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DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES
ASSURED.
MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE
OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
TRUSTEES.
Charles Hopkinson, Esq., Regent-street.
Sir Thomas Phillips, Temple.
Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L., Doctors' Commons.
DIRECTORS.
Edwaid Doubleday, Esq., 249, C. Richardson, Esq., 19, Bru.
Great Surrey-street. ton-street, • Berkeley-square.
George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Thomas Stevenson,Esq., F. S. A.,
Sloane street. 37, Upper Grosvenor-street.
J. Parkinson, Esq., F R.S., 80, Robert Bentley Todd, M.D.,
Cambridge.terrace, Hyde-park. F.R.S., 26 Parliament.street.
Benjamin Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., Alfred Waddilove, D.C.L.,
17, Wimpole-street. Doctors' Commons.
Atinrroas.
John Pursord, Esq., 7, York. J. Stirling Taylor, Esq ,
terrace, Regent's-park. 14, Upper Gloucester-place,
Joseph Radford, Esq., 27, Dorset-square.
Cambridge terrace, Hyde_ Martial L. Welch, Eq.. Wynd-
park. ham.place Bryanston.square.
STANDING Com:ass—John Shapter, Esq., Lincoln's Inn.
BANKERS—Messrs. C.Hopkinson and Co., Regent-street.
Soticrroas —Messrs. Richardson and Smith, 28, Golden-square.
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL STATISTICS—WiIIiam Farr, ESQ.,
General Register Office.
ACTUARY—F. G. P. Neison, Esq.
This Office Is provided with very accurately constructed tables,
by which it can assure unsound lives on equitable terms.
Similar tables enable the Society to grant increased annuities on
unsound lives, the amount varying with the particular disease.
Members of consumptive families assured at equitable rates.
Healthy lives are assured on lower terns than at most other
offices.

