February 18.] 
THE FIELD 
165 
LATEST INTELLIGENCE IN LONDON. 
FRIDAY NIGHT. 
FRIDAY’S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE. Fed. 17. 
1st Regiment of Dragoons— Lieutenant Henry Sykes, to be Captain 
b V purchase; Cornet Thomas Keane FitzGerald, to be Lieutenant; 
William Edmund Curtis, Gent., to bo Comet. 
3rd Light Dragoons -Jacob Cainac Murphy, Gent., to be Cornet. 
Scots Fusilier Guards— Major anti Colonel Henry Lord Rokeby to bo 
Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel 
George Moreton Eden to be Major; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet- 
Colonel the Honourable Charles Beaumont Phipps, C. 15 .from half-pay 
unattached, to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel; Lieutenant and 
Captain Henry Percival do Bathe to be Captain and Lieutenant- 
Colonel ; Ensign and Lieutenant Roger Mostvn to be Lieutenant and 
Captain; Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. George Grey Dulrymplc lias 
been permitted to retire from the service; Battalion-Surgeon Thomas 
Richardson to be Surgeon-Major, vice William Henry Judd; Assistant- 
Surgeon John Ashton, Bostock, M.D., to bo Battalion-Surgeon; 
Assistant Staff- Surgeon Arthur Guy Elklngton to be Assistant - 
Surgeon. 
2nd Foot— Captain George Wolfe, from 87th Foot, to bo Captain. 
19th Foot — Ensign Edward Robert Ward Bayley to be Lieutenant; 
John Henry Kirke, Gent., to be Ensign. 
28th Foot— Lieutenant Henry Robert Crew Godloyto bo Captain; 
Ensign Thomas Lyndon Bell to be Lieutenant ; Charles David Ingham, 
Gent., to be Ensign. 
14th Foot— Ensign Bradford Smith Hoskins to be Lieutenant. 
64th Foot— Captain Frederick Mathias, from the 2nd Foot, to be 
Captain. 
57th Foot— William Josser Coope, Gent., to be Ensign. 
87th Foot— Captain Francis Fane, from the 54th Foot, to be Cap- 
tain 
•list Foot— Lieutenant Alexander Watson Mackenzie to be Captain; 
Ensign Lloyd Henry Thomas to bo Lieutenant ; William Prescod 
Gurney. Gent., to be Ensign. 
Pith Foot — Richard Stovin Warburton, Gent., to be Ensign. 
1st West India Regiment— Henry Francis Luke to be Lieutenant; 
John Tryon, Gent , to be Ensign. 
Unattached — Lieutenant nnd Adjutant Thomas Beckwith Speedy, 
from the 7th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, Feb. 17. 
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Feb. 17. 
Royal Regiment of Ar(i lerv- Captain Edward Fitz-Herbert Grant 
to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Second Captain John James Brandling to 
be Captain; First Lieutenant Edward Taswell to be Second Captain ; 
Second Lieutenant Arthur Lister Kaye to be First Lieutenant; Second 
Captain Alfred Romalnc Wragge to be Captain ; First Lieutenant John 
Singleton to be Second Captain; Second Lieutenant Jones Julian 
Smith to be First Lieutenant. 
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Feb. 17. 
Royal Regiment of Artillery— To be Colonel Commandant— Colonel 
John Edward Jones. 
To be Colonels — Lieut.-Colonels Poole Vallcncey England, vice 
Jones; Irwine Whitty, Henry Lewis Sweeting. 
To be Lieut.-Colonels— Captains John Wray Mitchell, vice England; 
George John Beresford, vice Whitty; Robert Fitzgerald Crawford, 
vice sweeting; John St Qeorgc, William Robert Ncdham, Edward 
Charles Warder, Henry Coope Stace. 
GREAT METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASES. 
UXENDON FARM, HARROW. — YK8TERDAY. 
Selling Give-and-Takk Plate Steeplechase, of 6 sovs each, with 
20 added. Two miles. 
Mr. Higgins's Countess (80/.), lOst 71b Weaver 1 
Mr. Field's Hareflnder (50/.), lOst 71b Bale 2 
Betting. — 4 to 1 on The Countess, who came in alone. 
