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N°.18,219.] LONDON, THURSDAY t - FEBRUARY 13, 1851.
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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AND
EQUITABLE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.

DIRECTORS.
t*T. LAMLE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman.
*W. A. R. Bennett, Esq. *John Rawson, Esq.
*Hugh Croft, E,q. *John Shaw, Fsq.
tElliotson, M.U„ F.R.S. t*Edinunil S. Symes, Esq
*Ralph Gough, Fsq. f.t:lement Tabor, Esq.
*M. C. Maher, Esq. t Joseph Thompson, Esq.
*John Moss, Esq. t*Augustus Vlgne, Esq•
AUDITOR.
frrefessor Wheatstone, F.R.S.
PHYSICIAN.
M.D„ F.R.S„ 37, Conduit-street.
SURGEON.
77, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square.
ACTUARY.
tSW. S. I . Woolh•mse, Esq., F.R.A.S., Sec.
SECRETARY.
4., *D. T. Lyons Clanehy, Esq.
I SUPERINTENDENT.
SW. A. Hawkins, Esq.
BANKERS.

t'E. S. Symes,

t*Mesors. Glyn, Hall!fax, Mills, and Co., 67, Lomb-trd-street.
SOLICITORS,

tMessrs. Sutton, Ewens, OnaraAnney and Prudence, 6, Basinghall-

. _
street.
•W. Tatham, EM., 22, chrogmorton-street.
NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE.
CAI ITAL —500,000/

The WITHDRAWAL TABLE of the Society affords to the As-
sured the greatest possible present and prospective advantages that
can be conferred by Life Assurance. On this Tab e the Assured is
entitled, at any time, to receive at interest an immediate advance,
to the extent of one-half the amount of the paid annual Premiums,
without security, personal liability, or deposit of the Policy, but by
simple endorsement thereon ; or the half Premium may be with-
held during the whole continuance of the Policy. Also, in the
event of the Assured at. any time not requiring to continue the
Policy, on its surrerrier one-halt of the annual payments will be
returned by the Society.
Lapsed Policies may be renewed without fine, on proof of health
and payment of arrears Of Premium without interest.
Notices of Assignment of Policies registered and acknowledged,
so as to make them available as securities in the hands of
third parties.
NA Entrance Fees or any other charge beyond the Policy Stamp.
The present usual ineoinl„of•alie Society from Premiums is
63.0001.; t,e, amonnt cos;twicby ttp.eyolicies of the Society is
1.781,4110/.;* the-reiiiiiv/Airoflt. al,Licabte to-fttturo boosts to
the Assured; amounts to- 82354/. 58:-64., At the last annual inves-
tigation, reported in May, 1850, the bonuses declared to the As-
sured were, the option of a retu•n of 15 per cent. on their Premiums
in cash, or a reversimary a 'dition to the original sum assured by
each Policy varying from 20 to 65 per cent.
EXAMPLES OF BONUSES ALREADY DECLARED.

I I kerma-
, Annual ,Policyl Bonus in vent Re-
Age. sti !`re- Pre- Itakeni addition Bonus in duction of
..,,. w miuni.Gut in to Sum Cash. Annual
I ' Assured. Premium.
--
I £ s. d. £ a d. £ s. d.
1837 292 6 9 139 16 9 22 13 1
11838 I 267 11 4 126 17 2 19 19 7
1839 241 18 6 113 17 7 17 8 8
£ X s.d. 1840 193 12 6 93 16 8 14 0 10
60 11000 74 3 4 1841 189 12 6 89 5 10 13 8 11
1842 162 16 8 76 18 4 11 8 3
1843 115 10 10 55 10 10 8 1 10
1 1844 77 19 2 38 15 10 5 9 11
1845 66 15 0 44 10 0 4 10 I

Extensive Travelling Leave granted without extra Premium
Moderate extra Premium for Residence in Tropical Climates.
EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE.
Capital-500,0 01.
(Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
The leading principles of this Office ara 51oderate and equitable
Rates 01 Premium for each class or ris':—Annual divisiotrof Profits.
rhe difficulty of collecting the elements on which to proportion
premium to risk in Insurance against Loss by Fire has been so
great. that the rates at present charged are more the result of guess
than calculation.

