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Messrs. Charles Kean, J. F. Cathcart, Everett, H. Mars ton, Atkins, Mizses Chapman and Mrs. Charles Kean. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother llubbard and her «onderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of growifi, wherein there shall b e a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, Ituch dwelling shall be freely h e ld b y the builder anything herei n t o th e con trary nevertheless notwithstanding." —Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and splendid Scenery by WILLIAM., BEVERLEY, Assisted by Messrs O. Pitt, Craven, B r o w , & T., & c. Masks, SymbeVic Devices, Personal Appointm en t s , and -Oesigns for 'the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. T l 2.'s Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. 3. IL TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tuck er an d As sistants. The Tricks Properties, Changes, and Tra ns t or . mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, IL Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. h inckley. The Chore in grhic ArNa em ents b Mr. Corack. Th e Harlequinadeap and Comicg Scenes by Nessrs. Cormack and 13. Jones. Th e P erfume of the Flowers supplied b y Rimtnel s process. b y L. BLANCHAR D ' The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and wr itt en whole And the . hole arranged and produced under the imme diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. owners both to the International the society's garden, were in gr this source, too, he anticipated advantages to the society. He had to correct an error in the report, which stated that the number of new Fellows re cently elected was 117, whereas the number ought to have been 157. He had ,nothing more to say, except to move the:adoption of the report. Mr. Alderman •WILSON' seconded the motion which after a brief conversation wa* agreed to. His Graet, the Duke of Buccleuch was then elected President of the Society, And the vacancies in the council, caused by the retirement of the mem bers in accordance with the laws, having been filled up, thanks were given to the Chairman, And the proceedings terminated. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 1862. N°. 21,723. STAMPED ....sd. PUBLICATIONS. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the TWENTY SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie tors in this Company, will be held on THURSDA Y, the 13t h day of February next, at One o'clock precisely, in the Public Sales Room, Liverpool and London Chambers, High-street, Liverpool, to receive a Report and Statement of the Com pany's Affairs, and to Elect Seven Directors, in lieu of those who retire by rotation. THE HERIFORD .BUILDING COIIIPAIV services, to which the success of the company was mainly to be attributed. (Cheers.) Dr. TowEits seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Now ready, in 3 vols., with Portrait, 31s. 6c1., THE PRIVATE DIARY OF RICHARD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CIIANDOS, H.G. " A very amusing chronicle. That it will be read with curiosity we cannot doubt."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. (Froin the Hertford Mercury.) The annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the Ton Hall, Hertford, on Monday afternoon. Amongst those present were C. J. Dimsdale, Esq., M. PI. Gosselin, Esq., R. Dimsdale, Esq., J. W. Clfesshyre, Esq., Jasper Gripper, Esq., E. R. Spence, Esq., T. Smith, Esq., M. S. Longmore, Esq., W. M. Armstrong, Esq., Dr. Towers, Mr. Ludlo w , M r. H atc h ar d , & c , Mr. Gosselin having been called to the chair, Mr. R. Dimsdale read the report. The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report be received and adopted, said he hoped the report would be satisfactory to the shareholders and to all who took an- interest in the objects which they had in view. Mr. C. J. DIMSDALE moved a vote of thanks to the chairman, to whose readiness to assist in any good work he bore cordial testimony. He (Mr. Dimsdale) had had the question of the improve ment of the dwellings of the poor under his con sideration for many years; and had, in a small way, endeavoured to carry out his views on his own property. Having been for many years a good deal connected with the gaol, he was satisfied by what he saw there, that the wretched state of cottage property was one of the reasons why that penal establishment was too often crowded. On his own estate he found that improved dwellings had led to improved habits among the labourers, to increased domesticity, and consequently to increased happiness in the family ; and he was sure that if landed proprietors generally appreciated the bene fits which would accrue to themselves from the im provement of labourers' cottages, they would give their hearty assistance in promoting- that object. (Cheers.) Fourteenth Edition, 28. 6d , with gilt edges, WOMAN'S MISSION, By order of the Board, SWINTON BOULT, Secretary. lIEALT4 OF LONDON _DURLNG THE WEEK London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. January 30, 1862. N.B.—The Transfer Books will be closed until the 28th February next. 111E.31.—1t is requisite that notice of any change or Residence should be given in writing to the Secretary, at the Com pany's Offices, Liverpool, that the Warrants for Dividend may not be mis-sent. THE ART-WORLD. NEW ILLUSTRATED ART PAPER. On Saturday, March 1, 1862, containing 32 pages Quarto, price Fivepence (stamped for post Si x p ence ), N o. 1 of T HE ART-WORLD and INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITOR; a Weekly Illustrated Journal of Paint ing, Sculpture, Architecture, Ornamental Art and Manufac tures, Engraving, Photography, Poetry, Music, the Drama, &c. Edited by HENRY OTTLEY, assisted by Writers of eminence in the various Departments of Art. Published by W. H. Lindley, at the Office, 19, Catherine street, Strand ; where all Communications for the Editor, Advertisements, &e., are to be addressed. G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.—Paid up, One Million. a a er PRESENT DISTRESS rN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITEPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all Is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon. First Prin ciples." ,ynopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, With OLD MOT HER HUBBARD'S COTTAG E, Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight), "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get her per Dog a bone W as bare, an d so the poor when she got there, the cupboard Dog had none."—Ancient Nur fiery Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; H er D og, S i gnor o tor enzo ; J ac k (the " Man all tattered and torn"), Miss . Hut; the Squi re , M r, Tom Matthews; Dame Wiggins t, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Bar s by ; H er Won derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the G rea t G oose, Master ilgea ninguns • Constables Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish teadle,, Mr. Bu' Mble ; Vidagers, Messrs. Yokel, rumPkin, -WhaerAt ravr, Chawbacon, &c., &c. ; Rosetta (the' Ma i den all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a cert ain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable Planks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the . Hat, and the Hose —The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative-- Arrival of the Squir Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Will-o'..the-Wisp ................ Miss Lanza, Lives Fatui—Mdll es, Sidney, Travers, Barnes A. Barnes, afore; Webb, T aylor, BraithwaiteHammilton Step ley, Harris, Cand y , C opeland, Archer. Hawkins, Delaney, ton, 'Williams, Robin son, W ood, Watson, and Hamel- Grand Ballet, Cha gne - a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation I The Incantation Il and the Evapora tion I I I 111-1 E VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE HOUSE. Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon ; Old Scratche (his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ,• Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway; Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. ' Tight& ; Mum /ides Messrs. Grinner Joker, Magger, Cracksides, O'Reilly, M‘Phun &c.;; St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the Dragon, Mr. Scal'yfellovr; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ; Orson, Mr. Wildman ; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; I3ear 'Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land sljplord, Mr. Treblex ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, , Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village Revel that follows —Corning of Age in the Olden Time j How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is t reated in. another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub bard's reason. THE "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Gran Hubbard, Comique and Pas d o B roomst i ck, by Alother The Dreamer and the Worker —The Vision of Pleasure and tho Di v i s i on of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the ho Di v i sion of bykwynkyn) Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, llodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia lurre Masons, Baby B r i c kl ayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf DI ain Makers Anxihalries. , and Child C arpenters by a Host of Juvenile THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser; The Dag, By Himself; The Cow Madame Brindle; The Priest (" All shaven and shorn4), Mr. Jollyman; The Cock ("That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle doo. Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collectien of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight), Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence-Another curious instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH -HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BU LRUSHES. ante How the Squire comes to gri e f and afterwards to repent , and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. The Transformation. Ihrlequins ...... Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE. Columbines .... The Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons ...... Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Clowns ..... Messrs. FORREST and HULINE. -rotesquO ........ Sinor. LORENZO. 1861-1862 ...... 14. STILT. S PRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1 .--EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR DOWN" STR EET. kessTs. Huline, St, Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss. Christmas Presents —every Ma (B) to Pst, vi ten the Post -Man—Clown rides n the and high oy horse, his which Drove s his rock a _ Two Young Men from the Country, and Clown gets over them —a Sewing Machine (not a poor Needleworean)—a thorough Blow out —a Man in very re duced circumstance —Clown finds the Fruits of stealing -Apples in an elephantine way Band of Brothers —the Police in Great and Small —Clown gets into a row tustl ß blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all e—N.B. Not Crinoline 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Connack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Tiarkquin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair —the head ish of the table—llarlequin goes through a Deal, and Clown become s a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his ?_ven trap, a n d ki lls a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad "" lo wn Puzz-necagharact for hima Lecturewn on the Gorilla, by a well ,,er—Clo meets with a few 'alt ia kers)- - this Scene e n d s at the finish of it. Friends (not 3.-.-THE INTERIOR OF A. RAILWAY STATION. . ,Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6 d—Duty off Paper— ' the Times" reduced the Times on the rise Pa book that takes leafe of Clown —Harlequin gets his horse from a Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a-Lond, only on the Quiet —Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— late arrivals—Messrs. ileverintime, Toolate, De anne , an d blesstee--Clown burns hi s fingers (not the only person that h as d one 80—Clown gives Good Bail and find s a Bale 0 goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands I I The Sands II I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yar n an d a b oat Lying too—the Pier INlaster's a p - Pierance—Clown. makes a Man's hair turn sandy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives —Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert—fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters -a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) ---The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP —After a storm a calm aPPears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE OF SPLENDOUR. Doord open at half-past Six, to commence at Seven o'clock. T ickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be had a t the Box Office before the opening. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. tiipPS'S COCOA. J (Commonly called Epps's Tromceopathio Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and inviro rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., alb., and llb packets, at 16.6 d. per lb.,by Grocers. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAS T A . s NEW WORK, Price ls., by post r ls.ou I;olivikErasi;n 29, cornhua. 0* Spermatorrimea, Syphilis, Stricture, Meets Ilmmorrholds, Marriage : Impediments removed, and II ealthy Offspring B eCnred, TI Dr. C. may be consulted daily till 12, a t iet rost-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-l e 1 1 -Gr n and from 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough- street, 1 1,T ' T)R. 