Handicap Hurdle Race, of 7 sovs each, 5 ft., and two only if de- 
clared, with 30 added. About two miles. 
Mr. Higgins’s The Old Itake, 9st (carried 9st 21b) Weaver 1 
Mr. Barling's Union Jack, 9st Eatwell 2 
Mr. Poole’s President, 9st 41b Poolo 3 
Mr. Harris's Edward of York, lOst 31b W. Archer 0 
Betting.— 5 to 4 agst Old Rake Won by G lengths. Bad third. 
Soon after starting, Old Rake bolted at the bridge leading to the 
Farm House, but was quickly righted. 
Optional Selling Hurdle Race, of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added. 
About two miles. 
Mr. Land's Theodine (30/.), lOst. 71b Green 1 
Mr. Harris's Reindeer (30/.), lCst 71b A. Suit 2 
Mr. Barling's Beresford (30/.), lOst. 71b Eatwell 3 
Betting —3 to 1 on Theodine, who made all the running, and won 
by 3 lengths. 
The winner was bought in. 
Metropolitan Steeplechase, of 10 sovs each, 5 ft,, and only 2 if 
declared, with 100 added. About four miles. 
Mr. Delnmere's Flying Buck 8st 121b Donaldson 1 
Mr. Wellfit's Itobln Hood 9st 21b Lamplugh 2 
Mr. Golby's Ploughboy list 41b Twiddy 3 
Mr. Land's The General lOst lllh <Jm;ii 0 
Mr. Dearslcy’s Jupiter 9st 41b A. Suit 0 
Mr. Hewitt's F.verton 8st 101b (carried 8st 131b) W, Griffith 0 
Retting.— 7 to 4 agst Ploughboy; 3 to 1 agst The General ; 1 to 1 
agst Flying Buck. Won by a length and a-half. Ploughboy and 
The General walked in, third and fourth. 
At the narrow part of the brook, The General, who was then lying 
second to Flying Buck, fell, and unseated his jockey. Ploughboy ulso 
blundered, and nearly came down. The General was quickly re- 
mounted, and In pursuit of the leading horses, by this time far ahead. 
Jupiter and Everton were stopped at the last water-jump. 
Optional Selling Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. 
About three miles. 
Mr. Sraithcr's Blue Stockings (30/. , lOst 71b Green 1 
Mr. Goodman's Widow Machree »30 /.), lOst 71b A. Sait 2 
Mr. Allen's Nom de Guerre (30/.), IPst 71b Mr. Frederick 3 
Mr. Sewell's Rob Roy (30/.), lOst. 71b W. Archer 0 
Sir. Jones’s Pin Wire (30/.), lOst. 71b C. Boyce 0 
Mr. Hom e’s Gulnnro (30/.), lOst 71b ]I. Bell 0 
Betting — E ven on Blue Stockings. 
Won by a length and a half — Piu Wire fell at the fence, just 
before the wide meadow to the left of the Farm House. Nom de 
Guerre, going third ut the time, fell nt the hurdles below the stand. 
His Jockey remounted, but was unable to make up lost ground. 
LATEST BETTING. 
Liverpool Steeplechase. 
13 to 2 agst Miss Mowbray 
12 to 1 Ualf-and-Half 
1 4 to 1 Peter Simple 
16 to 1 La Gazzu Ladra 
20 to 1 Lady Arthur 
The weather was tolerably flue, and the attendance Immense. 
TORQUAY MEETING. 
Tlic Huntora’ Stake was won by Town, and tbc Slccplc-clinse 
by Slattern. 
Till! Scotch for Turkey.— ' The 93rd Highlanders, at Dy- 
mouth, me making' every preparation tor their departure. The 
height of the bonnets of the two flank companies bus been re- 
duce® from 1G inches to 10. nnd that of the battalion companies 
from 12 inches to S; the fcalhws will he shortened in propor- 
tion. The officers will have to lenvo two-thirds of their ordinary 
baggage behind. The strength of tho 93rd is SS0 men ; they 
count nt present S29. 
