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/' ~., 7;e/ , 1 - ( ( - //< t . -c. c" eZ lIIIIW, cam • ,-- i .... 72.0 • • . .. , ._ .p.. -- AOO a, , 11,___, ) ,,,1 1 _,& - ;.; ! t 4111' - iv . "\ 7,6,...--------, , 47.,,,,,,'; --. t•-•-' ~....- s .- s -...... ..,...( - -f_..0.-..,..... -,- . t.- '7 -‘,.'-',e. ;"f ;[ i.._ bi n '-r - .e - ‘ a.' ' ...-'' , -i el ~/. s .r... 7 0 ;!--, , , --- -R° ll • " 4 7.* --1 , - , , A r,ift 4.9- . Qe \ '• - • ;,/ ( -. '`~ ~, .:~. \_i}-.. <~ ~_ t~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1862. N°. 21,974. PRICE..... _..4a STAMPED ....sd. HOTELS, &c. PUBLICATIONS. SPOR7ING INTELLIGENCE. 711 E LANCASHIRE DISTRESS. COUNTY MEETING AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, DEC. 2. A county meeting of the inhabitants of Lanca shire, convened by the Lord-Lieutenant, was held in the Town-hall this day. Among those present were the Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, M.P., the NEW NOVEL BY DUTTON COOK. Just ready, in 3 vols., A PRODIGAL S O N. By DUTTON COOL Author of " Paul Foster's Daughter." Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. THE SOUTH Alt RICAN IRRIGATION and INTi:STMENT COMPANY (Li m it e d) . i To be ncernorated under the Companies Act, 1862,which 813"ially limits the liability o f ea f a Shareholder to the 441 wint of his Shares. t3apital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. (Power Ie increase.) First issue 10,000 shares. Dep os it on application 11 per Share, and a further pay perofM £1 p er Sh are On allo tment.alls not to exceed £2 Sh are, and three months' interval between each Call. is not intended to call up more than £lO per Share. __ Barry, Esq., Joh n DIRECTORS. don Merchant (Barry and Nephews), Lon jailtr.frica.aziad nCaanpke.Town, Director of the London and South - 03 8 Black, Gra Esq. , (Black and C o .), M erc h an t, London, ham's Town, and Port Elizabeth. Alexander Croll, Es (Alexander Croll and Co.),Merchant, ..._ i Lo nc lon and P ort Eli zabeth. v....ylliain Duthie, Esq., Merchant, Mark 'lane. 'le'lrY Sh erman, Esq. t Merchant (Levicks and Sherman), ar, Lo 'PM and Cape, Town. ',lan Mosenthal, Esq., Merchant (Mosenthal and co.), Job toridon, Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town. Paterson ,Esq (Paterson,Kemp, and Co.), Merchant, London, and Cape of Good of Hope,Director of the Stan. ~ dard Bank of British South Africa. ''`i C. Stewart, Esq. , Merchant (Stewart and Co.), Liver -1).pool and Port Elzabeth. ~,.(1. an der Byl, Esq., merchant (Van derßyl and Co.), 4 -4 o N ndon, C ape Town, and Por t Elizabeth. BA Tile All iance Bank of Lr ;ERS. irion and Liverpool, Lothbury, London, aral The Albany, Liverpool. Messrs. SOLICITORS. Muir and Argles, Mincing-lane, London. essrs, :r BROKERS. -. ateil J. Whitehead, 8, Moorgate-street, London. TEMPORARY OFFICES. No. 27, Moorgate-street, London. PROSPECTUS. 7 4. 1 1 ac) South African Irrigation and Investment Company established African a view to aid in the furtherance of those Culla u ndertakings ill the South African Colonies, includ bygv.thi.,:e Ca Pe of G r ,od Hope, British Ka ff raria, and Natal, r e " b i t 'leh. their resources may be more fully developed; the most ' e ll: 1 g in the opinion of the Directors, certain to prove 1 ~,. eatisfactory to those who embark their capital. ableetforepany's operations will embrace three ma in ilt , That of a Land and ItTir4ation Company. i t That of a P u bli c W- nation (more especially a Light -11 pa ha and Water Company) ; and ti l tt That of a TruP.A, Loan, and Investment Company. Jest t ilas s eemed srrise to the Directors to combine these ob- Patibill o ar c°lsPanY since, while all are entirely com k _..e, a can be n ' very , properly undertaken under one teAitageluent, the heavy expenses of offices, directions, and T - 1 4 1 '2 6 4 for separate companies will thereby be avoided. avilii so uth African Irrigation and investment Company, 'b ale , meetin g the wants most keenly felt at the present top :githe South African Colonies, cannot fail to realise ;17, ~ a i a rehOlder S ample returns upon the capital. In ott r 7,:Liand and Irrigation Company it will enter upon a Mil along fieldand in the of operations. L'rge tracts of fertile the g ibex r ivers,reat kareos or plains of b t , i e T n trY, are to be purchased at very low prices, whin, rry'rrigation works, in dams, tanks, or water leadinge from ties re, ma , ybe converted, by no great outlay, into proper ret,, —a bY times their original value. The Government to - qi for 1860 of the value of landed estates in these wtenies show that where by private enterprise irrigation ~,n , l ts have been constructed on farms, the enhancement of ha e has b een from five to tenfold ; an d as suc h resu lt s facto e been achi eve d b y private enterprise, yet more satis t Y results ratty be looked for where labour rka nised and scientific skill is brought to bear. is more . The Company will not only purchase lands with a view to resale after the construction of irrigation works, but Will take con recta for the construction of like works upon. G over nment and p r i va t e l ands. It is known to be in con mplation in next session of the Colonial Parliament to in troduce a bill, to facilitate the construction of a series of Go vernment tanks, and to secure on the capital employed in auch works on Government land a Government guarantee of at least 6 per cent. per annum. no a Public Works Company for the towns of South Africa the prospect is equally inviting. There is scarcely IL town of m agn it u d e which is not now prepared to offer most liberal and remunerative terms to this Company , to become to it a constituted Water and• Gas Company; and PortaateErnlizAabfertihca, ( now the comm erc i a l . cap it a l o f a ll South caused a Bill to be introduced into last session of the Colonial Parliament, charging the whole