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THE DIORAMA.

To those who are lowers of the perfection of art, we
would recommend a visit to this place of amuse-
ment, which opens to-day. We were yesterday
favoured by a private view of two pictures, viz.,
the Castle and Town of Heidelberg, and an
exterior view of the Cathedral of Notre. Dame,
which are to be : exhibited here, and it is no
false praise or
.empty compliment when we say
that they are the finest things of the kind we have ever
had the good fortune tohehold. Both
pictures are painted
by Le Chevalier Rentanx, and have been completed
to exhibitthe vations -novel EffeAts of light and shade.
The first effeetie.presents the ruined Castle of Ileidel-
burg, frowning in the 'depth of winter upon
.the tower
beneath. The flowing Neckar is seen for miles of its
Winding course. I'l4. whole picture is startling
from its rugged truthfulness, which almost affects
the. physical senses. , A change . comes over
the picture, and it represents with equal
truth the same ..scene in , summer. ~ We then
come to the grand and noble picture of the
Cathedral of Notre Dame. It is sublimely beautiful
and true, and ought to be seen by all who are lovers
of
.the great and wonderful in art. The first
effect of the picture represents sunset, and the
second moonlight. -:This latter is the very perfec-
tionlit of art. The cha .
.is so very gradual from bright
sunset to silvery moUil_ At that it is almost imper-
, perceptible until it is el-:eitted. The noble cathedral
becomes illuminated, and the swell of the organ from
the'interiOr adds greatly to the grandeur and solemnity
of the scene. Let every one who delights in genuine
painting gc and see this picture.

MURDER OF. EMPEROR PAUL 1.
(From M. 'Tiers' " History of the Consulate. and
Empire of France under Napoleon.")
The Russian aristocracy was accordingly highly
exasperated with the newly adopted policy of Paul. If
they had blamed, in this prince, an excess of hatred
against France, they found still greater fault with an
excess of affection towards her, especially when this
surprising attachment was carried to such an extent, as
to adopt steps ruinous to the interests of the landed
proprietors. Besides this obnoxious iaterfer, ace with
their tastes and their interests, Paul was still further.
guilty of cruelties, to which, however, he was not na-
turally addict; d, being rather of a good, than of a mis-
chievous dispositiom lie had . sent a multitude -of
unhappy wretches to Siberia ; afterwards, affected by
their sufierings, he recalled them,but without re-instating
them in their property. These unfortunate creatures
filled all St. Petersburgh with their complaints, and with
their lamentable misery. Annoyed by these spectacles,
he exiled them a second time. Becoming every day
more and more distrustful, in proportion as the
hatred of his sultiects became more apparent to him, he
threatened the lives of every one around him. He
conceived sinister designs against his ministers, some-
times against his wife and children; and this prince, who
was all but mad, assumed habitually the behaviour of a
tyrant. He surrounded the palace Michael, which was
his usual residence, like a fortress, with bastions and
ditches. One would have said, that he seemed to anti-
cipate a sudden attack. At night, he even barricadoed
the.door which separated his apartments from those of
the Empress, and thus unwittingly predisposed every-
thing for his tragical end. •
Such a state of things could not long continue, and
must inevitably terminate in some deed of violence,
similar to that which, more than once, had been wit-
nessed in this empire, where, it is true, rapid advances
have been mule towards civilisation, but where actual
barbarism was the point of starting. The idea of getting
rid of the unhappy Paul, by the accustomed means, that
is to say, by a revolution at the palace, there where the
palace is the nation, suggested itself to every mind.
Let us set a proper value upon the advantages of insti-
tutions. At another extremity of Europe, upon one of
the greatest thrones of the universe, sat a prince afflicted
also with insanity, a headstrong, but pious and good
prince, George 111. This king, occasionally deprived of
his reason, during whole months, had just experienced a
relapse of his malady, at one of the most critical mo-
ments • for England. Nevertheless, the business of the
nation proceeded in the most regular and ordinary
course. The constitution providing the king with minis-
ters, who conduct the government on his behalf,
aberration of the royal mind did not, in any .wa pre-_
judice the affairs of the nation. Mr. Pitt held *elite
government for George 111., precisely as he hadeeheld it
during seventeen years ; the thought of an atrocious
crime never entered into the imagination of any one !
At St. Petersburgh, on the contrary, the spectacle of an
insane prince on the throne, gave rise to the most
sinister projects.
There was at that time, at the Court of Russia, one
of those men, dreaded by all, who never shrink from the
perpetration of any audacious deed In a regular govern-
ment, such men may rise, perhaps, to the station of
eminently good citizens, but in a erspotic- government,
they become criminals, if crime is, in certain cases, one
of the expedients not actually sanctioned by the Go-
vernment, but incidental to its administration. Crime
must be condemned in every country where it prevails,
but we must condemn still more the institutions by
which it is engendered.
Count Pahlen had served in the Russian army with
distinction. He possessed a commanding person, and
concealed beneath the, rough, and sometimes familiar
manner of a soldier, a deep and acute mind. He was en-
dowed, moreover, with singular audacity, and an imper-
turbable presence of mind. As GreYerna of St. Peters-
burgh, intrusted with the police of the empire, and
initiated, thanks to the confidence of his master, into all
the great affairs of State, he was, in point of fact,
though not by office, the principal personage in the
Ruisian Government. His political opinions respecting
the public policy of the country were very decided.
Thi crusade against the French revolution seemed to
him as unreasonable, as the new-born zeal against
England was intemperate. A prudent reserve, a neu-
trality skilfully maintained, in the midst of the for-
midable contest between France and England, appeared
to him the only advantageous policy which Russia could
pursue. Entertaining neither English nor French valso a
iews,
but being wholly Russian in his opinions, he was
Russian in his manners, and a Russian such as
existed
in the days of Peter the Great. Being persuaded that
everything was hastening towards ruin, unless the reign
of Paul a ere curtailed, having even conceived some
alarm for himself personally, from certain indications of
dissatisfaction which had escaped the Emperor, he
boldly formed his resolution, and communicated it con-
fidentially to Count Panim, Vice-Chancellor, who wa
ofs
at the head of foreign affairs. They both were
opinion that it was necessary to terminate this state
as
of
things, which had become as alarming for the empire,
for individual safety. Count Pahlen took upon himself
the execution of the terrible project upon which they bad
resolved.* The heir to the throne was the Grand Duke
Alexander, of whose reign we have been contemporaries
—a young prince, who gave every promise of superior
qualities, and who appeared at that time, what he did
not prove subsequently, easy to be led. He it was
whom Count Pahlen desired to raise to the throne, by
some catastrophe brought about suddenly, without dis-
turbance or confusion. It was indispensably necessary
to come to some understanding with the heir, the Gland
Duke, to have his concurrence, in order to avoid, ,after
rar
the deed was psrpetrated, being treated like a vulg
assassin, who is sacrificed, whilst, at the same time, ad-
vantage is taken of his crime. It was embarrassing to
him to break the matter to this Prince, who, governed
by amiable feelings, was incapable of lending his court-
tenance to an attempt against the life of his father.
Count Pahlen, withou disclosing his whole mind,
without revealing ally distinct project, discussed with
the Grand Duke the affairs of state, and, at each suc-
cessive extravagance of Paul, endangering the empire,
communicated the fact to him, then remained silent,
without deducing any consequences therefrom. Alex-
ander, in receiving these communications, cast down his

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circus, Oxford-street ; in Manchester, from Richardson and Roebuck,
Market-place ; in Bath, from T. and G. Butcher' No. 4, Saw-close ;
and in Cheltenham, from Mathews and Co.; 400, High-street.