It has been found by experience, that the total annual losses of the
different Established Companies hive not been proportionate to the
amount of annual Premiums received by each.
It is of the highe.t importance, both to the Insured and Insurers,
that such an anomaly should cease, and an avroximation to the
true risk b. made. To secure this object the Equitable Fire Insu-
ranca Company is established.
Che true rate of Premium for Fire Insarance can only be ap-
)roached through Classification and Average, which has not hitherto
been sufficiently acted n, or systematically aNdied.
Whatever be the nominal rate, the bonus or return periodically to
the Insured will determine the true Premium equitably payable, as
security against loss tor so great a calamity as fire, and the Insurer
is largely interested in this I,uestion, and will consult his interest by
supporting a system where, by a careful combination of Classifica-
tion and Aver are. the Premium will be proportioned to the risk.
The Equitable Fire Office will, by a constant anal, sis of its own
experience, from time to ti • e, adopt such rates of Premium as the
nature of the risk may justify, and will decline to enter into arrange-
ments as regards tariffs with other offices.
With this view an annual investiga ion will be made into each
class of risk, and a return of one moiety, or fifty per cent. of the nett
excess will be m uia to all classes of Insurers whose Policies have
Iseult in force for three years.
Insurances a;ainst Loss by Fire are effected by this Company upon
every description of Prmerty on moderate terms.
Farming Stock insured at 3s per cent, without the Average Clause.
Pmspectusea, and every information may be obtained, on applica-
tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents.

National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society.
* Equitable Mire
t• Both Oflieu.

eIATHOLIC LAW AND GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
4, NEW COVENTRY-STREET, LEICESTER-SQUARE, LONDON.

The FOUllTif ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie-
tors of this Company took place on the 25th Instant, at the Head
Office, at One o'clock precisely. The following is extracted from the
report, which is too lengthy for publication :
During the past year no claim, have arisen from deaths in England.
and but two in Ireland—one for 5001. and the other tor 2ftol.—making
together 7001., which have been paid. This is far below the expected
mortality, and is especially favourable, when it is remembered how
severely the life offices generally suffered from the epidemic of last
year.
The number of lives assurecrhetWeen the Ist of June. 11149, anti
the 31st of ay, 11450, was more than double the number issued In
the twelve mouths preceding.

Prop ,sals were made for 138 Policies, amounting to 52,9631. 2s. 6d.:
of these 121, comrrising 106 lives, were accepted for 45,1251. 6s.
sixteen Policies lapsed, representing 6,048 i., upon which 3201. 3s.
was received by the Company in the shlpe of premiums
Since the cm atmencernent of the Company to the Ist of June last,
assurarres were effected to the extent of 110,9721. 12s 6d., pro-
ducing in annual premiums 3,7321. I Is. Gd. Of these 54 lapsed,
'mounting to 23,9301. 16s. 6d., of which the annual premiums were
7411. Is., leaving the yearly income on the let of June last equal to
2,9911. 154. I Id. . . _

"trice last meeting loans were applied for to the extent of 17,7001.,
but 1,1f43/. 11s. 10d. only was advanced.
The Directors were also highly gratified to report that within the
last four months !hey had considerably extended. their business on
the Continent, having appointed, as Head Agent in France, Monsieur
de I'Etang, a gentleman of high standing in Paris, distinguished for
his integrity and ability in financial and in all assurance matters,
who, under the sanction and patronage of the Archbishop of Paris,
the Cardinal A rchbish,p of Lyons, and Monseigneur Par:sis, Eveque
de Langres, has already within the last three months effected a con•
siderable amount of business, not only in Life Assurances, but in An-
nuities both Immediate and Deferred. _ _ . .

After various resolutions, approving of the Report, and returning
thanks to the Right Reverend Chairman, Bishop Morris, the Vice-
Chairman, Actuary, Secretary, and Medical Officers of the establish-
ment, the meeting separated, highly gratified at its present results
and future prosrects.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