trop er t.. A „ .7 of the tow n f or £ BO,OOO, t o guaran t ee a t least ,4 th% per annum on outlay for works for water supply. ikOe D irectors feel that the present is a most favourabl e oi rtunity for the es t a bli s h men t o f a C om p an y f ? P ub lic kto s, and they confidently anticipate th a t they will be able i z Dtaplete arrangements with the authorities at Port Co mp to become its Lighting, Paving, and Water ) ,,," I nlatny, so as to ensure a most favourable comnlence t;;emllt of business, and facilitate future operations. df t l m an a a y l i th — „erktiorted that in towns where, by authority Lm`eiPalities, water•works have been constructed they hav e proved sources of very large profits on the . p R., —ve stod t and the only Gas Company in operation in „utith Africa pays annual dividends varying from 15 to 20 per cent. b, usiness As a Trust Company a Very cons id era bl e an d p ro fit a bl e can be dine. It Neill be theosition to offer very ample security to constituents, and following statement of selling prices of Shares in existing Trust Companies will show what may be done under this head :- -----,-6. ame cif Cony. ip. ISellingPrice Board of. -Executors l6O 0 0 limo ciAtion for Admini s t er i ng 2Est -cites 012 eral Estate, & c 2OO 0 0 Elizabeth Guardian and rust £ a. d. 350 0 0 376 0 0 252 0 0 1 10 0 3 10 0 As a Loan and Investment Company it cannot fail to show ! a z tisf actory results. Money may be invested to al mos t an y 7 1 , r ,, tent in first or preference mortgages, of the amplest secu • 4 4 1 . ' 2 on landed property in the South African Colonies, at i ti Ztt varying from 6 to 12 per cent. per annum, thus yield ea lt . trge profit over the cost of money in England ; and Debentures be the object of the Directors to raise money on aZ,oll!tires of the Company or otherwise, to be specially e iv2 to loans on such first mortgages, it becomes matter pazi4B calculation that the profits to be made by the Com -114 111 this department of its business will be highly re erative Ar ra ,- ' l aea ugements are in progress for the immediatc corn atteettlent of the business of the Compan y all t its de tehttellta, and the Directors will give their especial 11aat erato the selection of efficient and well-qualified ma the 7:et's will be taken in the , Articles of Association for ki ea c orporation with this Company of existing Compa of like object in South Africa. loti a 4 t his Conapany is established at the urgent request of Dati ential colonists, who are prepared CO invest in the Com tor 1 3 ,. ,t0 a considerable extent, 2,000 shares will be reserved elotment in South Africa. lirei t L eb i provision has been made by the Directors for . the Pay i ,- -- :flarY expenses as will secure the Company against Itlld 41' a lly sum whatever in the nature of promotion mon!y, th e cArticles of Association will contain a clause giving of Shareholders the power to fix, year by year, the amount th el,, Directors' remuneration. br a ,", head office of the Company will be in London, but 1.04 4 offices and local committees, under the control of the °ll Board will be established in the chief towns of itth Africa. 4 1313 hcation f or Sh ares t o b e ma de in the following form, e r to the Brokers or to the Secretary of the Company. I"'°ll At OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. o th e Directors of the South African Irrigation and In. Gentle vestment Company (Limited). ree u Having paid to your Bankers the sum of Shares in th e , being a deposit of £1 per Share on th at u°ve Company, I hereby request that you will res al c lot b n i : d e tjtornber and I agree (according to the form p ri l eea ue Articles of Association), to accept such shares, or any tu lta is of A s uer you may allot me, and to execute the Articles ,sociation when required ; and I request that my name se 'e Placed on the Register of Shareholders for the Shares adOtted. Name in full Residence Profession of Business Date GA„GA,,s Tr E 0 EID ON: ~, hat la it? S ee P a tent, March 1, 1862, No. 680. -" ItY I EL' .A S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE TEErri and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a ( ißT a nd WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and cost ICU LATION. Purest materials only, at half the usual Messrs. 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THE CAUSES of PREMATURE DEC AY hahltsce „__ Authors of eminence have ascribed the decline of the re u iii m a ltu empire to the effeminacy of manners, which precluded ; and this effeminacy they trace chiefly to vicious Irm ue fOuired in early life, by which, in our own time, de ludecline Journalist has endeavoured to account for the Ppt in the Asiatic provinces of Turkey. 'Peculiar source of phyeical and moral degeneracy al sonh".. Le has at all times been specially deprecated by philo laiin`ra and philanthropists. It besets inexperienced youth, cop afhe foundation of future misery, poisoning the nuptial aud it_h hitter malignity; destroying health, curtailing life, the ging it, dnrin ,, its brief career, a scene of anguish, from ~Corisciousness of -humiliating infirmity. T he evil is but too rife in our age and country ; and expe the l e i can often discern the sad results in the early deaths, in en , ereditary and perpetuated ailment., and the matri lanee'al discords and scandals, described, in convential par threai as unaccountable" and "mysterious." In cases of e ned injury to or suspension of faculties whose sound ilapp,7„nu vigour form su h a prominent constituent in human chWf - " n e sa, sufferers may have their fears rfmoved, the mis- War i n c nwever severe and inveterate, eradicated. and their tealiiet hopes of restoration to lire's prerogatives fully eeDr' L VAIERT, M.D., has been engag ed for 20 y earsin the earvfi'ni of these disorders, and his treatise on "Self-Pre lest describes how all the attutes of Manhood ar Caine°,l bas on ~ rib pended, and how they can be restored and maitre Pri ce ', in health and vigour to an advanced period of life. c ' B, Post free in a sea e d envelope 2 0 stamps, by Mann , ti k ti % ' %hill • or from the Author. wh o ma y be consulted Y, fro m it till 2 and 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, London. oli ce° A 0111 P oc ifOlt , ' fiJ ir f; i i,t ;0. n i oitY v CHAPLIN'S HOTEL. 