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Os i ;f l , lle Pse and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very h I Pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the f,roPrietor of the Tti'rkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the r e el :lt - office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of lute hi2ng. information while those who have already encouraged oh - new system i'vill derive additional advantage if they IF,terre some of the practical regulations which the writer ,r,;,t,vours to enforce "—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. --ile Post -office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. t , l'• Post-office h l d t lished the reputation of a ~ . as a rea ye a roved • Phil ati i‘Pnys . ician ; he has now p himself to be a worthy the heart of the c!.iropist, in as far as lie has established, in co. very of 'ity, an institution that more nearly than any dis Of ~I , modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice thrp , ,e, than any proposition or invention yet established, the at rßif3ll Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct on o ~Von of our City readers to the fact that they possess Which the country set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, an d ___ u country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, 'nost admira' is b aths , degree effect. Dr. Culverwell refinement fitted u wh p. u ith a of elegance, luxury, and hrh.`'ll, enoshierirer the s •at his disposal, is truly sur -6.".,3-, while everythingpace lirl "eon that taste or delicacy could desire oitor. obtained i, , to add to the comfort and luxury of the T',,..in,_,°eli regenera7- Tv justly say that if a man ever :feels '''' lBll Bath." ,t and new made, it is on Coming outpf:a — Era, Oct. 13, 1861. re ng l id m- es'o Luis was vier ° ;ale• ra- e. 40 6 44 0 40s 4%.3$ bitieo loxio low stip Or' bar' pre' ,adl )ub- reett 37 of of ti 010 , F• oer inty N- Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58. by post free, ss. 6d. O N TRUE And FALSE SPERIVIATORMICEA; V with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Ilypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICIt FORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he infbrms us, that he has addressed himself to the non -medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correet."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The diftrence between true Spermatorrhcca and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we h ave scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : R. Ballltere, 219, Regent-street. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- < -.A_ Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre [!ared withouVany mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, 'Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual .costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and , trengthen the whole nervous system. Sol Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket London, by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lfd., and three times the quantity in one, 28. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike , 0 Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re 'axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., :which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from obl servatlon, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavfstock-square, London, W.C. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst, Dr. Itisord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at ils., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR. LA'MERT ON SELF-PRESERVATION. Price Is. ; post-free, 13, or sealed ends, 20 stamps, with En gravings and Cases, May be had of Mann and Co., 3D, Cornhill, London, or direct from the Author. `ELI-PRESERVATION.—A popular Essay on K} Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from injurious habits contracted in youth, or excesses in maturity, which, by prematurely exhausting the functions of Manhood, de stroy the happiness of Married Life or prevent the fulfil ment of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. By Dr. LA'MERT, 37, Bedford-square, London. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, &c. The above work contains most useful and interesting information on the physiological changes which occur in the Reproductive System during the periods of youth, puberty, and manhood ; and on the due attainment of that degree of functional vigour upon which the hopes of posterity depend. It also points out how all the attributes of Man hood can be preserved to an advanced period of life, how they are lost, and how they can be recovered. It is free from the gross exaggerations, alarming descriptions, and dangerous renrodies so generally resorted to by persons, who, prac tising with false medical qualifications, inflict most serious injuries, and render judicious treatment frequently abortive. The Author is the only legally qualified practitioner whose name stands on the Medical Register (the only true test of medical qualification), who has been exclu sively engaged for a series of years in the treatment of the various functional disorders of the nervous and reproductive system, which, owing to the great discoveries of modern science, are rendered subservient to a rational, simple, and easy mode of treatment. At home for consultation daily from 10 till 2, and from 6 till 8, either personally or by letter.-37, Bedford-square. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: t MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERHATORBIRE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. rust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- T' MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. Cuams, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications if Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS ON THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and .hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 18d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source o f those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the teat of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in apish' and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row: Mann, 39, Cornhill. 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Likewise SKIN DISEASES and their REMEDIES, con taining the modern treatment (as adapted at the Hospital St. Louis, Paris), and for the cure of those diseases so preva lent in a high state of civilisation, price 2s. 6d. by post 2s. led. To be had of the Author, who is reel who the New Medical Act (see Medical Register), and who has devoted his exc lusive studies to the above dis eases, and is the discoverer 29, George-st reet, llanover-square, Lon don,opsultatiOn trop 1 1 to 1, and 5 to 8; Sundays 11 tIIII. ph H ro o d u i r s s io o n t , oftielVA. DIRECTORS. Chairman—HENßY VIGNE, Esq. Deputy Chairman—Sir MINTO T. FARQUIIAR, Bart., M.P. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq. Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. James TuHoch, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In ,,nrers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1850, the Life A ssurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre miums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extcit of their values, if such value be not less than £5O. -- ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES. —Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge for Policy Stamps. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. SOMETHING WONDERFUL AT EVANS' EVERY EVENING, at Half-past Ten o'clock. Suppers after the Theatres. Old English Glees, Madrigals, Four-part Songs, as ever. ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS !!- The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Bon'court, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission Is.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. 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KIRKHAM—The quiet town of Kirkham, in Lancashire, has been for some time past agitated with the church-rate question. There is a suit now pending in an ecclesiastical court as to the validity of the last rate ; the question raised being the liability of the 15 townships of which the parish is composed to a rate for the parish church. Notwithstand ing this the parochial authorities have demanded another rate. There was a large attendance at the vestry-meeting on Thursday, and much discussion. It was proposed that there should be a three months' adjournment, to await the decision of the suit in the Consistory Court of York ; also that all items should be struck out of the estimate except those for repairs, which amounted to less than £lO, out of £64; and further, that there should be six weeks' ad journment, to raise funds by some other means than a rate Tho vicar put all these proposals, which were lost, and then a poll took place upon them, and upon the motion for a rate. It:was an exciitng affair, lasting from ten in the morn ing until eight at night, and the result was the rejection of all the propositions except that for the rate, which was car. ried by 409 to 263. The Roman Catholic ratepayers voted with the anti-rate party. The promoters of the rate had the advantage of previous preparation, and brought up to vote ratepayers wbo knew so little about the matter that, to make it plain, the question was put, "Do you vote for the church or for Mr. Knox ?" Though the rate is carried there is likely to be a continuance of the most pertinacious opposition. STAPLEHURST.—For some time considerable excitement has prevailed in this parish on the above subject occasioned by the determination of the churchwardens to carry with a high hand the rate to its utmost extremity. On Thursday last five parties who had received summonses appeared before the bench at Cranbrook to show cause why they refused to pay. The Rev.:E. Bailey, Independent minister, was the 'lust called on to show cause why he refused to pay three shillings, the amount of his church rate. Mr. Ben • nett, of Serjeant's•inn, ably conducted the defence, and urged two objections, first, that the summons issued was for a rate made on the 10th of January, whereas he should prove that no business of any kind was done on that evening; and, secondly, that the bench had no jurisdiction, inasmuch as the rate had been disputed as in valid. A meeting, on November the Ist, of ratepayers had been convened, and a proposition was made that a sum of threepence in the pound should be granted as a church rate, whereupon Mr. Jull moved as an amendment, " That the expenses attendant upon the church be defrayed by voluntary contributions;" this amendment the chairman refused to put to the meeting, and therefore the bench had I no jurisdiction, inasmuch as a bone fide objection had been made as to the validity of the rate. The bench retired for a short time, and on their return their worships said they considered the objection bona fide, and had decided that the case must be dismissed, as they had no jurisdiction, The other summonses also fell to the ground. SMA.RDEN. — According to notice, a vestry-meeting was held on Thursday, the 30th lilt, to consider the subject of a rate. After some discussion, a penny rate was proposed, no counter motion was submitted, but the proposal was simply negatived by a majority voting against it. After the meeting a voluntary subscription was started to defray the expense necessary to keep the parish church in order. The Weald of Kent Chronicle mentions as a good effect of this way of disposing of th e ques ti on , th a t soon a ft er th e vestry, a meeting was held for the purpose of framing rules and electing officers for th e Mutual ImprovementlSociety. It was convened in the school-room, readily lent by the rector ; side by side stood the churchwarden and the Baptist minister, co. operating in the kindest spirit in conducting the business of the evening, Mr. R. DIMSDALE, in seconding the motion, said he thought the report must on the whole be consi dered very satisfactory. It was indeed more than they could have anticipated a few years ago. The dividend they were able to pay was more favourable than in the ease of many similar societies. The Salopian at the end of the fourth year was not able to pay any dividend, and the Worcester Society had not paid any dividend for seven years. The ques tion was raised last year—how were they to pro vide for the future extension of tka society's opera tions. They were at present very much confined to the town of Hertford, and there was a difficulty in extending the area of their operations. They did not intend to build more cottages, and theref ore th e y must convert old houses into better ones. They did not however intend to go hunting about the co un ty for property to convert, though they were quite willing to look at any which people might like to offer them. He was of opinion that the only way in which they could hope largely to extend their ope rations was by:the formation of district associations. They had not yet been in a position to carry out this plan, but he hoped they would be so in course of the present year. He had received from Bishop Stort ford and Baldock assurances that they would be glad to aid in the formation of societies on this principle, and he hoped also to receive co-operation from other quarters. He referred to this subject, because one of their great difficulties had reference to the mode in which the operations of the company could be extended. With regard to the model cottages which had been erected, he must s p ea k frankly to them. They had not felt able to bind the builder to his contract, owing to the rise which took place in the cost of building materials after the contract was entered into. They, therefore, threw the building open to competition, when there was a difference of £4OO between the highest and the lowest tender. That of Mr. Ekins was accepted, and it was only justice to him to say that he had executed the work entirely to the satisfaction of the directors. The cottages having been erected, the next thing to be considered was what should be done with them. It was proposed to let them for £5 or £6 a year each, and he believed that £5 was as large an amount as they should call upon agricultural labourers to pay. Mr. Robert Smith (the gentleman who sold the land on which the cottages were built), however, wrote to ask if they were willing to part with th e cottages, which were near to the model farm he purposed establishing ; and bearing in mind the liberal manner in which he had acted