H&bcrtiscmcnts. 
• • 
HENRY PEAT. 
HUNTING SADDLER, 
14, OLD BOND-STREET, 
LONDON. 
ARTHUR DAWSON, 
DEALER IN IIORSES, 
116, STEPHEN’S GREEN (WEST), 
DtTRUN. 
TO ANGLERS. 
OH ARLES FARLOW, 101, STRAND, invites Angers 
to Inspect his superior Fishing Tackle, nt moderate Prices.— 
Catalogues grails. 
^ LIFfc. ASSURANCE. 
D EPORT of the SELECT COMMITTEE of the 
1 , HOUSE of COMMONS, nnd the DEPOSIT SYSTEM. The now 
j texture of Life Assurance adopted by tho DEPOSIT 
and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 
ihe following is an extract from tho Report of tho Select Com- 
mittee ; — 
°hjccts which persons have in view in effecting Insurances upon 
meir lives, arc generally of an important and solemn character, viz., 
the provision for widows and orphans after the death of their natural 
protectors; unlike any ordinary transaction of trade, a contract once 
entered into cannot be discharged or abandoned, if doubts of the 
stability of an office should arise, without a sacrifice of premiums paid 
in past years, and the necessity of effecting new policies in other offices 
at increased rates of premium, owing to the greater age of the assured; 
persons are thus placed In the anxious anil unhappy dilemma of being 
compelled to persevere in paying premiums from year to year, with some 
suspicion and doubt as to the ultimate advantage of doing so, or of in- 
curring the serious loss which, under the most favourable circumstances, 
must attend the abandonment or sale of a policy." 
On the deposit system u person is not •‘compelled" to pay, Rom 
“year to year," aud. lie does not, if desirous ot ‘‘abandoning" his 
policy, incur any “serious loss," but, on the contrary, lie in ay pay 
such amounts, und at such times, as lie may find money convenient ; 
lie can stop paying whenever lie pleases, und he cun withdraw the 
"'hole or part of his premiums. If the whole be withdrawn the policy 
is c ncelled; if part only, then the value of tho policy is diminished by 
the assured value of the part withdrawn. 
A. B., aged 20, opens a deposit policy with a payment ot 51 , which it 
will he seen he increases from time to time, and occasionally diminishes 
For example. — The following abstract of a Ledger Account will 
show the operation of the scheme : — 
s 
A 
Itllltfl 
J. cl X 
S 3 § 
Tlius A. B., in ten years, has saved nnd invested nt different inter- 
vals various sums amounting to 97/., by which he had been insured in 
ease of death for 260/. 12s. 7i /. ; but A. B. requires 22/., lie draws this 
sum out. and diminishes the value of his policy by GO/, 8s. 3c/. at 
different times, leaving him in case of death a policy for 200/. is. 4c/., 
and during his life a fund ot 75/. to draw out at any time, in part or 
wholly. 
The first claim settled by the Deposit and General Life Assurance 
Company was upon a deposit of 10/., which a parent made for each of 
five children, insteud of adding it to nn account they had nt the Saving’s 
Bank. One of them died a few days after the 10/. was deposited, and 
the father received 34/. Cs., being the amount of the deposit policy. 
EXAMPLE No. 2. 
Supposing A. B. aged twenty-three, when he opens a deposit policy 
lias the means, and continues voluntarily, to pay the same sum every 
year in the same way as lie is compelled to do in the ordinary sys- 
tem : — 
Year. 
Age. 
