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T tioNI)ON, 11111M/14/01/AM, and SOUTH STAF I.'ORDSHIRE BANK (Limited).—Es tablk bed under the "Joint-stock Companies' Consolidation AO," 1862, whi c h spec i ally limits the liability of each S hareholder to the amount of his Shares. Capital One Million, in 10,000 Shares of £lOO each, with power to inc rease. Fi rst Issue, 5,000 Shares. Deposit on Application, £1 per Share, and on Allotment X 1 r hare. No Call t o exceed £5, and an pe n interval of not less than three months between each Call. It is not intended to call np more than £25 per share. DITORS. Willi am Austin, Esq., Director of the Metro politan Railway and of the Sambre and Meuse Railway 3012 n. Bothell, Esq., 33, King William street, London Bride William James, Esq., Waterloo-street, De -13111.3' Lieutenant and J.P., Chairman of the ~., Birm ingham Water Works Company Birmingham. .`‘• W. Joh nson, Esq., Brickleharepton Hall, near Pershore, Director of the West Mid land Railway Prederick Koc, Esq., Blackheath William Lucy, Esq., Hagley. road, Edgbas teo (Messrs. W. Lucy and Son), late ~ Mayor of Birmingham 'James Oliver Mason, Esq. (Messrs. Mason and Richards), Director of the Rolling, Stock Company of Great Britain and Ire- Sir lad Birmingham, Edwin Pearson, F.R. S. Director of the A Scottish Australian Investment Company, London. Adam Scheeles, Esq. (late Messrs. Dunlop, Scheeles, and Co., Director of the Union Bank of England and France London. BAN,- (With p ower t o a dd t o their number.) -I Mas.—The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Limited), Lothbury, London. AUDITORS. , , London --Charl es F . K emp, Esq., Public Accountant 7 t. Gres hatu-street, E.C. ltilatogharnJ. Percival, Public Accountant. SOLICITORS. London —Messrs. Jas. Taylor, Mason, and Taylor, 15, _As Yurnival's-inn. .len ta lo g h ana—blessrs. Rawlins and Rowley, Temple-row. Lon ar BROKERS. hi d ll7 *-"- Francis Burnand, Esq., County Chambers, Corn- Bir n a., , W — "g 4La m--Nathaniel Lea, Esq.,Bennett's-hill. Liverpool ompto Underhill, Esq., Exchange-street. —Messrs. Taunton and Co. Temperer Offices,l; Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. doubleidnfts bur' Y '' the last twenty-five years Birmingham has Population, extended its varied manufactures, 141..1 largely increased in wealth , commerce, and importance. ~.lu.inutediate connection with Birmingham the extensive district of South Staffordstire, embracing the densely po f!Mated towns of Wolverhampton, Bilston., Dudley, Willen all, Walsall Oldbury, Tipton, and West Bromwich, has nafrgelY developed its mineral resources, and become an area mining and manufacturing enterprise of the mo s t va i n .. able ch aracter. Notwithstanding this acknowledged prosperity it is re bTharkable th at, during the period referred to, no additional ank has been established in Birmingham and South Staf fordshire, with the exception of one founded in the former p l ace during the present year, under the Limited Li a bi l i ty Act. As corroborative of the necessity which exists for ex tended banking accommodation in Birmingham and South St affordshire, it is a significant fact that the shares of the t irmingham Joint Stock Bank, Limited, already command a premium of more than one hundred per cent. This necessity is also substantiated by the following ac- Count, which appears in the Birmingham Daily Post on W ednesday the 3d inst. :—" At a special meeting of the sh areholders of the Birmingham Joint-stock Bank (Li baited), held on Tuesday, the 2d December, it was recom- A M, ended by the directors, and resolved, that the capital of the '4l3pany should be increased from £500,000 to £1,000,000 1 ,-,l' the creation of 5,000 additional Shares of £lOO each, and that two-fifths of these should be issued to the shareholders at two -fifths preraium, and that the remaining three-fifths should 9 held in reserve by the directors, to be issued at their d iscreti on. ,, 1 111 , e following is the selling price of shares in the existing ca o i °banks? and it is well known that the dividends of the cent tl Joint stock Banks range from Six to Twenty per `", and the pr em i ums from Eighty to Three Hundred p=at, No. of r Paid Selling Shares.' up. Price. - Ilirtrii„---gani Banking Company.. 20,000 £lO 426 10 0 ,liEtt,o4lani Town and D strict} 1 8. 0 00 5 15 10 0 zirrain COnapany 811141 guarn and Midland Bank.. 4 , 000 50 142 0 0 (I,l,„,ghato Joint-stock Bank 5 000 10 21 0 0 .uted), established 1862 eu T he existin c A r b en t: g e tablishments do not, however, ~!,pl3, the re . 1 1 of establishments do not, however, equfres of the increasing commercial and ni,7,eturing intercourse between London, Birmingham, tirrt;_ue districts of South Staffordshire. The . London, thereharo, and South Staffordshire Bank (Limited) will uaeftthre enter upon a wide and legitimate field of banking dn et i " 88 , based on terms of reciprocity, of the most pro- Threchafacter. routdi zi °4ll ?ction of the Midland Metropolis and its aur of ran g rcuneral districts with London by two main lines Nat; w aY has tended to stimulate and develops all business h ' 611 ; as is evident from the enormous traffic in mer e andise ca rried en°f every description, metals, coal, and iron now ei Transactions of such magnitude necessarily involve finan 13jarlh,°Pe'ations on an extensive scale, and it is to afferd . t er "'ingham and Sonth Staffrdhire a direct banking h in „ course with London, for rhe a purpose of ggthose f r — A cll eter facilities consequent on a growing, and what may i, - " 111 the Y improved aspect of the staple trade of the district :'e deem e d an increasing business, that the present under 'ailing has been called into existence. Th e success attendant on the establishment of the Alli tarl,ee Bank of London and Liverpool demonstrates that the an of a bankin alliance is sound in principle, convenient 'customers, and highly profitable to shareholders. Under these C onsiderations, and as affording the opportunity . for to' advantageous employment of capital, it is determined whireeiablish the London, Birmingham, and South Stafford 1, Bank. Limited. ll' 4 9 13 atk will have its principal offices in London and vrla il. „ lllln gliain, from which localities the directors are selected Le a ",.,Vill act locally, though constituting part of the general 147'. It is also intended to take immediate steps for opeii snj3:2l establishment at Wolverhampton, and branches will rse t q c niently be formed at such other places as the develop- Eve trade may render necessary. . carri"eetirY on of legitimate banking business will be A r °ll I, this establishment. to oti3 Prospectus for Shares must be made in the form . annexed s har e •rrospectus, accompanied by the deposit of £1 per hi f u j i If no allotment be made, the deposits will be returned the B , ll. ; pi al if . a less number be allotted than is applied for , Pr e g2 . l , will be used towards the paymenton i li a ll r o e t a m m en ay t. ue obt al U .,', 1 1 s a e s and Forms of Application for S kid s oliZ ore t of th th e e T c em am p p or an ar y y . 