DEOPLE,.OP. ENGLAND!
A_ If you want to know why doctors hold out to the public
that poisons, such as Prussic Acid, Arsenic, and other deadly drugs
and chemical preparati, ns are medicines when advised or admitls-
tered by them—read the '4sth Number of the "HY GEIST" for
APRIL, 1845, just published at 368, Strand, London, price One Penny,
or Twopence If sent by .post .prepaid. S. e also the two Ilygeian
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safety of the whole world is concerned. f rice of the Prints, 6d,
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The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of 4he present year.
This institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect Loth to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borrsw, 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 er necessity. Assurances
fOr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAM:ROUX, Bee.

LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
" He, who in pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms,
A hero lives, and-justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man !"
Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. ed., or
sent by post, free, to any address, 3s. 6d.,
ELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
those concealed disorders, originating in youthtbl excesses,
and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxietles, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical
Observations on Marriage, and on the- Anatomy, Physiology,
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for their
perfect Restoration.
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon,
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Mill, London, &c. •
" The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in-
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through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such, among
others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many questions
may be satisfactorily adjusted that.admit of no appeal even to the
most confidential fliend."--7-Stafford Gazette. .
• "Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto
neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the
medical profession; has enabled the writer to prove that there are
concealed causes of Nervous Debility in existence, where the mere
routine practitioner would never- dream of finding them traceable
to certain habits, forming the most secret, yet deadly, and fatal
springs of domestic misery, and premature mortality."—Wakefield
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has, ttfrough the Director General of his Domains, adopted the use
of the PATENT METALLIC CAPSULES, and has entered into
an
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• -

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UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY.
No. 11, LOMBARD-STREET, at then.ntrance of the Old Post
office, Londo
DIRECTORS.
JAMES MORRIS, Esq., Chairman.
JOHN LABOUCHEItE, Esq., pa y-
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Lewis Loyd, jun., Esq.
. Buckle, Esq. George Lyall, Esq., M.P.
John W
John Dixon, Esq Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq., M.P.
.
Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. John Martin, Esq.. M.P.
SIT Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
Thomson Hankey,jun., Esq. Robert Milford, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
AUDITORS.jes Tulloch, Esq.
Johs Loch, Esq. James
W. Roberts, Esq
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
I George Stone, Esq.
• Acruatty—Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S.
In the LIFE DEPARTMENT, a Bonus was declared in June
1829, exceeding one per cent. per annum on the sums insured, on an
average of the different Ages ; and two subsequent divisions of nearlylB42.
equal amounts were made up to Christmas 1835 and Christmas
On an average of the three divisions the Reversionary Bonuses added
to the several Policies at the end of every seven years amounted to
about 27 per cent. on the total premiums paid thereon during those
seven years, and the whole amount of Bonuses allotted at the three
Sei t3nnial divisions exceeded 530,0001.
In the FIRE DEPARTMENT, a Return
received
which had been in force seven years at Christandmas
Saturday excepted)
1843, and the same
Is now in course of payment daily (Friday
between the hours of ten and three o'clock.
Notice is hereby given, that assurances which expire at Lady Day
must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. Sams,
' No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Com-
pany's agents throughout the kingdom,
GE otherwOßGEiseKEYS, they beco
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FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on Human
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THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
the Infirmities of the Generative System in both sexes ; and
On the loss of. the reproductive powers, with means of restoration.
The baneful effects of solitary indulgence, neglected syphilis symp-
toms, &c., are Wily pointed out. Illustrated by Engravings ; followed
by observation's on Marriage, w ith plain directions for the removal of
certain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Consult ug
Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and may be ad at
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however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable
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wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis-
cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus
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-GOUT, CRAMP, WEAKNESS OF LIMBS
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TWENTY 'THOUSAND PERSONS, and up-
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CABBURN'S OIL.
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Y Papers. Ask for Cabburn's for
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us
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F
Mr. Cabbm 11, Sir—l have presented two bottles of your oil to a
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To. J. Cabburn, Esq.
gu —I beg agreeably to inform you that an Individual for whom I
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A TL AS ASSURANCE COMPANY.
92, CHEAPIisSIDEhed ,
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DIRECTORS.
JOHN OLIVER HANSON, Esq., Chairman.
WILLIAM GEORGE PRESCOTT, Esq., Deputy Chairman.ha
Sir William Baynes, Bart. Samuel Eustace q.
Arthur Edward Campbell, Esq. Moses Mocatta, Esq.
Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S. James William Ogle, Esq.
William Laforest, Esq. Emanuel Pacifico, M.D.
Donald Maclean, Esq. John Peter Basch, Esq.
Aunrroas—Francis Bligh Hookey, Esq., and Joseph Pulley, Esq.
AcTuAav—Charles Ansell, Esq., F.R.S.
Souctl Ole—ThOM aS Browning, Esq.
SURVEYOR—Thomas Hopper, Esq.
ASSISTANT SURVEYOR--ThOTIIRS Lloyd, Esq.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RETURNS—The Directors request reference to the fact, that 20
per Cent. was returned by this Company on the amount of Premiums
paid for the Five Years up to Christmas, 1841, on all Policies for 300!.
and upwards, which had been in force for one year at that time.
The next periodical Accounts for Returns willbe made up to Christ-
mas 1846.
RENT.—This Office (independent of the Returns), offers to Persons
effecting Assurances, the further advantage of an allowance for the
loss of Rent on Buildings, rendered untenantable by Fire.
RENEWALS.—PoIicies due on Lady-day should be renewed within
fifteen days thereafter.
1,171F1 DEPARTMENT.
The attention 01' the Public has, in the Advertisements and Pro-
posals of this Company of late years, been called to a Table of Addi-
tions applicable to and expectant on Policies of particular dateS and
ages ; the Directors now beg to refer to a Statement (which may be
obtained on application at the Mee in Cheapside, or to any of the
Agents in the Country) of Sums actually paid, showing the Sums re-
spectively assured and the Bonuses thereon.
Persons assured for the whole term of Life in Great Britain or Ire-
land respectively, will have an Addition made to their Policies every
seventh year, or an equivalent Reduction in the future payments of
Premium, at the option of the Assured.
The FOURTH SEPTENNIAL VALUATION will be made up to
Christmas, 1844, and the Directors hope to announce the m Life Po-
licy holders about the end of the ensuing May, the result of the Ac-
tuary's computations. ALL POLICIES EFFECTED DURING the
NEXT SEVEN YEARS, and remaining in force at Christmas 1851,
will participate in the valuation to be made up to that date.
ASSURANCES for SHORT PERIODS may now be effected in this
Mee at considerably reduced rates of Premium.
The Company's Rates and Proposals may be
wad at thea ut Office in
London, or of any of the Agents in the Country,o are horised
tO report on the appearance of Lives proposed for Assurance.
HENRY DESBOROUGH, Secretary
April, 1845.
92, Cheapside,