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The Comic by UNSWORTH (the Original Stump Orator, " OR AN V OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with Eugene, Du7ey, and Little Bob, forming the greatest Comic Quartet in London. Also, the following Comic Favourites :—Miss Georgina Smithson, Messrs. E. Marshall, Hollingsworth. and Arthur Lloyd, and the surprising Performance of " THE ETOILE FAMILY." 0 X F O R B, T H 6. OXFORD MTREET. Be-appearance of Unsworth (the original of "Or any other man." , —The Colleen Dawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes.— Euovne, the great 13urlesque Prima Donna.—Arena and Angelica, the Neapolitan Minstrels.'—W. Randall and A. B. Hollingsworth,—Mr. T. Maclagan's Entertainment.--Drew Dean's Soks on the Flute.—comic Pas Seul, by Henri.—ln addition to varied high-class musical attractions, consisting of Selections from Verdi's "Nabuco" and "Il Corsaro, ' Donizetti's " Don Sebastien, " Auber's "La Circassienne," and Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., &c., by Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Messrs. Bernardi, Greene, Huish, and Albert, with Full Band and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonahmans. Admission, 6d.; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE AND AMPHITHEATRE. OLMAR EVERY EVENING. Les Freres Conrade on the Low Rope (without balancing pole). —Les l'etites Monstres.—The Olympic Wonders—Pas Saul by Lord Dromedary. —Mrs. Bryan, Wieland, Woodman, dm. —Grand Musical Entertainment of Sixty Performers. First appearance of the celebrated Talliotts on Monday next, Bth December. ARGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—GßAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— ' pen every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the elebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOIIRT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. _A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above I stablishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments. — Admission la.—Manager, M. Grenet. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING. LURLINE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall, and Miss Susan Pyne; Messrs. Santley, H. Corn', Patey, Lyall, and G. Ferrell.. Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon. Doors open at hall-past 7—Commence at 8. THEATRE -ROY Al.. HAY MARKET. Lessee Mr. .1 R. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, at 7, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Messrs. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss E. Romer. After which, at a quarter to 8, will be performed (296th time) UR AMERICAN COUSIN. Asa Trenchard, Mr. Buck 'tone ; Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern. Followed by a new Pave, entitled DUCK HUNTING: Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, Mr. W. Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and Miss C. Hill. To conclude with JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON. NEW TITRATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billingt on, Sefton, Stephenson, Eburne, Romer, Hitehenson, Aldridge; Miss Avonia Jones. Miss Woolgar Mrs. flillington, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Mrs. Stoker. To conemde with A TICKET OF LEAVE : Messrs. J. L, Took, P. Bedford, Stephenson, and Mrs. Billington. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRTNOFSS'S THEATRE. 'Lessee and Manager. Mr Lindu4. THIS EVENING, the Farce of A.S.S. : Mr. Fitzjanaes and Mr. Henderson. After which, at half-pest 7, the new Drama by John Oxen ford, Esq., entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Geo. Vining ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. B. White. To conclude with THE HONEYMOON. Mr. H. Vezin, Mr. R. Roxby ; Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Miss M. Jones. OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager —Mr. Edmund Falconer. 329th Night of the -ontinuons run of "Peep o'Day." VENING, the new Comedietta. IT MUST BE TRUE, 'TWA S IN THE PAPERS. Walter Lacy, J. Robins ; Mrs. Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson. Followed by PEEP O'DAY ; or. Savourneen Deelish. ►tessrs. waiter Lacy, Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville, and Edmund Falconer ; Mrs. D. 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ABOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.- Dr. SMITH has just published a FREE EDITION of 20,000 copies of his valuable work, THE PRIVATE MEDI CAL FRIEND (116 pages), on the Self-cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, ft., resulting from the secret sins of youth. Copies may be had free by sending a stamped directed envelope to the Author's residence, 8, Burton-crescent, London, W.C. Consultation by Letter without Fee. Dr. SMITH will, for the BENEFIT of persons suffering from NERVOUS DEBILITY, dre., on receiving a description of their case (enclosing a ,tamped directed envelope for re ply), send his written opinion, with advice and directions for the most successful treatment and cure.—Address,Dr. Smith, 8, Burton-crescent, London. W.C. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. DR. CURTIS ON MARRIAGE, NERVOUS DEBILITY, BYER. MATORRIHEA., &0., WITH PLATES. Post free by the Author, 12 stamps ; sealed ends, 20, - - MANHOOD: The CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Direc tions for Perfect Restoration to Healt h a nd V i gour; being a Medi-al Essay on the Treatment of Nervous and Generative Debility, Impotency, and those peculiar disqualifications to marriage which originate in youthful errors and excess : the cure of Infectious Diseases without Mercury, and their Pre vention by the A uthor's Prescription of his Infallible Lotion, the re.ult of 25 years' successful practice. fly Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, London. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "CURTIS of MANDOOD. -This is trul e f a valuable work, and should be in the hands of young an old. The profes sional reputation of the author, combined with his extensive experience as medical referee in the treatment of nervous de bility, fic , fully accounts for the immense circulation which this popular and ably-written medical treatise has obtained." —Sunday Times, March 23, 1856. " Dr. Curtis has conferred a g reat boon by publishing this little work. in which is described the source of those diseases which produ -e decline in youth, or more frequently prema • ture old age."—Daily Telegraph, March 27, 1856. The Author of this Medical Treatise may be DAILY con sulted as usual, either by letter or personally, at his residence as above. The efficacy and harmless nature of the remedies employedmo by Dr. Curtis, having been demonstrated by the tohneciTau cases. s e a?zmplete success during apractice of 25 years, nervous treatment Bo ent ok of e sufferers , of every class have a perfect guarantee that the " ' most ski ll and ex • pe ence will be made available in the cases, to which i with numerous varied and interesting Infallible Preventive t o d ti the Author's receipt of the abOye Lotion. Published and sold nester-row ; Mann, by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater in Amu and Cowan , 3, Cornhill, London ; and all Booksellers GLASGOW, Nov. 29.—Cotton—In the early part of the week there was a rising tendency in the cotton mar ket, but it closes steadily at a decline of id per lb. from the highest point. Goods and yarns--The market was brisker in the fore part of the week, but there was no quotable change in prices. Iron—The pig-iron market has shown great steadiness th is week. Again considerable parcels have been pressed for sale, but all have been absorbed with. out materially affecting prices. The movement for ad vanced wages gains strength. To-day the tone of the mar ket has been pretty firm ; a limited business took place at 565, one month, closing steadily. Buyers at 558 9d, prompt cash, and 66s 6d three months; sellers asking 1d per ton more. For shipping parcels the current quotations are : G.m.b., No. 1,55 e 6d ; No. 3,53 s 6d ; Gartsherrie, No. 1, 57s 6d ; No. 3,54 s ; No. 1 Coltness, 57s 6d ; Calder, 565 3d; Glengarnock, 55s ; Forth, 54a 6d; Kinniel, 54s 9d. STRANDING OF A WHALE.—The Beluga, one of the monsters of the eeep, was left on the beach by the ebb ing tide, on Saturday last, at Robin Hood's Bay. It is supposed to have been dead ten or twelve days. It mea sured in length 17 feet, and 12 feet 10 inches in circumfer ence at the thickest part. The blubber was taken off by the fishermen the following morning. The Beluga, or white whale, is a native of the high northern latitudes, and is one of the most beautiful and active of its race. Its colour is pure milk white, sometimes tinged with a rose colour, or a slight wash of yellow, and the skin is very soft, smooth, and slippery. The flesh of this animal is eaten by the Greenlanders and other people of the Arctic regions. It is as red as beef, and of somewhat similar flavour. The female produces one or two at a birth, towards which she displays the strongest attachment. —Yorkshire Gazette, CROYDON STEEPLECHASES. TUESDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya; about two miles and a half. 21 subs. Mr. W. W. Baker's Sinking Fund, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (John Nightingall) 1 Mr. Dalston's Chester, aged, 10st (C. Bennett) 2 The following also ran :—Gladiotor, Luff, Mary Stuart, Confidence, Full Cry, Greenwich Fair, and La Belle. Betting-5 to 4on Harry, sto 1 agst Greenwich Fair, 6 to 1 apt Chester. They were well started at the first attempt, Harry, waited upon by Gladiator, L a B e ll e, and Greenw i c h F a ir, making the running up to th e fi rst fence, where G reenw i c h Fair re fused, and Harry an d Gl adiator went on i n c l ose co mpany up the hill, Luff t a ki ng th e third place, w i t h Ch es ter next. In this order th e y ran a l ong the far side o f t h e course , and into the line for the Stand, the field presenting a length ened tail as they passed the Enclosure. At the jump to the right of the Stand Gladiator fell, which left Harry in pussesion of a long lead ; but Nightingall easing him a couple of fields from home, Chester, who was lying second at that point, persevered, and finished six lengths in rear of the favourite, who won, however, in the commonest of can ters. Nothing else passed the pest. The Railway Stakes of 3 sous each, with 25 sous added by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Com .. pany, for three-yr-olds and upwards; about two miles, 11 subs. Mr. John's Strike, 4 yrs, lOst (L3O) (H. States) 1 Mr. Brown's Longrange, aged, 10st 51b (£3O) (Mr, Grant) 2 Mr. W. Williams's Forlorn Hope, aged, list 71b (£80) (Mr. Atkinson) 3 Mr. B. Land's Diadem, 6 yrs, lOst 121 b (L5O) (B. Land, jun.) 4 The following also ran :—Nana Sahib, Maydew, Lamb ton, Coroner, Deception, and MivEinily. Betting-6 to 4 agat Deception, 4to 1 eget Diadem, 6to 1 each agat Maydew, Longrange, and Coroner. The running was made by Coroner, followed by Long range, Strike, Diadem, and Forlorn Hope in close order till they passed the Stand the first time, where Strike took the lead ; the favourite, who evidently did not like the sticky ground, lying seventh. Going along the far side, Maydew fell, and Gammage, the jockey, was severely shaken. At the last fence but two, Miss Emily fell, and her rider sus tained a cut on the right eyebx ow. Approaching the last fence Longrange joined Strike; Forlorn Hope close up. A spirited contest to the judge's box ensued between Strike and Longrange, the former ultimately winning by three quarters of a length, two lengths beparated the second and third, Diadem finished a similar distance in the rear of Forlorn Hope, Nana Sahib was fifth, Coroner sixth, and Deception beventh. The winner was bought in for 45 guineas. The Croydon Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 30 added. About three miles. 