No 99, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury.
The ANNUAL GENERIL MEETING of: Proprietors will be
held at the Office of the Society, on l lIURSDAY, the 6th day of March
next, at One o'clock precisely, at which Meeting foul Directors and
one Auditor (on the part of the Pt, visions) will be elected.
Any Proprietor desirous of proposing a candidate for the office of
director or auditor, must send the name of such candidate to the Se-
cretary at least 14 days before the day of meeting. The ballot will
commence at Eleven ft,,d close at Two o'clock.
Au Extraordinary General Meeting of Proprietors will also be
held at the same place, on the same day, at Half-past One o'clock,
to take into consideration the propriety of altering part of the exist
in laws, regulat'ons, and provisions of tin Society, pursuant to the
deed of constitution.
The election of an auditor on the part of the ASSURED will also
take place on Wednesday, the fahpdearysoonts'Mlasrchu,RbeEtnwefeoirt
the whohnori:
toefrnEtleovfelliifea, iat Twotilqual'aelicio 'vkonte, are hereby referred to the con-
ditions endorsed on their policies for Information concerning the
candidate to be In°EPVG-E
G IL PINCKARD, Resident Secretary.
February, 1651.
•

IC 0 L L'S REGISTERED PALETOT.
This garment exemplifies in Its characteristics the 'general
excellence and moderate prices otserved throughout Messrs.
NICOLL'S establishment, where
DIZESi for EVENING or MORNING WEAR has its allotted

space.
UNIFORMS—NavaI, Military, and Diplomatic, present, in their
department, the unusual as; ect of lair prices for cash ; also
ROBES—Municipal, Clcrical, &c., have separate rooms, and are
plaoed on the same footing with the above.
BOY'S CLO . lIING.—This is a new department, wherein provi-
sion is also made for the display of much elegance and economy.
THE CITY ESTABLISHMENT correspoirts with the above, and
is at 22, CORNHILL, the entrance to the Shipping Department
being in Change-alley.
NICOLL'S TOGA can be used either as a cloak for the shoulders
or a wrapper for the kneoe ; it is registered 6 and 7 Viet.. cap. 65,
and can he had in London only
or H. J. aod D. NICOLL. al KR_
CANT CLOTHIERS, P ALF:TOT PATENTEES, and M.kNU-
R
FACTURER4 of CLOT:I, REGENT-STREET (from 114 to 120
inclusive), and 22, CORNIIILL.
CAUTION.—Man have a 9
au'ulymar le tu
eduothe
oufsecoolf thenle word " Paletot,"
.
but Messrs. ie,dl
(in winter o M are the sole patentees of the design and material
r summer substances) employed in the manufacture of
this inextensive and gentlern
ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS.
HERR - PRICHT MAN DEUTSJII.
QUt sI PAItLA ITALIANO.
AQUI lIABLASE EL ESPANOL.

ic WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS
MIMING?"
such is usually the query over the breakfast table with visitera to
Loudon. Let us answer the question. It you can admire the most
beautiful specimens of Pspier Mache manufacture which are pro-
duced in this country, ctsplay ed in the must attractive forms —if you
want a handsome or Useful Dressing Case, IVork-Box, or Writing
Desk—if you need any r qulstts for the work-table or toilet—or if
you desire to see one of the most elegai.t emporiums in London, then
you will co to I‘II.X.IIPS, 4 I.F.ADENH&I.I.-sTREET, near the
Ilouie, in whose show-rooms you may lounge away an hour
very pleasantly.

1)R. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF TOUTS
AND MATITRITT,
With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure.
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGSt ON STEEL.
pablistiva, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and
Italian, in a heated Lavelope, 2a. 6d., or poet-free, from the
Author, for forty-two Stamps,
of
SELF-PI
wad Maturity,
arriage, and on
ELF-PRESERVATION; a
the Secret Medical
Trmireatitair
aonnd thDeisofrdheyrasiolnogyf
asually acquired at axe early peried of life, which destroy
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood : with Practical
Observations on the certain Prevention and successful Treatment of
Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakatess,
atricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting hen,
erbtion, as adopted by Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent mem-
bers of the faculty in France. With fitly coloured Engraving.,
illustrating the taatotay, payalology, and Diseases of the Re-
productive Organs, explaining their etractures, uses, and function..
and the various injuries that aro produced in thorn by solitary
habits, excesses, and infection.
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
VT. BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian
Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c.,
This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana-
tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative
conditions in health and disease. The author, who has taken the
highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to
the treatment of these comp'aints. lie may he consulted 1r ith ad-
vantage by all those whose constitutions may have become debili-
tated through secret practices acquired 1.. youth, or by the excesses
of later years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects
of marriage frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of tut-
ceeFirg raistry and regret.

