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7 DECEMBER 14, 1850.

THE WIDOW of tLe lee Rev. GEORGE
EDWARD lIOLLEST, of Frimley, Surrey.—Frimley, Bag-
shot, December 4, MO.—An earnest APPEAL to public benevolence
is respectfully submitted by ;1 few friend.; and neighbours on behalf
of the WIDOW of the late Rev. GEORGE EDWARD HOLI,ES r,
who for a period of 14 years, in an ex,iplary man;:er, performed
the duties of his church, and was distineuished by his benevolence
and charity_ in the wide district under his charge. The act of
atrocity by which the Rev. Mr. liolle3t was suddenly cut off is
universally known, but those only who are acquainted with his posi-
tion ar,., aware that he never had the means of making a provision
for his widow. Under such circumstances, it is hoped tint the case
of Mrs. Holiest will commend itself to the generous consideration
of those who are blessed with the means of alleviating, so far as
human sympathy and assistance can alleviate, the distress ol' a
family so tearfully bereft of its natural supporter. The income of
Mrs. Tidiest does not cxc ed 401. per annum, and subscriptions are
c,:anes:ly solicited in aid of theca inadequAte means. Subscriptions
will be than,7fully received by the following bankers : —Messrs.
lierries, Farquhar, and Co.; Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.;
:Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, and Co.; Messrs. Coutts, and Co.; Messrs.
Smith, Payne, and Co.; Si'S. Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-
square; Messrs. Mangles Brothers, Guildford; Messrs. Stev‘ns
and Blandy, Reading; also by the following members of the Com-
mittee : . .

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J. F. Burrell, INlanor House, Frimley.
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Captain Criailes Edward Mangles, Poyle-park, Farnham, Surrey.
The Coainlit•ee have the sitisfactiin to state that her Majesty the
Queen, the Ditchess of .Gioncester, and the Bishop of Winchester,
have sanctioned their eKertions by very liberal donations.
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notice any blank in the instrument. He was about 20
minutes in the room, and the document was there during
all that time, though part of the time it was folded up.
The prisoner accompanied them to the garden-door, and
the document was left in the room with Mrs. Blaekhurst.
There was wine on the table; but his wife said to the
prisoner " You had better not take any wine, Henry, as
you know it gots into your head, and you have another
wicOl lun:reen:a
te xha
featmet
idat iwy."
oans h
signeds said the prisoner
d and
witnessed.
e
of it was in his handwriting.
The document, which was then read, was as follows:
" This is anothe r codicil to the last wilt and testament
of me, Catherine Blackhurst, of Fiahwick, in the county
of Lancaster, wife of Henry Blackhurst, of the same
place, gentleman, by virtue of the powers given me.
Wherees I have given the weekly sum of 10s. payable to
Matilda Blackhurst, and the sum of 401. a year to my
only sister, Emily Webster, both of the above bequests
I hereby revoke and make void, and in lieu of the
bequest to my sister I hereby give and bequeath to her
301. a year only. I also give and bequeath to Mary,
wife of John Thompson, of Walton-le-Dale, auctioneer,
otherwise called Susannah, the weekly sum of'los., pay-
able at the death of my husband to her only, and her
receipt only to be a discharge for the same, and not to be
subject to the debts, control, or engagements of her pre-
sent or any future husband she may hereafter marry.
" And, lastly, I give, devise, and bequeath all my real
and Orsonal estate and effects to my husband, his heirs
and assigns, for ever absolutely.'
"And I nominate, constitute, and appoint Edward
Pcdder, of Clifton, in the said county, Esq , and
Liwrence Spencer, of Preston, surgeon, executors to
this my codicil to my last will. In -witness whereof I
have to this my last codicil set my hand this 3d day of
June, 1850. " CATHERINE BLACKHURST.
" Signed by the said Catherine Blackhurst, and
published by (her) in our presence, and in the
presence of each other present at the same
time, as a codicil to her will.
"ROBERT ASCROFT, Attorney, Preston,
" 'Tetomas AMBLER, Attorney's Clerk, Preston."
[The words separately quoted in the first paragraph
are the words charged to have been surreptitiously in-
troduced by the prisoner.]
In answer to a question which Mr. Sergeant Weexues,
by permission of the Court, here put to him,
The witness said that the prisoner appeared to be
very much under his wife's control and influence, and
that he never saw any intimidation used towards her by
the prisorer.
Mary Thompson was then called, and proved that she
was in the habit of conversing with Mrs. Blackhurst
about her affairs, and often attended her hilliness. She
remembered them going to Lisbon-hall in April or May
of the present year. Mrs. Blackhurst gave her a sealed
packet, containing her will, and some directions con-
cerning it.
On being asked what those directions were,
Mr. Sergeant Wriattes objected to the question, and
His LORDSHIP, after consulting with 'ale Baron Al-
derson, decided that the directions given at the same
time with the document were admissible in evidence,
hut the general declarations of the deceased respecting
her intentions were not.
Mrs. Thompson then said Mrs. Blackhurst told her
to take care of it, and keep it secret even from her own
husband. She said it was a copy of her will, and she
was to deliver it to Mr. Pedder, of the bank, at her
death. Site put the document away, and gave
it after her death as desired, to that gentle-
man in the same state as it was when she received it.
The witness did not know of Mrs. Blackhurst's last
illness. She remembered Mr. Noble and his clerk
coming to Lisbon-hall in the latter end of May or .Tune.
lie remembered also Mr. Asoroft coming their daily in
June, after which she got another parcel from Mrs.
,Blackhurst. On this occasion she told her to take care
of it, as it was a codicil to her will, and the last she
would make, and that she was to give it to Mr. Pedder,
which she did on the following day. Mr. and Mrs.
Blackhurst immediately afterwards went to Buxton.
Mrs. Blackhurst was in the habit of wearing spectacles.
She could not read at that time.
On cross-examination she said she did not know
whether she was any relation to Mrs. Blackhurst.
Mr. Edward Pedder, banker,Treston, knew the late
Mrs. Blackhurst;:was accustomed to honour her cheques.
Attended her funeral on Saturday, the 3d of August.
After the funeral he returned to Lisbon-hall, and pro-
duced some documents, among others a sealed packet,
addressed by the prisoner, also another packet, which
he received from the last witness. Ho delivered them
to Mr. Noble in the prisoner's presence. The document
in the sealed packet alluded to was the codicil of the
31 of Juno.

