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Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c. Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transtor ' mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by M essrs Gli ndon, Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. B inckley. The Choregraphic Arta...igements by hlr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHAR 0, And the whole arranged and produced under the imme diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight). "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get her poor Dog a bone; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur sery Legend. Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn "), Miss F. Hunt '• the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews; Dame Wiggins Of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab ; Parish Beadle, Mr. Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, Whackstraw Chawbacon, &c., &c. ; R ose tt a (th e " Maiden all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the Hose —The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative—. Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystics Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Will-o'-the-Wisp Ignes Fatui—Mdlles, Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Step ley, Harris Candy, Copeland, A rc h er, Hawkins, Delaney, Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel ton, Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Invocation! The Incantation !! and the Evapora tion 111 THE 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. Snip s h ears ; B ootmaker, Mr. 'Tight& ; Mum mies Messrs. Grinner, ; Joker, gg Maer, rackses, M'Phun, &c. St. George, Mr. E. C Roe ; id the -Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry Orson, Mr. Wildman; Still-Walker, r. Longlegs ; B ear - Warden, Mr. Sm ugg i ns ; t h e Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land lordlord, Mr. T re bl es ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, p , Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. flow the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village Revel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is reated in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub bard's reason. THE "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mother Hubbard. The Dreamer and the Worker —The Vision of Pleasure and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the Vane), store of Dykwynkyn) Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, Carpenter, Hodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Til ers , Minia ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT. D The R a t, M aster Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser; The est , By Himself ; The Cow, eg Madame Brindl e; Th e Th a Pri (" All shaven and ) Mr. rnan; Th Cock (" t c rowed in the Morn"), Master Jolly Cocky-doodle e 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 collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight), Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. IL 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 BULRUSHES. How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, 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. Irarlequins ..... Messrs. CORMACK an d ST. MAINE, Columbines . The Misses GUNNISS. Pantaloons .... .. Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Clow ns ..... Messrs. FORREST and HULINE. Grotesque. ......... Signor LORENZO. 1861-1862 SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1, --EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR DO WN" STRE ET. Messrs. I luline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss. Christmas Presents —every Mn (and Boy) to his Post, even th e P ost -Man—Clown rides the high horse, which tadevevea his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country, Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor ziesdlewornan)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re duced circumstance —Clown finds the Fruits of stealing APPles in an elephantine way —a Band of Brothers--the ttPdPolic e in Great and Small Force —Clown gets into a row blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all z ...ustle--N.B. Not Crinoline 2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. Messrs. Forrest, Corrnack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader 1, he Cook's Guide —Clown tries to take the chair—the head Ae,h of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and `levin becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— t,LoNvti and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on MerrY Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— etrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his 11 t rap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad Butz-nes for hirn—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well ,K4ewn character —Clown meets with a few Friends (not Nttakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. PTHE IN TERIOR OF RAILWAY STATION. A ght hour s a t t h e Sea-side for 2s 6d—fluty off Paper— he Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book ait takes l eafs of Clown —Harlequin gets his horse from a tt 4 11 and sets up a trap. No Smoking a-Loud, only on l e,e e Quiet — Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— hatarrivals —Messrs. Neverinthae, Toolato, Dea rme , an d eesre e-- Clown burns his fingers (not th e on l y person ° go has done so)—Cl own g i ves Good Bail and finds a Bal e ods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands I The Sands I I The Sands! I I Come unto these yellow sands. y A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier I' ll44 t , er's ap-Pi erance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn ndy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a sliht - "Tak a s - e, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantalo g on Tgets some shell -fish in a very Selfish manner--Clown asto ahes the Natives—Sailor s that use their Cut-Lasses but d,_on't Cut La sses w h en they can join with them in a 'National Hornpipe—Clow n gets a Sensation Leader—The (treat Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's e())3 cert— fine ears for Music—th ey fi s h i n troubled waters ...It Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) '" •- The latest Novelty in Parrehutes. Scene —A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm „ /43 ,1D,cars, a SPLENDOUR. 