Published 137 the Anther, ane, may be hat of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
nwtcr-row ; Palmy, 63, Oxford.street ; Starle Titehborne-street,
Haymarket; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Mann, 23, Cornhill,
or free bypoet for forty-two stamps, from the author's residence, who
may be consulted cn these disorders personally, or by letter, daily,
from ton till two, and from Piz till eight,.

TEE SLAVE TRADE IN' AFRICA.

On Thursday next will be publi,lied, in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Ten

Plate, pr'nted hi colours, awl Wood Engravings,
DUTOAIEY and the D MIOMANS : being the
Journals of Two Missions to the King of Dahomey, and
Residence at his Capital, in the years 1849 and 1850. By FREDE-
RICK E. FORBES, Commander,* N., F.R.G.S., Author of " Five
Ye'ns hi Ching." and •‘ Six Months in the Aqican Blockade."
LOndon : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

THE PACIFIC AND CALIFORNIA.
On Tuesday next wiil be pulaished, in 2yols. post svo., with Four
Illustrations printed in colours, price 21s. drol,
R(WINGS in the PACIFIC, falai 1837 to 1849;
with a GLANCE at CALIFORNIA. By a Merchant long
resioent at Tahiti. •
• London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

A. Campbell, Regent-street, army agent, Is. 3d., any
Tuesday, between the 1m urs of eleven and two, at the
of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall-ehambPrs.
NOTICE OF CER fIFTCATE.

At the Court, Baiini,ha!Prtrect.
H. Haler, Blaekfriars-read, linendraper, March 4, at
twelve. •

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

J. T. Gunn, William's Cottagr-S; High-row, Knights;
bridge, bill broker—J. Butterfield, NeWburry, grocer,
certificate of the first class—J. Coles, Latin ton, Oxford-
shire, bakerr—H. B. 'Holloway, Ryde,'lsle .of Wight,
bookseller, certificate of the second C: Chap-
pell, Water-lane, Tower-street, wine7tnerchant, certificate
of the third class--S. A. Warner, S,nthampton•stieet,
Strand, prjectile-manufacturer, certificate of the second
class—T. Treffry, Tregoney; Cornwall,' seedsman, certi,
ficate of the third 'class—G Fuller, Poultry. City,
auctioneer, certificate of the third class—T. Gamsen,
Mark-lane. corn and seed factor, certificate of the second
class—J: K. Watts, St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, scrivener,
certificate of the third class—B. Hoyle, Manchester and
Ardwick,',7cheek manufacturer, certificate of the second
class, after -a suspension of three calendar months from
Aug. 6.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. G. Leitchild and W. Blaxiand, Moorgato.-street,
City, auctioneers—A. S. Partridge; IL P. .Dalgairns,
and W. T. S. Oakes, Austin-friars, City (..o far as re•
gards R. P. .14Igairns)—G. Gent and T. Gent, Nor•
thamptonshire. grocers—W. Wright 'and H. 11-nnett,
Wellgate, Yorkshire, cabinet makers—A. J. G. Walstab
and T. Green, Shot Tower Wharf, Lambeth, Surrey—
E. Bright and E. Bright, jun., Aaidoa and Hey bridge,
Essex, . merchants— C. Bromfield.. and J. A.
Bromfield, Conduit-street, Hyde-park, cheinists—J.
Hand and W. Clark, Walsall, • Staffor&lairl,, carriage
builders—R. Griffiths and J. Tathistpry Birmingham,.
brassfounclers—D. Bishop and J. • Bishop, Bernard-
street, Southampton. shoemakers—A. T. Tebbitt and
W. Tebbitt, 5, North•crescent, BecVord-square, mother
of pearl manufacturers—Y. B. grown, T. Blake, J. B.
Brown, and W. Taylor, Sheffield; merchants—S. Smith
an 1 H, Peet. Birmingham, accountants-J. Stevens and
J. J. Stevens, South wurk-bridge-road, Surrey, gasfitters
—J. Mills, 0. Edmonds, and A. Wilson, Stamford,
merchants (sa far a 3 regards the said J. Mills)—J. W.
Brooke, J. H. Worthington, and It Brooke, Liverpool,
commission merchants (so far as. regards the said H.
Brooke)—W. F. Emerson,- J. F.-Emerson, and W. J.
Brown' Batheaston, tn3ltsters-11. F. Lonsdale and G.
Cliffs, Manchester, carriers—W. Jones, sin., and W.
Jones, jun., White Horse-street, Ratcliffe, auctioneers—
J. Harrison and J. Strange, Houndsditch, grocers—T.
M. Lamb and C. Rubinson. Mtddleharn. Yorkshire, sur-
ges Ds—J. Collier.and C. Sayles. Liverpool.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Wilkinson Lund and John Lurid, Keighley, York-
shire, worsted spint,ers.
Edward Greenberry, Swinstead, Lincolnshire, miller.
Edward Voorsanger, Manchester, metallic pen manufac-
turer.