The first Life Assurance Society eommenced business in 1705,
and the principles of life contingencies, understood at that time to
a very limited extent only, have repeatedly undergone important
changes and improvements; but till the establishment of this So-
ciety in 1841 no attempt had ever been made to assure the lives of
persons who suffer from disease.
The science of statistics has only within a recent period been
successfully applied to the duration and mortality of disease, and
hence tables on the probability of these results could not have been
formed ; and it would evidently have been unsafe and hazardous
for any society to have undertaken the risk of assuring the lives of
persons afflicted with any particular malady. The statistical in-
formation, however, now collected, and in possession of this office,
it of so great an extent as fully to warrant the extension of life
assurance to such cases, and, in fact, to place the application of life
assurance on diseased lives on a more secure basis than even that
on healthy lives.
It is hoped that while kept clearly in view that this Society, in
common with other offices, will assure the lives of healthy persons,
it is as yet the only one established to assure the lives of persons
labouring under disease ; and to this latter feature particular atten-
tion is directed.
In the first place, because it opens a larger field for business than
all other offices can have unitedly; and in the
Second place, because that branch of assurance must, from its
own nature, be less hazardous, and its principles rest on a more
permanent foundation.
These are two highly important facts, and we shall enter into an
explanation of each ; and first, as to the prevalence of disease.
The period of life most important to an assurance office is that be-
tween 15-60 years of age, and in the fallowing remarks we refer
exclusively to this period of life.
It will be found that the deaths in the metropolis for the two
years preceding 1842 were, from all causes, 30,518 ; and from
consumption alone, 10,688 ; showing that more than one-third of
the total deaths in that period of life takes place from the preva-
lence of a single disease; and if the same inquiry were instituted
with respect to other diseases, such as asthma, dropsy, diseases of
the head, heart, &c., it would be found that more than one-half
of the whole population would, on medical examination, be refused
admission into an assurance office. If the inquiry be carried to
the principal towns in England, like facts are elicited—in Bir-
mingham, Liverpool and Manchester, the deaths from all causes,
per annum, are about 5,023, while those from consumption are
1,988, forming considerably more than one-third of the whole. The
same thing will be found to hold good in the large towns in Scot-
land, in six of which the deaths in a given period, from all causes,
amounted to 23,078, those from consumption alone to 6,359, and
from six important diseases, 9,754 ; in the latter case forming more
than 42 per cent, of the deaths from all causes." On reference to
the returns from the city of Glasgow for 1836-1840 It will be
found that the deaths in that period, from all causes, were 14,107,
from consumption 4,087, and a list of five diseases, 6,423, being
more than 45 per cent, of the deaths from all causes.
The diseases here alluded to are such as exist in general in a
chronic form, frequently for many years prior to death, but which,
en a strict medical examination, would effectually exclude the
persons so affected from the benefits of life assurance ; and since
Tf thus appesxs that a majority of the population is included in this
eliss; the value and importance of the new feature of this society
cannot fail to be justly appreciated.
The second point to be explained is the fact that there is
much less risk in assuring diseased lives. This is a feature of
paramount and vital importance to the interests of this society, and
deserves to lee carefully considered.
The real risk incurred in all assurance transactions consists in
the chance to which an office is liable of experiencing a different
degree of mortality from that expected by the tabjes on which its
caculations are founded. This difference is termed the fluctuation
of mortality, and will be found to be much less among diseased
lives than over the general population, and among selected lives.
The deaths from consumption in the metropolis per annum are
sufficiently near the annual number which takes place in Glasgow,
causes, to
is foundadmito thfaatcomparison,hwileth e ion per annumflauncdtuabtyreducin gthe
matter alttertio figures
in the latter case is as high as 45 per cent., in the former it is only
9 per cent., or, in other words, the fluctuation of mortality in
consumption was only one.fifth of the other ; and in Manchester,
Liverpool, and Birmingham, even with the disadvantage of
smaller numbers, the fluctuation does not exceed 3 per cent.,
showing a remarkable uniformity in the law which determines the
mortality of this disease, and that it is more positive and absolute
in its results than that which regulates the general population.
Consumption has here been selected, not because it was consi-
dered more favourable in its results, but simply on account of the
larger numbers affording a more satisfactory proof of the question
under consideration; but the same test has been applied to a great
number of other diseases, and like results obtained. Among nine
diseases in the metropolis, including asthma, dropsy, rheumatism,
disease of the liver, of the heart, of the nervous system, &c.. the
fluctuation was only 7i per cent., and in five diseases in a different
district the fluctuation was about 7 per cent., while among eleven
in another locality, and even with small numbers, the fluctuation
did not exceed 6.2 per' cent. ; and taking the principal towns in
England, including Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Leeds,
Sheffield, &c., the fluctuation over eleven of the more important
diseases was 6•4 per cent.
The remarkable uniformity in these results cannot fail to pro.
duce a conviction of the positive character of the law of mortality
in disease; indeed, there seems to he nothing within the whole
range of the doctrine of probabilities so well defined as the mor-
tality of diseased lives. The mortality of the general population
has frequently been referred to by writers as an example of the cer-
tainty of common events, but the preceding remarks must show with
how much greater certainty the mortality of diseased lives can be
depended on.
It is perhaps right to state, that, in applying the test of
fluctuation to disease, it has not been confined to one place or
class of lives, but has been extended to the principal towns in
England and Scotland, as well as to many rural districts in Eng-
land, and included the experience of one or two large societies of
select lives. This has afforded an opportunity of judging of the
effects of locality and its sanatory condition en the duration of
life, and a remarkable fact has thus been developed, viz.,
that the value of life generally is much greater in the coun-
try districts than in large cities; but that of those persons
who suffer from disease the value of life is nearly the same. As
an example of this—the expectation at the age of 30 in the country
districts is 36.7 years; in cities (viz., Glasgow) 27.6 years—diffe-
rence 23 per cent, nearly ; but take the case of persons of that
age in whom the consumptive tendency is developed, and who will
ultimately die of consumption, and their expectation of life in the
counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, will be found to be 14'5,
in cities (Glasgow) 14'4, and Si the metropolis, Manchester, Bir-
mingham, 13'9 ; difference 'Ol7 per cent. (or 1.57 per cent.) It
therefore appears that while the difference between country and
town life in the former case is about 33 per cent., that in the latter
instance (consumption) the difference is almost nothing, and the
results nearly uniform. The same thing holds good with some
other diseases, which have been investigated in this manner. This
fact, although not generally understood, is only what might have
been expected by a careful consideration of the conclusion formerly
arrived at—that the fluctuation of the law of mortality in disease
is confined within a very narrow limit, and consequently little in.
fluenced by external circumstances.
'thence appears that the fluctuation in the mortality of diseased
lives is much less than among select lives and the population gene-
rally, and therefore the risk of assuring diseased lives must also be
lees.

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To apply this conclusion to the affairs of an assurance office, it
may be stated, that supposing the number of lives in a society,
taking only select lives, was such that the table of mortality would
indicate 100 deaths per annum, it would be necessary to have
always sufficient funds at immediate command to meet 145 deaths ;
on the other hand, an office assuring only diseased lives need not
provide for more than 109 death: per annum; that is to say, the
risk of assuring diseased lives is to that of average lives as 9 to 45,
or only one. fifth. This fact is highly important to the interests of
this Society, and establishes beyond doubt the safety and correctness
of the principles on which it is founded.
For further information, reference is made to the prospectuses
and other published docurnmts of the Society, which may be ob-
tained, on application at the Society's offices.
F. G. P. NELSON, Actuary.

