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NATIONAL LO tN FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Cornhill, London, Dec. 1844.
NOTICE 13 hereby given that the HALF-
YEARLY INTEREST on the Subscribed Capital of this
Society, at the rate of Five per Cent. per annum, due on the 81st
instant, will become PAYABLE on the 10th January next, and
Proprietors may receive the same at this Office on that or any other
subsequent day, between the hours of Eleven and Three o'clock.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUIC-
ANTE SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDOX.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
➢IVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady sPooess and increasing prosperity of the Soc!ety has
enabled the Directors, at the last haPnal investigation declare a
second Bonus, averaging 60 por cent. oa the amounts Inv on each
Policy efected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

DRAWING GALLERY, 181, Maddox-street,
Hanover-square, to OPEN January 6.
EVENING CLASSES for the study of the Human Figure and
Anatomy, Model Drawing, and Practical Perspective.
Class for Ladies, Tuesdays and Fridays, from Six to Half-past
Seven.
Class for Gentlemen, Mondays and Thursdays, from Six to Half-
past Seven.

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GENERAL TOM THUMB.
The AMERICAN MAN in MINIATURE has returned
to London and is now holding his PUBLIC LEVEES at the ail
Jury, in Suffolk.street, Pall-mall. The General has been visiting tue
principal towns in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and has met
with unprecedented success. Whilst in Edinburgh the General
was presented with a beautiful Highland dress, of the Royal
Stuart Tartan, manufactured by Messrs. Meyers and Mortimer, in
which he will appear at each exhibition, in addition to his Citizen,
Napoleon, and Court dress. Hours of Exhibition tYom Eleven to
One, Three to Five, and from Seven to Nine. Doors open half
an hour previous. Admission (regardless of age), One Shilling.
The General's Miniature Equipage will be exhibited daily from
Four to Half.past Five, and from Eight to Half.past Nine, r.st.
at 141, Pall-mall, at the trifling charge of Threepence, inertly to
defray the rent of the room.

The division of profits is normal, and-the next will be made in De-
eember of the present year.
This institution oilers many iwiportant aid substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Aannfties.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
for terse of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Sec.
Tj ECTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

NINETY-FIRST SALE.
CUSTOMHOUSE, LONDON., Jars. 13, 1845.
FOR SALE, by Order of the Hon. COMMIS-
SIONERS of HER MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS, at Twelve
o'Clock at Noon precisely, on MONDAY 13th, TUESDAY 14th,
WEDNESDAY 15th, THURSDAY 16th, and. FRIDAY, 17th of
January, 1845, at the COMMERCIAL SALF—ROOMS,
Mincing lane.
The following GOODS for HOME CONSUMPTION:—
Accordions, artificial Bowers, beads, musical boxes, braces;
brooch heads, bandannas, buhl boxes, ladies' bags, bonbon figures,
camailes, Dutch clocks, ormolu, porcelain, bronze, and other
clocks chains, coutille, coral beads, chemical glasses, fine woollen
cloth, china ware, cambric handkerchiefs, chandeliers, copper
matrices, cutter with spars, sails, boat, &c , dessert sets, ladies'
writing desk, dolls, embroidered muslin, embroidery, embroidered
cambric handkerchiefs, flute by " Godfroy," a Paris, furniture,
gold rings, flint and cut glass, garters. jewel cases, mock jewellery,
lute strings, pillow lace, matchsticks. merinoes, mousseline de
laines. British machinery a quantity of card clothing being used
in the manufacture of linens or woollens, neckerchiefs, needle-
work, millets, opera glasses, coldured porcelain,' China silks
(plain), silk plush, perfumery, pianofortes, penholders, priests'
vestments, 'preserved vegetables, &c., perfume stands and cases,
shawls, silk monkies, Silk mitts and gloVes, sheep skins dressed
and dyed, slipper pieces, cigar Cases; sofa, snuff boxes, hurnari
teeth, tea caddies (lacquered), table and toilet cabinets, toys
tables, waistcoatings, wire, gold and silver watches, wardrobes,
watchmaker's saws, manufactured and uninanufacturcil tobacco,
cigars, cheroots, tea, coffee, sugar, wine, mixed spirits, hrandy,
rum, Geneva, squirrel tails, lacquered Russian bowls, &c., &c:
FOR EXPORTATION :
Perfumed spirits, wine, cordials, common green glass, spirits, One
copper still with fittings, spirits of wine, &c., &c., &c.
FOR EXPORTATION OR HOME CONSUMPTION,
• on payment of the Duties :
Silk Manufactures, china silk, wine, spirits, squirrel and other
skies, preserved soups, &c., succades, Cologne water, ale, rice,
paper, soap, salted beef, wax and sperm candles, tea, coffee,