James Renton, Bradford, elock-maker.
1-I,llry Hubbard, Terrington, St. John's, Norfolk, boot
maker.

Thomas Tilley, Nantwich, Cheshire, chimney sweeper.
Joseph Whitehead, Saddleworth-fold, Yorkshire, wool-
len manufacturer.
Joseph W. Percy, Warwick, news agent.
John Burnett, Stroud, Ea,,tmeon; Southampton, carter.
Samuel Gibbi, Coventry, Mailer of beer.

Joseph P.,rch, Covi.ntry, publican.
James Harris, Witney, Oxfordshire, watch maker,
Juhn Willett, 0 fdington, Oxfordshire, farmer.

John tiewhOia, Robeston Wathan,.. Pen2brokc shire,

farmer.
Richard Embury, Reading, Berkshire, boot maker.

John Crouch, Cambridge, curator.
William Chapman, Cambridge, farmer.
James L-megroveßeadirtg. market gardener.
Robert Plowright King's Lynn. N,,rtolk. plumber.
Samuel Hander, Cookley, Suffolk, blacksmith.
Thomas Dent, Tunstall, Staffordshire, br,Jzier.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
C. Scobio, Perth, copper and tin smith, to meet
within St. John's Inn, Perth, Fob. 17, and March 7,
at one.

THE LIST OF NEW SHERIFFS.
(From the Supplement to the Gazette of Tuesday, Feb. 11.)
At the Court at Windsor, the 11th day of Feb., 1851.
Present—The Quekn'a Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Shenfra appointed by her Majesty in Council nr the

year 1851.
Bedfordshire—Sir Charles Giilies Payne, of Blunham,
Bart.

Btrkshire—Daniel Higford Duvall Burr, of Alder-
maston•park, Esq.
Buckinghamshire—The Hon. Richard Cavendish, of
Thornton•hall.

Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—George Rust,
of Huntingdon, Esq.
min ri a o rg - Pf...tßickgarhotansi:
Esq.
Cheshire—Thomas Marsland, of Henbury, Esq.
Derbyshire—Francis Bradshaw, of Bartrm- hall, Esq.
Devonshire—Richard Durant, Of Sharpharn, Esq.
DarstAshire—Francis Pitney Brouncker Martin, of
Kingston-house, Dorchester, Esq.
Durham—Robert Henry Allan, of E:q.
Risex—William Philip Honywood. of Mark's-hall, Esq.
Glouc-;stershi,e—William Dens, of Sudeley Castle, Rig,
Herefordshire—Charles Thomas Bodenhaw, of Rother-
was, E-q.
H,rtfordshire—William John Lysley, of Mimwood, Esq.
Kent—Ford WilF on' of Blackhurst, Tonbridge-wells, Esq.
Leicestershire—Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, of Beaumont,
Leyes, Bart.
Lincolnshire—Sir Charles Henry John Anderson, of
Lea, Bart.
Monmouthshire—Ferdinand Hanbury Williams, of Cold-
brook-park, Esq.
Norf, lk—Sir Willoughby Jones, of Cranmer-hall, Soul-
thorpe, Bart.
Northamptonshire—Sir Charles Edmund Isham, of
Lamport hall, Bart: -
Northumberland—Sir Horace St. Paul, of Ewart-park,
Bart.
Nottinghamshire—John Francklin, of Gonalston, Esq.
Oxfordshire—John Brown, of Kingston Blount, Esq,
Rutlandshire—John,'Moore Paget, of Cfipsbam, Esq.
sSohmroepsrsheie—Rb
trahire—oielrotmHaesnrTy Cutthnoeney', of B
Knytton,is Badger-hall, Esq.
Staffordshire—John Barker, of 'Wolverhampton, Esq.
County of Southampton—William Kingsmill, of ,Sid-
monton-ccurt, Kingsclare,
Suffolk—Frederick Barne, of Sott,,rley, Esq.
Surrey—John SparkeS, of Gosden house, Shalford, Esq.
Sussex—David Lyon, of Goring. Es
Warwickshire—Mark Philips, of Snitterfi.ld, Esq.*
Westmoreland—Edward Wilson, of Rignsadrn, Esq.
Wiltshire—Graham Moore Michell' EAnesde, of Monk•
ton-house, Esq.
Worcestershiro—Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, of
Stianford•court, Bart. • •