Mary Ann Miller, of Glasgow—Was in Preston with
her daughter early in the present year, and was intro-
duced to Mr. and Alrs. Blackhurst. She saw
Mrs. Blackhurst ten days before her death, and
at her request her daughter put a name down
on paper, and Mrs. Blackhurst gave whip ss a message
which she was to convey to the Lord Provost of Glas-
gow. This message she delivered to Mr. Forbes, the
town desk of Glasgow. The message was that at her
death the authorities of that city were to correspond
with Mr. Noble, solicitor, of Preston.
William Brierly, stonemason—Knew Mr. and Mrs.
Blackhurst. Was at one time tenant under them. Re-
membered them going to Lisbon-hall. Shortly before
thi3 he had some conversation with the prisoner. He
asked him what was the reason of his leaving Blackrock ;
and he said his wife had told him if he would do so that
she would leave him the whole of her property for his
life, and that his children had not behaved so very well
that he could desire it any longer. A little after their
return from Buxton the prisoner told him that his wife
had done what she promised.
Mr. Arthur Forbes, one of the town clerks of Glas-
gow, proved the names of the Lord Provost and baillies
of the city of Glasgow at the time of the execution of
the codicil in question.
This closed the case for the prosecution, upon which
Mr. Sergeant Wflanrs addressed the jury for the
prisoner. He remarked upon the length of time (25

years) during which the Prisoner bad been married to
his wife, to whom could she more properly have loft her
np deficient
uromp ter rt y?of wills
see t:siphopene,
had
as
sd themto a
jh.dnaervi
bmb ueiteg nhwtah
je%un'do
gtmi n
fromtgia
Iro
eat thloyet
her death was approaching—that time when duty begins
to be written by fingers that are infallible and in cha-
racters that cannot be mistaken—what more proper dis-
position of her affairs could she have made? lie ridi-
culed the idea of her having been under the control and
influence of her husband; the contrary appeared to have
been the case. The jury were sworn to give their ver-
dict, not according to what they might suspect or guess
might be possible, but according to the evidence. They
must not allow any prejudice in the case to violate the
integrity of the jury box. The very instrument itself
had not been impeached, and the witness who had been
called and who had attested it could not say on oath that
the words were not there when he put his name to it.
The Learned Sergeant concluded by asking the jury it
there was one among them who could without any doubt
say before God that the man was guilty. If there was,
he dare not tell that man to violate his conscience and
say otherwise, but if there was the least doubt in their
minds, he called upon them to exercise their glorious
privilege of gladdening the heart of a fello.v man, and to
set his client at liberty.
Mr. Justice TALFOURD then summed up the evidence,
and the jury retired to consider their verdict. After they
had been absent about half an hour, in consequence of
an observation addressed to his Lordship by Mr. Ser-
geant Wilkins,

- The Learned JUDGE sent for the jury into court, and
told them that they must be satisfied that the words
alleged to have been interpolated in the codicil were not
in that document at the time of its signature before they
could convict the prisoner of forgery.
The jury again retired, and after a considerable aba
sauce returned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty.
There was a slight applause in the court, which y
was
instantly suppressed.