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MUSIC OF GERMANY.
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
ROYAL -POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIES of LECTURES .on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS, The MUSIC of GERMANY commences on the 29th
instant, and will be continued during the week on Monday, Wednes
day, and Friday Evenings at Eight o'clock ; and on Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU-
MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other Lectures and Exhibi-
tions as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCOI'E and OPAQUE
MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARMSTRONG'S
HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &c., &c.
Admission, is.; Schools, Half-price.

WORKMAN'S SINGING CLASS, on the
Method of Wilhem, under the direction of
Mr. JOHN lIULLAIL
CLASS No. 34, for WORKMEN, commenced on Tuesday last, and
will receive tho SECOND LESSON THIS EVENING, Friday, May
3, at Nine o'clock.
Terms Ss. for the Course, or Is. 6d. per Month.
Apply at the Apollonicon dooms, 101, St. Martin's-lane.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
• 26, COIINHILL, LONDON.
Capital £F,00,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
The many novel and varied advantages bestowed by this Institu-
tion, both in its life assurance and deferred annuity departments, par-
ticularly the power to borrow two-thirds of premiums without ex-
pense or forfeiture—the great reduction of rates on short policies—
the option of selecting benefits and converting policies so as bast to
suit the interest or necessity of the policy-holder during life, as well
as to afford the Ml benefit to his family at death, and annual division
of profits, have already been so well appreciated by the public, that
the society's great success and growing prosperity enabled the Di-
rectors, at their General Meeting in May last, to add to each policy
on the profit scale a bonus averaging Ilft.y-five per cent. on the
amount already invested ; ant this bonus, according to an equitable
scale, may either be paid in cash, or applied in reduction of future
premiums

FCONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
A 34, BRIDGE-STREET. SLACKFRIARS, LONDON.
Established 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.
DIRECTORS.

The Wet Hon. THOMAS-IliAsilaAND LEWIS, Chairman.
HENRY FRET RICK STEPHENSON, Esq, Deputy-Chairman,
Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. Thomas Edgar, El.
Stephen Nicolson Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff' Gordon, Bart.
Henry Barnett, Esq. Archibald Hastut, Esq., M.P.
Robert Biddulph, Esr. John Mendham, Esq.
Robert Davies, Esq. William Routh, Esq.
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AUDITORS.
Franci, numergue, Esq. I Charles Morris, Esq.
Capt. Robert G ,rdon, 11. N. I John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq.
PHYSICIAN— Oh II Ayrton Paris, M D., 27, Dover-strect
President of the R«yal college of Phy icians.
SURGEON Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R S., 12, Bruton-street.
Sotacrvoa—Henry Young, Esq 12, Essex-street, Strand.
BA N KERS -- Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch-Qtreet.
ACTUARY—James John Downes Fsq F.R. A.S.

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any other Office,e.—
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1o:et the profits, 'pbryotfihtiss, Society:—
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con-
siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance Society.
THE WHOLE OF THE PROFITS divided among the Assured..
Three Bonuses have already been declared out of three-fourths of
the profit,:
The first, in 1831, averaged XIS per cent. on the Premiums paid.
The second, 1839, ditto XS! ditto since the !st division.
The third, 1544, ditto £3l ditto since the 2d division.
In additin to which all Policies entitled to the absolute bonus will
receive a contingent prospective bowie of XI per cent, per annum, on
the sum assured, on becoming claims before 1849.
Assurances effected on the equal scale Pof premiums in the year
1814, wid participate in the 'tonus to be declared in 1849.
No extra charge for residence in any part of Europe, nor for pro-
ceedng (Li a decked, sailing, or steam-vessel), from any one port
thereof to another during react, to Assurers not being seafaring
men by rrofestioo. Licenses are granted to go to any part of the
world upon terms proportionate to the risks.
icicle duelling, or by
Policies on the lives of persons dy3ng by suicide,
the hands of justice, are not void as respects the interests of patties
to whom they may have been legally ass geed.
Assurances may be effected in any and every day.
By order of the Hoard of Directors,
C A MPBELI, J A. 51 ES DOWNER, Secretary.

poRTs, SHERRIES, and other WINES, of
first-rate shippers.
The following unprecedented terms for genuine wines are quoted
only for cash on delivery, which will.be found from 15 to 20 per cent.
under usual credit prices :—Sherries, pale and brown, at 255., 275.,
305., 365., 425., 485., 50s. ; Ports, from the wood, 269.,
305., 349 ;
crusted, in bottle, from 365. upwards ; ditto, very choice, highly
flavoured, from five to ten years old, from 455. to 545. ; Clarets, 333.,
405., 70s. ; Champagne, sparkling and creaming, 485., 605.,• 725. ;
Hocks ana 3loselles, 405., 505., 605., 70s. ; Marsala, 235., 265. ; and
all other wines equally moderate ; in quantities not less than one
dozen ; delivered free in London.
All country orders, accompanied with a remittance or a reference
for payment, will meat with immediate attention from J. SCIIWEPPE
and Co., 51, Ilerner's-street, London, importers of German Seltzer
Water, in quarts and pints.