towards the com pany, they were anxious, if possible, to dis-. pose of the cottages to him. They, therefore. took the expenditure and added to it £2O, which was not much, as it very little exceeded the premium they had paid for plani, and sold the cottages to Mr. Smith for £650, (Hear, hear.) At the last meeting a gentleman said It would be satis factory if they got 5 per cent. for cottage property in the town, and 2 yer cent. in the country. Now, if they had retained these cottages in their hands, they would have received more than two per cent. He referred to this, because Lord Palmerston, in his speech at Romsey last year, expressed a doubt whether such property would ever pay a per ten tage at all. There was a great need of model cot tages like these which had been erected by this company, as a means of inducing gentlemen to build on their estates, and to attach cottages to their farms. The great evil of these times was the ten dency to pull down cottages and drive the labouring population into the towns, where they crowded the courts and alleys. Now, it had Veen stated by a farmer at one of the large meetings held in reference to the question of labourers' dwelling, that he was willing to pay an additional rent of two per cent. if the landlord would attach cottages to the farm, and place them in the hands of the farmer—a sufficient proof this of the importance which was attached to the housing of labourers near the spot where their work was. But the Company, in building the four model cottages, had completed this part of their work. They would be glad to build other cottages on the same terms if they could got land on the same terms—(hear, hear)—but he thought that their proper work now chiefly lay in the courts and alleys of the town, where much of the house property had fallen into the hands of specula tors, who had got as much out of it as they could, without caring for the residents; and if the Com pany could get this property out of their hands it might do a great deal of good. (Hear.) They had purchased a plot of ground in Butcherly-green, on which there were three cottages, one of which they had improved and enlarged, while they had pulled down a second, and erected two comfortable cottages in its place, which they had let at rents paid for houses of an indifferent character. (Hear.) Last year they were fortunate enough to obtain the ser vices of an honorary architect (Mr. T. Smith), who had produced two cottages at a cost considerably less than any that had come under the notice of the directors, and at a sum less than the estimate, which was £195 per pair, while the actual cost was only £l9O. The Company propesed to go on, as opportunity occurred, purchasink a larger and larger amount of similar property. At Worcester, the local society had bought up a whole district similar to Butcherly,green, and converted the miserable dwellings there into good substantial houses ; and the directors of this Company looked forward to the time when they should be able to do something of the kind. They had at the present moment several offers, of some of which they hoped to be able to avail themselves. They were, how ever, necessarily limited by the small extent of their funds. To do good on a large scale, they must have greatly increased funds; and the fact that they were now dealing with a loc ality which was a household word for being what a place of h uman residence ought not to b e, gave them a strong claim on public support. On e of the inevitable improvement of the dwell consequences of the ings of the poor would be a reduction in the poor's rates, and in the amount of crime. Their object was therefore one which com mended itself both on moral, soc i al, and even on pecuniary grounds. They must make an appeal to the public for a larger measure of support, and when the company showed that tho improvement of a neighbourhood, and the diminution of pauperism and crime were not inconsistent with a fair dividend on the money expended, he thought they had good reason to hope that this support would not be with held. (Chee.cs.) Mr. Dimsdale concluded by read ing a letter from Mr. Cowper, who, he said, took a deep interest in the company, and would have pre sided to-day, if official business had not required his presence in London. (Cheers.) After some observations from Mr. J. W. Ches shyre, the resolution was agreed to. MT. M. S. LONGMORE moved : C. Dimsdale, Esq., Itobt. "That IV. R. Baker , Es q ., Dimsdale, Esq., and E. H. Hoskins, Esq. (who retire by rotation), be re-elected directors of the company." Mr. Longman expressed his great satisfaction with the report, and said the thanks (11 the directors were specially due to Mr. Robert Dimsdale for his great The Rev. RUSSELL seconded the vote of thanks in an effective speech, remarking on the necessity of showing that investments of this kind would insure a moderate return, and on the benefit which would accrue to landlords from the diminu tion of the poor's rate. He urged the importance of extending the operations of the society to the villages and smaller towns. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the vote, re marked that the present law of parish rating was a hindrance to the erection of cottages in villages. The greatest assistance that could be given to the company, and to the object they had in view, would be by a law substituting union for parochial rating. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. THE SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Yesterday, at two o'clock, a public meeting, con vened on a requisition to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, signed by upwards,..of 150 noblemen and gentlemen, was held in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house, to adopt measures ',preparatory to the forthcoming annual meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, which is to be held in London soon after the open ing of the Great Exhibition. The requisitionists include, among others, the names of Lord Brougham, Earl Russell, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl For tescue, the Bishop of London, Mr. Adderley, M.P., Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood, Sir John Kay Shuttleworth, the Earl of Shaftes bury, Lord Stanley, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Cal thorpe, Lord Talbot de Malahide, the Honourable W. Cowper (the First Commissioner of Works), Earl Thiele, and Lord Ebury. Among the gentle men on the plattorm were the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Sir F. Goldsmid, M.P., Mr. Hanbury, M.P., Mr. Angerstein, M.P., Mr. W. Murray, M.P., Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., Mr. R. N. Fowler, Dr. Binney, Mr. Russell Gurney (the Recorder), the Common Sergeant, Mr. S. Morley, Mr. S. Teulon, Mr. M'Cann, M.P., Mr, Alderman Rose, Mr. W. Humphery, Mr. J. F. Goldsmid, Mr. A. Edgar, Mr. I. Howell, Mr. Thos. Winkworth, Dr. John Lee, Mr. George Godwin, Dr. Farr, Mr. Craufurd, M.P., Mr. Cave, M.P., Mr. ITO, M.P., Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, M.P., Ad miral Sir Thomas Hastings, Mr. Dudley Fortescue, M.P., Sir