York, Dec. 12.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.)
In the early part of the day the Court was occupied
in trying cases unfit for publication.
William Ramcden was charged with having forged an
acceptance to a bill of exchange for 91. 155., with intent
to defraud John Bincks. There were other counts,
charging the prisoner with uttering the same bill of ex-
change, knowing it to be forged.
Mr. Shaw prosecuted, and Mr. Overend defended the
prisoner. _

It appeared that the prosecutor resided at Wakefield,
and on the Bth of last August the prisoner brought him
a bill of exchange for 91. 155., purporting to be drawn
by the prisoner on and accepted by Joseph Wilby and
Son, of Ossett, near Wakefield. The prosecutor, how-
ever, declined to discount the bill; but eventually, on
the prisoner's assuring him that the acceptors wore
most respectable men, gave him cash for it, and the pri-
soner endorsed it to him. On the bill being presented
for payment when at maturity at Messrs. Denison and
Co.'s, bankers, London, at whose bank it was made pay-
able, it was dishonoured, and it ultimately turned out
t hat there was no such firm as " JoseA Wilby and Son,
Ossett."

It was suggested for the defence that the prisoner
knew nothing about the bill being a forgery; that he had
taken it from a person named Cook, who had since ab-
sconded; and it was proved by a brother cf the prisoner
that, according to his belief, the body of the bill was not
in the priso,ler's handwriting.

His LORDSHIP directed the jury that, if they were of
opinion
that the bill was made by the prisoner, writing
the acceptance of a person who did not exist was forgery
as much as imitating the signature of a real party.
The jury tcund the prisoner Guilty.
He was sentenced to be transported for ten years.
Henry Bowers was charged with having stolen n mare,
on the Bth of September last, at Rait•thorpe, the pro-
perty of John Jewi:on.

Simpson prosecuted ; the prisoner rea3 unde-
rended.

It appeared that on Sunday morning, the Bth of Sep-
tember, the prosecutor missed his mire from the field
where it was turned out, and thereupon caused an ad.
yertisiment to be published describing the mare lost.
About twelve o'clock the same night a policeman saw the
prisoner riding the mare bare-backed near Doncaster,
and suspecting that all was not right accosted the pri-

[PRICE SD.

goner, and asked him where he was going, and not being
satisfied with his answers, he took him into custody on
'suspicion of stealing the mare. The superintendent of
the Doncaster police thereupon advertised the mare in
the county papers, and this led to the prosecutor identi-
fying and recovering his property. The prisoner, it ap-
pared, had recently been discharged from the service of
the prosecutor, and had been seen loitering about the
prov:cutor's house the day before the robbery.
His Lowman. having summed up,
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to be transported for ten years.
(B..fore Mr. Baron MARTIN.)
_ _

Beni7nan Smith and Henry Wood were charged ai h
assaulting and robbing David Stafford, on the Bth of IX:-
cemb r, 1849, and stealing from him a silver watch and
gold watch-guard.
Mr. Hardy and Mr. Wood prosecuted, and Mr. Price
defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prosecutor lived at Huddersfield
at the time of the robbery, and was an attorney's clerk.
Whilst returning home on the evening of the Bth of De-
cember from Kirklicaton, he was atineked at a place
called Cockell's-fields by three men, thrown down, and
his pockets riff; of his watch and other articles. The
men then made off, the prosecuior not being able to
identify them. Subsequently a convict in York Castle,
named Swift, who was under sentence of transportation
for another offence, made a communication to the gover-
nor, implieating a person named John Wood, now under
sentence of transportation for life for another offence,
and the two prisoners, to the effect that he, Wood, and
the two prisoners were drinking together at the Unicorn
Inn, at Huddersfield, on the Bth of December, 1849,
when they agreed to go out and obtain some money by
robbery. They proceeded to a place called Cockell'e-
fields, across which is a footpath; and there they at-
tempted to seize a man who came up, but he ran away,
crying out " Good night." Wood then got a hedge stake,
and swore he would knock down the next man that came
up. Soon after the prosecutor passed them, and they
knocked him down and robbed him, and afterwards di-
vided the spoil in a shed at the Tandem Inn. In corrobora-
tion of Swift's story twomen were called,who stated that
they had seen Swift in Cockell's-fields on the night in ques-
tion, along with some other men. A witness named
Aaron Sykes also stated that on the night in question, as
he was returning home through Cockell's-fields to Hud-
dersfield, four men sprang upon him out of a hedge. He
succeeded in escaping from them, and cried out " Good
night;" and although he would not positively swear to
them, he believed the two prisoners were two of the men
who had attacked him.

