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HALL OF
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AYSREAT WINDMILL-
UIKET.
professor TURNOUT, begs most respectfully to inforn the Nobility,
Subscribers, and Public, that he has produced that novelty never
before attempted, viz., the introduction of FEMALE MODELS of
COLOUR, who will appear every Afternoon and Evening, in varied
groupings, expressly arranged for them.
Stalls, 2s. 6d.; Boxes, 23.; Pit, Is. Doors open at Half-past
Two in the Afternoon, and commence at a Quarter past Three
punctually. Evening performance, Half-past Eight o'clock.
Venus will rise from the sea till further notice.

glass in windows ; in the week after the late hail-storm
the demand for plate-glass in London was treble that of
any previous week.
Lieutenant-Colonel SYKES read a number of returns
on the subject of the administration of civil and crimi-
nal justice in India. About fifteen years ago the natives
who had been only assessors, or assistants in the Indian
courts, were allowed to be judges; and the object of
these returns was to show the effect of that change. It
appeared that there were fewer appeals from the deci •
sions of native judges than there had been from the
English; about one-sixth of the decisions now were ap-
pealed from, and they were generally modified or re-
versed in about one-third of the appeals. The time a
suit occupied had also diminished; a suit in the court
which corresponded to our Chancery commonly occu-
pied a year and seven months when the average was
struck in 1841, but only one year in 1844; in the in-
ferior courts the period had been reduced from seven
months to five, and in others from five to four. About
98 per cent. of this judicial labour was now performed
by natives; the pleaders also were natives, and the lan-
guage of the country was used. It was generally sup-
posed in England that the land-tax, the chief tax of
India, ruined numbers of the people; but in the whole
Bombay presidency, in 1843, there were but five per-
sons in gaol for non-pay ment of it, and in 1844 only two.
In the criminal courts the returns showed that the sen-
tences were gradually diminishing in severity; in the
Bengal presidency there were but twenty-six sentences
of death in 1834. In some cases an appeal was allowed
to the criminal, and in ninety cases in the Bombay pre-
sidency in one year the sentence was annulled; in fifty-
eight cases the sentence was banishment from the dis-
trict, or county as we should say. The improvement in
the administration of justice had arisen from the diffu-
sion of education and knowledge among the people.
A report of the committee on the statistics of sickness
and mortality in York was then read. It comprised a
period of a year and a half. It stated that ten per cent.
of the persons who died there in that period had been
attended by no medical man in their last illness. The
'hour of death had been ascesteimeole4a, ./Measesk., It Apr, t iaicemed,4o44l4loc4e,
gred the whe- ight Verdi week

NAN AL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTS3IO UT] 1, SIINDAY.—M. Dumont, a member of
the French 0 abinet (Minister of Public Works), and
suite, arrivece..at this port yesterday, by the 11 o'clock
train, on a al; 'it of inspection. Lieutenant Rawstorne
received his 1 'xcelleney, and conducted the party to the
Victory, ha rina seen which they left for the Victoria
and Albert To.) 'al yacht, whence they proceeded to the
dockyard, and, having been shown the most interesting
features ther ehn, they returned to London by special
train at half-. pttst four o'clock. Lieutenant Rawstorne
received the v rarm thanks of the Minister for his polite
and courteous: attention. The whole party appeared
much pleased 'with the objects they had visited and the
attention paid to them.
The Raven: cater, Lieutenant Commanding John
Stephens, sail(si 1 late on Friday evening on her return to
Sheerness, ta's ing supenumeraries and passengers for
that port and 'Chatham.
The Bulldc 6, steam-sloop, Commander Davis, ar-
rived from C ha tham yesterday morning, and came into
the harbour i n the course of the day. She is a fine
bold-looking vessel of the Stromboli class, but 100 tons
larger, and having engines of nearly double her power.
She mounts two large pivot shell guns, and four broad-
side guns, long 32-pounders.
Three coin parries of the 74th Highlanders, with the
head-quarters 'of the regiment, embarked yesterday
morning on L rd the Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain
John Robb, at the dockyard. As soon as the troops and
baggage were: kon board, the vessel hauled off; and the
steam being yrE viously up, proceeded to Spithead, whete
she lay for a. sh ort time to take on board her powder,
and then sailed for Leith. There are two companies of
this fine corps still here, which will, it is supposed,
await the return of the Scourge from the Shetland
Islands.