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Address o t , ur Messrs.PERRY & Co., Surgeons, 1 ,B " till " 2, and f rorn 5 1 8 11 e B e . t: fonale irregularities an: r. s L u o n P d d a o y n , , I T i o'clock. daily, 111 C f n o s ' I‘ITECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S holy A S T RM confining the 18 4 : 1 8 o r aff.,,ATIC BALSAM, o w f i fica th c o i u o t na pleasant, t to t Aitted wnipenThtehlevhs emad,dtruly to t e icine for immediately relieving 413tfordaitecnfirtned cases of asthma , w aV om incg o ielb ton t Ity Vitea°llllce inenriarle39"lCitlYi I T ; 1 ett ect fr etme t ie. a m r e a r _ e y s al.a e y r s s the tickling which pro approaching consumption its 131'1Alaer,,„.e t i ll i_ en be u n g e h fic i Ta P l. Pe n rson n s deprived of sleep, or even W . eNv r„ii',... tear of suffocatio, depend on relief in only and sold by tro tAkt 4 after taking it. Prepared t), 88 , / , ,It'r Chemist , s, Kim* William -street • Charing a.",ree o d on, ' ail druggists, in bottles, 134 d., and ,''lc for'"; t tities pone 2s. 9d. each. Ile particular, and Ate,„ .- ,arnbe", end . L Astn Balsam. The name and ad -15 aved on the s tamp ,„ 13 7. 0 N TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.— t4l''',ooo .--r. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION of , 'Rios of his valuable work, TEE PRIVATE MEDl ebili 'END (116 page Dimnesse Self-cure of Nervous 81,111 Y, Loss of Memory, of Co Lassitude, &c.. Ir rl2 from the secret sins of youth. Copies may be had reel by B 'nding a stamped directed envelope to the Author's ' l ke, 8, Ilurton-crescent, London, 'Mc. .b r . Consultation by Letter without Fee. .te,..2,M1TT1 will. for the BENEFIT of persons suffering iii ' ERVOUS DEBILITY, &c., on receiving• the 11, description 14) , send his written opinion, with advice and ee P tions for iinost successful treatment and cure. —Ad Irton-crescent. 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The CAUSE and CURE of PRE b:filml4,l'erf,e'i'F'it D ECLINE IN MAN, with Plain DireC- N billt,_ ftt44, estoration to ifealth and Vigour ; beim! a t' ll ' a ri a kr,ln lo ", : 4 l l the Treatment of Nervous and Generative ot WhiclrTe,Y, and those peculiar disqualifications to thZtlo t , bareotionr2in ate in youthful errors and excess : the ~kTjs t c , )l l l 7 the b lacases without Mercury. and their Pre tls+ or 2.llthor's Prescription of his Infallible Lotion, Years' successful practice. Ity Dr. J. L. etnarle-street, Piccadilly, London. -4•111‘2j1,11•11. 11. RVIEW's OP THE WORK. ' 10 1)T°1114' b NT A NnOOD. -This is truly a valuable work, thi plif t iQ'Utati 1 1 the hands of oung and old. The profes as T IPPf the author, combined with his extensive , 0 0 „ - egical referee in the treatment of nervous de.. ' 4 ll/e , ar a accounts for the immense circulation which YTI Ti d ably. e , roe s M written medical treatise has obtained." ”,! Narti a h ' arch 21, 1856, tiro . in w'r conferred a great boon by publishing this old Zi e i ,/1 is described the source (*those diseases .._ l 7; i llue in youth. or more frequently prema • CherOf 'llY Telegraph, Mirch 27, IRSO. eithe r Medical Treatise may be DAILY con- Th,' lner by letter or personally, at h , s residence cor n ij' H eacy and harmless nature of the remedies tit th ' Pre ta Net, r4r• Curtis, haviwr been demonstrated by the Ite -44 t ev "cP ati duriwr a" ractice of 25 years, nervous ah er f class have a l") erfect guarantee that the ea 0 41, 4 e )I,•‘ th -, i •l r ex nerience e will p be made available in the ob. case s 4 )fa',to s ect elm • hi e *•,;.ich With numerous varied and interesting 4 11131 1 -rrop e a added the Author's receipt of the above ntiVe Loti A 4 rp.,,roNv I v i hed a td Rol b °ll. ° 411,1 - Aftll ,Y J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane. Pater '''. 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After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (301st time), .1:1R AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck gtone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Fare, entitled DUCK HUNTING: Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W, Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Hill. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. IVI EW THFATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL -1-2 Role Proneetor and Manazer, Mr. B. Webster. - • THIS EVENING, THE GREEN BUSHES. Negev'. J. L. Took, P. Bedford, Billington, Sefton, Stephenson, Eburne, Romer, Hitchenson, Aldridge; Miss Avonia Jones. Miss Woolgar Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Mrs. Stoker. To cono,nde with A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stephenson, and Mrs. Billington. Commence at 7.7 ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Irr . Linduq. The last five nights prior to Christmas. THIS EVENTNG. LAW v. LOVE : Mr. R. Roxby and Mr. Shore; Misses M. 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Poet- NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS _.,._1 KNEE-CAPS, kc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling oi the Legs, Sprains, &c . They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lfre an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 7 e• 6d., 10s., to 16s. eadh. Postage dd. - ---- WHITE, Manufacturer, 22saioeadwy. • ---7- `4I44FR , - ~- --- (----/)/ Z----7 (- e.,7_, _ ( - ), - tom- z...____ Z -----€_-_=- zi-- , -- - - -- -f - -;'":-e___---e- .<.- .:K„. , /a7- - _---i-, NEWSPAPER Sr2:ll sr: . ! ~;.... ~ .•A ..c, / 2.- - -- C- - e--• .•••C 'll V -' i 01 a' N. k . 1 ; , i • A Z 'l'4l i ' V .'. ' ; , - -- c 44.„. . .• 0 . a 4 fiptcl ' 7..- : U Mrvb- 4 4" 7 --- .---' '., .' f 1 I •••., Sr ' -, BA tifil iv e EA U .R OL ß 4 A,. l 2v l - Li s " L if iy. PL Calfri4lo;l ‘ ki ~. -.-,, A, t , -,, - = - , , :,,*, - ..,..._ ~ • .. e", - ... , ,. -,-* i 4 , .., -.,--,4 4- n ' : 7, ~. . , K,,0,„0.1, k,.-. le j - " . ~. ...,...: : : ;14111 tk 1 1, 4 7 .t---I' - 11. P . , 5 . - 11" _. 4 13 3 i: 1 :-. . ....... ...‘,t,',A, : . ,4, 4 1 (0 , , , q;•5• ..* ' 4 4h sier " f -., ' "/"-- .. , 444VSZ k:111 01 : V.I S: 7 .‘:- "+( a) (4( c, ''''' ,' ' I ~,,„.._:. , , ,;''': ; 1 ' ,y 'l , f f :FA t , : r it Wzr:, ,,,e ',. 11. r„ ..., 2 1 1 .- .. on ii . .. 4"e clf -`. dirv,... so ' • i i .,7 4‘ : ' -- -1 5i.......... :, .._ .- - , 2 ,:., --t -,- ~... tt. - ''ll-- , - .:, ' '-' '', tt , -...