near Shrewsbury, Salop.
Haldeu-wood Cattle:,
Mr. Jabburn, King's-cross.
Sir—l beg to return you I<'7sincere thanks for your kind attention,
SW at the same time to acknowledge that I experienced more relie
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remain,--Your obliged, humble servant,
Hatton-w all, August 30, 1841. SAMUEL BEST.
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one of the most dreadful cases ever known. Many noblemen and
sentlemen saw the patient, among whom were
His Grace the DUKE of HAMILTON,
The EARL of lIAREWOOD,
Str F. BURDETT,
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Medical InstiVition, St. Stephen's,Nonvich. H. THOMPSON.

REPRESENTATION or WEST KENT.—The unex-
pected decease of the Earl of Romney, and the consequent
elevation of Lord Marshain to the peerage, causes a vacancy
for West Kent. We have not yet heard who is likely to be
his Lordship's successor as the candidate in the Conservative
interest—nor do we believe any one individual in particular
has been selected; but if the Conservatives mean to keep
both seats they must be on the qui ewe. It is strongly ru-
moured that the Whig Radicals will contest the election, and
there is no doubt, in many well-informed quarters, that Mr.
Law Hodges will again seek his old seat. Though somewhat
advanced in years, he is still hale and active, and a better
man than many of his juniors. Besides, politics apart, he is
very popular with the agriculturists, as a practical and scien•
tific farmer. All these things should show the Conservative
leaders the importance of prompt action.—Herald.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds have received a
select party this week, at Hornby Castle Yorkshire, for the
Catterick Race Meeting. The Earl. of ietland and the Earl
of Glasgow have been among the guests of the Noble Duke
and Duchess.
TROOPS PROM INDIA..—The following detachments
from regiments in India arrived at the Invalid Depot,
St. Mary's Barracks, Gillingham, on the 27th instant,
from Gravesend, at which place they disembarked from
the ship Seriiigapatarn, of 1,000 tons, Captain Voss com-
mander. The detachments consisted of the following
nun :-1 quartermaster-sergeant, 4 sergeants, and 48
privates, with 4 women and 10 children of the 10th Re-
giment of Foot ; 1 sergeant, 2 privates, of the 31st Re-
giment ; 2 sergeants, 10 privates, with 3 women and 3
children, 50th Regiment ; and 2 sergeants, 11 privates,
with 2 women and 7 children, 62d ; and 1 private, of
the 9th Foot. These troops embarked at Calcutta on
the 6th December last, and sailed on the Bth. The
troops were in command of Captain Pratt, of the 16th
Lancers, with Ensign Stewards, of the 13th Prince
Albert's Light Infantry. Mr. Bailey, civil surgeon, was
in medical charge of the soldiers. The ship put in at St.
Helena for water on the 10th February last, and sailed
again on the 12th. Not any inconvenience was expe-
rienced during this long passage until the arrival of the
ship off the Western Islands. when it encountered a very
dreadful gale, which lasted from the 11th to the 14th
inst. Fur the safety of the troops and passengers, it was
found necessary to place all below, and the hatches were
battened down during the three days. So violent was
the gale, that every one expected the ship mwt have'
gone to pieces. The voyage was made in 110 days. The
troops lost by death three men of the 10th Regiment,
and three men of the 62d, and one woman of the 50th.
Mr. Alexander Holmes, a merchant at Calcutta, died on
board in the Bay of Bengal, leaving his lady on board.
Mr. Holmes was corning to England for the benefit of his
health. The following passengers came with the ship :
—Captain John Nicholson, 84th ' • Commander Vynar,
R.N:; Mrs. Holmes, widow, and Mrs. Holmes and two
Chiltlren Cept4in Pratt, with two native women
and one • native man servant. The troops, conskiering
they have been in India uOvardsof 22 years, nrd hkithy;
there are five or six very sizkly, 'end' one in hnspital ';
oreap dop4fs qio tf their TcoTer7.
•