RE MIN G T 0 N'S LONDON and MAN-
CIIESTER RAILWAY.
At an Adjourned Meeting of the Committee appointed by the
Shareholders to investigate the affairs of this Company, held the 26th
day of August, 1846,
D. W. HARVEY, Esq., in the Chair ;
It was Resolved,—That as the number of Shares returned to the
Committee exceeds 15,000, yet as the total issue of Shares exceeds
50,000, the Committee feel, that until a far larger amount of Shares
shall be notified, no negotiation can be opened with the Directors.
Holders of Shares, therefore, who desire to bring the affairs of this
Company to a speedy and equitable adjustment at the least possible
expense, are requested to :transmit their names, and the number of
Shares they respectively hold, to the Chairman of the Committee, D.
W. Harvey, Esq., Old Jewry, London, not later than the Ist of
October, after which day no communication will be received.
D. W. HARVEY, Chairman.

The Black Eagle Admiralty steam-yacht, sailed early
yesterday morning for Woolwich, pursuant to Admiralty
orders received the previous night.
The Ajax, 74, is progressing fast towards completion
for a steam getard-ship for this port, and will, we are
Id at Cowes neat spring tide. Yes-
iay to surveyor firthip4ziavy inspected, her:
Mr. Smith, the inventor of the screw propeller, has also
visited the Ajax officially. She will have the following
armament:--one 56-pounder, 85 cwt., and two 8-inch
mortars of 65 cwt. each, on the quarter-deck; one 56-
pounder, of 85 cwt., on the forecastle; twenty-six 32-
pounders of 42 cwt. each, on the upper deck; and
twenty-six 42-pounders of 66 cwt. each on the lower
deck. Total, fifty-six heavy guns.
The Apollo troop ship, Commander Radcliffe, ar-
rived at Monte Video on the 24th of June, to embark
the 45th Regiment for the Cape of Good Hope.
The Gorgon steam-frigate, Commander Crouch, and
the Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hope, arrived at
Monte Video from the Parana on the 12th of June.
The Alarm, 26, Captain Frankland, sailed from Hali-
fax for Port Royal, Jamaica, on the sth of August. Mr.
Stiles, clerk of the Alarm, had gone into the Belleisle,
72 ; and Mr. Hurls, assistant clerk, had been made
clerk of the Alarm.

pea- ...tat where the chances seemed equal death might
occur at any hour between ten o'clock in the morning
and ten o'clock at night, the probability was found to be
three to two that death would occur between four o'clock
and ten o'clock P.M. rather than between ten o'clock
A.M. and four o'clock P.M. Death occurred more fre-
quently in the morning hour between nine and ten o'clock
than in the evening hour between nine and ten o'clock,
in the proportion of 9/ to 5. Comparing the two morn-
ing and evening hours of four to five o'clock and nine to
ten o'clock, the two morning hours (in their number of
deaths) were to the two evening in the proportion of
thirteen to eight.

