The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-09 00:00:00

_~:. THE -LONDON, BIRMINGITAM, and ta , , . BoUTIT STAY I'ORDSITIRE BANK ( Limited).---Es- Act 'lritlPr the "Joint-stock Coracanies• Consolidation §: 186 , which specially limits the liability of each , areholder to the amount of his Shares. ‘-'4l3ital One tillion, in 10,000 Shares of £lOO each, with Depositpower ncrea.e Pirst Issue, 5,000 Shares. on Applicaticn, £1 per Share, and on Allotment No Call to exceed £5 £1 per Share. in tao o r n e tli tha sbr!twen. each Call interval o o t f in not n l e d s e s d t t h o a e n a t ll h r u e; £26 per share. 'Willi' DIRECTORS. 'William Austin, Esq Director of the Metro 'politer, Railwa and of the Sambre arid 4ortethßealll,wEasYqy, '38,, King William-street, toLondon, „r. talon Bridge:London. lipillitun James, Es . q.' b , e eeeeeeeeeeeeeee e De tY Lieutenant and J.P. Chairman of the . itll4l33ingbarci Water Works Company Birmingham. b . Johnson, Esq., Bricklehampton Hall, near Pershor D' t f the West Mid- I, ~ . e, irec or o pretr Railway WiiiL r l e k„. lift, Esq., Blackheath t,),, - "' LalcY, Esq., Hagler road, Edgbas • I‘. - 1 - (Messrs. W. Lucy and Son), late . . 4 44 , It Y°r of Birmingham ,:ell Oliver Mason, Esq. (Messrs. Mason ;I'c Richards), Director of the Rolling Shand,eee Company of Great Britain and Ire- Birmingham. Zi B,o!?iti Pearson, F.R S, Director of the AdesnilBll Australian Investraent Company, London. .cli - 'i ch°4l e B ,_ Esq. (late Messrs. Dunlop, Ban of and Co., Director of the Union '''' °I England and France London. t0 r ,,,,,,, (With power to add to their number.) . --'B.---The Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Limited), Lothbury, London. Zoe AUDITORS. Gres F. Kemp, Esq., Public Accountant, 7, Gr es t i . ham-street, E.C. 1-41112gharci—J. Percival, Public Accountant. 140nd SOLICITORS. 13 rnival' 5- inn. Jas.Taylor, on.--Messrs. Mason, and Taylor, 15, , 4 li 11-1211°Zhara—lilessrs. Rawlins and Rowley, Temple-row. Zon ft Bu ll. Burnan E d ß , ° Zq E . R , s dounty Chambers, Corn -134/nin b. NV, 0„,1aa•--Natbaniel Lea, Esq.,Bennett's-hill. 44 Veri-' Et i r qt 011 .-J oho Underhill, Esq., Exchange-street. eel•--°°' "--essrs, Taunton and Co. nP°l trY Offices IE, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. di:A l bI A l X'; the last t ' wenty-five years Birmingham has tincl l a t itB PoPulation, extended its varied manufactures, _ .ln . ica'r a e ed i i n at e e re"ed nistrict of Southin wealth, commerce, and importanpe. co nnection_wth oenm ß ,b irm rac i in ng g ha t m he th d e en e s s e t l e y nsx Zantillated towns of Staffordshire, ha pt Bilston, Dudley, Willen , Walsall, O ldbury ver Tip ra ton, and West Bromwich, has nirge.3' developed its mineral' resources, and become an arr .. abl e inin g and manufacturing enterprise of the most val _ characte. tarkNotwithstanding this acknowledged prosperity it is re able that, during the period referred to, no additional / 7 ,7 1 has b een established in Birmingham and South Staf tiaehire, with th e exce pti on o f one f oun d e d in the former s .. et, Sire, during the present year, und er th e Limited Liability t en d s corrob ora ti ve o f t h e necess i ty which exists for ex ed banking accommodation in Birmin g h am an d S out h al"t4ftbrdshhe, it is a signifi can t f act t h at the shares of the tltains.-,ham Joint St oc k B ank, Limited, already command rettnium of more than one hundred per cent. till:his necessity is also substantiated by the following ac ),,ant, which appears in the Birmingham Daily Post on a'vetinesday the 3d inst. :—" At a special meeting of the tit-.'''ateholders of the Birmingham Joint-stock Bank (Li ed), held on Tuesday, the 2d December, it was recom e ended by the directors, and resolved, that the capital of the L °4l PanY should be increased from £5 1 10,000 to £1,000,000 I? !Ile creation of 5,000 additional Shares of £lOO each, and at'tblwo-fifths of these should be issued to the shareholders be ja-,ll)re,lceiltha and that th e rema i n i ng three-fifths should credo -'111 reserve by the di rec t ors , t o b e i ssue d at their n ~ T - • lecari. following is the selling price of shares in the existing 4)I, I:l ual lits, and it is well known that the dividends of the , 11 -°zi J oint •stockßanks range from Six to Twenty per PQ` at the premiums from Eighty to Three Hundred No. of , Paid Selling Shares.) up. Price. 'l3lriantao.6lll4l4 nking Company,. 