— Yesterd a y, shortly before 11 o'clock, an explosion of fire damp took place at the. Edmund's Main Col liery, which it is to be feared will be attended with a very serious loss of life. Indeed, since the terrible catastrophe at Lundhill in 1857, nothing apparently so calamitous has occurred in this district. The col liery, which is about 180 yards deep, and in which the Barusley bed of coal has been priueipally worked, has b,..en hitherto nearly free from accidents involving the loss of life, the proprietors, Messrs. Bartholomew, Tyas, Mitchell, and Co., having adopted every means for the safety of the men. At the time stated the men in in the pit, nembering close upon 300, were startled by an explosion of fire damp which ciusal those near the pit bottom to at once make that spot for safety; those in the ad vanced levels, some 1,400 or 1,600 yards distant, were unable to reach it in consequence of the gas. The men at the top were soon made acquainted with the state of affairs by the quantity of coal and rubbish thrown up out of the cupola by the explo sion. Assistance was promptly obtained, and as the news reached the other collieries in the neigh bourhood the men at once ceased working and rushed to the scene of the catastrophe. Plenty volunteered to descend and rescue, if possible, the men below. In this they were so far successful that in a short time some 40 or 50 were brought to the pit mouth, about 20 of whom were burnt severely; one man, Davy, dying on reaching his home; another poor fellow, nearly 60 years of age, named Pickery, was dreadfully burnt, and in his agony called out for help, praying fervently that God would give him strength to again see his poor family. Mr. Walton, of Darley Main, was amongst those who first went down, and was brought up all but insensible. He informed our reporter that he heard the men near where he was deroutly praying. Lawton, the bottom steward, also went down, and was obliged to be left by the party he went with, having evidently penetrated too far into the workings and been overcome by the sulphur. Shortly after two o'clock it was announced that nothing more could be done until bratticing was fixed and the air-course was cleared. The number of men in the pit is variously esti mated, the lowest being that considerably more than 100 remain to be recovered, and in what state it is easy to imagine. PRICE..... STAMPED ....sd. Mr. F. Lawrence, Mr. Charles Clarke, and other gentlemen, and Mr. Worsley having replied, the proceedings were brought to a close in the usual manner. 7HE IRON TRADE. While one great staple industry of the country is suffering from severe but, it is to be hoped, tempo rary depression, on account of the dearth of the raw material, it is gratifying to find that another equally activity money in the iron whichmanufacture, important trade shows unequivocal signs of having emerged from a d e p ress i on o f now fi ve y e a r s' dura tion. It would appear to be the rule that the i ron trade re ce i ves i ts periodical impetus from the abund ance tit of em ployment in the ordinary channels of trade, and springs from the lasting lack until las that a cheap money is invariably followed by. great iv of the schemes then set going have been fully completed. Hence the alternate series of years of slack demand and low prices, and of active demand and high prices (generally about five years of each), which have hitherto characterised this trade. Notwithstanding the expected adverse influence of the American war, a very marked increase of activity has taken place this year in all the iron manufacturing districts of the country, resulting i n an advance of prices varying from ten to twenty per cent,; and although, as is usual at this period of the year, there is, for the moment, a comparative slackness of fresh demand, there seems every reason to believe that the present activity of the trade will be lasting and progressive. We could especially call attention to the re markable prosperity of the iron shipbuilding trade, attributable partly, no doubt, to the building of iron clad ships for our own and for other Governments, but also owing to the continually increasing de mand for screw-steamers for merchant service of the whole world. In all quarters iron manufactures are said to be quite full of orders for shipbuilding purposes. For railway iron there has been a considerable revival of demand, and the price of Welsh rails has advanced fully twenty shillings per ton, from which however, there is at present some reaction. For foundry work some very large orders have been given out during the year, one eminent firm in Scotland having alone booked orders to the extent of nearly 60,000 tons of castings, mostly for de livery in the course of next year. The present consumption of pig iron in malleable work and foundries in Scotland is said to be quite un precedented. The stocks of pig iron on hand in England are very small, but of Scotch pig iron, which is largely used abroad, there has been a continual accumula tion during the five years of depression, owing to the fact that consumers and merchants abroad work off their stock, and purchase only from hand to mouth during a dull period. The stock has now reached a total equal to seven months' production, but it is to be noticed that the present stock, lerge as it is, is relatively smaller than that with which the last prosperous period of the trade commenced in 1852, when there was eight or nine months' supply on hand. This large stock did not prevent a rise in price of two pounds per ton during that year, and by 1856 there was little over one month's supply left. An investigation made by several mining engi neers showed that there was no hope of rescuing the men, of whom there are supposed to be at least from 40 to 60 in the pit. Preparations were then made to let the water from the canal flow into the pit, ,so as to extinguish the flames. Amongst the victims are Mr. Lawton, the steward, and his son, and Mr. Hoyland, of Darley Main, a volunteer, who was everloremost in endeavouring to rescue the lives of those - endangered by similar catastrophes in the district. In Scotch pig iron the rise in price has been little over 10 per cent., an advance which is being entirely swallowed up by the advancing wages of the miners. While thousands of operatives are starving in Lancashire for lack of employment, there has been a succession of strikes for advance of wages amongst the Scotch miners, and hitherto the masters have invariably yielded. In many quarters the advance within the last month or two is fully 30 pop the asp iz still for more. Unless, therefore, the price of iron should largely advance to enable the masters to pay increased wages, there must be a combination to resist the men, and of, necessity a blowing-out of furnaces, so as to red uce I the present large demand for coal and iron. The advice; lately received from America are such as to lead to the belief that the war will, in stead of being injurious, benefit several of the indus tries of this country, the principal exception being the one which is starved for want of raw material. The immense absorption of labouring power to keep up enormous armies is causing a rapid advance of wages throughout the Northern States, while, as usual after the first disorganisationof business caused by the breaking out of hostilities, the aomand for most classes of goods has become active. As regards the iron trade, we learn from Pennsylvania that wages in this trade are becoming absurdly high, and that, consequently, coal, which was formerly delivered to the furnaces at lt dollars per ton, costs now 4 dollars. We may, therefore, confidently ex pect that a portion of the American demand for iron will again come to this countxy ; and, with the rail ways of the States remarkably prosperous, we may look for a healthy demand for peaceful as well as for warlike purpose. Already a very considerable rise in the prices of iron is quoted in New York, resulting in American orders being sent to this side; and, from the causes just mentioned, it may be reckoned that 1863 will bring us a full revival of American demand. Let but the evident desire of both North and South to let cotton out have fruition in some shape—per haps by the Northern Government levying a heavy export duty, which might yield them a very large annual revenue, while it would prevent any foreign intervention—and the American War will finally cease to be a bugbear of the manufacturing classes of this country.