23 subs. Mr. W. W. Baker's Sinking Fund, 6 yra, 9st 101 b (John Nightingall) w.o. The Hunters' Stakes of 6 soya each, with 20 added, 12st 71b each, winners extra, gentlemen riders, jockeys 10113 extra. About two miles and a half. 9 subs. Mr. S. Jacob's Glautias, aged, 13st 7113 .... (Mr. Dixon) 1 Mr. Gilbert's Slasher, 12st 7 1 b............ (Mr. Baxter) 2 Mr. B. Land, junior's Savernake, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. Grant) 3 The following also ran :—Bracknell, Advent, Nana Sahib, Solferino, and Fairplay. Betting-6 to 4on Glautias, who waited until within a mile from home, when he took a clear lead, and won in a canter by six lengths, Savernake a bad third, nothing else passed the post. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND B.ROMPTON. DISEASES OF THE CZEsi, A quarterly court of the governors of this charity was held on Thursday last, Captain the lion. F. Maude, R.N., in the chair. The quarterly report of the committee of management showed that since the last quarterly court the western side of the hospital had undergone the periodical repairs, on the completion of which the number of in-patients had again been raised to the ordinary complement of nearly 200. The chief event of the quarter, and which afforded cause for thankfulness to all those interested in the welfare of the hospital, was the payment of the sum of £6,000, the balance of the mortgage debt of D,COO, which had long been a bur den on the institution. To effect this object all but the smaller legacies had been for a considerable time invested; and the payment of this large sum not only absorbed the whole of the funded property, but had also nearly swallowed up the balance in the bankers' hands. The committee, how ever, looked forward confidently to a continuance and ex tension of the support with which the charity had been favoured by the public, in order that they might be able to moot *ham rennatsklitip innraasinsr downstudg mum the hospital resources on the part of the suffering poor who resort to it from all parts of London and the country. The receipts of the charity had been injuriously affected, doubtless, by rea son of the distress in Lancashire, on which the public sym pathy was naturally concentrated. The committee appealed to the friends of the institution not to lose sight of the pressing claims upon its resources, during that large portion of the year, especially, when the consumptive poor suffer so much from the cold and damp of this climate. In the interests of the in -patients, and on the strong recommen dation of the medical committee, the committee proposed to recommend the appointment of an honorary dental surgeon to the hospital. The appointment of dispenser was reported vacant by the death of Mr. Frail, at an advanced age, after 13 years' service. Only four legacies had been announced during the quar ter, viz. :—Mrs. Elizabeth Hogg, £3OO ; Mrs. Charlotte Holmes, £lOO reversionary; Win. Barber, Esq., £2OO, duty free; J. A. Cropper, En., £lOO. The number of in - patients admitted since the 7th o f August was 293; discharged, many greatly benefited, 235 . died, 42; new out-patient cases, 1,712. The report having been adopted by the meeting, the proceedings closed by a cordial vote of thanks to the chair man. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215., 4REECE AND THE GREEKS ; being the Narrative of a Winter Residence and Summer Travel in Greece and its Islands. By FREDRIRA BREMER. Translated by MARY HOWITT. " The best book of travels which this charming authoress has given to the public." Athehmum. "Miss Bremer has many things to tell of the King, the Queen, and the country, that have a special interest as the present time."—United Service Mag. Must and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. aUILDHALL, let December, 1862.—The COM MITTEE for LETTING the CITY'S LANDS will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th De cember inst., at One o'clock precisely, to receive PRO SALS for LEASES of TWO HOUSES, Nos. 20 and 21, Eoundsditch, in the City of London. Plans of the Property may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, GuildhalL FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. 14 OYAL FREE HOSPITAL FOR THE 1-1) DESTITUTE SICK, Gray's-inn-road.—FUNDS are urgently REQUIRED. Treasurer and Banker—Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicho las-lane. By order, STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. R 0 IAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION (Inoorporated by Royal Charter). PA.Titownsa—lier Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, E.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, since , he beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has incurred expenses amount ng to £27,260 on Various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. _ _ _ During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution have t -, een instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow ing Vessels : .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 - 5 .. 3 Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • • • • Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn .. .