WEATII.ER PREDICTIONS.—All who de-
light in ihis foreknowledge should purchase, without loss
of time, GEFISISTOgE'S WEATHER ALMANACK, whose predic-
tions of the weather, from his publication to the present day, have
been checked many proprietors of newspapers and other works.
The " Times" I:as eulogised its correctness and peculiar
al mod
hecke of
printing ; see page 57. The " John Bull," published its usu c,
Dec. 22, 1844, giving If„ intleed. 336 correct daily predictions : see
copy, pages 52 and 54. .4.1t0, " The Sun," the " Globe," the " Era,"
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*Copies of 31 letters from ladies annd gentlemen of the heat
rrespectability, cured of ophthalmia, gutta serene, cataract, deartost9s,
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item upwards of 20 years, by using Gemstone's Eye Snuff—trans-
ah'ons in French, Italian, and Spanish : pages 59, 60, 61, 62.63.
Rea, i page 54, the Medical Report in the " Forceps," Feb. 14, 1844,
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Martin's-le-Grand, General Post-office, Inland Department,
October 9, 1844.
Sir,—For the last three or four years I have been labouring under a
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la ALSE ON MEDICAL GALVANISM.
.13_1 " Mr. TIALSE, late of this county, but now of 5, Pelham-
crescent, Brompton, London, has lately published a pamphlet on
MEDICAL GALVANISM, the contents of which have really asto-
nished us. If it be true that galvanism can accomplish such cures as
are there stated, the galvanic apparatus must take as commanding a
position over medical science as the steam-engine does over mecha-
nical science. It is tree that galvanism has long been resorted to as
a remedial agent, but the old form of batteries were
d
so uncertain in
their action as to almost do as much harm
as they id good. Mr.
liaise, like a true philosopher, conceived that it may be possible to
select the good and discard the evil effects of the apparatus, and after
years of intense study he has accomplished what he desired—viz., to
regulate the power of the galvanic apparatus to the greatest nicety.
We consider this to rank as the greatest improvement which
has ever
been made in the galvanic battery. In the tamphlet we noticed an
extract from the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette' of March 14.
We extract this article for the benefit of invalids :—` Our readers may
Lave noticed several extracts we have given from Mr. Dalse's
pamphlet on Medical Galvanism. We have reason to believe that
every case stated in that pamphlet is perfectly true, wonderful as they
cert. laly are; for, a short time since, we called was undergoing
and
were ihttlachteed to him by a gentleman who was the
operation. it/4 OPent informed us that it was not at all an unplea-
sant sensat indeed wa Ut it ourseles, and there was not the least
unpleasantness about it. nits ge.o.tle;::!itns case was paralysis, and
he declared to us that before he caitie Li
said
Raise one leg had
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It Is both stout and ii.elithy." Such, indeed, was the case: 'live
can judge by el
number of piaLmts Mr. Halse has, we should say he
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eyes, and also remained silent. • These mute but ex- I was overturned and extinguished ; Benningsen ran to
preasive scenes were of frequent occurrence. At length, procure another, and, on his return, discovered Paul ex-
it was requisite to come to some clearer explanation. piring under the blows of two assassins ; one had broken
Count Pahlen, at last, gave this young Prince to under- in his skull with the pummel of his sword, whilst the
stand that such a state of dregs could not be pro- other was strangling him with his sash.
longed, without bringing ruin to the empire; and, taking Whilst this scene was enacting, Count Pahlen had
care to avoid the mention of a crime, to which Alex- remained outside with the second band of conspirators.
ander would not have listened, he insinuated to him that When he was told that all was over, he ordered the body
it was necessary to depose Paul, to provide for him a of the emperor to be laid out on the bed, and placed a
quiet retreat, but, at all hazards, to wrest from his hands . guard of thirty men at the door of the apartment, with
the helm of power, and prevent him from driving the orders not to admit any one, even the members of the
vessel of state to utter destruction. imperial family. He then repaired to the Grand Duke,
Alexander shed a flood of tears, disclaimed any wish to announce to him the terrible occurrence of the night.
to di4pute the throne with his father, but yielded, by The Grand Duke, in a state of violent agitation, de-
degrees, before fresh proofs of the danger to which mantled of him when he approached, what had become
Paul exposed the affairs of the country, and even the of his father ? The silence of Count Paden soon dissi-
imperial family itself. Paul, in fact, dissatisfied with pated the fatal illusions he had cherished, in imagining,
the supineness of Prussia, in the affairs of the neutral that an act of abdication was only contemplated. • The.
league, 'even talked of marching 80,000 men upon gri; fof the young prince was profound ; it continued to.
Berlin. Besides this, in the delirium of his arrogant be, we are told, the secret ranorse of his life, as he was
pride, he wished the First Consul to tako him as his naturally of a good and generous nature. lie threw him-
adviser in al things, and that this powerful personage self upon a chair, and urst into
tears ; would
bitter re-
listen 110
ShOlild not make peace with Germany, nor with the longer to any thing, but loaed Pahlen ith
cabinets of Piedmont, Rome, Naples, or the Porte, ex- proaches, which the latter received with an imperturba-
cepting upon terms laid down by Russia; so that it was ble composure.
soon greatly to be feared that he would. not remain long St. Petersburgh was filled with c ~nsternation at the
on amicable terms with France, whose policy he had so news of this bloody catastrophe. The impression it
warmly espoused. To these suggestions Count Padden created proved that the trimmers of the empire had un-
edded the expression of his uneasiness concerning the dergone a change, and that since 1762,
Russian manners
safety of the royal family, of whom Paul, it was said, had become modified by the influence of European
began to harbour suspicions., civilisation. It may be said to the honour of Russia,
Alexander acquiesced at length ; but, at the- same that if she had already progressed since 1762, she has
time exacted from Count Pahlen the most solemn equally advanced since 1800. The Russians exhibited,
oath, that no attempt should be
odemae against the life of on, that occasion, feelings which did them honour. They
his father ; Count Pahlen swore very thing desired feared Paul I. and his Insanity, more than they bated
by this inexperienced youth, who imagined that a sceptre him, as he was not of a sanguinary character. The
could be wrested from the grasp of an emperor, without horrible circumstances of his death were immediately
depriving him of life. known, and inspired the deepest .commiseration.
Ills
The requisite actors in the scene yet-remained to be body lay in state according to usage, but infinite pre-
provided, as Count Pahlen, in conceiving this scheme, cautions were used to disguise his wounds. Military
deemed it beneath him to take any personal share in its gloves concealed the mutilation of his hands. A large
execution. He fixed upon them accordingly, but decided hat completely covered his head. his face was dis-
upon only intrusting them, sooner or later, with the part figured by contusions, but it was given out that he had
they were destined to perform, according as they, by died of apoplexy.
degrees, acquired his confidence. The brothers Soubow,
upstarts raised by the favour of Catherine, were chosen
as the chief instruments of the plot. Count Pahlen
only revealed it to them at a late period. Plato Soubow,
the favourite of Catherine, supple, restless, was worthy
of figuring conspicuously in the revolution of a palace.
His brother Nicholas, remarkable only for great per-
sonal strength, was well qualified to play a subordinate
part ; Valerien Soubow, a brave and honourable soldier,
a friend of the Grand Duke Alexander, deserved, from
his merit, to have been excluded from the plot. They
had a sister, intimately connected with all the English
faction—a friend of Lord Whitworth, the English Am-
bassador—who inflamed them with zeal for the British
policy. Count Pahlen engaged many other accomplices,
and brought them to St, Petersburgh, under various pre-
tences, but still without disclosing any thing to them.
There was one other individual whom he had summoned
to St. Petersburgh, upon whose co-operation he knew
he could rely, as well as upon his formidable courage ;
this was the famous General Benningsen, a Hanoverian,
in the service of Russia, the first officer in the Russian
service at that time, and who, at a later period, in 1807,
had the honour to check, in Poland, the victorious march
of Napoleon, and whose hands, worthy, indeed, of
wielding a sword, should never have been sullied by
a poinard.
Benningsen had retired into the country, dreading the
effects of Paul's anger, which he had incurred ; Count
Pahlen withdrew him from his retreat, initiated him
into the plot., but proposed nothing further to him, if
General Benningsen can be credited, than the project of
deposing the emperor. Benningsen pledged his word,
and kept it with an appalling courage.
They resolved to fix upon some day for .the execution
of their project, when the regiment of Scmcncurki,
wholly devoted to the Grand Duke Alexander, should be
on duty at the Palace Michael. They were obliged to
wait. But time pressed, for Paul's malady made rapid
progress, became every day more alarming, and placed
the interests of the empire, as well as the safety of his
attendants, in greater jeopardy. One day Paul laid hold
of the imperturbable Pahlen by the arm, and addressed
him in these singular terms;—" Were you at St. Peters-
burgh in 1762?" (It was in that year that the Em-
peror, the father of Paul, was assassinated, to transfer
the throne to the Great Catherine.) " Yes," answered
Count Pahlen, quite coolly, " I was." " What part did
you take in the event of that time?" " That of a subal-
tern cavalry officer in the ranks of his regiment. I was
a witness of, but not an actor in, that catastrophe."
" Well," continued Paul, casting a look of distrust, and
of accusation at his Minister, " they want to re-enact
to-day the revolution of 1762." "I am aware of it,"
replied Count Pahlen, without betraying the least emo-
tion. " I know all the plot; I am a party to it."
"-What!" exclaimed Paul, are you one of the conspira-
tors?" " Yes! but to be better apprised of it, and that
I may be in a position n.ore effectually to watch over
your safety." The calmness of this formidable con.
spirator quite set all Paul's conjectures at defiance, and
disarmed his suspicions respectir.g him; but he still con-
tinged discomposed and excited.
An event of almost public interest, if such a term
may be employed with reference to such a crime, con-
curred to hasten their proceeding. Paul ordered a
dispatch to be written, on the 23d of March, to M. de
Krudener, his minister at Berlin, enjoining him to de-
clare to the court of Prussia, that if she did not promptly
act against England, he would promptly order an
army of 80,000 men, to march upon the Prussian
frontiers. Count Palhen, desirous, without saying too
much, to induce M. de Krudener to attach no importance
to this declaration, added, in his own handwriting, . the
following postscript:—" Ills imperial Majesty is labour-
ing under indisposition to-day; the consequences may prove
serious."*
The 23d of March was fixed upon for the execution
of the plot; Count Pahlen, under colour of giving a
dinner party, assembled at his house the Soubows,
Benningsen, and several general officers, upon whom he
thought he could rely. Wines of all kinds were served
with profusion. Pahlen and Benningsen did not drink
any. When dinner was over they unfolded to the con-
spirators the project for which they. were assembled.
The most part were now, for the first time, made
acquainted with this terrible plot. They were not told
that they would be required to assassinate Paul, as
almost every one would have shrunk with dismay from
the perpetration of such a crime. They were told
that they must proceed to the palace, and compel him to
abdicate, that thus they would deliver the empire from
an imminent danger, and that they would save a mul-
titude of innocent lives, at present threatened by the
sanguinary madness of Paul. At last, in order to
succeed in persuading them, it was affirmed that the
Grand Duke Alexander himself, convinced of the neces-
sity of saving the empire, was acquainted with the
project, and approved it. Then these men, already
excited with wine, no longer demurred, and, for the most
part, with only three or four exceptions, set out under
the impression that they were going to depose a mad
emperor, and not to shed the blood of an unfortunate