—Money Market Review. GARIBALDI AND THE " SAMNITES." According to a Naples correspondent of the Inde pendance Beige, an association of working men of the province of Molise, or of Samnium, as they are taught by ancient history to call it, have lately sent an address of symp a thy to Garibaldi, expressed in language of passionate deiotion to the wounded hero. The concluding sentence of their address is a singular evidence of the tenacity with which these modern Samnites cleave to the ancient traditions of their race " All the Samnites," they write, "send Ital. you greeting, and promise you thataserththeainr devoted to the country,to m ances tors humbled (Zit. made topass under the Forks ) the Roman power, so at your summ ons on the field of battle they will humble th e eagles and birds of havet tormented t of prey, whether yellow or b lack, enemies or allies. To this characteristic address Garibaldi sent from Pisa the following rep l y : My dear Brothers ,—I thank y ou for the manl y and noble words in which y ou have addressed me. It was a great consolation are y th e brigands whom the Court of Rome se nds out amongst you, and ill - prot ected b y a weak Governme nt unworthy of i.iy o f it s office, and more subm i ss i ve to the forei gn Th e re are groat virtues in the working men of i Italy assoc i a ti o ns like yours tend to develop them, We shy oonu by , and know faith at, in the s oon see our oppressors pass under the Cand ' as a saivall the free people of Italy.—l heartily salute me Forts b e f ore you, youe to still G. . The correspondent of the In dependance GAßlßALDl mentions as a fact worth notice that Garibaldi's secretary had written "the foreigners who oppress us ;" but Gari baldi with his own hand struck out the phrase, and substituted the Words " our oppressors." [ADvEßTistm ENT.]—Holloway's Pills.—Blood to the Head, with Symptoms o f A pop l exy .—H o ll oway ' s Pill s are undeniably the finest medicine in the world for biliousness and indigestion, in all cases of deranged stomach, deter mination of blood to the head, bile, sick headache, liver and stomach camplaints, which frequently end fatally, by producing apoplexy or paralysis. There is no medicine known that will give such immediate relief as these re nowned Pills, young and old, rich and poor, patronise them, and so many cures are effected by their use, that their praise is sounded from the temperate climate to the frigid zone ; in truth, persons who t rave l consi d er th em a necessary requisite. Frequently the bl oo d b ecomes over heated, the liver torpid, the skin covered with prickly heat, and the whole system languid and exhausted; nothing so soon gives relief as Holloway's Pills, THE SUN, LONDON, TUEsDAY EVENING, DECEIVIBER 9, 1862 would not disappoint them. (Hear.) One hon. member had stated that the report was full of ano malies, but he could not help expressing his opinion that it was the very best report that had ever been made by any committee. (Cries of oh, oh, and hear.) If the real object for referring the matter back was to create delay and give an opportunity for other gentlemen to come forward as candidates, it ap peared to that they ought to say so, but he really could see no other object for the postpone ment. (Hear.) Mr. ELLIS supported the amendment, and said he was certain that no solicitor of eminence in his profession--and none other ought to be selected to this greatXorporation—would accept the appoint ment at the salary of £1,250 per annum. After some further discussion the question was put, and the amendment was declared to be lost. A division was demanded, when there appeared— For the amendment 36 Against it ........ ........... 95 Majority against the amendment' —59 Mr. Rows then proposed that the amount of the salary should be £1,500 per annum instead of £1,250;, but the standing orders of the court pre cluding him from doing so without notice, he gave one to the effect stated for the next court. Deputy HARRISON then asked his lordship to appoint a day for the election. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR suggested Thursday, the 18th inst., which he said he would be the week before St. Thomas's Day. (A laugh.) The LORD MAYOR said that he had no objection to fix the day named, and the court then adjourned. seven feet greater span. In other portions where the line goes deeper, and there is great pressure to re sist, the form of the arch is altered to give it greater strength, and the crown is taken to a height of 19 feet. At no part are the foundations taken less than five feet into the solid ground beneath the rails, and wherever extra strength has been necessary the whole has been driven like a shaft, and a solid ring of the most massive brickwork above and below. From end to end the whole work is set in a square bed of solid concrete, covered in on the top with asphalts to keep all watertight. Never, probably, has any tunnel been planned so greatly in excess of the strain it is required to bear. The easier por tions were constructed in 12-feet lengths, at the rate of 72 feet a week—quicker than any work of the kind has ever been accomplished ; but when passing near churches or other heavy buildings a regular shaft had, as we have said, to be driven by skilled miners in four-feet lengths, and from the great care requisite at these parts the works ad vanced but slowly. Along the whole line all the stations are open to the air, except two—that at Gower-street, and that at Baker-street, which are underground. One of these, however, by a serious of most ingeniously contrived openings in the sides of the tunnel, communicating with the forecourts or front gar dens of the houses above, is almost as well lighted by daylight as those open to the air. The Portland road station is lighted by domes above the tunnel itself. The King's-cross station is as large, lofty, and as well lighted as any of the best metropolitan termini ;so also is that at Farringdon-street. The Paddington station is, as a piece of