The Learned COUNSEL for the defence cont2nded that
the whole case depended upon the evidence of an ac-
complice according to his own testimony, and who had
very likely concocted the story to obtain his liberation
from the sentence he was undergoing.
His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found the prisoners Not Guilty.
John Chatfield and William Holmes were indicted for
having, on the 16th of July last, at Sheffield, assaulted
and robbed one William Parker of his watch.
_ _

Mr. Campbell Foster prosecuted, and Mr. Shepherd
dekncled the prisoners.
It appeared that the prosecutor, who is a steel refiner,
about ten o'clock on the evening of the 16th of July last,
went into the Spread Eagle Tavern, in Far-street, Shef-
field, where he remained drinking beer until half-past
twelve o'clock. Whilst there the two prisoners came in
and sat drinking together. Just before he left the pro-
secutor palled out his watch to see what time it was, and
the prisoners then left together. The prosecutor was
sober when he left. On going home through [Egli-
street, Sheffield, he passed the two prisoners, whom ho
recognised, when Chatfield seized hold of his watch-
guard and pulled his watch out of his pocket, at the
same time striking him a violent blow on the face which
knocked him down. The prisoners then made off. The
prosecutor called out " Watch," but seeing no one, he
went home, aed there discovering that he had lost his
watch, he immediately gave information at the police-
office, and the prisoners were both afterwards appre-
hended. They acknowledged that Chatfield had struck
the prosecutor, but denied all knowledge of the watch.
The watch was not afterwards found.

For the defence it was admitted that the assault had
been committed, but it was denied that there was any
evidence of the felony; and it was suggested that a
scuffle had ensued betnrcen the prosecutor and the pri-
soners, in the course of which the prosecutor was
knocked down and the lost watch.

His LORDSHIP having summed up,
The jury found Chatfield Guilty of a common assaul
and Acquitted Helmea.

The prisoners having been i❑ gaol since last July,
His LORDSHIP sentenced Chatfield to be imprisoned
one week.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain Charles Frederick (1842), who was pro-
moted from the command of the Apollo troop ship,
and considered one of the best officers in the service,
has been appointed to the command of the Amphitrite,
26, to be commissioned at Portsmouth.
Lieutenants—J. M. Reeve (1846) to the Volcano
steam-vessel, at Woolwich ; Robert Reid (1843), to
the Britannia, 120, at Portsmouth.
Assistant Surgeons—William Banbridge and D.
W. C. Tucker, additional to the Imaurn, commodore's
ship, at Jamaica.
Master's Assistant—W. Blackney, to the Fantome.
Tae Paymaster Elliott, storekeeper of Deptford
victualling yard, as we anticipated, has been appointed
Steward of Greenwich Hospital, vice Jessop, deceased.
The Paymaster Breaks, agent victualler and naval
storekeeper at Cape of Good Hope, has been appointed
to the vacancy at Deptford.
Apollo, 8, troop ship, Commander Rawstorne, after
a rough passage, arrived at Barbadoes Nov. 7, and
having landed detachments of artillery and Major
and Mrs. Kelly, and some officers of the 31st, was to
continue her passage to Jamaica. The troops on
board were well and comfortable.
The Waterwitch, 10, brig, Commander Quin, sailed
from Spithead, on Thursday at noon, for Chatham, to
pay oIT.
The Phaeton, 50, Captain George Elliot, was towed
out of Portsmouth harbour, on Thursday afternoon,
by the Basilisk steamer. She anchored at Spithead
and took in her powder and live shells on Friday.
The Basilisk towed the Phaeton out to Spithead at
the rate of seven and a half knots per hour.
The Hogue, 40, screw-guard ship, Captain
M'Dougal, steamed out of Portsmouth Harbour, on
Thursday, soon after the Phaeton, and anchored at
Spithead. She weighed again this morning and pro-
ceeded down to Stokes Bay to try her speed along
the measured mile.
The Sprightly, steamer, Master-Commander Allen,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Ply-
month, with a few supernumeraries.
The Fantome, 12, was brought out of the Ports-
mouth basin, alongside the yard jetty yesterday, and
was commissioned by Commander Gennys.
Britomart, 8, was taken out of No. 2 dock at De-
vonport on Wednesday, and the Penguin taken in the
same time.