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Mars ton, Atkins, Misses 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 Hubbard and het Ii onderful Dog. "If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein there shall be a tree, a brast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY. issari• Ylass. i Clam. ted five to be L clause 31. 24th ler the of the of Cap- ired on rces, to neral of Bengal 24th of I-Major m ante- ;ant-In• he local ed. 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" Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he intbrms 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 correct."—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 difference between true Spermatorrhcea 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. 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On Saturday, March 1, 1862, containing 32 pages Quarto, price Fivepence (stamped for post Sixpence), No. 1 of THE ART-WORLD and INTERNATION AL 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, &c., are to be addressed. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " 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. 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DIRECTORS. Chairman—HENßY VIGNE, Esq. SD THE HER7FORD .BUILDING COMPA N I (From the Hartford Mel oury.) The annual meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the Town Hall, Hertford, on Monday afternoon. Amongst those present were C. J. Dimsdale, Esq., M. H. Gosselin, Esq., R. Dimsdale, Esq., J. W. Chcsshyre, Esq., Jasper Gripper, Esq., E. R. Spence, Esq., T. Smith, Esq., M. S. Longtnore, E3q., W. M. Armstrong, Esq., Dr. Towers, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Hatchard, &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. Deputy Chairman—Sir MINTO T. FARQUHAR, 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 a Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Mr. R. DIMSDALE, in seconding the motion, slid 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 case 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 7f the 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 therefore they must convert old houses into better ones. They did not however intend to go hunting about the county 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 positio n t o carry out this plan, but he hoped they would be s o i n course of the present year. He had received f rom 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 refererce to the mode in which the operations of the company could be extended. With regard t o the model must speak able to bind e o lht t e he rise whi c h materials after tf c hr o ae t n t b a k g ul y e i s dt eo w r htt them. c e h hmi s. h e a odn Theyt b r been c c n ht a e od r w e ni c no t e gt d ft , They, th ere f ore, threw the building open to competiti on, when there t t h oo s k ca p n la t c ra e ct in w t a h s e c s o n s t t er o e f a bu in il t d o i . ng was a difference of £4OO between the highest and the lowest tender. That of Mr. Skins 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 the 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 plans, 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 topull down cottages and drive the labouring population into the towns, where they crowded the courts and alleys. N ow , i t had been 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 woald 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 get 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 proposed to go on, as opportunity occurred, purchasing 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 locality which was a household word for being what a place of human residence ought not to be, gave them a strong claim on public support. One of the inevitable consequences of the improvement of the dwell ings of the poor woald be a reduction in the poor's rates, and in the amount of crime. Their object was therefore one whi c h com mendedand even on es make ivaplpo an appeal to support, and when the aupnui ba lr pecuniary c t s for f a b o larger grounds.t h o on Theymea moral, su r muste o s f o the company showed that the 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, (Cheers.) 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. Mr. M. S. LONGMORE moved :—. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEP.A RTMENT.—UNDER TFIE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In surers 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, 1859, the Life Assurances 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 ca?ital, 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 extent of their values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF P OLICIES. —Written Notices of, re deived 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 "flail-past Ten o'clock. Suppers alter the Theatres. Old English Glees, Madrigals, Pour-part Songs, as ever. dire ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS! !