Just published, Second Edition, 12m0.' cloth, ss.
ACOMPENDIUM of DOMESTIC MEDI-
CINE; comprising plain directions for the employment of
Medicines, with their Properties and Doses, and brief descriptions of
the Symptoms and Treatment of Diseases, and of the Disorders inci-
dental to Infants and Children ; with a selection of the most effica-
cious Prescriptions Intended as a source of easy reference for Cler-
gymen, and for Families residing at a distance from Professional
assistance.
By JOHN SAVORY, Member of the Society of Apothecaries.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

WHEREAS, a PETITION of ROBERT
WELLS, of No. 12, Brewers-green, in the parish of St. Mar-
garet, Westminster, and county of Middlesex, journeyman carpenter,
and occasionally doing business on his own amount as a carpenter,
having been filed in the Court ofßankruptcy,.and the interim order
for protection from process having been given to the said Robcrt'
Wells, under the provisions of an Act of Parliament passed in the
Parliament holden in the sth and 6th years of the reign of her pre-
sent Majesty, intituled " An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors,
the said Robert Wells is hereby required to appear in Court before
Edward Holroyd, Esq., the Commissioner acting In the matter of the
said petition, on the 11th of May next, at eleven o'clock in the fore-
noon precisely, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Ba,highall-street, Len-
don, for the purpose of being then and there examined touching his
debts, estate, and effects, and to be further dealt with aceordinei to
the provisions of the said Act. All persons indebted to the Said
Robert Wells, or that have any of his effects, are not. to paY or
deliver the same but to Mr. Groom, tke official assignee, No. 12,
Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, nominated in that behalf by the
C.nnmissioner acting in the matter of the said petition.
JAMES JOIINSTONE, Messenger.

SUPERIOR CA-NDLE:,

pHE EAST INDIA •DIRECTORS.—The
_ll.. SUNDAY TIMES of the sth inst., will contain the reasons
why the Court of Directors have recalled Lord Ellenborough ; also
their defence against the attacks of the Duke of 'Wellington and Lord
Brougham, proving that the bold policy of the Directors will tend to
the salvation of India.

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_Kg
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25.; genuine Wax, 2s. 3d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 525., and 58s. per
I 12Ibs. ; Mottled, 60s.iandftja. ; Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet; Palm,
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Almond, 2s. Gd. ; superfine Sealing Wax, 4s. Gd. per lb.; genuine
Sperm Oil, 6s. per gallon; Solar Oil, 3s. Gd. For cash. At DAVIES'S
old-established warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-lane, opposite New
Slaughter's Coffee-house.