£ s. d 
1851 
23 
18 
49 6 6 
1852 
24 
18 
48 16 0 
1853 
25 
18 
47 18 0 
26 
18 
47 4 6 
27 
18 
46 10 0 
28 
18 
45 17 6 
1 H.*>7 
29 
IS 
45 4 0 
30 
IS 
44 10 6 
31 
18 
43 17 6 
1800 
32 
18 
43 4 0 
1861 
33 
to 
90 
20C 7 6 
1865 
37 
I860 
38 
to 
90 
190 4 6 
1870 
42 
1871 
43 
to 
72 
141 3 0 
1374 
4G 
432 
1000 4 0 
1875 
47) 
to 
[ 
10S 
194 13 6 
1880 
62) 
1831 
63) 
to 
[ 
90 
147 18 6 
1385 
67) 
1386 
68) 
to 
> 
108 
182 10 6 
1891 
63 ) 
738 
1625 6 6 
Tho premium of 18/. commencing at 23 years o age, nml paid upon 
an ordinary policy (ns it may be' every year till A B i* 46 years old 
will secure the same sum, viz., 1000/., but if A B lives 17 years longer 
(which is the probable duration of life nt the time lie effected the insu- 
rance) his deposit policy, for the same payments as for an ordinary 
policy of 1,000/.. will have increased to 1,525/. 6s. (!</. 
Trustees.— The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Drumlanrig, 
M 1\, Comptroller of her Majesty's Household ; Major-General Sir \Y . 
Clayton. Bart., 79, Gloncester-plnce, I’ortmnn-squnre; sir Charles 
Price, Burt.. Banker, London; Vice-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect 
House. Southampton. 
CitAiKMiN. — The Right Hon. the Lord '.Viscount Drumlanrig, M.P., 
Comptroller of her Majesty’s Household. 
Consulting Actpart. — Francis G. P. Nelson, F.»q., F.I..S. 
Standing Counsel.. — R. It. Crowder, Esq .QC., M l’., Recorder of 
Bristol. Counsel to the Admiralty, nnd Judgo Advocate of the Fleet; 
11. Matins, Esq„Q.C., M I'., Lincoln's-Inn. 
Chief Office — No. 16, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. 
Branch Offices. 
Leeds— 35, Park-row. I Dublin— 10, Wcstmorland-street. 
Birmingham — 105, New-strcet. I Bristol— 21, Bridge-street. 
Every description of ordinary Life Assurance business transacted. 
Loans granted nt 5 per cent, on real or personal security. Annuities j 
on most favourable terms. Diseased lives and lives declined liy other 
offices accoptcd at equitable rates. 
MOST IMPORTANT FEATURE ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. 
.Surrender of Policies An owner of a Policy for life on which | 
five years' premium or upwards have been puld, should he wish to 
surrender the Policy, will he entitled to receive cither the then value, , 
or It may remain us a Deposit, and su represented by au equivalent | 
Deposit Policy. 
For prospectuses and further information npply to the agents in the 
country, or to C. \Y. Bkvam .Resident Secretory. 
Brunswick 
Pattern. 
26s. 
40 
42 
SO 
38 
King’* 
Pattern. 
32s. 
THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER. -The 
Q •r«V N, r KKI ' sn>vl ‘lt, Introduced 2u year* asm h, WILLIAM 
, * D.\, when PLATED by the patent process of Messrs. Elklngton 
m". .7 '? beyo / ld u11 c ‘ >,n I'urison the very best article next to Marling 
s u it mat can bo employed n» such, either usefully or ornamentally , 
as by no possible test can it bo distinguished from reul silver. 
Threaded or 
Fiddle 
m o Pattern, 
lea Spoons, perdoz.,18j. 
Dessert Forks „ ..30 
Dessertspoons,, ..30 
Table Forks „ ..40 
Table Spoons „ ..40 .. jg ti gg 
A if u J 1 " 41 *2°®*’° . se , ,s - W0 . Ucrs ', cu " 1 <UM,kk5 ’ kr - proportionate prices. 
Ail kinds or re-plating done by the patent process 
CHEMICALLY PURE NICKEL, NOT PLATED. 