construction, marvellous for the skill with which a small but most convenient terminus is made out of an odd corner of the Great Western Company's ground near the Bishop's -road bridge. At present it is arranged to commence running with no less than 90 trains a day each way, from 6 a.m. to 10 30 or 11 p.m., the trains starting at 10- minute intervals during the busy hours. These facilities will soon be further increased to trains at five-minute intervals, with express trains going through without stopping from terminus to termi- us, and the hours of traffic will probably be ex tended to midnight. The fares even by first-class will be lower than the present omnibus rates, and twice in the morning and evening each way working men's trains will run, taking passengers the whole distance for id. per head. As soon as possible after the opening it is intended to proceed with the construction of the main line to Finsbury. The - cost of the whole undertaking is estimated at less than £1,300,000. Had it been taken on a viaduct it would have cost nearly four times this amount, and absolutely spoilt some of the finest streets in the metropolis. Whether or not it will be remunerative as a speculation has yet to be seen ; but, paying or not paying, it must be a great con venience to the public. 7IIE RE-ASSESSMENT IN S 7. GEORGE 2.11 E ALA.R7YR, SOUTHWARK. A considerable amount of excitement and dissatis faction have for some weeks past existed amongst the ratepayers of St. George the Martyr, South wark, consequent upon a re -assessment of the pro perty of the parish and a large increase in the poor rates. It is alleged by the ratepayers that the new assessment has been made in an unfair and partial manner, and that while the private houses and pre mises occupied by the humbler ratepayers and smaller tradesmen have been re-assessed at a much higher rate than heretofore, the public institutions in the parish, such as the Surrey Theatre and the public houses have been allowed to remain on the old assessment. This partial mode of re-assessment ha*, it in cnntpeilpfl. vitinttui tha poor rat° uiodo under it, and in consequence payment of the last rate made has in general been refused, while no less than 250 appeals have been made against it, on the ground of the parochial authorities not having com plied with the Act of Parliament. Those appeals came on for hearing last week before the magis trates at the Surrey Petty Sessions, who considered that the appellants had good grounds for the steps they had taken, but they postponed any decision upon the subject until Wednesday the 17th instant, in order to give the parish authorities an opportunity of reconsidering the matter. Last night a public meeting, convened by the portion of the vestry who take part with the appellants, was held in the school-room, Suffolk-street, and was presided over by Mr. Sarell, one of the vestrymen. A long discussion took place, and in the end a resolution was adopted, by a large majority, to the effect that, in the event of the magistrates deciding against the appellants, the question be taken to the quarter sessions, and that in the meantime the rate payers be advised to withhold payment of the rate. METROPOLITAN SUBTERRANEAN .RAIL 11141 Y. The spring, when this line was to have been finished, and the summer, too, have come and gone, but the City is still in point of time just as far dis tant from the West as ever it was. All the little delays and all the great annoyances of overcrowded traffic which it was to mitigate, if not to do away with, are still as rampant and glaring as ever, and the public and the shareholders also seem to be get ting impatient in their desire to know the reason of the long delay. The varying rumours and constant speculations to which the postponement of the open ing has given rise have been numerous enough, one would have thought, to enable some to come near the truth as the real causes of the delay. The lat ter, however, have been so very simple that no one has guessed them. The breaking in of Fleet Ditch, though it in no way affected the line itself, caused serious loss of time in completing the main City terminus at Farringdon-street. From the time when that obstacle was removed, now more than a month past, the line could have been worked easily at its minimum rate of traffic, which is to be no less than 90 trains a day each way. The only reason against such working in October last was the wise determination of the directors---in which they have been heartily supported by their able engineer, Mr. Fowler—not to run a single passenger, train until every minute detail in relation to their stations and signals was finished, and arranged in the most per fect working order. The directors nem to be well aware that in a line on such a novel plan, and having so many peculiar features in its construc tion, it would be dangerous to open it to the public while still imperfect, or till they had organised all their various departments as to give confidence by the customary appearances which on these works denote a well-matured and deliberate sys tem. Thus, even in such trifling matters as painting stations or papering and furnishing wait ing-rooms, nothing has been left incomplete, and from Farringdon-street to Paddington the whole line is now absolutely perfected and ready in every branch, even down to the liveries of the guards and porters. The usual ten days' notice was given last Friday to the Board of Trade to in spect the mechanism of the signals, and when these have been examined the line will open, and, as we have said, with as much completeness of detail as if it had been 12 months in working order. The importance of this new route, both for the relief it must afford our overcrowded streets and in diminishing in point of time the space between the various districts of this unwieldy city, makes it one of the most remarkable of all our many railway triumphs. It is, for a London line, the cheapest that has ever been constructed, though the engineer ing difficulties it presented at every hundred yards were the most formidable of their kind that have ever been encountered. Sewers and gas and water mains had to be respected, drains for the tunnel itself to be made, heavy buildings in near proximity to the excavations to be kept secure, and even the thoroughfares under w hi c h the shaft was driven like an entrance to a mine, left undisturbed, with all the heavy traffic rolling incessantly overhead. How great were the difficulties these almost irreconcil able conditions imPa ._and above all when it be came necessary t o ma k e underground j unc t ions , as at King's-c ross , w h ere a labyrinth of comp l icated brickwo r k f or t h e tunnel had in fact to b e invented for the purp ose — on l y engineers can un d ers t an d . ca The present powers of the company only allow them to carry their line from Paddington to Fins bury-circus, a distance of about five miles, of which the fi rs t great length, from Paddington to