In some conversation which followed it was noticed
that in a sick room, when the patient was not likely to
live many hours, it was very common at seaports to
hear the question asked, " When does the tide turn ?"
the popular opinion being that that was an hour when
death was likely to take place. The section (which then
consisted of five persons) agreed that there was most
likely '° something in this." The sitting then terminated.
Although the statistical section met this morning, al-
most all the members of the Association were absent
from the town on various expeditions. A party went
to visit the gardens of the Dean of Winchester, and take
luncheon with him at Bishopstoke Rectory. A dredging
party crossed the water, and set to work on the coast of
the Isle of Wight after their peculiar taste. The great
body, about 250, went round that island in a steam-
vessel, with a view to observe the geological formations
and deposits exposed by the cliffs and chasms there.
The day was splendid, the party were in high spirits,
and the Lady de Saumarez made an admirable floating
lecture-room. On leaving Southampton Water, the
vessel bent her course towards the east, and the Presi-
dent, Captain Ibbetson, and Mr. Prestwich, occupied
themselves in explaining to the company the geological
character of the coast—a subject which is to be specifi-
cally discoursed upon by Coptain Ibbetson on Tuesday.
Sir J. Herschel, Sir H. de la Beche, and others, took
part in the conversation. At Black Gang Chine, at
the back of the island, the vessel anchored, and a great
number landed and examined the cliffs, which there pre-
sent a very wild and picturesque appearance. Here was
found Dr. Buckland, who had crossed the island from
Cowes; but if the Dean thought to avoid the voyage al-
together, he was mistaken, for some of those who had
landed laid violent hands on him, and soon stowed him
safely in the steamer. A bag which he had with him
was, naturally enough, supposed to contain geological
specimens, and the doctor was pressed to exhibit its con-
tents; it turned out, however, that he had been provid-
ing for the body, and not for the mind, the first article
drawn from the repertory being a brandy flask, and the
second a crab. At Alum Bay the voyagers again went
on shore, and dispersed like ants, upon a hillock, in
search of " specimens," working lustily with their ham-
mers and chisels as if they would peck some spots to
pieces ; the canvass and leathern bags of a hundred geo-
logists were filled with spoils. On re-embarking the
thanks of the whole company were voted to the gentle-
men who had been their instructors during the day.
Mr. Drew (a member of the local committee) took occa-
sion to contradict a report which had gone abroad that
the South-Western Steam Company had given the use
of the steamer for the day. The vessel then steered up
the Solent, and arrived at Southampton about half-past
nine o'clock in the evening, having been absent fourteen
hours.

The Kingfisher, 12, Commander Brown, arrived at St.
Helena, from the west coast of Africa station, on the
12th of July, for water, &c.
The Thunderbolt steam-sloop, Commander Boyle,
was in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 17th of
June. A letter from her, dated Table-bay, the 10th,
says, " The Kafirs are anything but a despicable enemy.
The last accounts from the frontier were more satisfac-
tory, as we had not lost any more waggons, and the
Kafirs had been defeated, but walked off in their retreat
with 4,000 head of cattle. Indeed, as far as we can
judge here little energy has been displayed by our
people, and the colony is fast verging on ruin ; credit is
at so low an ebb that bills cannot be cashed under 10 per
cent. discount. We remain here (Table-bay) about four
days longer, when the last of the Burgher force will be
dispatched to Algoa-bay, and we shall re-embark the
President's men and our marines and return to Simon's-
bay. The Carysfort, 26, Captain Seymour, with the Go-
vernor of New Zealand on board; the Scout, 16, Com-
mander Loring; and the Snake, 12, Commander T. B.
Brown, are in Simon's-bay, with a French frigate. Lieut.
Boys has broken his arm."
Sir William Burnett, M.D., K.C.11., F.R.S., Director-
General of the Medical Department of the Navy, arrived
at Hasler Hospital on Friday, on an official visit to that
institution.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 12.—Her Majesty's brig Hound
arrived from Portsmouth on the 10th, and sailed on the
11th with supernumeraries for the coast of Africa.
Her Majesty's steam-vessel Ehadamanthus, Master
Commander Thomas Laen, arrived on the 10th from Ire-
land, and took on board the remaining part of the 55th
Regiment yesterday (the 11th), and sailed for the Cove
of Cork.

His Imperial Russian Majesty's corvette Abo, Captain
Nordman, came in this morning from Naples, where she
conveyed some valuable presents from his Imperial Ma-
jesty the Emperor of all the Russias to his Majesty the
King of Naples. The Abo sails again to-morrow
morning.
DE VONPORT, SEPT. 12. Yesterday morning the
Earl of Auckland and the other Lords of the Admiralty
at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, were visited by Admiral
Sir John West, K.C.8., Port Admiral ; Rear-Admiral
Sir S. Pym, C. 8., Admiral Superintendent ; Mr. Black-
more, the Mayor of Devenport, and other official per-
sonages. The First Lord granted a levee to a number
of naval officers, after which the Board inspected the
dockyard, the ships constructing therein, and the new
works at Morice Town. Subsequently, in company
with Captain-Superintendent Sir Thomas Fellowes,
C. 8., they visited the Royal William Victualling-yard
at Stonekouse.