20,000 £l O 1416Vng,ancloTown and 1) strict) /8 , 000 Ilittnill9arn and Midland Bank.. 4 , 000 (Litirte(l),leet°aibnit itticllB6Bank 5,000 .Cw 10 0 5 I 15 10 0 50 1142 0 0 10 1 21 0 0 The 1811 Ppy i' l ls ting banking establishments do not, how ever, katnf. requirements of the increasing commerc i a l and Bid tgicing intercourse between London, Birmingham, 131relille districts of South Staffordshire. The London, tharefopam, and South Staffordshire Bank (Limited) will Usef tiba e enter upon a wide and legitimate field of banking tiacti l ,: B ,s based on terms of reciprocity, of the most pro l'ouliditTi 'lltiction of the Midland Metropolis and its nr- Of Nil,. mineral districts with London by two main li nes telatiZeY has tended to stimulate and develope all business earrat - .` 48 ) as eve evident from the enormous traffic in mer i,)'se_ o f ry description, metals, coal, and iron now 1 titransactions of such magnitude necessarily involve finan- P ei ations on an ext e n s i ve sca l e, an d it i s to afford te. Ini r igham and South Staffordshire a direct banking in tu,;e°llrse with London, for the purpose of giving those Oism facilities consequent on a growing, and what may a the improved aspect of the staple trade of the district ,"°' deemed a n i ncreasing b usiness, that the present under 'tilting has been called into existence. ~,The success attendant on the establishment of the Alli- Bank of London and Liverpool demonstrates that the t 4 ,7 1 ' cf a banking alliance is sound in principle, convenient 14,,,c4storners, and highly profitable to shareholders. Under the7e co nsiderations, and as affording the opportunity for te estantageous employment of capital, it is determ ined b elish the London, Birmingham, and South S ord Th'felliK. Limited. tira a , l l , _nk will have its principal offices in London and Vha — gnat°, from which localities the directors are selected, hoard,, act locally, though constituting part of the general 41 8ba j I t is also intended to take immediate steps for open- 1 ktbse;i4tablishatent at Wolverhampton, and branches i w o il . lent V it itlY be formed at such other places as the deve p t v ,, trade may render necessary. . _ tartieclrY description of legitimate banking business will be p h i. l34 bY this establishment. to tv ,I.eittions for Shares must be made in the form annexed i !ltr e ; r ° B Pe ctus, accompanied by the deposit of per f ult. 4 f no allotment be made, the deposits will be returned tlitel4,„iaildless number be allotted than is applied for rr, u ,,_rua will be used towards the payment on allotment. obt"tectuses and Forms of 4l Application for Shares may 41 41111coditorsat_‘.th? Temporary Offices, and of the Brokers the Company. 1\107 , 1, --- The - Genuine and Original 4404 p. '°°g-la S PERMANENT MARKING INK. for linen, silk, or cotton bears the address on the AE ne, West Smithfield, City. SILFNT FRIEND ON MARRIAGE, htAirrie9444'-os,'lllustrated with 100 engravings, price le., Ipi se e r, L i oti B o t n a to . PS, sealed 20, containing - prescription of Pre the „ take this invaluable work your Guide t and m ttt,orro r :' selt-cure in all cases of secrecy, resulting ro ream, or eXeesses youth, or from infection, loss of I:le i l 4'l l 'er and vigour all f•male irregularities and bar i'fitb,„ddress Messrs . PERRY di Co., Surg - eons, 19, 13!r- Lill 2 f ord-street, London,W. Consultations daily, , a n d , Ironi 5 till 8. 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Now ready at all the Librari es , i n 2 vo l s., 215., G REECE AND THE GREEKS ; b eing the Narrative of a Winter Residence and Summer rravel in Greece and its Islands. By FREDRIKA BREMER. Translated by MARY Howrr r. " The best book of travels which this charming authoress has given to the public."—Atheneum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough -street. Next week will be published, in 2 vols., Bvo., with Maps and numerous Illustrations, LIFE IN NORMANDY. -A-A SKETCHES OF FRENCH FISHING, FARMING, COOKING, NATURAL HISTORY, AND POLITICS, Drawn from Nature. By an ENGLISH RESIDENT. Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas ; London ; Hamilton, Adams, and Co. On Thursday, the list inst., will be published, a Cheaper Edition, in 1 vol., crown octavo, toned paper, cloth, price 68., MEDITATIONS on DEATH and ETERNITY. Translated from the German by FREDERICA ROWAN. The contents of this volume were selected by the Queen, and by her desire translated by NI iss F. Rowan, and printed for her Majesty for private distribution. Subsequently, however, her Majesty granted her gracious permission to Miss Rowan to publish the selection. The OCTAVO LARGE TYPE EDITION (an exact fac simile of that privately printed for her Majesty) is still on sale, price 10s. ed. Trilbner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row, London. A DAUGHTER OF EVE. HOTELS, &c. CHAPLIN'S IiOTEL. `AND SPREAD EAGLE TAVERN, 84, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON. ornfort, combined with moderate charges, will be found at this Establishment. PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR FAMILIES. Sitting Room, 3s. per Day. Bed Rooms, ls. 6d. and 2s. per Night. A Night Porter in attendance. No INCREASE OF CHARGES. INDIA AND THE COLONIES. DASSENGERS Embarking or Disembarking will find superior accommodation and moderate barges at CHAPLIN'S CLARENDON HOTEL, GRAVESEND, Adjoining the Terrace Pier. A Lawn in front, extending to the River. AMUSEMENTS.' CANTERBURY HALL. GRAND SELECTIONS from VERDI'S " SIMON BOCCANEGRA," MACFARREN'S CANTATA " MAY DAY," LOCKE'S MUSIC of " MACBETH," and Mr. BENNETT GILBERT'S NEW OPERETTA, " A NIGHT IN FAIRY LAND." Conducted by Mr. JONGHMANS. Full Band and Chorus. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES. Miss RUSSELL, Miss TOWNLEY. Sig. Tivoli, Mr. Green, Mr. Raynor, and Mr. Russell Grover. The Comic by UNSWORTH (the Original Stump Orator, " OR ANY OTHER MAN") in conjunction with Euge ne , Du'ey, and Little Bob, forming the greatest Comic Quartet in London. _ _ Also, the following Comic Favourites :—Miss Georgina Smithson, Messrs. E. Marshall, Hollingsworth. and Arthur Lloyd, and the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE FAMILY." rr H 0 X F ORD, 6. OXFORD STREET. Re-appearance of Unsworth (the original of "Or any other man." , —The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes.— Eugene, the great Burlesque Prima Donna.—Arena and Angelica, the Neapolitan Minstrels.—W. Randall and A. B. Hollingsworth,—Mr. T. Maclagan's Entertainment,—Drew Dean's Soles on the Flute.—Comic Pas Seul, by Henri.—ln addition to varied high-class musical attractions, consisting of Selections from Verdi's "Nabuco" and "Il Corsaro," Donizetti's " Don Sebastien," Auber's "La Circassienne," and Choruses, Glees, Duets, Ate., Arc., by Miss Russell, Bliss Townley Messrs. Bernardi, Greene, Huish, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. P. Jonehmans. Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, IN Haymarket —GRAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— .pen every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the Plebrated Band of 50 p er f ormers. Conductor and Principal r ornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua- Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will t e played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above rstablishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—Manager, M. Grenet. !4$ OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. 'Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING Wallace's new Opera of LOVE'S TRIUMPH : Miss Louisa Pyne, and Mdina Laura Baxter; Messrs. George Perren, W. IL Weiss, H. Corri, A. Cooke, and W. Harrison. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at half-past 7—Commence at 8. 'FEAT RE-RO VAI HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. J B. Ruckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Messrs. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss E. Romer. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (301st time), 1111. AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck =tone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Far.e, entitled DUCK HUNTING : Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W, rarren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Hill. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. NEW THFATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPFII.- Sole Proprietor and Manazer. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE GREEN BUSHES. Messr.. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billing - fon, Sefton, Stephenson, Eburne, Romer, Flitehenson, Aldridge; Miss Avonia. Jones. Miss Woolgar Mrs. Killington, Mrs. If. Lewis, and Mrs. Stoker. To cone nde with A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stephenson, and Mrs. Billington. Commence at 7.- R OYAL PRINOFSS'S THEATRE. Tmagee and Manager Mr Linduq • The last five nights prior to Christmas. T FITS EVENING, LAW v. LOVE : Mr. R. Roxby and Mr. Shore; Misses M. Oliver and Murray. After which, at a quarter to 8, the new Drama by John Ox enford, Esq., entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Geo. Vining ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. B. White. To conclude with RAISING THE WIND. Mr. R. Roxby, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Rehnore, and Mr. C. Seyton; Miss Marian Jones and Mrs. H. Marston. OVAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 3 Sole Lessee and Manager--11 Tr. Edmund Falconer. 334th Night of the continuous run of "Peep o'Day." PIIIS PN ENING. the new Comedietta. IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TW 4 S IN THE PAPERS. Walter Lacy, J. Robins ; Mrs. Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. Followed by PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Mi.ssrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, .ind Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Mlss Clara Weston. To conclude with the Last View of KILLARNEY, intro divlng the Ballet. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM ; containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable superbly executed Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame, in Health and Disease, together with a variety of highly interesting Natural Preparations, Malformations, and Monstrosities. Open daily, from 11 to 8 (for Gentlemen only). Admission One Shilling. Entrances 29, George-street, Hanover-square, and 49A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. - - Explanations and Lectures throughout the day. Illus trated and Descriptive Catalogues sent, post free, for twelve stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. OS TE 0 EID ON: What is it? See Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, CLASS 17. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. U C E.-LEA AND PERR INS I._/ beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA. ' AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "TIIE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." *** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester; Meesrs. CROSSE and BLACKWELL; Messrs. BAR CLAY and Sows, London, &c., &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. WHITE'S MOC-M A ROYAL N LET L T E ER vE S R PATE T N R T . u. SS ITED TN THE GREAT ItIIPTURES.—BY (PERFECTED AND Extrrn I'XIITRITION OF 1, Hundred Medical treatment of HERNIA. often hurtful in its virects, he by th u rm ar os d t s effect T i w v o e The use of a s t ee l s p r i n g, so w ot o g l e ) n f i l s ern a e l n low to invention in the curative ed is here avoid e d— a so ft b an d age be i n g worn round the body, whil e th e requisite resisting power i s su pplied by the 5 n i oe d - c A l l o a s i e n n e P s a s d t a h n a d t P it a t e a e Paten., n I o . e t v b e r e , d f i e t t t e i /l c t e g d w , i had, and the truss, which cannot fail to iptive circular may 1)e "umference if the body , t wo inches below t h e hips, fit, forwarded by post, on thbeeciinrg atnbdsmo a m y u b c e h worn during sleep. A d escr ease sent to the tnanufucturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. • A Single Truss, li, 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425, ad 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. fid. T'ostaze, ls. 10d. Conk-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post offitv. Piccadilly. ki EW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS A-1 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of !h e Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and i nexpensive, and are drawn on 19 ean ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 78. 6d, 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228,_Pimadilly. i~ f~ ~ - . . // , A - ... , . , ...1 . 1 . ...e. ___ I -10 t . " -' ...... ~, /4!......., . -.1 .. 'F' 4 .i -.1 A _ - " t .. .-- i .....,„ ~ t„ rt." _ - \ i, 4ll, , z - ~. i.,„,,,,,.. _. ~... ~,,,,, „ , -- , :1- , Q, ...,- , - I , .‘ , k 4. , .. ..2 , iii..-------- un _ft . ..v, 4... .., , ~,, p offiti, x' - _ i 'v , 04. • .- - A h. 'll\ ., . ~ ... - , 14 - )., ,- ~- ---- -,-_ ,...0„--, A yvr, ', - • r -.. 41, 4 4 AN l os- . ;(•,,„. ~ --.•,„ . t ._,. ,_ , • .- ~..., - - - __."4-ir • 4 *---- ~ , t•,.1 , ,n,5\ !- - A,- 'Ron- '4 , -_ - 4 - ,v - - . ... THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY DECEIVIBER 9, 1861 THE SMI2HFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. 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 entrances 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 compb.ny, 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, will 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 l i visited even at the high price of 65., when our readers are informed that in one hoar 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 Llanover, and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert of Lanarth, Lord Fevers ham, Lord Berners, Sir M. Peto, M.P., SirJ. Pax ton, M.P., Mr. Bramston, M.P., and Mrs. Bretz:- oton, 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, &a. 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 New Bond street, the manufacturer, in an enclosure in the central avenue. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. THE CITY SOLICITORSHIP. A special court 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 the salary of the 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 city 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 men 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 nimself 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 d by sending it back for r g e n p n o d rt en h u a l d d bbeeeannmswoestre c arefully considered, and no fur ther consideration. Mr. DE JERSEY also supported the motion, and said, with regard to the salary, he thought when the subject came before the committee that £1,250 per annum was sufficient, and he thought so still; and it appeared to him that there was no ground for sending the report back. (Hear, hear.) The whole subject had been thoroughly, fully, and pro perly considered, and there was no reason why the report should not be carried out. The Government were acceding to the feeling of the public with re gard to the restriction in the salaries for the civil service, and only recently a large reduction had been made in the salary of the solicitor to the Post office, and yet a most efficient man was obtained for the office. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ANDERTON and Mr. LAWLEY supported the amendment, and the latter said he should be glad if the Common Sergeant would inform the court whether betrtehemCaode suggestedrporation could by thele rgalelpyerrt.eeeive the fees A u caTtu he b o j f e Parliament, CutmdependingMCOMMON E SERGEANT said he should not like to give a positive opinion at a moment's notice upon that the recommendat i on bu carried out with out i n u t a p an o t n opfr t et h sh e eenc c t o o bni n e s m t w r i u tat c se t e i a o fm n oi pg o ih f nti a nb n ne y 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 was dis cussed. He could not help regarding the pre sent 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 proceeding. (Hear.) The eyes of th e pu b lic were upon them—they would be entitled to se e w h ether they carried out the professions they had mad e w i t h regard to ts appointment, and he trusted th a t they I would not disappoint them. (Hear.) One hon. member had stated that the report was full of ano malies, bat 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 him 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 great:Corporation—wo u ld 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 ...... Majority against the amendment —59 Mr. ROWE 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 f or t h e nex t court. Deputy HARRISON then abked 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. ME7ROPOLITAN SUBTERRANEAN RAIL WAY. 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 abl e eng i neer, M r . Fowler—not to run a single pa ssenger, tra i n unt il every minute detail in relation to their stations and signals was finished, and arranged in the most per fect working order. The directors seem 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 moat 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 which 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 imposed—and above all when it be came necessary to make underground junctions, as at King's-cross, where a labyrinth of complicated brickwork for the tunnel had in fact to be invented for the purpose —only engineers can understand. 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 first great length, from P a ddi ng t on t o Farringdon-st ree t, is complete, with working junc tions to the Gr ea t W estern and G rea t N ort h ern railways. The tu nne l commences at t h e P a ddi ngton terminus, and continues in an almost direct line towards the New-road, passing beneath the Edgware road at right angles, and intersecting in the same manner Lisson-grove-road and Upper Baker-street, skirting along, beneath, 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 Tottenham-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 Finsbury-circus. At this terminus it is intended, for the present at least, to stop; though, as the advantages which this mode of communication will afford become more generally gnown 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 average slope downward of the whole line is one in 100 feet till it enters the City, when it rises slightly again, but there is no steeper gradient than this throughout. The rails vary from a depth of 26 feet to 51 feet below the surface of the ground ; the sharpest cur ve i s one o f 200 yards' radius, and there is no t more than 1,200 yards of perfectly straight line through o ut, Such London, required certa i n adaptation; of the tunnel, accordi ng to the nature a line, passing through all the ki n d s of subso il to i r ffi inin culties it had to s urmount. Thus, in g oibnf o e o ttf d hhoeeu a li n fdod d 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 bix rings of brickwork, though the Board of Trade do not re quire more than five rings in railway arc hes of 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 asphalte 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 cf the kind has ever been accomplished ; but when passing near churehes 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-crose 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 nus, 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 ld. 