Devon lighter, Bond master, sailed from Devon-
port on Thursday morning, with shipwrights, caulk-
ers, and some extra riggers, for Falmouth, to prepare
the Astrea for removal to the former port to be paid off.
Sprightly steam-tender sailed from Devonport on
Thursday, with supernumeraries for Portsmouth.
In Plymouth Sound—Albion, 90; Barnpool, Bel-
lerophon, 78.
In harbour—lmpregnable, 78 ; St. George, 120;
Calliope, 26 ; Penguin, Sylph, Nautilus, Avon, Con-
fiance, Diligence, Camel, Aid, and Rochester, lighters.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE SPY.-Mr. Woodhead has
given notice to Lieutenant-Commander Geo. Western
a

nd the officers and crew of her Majesty's ship Spy,
who were actually on board and entitled to share in
the proceeds arising from the capture of the slaver
Amelia, on the 15th of April, 1849, that the distri-
bution thereof will be made on the 15th of January,
1851, at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi, and where the
list will be recalled every Wednesday and Friday for
three months :—Flag, 311.155. 9d.; third class (lieu-
tenant-commander), 71/. 19s. 2d.; fourth, 171. 19s.
9d. ; fifth, 161. 3s. 9d.; sixth, 10/. 15s. 10d.; seventh,
8/. 19s. 10d.; eighth, 71. 3s. 11d.; ninth, 51.'75. 11d.;
tenth, 31. lls. Ild.; eleventh, 21. 13s. 11d.; twelfth,
11. 15s. 11d.; thirteenth, 1/. 6s. lid.
PRIZE MONEY FOR THE HYDRA.-Mr. Woodhead
has also given notice to Commander Grey Skipwith
and the officers and crew of her Majesty's steam
vessel Hydra, who were actually on board and enti-
tled to share in the proceeds arising from the capture
of the Uniao, on the 2d of March, 1849, that the dis-
tribution thereof will be made on the 15th of Janu

ary, 1851, at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi, and
where the list will be re-called every Wednesday and
Friday for three months :-Flag, 951. 7s. sd. ; second
class (commander), 365/. 149. ; third, 481. 15s. 2d.;
fourth, 241. 7s. 7d. ; fifth, 211. 183. 101, ; sixth,
141. 123. ; seventh, 121. 33. 9d. ; eighth, W. 155.;
; ninth, 71. 61. 3d. tenth, 41. 173. ; eleventh,
31.135. 1,l.; twelfth, 2/. Bs. 91. ; thirteenth, 1/. 163.6 d.
PORTSMOUTH SAILORS' floNt2.--The directors of
this valuable institution have much pleasure in re-
cording the fact that amongst numerous recent con-
tributions to its funds a donation of 251. has been
added by the warden and fellows of Winchester Col-
lege, and one of 201. 12s. from her Mdjesty's ship
Inconstant, Captain Shepherd, the latter being pre-
sented from " the ship's private fund" on paving oft
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.--The Advice packet came
into harbour this morning, from Woolwich, en route
to Ireland. She sailed after coaling.
The Tiger new steam-frigate came into harbour
this morning from Chatham, in charge of Mr. Belem
and a navigating party from the flag-ship Ocean at
Sheerness. She brought round about eighty super-
numeraries.
WOOLWICH, DEC. 13.-The Locust steam. vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander Roger L. Curtis, will te

sion with that
and stores on board, but owing to her great ka!
quantity, she has been lightened by
taking out six months' provisions and landing two of
her carronades.

SHIP NE WS.
DUNGARVON, DEC. 10.—The Sarah Jane, from Liver-
pool, whioh went on shore in the South Bay on the Ist
inst., got off on the flood, after throwing part of her car-
go overboard.
TOIiERMORY, DEC. 7.—The Martha James, from
Wismar, struck on a sunken rock on the sth inst., near
Sir Allister's Bay, Sound of Mull (the buoy which was
there formerly being now off), put in here, was beached,
rep.ired, and sailed for Liverpool.
Semis, DEC. 9.—An end of an orange-box has been
picke i up at St. Martin's, maikod " W. A." with " H."
and "C." in the upper right corner.
NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE, OCT, 16.—The Monts-
nesa, from Havannnh for Cadiz, was wrecked near
Abaco on the 4th inst.; crow and part of cargo saved.
The Melitza, from Constantinople, sailed from Fal-
mouth on the 13th ult., and has not since been heard of.
GRAVESEND, DEC. 13.—Wind W.S.W., light, hazy.
Arrived—lndus, from Sydney; Rebel and the, Eliza-
beth, from Smyrna; the Baracor, from Jamaica; the
Blanche, from Genoa; the London, from New York;
the Ranger, from St. Malo; the Princess Royal from
Hamburgh ;the David Malcolm, from Manilla; the Tom
Cringle, from Seetiago de abs; the Dolphin, from
Gibraltar; the St. Croix, from Honduras; the Avance,
from Messina; the Madagascar, from Calcutta; the
Emerald, from Boulogne; the Invoice, from Patras;
the Joven Mario, from Savannah; the Hercules, from
&vine; the Blanche and the Australasian Packet, from
Cadiz; the Levenside, from Bahia; the Castilian Maid s;
and the Coquette, from Messina; the Idea and the Wil-
liam, from Seville; the Silura, from Figueira; the Ire,
from Rio Janeiro.