• • • Brig Prodroma, of Stockton Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough •• •• Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg • • • • Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • • Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford • • Schooner Prospect, of Berwick • • •• Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone •• Brig Pallas, of Shields .. Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. Smack John Bus, of Yarmouth .. Schooner Catherine, of Newry •• •• Barque Niagara, of Shields .. A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• •• Brig George and James, of London • • Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Cullercoats . Schooner Eliza, of North Shields :• . Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth •• Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth • Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. . •• Sloop Hope, of Dublin .. Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and Anne,Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • • • Smack Merrion Lass, of Aberystwyth (saved yes and crew) .. • • • • • • • • .. 3 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew 4 Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ive s .. 3 Fishing-boats of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo .. 8 Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. • • .. .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .. • • •• 6h Smack Gipsy, of Newry .. • • .. 4 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. 4 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehav en .• • • .. 8 Schooner William, of Liverpool . • .. „• 5 3 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields • • • • .• Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guyana, of Glasgow . • • • • • Brig Roman Empress, of Shields Brig San Spirid:one, of Galaxide • • • • Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. French Brig La Jeune Mane Therese .. Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater • • Ship Dana., of P.plfast •• • • ,chooner Hortensia, of Hanover Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven Brig St. Michel, of Marano . • Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. Barque Druid, of Sunderland •• • • Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. .. . Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon .. • . Schooner Princess Alice, of Ipswich .. 5 Brig Minerva, of Workington Schooner Elizabeth and. Hannah, of . Newburgh .. 6 Brig Sisters, of yV hitby .• 9 Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. 4 Brig Jane, of North Shields .. .. 10 Brig Trial, of Poole .. .„ .. 7 Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. . Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and crew) . • • •. •• •• •• Barque Fred • erick, of Dublin .. Barge Peace, of London • • Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast • • • ,• • • • • • Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Schooner Rook, of Liverpool .. 6 .. 7 .. 7 .. 6 .. 1 .. 6 .. $ .. 9 .. 3 .. .. 15 .. a .. 2 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 .. 4 .. 19 .. 10 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. 5 .. 9 ~ .. 11 .. .. 10 •.• • • , _ _ Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5 Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. .. 4 Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda . • Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool .. Sloop William, of Liverpool .. Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth Portuguese Barque Cruz V. .. • • • • Ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U. 5... Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester ::134 .. 5 .. 3 1+ .. 18 .. 4 e. Total .. .• 762 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £2,458 as rewards to the crews of its Lifeboats. It has also granted re wards vmountin to 072 for saving 562 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means. Mak ing a total of 1,302 persons saved from a wa ter y grave during the last two years and a halt The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,690; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and 016,000 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £64.300 on Life-boats, Life-boat Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorousefforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely n eTedheed its h Commit a tee gr n a e t m ef i u s i s i i y on adm i s t o o w r e d p g e e rp t e h t e nate d. following con tributions: — s. d .. annual 5o 0 .llet Majesty the Queen 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • . d an on n . uar 1 Bart.. .. .. don. 25 0 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincen t, A Lady at I,eith, per W. G. .thater . , ' Esq.... ▪ . don. 10 10 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justice • • • • 2d don. 25 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.8. 8 3 0 0 .. don. Coutts and Co., Messrs., Banker s .. ▪ annual 10 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. dual 5 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, . Lanesborough, the Earl of • • • • • • --- Legacy of the late Win. Lupton, Esq., of Lambton, Messrs. W. H. & CO., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 100 0 0 Salford.. don. 15 15 0 NSOIPtk . , . cf. B. don. e 6.61 5 0 0 Stirling, col. Sir Anthony, K.O B • • • • •• • • • annual 20 0 Trench, Lady Helena .• • • • • • • don. 30 0 0 7th lO 0 0 Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Ferries, Farquha r ' Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, and Co., 16, St. Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and James's-street London ; by all the Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John -street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. 