- -CIL Th Band and Musical arrangements under the - tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and p r i nc i pa l Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss 2uadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.— Manager, M. P. Grenet. his friend Sir John I efevre, when Ultramontane Roman Catholi cs met some of the most zealous Ulster Protestant s , an d 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 a ugure d . The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving:--,1 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 next, 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 was 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 bers 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,earnest men, widely differing in opinion, might meet without ise on rdi various ga platform on which subjects beari ng comp compromise as affording upon the well-being of the people. rrrcE:....... 4 d. STAMPED ..-..5-ci, services, to which the success of the company was mainly to be attributed. (Cheers.) Dr. TOWERS seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Mr. C. J. DrusDALE 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.) 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 Ducie, 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. J. Howell, Mr. Thos. Winkworth, Dr. John Lee, Mr. George Godwin, Dr. Farr, Mr. Craufurd, M.P., Mr. Cave, M.P., Mr. Lyall, M.P., Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, M.P., Ad miral Sir Thomas Hastings, Mr. Dudley Fortescue, M.P., Sir Joshua Rowe, Mr. Longworth, M.P., Sir Andrew Agnew, M.P., Mr. James Heywood, 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 9f 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, i but also by a large number of foreign jurists, qconomists, statisticans, and philanthropists, more especially as the " Congres de Bienfaisance," a body +ith 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. 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Sir JOIN PAICINGTON, M.P., who was cheered on rising tospeak, bore witness, on moving the first resolution, to the thorough appreciation of the aims and objects of the association whi c h h a d 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 seemen 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 ho 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 the 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.) Whil e _ _ 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 he same room discussing the differences which had Mr. HASTINGS, 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. "That W. R. Baker, Esq., C. J. Dirasdale, Esq., Robt. Dimsdale, Esq., and E. H. Hoskins, Esq. (who retire by rotation), be re•elected directors of the comp any ." Mr. Longman expressed his great sati s f act i on w i t h the report, and said the thanks of the directors were specially due to Mr. Robert Dimedale for his great 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 not the good fortune to be present at the Dublin meeting last year,ibut he had been informed that/ under the able and distinguished guidance of Y A (Zee , . -414, • - - „ : 2; • I . e .1 14„ . " 11111111 1 . 4.1 , 4). 4 „44,1 1 X 4 *-. - • ./ .4 • FT : j . 4 , • , " , *LA - , I ` • .... 4 . E Lvj 7" t ; • b... ...... . • 4111Pr'SI . • + L.:LJIICUL it 11 VI /V 1 lcl tw.; auporl, I'4 owners hoth to the Itternationei Exhibition and the society's garden, were in great request ; from this source, too, he anticipated advantages to the k.ooicty. lie had to correct au 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 khy, except to move the adoption Of the report. Mr. Alderman WILSON seconded the motion which after a brief conversation was agreed to. His Grace 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. HEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK (From the Itegzstrar-General's 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 of this year the deaths rose above 1,560. Last week the number was 1,384. But if the average rate of mortality in the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1852-61, had prevailed, the deaths would have been 1,398 ; and hence it appears that the present return, though it is below, differs but slightly from the estimated amount. Typhus, to which 63 deaths were referred, does not appear to have made further progress since the 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 off 82 children, and diphtheria 22. There were 4 deaths from scarlatina in the north-west sub-district of Chelsea, 3in the Hackney subdis trict, and 3 in St. Paul, Deptford; but Norwood seems to be at the present time the chief seat of the complaint. There were 178 deaths last week from bronchitis, whilst the corrected average is 185. It is remark able that there were only 49 from pneumonia, thil average being 101. A woman, aged 28 years, died at 224, B et h nal. by yfrei‘lelinvrirnßogaodii in an h f r a, o n m t hae t p y ma p r e h t md u i s ea , nl w ta hi to t c fe h na w d as a nn i s t , a, in ll, , t as i i x e g-r o r ao p vo i n amt i e o e cla n house, in which 22 beings are lodged." 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 i 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 the week, the oldest of whom was a woman, aged 95 years. Two m en were severally 94 years. Last week the births of 1,095 boys and 1,102 girls, in all 2,197 children, were registered in Lon don. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 2,001. THE MARI' LEBONE MURDER. - - A crowd cf upwards of 1,000 persons had con gregated yesterday about Marylebone Police -court to see the prisoner Quail. After the ordinary ee t to prosecute, and M r . Ed war d Lewis, of Great , night charges were di spose d of the prisoner was placed in -th e d oc k b y Inspector Coombes. Th e s 3: court was most inc onven i ent l y crowded. Mr. Beard, of Basingbalhstreet, pa dagaindingt appearedl- s tr Marlborough-street, to defend the prisoner. Dennis Shea, the fi rs t w it ness examined, said,-- I street onMonday week last, and whil e th ere I heard a noise outside. I went out acros s th e road to the butcher's shop kept by Mr. Wi n e o t t. I saw a cart standing at the door. Vi a ll was standing on the and live am a t a No. labourer. 