Table Spoon* snd Forks, full-size, per doz. 12s.* 2 m*" 
Dessert ditto and ditto 10 01' “ o« 
/. rl 
PUT EERY \VAim\\TE.). — Th<T most varied 
« n J CUTI.KUY In the world, all warranted, U 
on SALE at M ILL! M S. BUTTON \ at prices that an- n-nmurr -utiv* 
only because of the largeness of the sales 31 Inch Lon handled 
tuble knives, with high shoulders, Us. per dozen : desseiis to mu' n, 
*“*• ; 11 t° balance, Is. per dozen extra ; c .rvers, 4s. pur pair; larger 
sizes, Iroin 14s. Gd. to 26s. per dozen ; extra fine, ivory, 32s. ; if with 
silver tcvrulea, 37s. to 50s.; white bone tuble knives, 7s. lid. per dozen - 
dessert*, 5s. fid. ; carvon, 2s 3d. per pair; black horn table knives, 
• •» *• P.er dozen ; desserts, Gs. ; carvers, 2s. 6,1 . ; black wood-handled 
table knives and forks, fis. per dozen; table steels, from Is. each. 
Ihe largest stock In existence of plated dessert knives and forks, 
111 cases and otherwise, and of the new plated fish carvers. Also, 
a hu ge assortment of Bazors, Penknives, Scissors, &e., of the best 
quality. 
WILLIAM S. BURTON has TEN LARGE SHOW ROOMS (all 
communicating', exclusive of tho shop, devoted solely to tho show 
of GENERAL FURNISHING IRONMONGERY (including eutlory, 
nickel silver, plated uml japanned wares, Iron mid Onus bedsteads), 
so arranged and classified that purchasers may easily und ut one* 
make their selections. 
Catalogues, with engravings, sent (per post) feco. Tho money 
returned for every article not approve d of 
39, OXFORD. STREET (corner of Newman-street) ; Nos. 1 and 2, 
NLWM AX-STREE T; and 4 and 5, l’EltltY S-I’LACE. 
THE CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT GaT 
L COMPANY. 
' , Offices, 38, Moorgate-strcct, London. 
No Fi rthbii Applications for Sharks in the above Company will 
be received after Monday, tho 20th of February Inst. 
By order of the Board, 
Feb. 6 , 1854. John DoWSKS, Secretary. 
"RUPTURES.— THE PATENT SELF- \ DJ l STING 
R GERMAN TRUSS, acting effectually Without uny complication!, 
Is recommended by tho faculty for tho euro and relief of hernia. 
The necessary quality of 0 good truss is an efficient resisting power, 
without unnecessary pressure on tho part affected, which desirable 
object is alone obtained In a truss unencumbered with sirups or spiral 
springs, or pad behind. 
J. Egg and Co., 1, Piccadilly, 
j.> UPTUllE. — “ COLES’S TRUSS IS BEST.”— 
au This is the Invention patronised by Sir Astlcy Cuopnr nnd 
the most eminent surgeons; worn and recommended by William 
Cnbbett, and which lias commanded for 30 year* a constantly Increasing 
reputation. It is what a truss should bo— perfectly efficacious, yui 
agreeable to the wearer. Read “Cobbett's Legacy to Ruptured 
Persons," gratis. None genuine unless marked with the address, 
3, Charing-cross. 
T> AKER’S POULTR Y RESTORATIVE. A certain 
D cure for all discuses of Poultry, Pheasants, See. I I* recommended 
with perfect confidence. Messrs. 11. liuvo only burn Induced to offer 
it after having used it themselves for many years with the greatest 
Sucre's, not only as a cure, but as a preventive; for imparting vigour 
und high condition; keeping them healthy and robust, uml especially 
during the period of Poultry Exhibitions, when so many suffer from 
change and confinement. It* wonderful restoring power — "in all thu 
ills that fowl is heir to," is almost Immediately apparent, nnd has but 
to be known to bo fully npprcclnti-d. The easy mode in which It is 
administered is one amongst Its many advantages. In pills or bottb-s, 
2*. Cd. each, with full directions. Half Moon Pimugc, Graceclmrcli- 
street, nod the Phcnsnntry ,B<'iuifort-slraat, Chelsea. 