Joshua Rowe, Air. Longworth, M.P., Sir Andrew Agnew, M.P., Mr. James lleywood, Mr. William Cotton, Deputy Obbard, and Mr. W. C. Fowler. The LORD MAYOR, on taking the chair, briefly explained the purposes of the meeting, and com mented upon the public importance of the objects which the society aimed at achieving. Mr. G. W. HASTINGS, the hon. secretary, read a paper, stating that the association was founded in 1857 to aid the development of social science, and to guide the public mind to the best practical means of promoting the amendment of the law, the ad vancement of education, the prevention and repres sion of crime, the reformation of criminals, the adoption of sanitary regulations, and the diffusion of sound principles on all questions of social eco nomy. The association aims to bring together the various societies and individuals who are engaged or interested in furthering these objects ; and, with out trenching upon independent exertions, seeks to elicit by discussion the real elements of truth, to clear up doubts, to harmonise discordant opinions, and to afford a common ground for the interchange of trustworthy information on the great social pro blems of the day. Five annual meetings have been held—namely, at Birmingham, Liverpool, Bradford, Glasgow, and Dublin, all of which have been most successful in their character, and have resulted in the collection of a large amount of valuable in formation on the social condition of the United Kingdom, and in a number of practical improve ments, adopted in consequence of the suggestions made at those meetings. It is expected that the London meeting in 1862 will be attended, not only by the bulk of the ordinary members of the Asso ciation, but also by a large number of foreign jurists, economists, statisticans, and philanthropists, more especially as the " Congres de Bienfaisance," a body with somewhat similar objects and constitu tion, which has already met in Brussels and Frank fort, will this year assemble in London, and will hold a conjoint meeting with the Association, in the same building and under the same arrange ments. It is most desirable that an adequate recep tion should be given to the association at its London meeting, more especially to the foreign members, and that an effort should be made to combine the different sections of the metropolis for this purpose. It is conceived that the City would appropriately take the lead in such an undertaking. Sir JOHN PAKINOTON, M.P., who WAS cheered on rising to speak, bore witness, on moving the first resolution, to the thorough appreciation of the aims and objects of the association which had been mani fested by all intelligent people in the great provin cial towns in which it had held its meetings, and anticipated that its reception in the great metropolis would not be less cordial. He spoke of the unmixed satisfaction he had felt, at the gatherings of the as sociation in the great centres of industry, to seamen of all political parties and of all professions meeting together to communicate the results of their expe rience and knowledge on great social problems for the common benefit of their fellow-countrymen. He also adverted to the delight with which at those meetings he had seen thousands of the artisans of Birmingham, Liverpool, Bradford, and Glasgow, deriving enjoyment and instruction from the lips of men so wise, enlightened, and philanthropic as Lord Brougham, Earl Russell, and Lord Shaftes bury. Presuming not to comment on the manner in which tho great leading objects of the asso ciation had been handled at those gatherings, he could not, however, help adverting to that in which he himself took a more immediate interest, and which would be confessed by every intelligent man to be one of the first and greatest subjects to which the thoughts of the community could be directed—he meant the great question of the education of the people. (Hear, hear.) While feeling that in England this great question was not free from difficulties, he had had the satisfaction, when at the meeting of the association at Glasgow, to see distinguished members of the Established Church and of the Free Kirk assembled together in the same room discussing the differences which had kept them apart, and that in a tone and manner which led him to feel that the foundation was laid for amicable action in future between parties who had hitherto been so much opposed. (Hear, hear.) He had n o t th e goo d fortune to b e present at the Dublin meeting last year Abut he had been informed that, under the able and distinguished guidance of his friend Sir John Lefevre, when Ultramontane Roman Catholics met some of the most zealous Ulster Protestants, and when an outbreak of party feeling was rather apprehended, the Irish system of education was discussed in a spirit from which the best results were to be augured. The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving:—" That this meet ing, strongly approving the objects of the Associa tion for the Promotion of Social Science, desires to express its earnest hope that the sixth annual meet ' ing of that association, to be held in London in June neat, in conjunction, with the Congres de Bienfaisance, will receive the hearty support of the City and of the whole metropolis." Mr RUSSELL GURNEY, the Recorder, in seconding the resolution, said he thought there never was a time when a society such as this w as more desirable, for whatever might be the faults of the present age, we could not number among them any want of dili gence in searching out existing evils or of boldness in facing them. The great aim of the association was to direct public attention to evils in our social system, and to sift the various remedies of which they might be supposed to be susceptible. The mem , hers of his own profession would not deny that there were obvious and great blemishes in the law, and that for some of them it was exceedingly difficult to find an appropriate remedy. Of that the re formation and punishment of criminals furnished a striking instance. No subject was more important in the present day, and none more difficult of treat ment. On this matter, as compared with some other countries, we had been somewhat behindhand. For a long time we had a system of punishment which enabled us to hide the evil out of sight, by sending our criminals to distant lands; but that system could prevail no longer, for as soon as every colony was strong enough to resist it refused any longer to be the receptacle of our moral filth. (Hear, hear.) The consequence was that we had to keep our criminals at home, and therefore the consider ation was forced upon us as to the best mode of reforming them. (Hear.) No judge, perhaps, had. ever passed sentence on a convict without feeling that, although he might thereby carry terror into the minds of those exposed to temptation, and per haps ready to yield to it, he was in all probability taking a course which would render the criminal himself worse than before. (Hear, hear.) It was, therefore, desirable for properly qualified men to consult together as to the most effective modes of prison discipline and reformatory