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. 7HE .RE-ASSESSMENT IN S 7. GEORGE 211 E MAR7YR, 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 has, it is contended, vitiated the poor rate made under it, and in consequence payment of t te last rate made has in general been refused, while no less than 250 appeals have been made against it, on tho 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 upou 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. 7HE JURIDICAL SOCIET 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 chair—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 lorth 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 fortors it was sure to arise from the exami nation of prisoners in their own detente, 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,which be one of a retrogressive character , and e Parliament ought never to sanc tion, eunless Theth in the Crown provided the accused thewithcondemnation Chairman, while he joined of the French system, bl denied that the p ro p osal of Lord Brougham in any wa present a defendant in anayctiroensemed it. At for assault or libel was allowed to tell his own story, but if ;he v ery same offenc es he was crimina lly for an indictment, his mouth was shut prosecuted . °ll _, v a word in his own defence. and he could not 5...., interests . the state o ug h t It was the innocent whos: argument to look after, whereas t he man; against the proposed rule of law was , th at it v., ^ ald deprive the guilty of the chances of escape. The disc,-Rsion I was continued by Mr. Woollen, Mr. Grove, Q.C., 1 PRICK.... -..4d. 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 7 RADE. While one great staple industry of the country is r su a ry depression, fferingfromsovneracebeuout,oitt of is theto b d e ea h rt o h pe o d f ,ttheemrpaow material, it is gratifying to find that a ig no o t s he o r f e h q a u v a i l o l g y important tr a de shows unequivocal s emerged from a depression of now five years' dura tion. It would appear to be the rule that the iron trade receives its periodical impetus from the abund ance of money which springs from the lack of em ployment in the ordinary channels of trade, and that a cheap money is invariably followed by great activity in the iron manufacture, lasting until 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, large 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. 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 far 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 per cent., and the cry is 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 reduce the present large demand for coal and iron. The advices 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 demand 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 11 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 country ; 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 4 , SAMNITBS." --",- According to a Naples correspondent of the Inde pendance Beige, an association of working men of the province of Molisa, or of Samnium, as they are taught by ancient history to call it, have lately sent an address of sympathy to Garibald i, ex p ressed in language of passionate devotion 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 you greeting, and promise you that as their ances tors humbled (lit. made to pass under the Forks) the Roman power, so at your summons on the field of battle they will humble the eagles. and birds of prey, whether yellow or black, enemies or allies. To this characteristic address Garibaldi sent from Pisa the following reply : ° fFIot-wratisyeb' shalleafonrde My dear Brothers,-" thank you for the manly and noble words in which you have addressed me. It was a grea t consolation to me to know that, tormented as you are by the brigands whom the Court of Rome sends out amongst y and ill-protected by a weak Government unworthy of men of ogles, the , and more submissive to the foreigner than devoted i you o , to the country, you still have faith in the salvation of Italy. There are great virtues in the workinggutme associations like yours tend to develop them. underthe heartily the free people of Ital The correspondent of the Ind G, GARIBALDI. written " the foreigners who as a fact worth notice that G ' Gari baldi with his own hand ,, ependance mentions oppress us;" but aribaldi's secretary had out Cal di the ll phrase, and substituted the words our oppressors." [ADVERTISEMENT , ]—HoIIoway's Pills.—Blood to the Head, with Symptoms of Apoplexy.