master.
The night appearing sufficiently advanced, the con-
spirators, to the number of about sixty, sallied forth,
divided into'two bands. Count Pahlen took one under
his direction, General Benningsen the command of the
officers,i
other ; both dressed n their full uniform, and
wearing their sashes and orders, marched forward,
sword in hand. The palace Michael was constructed
and guarded like a fortress ; but the bridges were
lowered, and the gates thrown open to the chiefs of the
conspirators. Benningsen's party marched first, and
proceeded direct towards the Emperor's apartments.
Count Fallen remained behind, with his reserved body
of conspirators. This man, who had organised the con-
spiracy, disdained to assist personally in its execution.
lie was only there to provide for any unexpected
emergencies. Benningsen penetrated into the apart-
ment of the sleeping monarch. Two heyduks were on
duty as his body-guard. These brave and faithful
attendants attempted to defend their sovereign. One
was struck down by a blow from a sabre, the other took
flight, crying out for help—cries utterly unavailing in a
palace, the guards of which are almost all accomplices
in the plot! A valet, who slept in a room adjoining
that of the Emperor, ran to the scene; they compelled
him, by force, to open the door of his master's chamber.
The unhappy Paul might have found a refuge in 1
the apartments of the Empress ; but, in his dis-
trustful suspicions, he had taken the precaution,
every night, to barricade the door which led to
them. All escape being cut off, he flung himself to
the bottom of the bed, and concealed himself behind
the folds of a screen. Plato Soubow ran to the imperial
bed, and, finding it empty, cried out, in alarm, " The
emperor has escaped; we are lost !" But, at the same
instant, Benningsen caught sight of the prince, rushed
towards him, sword in hand, and presented to him the
act of abdication. " You have ceased to reign 1" he ex-
claimed to him ; " the Grand Duke Alexander is now
emperor. I summon you, in his name, to resign the
empire, and to sign this act of abdication. On this con
dition alone I answer for your life." Plato Soubow re:
panted the same summons. The emperor, confused ,-,,,i
lost in dismay, demanded of them what be '..tici don; to
deserve such treatment; "Fur yearn 'vast you have never
ret`::led the half-intoxicated as
'v
pressed upon the unhappy Paul,
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who struggle p
d hard, e:ostulated, and implored them in
vain. At this 4nornent a noise was heard ; it was the
footsteps of some of the conspirators who had remained
behind ; but the assassins, believing that some one was
coming to the askistance of the emperor, fled in disorder.
Benningsen alone, inflexibly resolute, remained in the
presence of the monarch, and, advancing towards him,
frightfulation. sire
ehnee
with his sword painied at his breast, prevented him stir-
ring fram the spot. The conspirators having recognised
each other, re-entered the chamber, the theatre of their
isthaebdic
crime. They again. hemmed in the unfortunate monarch,
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*.The following details are the most authentic that can be
procured concerning the death of Paul I. This is the source
'shocked i
at the news of the death of Paul 1., was still more
from whch they are derived. The Court of Prussia, greatly
highly indignant at the unparalleled effrontery with which
some of the accomplices in the crime dared to boast of it at
Berlin. The Court obtained, through various channels, and
principally from a well-informed pert.on, some curious details,
which were collected in a minute, and transmitted to the
First Consul. These are the particulars which M. Biguon,
at that time Secretary of our Embassy to the Court of
Prussia, was enablA to procure, and which he has introduced
into his work. But the most private circumstances still re-
mained unknown, when a singular accident placed France in
possession of the only account, worthy of credit, concerning
the death of Paul 1., which perhaps is in existence. A French
emigrant, who had passed his life in the service of Russia,
and who had acquired some military renown, became the
friend of Count Pahlen and General Benningsen. Being
at the country-seat of Count Pahlen, ho obtained, from
their own lips, a circumstantial detail of everything which
took place in St. Petersburgb, on the tragical night between
the 23d and 24th of March. As the emigrant was very care-
ful in taking notes of everything he saw and heard, he imina,-
diately committed to paper an account of the particulars
given by these principal actors, and inserted it in the valu-
able memoirs he has left behind- him, These manuscript
memoirs are now the property of France. They correct nu-
merous inaccurate or vague statements, and moreover, do not
compromise more than they were previously the names in,
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piq dispatch was shown to the French Ambassador,
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COLOMBIAN BONDS.
The following is an official copy of an agreement which
has been concluded tiogotas.subject to the approval of
the bondholders in England:— •
" We, the undersigned—viz.' Juan Clime° Ordonez,
Secretary of Finance of the Government of New Gra-
nada, in the name of the said. Government, and Fowles,'
Illingusorth, Wilson, and 'Co., as agents of the
holders of 110 ian debt—have air-
lowing proposals:-
1: New Granada acknowledges as her debt 50 per
cent. of the loans that Colombia contracted in 1822 and
1824, and- will issue in London bonds for the half of each
Colombian bond that may be presented, half of its value
being consequently cancelled, and New Granada being
free from the united responsibility which, as part of Co-
lombia it incurred with respect to the said bonds.
" 2. The bonds which New Granada may issue in eon--;
formity with the foregoing article shall bear nue:per
cent. yearly interest during the first four years, which
interest shall be increased a quarter per cent. in each of
the succeeding years, until it shall reach the six per cent.
assigned to the original bonds.
" 3. In payment of the interest due and not paid, and
of that which shall not he paid until the aforesaid bonds
shall bear 6 per cent., bonds shall be issued at the rate of
100 for 100 of capital, so that with the said bonds a new
capital equal to the original shall be formed, which
New Granada acknowledges.
" 4. These bonds shall Emir no interest for the first 16
years after their issue. In the 17th they shall bear 1 per
cent., which shall be increased an eighth part in Each of
the succeeding years, till it shall reach 3 per cent., which
is the maximum of interest assigned to them.
" 5. The interest on
.the New Granadian bonds that
may be issued in accordance with the stipulation in
article 1 shall be paid in London each half-year as it be-
comes due, the, payment of the first half-year to take
place from the Ist of June, 1845, and this account to be
crelited 47;875 hard dollars 53 reals, received by the
house of Towles Brothers and Co,, of London.
" G. The bonds of both debts shall be admitted at I
par in payment of the national property. that may be
sold, which is destined by law for the, extinction of the
exterior debt.
7. The next proceeds of the revenue from tobacco,
and half of the proceeds of that from Custom-houses,
stand charged with the fulfilment of this contract.
These proposals shall bind the Government of
New Granada as soon as they shall be accepted by the
bondholders, and accordingly the Granadian Government
shall immediately give its orders for the bonds to be
delivered to those bondholders who accept the terms, and
the payments shall be made them at the proper time, as
has been agreed. If the creditors should not accede to
the tsrins, all this agreement shall be null and void, as
regards 60th parties.
" Iu faith whereof, we sign. the present in Bogota, OD -
tit. 15th a January, 1845.
"JUAN CLIMACO OItDONEZ.
" POWLES, ILLINGWORTII, WILSON, and CO."