MihITbEARD, WHISKERS AND MOUSTACHIOS 
1 — The unprecedented success of ROWLAND’S MACASSAR OIL in 
producing these ornaments of Manhood is universally known and 
appreciated, and is recorded hy Testimonials nm*t numerous in them- 
selves, nnd icrtified by the highest authorities. Tills Oil I* pre-eminently 
successful In nourishing, Improving, and beautifying tin- human Hair, 
in ull donate", uml In nil singes Of existence. It fmdnuoio* it* Imlnunilc 
properties into the pores of the licud, nourishes the Hair In its embryo 
state, acrclerate* its growth, cleunses It irnm Scuri and Diindnff, sus- 
tains it In maturity, and continues its possession of healthy vigour, 
silky softness, ond luxurious redundancy, to Ilia latest period of human 
life. Pricefl* 0(/.. 7s., funiily bottles (equal to four small), 10*. 0t/., und 
double that size, 21*. per Kittle. 
CAUTION. — The words “ Howland's Macnssnr OH" nro engraved 
in two lines on the Wrapper; and on the buck of thu Wrapper 
nearly 1500 limes, containing 29.028 letters. 
Sold by them at 20, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, and by all 
Chemists nnd Perfumers. 
WHERE TO BUY A DRESSING-CASE. 
I N no article perhaps is caution more necwnary tlwn 
in the purchase of a Dressing-Case, for In none are t' e meretri- 
cious arts of the unprincipled manufacturer more frequently displayed. 
MECHI. l, LEADENHALL STREET, near Grttccchuvcli .-trect, bus 
long enjoyed the reputation of producing a Dressing Case In the most 
finished und faultless manner. Those who purchase one of him will 
be sure of having thoroughly seasoned and well-prepared wood or 
leather, with the fittings of first-rate quality. The prices range from 
£1 to £100. Thus the man of fortune and he of moderate means may 
alike be suited, while the traveller will find the Mcclilun Dressing- 
Case especially adapted tu his necessities.— 4, LEADENHALL 
STREET. 
A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. 
■jirR. HOWARD, Surgkiin-Demtst. 52, Flecf-sfivp*, 
111 has introduced an entirely New Description of ARTIFICIAL 
TEETH fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They -u perfectly 
resemble the natural teeth, as not to be distinguished from the originals 
by the closest observer; they will never change colour or deem, nnd 
will be found superior to uny teeth ever before used. Thl> method tins 
not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will 
support nnd preserve teeth that are loose, und Is guaranteed to restore 
articulation and mastication. Decayed teetli rendered sound und use- 
ful in mastication. 52, FLEET-STREET.— At home from i tUl 6. 
oov Eli El UN LIKE ASSURANCE ( OMPANY, 
O 49, 8t. J nines' s-iireet, London. Established in 1813. 
TRUSTEES. 
The Right Hon. the Earl Talbot. 
The Right, lion, the Lord Du Mauley. 
Sir Claude Scott, Hart. 
H. Bond Cabh. ll. K-q., M.P. 
Henry Pownnll, E*q. 
THIS OFFICE PRESENTS THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES - 
The Security of a Large Paid-up Capital. 
Verv Moderate Hntrs fur all ace*, .■specially Young Lives. 
Ni> 'Charges whatever, except the Premium. 
All Policies Indisputable. 
Advances made on rt iil und on unfxr.cptinnnbl* personal security 
where tho sun-ties arc resident in London, or us imnii-diulo virmiiy. 
By llm recent Bonus four-fifths of the Pm-iiiiiiiii paid wy» in msuv 
Instnnr. » returned to the policy-holders. Thus: — On a Policy for l,0Uftf. 
effect. d In 1 Premium* iiiuountliig to 133/. 8s. 4 </, had been paid, 
while I.'. / • ■ nn. Ihe Bonus added in J8JH. 
A WEEKLY SAVINtt OP FOURTEEN PENCE will secure to a 
primii twcni -fivrwaa* of n*e the sum of 100# on ht« aUatnlnc Ilia 
nge of fifty- II vr, OR AT DEATH. sIhoiIiI it occur previously. 
Rate* nr'- i-ab-oluU-d for ull Hges, climates, and circumstance* con- 
nected with Life AMiirancc. 
I’ro*pretUM>, Form*, nnd every information can be obtained at the 
Office, 41), St. James's Street, London. 
Jiut2Y D. Davexfobt, Secretary. 