A conversational some had been advertised by the as-
sociation to take place at 8 o'clock, and soon after that
hour 80 or 100 ladies and gentlemen assembled in the
Victoria-rooms. Unfortunately, (however, there was no
one to preside, or :to start conversation, and bind the
company into one, and the various parties that arrived
continued for a couple of hours in almost private chat
inter se, several unhappy persons sitting or standing
alone, and wondering when the business would begin.
At 10 o'clock it was whispered about the room that the
steam-vessel from the Isle of Wight had arrived,
but that the President had gone home for the night.
The company then concluded that they had had
the " conversational soirée," and began to slip
away by twos and threes ; by 11 o'clock the room
was empty.
On Monday Prince Albert is expected to visit the sec-
tions ; respecting which I must say that their being
situated in five different parts of the town, and all in
operation at once, creates a good teal of difficulty and
inconvenience.

In the evening their Lordships dined with Admiral
Sir John West, at his official residence, Admiralty
House, Mount Wise. The party consisted of the Right
Hon. the Earl of Auckland, First Lord of the Admiralty;
Admiral Sir C. Adam and Captain Berkeley, Lords of
the Admiralty ; Captain Brandreth, RR, Civil En-
gineer to the Board ; Captain Eden, Private Secretary
to Lord Auckland ; the Hon. G. H. Ward, Secretary to
the Admiralty ; Admiral Sir John West, Port Admiral,
Lady West, and Miss West ; the Earl and Countess
Morley ; the Hon. General and Mrs. Henry Murray ;
Lady Leeke and the Misses Leeke ; Admiral Sir S. Pym
and Mrs. Drake ; Captain Sir Thomas Fellowes ; Cap-
tain M. H. Dixon Colonel Aslett, R.N. ; Dr. Arm-
strong, of the Royal Navy Hospital ; and Mr. J. Smith,
Private Secretary to the Port Admiral.

As it is doubtful whether the potato discussion will
be resumed, it may be well to add that a number of
speculations on the cause of the disease were broached
yesterday, but no conclusion was arrived at. Some at-
tributed the disease to the rupture of the vessels,
occasioned by frost or sudden growth and after
a long discussion between Dr. Buckland, Dr. Daubeny,
Professor Playfair, and others, on the question whether
atmospheric influence or a peculiar miasma could be the
cause,
Mr. SOLLY stated that he felt convinced no one could
at present explain what it really was.
Several gentlemen recommended that potatoes be
raised from seed in future.

This afternoon the First Lord will lay the foundation
or key-stone to the inverted arch which forms the
western entrance to the lock of the south basin. In
preparing for this dock, an excation has been made 43
feet deep; it will, when completed, form a lock or dock
360 feet long and 80 feet wide, within which a further
excavation will be made for a basin 600 feet by 500 feet.
The foundation-stone is a rectangular block of granite
from the Par quarries, near Fowey, 12 feet 10 inches
long, 3 feet 6 inches deep, and 2 feet 7 inches wide,
weighing 9 tons. Underneath it will be deposited the
usual coins of the realms, &c., which deposit will be
covered by a brass plate, bearing the following inscrip-
tion :

Dr. BIICKLAND said, the only remedy he knew was
the following :—The instant the extremity of the leaf is
attacked, mow down the whole to the ground, and burn
it, to give the tuber a chance of escape. Leave the
tubers in the ground till the first dry days of August,
then take them up, pick out the infected, and pack the
rest in dry straw, not touching one another.
A member suggested that the stalk should be pulled
up, and not merely mowed ; the disease existed very
low down.

" This Stone was laid by the Right Hon.
The Earl of Auckland, G.C.8., First Lord Commissioner of
the Admiralty, on the 12th Sept., 1846 ;
Being the Foundation-stone of the new Establishment for the
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Manufacture and Repair of Machinery for
her Majesty's Steam-ships of War;
Designed and commenced in the year, 1844 under the:Orders
of the Right lion.
The Earl of Haddington, K.C.8., First Lord Commissioner of
the Admiralty.
Captain Brandreth, R.E., F.R.S., Director-in-Chief of the

So much doubt had been thrown upon every theory
by the time Mr. Solly spoke, that his remark was very
generally cheered.— Times.

Works.