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DREADFUL ACCIDENT AND LOSS
OF LIFE AT BLACKWALL.
On Saturday evening, and just at the hour when the
men engaged in the extensive works of Messrs. Ditch-
burn and Mare, iron steamboat builders, Orchard-yard,
Blackwall, were assembled to be paid, a report was cir-
culated that a frightful loss of life had ensued from a
portion of their massive buildings having given way,
baring in its ruins a number of workmen. As might be •
expected, the premises were instantly surrounded, not
only by the limn( diate inhabitants, but also by the wives
and children of the men employed in the varied depart-
ments of the works, whose horror-stricken countenances
added greatly to the terror that prevailed. The spec-
tacle that presented itself upon their arrival at the spot
where the awful catastrophe took elace was aught but
calculated to allay their alarms. On all sides were to be
seen immense piles of iron scattered about in the most
frightful confusion, while great crowds of men were en-
gaged removing them for the purpose of " disengaging,'
as they said, the mangled bcdies that were buried under-
neath. Some idea may be formed of the powerful ex-
ertions made by the men to remove this heap ofiron
ruins, from the fact that they actually. in their
struggle, bent the iron into a thousand forms, as if
it were only so many pieces of soft wood. We are, how-
ever, happy in being enabled to state that the loss of life
and the injury of limb were not of the frightful extent
that was at first anticipated. Eight bodies—two lifeless,
and six more or less mangled, were found under the
ponderous weight that crushed them. Upon examining
them it was found that Thomas Bates, aged twenty- -
seven, and John Payne, aged twenty-five, having a wife
and two children, were unfortunately killed, and that,
one of the wounded men named Hayes had his ankle
fractured, and another his thigh broken. The injuries
of the other sufferers could not be precisely ascertained,
although they were severe, in consequence of an order—
and very properly so—having been issued for their in-
stant rene.ival to the Dreadnought. Messrs. Ditehburn
and Mare, with their clerks and foremen, were imme-
diately upon the spot, and risalled each other in afford-
ing assistance. Mr. Bayne, a surgeon, residing at
Poplar, was also present, and was to be seen hurrying tes
and fee, seeing where his aid was required. In less than
a quarter of an hour after the melancholy occurrence it
was calculated that there were not less than a thousand
persons present, amongst whom there was a large hotly
of police, w hose conduct was the theme of general
praise.
Within the large gateway there was a great quantity
of inch won rods, raised ten feet high, which, with the
exception of two-thirds that tested on the ground, were
sul.ported by nine-inch thick wooden sleepers, and were
further strengthen: d by a strut extending from the gate
wall to the iron reds. About half-past five o'clock on
Saturday evening, without any assignable cause, the iron
heap fell down with a frightful crash, carrying away in.
its fall an iron ei:tern, having plates of three-sixteenths
thickness, and capable of holding ninety gallons of water;
and also the large gates leading to the yard, which were
swung from their hinges, and their immense holdings in
the massive stone wall. At that moment there were
close to the iron rods the two deceased. and the six
wounded individuals, but by an interference of Provi-
dence, the great bulk of the men (upwards of sixty in
number) were outside of the gate, and thus escaped a
frightful and a sudden death. Had the accident occurred
at an earlier hour in the day, the loss of life must have
been dreadful, as there were constantly passing to and.
fro, and close to it, between 500 and 600 men. Payne
was crushed to atoms, and was a complete mummy, his
body being doubled up. Bates's skull was fractured,
and both his thighs were so smashed that they could be
turned into any form. It appears that not the slightest.
blame is attachable to any party, as the sleepers upon
which the iron rested had, until recently, 40 tons weight
to support. The general impression is that the late
variety of season had an effect upon the wooden sleepers,
and caused a giving way that led to the appalling
• I occurrence.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTU, MARCU 30.—The Dublin, 50, Captain
Tucker, sai ed yesterday morning for Plymouth to be
paid off.
The Eagle, 50, Captain Martin, flan. of Rear-Admiral
Inglefield, sailed this morning for the''Brazils.l
The Earl of Haddington, First Lord, Vice-Admiral
Sir W. llall Gage, and Captain Dundas, arrived by
special (rain on Friday to receive her Majesty on her
arrival yesterday at the Clarence-yard. The Admiralty
flag was hoisted at the dockyard gate yesterday morning,
and was saluted at noon by 19 guns from the Platform
Battery. Their Lordships returned to town yesterday
afternoon.
The Pilot, 16, Commander Jervis, was at Madras on
the 7th of February.
The Rapid, 10, Commander Earle, was at St. Helena
Captain Mansell, and the Lily, 16,
on the
Allicttlimoof, February.n,l6,
Commander Newton, were at Madeira on the 2d inst.,
and the Firebrand steam-frigate, Captain Hope, called
at the same place on the 6th inst.
The Snake, 16, Commander the Hon. W. Devercux,
was at Barcelona on the 16th inst.
The Scylla, 16, Commander Sharpe. sailed from Ja-
maica on the 19th inst., for Chagres, with Mr. Pritchard,
the Otaheitian Consul on board.
The Satellite, 18, Commander Rowley, was at Monte
Video on the Ist ult., as was also the Racer, Com-
mander Reed.
A court-martial, comprising Captain A. Duntze, of
the Fisgard, President; Captain Sir T. Thompson, Bart.,
of the Talbot ; Captain J. J. Tucker, of the Dublin ;
Commander Gordon, of the Cormorant.; Commander
Macdonald, of the Dublin ; and Mr. James Pinhorne
(Secretary to Rear-Admiral Thomas), Judge. Advocate,
assembled on board the Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze, at
Valparaiso, on the 9th of December, to try Lieutenant
Bridge, senior Lieutenant of the Cormorant steam-sloop,
for a breach of the 23d article of war, which declares
that "if any person in the fleet shall quarrel or fight
with any other person in the fleet, or use provoking
peecbcs or gestures, he shall, upon being convicted
thereof, suffer such punishment as the offence shall de-
serve and a court martial shall impose."
The charge was fi.unded on a letter of complaint from
the Vice-Consul of Islay, Mr. Crompton, ho allege'