TRUSTEES.
Sir JAMES DUKE, Alderman, M.P., Chairman.
AENJ A MIN HAWES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
BENJAMIN BA RNA RD, Esq.

C HA ttLES BALDWIN, Esq.
Peculiar advantages are ..fteren i6y tills Company. Thus--
Parties assuring the lives of others may make their policies secure,
notwith.tanning th• lite as-ured may go out of the limits of Europe,
without the necessary permission at the Directors having heels pre.
viously obtained
Credit of half the premiums for the first five years *Hower on pa-
limes effected for the whole term of life.
On policies of five years' standing, halt the amount paid, after the
firs ye.tr's premium, nsay be borrowed thereon by the Assured
Awvances•Ar.: 240 math tia A .0 rers on rea or ondoulited personal
•ectir..y, lot toms }ears, rep-k able b ,f.Stahntlt..
AttahtiOn i. particularly requested to the detailed Pr spectuses of
the Company, which may be obtained at the Office, Id, King
William-street, City. or by later, addressed to the Secretary.
WILLIAM RATR.A.Y, Actuary and Secretary.

LIFE. ASSURANCE AND ANNU aims
T4e following are Specimens the •I,OW RATES of i'RE.
11i Ulf ' • the AU- i COLONIAI. AND
GENER,ALI.-1 t :,,,51TRANCE -AND .ANNUITY COMrAN_Y.

3(,.

.Intita 1

rt ID 2j X 2 A 7

£2 15 3

£4 1 1

X 3 3 9

_ .
and of Premiums one-third May remain unpaid in the hands of
046 interest to be deducted from the sums assured, when
they bet 7: • •:finis.
ties are afforded for the assurance of the lives of per
sons procee,m,: to or residing in Australasia and the East Indies.
Immediate and Deterred Annuities are granted by the Company,
on very favourable terms, and it is a peculiar feature in its constitu-
tion, that Annuitants participate in the profits.' ' '

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lb 'RECTORS.
E. Barnard, Esq., F.R.S. Gideon. Colquhonn,. Big. .
Robert Brooks, Esq. C. E. Mangles, Esq.
Henry Buckle, Esq. Richard Onslow, Esq.
John Henry Capper, Esq. William Walker, Esq.
SLCRETAP.T- —E. Ryle) , E:.41.
For pro,:pec* -sees r.n ti other pa:licul•-..rs, al sly at the officts, 1t0.126
Bi.Aho, _rat, . str ,t, cc rner of Cornidll.
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THE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE
'WORKING CO3IPANY, Esher-street, Holywell-street, Milbank,
Westminster (established 1821), are enabled, with their PATENT
NIACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, _Monuments, Tablets,
Slabs for Furniture, and every description of such Work, with an
accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of Polish, and
reduction of cost, which cannot be oNtained elsewhere.
The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SROW-ROOMS,
containing the largest stock in this country.
The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab Blocks,
or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order.
Please to he accurate in copying the Address, to prevent imposi-
tion, the Company having ao connexion with any other Establish-
ment but that in Esher-street.

sugar, &c., &c., &c.
To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-house, Thames.
street, at the East and West India, London, and St. Katherine
Docks, and at the Tobacco-ground, Itotherhithe, on Thursday 9th,
Friday 10th, and Saturday, 11th January, 1645, from Ten o'clock
in the morning until Three o'clock In the afternoon ; and on the
days of Sale, from Ten o'clock in the morning until Twelve o'clock
at noon.
Take notice, that the goods sold at this sale will not be delivered
until after Two clear days of the day they are sold, and that no
lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver of Fines after
Two o'clock in the afternoon. During the days of sale, money
will not be received by the Receiver' of FineS after Eleven o'clock
in the forenoon.
Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom.
house, price One Shilling each.