Yorkshire—The lion. Payan Dawnay,
rough-hall. ' of Beningbo-

WALES.

Anglesey—Thomas Owen, of Tyddyn Glan-y•mor, LA.
Breconshire—Rub9rt Raikes, of Treberfedd, Esq.
Canarvonshire—John Williams, of Hafodyllan, &
ganshire,--Ernest Augustus Vaughan, &irl of Lis-
burne, Powell, of Penyc ,ed, Eq.
Denbighshire—Thomas Hughes, of Astrad-hall, Den-
Wilson Jonee, of Hartslaenth- park, Esq.
ne of Crosswood.
CF al
ibbrniud:lishh, i r
Ee
..._,q . , ,
Glamorganshire—Gervas Powell Tubervill, of Ewenuy-
abbey, Bridgend, Esq.
Montgomeryshire—Charles Jones, of Garthmill, Esq.
Merionethshire —Henry Richardson, of Aherhirnuntl

Pembrokeshire—John Harcourt Powell, of Hook, Eq.
Radnordshire—Francis Aspinal Phillips, of Abbeyeam-
.
hir, E•q.

AND DOCK LATiitinGsDpuEbvlMPi°o
port; but we can no
out to the Admiralty the
7 with N
C reference EgR:
r ayWto to
THE NNEAWVBAAsIars
pointingAi
public money at that establishment,
havetthhee s beenew B
informationayse
irny
andwhichcautious
p o
has latterly t
reachedtperelyy °u
expensive work of building up and
ploenrgpeerturaelfrwaainsefroofm
the works of the insufficient
may witnesa' the expensive
in the absurd blunders which are being daily 'committed
by the director of works department. It will be scarcely
credited that the old
pulling down is now being acted over again; but such is
the reception of
deepim .Kell,
tfosrteam-
dthocekfancot,wfobreainngy ocnonesvtrisuictitnegd,
operation cf tearing down walls which were built up to
fpourmmp as
ce., portionnn e
ot
eodf aw i
engines for
Pumping out the new dock when it is complete& but
fur which pumps, it appears, the well to receive them
'was found to be constructed too small. We -.43 are quite
sure the Admiralty are utterly ignorant of this waste of
the navy estimates, to curtail which they ate diminishing
every detail. The sooner, however, they review their
vtherythe
department of civil engineering and architectural works
the he ter, fur- the character of the service and the public
finances. —Herald. -
The following officers passed their examinations at the
"Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, yesterday;_
Mates for Lieutenants Messrs. Rathbone (acting
lieutenant), Glynn, Dawson, and W rd, late of the
Cambriac, 40, paid off from the Eas ndies; B. G. F.
G. Visconti, late of the Bellerophon,. 8; Mercer, late
of the Arrogant, 46; Jervis (acting lieutenant), late of
the Spy, 3; Field, late of the Excellent; Douglas, late
of the Leander,- 50.; Hewitt, late of the Rattlesnake ;
Bateman, late of the -Apollo troopship ; Underwood
Bent, late of the Volage, 26 ; Dumaresq, late of the
Mariner, 12. - - _ __

Second-Musters for the rank of Mister—lles!rs. An-
kestrie, Hill, Johnstone, and Aliston.
Captain Sir Evorard Home, Bart, is satisfactorily
progressing towards reeovery. Erysipelas is disappear-
ing, and the gallant r flicer is enabled to open his eyes.
In a day or two he will be well enough to ho removed to
the Calliope, 26, now waiting iu the Sound.
Neither the Prince Regent, 90, Commander Feed (act-
ing captain), which left Li.-,hon en the SOth ult., nor
Powerfill, 84, Captain the Hon. B. S. Dundas; C. 8.,
which left Gibraltar on the 31st ult., both hcund for
Spithead, have yet made their appearance. The latter
is ord-red to call at Lisbon.