Sailed—Sarah Anne, for Launceston; Ann, for Am-
sterdam; the Catherine, for Bremen; the Hopewell, for
Jamaica; the Pearl, for St. Michael's; the Vivid for
Boulogne; the Condor, for Liverpool; the Jamaica, for
Antigua.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Slains Castle, from London for Port Philip, Nov. 5, in
Ist 8 N., long. 22 W.
No. 1,345, second distinguishing pendant (Sultana), of
Liverpool, from Coquimbo, Oct. 24, in lat. 16 S., long.
30 W.
Lucinda Shears, from Smyrna, forßoston, United States,
Oct. 4, in the Straits of Gibraltar.
Irt, from Rio Grande for London, Nov. 24, in Ist. 34 N.,
long. 31 W.
Fides, from Cardiff for Barbie°, Dec. 5, in lat. 50 N., long.
11 W.
Putty Momebarek, from Calcutta for the Mauritius, Sept.
8, in Ist. 6 N., long. 90 E.
Pauline, from London for the Mauritius, Nov. 9 in Ist.
6 N.:long. 23 W.
Steamer Europa (supposed), at noon Nov. 28, between
Boston and Halifax.
Margaret, of Sunderland, on the 4th inst., off Cape St.
Mary's.
Modest, of Jersey, on the 6th inst., off Cape Finisterre.
Volunteer, of Barnstable, on the 7th inst., in Ist. 45,
long. 9.
Gleaner, of Sunderland, steering up Channel, on the 9th
inst., off Ushant.
British barque, No. 5,874, second distinguishing pendant,
on the 3d inst., in lat. 53, long. 16.
Barque Queen Elizabeth, from Liverpool, steering south,
in lat. 43 N., long. 10 W.
Exile, for London. on the 28th of November, off Cape
de Gatt.
Leonard Dobbin, first distinguishing pendant, No. 7,065,
standing to the south-west, on the 25th of Oct., in lat.
10 S., long. 34 W.
Champion, of Dumfries, bound for Valparaiso, on the
18th ult., in lat. 9 N., long. 25.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.
On Tuesday, the 10th inst., the discussion on Mr.
Struve's paper, on " The Ventilation of Colleries,
theoretically and practically considered," was con-
tinued throughout the evening; William Cubitt, Esq.,
President, in the chair.
The steam jet, in its application to the upcast shaft,
was again considered ; it was argued, that like the
furnace, it did not produce any pulsation in the cur-
rent of air which was so very wasteful of the power
for giving motion to all means of mechanical venti-
lation, and, therefore, that by the accepted laws of
physics, the steam jet setting in motion a body of air
which continued to flow without intermission through
the galleries and the upcast shaft, _subject only to Was
deducting for the pressure of the atmosphere, and the
friction of the column of air on the surface over
which it passed. It was shown that, to obtain the
full and effective action of the steam jot, precautions
must be adopted in bringing it down a certain dis-
tance, so that the jet should ect conically, and a vari-
ation of the distance between the jet and the extre.
mity, or apex of the inverted cone, would produce a
corresponding variation in the degree of rarefaction.
The jet was stated to act equally efficiently either at
the top or the bottom of the shaft, although it was
admitted to be more costly in the former situation.
Its application to the Ebbw Vale Collieries was as-
serted to be very effective, and as only the surplus
steam was employed, it was in that instance the most
economical system that could be used.
On the other hand it was contended, that in me-
chanical ventilation the pulsation of the air was only
perceived where the valves were heavy, or were of
contracted area ; that, practically it was more to be
relied on than any other system, and that the safety
afforded by it was superior to the furnace, or the
steam-jet, as under circumstances of danger, or after
an explosion, it could be brought into immediate ac-
tion, with increased energy, to meet the emergency
and be the means of saving human life.
In summing up the discussion, the evidence given
before the House of Lords in 1849 was again minutely
analysed, with the view of showing, that the deduc-
tions previously drawn were not correct, inasmuch as
the results obtained were owing to temperature, and
not to the exhaustion created by the steam-jet. The
published opinion of M. Combes—" that the useful
effect of the steam employed to produce the motion of
the air, by projecting it into a tube, is in all cases
much below what it is capable of producing when
applied to a steam-engine working mechanical venti-
lators of the most imperfect description," was quoted
in support of these views.