SILVER SUPERSEDED, and those corrosive
aid injurious Metals, called Nickel and German Silver, sup-
planted by the Introduction of a new and perfectly matckless
ALBATA PLATE,
C. WATSON, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton Folgate, aided by
a person of Science in the amalgamation of Metals, has succeeded in
bringing to Public Notice the most beautiful Article ever yet offered ;
possessing all the richness of Silver is appearance, with all its dura-
bility and hardness—with Its perfect sweetness in use, undergoing, as
It does, a Chemical Process, by which, all that is nause,ons in mixed
Metals is entirely extracted—resisting all Acids—may be cleaned as
silver, and is maaufactared ixto every Article fer tke Table and
Sideboard:—

Fiddle. Threaded. King's.
Table Spoons sad Forts, 16s. Gd. doz. 30e. 355.
Desert Ditto • l2s. 6d. 255. 28s.
Tea Spoons •• • •
Sugar Tongs .• •. •
C. WATSON begs the Public will understand that this Metal is
peculiarly his own, and that Silver is mot more different from Gold
than his metal is from all others—on its intrinsic merit alone he
wishes it to be tested, and from the daily increasing ealogituns he re-
ceives, he is convinced that nothing can prevent its becoming an
article of universal wear.
C. 'Watson's handsomely Illustrated Catalogue and Price Currant
is just published, and Families who regard economy and elegance
should possess themselves of this useful Book, which may be bad
Gratis, and Post Free, from the above Address.
PATENT PARAGON CAMPITINE LAMPS.
The perfection of these Lamps over the Vesta has been
happily attained by the invention of two parallel flat rings—a larger
and a smaller forming a cone round the margin of the wick, which
cause a rapid reverberation of air against the flame—thus condensing
every particle of volatilized vapour, it is free from smoke or swell,
having perfect combustion, and in full action, emits a ligkt equal to
16 wax candles.
C. Watson's Warehouses, 41 and 42, Barbican, and 16, Norton
Folgate, will contain, throughout the season, all the most elegant
recherehe and new patterns, comprising Or-inolu, Mae, Glass, and
Opal

old Oil Lamps fitted with the Paragon Head for 21s. And tie
Paragon Apparatus applied t• the Vesta for 6s. Tke Spirit analysed
and recommended by Dr 17-re, Is delivered in screw cans by C.
Watson's carts, at 4s. per gallon.
41 84 42, BARBICAN, and 16, NORTON FOLGATE.

lorE ART FinliN, dc.—CPrie.rn fnd immediate
Cl relief in the hours of business, by night, or on a journey, is
iron by the rare Alkaline Preparations of 81-CAItIIONATh •f
SODA and POTASS, compressed into Pills by Brockedon's Patent
Process. They furni,sh an ever ready and instant remedy to those
painful diseases of the digestive organs, Heartburn, Sick-iteadache,
Indigestion, &e , produced 'oy Acidity.
Sold wholesale by Barclay and Sous, Farrington-street; end by
every Chemist and Druggist in the United Kingdoms. Price One
Shilling pa Box, or in Family Sexes, Bali-a-Crown.

FAREWELL TO THE OLD YEAR
rarewell to the Year, which will soon disappear,
•
5: ay the next with success be attended ; .
ugh the universe wide, may Dame Fortune**.ide,
t.:4 commerce and trade be extended! •

ngdoms unite, in defence of our rights,
May freedom and justice e'er flourish ;
Prosperity smile round our own bonny isle,
Each subject his rights ever cherish !