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violent storm. The Amity had both anchors out, with 140
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violence of the sea worked her about in a most fearful man-
ner ; and frequently, during the night, the waves rushed along
the decks, sweeping everything before them. At 11 o'clock
a large ship, which lay at the Amity's stern, commenced
firing minute guns and discharging rockets and blue lights
for assistance. One of the vessels that left Liverpool at the
same time as the Amity did, unable to bear up against the
storm, broke away from her anchors, and was hurled among
the rocks. Two other ships shared the same fate. They
were driven from their anchors and were carried with terrific
force on shore; and unfortunately, these were also laden with
emigrants, who had been shipped at Calcutta for the Islands.
The Amity weathered the gale until 8 o'clock on the morn-
ing of the 4th, when her cables were snapped by the force of
a tremendous sea, and in an instant, in sight of thousands of
persons, crowded along the coast, she was thrown upon the
reef of rocks near the inner harbour, where every one on
board would inevitably have perished but for the judgment
and courageous conduct of the commander, Captain Wright-
son. Having advised the emigrants to remain quiet, and to
act under his direetions, he ordered the masts to be cut away,
which being immediately executed by the crew; had the
effect of lightening the vessel, and the succeeding waves threw
her on to a part of the rocks where the breakers were
the least . violent. The storm still continuing, it
was found impossible for some time to form a
communication with the shore, but on the first , favourable
opportunity presenting itself, Captain Wrightson made- an
attempt to save, the lives of .the passengers and, his men.
. After some diffi.eulty he managed to send a log line ashore,
arid;' by 1101 aid of a, few eigelar 'buoys, -which he had
'brought froth Liverpool, he succeeded in having every man,
woman, and child dragged from off-the wreck safe to shore,
though in a deplorable state of exhaustion. The Hugh Mat-
thie, Capt. Sparkes, was wrecked near the same spot. She
was lying at anchor near the Bellßuoy, in the outer harbour,
with a pilot on board, when the fury of the storm forced her
from her cables. An attempt was made to run her into the
inner harbour ; but the running tide carried the ship
with great force on the rocks. Guns were fired for as-
sistance, but it was beyond all human power for the inhabi-
tants to render any help at the time. In this dreadful
state, with the ship full of water, part of her bottom being
beaten in by the rocks, did they remain for 10 hours ; but,
at last, every soul (excepting one man) was saved. The
unfortunate person lost was one of the emigrants, who, it ap-
pears jumped overboard in order to attempt to swim ashore,_
but was carried away by the sea and was not afterwards seen
alive. She had brought over a large number of emigrants
from Calcutta, and had also a rich cargo of East India pro-
duce on board. The last accounts state that the vessel has
become a total wreck, and her fragments have been sold by
auction. Her loss, with the cargo, is computed at 20,0001.,
a portion of which will fall on several insurance companies in
the City. The loss of the other vessels—the Marion, Capt.
Rose ; the Malay brig, Capt. Shaw, and the Bordeaux, which
had all emigrants on board, took place under precisely simi-
lar circumstances._ The wee Aeverally,,drlven,from ,their
moorings, and were cast on the rocks adjoining the 'harbours.
Providentially in these instances not a single life was sacri-
ficed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MANSION-HO USE.
Tux WILL FORGERIES.—Mr. Cope, the Governor of
her Majesty's gaol of Newgate, waited upon the Lord
Mayor, in consequence of his Lordship's desire to com-
municate with him on the subject of a report which had
become very prevalent, to the effect that all the prisoners
who had been tried with Barber repeatedly declared
that delinquent to be innocent of the knowledge that, in
the proceedings adopted for getting the sums of money,
sworn to as bequeathed to the different legatees, out of
the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt, there had been any unfair play whatever
resorted to.
Alderman Humph ery was sitting with the Lord Mayor
when Mr. Cope attended.
The LORD MAYOR said it appeared from what had
been represented in some publications, that there were
several ridiculous statements afloat relative to the
charges upon which Barber had been convicted, reflect-
ing upon the Magistrate who presided at the examina-
tions, as well as upon those who conducted the prosecu-
tions against the persons accused of the offences in which
that individual had participated. It had been said that
he (the Lord Mayor) had performed the characters of
judge and jury on the occasion he alluded to, and the
most positive assertions had been made that Mr. Barber
was declared, by those with whom he was said to have
conspired, to be wholly innocent of the knowledge, or
even of the suspicion, that the wills in which he had been
professionally engaged by Fletcher and others, were not
bond fide instruments. There were, it would seem,
' many who were influenced by tte reiferate4 assurances
of Barber, that he merely acted in hietsriife'ssiimal capa-
city, and by the apparently Candid appeals which he made
to the public, by referring to the whole tenor of his previous
conduct, to suppose that he was a martyr. That impression
might have been easily communicated to those who did
not take the trouble to read the evidence ; but nothing
could be more fallacious in the minds of all who had
observed the proceedings ; and he would not have taken
the slightest notice of the matter, if it were not that
people who were endeavouring to excite sympathy in
favour of Barber continued to assert that those who were
charged as his accomplices most peremptorily declared
him to be an innocent man. His Lordship wished to
know from Mr. Cope, whether he had heard anything
relating to the subject before the prisoner had been re-
moved from Newgate.
Alderman HUMPHERY—I think it necessary to inform
your Lordship that I was in the gaol of Newgate yes-
terday, and, having heard that such reports as you have
alluded to were in circulation, I made very particular
inquiries upon the subject upon the spot. I have learned
that the principal persons concerned with Barber had
told a a very different story to Mr. Cope and the Chaplain
of the prison.
Mr. COPE said- .After the conviction of the prisoners,
Barber expressed great dissatisfaction at the verdict,
and expressed an anxious desire to see and communicate
with the Sheriffs. I asked him for what purpose, being
`Willing to do anything consistently with my duty. He
Ireplied, I am desirous that the Sheriffs should be pre-
sent while I read a declaration which I have drawn up,
and which I want Fletcher, Saunders, Mrs. Saunders, and
Mrs. Dorey to sign. It is to the effect that they all
declare my innocence as regards these transactions, and
that they believe I acted merely as a professional man.
I said that I did not believe the Sheriffs would consent
to be present under such circumstances, and that it
was also my opinion that the Magistrates would
object to agree to such a proposition ; and I sug-
gested to him the propriety of ascertaining whether
the other prisoners would be willing to sign such a
declaration. Mr. Barber agreed to this suggestion,
and Mr. Davies, the ordinary, and I accordingly asked
each of the parties the necessary question. Mrs. Dorey,
when I asked her whether she was willing to sign
declaration, that she believed Mr. Barber to have no
guilty knowledge of the transactions of which he was
convicted, replied " Certainly not, for Mr. Barber knew
all about it. I cannot sign any thing of the kind." I
also put the same question to Fetcher, and he also de-
clined to sign any declaration of the kind, as Barber
was well acquainted with every thing about this trans-
action. To the chaplain, who communicated with them,
they spoke in similar terms, assuring him that they
could not make any such declaration, as Mr. Barber
knew every thing about the matter. When I went to
Saunders and his wife, and asked them whether they
would have any objection to sign an instrument of the
kind, they replied that they had not. Mrs. Saunders
stated, that she had been only concerned in one case,
and that she had only seen Mr. Barber, and that in his
professional capacity, for a moment in the business ;
and of course she could have no objection.
Alderman HUMPHERY—Had the prisoners any op-
portunity of communicating with each other ? Mr.
Cope—Not the least opportunity of communicating with
each other in the prison. They might have spoken to-
gether in the dock of the Court,. There was no possi-
bility of preventing that.
Alderman HUMPHERY—Mr. Cope has exactly stated
what I heard yesterday. I will answer for the correct-
ness of his report.
The LORD MAYOR—It is, in my opinion, necessary
to remove wholly the impression that Barber, who was
shrewd and clever enough to take in all the rest, was
himself the dupe of any of them. I should not, how-
ever, consider myself bound to take notice of the falla-
cious reports if I had not heard that they were most per-
tinaciously made, and bad obtained credence to a certain
extent, for it has been added that injustice has been
done to Barber by the alleged refusal to allow the de-
claration of his innocence to be made by his fellow-
prisoners.
Alderman HUMPHERY said, that what had been just
stated would most satisfactorily set the matter at rest.
Ile had felt very great astonishment at the prevalence
of the report that Barber was innocent, but he confessed
that that astonishment was much increased upon hear-
ing a brother Alderman positively declare that he was
convinced of the innocence of Barber.
The LORD MAYOR—Upon what did ho found that
ee mf Aldermanen tswhichHm
HUMPHERY--I
BarberPnEnY —I
ma d
e believe,to upon
him
inpris tnh. e mere
statements
The LORD MAYOR—It is not to be wondered at, then,
that a report of such a nature should find people ready
to support it, when a City Magistrate actually gives -.
currency.