It was considered that a current of air in the up-
cast shaft of at least eighteen feet per second was
most desirable, to produce which a motive column of
air of 137 feet would be requisite, and this could not
be attained where ventilation by means of a furnace,
or of a steam-jet at the bottom of a pit was used,
without raising the temperature to such a degree as
would be impracticable in bratticed shafts, or in shafts
used for winding coals, or for the passage of men. It
was then shown, that the steam-jet applied at the top
cf the upcast shaft, and acting merely by rarefaction,
would be too costly for general adoption ; whereas, if
the combined area of the pumps of Struve's Mine
Ventilator was sufficiently large to equal the aggre-
gate amount of the splittings of the collery, it would
only require one-sixth of one-horse power for every
superfical foot of the upcast shaft. It was shown that
no pulsation in the current of air was perceptible in
the Elsglebush Colliery (where Struve's Mine Ven-
tilator had been in use for nearly two years) at a
greater distance than 100 yards from the machine,
and could not, therefore, extend prejudicially into the
workings. It was mentioned that two other machines,
similar to those in use at the Eaglebush Colliery,
were in progess of construction for two collieries II
the neighbourhood of Swansea.
M. Leteret, an eminent mining engineer, had as-
serted that no similar machine to Mr. Struve's had
ever been used in Belgium, and that he thought it,
both for utility and economy, superior to any me-
chanical ventilation which had yet been introduced.
At the close of the regular business, Mr. Becker.
exhibited and described a self• acting siding-atop,
which was now in use on the Great Western Rail-
way. A portion of the ordinary rail was cut so as to
admit of the movement of the stop, which was of
iron about 1/ inches thick, and projected above the
rail about nine inches ; this was attached to one end
of a shaft, and on the other end there was a bent lever
which carried a signal-disc above, and a counterba-
lance weight below. The object of this simple and
inexpensive machine was to remove the liability to
accidents from carriages, or trucks running oat of a
siding on the main line, as occurred some time since
at Wootton Basset; for whilst it permitted a train of
waggons to pass into the siding, the wheels them-
selves depressing the stop, it presented an absolute bar
to any waggon leaving the siding, unless some per-
son held down the lever so as to lower and remove
the impediment.
It was announced that the annual general meeting
would be held on Tuesday, December 17, when the
annual report would be read, and the ballot for the
president, vice-presidents, and other members of the
council, would take place.

DISGRACEFULOUTRAGa. —The Nottingham Journal
says: --" About two o'clock on Saturday morning the family
of Air. Joshua Hopkinson, cf Bond-street, Arnold, were star-
tled from their slumbers by a tremendous explosion. On
running down stairs to see what was the matter, he found
scarcely a whole pane left in the house and shop windows,
the door and window.frames forced out of their places. two
of the doors split, and much other damage done. It ap-
peared, on investigation, that some wicked person had put a
sort of hand-grenade through a hole in the window, and
lighted it by mean 3 of a fusee, in revenge for Mr. Hopkinson's)
having declined to become a member of the Framework-knit-
ters' Union."
-

RAILWAY ALTERATION.—Some of the directors of
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway at-
tended at Lincoln on Tuesday to treat for the purchase of a
piece of land on the south side of the Holmes, it being the
intention of the company to construct a branch line for the
purpose of connecting the Midland with the Great Northern
line near the Holmes. This arrangement will enable the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company to run
their trains direct into the Midland station at Lincoln, and
afford them a direct run from Sheffield to Hull, without
using the Lincoln station of the Great Northern Company, if
they choose to adopt ouch a step.--Nottingham Johrnal. .

NOTICE.
DISRAEL I'S CHARLES I.
The New full Revised Edition of
THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I.
By J. DISRAELI.
Edited by his Son, D. DISRAELI, M.P.
Will be ready Immediately,
In 2 vols. Bvo., price 283. bound.
Orders receiN%d by all Booksellers.
Henry Col!urn, Publisher, 13, Great -Marlborough-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS.
IRIS EVENING.
The LAST WEEK BUT ONE of the present season.