May the sunshine of Peace all her prospects increase,
May health and contentment be near us ;
May friendship and joy all our moments employ,
And our conscience triumphantly steer us I
With wishes like those, and the cheapest of clothes,
Would Hyain appeal to the nation ;
His gratitude, too, is unlaounded to you,
For your favours and kind approbation I
His splendid success, 'tie a task to express,
In efforts you'll find no re-action ;
His clothing for all, ansl at prices so small,
Must ever ensure satisfaction I

For the holidry times, his stock now combines,
Of clothiiig a boundless collection ;
The great and the small, the short and the tall,
May choose from his splendid selection.
Observe—All garments at this establishment are marked the
price la plain figures, from which no abatement is made. Any
tutlelesxchanged, which is not approved of, or the money returned.
-L. HYAM, Tailoring and Outfitting Establishment, Pantech.
netbeca, 36, Gracechurch.street.
READY-MADE DEPARTMENT.
Taglioni or Chesterfield coats, from ... ...... ...Eo 9 6
Glenlyon or Waterford Riding ditto, from ...... ....... .
0 12 0
The Parisian Envelope, from
Albert Walking Coat, from - I 1 0
Boys' and Youths' Taglionis, or Chesterfields, front • 8 6
Men's Dress Coats, any colour, from ... I 1 0
Ditto Surtout ditto, ditto, from .
Ditto Black Trousers, from
Ditto ditto Vest, from 0 4 6
Ditto Tweed Trousers, from # 7 6
Ditto Buckskin Trousers, from
Ditto Fancy Vest, from . 0 6 •
0
0
Tunic suit, from
Hussar suit, from
Men's Moleskin Trousers, from, 0 2 6
Ditto, ditto, very best quality, rule pockets, from
Office Coats, from
BESPOKE DEPARTMENT.
Taglioni or Chesterfield Coats, from 0 15 0
Olenlyon or Waterford Riding ditto, from . .1
0 0
The Parisian Envelope, from ...
1 6 0
Albert Walking Coat, from
Boys' and Youths' Taglionis and Chesterfields, from •l2 0
Men's Dress Coats, any colour
1 Ditto Surtouts, ditto, from ••• 1 10 0
Ditto Doeskin Trousers, any pattern, from
Ditto Black dress Trousers, from 0 10 0
Ditto Fashionable Vests, in endless variety, from
A New Book, entitled " The Age of Wonders," containing a
detailed List of Prices, Fashions, and Description of material for
the present season, can be had by applying to Mr. L. /WAX!
Panteahnetheca. 36. Gracecharch.street, London. ..

ROWLAND'S ()DONT°,
Or PEARL DENTIFRICE •
Patronized by her Majesty .. THEVUEEN„" the Royal Family, and
the severa Sovereigns and Courts of Europe
A fragrant White Powder, prepared from Oriental Herbs efinenti-
rnahle virtue for strengthening, preser•lng,and beautifying the Teeth.
It eradicates the factitious fermatints Of tartar, and thus lends a salu-
tary growth and freshness to the guns. It removes trona the surface
itwbvit,teensesssw;
eewthh-el LI of the teeth the si.ots Cl incipient decay, velishes and privervoa the
ciPeauallittaik,e
fenamel, in.apiauh,tliito,gur
hendio.tustapinurrece
tiannitd,
and perfume to the breath.. • (
scurryße. - anti-scorhutio • tbe gums also.
share in it, ecrrective• powers ;. is era,icated:.frota .tteni, a'
healthy
acn
at,d
re
le monduced, so tha. the teeth Lir loose)
are Ous t eadared OM le thelr sackers. A:i the rivet. enic:ent and
fragiaut al-cumin cliinse'r'' Of the mouth.. tnec4,' and gums ever
known, ROWLAND'S Ol)ONT has now ter a long series of
nia.,..e. at .the toilets of. he - •
yesi's ecc,4e 1 A dio)ligu411"411-- hile the :sovereigns
and the Nobility throughouLkArßpc,..r, ~ ,
_. geneKa demand • fot
tt at wive announce,. the, favour in whicli It 13., !maid by the, pui.llo
at larc:c.. - _ '

• Priet... 9d: per boX,. daty ineluded. ..• ,•,
CA itl'lON.- To protect he public trent. fraud. tee Ben- Comets.:
slows of Stamps have. dimted the pre.priet?r!,.Anature ta be
engt ,red Gri the government Stiiiiip;iliti.— ~ r
A ROWL kN D7eSON; 20; flattontardeo,
Whichiraltaxed on each Box.
, -bald by the Proprietors and by Chemt. stand Peronifumers. ,
Au other pd...,..4 are fraudulenoiati• . .