FURNITURE of the LATE EMPEROR

NAPOLEON.

On Wednesday, at one o'clock, a sale by auction of the
property of the late Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson
Lowe, including some portion of the furniture
which was in the possession of the Emperor Na-
poleon during his captivity at St. Helena, took
place at the auction-rooms of Mr. Phillips, New
Bond-street, by order of the executors of Sir Hudson
Lowe, on which occasion there were several Frenchmen
present, who appeared to exhibit a lively interest when
the various articles, once the property of the late Em-
peror, were put up. These consisted of about twenty
lots, and which in general possessed little from their
intrinsic worth to recommend them. Among them,
were the following :—A large mahogany-frame in
chair, banded with ebony, on castors, from the!
Emperor's study, 151. 15s. ; a small circular mahogany
pillar and claw table, on which Napoleon burned pas-
tiles, 6/. 6s. ; a six foot pedestal library table, formed
of mahogany and yew tree, at which table he almost
always wrote, eighteen guineas ; an ebonyed arm chair,
with cane seat and back formed of common materials;
(There was a hole in the cane seat which had been'
caused by being constantly used, and it was stated by
some brokers in the room not to be worth Is. 6d.)
The auctioneer stated that from the chair being
light, it was carried about by the Emperor, when
he took his walks in the grounds at Longwood,
It was bought for 6L An old inkstand, with two
cut glass inks, 51. ; a glass cruet and stopper, with the
crown and " N." engraved thereon, 1L 16s. ; a swing
dressing glass in pillar supports, 61. 15s. ; a mahogany
chest of five drawers (of common manufacture), six
guineas ; the Order of the Dutch Lion in gold and white
enamel, as instituted by Louis Napoleon, worn by
Joseph Buonaparte, and taken from the baggage of
the latter at the battle of Vittoria, by a corporal of
the 14th Dragoons, 14/. ; a very fine portrait of the,
Emperor, taken from life at St. Helena, eleven
guineas ; the Order of the Dragon, with the collar set
in precious stones. 10L ; a valuable gold time keeper
by Brequet, with gold chain and key, made to go fifty-
four hours—(twelve of these were made by order of
the Emperor, to be distributed by his own hands
to the Marshals of France, on which account they
were called the Marshal watches), 23 guineas. The
article which excited the greatest interest during the
sale, was a picture, containing a medallion, inelosing a
lock of hair of the late Emperor Napoleon, and one of the
King of Rome, suspended from three ribbons, worn,
by the Emperor, to the order of the Legion of Honour
the Iron Crown and Re-union, surmounted by an Eagle.
At the bottom of the medallion is the following certifi-
cate by Marchand, the Emperor's valet and executor:—
" Le 20 Mars, J'ai donn6 d'amitie I M. Lemetheyer
quelques cheveux de l'Empereur Napoleon, coupes aprk
sa mort et trois cordons de la Legion d'Honneur, de la
Couronne de fer et de la Re-union. " MARCHAND."
At the back of the picture, which is sealed, is the fol-