punishment, and especially to consider those of foreign countries. For these reasons he could not refuse to hear his testimony to the usefulness of the aims which this Association had proposed for itself, and to the ad vantages likely to accrue from the meeting about to be held in the metropolis. The motion, which was briefly supported by Mr. CAVE, M,P., was then put and carried ; and then, at the instance of Sir F. GOLDSMID, M.P., seconded by Mr. Alderman ROSE, a general committee of noblemen and gentlemen was nominated in order to make the necessary preparations for the meeting, and to afford an adequate reception for the nume rous foreigners who are expected to attend. A resolution was also passed, on the motion of Mr. S. GURNEY, M.P., seconded by Admiral Sir THOMAS HASTINGS, authorizing the opening of a subscription list to defray the expenses of the Lon don meeting of the Association in conjunction with the Congres de Bienfaisance. Mr. S. MORLEY, in a brief speech, commended the Association, as affording a platform on which earnest men, widely differing in opinion, might meet without compromise on various subjects bearing upon the well-being of the people; Mr. HAsTiNus, the secretary, stated incidentally that the First Commissioner of Works had granted the society the use of Burlington-house and the ad jacent grounds for the purpose of holding their sec tional meetings. The proceedings then, on the motion of Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., terminated with a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for convening and presiding over the meeting. ROYAL IiORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the members of this society was held in the council room of the society's establishment at South Kensington. Amongst the Fellows present we noticed W. Wilson Saun ders, Esq., Treasurer of the Society, Henry T. Home, Esq., John Clutton, Esq., S. H. Godson, Esq., C, Edmonds, Esq., B. Wrench, Esq., R. I. Dix, Judge Des Banes, Rev. W. Griffiths, Thos. Walcot, Esq., Capt. Jefferson, H. R. Sandbach, Esq,, Dr. Hogg, T. B. Saunders, Esq., Mr. Alder man Copeland, MX., and Mr. Alderman Wilson. The chair was taken at one o'clock by Sir C. W. Dilke, Bart. Dr. LINDLEY, the secretary, read the report of the council. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the adoption of the report, referred in a feeling manner to the lamented death of the Prince Consort, the President of the Society, who had always manifested the greatest anxiety to promote its welfare. To the melancholy event to which he had alluded was to be attributed the circumstance of his presiding over the meeting on that occasion. The report which had just been read to them went so fully into every matter in which the Fellows were interested that it hardly became necessary that he should make any observa tions on the matter contained in that report. It might be necessary, however, to point attention to the circumstance of a new charter having been granted to the society, which had obviated certain difficulties which had heretofore existed in the con stitution of the society; and to the interesting fact, as set forth in the re p ort, that her Majesty would have been graciously pleased to have accepted the office of President of the Society, but that her legal advisers considered it would be incompatible with her station as Sovereign to do so, as cases might occur, associated with the affairs of the society, in which it was possible the society should have to appear in the courts of law, and it was felt that would be most inconvenient to have her Majesty's name bandied about in connexion with such mat ters and under such circumstances. (Hear.) He had the honour of a few minutes' interview with her Majesty recently, when she was pleased to ex press the great interest which she took in the society's affairs, and her great anxiety for its welfare ; and, in the course of the brief con versation which took place on the occasion, her Majesty was pleased to recommend the Duke of I3uceleuch as the person whom, under present cir cumstances, it would be most agreeable to her feel ings to see holding the office of President of the Society. (Hear, hear.) The chairman next re ferred to the 250 Fellows who paid their subscrip tions retrospectively, and he called o n these gentle men to:voluntarily agree to place them s elves in le position of the other Fellows w ho paid their sub. scriptions in advance. It would rn . ake no difference in the amount to be ultimately paid by these gen tlemen, because on death or resignation their past year's subscription would have to he paid, which was not the case wit h those who paid in advance. In the arrangement made for the present year, the society intended to hold not only great exhibitions b u t several minor ones, from all of which they ali ticipated conside rable advantages, as he had no doubt but they would attract large attendances on the part of the public. The inter na ti ona l ex hibi • tion of roots , which it was proposed should t a k e place in November, would also, he believed, be a great success ; nor would it clash, as was feared by some, with the great agricultural show which would take place in Battersea-fields in June. The Govern ments of Austria, Wurtemberg, Russia, and of other Continental countries, h a d expressed, through their commissioners, their great desire to give thoir as sistance to promote the November exhibition, so that there could be no doubt of the value and im portance of the exhibition, and consequently of its success. The five guinva tickets, admitting the (From the Registrar-yenerars Weekly Return.) The mortality of London in the week that ended last Saturday exhibited a decrease on that of some previous weeks, in two of which since the beginning 1 5 71 2 8 g - ; 6 h a 1 , ni hailt is hence el prevailed,o is wt appears t l differs ie tbh ua deathstt the presentd slightly have from return, then of this year the deaths rose above 1,560 . Last week the number was 1,384. But if the av era g e rate of mortality in the corresponding weeks of ten y ears, 1: 30 estimated amount. Typhus, to which 63 deaths were referred , does w not appear to have made further progress since the oul bce week that ended January 25. It was fatal in 3 cases in the sub-district of St. Paul, Deptford, and in 3 in Greenwich East; and it was returned in 4 cases in the Poplar district. Scarlatina prevailed more than any other of the epidemic diseases ; it carried on 82 children, and diphtheria 22. There were 4 deaths from scarlatina in the north-west sub-district of Chelsea; 3 in -the Hackney sub-dis trict, and 3in St. Paul, Deptford; but Norwood - seems to be at the present time the chief seat of thb complaint. There were 17 8 deaths last week from bronchitis,'. whilst the corrected average is 185. It is remark able that. there were only 49 from pneumonia, the average being 101. diad at 224, Bethnal- A woman, aged 28 years , green-road, from typhus, wh ich was, in the opinion " of Mr. Rolph, the medial attendant, aggravated by living in an apartment of a small six-roomed house, in which 22 beings are lodg ed." Five