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. QUEEN'S CONCERT-ROOMS, HANOVER-SQUARE.
AIL) Christmas Holidays. One of the brilliant novelties is tir R. BRAHAM haft the honour to announce
CHILD'S CHROMATROPE, New Subjects in Nature and that his FIRST CONCERT this season will take place ou
Art for the PROTEOSCOPE. The PHYSIOSCOPE. The first Ex- WEnNEsDav, January 8, on which occasion he will sing Beethoven's
hibition of a Series of beautiful DISSOLVING VIEWS. On the "Adelaide," " Total Eclipse," "The Death of Nelson," and, for the
Evenings of Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr. C. E. HORN lectures on first time in London, will introduce three favourite Glees, with his
the MUSIC of DIFFERENT NATIONS. Dr. RYAN'S and Pro- sons, Messrs. Charles and Hamilton Brabant,
fessor BACHHOFFNER'S varied LECTURES daly. Dr. RYAN I Tickets, 2s. Gd.; Reserved seats, 5s ; Private Boxes, Tickets, and
also Lectures-eu the Evenings of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Prograutme<, at the Rooms and Music-shops.
The whole of the Lectures abound in interesting Experiments. ' •
SUBMARINE EXPERIMENTS by means of the DIVING-BELL
and DIVER. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL MACHINE.
Adistinsion, Is.; Schools, Half-price.
A New Edition of the CATALOGUE, containing Three Hundred
additional Works of Art, &c., since the last revisal, is just published.
price Is.

TO COMMISSION-TRAVELLERS WHO HAVE A CONNEXION
WITH CABINET-MAKERS. UPHOLSTERERS, CARVERS
AND GILDERS, AND IRONMONGERS.'
WANTED, by a respectable WHOLESALE
HOUSE, who have travelled for near seventy years, and
having a connexion, would be happy to treat with any respectable
Co.vmercial Gentleman who travels in either England, Ireland, or
Scotland. Samples, but small. Security required.
Address, post paid, S. 0., 12, George-street, Jewry-street,
Aldgate.

DAVIEWS'Sax C CdAieNs L,
Is. 2dESl,l.s(llv.a.anid(s.
55)11. per lb.
Male's Superb Composite, requiring no snuffing', 101 d.
Genuine Wax, 2s. 341. Transparent Wax, 2s. 2d.—Genuine
Sperm, 2s. 24.—Extra tine Moulded Candies, with the improTed
Waxed Wicks, U.—Yellow Soap, 4Gs., 525., and Sas. per 1121bs.—
Mottled, 60s. and G4s.—Windsor, Is. 4d. per packet.—Palm, Is. 44.-
011 Brows Windsor, Is. 9d.—Rose, 2s.—Superior Almond, '2B. 64.
Superfine Sealing-wax, 45.6 d. per lb.—Reflned Sperm Oil, 7s. Gd. per
gallon—Solar Oil, 3s. Gd.
k'or Cash, at DAVIES'S Old Established Warehouse, 63, St
Martin's-lane (opposite New Slaughter's Coffee-house), Charing-cross

pRICE'S PATENT CANDLES burn without
snuffing, like the finest wax, and are cheaper, in proportion
to the light given, than the commonest tallow ones. They are sold
by respectable dealers throughout the country, at or under One
Shilling per lb., and wholesale to the Trade by EDWARD PRICE
and CO., Belmont, Vauxhall; and Palmer and Co., Sutton-street,
Clerkenwel .

Purchasers must insist upon Wog supplied in the shops with
Price's Patent Candles," or they are ♦ery likely to get some of
the imitations, on account of the greater profit afforded to the
dealer by these latter.
THE BEST REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.

NOit7l7o4.N7S CAMOMILE PILLS are confi-
dently recommended as a simple, but certain remedy, to all
who suffer front Indigestion, Sick Headach, Bilious and Liver Com-
plaints ; they act as a powerful tonic and gentle aperient, impart.
log strength to the stomach, and composnre to the nervous system.
Sold in bottles at Is. 1 2s. 9d., or 111., each, by A. Wil.
loughby and Co., late B. G. Windus, 61, Bishopsgate Without,
and nearly all Medicine Vendors.