1101 on going on board the Cormorant to pay his respec
to the commanding officer, he met Lieutenant Bridge ea
the quarter-deck, and on tendering him his hand he drew
back and refused to take it in a most haughty and eon.
temptuous manner, saying, "That lie did not know what
familiarity existed between them, for him to receive,
or for Min (Mr. Crompton) to offer his hand to him;"
and upon pressing him for an explanation fors uch an
unprovoked insult, Lieutenant Bridge said, " That he
`would not be upon terms with a person who had sowed
or was the cause of dissension on board of a man-of-
war;" and upon demanding the name of the author of so
unfounded a calumny, he said " he was a gentleman, and
that on shore he would answer," a provocation which the
Vice-Consul considered intended to oblige him to have
a hostile meeting with him.
On the Court being sworn, the prisoner, who was as-
sisted by Mr. Rowe, purser of the Fisgard, submitted
that he could not be tried for a breach of the 23d article
of war, inasmuch as Mr. Crompton, the Vice-Consul at
Islay, was neither in nor belonged to the fleet, nor in
any, way amenable to martial law; consequently, not
being subject to its pains and penalties, could not partake
of its advantages, for he, enjoying perfect immunity,
might, without fear, urge him into the commission of an
offence for which he might be punished (as the article
admits of no justification by provocation) whilst the pro-
secutor escaped from: not being amenable to martial law.
He therefore submitted that the Court must declare the
charge not within its jurisdiction, for when evidence was
afforded as to his disputing with Mr. Crompton, it could
not be received as evidence of his quarrelling or disputin{
with any other person in the fleet. Ile further urged the
illegality of the proceedings upon the grounds of his not
having had twenty-four hours' notice before trial; that
Commander Gordon, having previously examined the
witnesses in his cabin without his (Lieutenant Bridge)
being present, had already established in himself a court
of inquiry, and was therefore ineligible to sit on that
court-martial as one of his judges; he morever required
Commander Gordon as a witness; and lastly, that the
Court could not proceed, inasmuch as his most material
witness, Mr. Crompton himself, was absent, his evidence
being essentially necessary to establish the correctness of
his conduct.
The above objections being overruled, the prisoner, in
his defence, contended that Mr. Crompton had no right to
insist on his giving him his hand; that though he had
been frequently on board the Cormorant, he had never
returned the attentions that had been shown him by the
officers; that he was in a position to prove that Mr.
Crompton had made incorrect representations to Com-
mander Gordon, which tended to create unpleasant feel-
ings in their small community ; also, that he had, in a
mixed society of civilians and officers, proposed a party
toast, which might have compromised them as British
officers, and which embarrassed them in the enjoyment of
private society. He was not, therefore, to be brow-
beaten into a familiarity which he did not approve. He
denied the interpretation which had been put upon his
words when he told Mr. Crompton that the quarter-deck
was not the place for discussions—they must be settled
on shore. Lieutenant Bridge then submitted to the
Court certificates from Admirals Sir. J. Rowley, Sir R.
Stopford, Sir T. Briggs, Captain Sir T. Hastings, arid
all the officers he had served under, all of whom spoke
highly of him as a zealous, active, and excellent officer.
He then called seieral witnesses, whose evidence, how-
ever, was materially damaged by the determination made
by the Court to restrict the examination entirely to the
events which took place on the quarter-deck of the Cor-
morant, inasmuch as the character and conduct of the
prosecutor was completely shielded from investigation.
The Court having heard the whole of the evidence,
pronounced the charge of a breach of the 23d Article of
War to be partly proved, and adjudged Lieut. Bridge to
be dismissed from her Majesty's sloop Cormorant.
PROMOTIONS.
Commanders—R. 11. Stopford, to be captain ;F. W.
Rooke, to be retired captain.
Lieutenants—T. Chaloner and J. R. Ward, to be
commanders.
Mates—E. H. Blake, S. Apthorp, G. Jackson, D. Gor-
don, and A. Bland, to be lieutenaats.
Assistant-Surgeon.—J. F. Charlton, to be surgeon.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—J. C. Fitzgerald, to the Vernon.
Commander—G. 1). O'Callaghan, to the Vesuvius,
Lieutenants—A. Bland, to the Racehorse ;A. Mai:
W. Arm
liAb 11. G. Veitch, 0. Cumberland, 13-‘..740tt,-t;
suvius ; G.
the Vernon • T. Christian,
tage, to the to the Super
M. Jae ...son, to ihe Greciany:
S. Apthorpe, to the Pencle-ee ;
Agincourt ; E.
yIl. 81. ) M. Gordon, to the
•Ke, to the Melampus
Masters —4 •
,acid, to the E- •
rebus ; W. Ellis, to the
Vebtiv". ; W. N. Thomas, to the Vernon ; R. Hos-
lip), to the Brecon ; W. 'I. Chapman (acting), to the
Lucifer.
Surgeons—G. T. Moxey, to the Vernon.
Pursers—J. de Vries, to the Vesuvius ;A. Frame, to
the Vernon ; and J. Brooksby, to the Grecian.
Mates—J. King, to the Apollo ;A. Woodhouse, to the
Canopus.
Assistant-Surgeons—W. B Fegan, to the Vernon; A.
Browning, to the Petrel ; A. E. Mackay
(acting),
to the
Vernon ;J. W. Reid, to Has lar I '
COAST GUARD.