Captain Burgmann, RE„ Resident Director of the Works.
George Baker and Son, Contractors."
The whole site to be occupied by the new works is
74k acres, and it is intended as a yard for the construc-
tion, repairing, and use of the steam navy. The first
spade was put in on the 19th of November, 1844, for the
foundation of the offices for the clerks of the works ; and
on the 30th of January, 1846, the first pile, called the
dolphin or guide pile, was driven. Mr. Nasmyth's
valuable invention, the tilt hammer, has been successfully
employed in driving the piles. This enormous machine
is worked by steam power. It was on the sth of .Fe•
bruary in the present year that the first engine was put
to work, and so rapid has been the progress, that the
dam of 1,600 feet, the greatest length ever before at-
tempted, and in which there is no less than 8,000 loads
of timber, was completed in a few months—which, by the
old plan, would have taken years. Besides this saving
of time, there has been also a large saving of expense,
yet the cost of the dam and its contingent risks exceeded
130,0001. Up to the last week nearly 150,000 cubic
yards had been excavated ; and, to the 31st of August,
nearly 207,000 cubic feet of granite and nearly 350,000
cubic feet of limestone had been delivered on the works.
Messrs. Baker, the contractors, have made arrange-
ments, on the conclusion of the ceremony, to entertain
the Lords of the Admiralty and a company of 200 ladies
and gentlemen at an elegant dejeuner. The workmen, to
the number of nearly 800, dine under an extensive tent
formed in the shape of the letter "V" at the northern
part of the works. The Admiralty will be entertained
in the extensive model lofts.
PROMOTION.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert rode on horseback on
Friday afternoon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne
House.

Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor had the honour of
joining the royal circle at Osborne House, at dinner, on
Friday evening.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took
their accustomed walks and rides on Saturday forenoon.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was taken an
airing. The royal children went to the beach yesterday
morning.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the ladies and
gentlemen of the royal suite, attended Divine service
yesterday morning in Whippingham Church.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia arrived
in town on Saturday morning, attended by the Countess
Haack, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron Witzleben, from
Cashiobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty
the Queen Dowager.
The Princess was received at the Euston-square
terminus by his Excellency the Prussian Minister and
Count Puckler. Her Royal Highness, attended by her
suite, proceeded to visit and inspect Westminster Abbey,
the new Palace at Westminster, and Westminster Hall.
Her Royal Highness afterwards went to the residence
of the Prussian Minister on Carlton House-terrace,
where a dejeuner was served.
The Princess, attended by her suite, left town shortly
before six o'clock, travelling by the London and North
Western Railway, on her return to Cashiobury Park.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, returned to town on
Saturday, from a visit to her Majesty the Queen
Dowager, at Cashiobury Park, Herts. Their Royal
Highnesses proceeded to Kew in the afternoon.
Mr. John Thornton, Deputy Chairman of the Stamps
and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Saturday. Colonel Maberley had also
an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Earl Grey left town on Saturday afternoon, on a
visit to Lord Langdale, at his residence Templeton-
house, Roehampton.
The Earl of Clarendon returned on Friday evening
to his residence, Grove-park, Herts.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey left town on Sa-
turday afternoon for Tunbridge Wells.
The Marquis of Anglesey attended Divine service
yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's, Tle Ser-
mon was preached by the Iter. Mr. Bradford. The
w
prayers were
ad by the Rev. T. Helmore, and the
Lessons by the Rev. G. H. Repton. The Anthem was
We will rejoice," (Croft.) Mr. Turle
, organ. At the

Oliver Thomas Miller, Assistant-Surgeon, Vindictive,
to be surgeon to the Vesuvius.
APPOINTMENTS.

James B. West, Lieutenant, to the America.
William Shippard, Commander, seniority, Aug. 12,
1812, to be retired Captain.
Timothy W. Sulivan, Second Master, to the Victoria
and Albert.
Robert J. C. Grant, Master-Assistant, to the Caledonia.
William Mackay, Clerk's-Assistant, to the Thunder.
David Partridge, Acting First Engineer, to the
Gladiator.
George Rock, Second Engineer, to the Bulldog.
Alexander Birnie, First Engineer, to the William
and Mary.
George Kaye, First Engineer, to the William and Mary.
Edward Deely, Second Engineer, to the William
and Mary.
Robert Allen, Second Engineer, to the William
and Mary.
GeOrge W. I'Utt, Second Engineer, to the William
and Mary,

DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ST. ASAPH. Dr.
Carey, Bishop of the above see, died last night at his
residence in Portland•place. Dr. Carey was several years
ago translated from the see of Exeter.