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SUSPECTED MURDER. .
Mr. Bingham, the presiding magistrate at Worship-
street, was engaged for some time yesterday in an inves-
tigation relative to the fate of a gentleman named Wil-
liam May, a commercial traveller in the silk trade, re-
cently residing at No. ii, Now King-street, Bethnal-
green, who had suddenly disappeared under circum-
stances of such mystery and suspicion as warranted 'the
conclusion that he had come to his death by unfair
means.

The case was first brought under the notice of Mr.
Broughton, a few days since, by two brothers of the
missing gentleman, who stated that the latter left home
on the evening of Monday, the 9th ult., to visit a friend
in the neighbourhood of Spitaltields, from whom he
parted in good health and spirits about eleven o'clock the
same night, since which time nothing whatever had been
either seen or heard of him. He had on his person several
private papers and money, to the amount of nearly 61.
The applicants expressed their strong conviction that
their brother had been murdered, and their suspicions
to that effect were strengthened by the fact that hii hat
and handkerchief had been found early next morning on
the bank of the Regent's Canal, near the bridge at Twig
Folly, the former being much crushed and broken, evi-
dently by heavy blows, while some of his papers were
discovered lying on the opposite bank of the canal.
On hearing the above statement, the Magistrate di-
rected Fitzgerald, the summoning officer, to institute a
searching inquiry into the matter in connexion with the
local constables, and the result of their exertions was now
communicated to Mr. Bingham.
Police•constable Moantford, K 108, stated that the
occurrence had created a strong sensation in the neigh-
bourhoOd, and that previous to the above application
being made at this court, he had, under the directions of
his superintendent, Mr. Young, been engaged in inces-
sant efforts to elucidate the mysterious affair. He had
ascertained that at eleven o'clock on the night in ques-
tion Mr. May, the missing gentleman; bad left a public-
house, in Spitalfielde, called the Job's Castle, and that at
twelve o'clock he was seen proceeding in the direction of
his ewn residence, which adjoined, the canal, in a partial
state of intoxication. About half an hour afterwards,
a woman named Smith, living at Twig Folly, observed
a person exactly answering Mr. May's description
being led along by a young man, in such a
manner as to excite her suspicions, towards
the canal bridge ; and noticing that the gentleman
was a good deal inebriated, she questioned his
conductor as to his intentions, being fearful he was
about to take some unfair advantage of him ; the
young man, however, made uo reply, and she soon
after lost sight of them. The witness had received a
further communication from a woman named Gardiner,
residing close to the canal, who told him that, shortly
before one o'clock, while in bed, she was awoke by a
stifled cry of distress, and at the same moment heard an
exclamation in another man's voice of " Run you -,
ruin" This was followed by the sound of hasty foot-
steps along the bank, but as all shortly after became
quiet again, she thought it unnecessary to take any fur-
ther notice of the matter. About the same hour a third
woman, named Bissell, living at Old Ford, was proceed-
ing home along a secluded lane leading from the canal
bridge, when she was alarmed at seeing a man, who was
stripped to his shirt, rise slowly up from a ditch skirt-
ing the footpath, and who called out to her in a faint
voice,," For God's sake stop and help me ;" he then
made on ineffectual attempt to scramble out of the ditch,
but he fell back again, apparently in a state of exhaus-
tion. 'She felt so greatly terrified that she hastened
on, but had only proceeded a few yards when she
encountered a tall man standing still, -who
stared at her as she passed him, and continued
watching her till she was out of sight. Immediately-
on reaching home, she mentioned *the eireum-
stanc4 to her husband, 'but the place in question being a
considerable distance . from their house, her husband
thought it would be then useless to take any steps in the
matter. Ihe officer added that he had seen the hat of
the missing gentleman, which had been picked up by two
working men, named Hill . and Goldsmith, and he was
''satisfied from its appearance that it must have been struck
violently by some 'heavy instrument, as the crown was
comptely beaten in, and one side of it split open down
to the very brim.
Mn Bingham said he thought he had . heard quite
sufficient to justify him in entertaining a suspicion that
some roul play had been practised, and he should, there-
fore, immediately communicate with Mr. Ratford, the
Cana' Company's Superintendent, who, he was satisfied,
would as soon as possible cause the water to be drawn
off from that part of the canal in which the body of the
unfortunate gentleman was supposed to have been se-
creted.
Thb magistrate shortly after wrote a letter on the
subject, which he placed in the hands of Fitzgerald for.
immediate delivery.