Farringdon-street, is complete, with working junc tions to the Great Western and Great Northern railways. The tunnel commences at the Paddington terminus, and continues in an almost direct line towards the New-road, passing beneath the Edgware road at right an g l es , and intersecting in the same manner Lisson-grove- road and Upper Baker-street, skirting along, beyeath, and just outside the south ern extremity of Regent's Park. Thence it passes under the houses at the eastern extremity of Park crescent, beneath T ottenham-court -road, into the New-road, and passing close by Euston-square, turns at King's-cross to effect a junction with the up and down lines of the Great Northern Railway. From King's-cross a great part of the line is an open cut ting, except for a length of about 600 yards beneath Bagnigge-wells-road and Coppice-row, where again a short tunnel intervenes. From this to the Farring don-street station it is nearly ell a fair open cutting, and up to this point the line is perfectly ready. From Farringdon-street station, on the waste ground beyond Holborn which is still dignified with the name of a street, the line is soon to have two branches, one intersecting Holborn -hill, or rather Skinner-street, and continuing its course due south under the site of the old Fleet Prison, to effect a junction with the Chatham and Dover line, which is to cross the Thames at Blackfriars ; the other and more important branch--in fact, the main line—is to be continued under the ground north of Smith field and south of Charterhouse-square, and will pass beneath Barbican into F insbury-circus. At this terminus it is intended, for the present at least, which this mode e more generally o t o f o s t o o m p m ; u t o h i o o u a g t i h o , n e w s i t l h l e a ff a d o r y d a n b t e a c g o e m s Known and appreciated, the shareholders, we be lieve, will find their account in extending their branches to the chief suburban districts of the metropolis. From West to East the avera ge s l ope downward of the whole line is one in 1 00 feet till i t enters the Cit en City, h g e ra n d i i tr t than this isesslightly again, b u t th ere i s no steeperthroughout. The rails vary from a depth of 26 feet to 54 feet below the surface of the ground ; the sharpest curve is one of 200 yards' radius, and there is not m ore t h an 1,200 yards of perfectly straight line throu g h ou t. S uch bea found passingi n London, required certain adaptations through all the ki n d s of subsoil to in the form of the tunnel, according to the nature of the difficulties it had to surmount. Thus, in good and easy ground its general form is illiptical, the span of the arch of the tunnel being 281 feet, and its height 17 feet. The lengths of this description are built with no less than biz rings of brickwork, though the Board of Trade do not re arches of spire more than five rings in railway THE JURIDICAL SOCIETY. Last night the usual bi-monthly meeting of the members of this society was held at their rooms, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-squre—Mr. Collier, Q.C., in the al:Lir—when Mr.Worsley read a paper upon the proposed alteration in our criminal procedure for the admission of prisoners as witnesses in their own defence. The learned gentleman, in opening his paper, set forth the opinions of the law lords in the debate which took place on the motion for the second reading of Lord Brougham's bill for assimi lating the criminal to the civil procedure in this re spect. He then went on to say that there was no instance of the questioning of a prisoner to be found in the history of criminal jurisprudence in this country, and if the law of England ever sanctioned it, the disappearance of all trace of it was the strongest condemnation of the principle of it, and were it now to be made a rule of law it would be an aggravation of the French system denounced byLord Denman as a moral torture. In theory the rule might be permissive, but in practice it would become com pulsory. The proposal that a prisoner should give his evidence on oath would lead to the commission of a vast amount of perjury, and the cross-examina tion by the prosecuting counsel would be nothing less than a process for obtaining from the terror, ig norance, or want of skill of the accused an admission of his guilt. The analogy between the accused in a criminal suit and the defendant in a civil suit was not a real, but an illusory one, owing to the fact that the former came from a class of persons in ge. neral ignorant, immoral, and irreligious; whereas the latter came from a class of society that was generally well educated and moral. That being the case, his argument was this :—ln civil suits there arose a large amount of perjury from the admission of defendants to give evidence in their own behalf, and a forion it was sure to arise from the exami nation of prisoners in their own defence, and the case of the young woman, Rosalie Doise, who was found guilty of parricide on her own examination in court, was an instance in point, of the injustice which was likely to arise to an innocent person being subjected to examination in court. On the whole, the gaol bird would, by his perjury, be able to turn the proposed new law to his benefit, and the innocent man would, in his timidity, become the scapegoat of the system, which would, if adopted, be one of a retrogressive character, and one which Parliament ought never to sanction, unless the Crown provided the accused with counsel. The Chairman, while he joined in the condemnation of the French system, denied that the proposal of Lord Brougham in any way resembled it. At present a defendant in an action for assault or libel was allowed to tell his own story, but if for the very same offences he was criminally prosecuted on an indictment, his mouth was shut and he could not say a word in his own defence. It was the innocent whose interests the state ought to look after, whereas the main argument agai nst the proposed rule of law was, that it would deprive the guilty of the chances of escape. The discussion was continued by Mr. Woollett, Mr. Graye—Q—.o- 7'HE SMIIEFL soon be suspended on the tenter hooks by Mr. T. English, of Chelsea. The sales of sheep and pigs were somewhat limited in number. Some idea may be formed of the number who visited even at the high price of 55., when our readers are informed that in one hour during the morning upwards of 1,000 catalogues were sold. Amongst the visitors recognised during the day were Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar, the Duke and Dowager Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Rut- land ; the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort, with her Grace's daughters, the Lady Hen. Morant, and the Lady Rose Lovell; Lord Llanovtir, and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert of Lanarth, Lord Fevers- ham, Lord Berners, Sir M. Peto, M.P., SirJ. Paz ton, M.P., Mr. Bramston, M.P., and Mrs. Btam ston, the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord St. Maur, Lord Walsingham, the Hon. Gen. Hood, the Hon. James Byng and the Hon. F. Byng, Sir E. Colbrooke, Col. Challoner, &e. As might naturally be expected, the great sources of attraction were the splendid cups and tazzas to be presented this year as prizes for the best specimens in the respective classes in lieu of medals, and which were exhibited by Mr. Thomas, of Nev Bond street, the manufacturer, in an enclosure in the central avenue. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. THE CITY SOLICITORSHIP. A special ccurt of Common Council was held yes terday at Guildhall, for the purpose of taking into consideration a report presented at the last court by Mr. S. H. R. Waterlow, the chairman of the Lib rary and Law Clerks Committee, having reference to the vacant office of City Solicitor. Tho Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided, His lordship, on entering the court, was loudly cheered. It will be remembered that, in their report, the committee recommended that ch. owl y rwe city Solicitor should in future be fixed at £1,250 a-year —that the whole of his time be devoted to the duties of his office—and that £5OO per annum be allowed for clerks and the expenses of his office, Another question submitted for the consideration of the com mittee was, whether it would be advisable to amal gamate the office of City Solicitor with any other office appertaining to the Corporation, and they reported that they did not consider it advisable to recommend any such amalgamation at present. Mr. S. H. R. WATERLOW briefly moved that the report should be agreed to, and he said that after the most careful consideration the committee had come to the conclusion that £1,250 per annum was a reasonable and proper salary for the office of eity solicitor, and he trusted that the court would now agree to the report. Mr. NORRIS, M.P., expressed his opinion that there were several serious objections to the report, one of which was that the salary recommended was not sufficient to procure the services of an eminent man such as ought to fill the high position of soli citor to the Corporation of London. He also believed that one portion of the report which was to the effect that the surplus fees received by the solicitor should be returned to the Corporation could not be legally carried out. For these and other reasons, he should move that the report be referred back for further consideration. Mr. KELDAY, the chairman of the City Lands Committee, supported the amendment, and said that the late solicitor's salary was £2,000 a year, and he had not heard any reason given why it should be reduced, and he expressed iaimself satis fied that no man who was of eminence in his pro fession would accept the appointment at the pro posed salary. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BoNE said, as one of the members of the committee, he thought it right to state that the report had been most carefully considered, and no good could be answered by sending it back for fur ther consideration. committee that £1,250 the subject came before the ht so still; said, D d,w. with regard JERSEY supported tothosalary, ho th t e ho m u o g t h io t n w , and apnerd annum pewaraesd stuoffihciimentt,heatndthheerethwoeueg no ground whole report o s le en e d u i h n i g eot th h e edheeu thoroughly, fully, and pro perly considered, and there was no reason why the report should not b e carr i e d ou t. The public with Governme nt were acceding to th e f ee li ng o f the • re gard to the res t r i c ti on i s t h e salaries for the civil service, and only rec e ntly a l a rge reduction had o been made in th e sa l ar y o f th e so li c it or thottahineePdofsotr office, and yet a mos t e ffi c i ent man was the office. (H ear , h ear. ) Mr. AND ERTON and Mr. LAWLEY suppor t e d th e (Hear, hear.) The amendment, and the latter said he should be glad if the Common Sergeant would inform the court whether the Corporation could legally receive the fees in the mode suggested by the report. The COMMON SERGEANT said he should not like to give a positive opinion at a moment's notice upon a subject depending upon the construction of an Act of Parliament, but at present he was of opinion that the recommendation of the committee might be carried out without in any way infringing the law. (Hear, Hear.) After some warm discussion between several members of the court, Mr. H. L. TAYLOR said he was rather surprised at the excitement that had been exhibited by some members in reference to this question, and he hoped it was not to be explained by the fact that many of the gentlemen who appeared to feel so warmly on the present question found themselves in the minority upon a former occasion when the question of suspending the standing orders of the court in relation to this appointment the was pre sent cussed. He could not h e lp regarding h proceeding as an endeavour to give the go-by to the decision that was then arrived at, and he hoped the court would not lend itself to such a (Hear.) The eyes of th e p u b lic were them — they would be entitled to se e w h ether ointment, and he trusted that th ey r t up e h pr g e : a v cn r e edeadtriorn g' this iedo a n p t p the professions they had ma d e with 'A.7'TLE 8110 W. The fine weather of yesterday gave the Smith field Show at its new home at Islington a start which must have rejoiced the hearts of the direc tors. Islington-green and the Liverpool-road, where are the two eatrances to the Exhibition, were a scene of animation from an early hour, and numbers who did not dream of paying ss. for admission promenaded the streets to view the opening of what to them was probably for the most part an entirely novel spec tacle. The notion that Islington was too remote a locality for any vast numbers to continue to take an interest in the annual display, was completely dis sipated. Universal admiration was expressed at the appearance of the new building. Amongst the sales which took place in the course of the day were the following :—ln the Herefords, an animal bred by the late Prince Consort, and exhibited by Colonel Hood, was purchased by Mr. Thomas Pawsey, of Bath ; Mr. R. Farthing's Devon, winner of the prize of £25 in its class, was secured by Mr, Jas. Hook, of Frederick-street, Hamstead-road ; and another Devon, bred by the late Prince Consort, which ob tained a prize of £lO, has become the property of Mr. Longman, King-street, Islington. Of the pure Sussex breeds, which attracted great attention among the practical portion of the compiny, Mr. Napper's animal which gained £lO was sold to Mr. Parker, of the Hove, Brighton. Mr. Edmund Beare's prize Norfolk polled animal is now the property of Mr. Copeland, of Windsor. The remarkably fine animal, of the Aberdeen and Angus breed, winner of a prize of £25, passed from the hands of the exhi bitor, Mr. W. M'Combie, of Elgin, to those of Mr. T. Norris, Lamb Tavern,Cattle-market, and another animal of the same class which