned to Buckingham Palace after the Drawing-room.
The Countess de Reventlow, the lady of the Danish Minister, was
prevented by illness from attending her Majesty's Drawing-room.
The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness Prince
George, his Excellency the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen,
the Duke and Duchess of Bucctench, the Bishop of London and Mrs.
Blomfleld, the Earl of Liverpool, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and
Lady Peel, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Lord and
Lady Lyttelton.

The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance during dinner,
and performed the following pieces :
Sinfonia . ......... G minor, Ist part Mozart
Walzer ..... ........ Carolus .... • ... ........ Pleyer
Introduction and Aria, ftom Alessandro Stradella ........Floton
Quadrilles, Scotch
Polonaise . .
..... , , , , , , , , ....... . Schneider
Quick March, Prussian.
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the Palace.
Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms dined
together yesterday evening at the Thatched House.
Mr. Thorburn was honoured with the final sitting yesterday for
the portrait he is painting of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred.
The Hon. William Victor Anson, second son of the Earl and
Countess of Lichfield, has entered the navy as cadet on board the
Hibernia, Sir William Parker, flag-ship at Malta.

THE CoNsoL ACCoUNT.—The settlement of the Con-
sal account which has taken place to day, is one of the most re-
markable as regards fluctuations during its progress, which we have
had for a very long time. Bargains in it commenced, according to
the usage at the Stock-Exchange, on the 4th of January. The opera-
. . .

tions between this date and the 10th of the same month showed an
upward tendency in the market, and from about 95% Consols ad-
vanced to 95%. After this period the scarcity of money began to
be felt, and in connexion with the account then about to be settled,
a reaction took place, and the quotation dropped to nearly 94%.
The account was settled on the 16th, and the price then arranged
was 9434. Between the 17th and 18111 of the mouth there
was a flatness in the prices which was increased by the advices
received from America of a strong feeling in favour of war. Upon
this news Consols at once went back to 94. There was then, between
this period and the 29th of the month, increased activity, consequent
upon the purchases of the Government broker, whose dealings gave
strength to the market, and Consols reached 95. Freodmieteh
prices continued to advance, and, witu W e !late date
e-
from America respecting the moderation of hostile feeling
and
tions, the quotation touched 95% on the receipt cjltfurtllerintetloll,f,eanrdces
the English.
exhibited
sifitegud on
etth,,e,ee4nthuoife February,
Consols then e
the month the Chancery broker came in as a large buyer of
thf
rmlel.llwchasilmrmarrikeesds.
stock and Exchequer-bills, and the quotation of Consols imme-
diately advanced nearly 1 per cent. per diem. After they
touched 97%, there was another reaction on sales, but so soon
as the effect of those had passed, a further advance occurred,
and Consols on the 9th got up to 97%. It was then
found that the broker had concluded his operations, and the result
was, that from that time to the 11th prices Leceded to 96%, and from
the 12th to the 23d to 96. Since that date, business having been
limited, bargains have been done as low as 95%, but now more firm-
ness is manifested in consequence of the account showing a " bear "
tendency, which has brought up the price to 96k. During the whole
progress of the account the extreme advance, it will be seen, was
about 3% per cent., and the reaction 1% per cent. At the com-
mencement several causes operated to depress the market. The state
of relations with the United States kept up a gthieral feeling of
anxiety, and the doubt as to how the question of the railway depo-
sits would be settled, hung as 84 dead weight on the minds of ope-
rators. Nevertheless, the danger of the period was over estimated,
and the principal losers on the present settlement are those who then
speculated for the fall. The reaction which was produced by the
purchases of the Chancery broker led many to believe that Consols
would reach a much higher quotation
expectations.wactual actually
Taltitaaieneind_,
than
but they were soon stopped short in their
panics, who saw how they were sacrificed in all these
ope-
rations, checked their progress, although it investing
is well known that they
had actually taken out Chancery Orders for
an that which has been actually invested. The depression
far exceeding
com-
mencement, and the sudden rise on the at the
untant-General's pur-
chases, are the two moSt cOnspicuous f
the tendency has been for the most eatiires In the account. Since thenit
of money, occasioned by the withdrawalpart doofw're-aidies,osaittidintohneascarfrcomy
circulation, has been the theme ofgeneral faint. Theyßank,
by extending its advances,partially comp
relieved the pressure ; but still
the market is in an unsatisfactory state, and the rise of to-day is at-
tributed merely to the account being against those who speculated
for the fall about the end of January.—Times' City Article of this
day.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.—The Bombay Journal of
Commerce of the 14th ult. contains a notice intimating that it has
been resolved to extend the subscriptions for the Waghorn testimo-
nial to that place, and that an agent has been appointed to receive
and remit such donations as the local community may be disposed to
contribute to the fund raising in London for that purpose. The news of
Mr. Waghoril's celebrated journey by way of Trieste had reached India,
and given anew stimulus tothe feeling in his favour connected with the
original opening and improvement of the route to this country by
way of Egypt and the continent. Much speculation is indulged in re-
specting the comparative merits of the Trieste and Marseilles routes,
with some leaning in favour of the latter, so far as speed is concerned ;
but all seem awake to the great advantage of ceasing to depend
absolutely upon the French Government for communications of such
vital importance ; and it is generally anticipated that for travellers
the Trieste route will have many points of preference. That part of
the transit which lies through Egypt is becoming a source of some
uneasiness in India, and all look forward with apprehension to the
period when the management of the conveyance shall be taken, as
is threatened, into the l'acha's own hands, subject to the powerful
influence of French intrigue in Egypt. The existing contract has
still, however, two years to run, and it is impossible but that tutu
Government must be awake to the importance of profiting s bylt be
l
interval, in obtaining proper guarantees that this route become
a beyond the risk of disturbance or interference.
It
has
s to its
a national question, and every arrival that takes place a
importance.
—The Oriental
THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON FEB. 20 •
Company's steam-ship the Madrid arrived
n the docks at eight
le follow
o'clock, p.m., yesterday, and landed the mails
°ptiort.,
21 ;
in
Vigot and
—Gibraltar, Feb. 16 ; Cadiz, 17;
Lisbon,
a full cargo of fruit. The
Corunna, 22. She had 27 pals,oennLenrs,by
the two a.m. train this
mails were forwarded
to
morning. The Queen, CLIP I
t "it Russell, will leave here to-morrow
for Gibraltar, with
apeninsular andnicatternweitu 11141.13 anti full
complemout er