Athol st ire-ship, Lieutenant-Commander Pearse, has
arrived at Devonport, to be paid, and to embark stores
for Sierra Leone.

Birkenhead steam troop-ship, Master-Commander
Salmon. is to have a complement entered for her of only
45; and in addition to this number she is to have 105
men and boys lent to her from the dockyard, and from
the Blenheim and Victory. -
Banshee steam-packet will be completed at Woolwich
by Saturday text.
Sampson stam-frigate, Captain L. T. Jones, with
her st,?atu tender Bloodhound, will not leave Devon-
port for the c:list of Africa before the 18th. The
Sampson is now ordered not to part company with her
tender until they reach Sierra Leine, when she will go
'on to St. Helena.
PonTsmourn, FEB. 12.—The Birkenhead iron steam-
frigate., Master Commander Robert 341mond, will con-
vey troop: to Gibraltar when ready.
Tht Turks, we are happy to say, are favourably pro-
gressing,. The mortality- has been overrated, not more
than, a dozen (including sick and dead) being the cor-
rect account, which we are requested to mention, to allay
spreading alarm.
Captain Yates, of the Britannia, continues very in.,
disposed.
The Simko= iron screw steam-ship on her late trial
made eight and Nix miles per hour. It is reported a
commercial company are in treaty for the purchase
of her.

PLYMOUTH. TUESDAY.—Her Majesty's steam block-
ship Arrogant, 46, Captain Robert S. Robinson, arrived
yesterday from _Portsmouth, and sailed again in the
evening to join Commodore Martin'a squadron at
Lisbon.

The brig Penguin, 6, Commander T. Etheridge,
sailed yesterday for the coast of
_A.friea.
The steam-ves.sel Aeon, 3, arrived on Sunday from
Portsmouth.

The steam-vessel Blo'dhound was taken out of dock
on Monday, and warped to the Jupiter coal-cle.p6t, pre-
paratory to sailing fir the coast of Africa.
Lotte-s have he.n received here from her Majesty's
ship Caledonia, 120, Captain T. W. Carter, dated Malta,
Feb. 2. A messman belonging to the Superb had died
suddenly.. The crews of all the ile‘t were well.
At the annual meeting of the Plymouth Chamber of
Commerce held on Saturday, the Right lion. the Earl.of
Morley in the chair, his Lordship was re-elected chair-
man, Mr. W. H. Hawkps, deputy-chairman, Mr. John
Smith, treasurer, and Mr. J. E. Blewett, secretary.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Feb. 12.
(Sittings in Middlesex at Nisi Prius after Hilary Term,
before 119 Loan CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.)
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE LONDON IY.ICILS

This case was resumedCOMPANY
for the sixth day at twelve
o'clock.. Several witnesses were examined on the part
of the Dock Company, whose evidence was a clear and
distinct answer, so far as these parties ware concerned,
to the ease set up by the Crown. The case is likely to
occupy the whole of the week, even if it should not in-
deed trench upon the next.
It is expected that another Learned Baron will preside
at the London sittings on Saturday.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

At the termination of the ordinary business of the
court the poor man, William Bill, who had his glass-
ship broken by a cabman running his vehicle against it
some time since, and for the damage of which 101. was
awarded by Sir John Key, the poor fellow only getting
one-fourth that amount to recompense him for his loss,
choosing rather to take a portion than allow the man
to go to prison, and so lose all, applied to the sitting
alderman, Sir Chapman Marshall, for the loan of 10s., to
complete • his " crystal structure." He stated he had
been hard at work ever since the accident, and had only
now completed the vessel, and wanted the money he now
applied for to buy a piece of glass to make the case in
which he usually showed it. He further stated that he
had been maintained during his "one-handed" labours
by the kindness and charity of the Rev. Mr. Lyons, of
Whitechapel, who had allowed him 2s. worth of bread
per week for some months past. The poor man was ex-
ceedingly grateful for the relief afforded him by that:
gentleman, who had followed the noble example of the
good Samaritan, and placed him in a position to live and
work for so long a period. He offered to pay the money
hack in weekly instalments of 3s. each. Sir. Chapman
Marshall kindly granted him the 10g. from the poor
fund, but not as a loan, as he was really a deserving ob-
ject for relief.