obtained £l5 for Mr. J. Stewart, of Aberdeen, will soon be offered by Mr. S. Mann in another form to the inhabitants of Croydon. An animal of the Galloway breed, which was exhibited by Mr. Heath, of Norwich, and, though not a prize animal, was much admired, wi UN IVERSII Y IN7ELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 7. The University sermons were this day preached in the morning by the Rev. B. C. Caffin, of Wor cester College, and in the afternoon by the Rev. , T. D. Bernard, of Exeter College. There will be an election to a Fellowship in Brasenose College on Friday, the 6th of February next, open to Graduates and such others as have i d requireday, January themselves for t h 3 e o 8.A. 0 at nh de Candidates musti f n o a r before Friday, presentrs r .d p er a gi s n s r e ce ep. all a o t h n e e o x r bring with them testimonials from their college, certificates of baptism, and, if necessary, testamnrs of the Public Examiners. The examination will be in the subjects recognised in the classical schools. An appointment to a Bible Clerkship in Queen's College will be made by the Provost on the 27th of January, 1863. Candidates are requested to call upon the Provost, between the hours of 2 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, on Monday, the 26th of January, 1863, with certificates of baptism and tes timonials from the heads of their schools or colleges. A Scholarship at Pembroke College on the founda tion of King Charles 1., tenable for five years, of the value of £9O per annum, with rooms rent free during residence, open to persons born in Jersey or Guernsey, or in one of the islands adjacent to them, and to persons educated for the two years last pre ceding the election either at Victoria College in Jersey, or at Elizrbeth College in Guernsey, will be filled up in the ensuing Lent Term. The ex amination will commence on Tuesday, the 10th of March, 1863. Candidates should not have exceeded their 20th year. They are requested to call on the Master between 4 and 6 p.m. on Monday, the 9th of March, with evidence as to the time and place of their birth, or as to the time and place of their edu cation, and with testimonials of good conduct. Messrs. Lee and Routh have been elected to ex hibitions at Queen's College. 7IIE BOULEVARD PRINCE EUGENE. The following is a translation of the Emperor's speech, from the Moniteur : M. le Prefet and Cientlemen of the Municipal Council,_ It was my desire to preside over the inauguration of this new Boulevard, in order to have an opportunity of thanking you for your untiring devotedness to the interests of this great city. To transform the capital and increase its gran deur is not merely to build more houses than are pulled down, and to furnish employment to a number of different trades; it is, in addition, to introduce everywhere habits of order and the love of the beautiful. These spacious streets, these architectural houses, these public gardens, these monuments of art, refine taste while they promote welfare. And those who reflect that as you carry forward these vast works you equally develop publics assistance and multiply religious edifices and buildings des tined to education, will admit that you deserve infinite praise for doing so much good without compromising in anywise the prosperous state of the finances of the City. My constant anxiety, as you know, is to find a means of remedying the temporary slackness of employment, and to make the labouring classes comfortable. The question of the supply of food has lately much engaged my attention• The recent discussion in the Council of State will have for one of its consequences the introduction of some useful re forms in the arrangements for the supply of bread. I have resolved to preserve, subject to some changes, the system of compensation, and to establish either the laze officielle or the faze °please according to local circumstances. I have also to thank you for the assistance which you have always lent to a work which owes its origin to the Empress, and which, placing capital within the reach of honest and indus trious artisans, belies the old proverb that "only the rich can borrow." If, as I hope, this institution shall grow, it will be consoling to think that a gc,od character is in truth property, with its advantages and guarantees. The works of peace become more pleasing as they are asso ciated with the glorious recollections of our history. Th us it has been my wish that the new Boulevard which passes through one of the faubourgs most inhabited by the indus trious classes should bear the name of Prince Eugene, that enfant de Paris, who was orderly officer to General Roche at the age of 14, who was one of the heroes of the retreat from Russia, and who, rather than abandon France and the Emperor, refused the crown of Italy, which was offered to him by the Allied Sovereigns. I cannot say how mush I have been touched by that spon taneous movement of the population which gave the name of my mother to one of the neighbouring Boulevards, but I Cannot accept that designation. My family must not mono polise the names to be inscribed on marble. That distinction belongs to all who have rendered services to the country. The new road which is now to replace the St. Martin's Canal will therefore henceforth be called the Richard Lenoir Boulevard. Although the name of Richard Lenoir is already borne by a small street, I desire to render more conspicuous the name of a man who, from being a simple workman of the Fanbourg St. Antoine, became one of the first manufactu rers in France; who was decorated by the Emperor for the immense progress which the cotton manufacture owed to him, and who employed a fortune nobly won to sustain his workmen in times of distress, and arm them when a foreign invasion was to be repelled. Let us occupy ourselves then with all that may ameliorate and improve the material, and raise the moral, condition of the people. Let us keep con stantly before its eyes a noble end to be attained, and the example of those who have conquered wealth by industry, esteem by probity, and glory by courage. ot than a P n r Prussia i ae, ask ko theth hand of the heir to the Brazilian e object g t The Allgenzeine Zeitung states that the re cen t nomination of M. von Eiehmann as Envoy Extraordinary ni throne the Pri ncess I sa- C an e d ur f t u e ll f y ß a i c e cr j ed en it e e i d re M b i t s no ter e o t f h t e h r e Isa bella, daughter of Dom Pedro 11., now 16 years of age—for a son of Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Some time since it was thought that the Duke of Chartres, grandson of Louis Philippe, would be a suitor for the hand of the prin cess, but his taking part in the campaign against the Southern States of North America destroyed his influence with the rich planters and slave/aolders of Brazil. be Dr. die' [ ill. (tbi. i6 efl" a so ft OaP er. 4 11° so ! 00_ i o 42s upPli off e ster , 5 toy gra d,. 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