CLERKEN WELL.
William Wetherall, a poulterer, in Newgate-market,
was charged with the following assault upon Anne
Morgan, the wife of a mechanic, living in Princes-street,
Soho.
The complainant, who seemed to be in a very weakly
condition, deposed that, at ten o'clock on the previous
night, she was returning home, with her infant in her
arms. At the corner Russell-square she stopped a
moment, when the prisoner, who was talking to a female
on the pavement, knocked her down, and kicked her. A
police-constable came up. She did not wish to prosecute.
Sergeant Dodd, 9 E, said an attempt had been made
to buy off the complainant, who was therefore reluctant
to give her evidence. She had been severely injured.
Police-constable 90 E deposed, that hearing female
cries, he ran to the corner of Russell-square, where a
crowd of five or six persons had assembled. The woman
was standing by the failings, and the prisoner was stand-
ing before her in a retracing attitude.
Sergeant Dodd stated that the woman was Conveyed
to a surgeon's house in Marchmont-street, who recom-
mended her to be taken at once to the hospital. A
stretcher was sent for to the station-house in order to
convey her to the hospital. The stretcher and two
policemen were sent to the surgeon's, but the woman
refused to leave her little child, and she was conveyed
home in a cabriolet.

lowing certificate of I. Lemetheyer
"Je diclare sur l'honneur avoir recu de Monsieur
Marchand, premier valet de chambre de l'Empereur Na-
poleon et son executeur testamentaire, tour les objets
qui composent ce tableau lesquels ont 6ti retires en ma
presence, du beau necessaire de l'Empereur, pour passer
dans ses mains au retour de S. Helene. Les cheveux
blonds
.qui se trouvent au milieu du medallion sont ceux
du Roi de Rome, et m'ont 6:45 donn4s par Madame Mar-
chand, mike berceuse du jeune Roi, I son retour de
Vienne. " Paris, le 20 Mars, 1823.
" Lieutenant de frezate Honorais,

" Chevalier de la Leg-ion d'Honneur."
The following appears in the inventory A of Napo-
leon's will :
" Art. 2. Marchand conservera mos cheveux et en fera
faire un bracelet avec un petit cadenas en or pour etre
envoya A l'Emperatrice Marie Louise, I ma mare et
chacun de mes freres, scours, neveux, nieces, au Cardinal,
et un plus considerable pour mon fils."
The first offer for the picture was fifty guineas ; a
spirited competition ensued, at five guineas each bidding,
when it was disposed of for ninety-five guineas.
The various lots in the catalogue produced about 6801.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals—lris, Mouat, from Ceylon, in the London
Docks, sailed Dec. 23, St. Helena Feb. 22 ; Tomatin,
M'Pherson, from Bengal, off Plymouth, saile Nov. 26,
St. Helena March 1; Charles Jones, M'Fee, from China,
off Cork, sailed Jan. 3. _ _ _