APPREHENSION OF A QUAKER
ON A CHARGE OF MURDER.
THURSDAY EVENING.—The neighbourhood of Salt-
hill and Slough has been thrown into a state of great
alano since yesterday evening, in consequence of a wo-
man, named Sarah Hart, residing at a cottage at
Salt-hill, having. been murdered under eircum-
staecee which led to the suspicion that the murder was
committed by a person dressed as a Quaker, who was
seen to leave the cottage a few minutes previous to its
!Arles discovered. In consequence of -this 'suspicion a
eentleinan of the name of John Tawell, of Berkhain-
stead, was apprehended and brought before the Coroner,
John Clearsley, Esq., when the following evidence was
a iduced
• Mary Ann, the wife of William Ashley, deposed—l
live next door to the deceased. Between six and seven
o'clock yesterday evening I heard a stifled scream pro-
ceeding from the house. I became alarmed. As I was
proceeding along (with a candle in my hand) I heard the
door of the house of the deceased shut, and saw a person
in the attire of a Quaker come down the path. As I
reached the gate the prisoner was attempting to open it.
He was confused and trembled very much, and stared
me very hard in the face. I asked him what was
the matter with my neighbour. He made no re-
ply. I then approached the house, and the man
went towards Slough along the publici road.
About four o'clock in the afternoon I saw the same per-
sen. He was dressed in a long brown coat, which gave
him the appearance of a Quaker. As soon as I entered
the house I saw the'deceased lying on the floor on her'
back, with her clothes apparently disturbed and nearly
up to her knees ; one of her stockings was half down
and torn, her cap and the shoe of her left foot were off,
and from appearance I should say she had 'strugg;ed
very much. When I first entered the house she was
still groaning. I asked her what was the matter, but
she made no reply. I thought she was dying. then
gave the alarm to a neighbour, Mrs. Barrett, who ac-
eompanied me back to the house. Deceased was still
moving. I went immediately to Me.:. Champness, sur
geon, who in .a few minutes arrived • and bled her ; she
expired almost immediately. I left after the constable
was put in possession of the body. There was on the
table part of a glass of stout, and nearly half a bottle of
the same remained, which was given into the custody
of the surgeon. Deceased has lived in Bath-place two
years. She reported that her husband was abroad,
living with a Quaker gentleman, whose name I under-
stood to be Talbot, and that she (deceased) had herself
lived in the service of the father. Deceased had not
been visited by her husband since she had resided there.
Had heard her say that her master, the Quaker gentle-
man, brought her money quarterly, at the rate of
one pound per week as part of her husband's wages.
I happened to go into deceased's house at two o'clock in
the afternoon of yesterday, when she said she expected
her master that day. Whilst I was with deceased (about
twenty minutes) our conversation turned upon religion,
and deceased said if she joined any sect it should be that
of the Quakers. The Quaker gentleman is an elderly
full-faced person.
Margaret Jane Barrett, of Farnham Royal, corrobo-
rated the evidence of the former witness.
Keziah, wife of John Harding, of Slough, whe washed
for deceased, deposed that on Monday last she took home
some clean linen, and was told by deceased not to call
again until the Wednesday or Thursday, as she expected
the old gentleman to come and pay her money,_ whom
witness.understood from deceased was a Mr. Talbot, or
Tawell. Was at the deceased's house on the Monday
previous, at six o'clock, when it appeared the Quaker
called, and at the time asked if I was a lodger, and de-
ceased replied she had no lodger. On his leaving he
asked deceased if she should be alone when he should
come on the following Tuesday or Thursday, and de-
ceased replied, " Very well." • After the man left, de-
ceased told me he had only given her a sovereign instead
)f thirteen, and had promised to-bring the remainder on
the following week.
laiery Ann. the wife of Mr. Moss, of Crawford-street,
had known deceased when she lived at that place. about
four years ago. Had heard deeeased state that she had
.married this Mr. Tawell's son contrary to his father's
wishes, by whom she had two children, who were living
with her.
Edward Thomas Champness, Vicar of Upton, went to
the Slough station; and saw the Quaker gentleman take
his place in the train, who is the prisoner now appre-
hended. Saw Mr. Howell, the superintendent, who gave
din ctions by telegraph that the prisoner should be
watched to his residence.
Sergeant William Williams,' officer of the Great
Western Railway police, Paddington, said that from in-
formation he received from the telegraph-office he was
on the look out fur the prisoner, who arrived at Padding-
ton by the twenty minutes past eight o'clock train. Got
into a New-road omnibus. lie put on a private coat and
acted as conductor. Rode to the Bank, where prisoner
got out. Received the sixpence from him. He crossed
over to the Wellington statue, at the Royal Exchange,
where he stopped a short time and looked around him.
Crossed over to Birch's the pastry-cook, in Cornhill, and
he then went from there to the Jerusalem Coffee-house,
Cowper's-Court, Cornhill. Got a great coat there from
the waiter, and went into Birchin-lane, and thence over
London-bridge to a coffee-shop in High-street, called the
Leopard, returned over London-bridge to Cannon-street,
where lie took a paper from his pocket; afterwards went
down Bush-lane, to 7, Scotch-yard, a lodging-house,
kept by a gentleman named Hughes, where I
left him. This morning, on receiving fresh instruc-
tion, I went with Inspector Wiggins to 7, Scotch-
yard. Prisoner had left. We there ascertained that his
name was Tawell, and that he said he was a merchant.
From thence we went to the Hall of Commerce, and re-
turaed in an hour to the Jerusalem Coffee .house, between
twelve and one o'clock this afternoon, where we found
him, and took him into custody for an offence, and asked
him if he had been to Slough, and he answered that hr
had not. The lodging-house in Scotia-yard was kept by
a Quaker, named Hughes.
Inspector Wiggins deposed to taking the prisoner, and
finding on hisi person a letter, purporting to come from
his wife, at Berkhamstead, and directed to John Tawell ;
also 21. 10s. in gold and 21s. 6d. in silver, also a gold
watch and guard.
The prisoner, a highly respectable man in appearance,
on being called in, stated his name to be John Tawell;
and that he was the town surveyor at Berkhaustead.
He wished to be allowed to go home on urgent business,
but the Coroner stated that at the present stage of the
business, he must be held in strict custody until Satur-
day next, to which time the inquest was adjourned.
The medical gentleman attended, sad stated that it
would be necessary to analyse the contents of the de-
ceased's stomach before he could make his report.
Much praise is due to the police for their activity, and
also to those gentlemen concerned in telegraphing the
information to town.

IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION.—GeneraI O'Donnell
has issued a proclamation declaring that after the let of
January next all vassals arriving in Cuba with slaVes on
board will be confiscated. This Step hiS undoubtedly
been taken in consequence of the pereinptory demand
made by the British Government in a dispatch from Lord
Aberdeen; which has never been ptiblisbed in this
country, but of which we gave a summary some days
aicce.. The British Government complained that'Snam
did not evince the slightest intention to fulfil her part of
the treaty stipulation *Melt existed between the two na-
tions; and a long list of instances was given in which she
had wilfully eyaded and disregarded them. The demand
was therefore explicitly and peremptorily made, that
General O'Donnell should be instructed to, take precisely
the step mentioned in the above paragraph.-New York
Courier and Enquirer;
Row, 'visit from the 'Queen and his
Royal Highness PrinCe Albert to the Grind Ducal Court
of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is 9oken ofikely take
as 'l,
place in theiLourse of the ensuing Tmmer.

for this day six weeks, to take into consideration ,the
general affairs of the Company, and to consider a motion
then to be made, that' the allowance awarded by the Go-
vernment lA. the management of the affairs of the Com-
pany be the only remuneration that shall be paid to the
I)ir, ctors and clerks of the Company for such manage-
.
ment.'

To this the following amendment was proposed :
" That the above matters be taken into consideration on
the next Court day."
The amendment was put from the chair, and the ranu-
hers were—

For it

Against
Majority fur the amendment —4
The Court then adjourned.