children, all girls, died of scarlatina, in Norwood ; one at 9, Change-alley ; two in Oak terrace ; one in Eden-road ; and one at 7, Albert terrace. Besides these, a woman died in .St. George's-terrace, Hamilton-road, Norwood, of low- -- fever. The six deaths constitute the whole mor tality for the week in the sub-district. A stable-boy, aged 19 years, died in Guy's Hos pital, from glanders. Nine nonagenarians died in th e week, the oldest of whom was a woman, aged 95 years. Two men were severally 94 years. Last week the births of 1,095 boys and 1,102 girls, in all 2,197 children, were regist ered in Lon , don. In the 10 corresponding weeks' of the y ol ears 1852-61 the average number (corre cted) was 2,0. THE MARY LEBONE MURDER. A crowd of upwards of 1,000 persons had con gregated yesterday about Marylebone Police-court to see the prisoner Quail. After the ordinary night charges were disposed of the prisoner The placed in the dock by Inspector Coombes. court was most inconveniently crowded- Mr. Beard, of Basingball - st reet, again llPPeared I\ to larl prosecute, borot h.s a t r n e d e t , Il t l o r . deEfednwdartdheLperwisio Greatsn,ere!_ Dennis Shea, the first witness examined, I live at No. 1 , Johnson's -place, Paddington-street, and am a labourer. I was in a publichouse in South street on3londay week last, and while there I heard a noise outside. I went out across the road to the butcher's shop kept by Mr. Wincott. I saw a cart standing at the door. Viall was standing on the shaft, Ho had a bone in his hand, and the prisoner was trying to get up to him. Viall jumped out and ran into the shop, and the prisoner and the rest fol lowed. They went to the door. Mr. Wincotttried to push the prisoner out. I then saw the prisoner and Mr. Wincott struggling together. I next saw the prisoner take the knife off the stall-board out side the shop, and stabb Mr. Wincott in t he ri g ht side, just below the ribs. After I saw Mr. 'lVincott stabbed I ran and caught the prisoner round the arms and took the knife from him, and gave it to Mr. Langhelt, and told him to keep it and take earn of it. (Inspector Coombes here produced a butcher's knife with a broad blade about a foot long which was identified by the witness.) Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—The whole four ran towards the shop. None of them got inside. I am quite certain it was prisoner that was struggling with Mr. Wincott. The other three were behind the prisoner, within a yard. They were very close to him. The whole live engaged in the affray, including 1111 r. Wincott, were very close together. Prisoner and Wincott were inside, and the others were outside close beside him (the prisoner). I did not see prisoner have hold of Mr. Wincott. Prisoner tried to hit him. It was about four or five o'clock. It was dusk. I was on the kerb some three yards away. lam certain it was the prisoner who took up the knife. Four or five minutes elapsed between the first blow being struck and the use of the knife. The prisoner was very tipsy. I have known him for years. He has always been considered a quiet and inoffensive man. I havo never known him in trouble before. Godfrey Langhelt, 5, North-street, Manchester square, furniture broker, and Inspector Cournbes, proved the knife produced to have been that re ceived from the last witness. Mr. Henry Temes said I reside at No. 4, Thayer street, and am a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. On Monday week last, in the afternoon, I was passing the end of the street when I was called to the deceased's shop. I found Mr. Wincott in the parlour standing with his hand below his stomach. Ho said, " I am stabbed." I undressed him, arid found a wound on the right side of the abdomen, about two inches below the ribs, having an upwards and inwards direction. I did what was necessary to stanch the blood. He died a few minutes after 7 on the following day, having lived only 27 hours afterwards. I have made a post mortem examination, and I found a penetrating wound on the right side of the abdomen, passing through the walls of the abdomen , and penetrating the right lobe of the lung. The cause of death was exhaustion, caused by internal hemorrhage. 1 examined the exterior and interior. The knife pro duced is that I saw in Langhelt's hand. Judging from the length of the wound I should say it was inflicted by it. I was present when the deposition was taken from the deceased. When it was taken, about 11 o'clock on Monday night week, the de ceased was in full possession of his mental faculties. Ho remained so till within a very few minutes before his death. Mr. Beard said that was the whole of the evi dence against the prisoner. Mr. Beard recalled Viall, the boneman, who said, the prisoner struck Mr. Wincott before he stabbed him. I did not hear anything said. I heard one of the three men say about the time he was stabbed, " Give it him." By Mr. Beard—At the time the words " give it him' were used Quail had a knife in his hand. Mr. Lewis—Had deceased struck any blow ? ' Witness —When prisoner struck him he struck him again. The witness Farr, in deceased's employ, was next recalled by Mr. Beard. He saw deceased was s t ruc k before did one say, not he was stabbed by Q see him struck by any oneielssaew. th lu e hae prisoner stab " Rip the -- g uts u p ." him after that. I could not identify the one who ma de use of the words. It was one of the four, I am certain. I saw the wprhiososeneervimdeankcee, formerly a o s rm ec e o r n l d y at t e mpt to stab dece ase d . George Flower, from taken, it appea re d and in his pursuit he saw the murder committed, knocked down by after the prisoner and Cox got • them, was recalled. He said— While I was pursuing Quail, " You hare them down the mews I said are stabbed Mr. Wincott." He then said, " It •is a bad job, and I must get over it somehow." Sergeant White, 10 D, was then called and sworn. He said he saw the depositions of deceased taken in the presence of the prisoner. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l have known the prisoner since he was in petticoats. [At this remark the prisoner burst out crying.] He has hitherto borne a quiet and sober character, and has always got his living honestly. I have as good a knowledge of him as any man in the force. The prisoner, after the usual caution from the magistrate in such cases, said, through Mr. Lewis, that he would reserve his defence. He was then committed for trial en the charge of " Wilful murder." The Lancet states that in the Windham case 15 of the jurors considered the alleged lunatic of sound mind, while seven thought otherwise. The Dublin Court of Chancery was occupied part of Friday and Saturday With the estates of Mr. Smith P o d . u g r e i r ia O'Brien. The Lord Ch ancellor dismissed the petition of the trustees, set aside th e trust deeds of 1848, and confirmed a the deed of 186 1 , by which the eldest sonbecomea 0 2""ed of the property, p a y ing his father £2,000 a S ear ghig life, as well as charges for the sup p ort of the chil dren. Mr. Smith O'Brien was c heered oil leaving the court 1 , 3 , a c rowd assembled ill the h. th all,