Prisoner—l was talking to a girl in Russell-square,
when the woman came up and used a disgusting ex-
pression.
Mr. GREENWOOD (to the prisoner)—Did you use any
bad language towards this man ? Complainant—l never
said a word to him, your Worship.
Sergeant Dodd said that when the prisoner came to
the station-house he stated that the complainant had
used a filthy expression. (The sergeant then wrote the
word down on a slip of paper, and handed it to the bench.)
The prisoner called as a witness Caroline Strickland,
the person to whom he had been talking. She deposed
that she was a servant out of place, and had been talk-
ing to the prisoner, when the woman came up and used
a bad expression. • At the request of the Magistrate she
wrote the word'on a slip of paper, and handed it to him.
Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that the expression which
the prisoner said she had used, and that which the wit-
ness said she used, were as different as black and white.
He did not believe the woman used any indecent ex-
pression. He fined the prisoner 11. 10s., GE a fortnight's
imprisonment.—The fine was paid at once.
John Barnes was charged with robbing his father, and
a lodging-house-keeper with whom he resided, was com-
mitted for trial.
The prisoner surrendered himself to the officer at the
Featherstone-street police-station, and acknowledged
the commission of the robberies, to which he said dig--
tress had driven him. He said he was anxious to be
sent to prison, having been from time to time an inmate
of different workhouses, and that he had beeu :recently
starving in the streets.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS.
By the late arrivals from the Mauritius, the most painful
intelligence has been received relative to a dreadful gale of
wind that visited that island in the
month of January last,
during which, we regret to say, an Indiaman named the
Hugh Matthie, 538 tons burden, and two emigrant ships and
two other vessels, were completely wrecked. Among the
latter was the ship Amity, belongng to Liverpool, a very fine
vessel, 600 tons burden, with 180 emigrants on board, besides
the crew. The ship, which was quite a new one, sailed from
Liverpool in the early part of June last, for Bombay, and
made a splendid passage. From Bombay she proceeded to
the Mauritius, with emigrants for the island, which place she
reached in safetyin the latter part of December, and remained
in the harbour, m company with seven other vessels, until
the hurricane broke forth. It appears, from the letters
received, that 'the storm commenced on the morning
of - the 3d of January, and immediately the master,
Captain Wxightson, observed it appyoaching, he applied to

Arrivals at Bombay—Earl of Clare, Scott, March 1,
from China ; Victoria steamer, 3d, from Kurrachae;
Mount Stewart Elphinstone, from the Clyde ' • Atiet
Rohomon, 4th, from China ; Tenasserim, sth, from
Calcutta ; Hyderabad, 6th, from Ceylon ; Sesostris
steamer, 10th, from China, Singapore, and Penang ;
Rosalind, from Bordeaux ; Auckland steamer and Indus
steamer, 11th, from Kurrachee ; Bombay, from Mar-
seilles ; Euphrates, Cosbrig, from sea ; Queen steamer,
12th, from Kurrachee.
Departures from Bombay—Ann, Salkeld, March 2,
and John Moore, Withycombe, 3d, to Liverpool ; Saran,
Walker, 10th, to Madras.
Arrivals at Madras—Edmonstone,
Peckett,
—, sailed March 3 to Calcutta ; Seringtamu,
M.Dougall from
- sailed March 4 to
Winifred, Webb, from Mauritius, and
from —, sailed March 4 to Pondicherry and C ddalore ;
Pd' h
Calcutta • anges e, 3d
William, Scott, from ,
Calcutta ; Marmion, Baillie, March 2G, from
steamer IC errY ;
Calcutta ; Castle Eden, Reade, from
Mau-
ritius, and sailed to Calcu
Antelope Feb. 4 S
from Calcutta ; John Fleming, Clarke, 4th, from d
Singapore.
Hong-Kong an 1 _
and Circassian, all from
, ; yed
7th ; John Witt, Bth.;
solution, 10th, from Madras ; Water Witch,
KhAanrr'iva7ltsh a;
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1713100trarht
bh;
a,
lyvtl;Sii
;Resolution, c k ,
and H.M.S. S arangs,
Sydney
from East
Coast ;Alfred,
RatelitY, Garrett, 11tha,in
from
Robinson, from Manilla ; Saghalien, from Macao ; Duke
of Wellington, Hargreaves, from Whampoa ; Fairlie,
from England ; Canopus and Magnolia, from Liverpool • ,
Gondolier, from Sydney and Batavia.
Departure from Hong-Kong—Louisa, Jackson, Feb. 4,
to Bombay.

Arrival; at Calcutta—Argo, •Mareh Ist, from Bostciii;
Ennerdale, 3d, from Bombay; Bisson, 4th, froar Nantes;
Jagger, 4th, from Liverpool; Pilgrim, 6th, from Liverpool;
W. and M. Brown from Bordeaux; Persian and Prince
of Wales, from Newcastle; Ellen, Brewer, from Manilla
and. Singapore ; Maria, Lonsdale, from London ; Poppy,
Cole, from Macao ; Marie, from Bourbon ; her Majes-
ty's ship Dick', 11th, from China; Mary Ray, Ellwood,
12th, from Liverpool ; Birman, Guthrie, from London;
Salacia, Brodrick, from Bordeaux ; Vanguard, Garwood,
from London ; Nankin, Palmer, from Mauritius •, Mer-
Maid, from ----- ; Robertson, Neil, from the Clyde
Tramjee Cowasjee, from ; John Fleming, Clark,
from Madras ; Harriett Scott, Beynon, !ion] Bombay ;
Laidmans,. Scott, from Liverpool ;• John Brightman and
Helen fro=
Calcutta, March 15.—Tlie Windsor, for London, is pro-
ceeding down the Hooghly ; Repulse, loadibgfOr London;
Jaeger, for London, A ship, Inward bound, grounded