—Holloway's Pills are undeniably th e fi nest medicine in t h e wor ld f or bili ousness 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 travel consider them a necessa ry requisite. Frequently the blood becomes 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, ~/~ ~~; .~_ << G Lawton, the bottom steward, also went down, and was obligee. 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 clone until bratticing was fixed aul the air-c(,nrtic was cleared. The number of men in the pit is vai,:z.-usly esti mated, the lowest being that considerably more than 100 remain to be recovered, and in wnat Otate it is easy to imagine. U v. -- eiwspAppyt f-... ,--..' . .Trif-C ~-.-,.. ,\ k\ .I.ii,„f-g -- 12e-ifetim A „._ r tr; ,, ,, - 0 - ' V.,1 , ‘ tERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPriCIAOrAI' , - i -,-. ' -- ---- -- - -p, , -5-,..-' , ..47 ,. ? NEAR BA.R.NSLO*-ai4..fi.-A,.7--, -4,- k- •------,,-.-. ~,, ,tAat , 4 - ' - ‘ -, •i" - ?;:ic. - -7 ,e,-, - - II Yesterday, shortly before 11 o'clo*::titi4oloii'"ti of fire damp took phioe at the EdmtindlalaiilCo% l " —' liery, which it is to be feared will be attended with a very serious loss of life. Indeed, since the terrible catastrophe at Lund hill in 1857, nahing apparently so calamitous has occurred in this district. The col liery, which is about 180 yards deep, and in which the Barnsley bed of coal has been principally worked, has been 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, numbering close upon 300, were startled by an explosion of fire damp whichcaused those near the pit bo tt om to at once make that spot for safety; those in t h e ad vanced levels, some 1,400 or 1,600 y ards distant, were unable to reach it in consequence of the gas. The men at the top were soon made acquainted with the stlte of affairs by the qTintity of coal end rubbish thrown up out o f th e cupola by the explo sion. Assistance was promptly obtaLled, and as the neweteached the other collieries in the neigh bout hood 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 devoutly praying. . An investigation made by several mining engi neers showed that there was no hope of res Cuing the men, of whom there are supposed t o be ai least from 40 to 50 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 Parley Main, a volunteer, who was ever foremost in endeavouring to rescue the lives of those endangered by similar catastrophes in .the district. UNIVE.RSI7Y INLELLIGENCE. 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 passed all the examinations required for the B.A. degree. Candidates must present themselves to the Principal on or before Friday, January 30, and bring with them testimonials from their college, certificates of baptism, and, if necessary, testamurs of the Public Examiners. The examination will be in the subjects recognised in the classical bchools. 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 Elizabeth 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. 7118 BOULEVARD PRINCE EUGENE. • - The following is a translation of the Emperor's speech, from the Moniteur :-- M. le Prefet and Gentlemen 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 publie 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 faze officugle or the taxe offleieuse 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 good 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. Thus 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 ds Paris, who was orderly officer to General Hoche at the age of 14, who was one of the heroes of the retreat from Russia, and who, rather than abandon France and the Jimperor, refused the crown of Italy, which was offered to him by the Allied Sovereigns. I cannot say how much 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 Faubourg 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 there 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. The Allgemeine Zeitung states that the recent than to as k t h e nomination of M. von Eichmann as , Envoy Extraordinary and fully accredited Minister of the Bing of Pru ss i a to the Court of Rio Janeiro h a s nf , yther object hand of the heir to the Brazilian throne--the Princess Isa belle, daughter of Do m Pedro IL, now 16 ye ars o f age—for a son of prince Hohenzollern - Sigmaringen. Some time since it w as t hou ght that the Duk e o f C hartres, grandson of Louis Philippe, would be a suit or f or the hand of the prin ce„, but his taking part in th e campa i gn aga i nst th e Southern S tates of North A mer i ca destroyed his influence with the rich planters and s l ave h o ld era o f B raz il, a 4g L 29 -0 0 0. 18. 29• 15. 1 I ti" e I 1. r. i °43°l por lBll 8 41 , I to" , ,vogpot°! roo ts if , of 11 D ' L'oter 'Vi ce ' " p 0 ___....-.••--" ,01 4 0 02, 0. Aty °f