The ship-carpenters of Whitehaven have turned
out for an advance of wages, which, however, they are
not likely to obtain.—Carlisle Journal.
THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT STEFFORD..— STAF•
FORD, FRIDAY NIGIIT.—The execution of the wretched
criminal, John Brough, for the murder of his brother
Thomas, at the village of Biddulph, in this county, and who
is at present lying in the gaol of this town, awaiting his
dreadful sentence, has been appointed to take place on Satur-
day morning at eight o'clock. The doomed man has made a
lengthened confession of his sin, and has said that he per-
petrated the dreadful act with a small hammer used for
breaking stones, but that he was exasperated to do it from •
the unmanly and unfeeling conduct of his deceased relative ; •
he, however, denies most positively meditating his destruc-
tion, even up to ten minutes previous to his death, and that
when he struck him he bad not the slightest idea of min-
&ling him. The unhappy criminal pays the most devout
attention to the religious instructions of the chaplain of the
gaol, and appears perfectly resigned to the awful fate which
I awaits him.
TRAVELS IN SEARCH OF A JOHN Sparrn.—Some
t7:elve months since Mr. Turner, a solicitor, of Maitland,
posted a letter which he intended for Mr. John Smith,
solicitor, O'Connell-street, Sydney, but which he acci-
dentally directed " London." Now, Smiths are exceed-
ingly plentiful in London, and John is by no means an
uncommon prefix. O'Connell streets, however, are not
very plentiful, but it appears there are some ; and there
are three John Smiths residing in O'Connell-streets,
each Of whom opened it, and finding it was not intended
for them, returned it. In Dublin there are several
O'Connell-streets, and lets of John Smiths, and to.
Dublin it was sent ; but after all the Smiths in the lacy-
list had been " tried," to use the technical expression,
without the right one being found, it was determined VI
send the letter back to the writer, endorsed with f:00
certificate of seventeen different postmen, that they had
all searched in vain for the person for whom it wasin
tended. Last week it arrived in Sydney, and was sent
to Maitland, when the mistake was discovered, and Mr.
'John Smith, O'Connell-street, received his letter, together •
with four one pound notes enclosed in it.—Sydney Morn-
ing Herald, Nov. 13.
A STOLEN BANK NOTE FOUND.' ---A workman, on
g tene-
ment last, whilst engaged in repairing an old-
at Highgate, in taking up some d
forming the flooring of the kitchen, amoanmgagti bpar
t: quantity
of pieces of cloth, shavings and other rubbish, pulled out
a p paper, which upon examination. pm
onei-ec of
pound Bank of England note., dated so far dbtwo bke
u a
the year 1810. About thirty-g•ve old man,
e
named York, a whitestai.':,,,years ago an
although occupied the premises in
question, who was
..,uch addicted to drinking, and who,
dirt ..sed of some little property, lived in a state
of filth, so much so that the place literally
Sw~_awed with rats, and there can be no doubt but that
)ne of these vermin had upon some occasion carried off
the recently-found treasure, among other relics, where-
with to construct a bed cr nest for its young.
GUERNSEY.—ACCIDENT.--On Tuesday last, Mr.
John Moore Napier, son of his Excellency Major-Gene-
rid Napier, was thrown from a one-horse carriage
which he was driving, and dislocated his shoulder.
Mr. Napier, we understand, was, at the time of '
the accident, turning into the gate of the Rev. Daniel
Dobrde's residence at the Forest, when the horse took fright
at the report of a gun which was discharged at a short dis-
tance, and overturned the carriage. We have much pleasure
in being able to state, from the reports which we have heard,
that no serious consequences are apprehended from the acci-
dent.—Guernsey Star.
ACCIDENT IN REG EN#T. STREET .—On
ent Saturday
afternoon, between four and. five o'clock, a gleman's
carriage, with two ladies in it, was standing at a shop-door
in Regent-street, near Maddox-street, when a horse in a cab
came galloping up the street. at a furious rate, without a
driver on the box. The cab horse dashed with great:violence
against the carriage horses, and the shaft of the cab entered
one of the horse's chests to a considerable depth. The poor
animal fell on the ground, and instantly expired. The ladies
escaped unhurt.
On Saturday her 'Royal Highness the Grand
Duchess Stephanie of Baden, attended by the Baroness de
Strumfeder, Baron de Schreckenstein, and the Duke of Ha-
milton, visited the electro-telegraph, at the Paddington ter-
minus of the Great Western Railway, where they remained
nearly an hour. Her Royal Ilifiliness expressed herself
highly gratified with the working of this extraordinary
apparatus.

Removals—P. J. Freyer, from North Isle of Arran, to
Claggan station, vice Lieut. M'Nevin, to Basna.

The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway pays its usual
dividend of 5 per cent. per annum. The revenue of the
company has considerably improved during the last twelve
months, showing an increase of upwards of 10,900/.,
passengers having returned 28,521/., and goods 52,745/.
Reduction in fares has done much to secure this better
traffic, and the interest account of the company has been
reduced by renewing old obligations at more advantageous
rates.