1, n i s o was n's - i p n l a a cpe uehouse i n South , bli shafts He 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. Wincott tried to push the prisoner out. I the . n 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 the right side, just below the ribs. After I saw Mr. Wincott 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 care 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 five engaged in the affray, including iMr. 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 have never known him in trouble before. Godfrey Linghelt, 5, North-street, Manchester square, furniture broker, and Inspector Coombes, 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. He said, "I am stabbed." I undressed him, and 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. I 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 dep os iti on was taken from the deceased. When it was taken, about 11 o'clock on Monday ni g ht week, the de.. ceased was in full possession of his mental faculties. H e remained so till within a very few minute s 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 ti me th e 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 W as struck before he was stabbed by Quail. I did not see him struck by any one else. I heard one say, " Rip the ____. guts up." I saw the prisoner stab him after that. I could not identify the one who made use of the words. It was one of the four, I am certain. I saw the prisoner a tt em pt to stab deceased, make d a second George Flower, from whose evidence, former taken, it appeared he saw the murder committed,ly and in his pursuit after the p r isoner and Cox ot knocked down by th em, was d recalled. He saidg.--. While I was 'pursuing the to Quail, " Y ou have st b m ed rb o Mwn . the mews " I said then said, "It is bad 1 li e somehow." 1 Wincott. ajob, and I must g e t over it Sergeant White, 16I), was th en called and sworn. He said h e saw the depositions of d ecease d taken in the p resence of the prisoner. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—l h i the prisone r s i nce he was in . have "lowa 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 g ood knowled ge o f hi m as any man in the force. 4 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 on the charge of " Wilful murder." _— The Lancet states that in the Windham case 15 of the jurors considered the alleged lunatic of sound mind s while seven thought otherwise. younger chile The Dablin Court of Chancery was occupied part of Friday and Satu his rda ta y ih w e i r th l th 2,oo e e o stt zt it y es ea o al. Smith O'Brien. ewsuar Cohreteorfecitheon ietwin O'Brien. 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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 rato The vicar put all those 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 churchwardenc 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 first 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 rata 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 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. SMARDEN. — According to notice, a vestry-meeting was held on Thursday, the 30th ult., 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 IVeald of Item Chronicle mentions as a good effect of this way of disposing of the question, that soon after the vestry, a meeting was held for the purpose of framing rules and electing officers for the Mutual Improvementrociety. It was convened in the schoolroom, 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 0 the evening, ROYAL RORTICULTURAL 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 S oc i e t y, H enry T. Home, Esq., John Clutton, Esq., S. H. G o d son, Esq., C. Edmonds, Esq., B. Wrench, Esq., R. J. Dix, Judge Des Barres, Rev. W. Griffiths, Th os . Walcot, Esq., Capt. Jefferson, H. R. Sandbach, Esq., Dr. Hogg, T. B. Saunders, Esq., Mr. Alder man Copeland, M.P., 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 report, that her Majesty would hive been graciously pleased to have accepted t h e office of President of the Society, bat that her legal a d v is e rs 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 Buccleuch 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 on these gentle men to:voluntarily agree to place themselves in the position of the other Fellows who paid their sub• scriptions in advance. It would make 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 be paid, which was not-the case with those who paid in advance. In the arrangement made for the present year, the society intended to hold not onl y great exhibitions but several minor ones, from a ll of which they an ticipated considerable advantages, as he had no doubt but they would attract large attendances on the part of the public. The international exhibi tion of roots, which it was proposed should take place in November, would i also, he beli eved, be a great success ; nor would t clash, as was feared by some, with the great agricultural show Which would take place in Battersea - fields in June. Th e G overn.. ments of Austria, N:Vurtemberg, Russia, and o f o th er Continental countries, had exp ressed, through their comm i ss ioners, their great desire to give their as sistance to prom* the November exhibition, so that there could be no doubt of - the value and im porta rice of - the exhibition, an d consequently of its success. The five guinea tickets, admitting the mock LB VIP Hon , Cape , rs. 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