Lab'tzky's Quadrille of " All Nations."
The Solos in " God Save the Queen," In the Great Quadrille of All
Nations,will be sung by INladlle. Angri. The Military Bands, the
Corns of Side Drums, and the English Choristers.
Overture to Anacreon, Cherubini.
The Grand Fest Overture Lindpainter. •

Grand Seleetion from llalevy's New Opera, "La Tempesta ;"
Angri, Miss Poole, Molique, J. and H. Labitzky, Franc, Richard-
son, Remusat, Prospere, Arban, Zeiss, Baumann, Barret, Mayoock,
and Miss Goddard.
Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Balfe.
Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Hen• Labitzky.
Promenade (admitting to the lla'f-Circles, Gallery/ 1 6
and Pit Stalls) ..
.. • • ..
The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com-
mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven.
Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office, where Programmes
of the performance n ay be obtained.
Mr. Thomas Maste. s of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum,
and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh-
ments and Wines, &c., &c.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
MR. MACREADY.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready,
After which A RADICAL CURE.
To be followed by AN ALARMING SACRIFICE.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
TILLS EVENING.
Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE
GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed-
ord, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ;
or, The Shilling flop. Captain Kitetlyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff,
Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss
Chaplin.

To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar
Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti-
quette.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Keam and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. falstrff, Mr.
Bagley.
To conclude with THE WONDER.

Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office,
Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock.

ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestria.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO.
To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING.
To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. G. V. Brooke,
To conlude with ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Last week of the gorgeous Spectacle.
Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Second week of the

Revival of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK.
THIS EVENING,
The Grand new Spectacle of TIIE ENCHANTED PALFREY; or,
The Warrior of the Crescent.

Together with Batty's Splendid Scones of the Circle, introducing
the 3lagnificeht Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes.
The whole concluding with the Equestrian Drama (for the first
thane these five years) of TURI'IN'S RIDE to YORK.
IV particular desiro, shortly will be produced, KENNILW ORTH
or tile Golden Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly cos-
turnee.

Extensive Preparations are now being made for the production of
a new and original Equestrian Comic PantAnime, written expressly
for this Theatre, by G. 11. Itodwell, Esq.

Box-of leo open fro:n Elenven till Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

Wl}ll WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE.
Tars DAT —Hot fling 34 min. after 9 !Evening 7 rain. after 10
To-3 ow/cm—Morning 3S min. after 10 f Evening 9 aim, after 11

THE `FEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, DECEMBER 14.
TIIERMOMETER, IN THE SILVDE.
46—highest since noon yesterday.
39—lowest this morning and during the night.
48—this day, at noon.

BALOMETER, 29.66.
Wr S.W.— Morning, fine sunshiny weather; Afternoon,
strong breeze and cloudy.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.-The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
KINGSTOWN. (Dumas) -Wind S. W., gentle breeze-
overcast.
PLYMOUTH-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
PoitTsmoum-Wind S., gentle breeze-overcast.
BRIGHTON-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-overcast.
SOUTHAMPTON- Wind S.W., strong breeze-foggy.
FOLKESTONE-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast.
TUNBRIDGE-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-overcast.
BASINGSTOKE -Wind S.E., gentle breeze - overcast.
BRISTOL-Wind S.W., calm-scud, rain.
READING-Wind S.W., calm-foggy.
GREENW IC 11-Calm-overcast.
SWINDON-Wind S. light airs-partially cloudy.
OXFORD -Wind calm-overcast.
LEIGHTON Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast.
COLCHESTER-Wind S.W.,calm-foggy.
RUGBY- Wind S., gentle reeze-foggy.
PETERBOROUGH-Wind S.W., calm-scud.
YalatouTH -Wind S.W., calm-foggy.
HomtEAD-Wind S., strong breeze-partially cloudy.
LIVERPOOL-Wind S.E., calm-cloudless.
MANcIIESTER-Wind S.E., gentle breeze- principally clear.
LEEDS- Wind S.W., calm-partially cloudy.
Yoak-Wind S , gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
LANCASTER-Wind S. E., gentle breeze-partially cloudy.
SNAP-Wind S., calm - scud, rain.
SUNDERLAND -Wind S.E , gentle breeze-overcast.
BEATTOCK-Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain.
EDINBURGH - Wind S.E., strong breeze-partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine
o'clock :-
CORK -Wind S.W., light breeze-foggy.
LIMERICK-Wind W. calm-cloudless.
lILLINGAR - ind S.W., gentle breeze-principally cloudy.
DUNDALK-Wind S., gentle breeze-clear.
BRIGHTON-Wind S., calm-rain.
LEEDS - Wind S.W., calm - foggy.
YORK-Wind S., gentle breeze overcast
DARLINGTON-Wind E., gentle breeze - overcast.
WHITEHAVEN-Wind N.W., gentle breeze- partially cloudy.

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