7HE STABBING CASE IN 7HE STRAND. Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. W. Payne, the coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, held an investi gation at George's Hotel, Strand, respecting the death of Mr. Edward Leigh, aged 24, whose death was the result of a wound in the abdomen inflicted with a cheese knife at the Somerset Hotel, in the above -mention locality. Hugh Morris, porter at Dane's Inn, who is under remand from Bow -street police-court, on the charge of causing the death of the above gentleman, was present, accompanied by Mr. Willis, his solicitor. Inspector West was present on the part of th e police, and many gentlemen interested in the case attended. The evidence was the same as that given at Bow street on the previous day. At its close A gentleman produced a letter which had been sent by deceased to him the second day after the occurrence, in which he desired that he would for ward to Morris his kindest regards, and assurances of good will. The Coroner then asked Morris if he desired to make any statement, or give any account of the oc currence to the j ury. - _ Morris, on being sworn, said he wished to express his deep-felt sorrow and regret that such an event had happened. He confessed he had drunk too much, and knew of nothing that had occurred until Mr. Leigh turned pale, and hung down his head- They had been out for a walk together, and deceased had been in the habit of fencing in play, and had taken lessons. He did not even recollect the dinner —in fact nothing whatever, until deceased was wounded. The shock sobered him. They had had no quarrel, for deceased was a man no one could quarrel with. short consultation, returned a g The Th e C je o r r y on , e a r ft h er av a in summed up the evidence, verdict of "Accidental Death." ng Morris in an impressive future he would see the ne m drinking to such an clue es The aniet ye r Coronero,f hoped refra i ning r d addressing e hf s reo s i ex tent as to deprive him of all knowledge of what was going on about him. Morris replied it would indeed be a severe lesson. The proceedings then terminated. M. Verdi, after the first representation of his new opera of the " Forza del Destino" at the Imperial Theatre at St. Petersburg, received from the bands of the Emperor the Grand Cross of the Order of Stanislaus. This is the first time that such a high distinction has been con ferred in Russia on a foreign composer. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Pills. Inclement Weather. —The human body, at all times assailable by suf. fering, is much more liable to it during the winter. These Pills are the most approved means of ridding the blood of impurities, and maintaining perfect health. In asthma, influenza, low fever, and in all cases when the vital forces are reduced, Holloway's Pills exercise a wonderfully resto rative power, and rekindle the nervous energy essential to prevent prostration or disease. They likewise healthily improve the appetite, give tone to the stomach, and quicken th e digestion. Holloway's Pills are safe and effective family medicines, as they can by no possibility do harm to the youngest child or most delicate constitution: they purify and strengthen sissultaneously. Earl of Sefton (Lord-Lieutenant), the Earl of Wil ton, Lord Skelmeradale, Lord Egerton of Tatton, Lord Grey de Wilton, M.P., Lord Edward Howard, M.P., the Hon. A. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Wilbraham Egerton, M.P., Sir T. Heaketh, M.P., Mr. Bazley, M.P., Sir Robert Gerard, the Hon. G. Cavendish, Mr. W. J. Legh, M.P., Colonel Gray, M.P., Sir H. de Trafford, Colonel Black burne, Sir J. L. Bardaley, Canon Stowell, Colonel Munn, Sir J. K. Shuttleworth, Mr. H. B. Farnall, C. Turner, M.P., Sir E. Armitage, Sir T. B. Birch, the Mvyors of Manchester, Preston, Warrington, Ashton, Blackburn, and Stockport; Messrs. H. Ashworth, S. Ashton, N. Eckersley, T. Clegg, J. Heald, R. Ascroft, L. Heyworth, Entwistle, W. A. F. Saunders (High Sheriff), &c. On the motion of the High Sheriff, the Earl of Sefton, lord-lieutenant of the county, was called to the chair. The LORD-LIEUTENANT briefly explained that he had convened the meeting in consequence of a requisition he had received from the executive com mittee of Manchester, and that its object was to ob- tain a declaration of the intention of those who were connected by property, or other ties, with the county, in case the present alarming distress in the cotton districts should continue. They had openly given out that they were desirous of obtaining as- sistance from all parts of the country, and in answer to their appeal very large sums of money had been contributed; but they had been fairly reminded in the public prints, and by their private friends, that more was expected from those whose landed pro- perty, or sources of wealth, were more particularly _ . connected with the distressed districts. The noble .ord called upon the Earl of Derby to move the first resolution. The Earl of DERBY, who was received with great cheering, said—My Lord Sefton, my lords and gentle men, we are met together upon an occasion whioh must call forth the most painful, and at the same time ought to excite, and I am sure will excite, the most kindly feelings of our human nature. We are met to consider the best means of palliating— would to God I could say removing—a great na tional calamity, the like whereof in modern times has never been witnessed in this favoured land—a calamity which it was impossible for those who are the chief sufferers by it to foresee, or if they had foreseen to take any step to avoid—a cala mity which though shared by the nation at large falls more peculiarly and with the heaviest weight on this hitherto prosperous and wealthy district—a calamity which has converted this teeming hive of industry into a stagnant desert of compulsory inaction and idleness, and which has converted that which was the source of our greatest wealth into the deepest abyss of impoverishment— a calamity which has impoverished the wealthy, reduced the man of easy fortunes, brought distress upon those who have hitherto been somewhat above the majority of the world, owing to the exercise of a frugal industry, and which has reduced honest and struggling poverty to a state of abject, humiliating destitution. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it is to meet this calamity that we are met together to-day, to add our means and assistance to those efforts which have been so nobly made throughout the country generally, and I am bound to say in this county also, as I shall prove to you before I have closed my remarks. (Cheers.) 1 know how impossible it is by any figures to convey an idea of the extent of the destitution which now prevails, and I know hew impatient large assemblies are of any extensive use of figures at all ; but at the same 4imo it la _;mrinQQ; hla tri lay baftkret jrnn __dux srli n 1 P state of the case without trespassing on your atten • tion with a very few statistics which shall show throughout this district the extent, if not the pres• sure of the present distress. I think I shall best give you an idea of the amount of the distress and destitution if I do so by very shortly comparing the state of things which existed in the districts to which I refer in the month of September, 1861, as compared with the month of Sep tember, 1862, and that again, which is only about two mouths ago, with the latest information we have up to the 22d of last month. Now I find that in a district comprising in round numbers 2,000,000 of inhabitants, in the fourth week of Sept., 1861, there were 43,500 persons receiving relief; in the fourth of Sept., 1862, there were 163,498 per sons; and in the short space which has elapsed since the last week in September and the third week in November, the number of 163,000 has increased to 259,385 persons. (Hear.) I will now compare the amount of relief supplied by the parochial funds during the same periods. In Sept., 1861, the amount of relief given per week was £2,259; in Sept., 1862, it had increased to £9,674 ; and in the week ending Nov. 22 it amounted to £17,681. The pro portion of those receiving parochial relief to the total population was as two and 3-10ths per cent. in Sept., 1861; as eight and 5-10ths per cent. in Sep tember, 1862; and as 13 and 5-10ths per cent. in Nov., 1862. (Hear.) Here, therefore, we have more than 13 per cent. of the whole population ac tually at the present moment depending for sub sistence upon parochial relief alone. Of the 259,000 persons receiving relief there were 36,800 old and infirm, nearly 98,000 able-bodied adults, and nearly 124,900 under the age of sixteen years. But it would be very far from giving you an estimate of the extent of the distress if we were to confine our observations to those who depend for support upon parochial relief. We have evidence from the local committees which we have extensively em ployed, and whose services have been invaluable to us, that of persons not relieved by poor rates, but relieved by local committees, there are no fewer in this district than 172,000, making a total of 431,395 persons out of 2,000,000, or 21 7-10ths of the whole population—that is, more than one in every five— who are dependent for their daily existence either upon parochial relief or upon public charity. (Hear.) Now, I have said that figures will not show sufficiently the amount of distress, nor I am happy to say, will figures show the amount of re lief contributed for remedying that distress. But let us take another test, and let us examine what has been the result, not upon the poor who are de pendent for their daily bread upon their daily labour, and many of whom are upon the verge of pauperism from day to day, but I will take as a test what has been the effect upon the well-to-do arti san, upon the frugal, industrious, saving man, who has been hitherto somewhat above the world. I have but an imperfect test, because I am only able to obtain the amount of deposits withdrawn from the savings banks —the best of all possible tests if we could carry it up to the present day—up to the middle of June last, when the distress had hardly begun. I find that from seven banks alone in this county, in six months, and those too in which the distress had not reached its present height, or any thing like it, the re was an excess in the withdrawal of deposits over the ordinary average w ithdrawal to the amount, of £71,113. (Hear , hear.) Now, re member that this is up to June last, at, time it has when the pres sure had hardly begun; and from been found impossible to obtain t f ro m h the savings banks themselves such returnsas wou ld enable us e stimate of the to present you with any further ex i s ti ng w ithdrawals; but that they must have been very large must necessarily be inferred from th e grea t increase of dist ress which has taken place since the large sum I have mentioned was with drawn in excess of the ordinary withdrawals. Now, gentlemen, picture to yourselves, I beg of you, what a state of things this single sum of Z 71,113 in ex cess of the average withdrawals from the sayings banks presents—what an amount of sualing, what an amount of disappointed hopes, and what a prospect of future distress, this fact lays before you for the working and industrious classes. (Hear, hear.) Why, gentlemen, it represents the blighted hopes of many a family. It represents the small sum set by by honest, frugal, persevering industry, by years of toil and of self-denial in the hope of its being, as it has been in many cases before, the foundation of colossal fortunes. But it also represents the gradual decay of the hopes for his family of many an industrious artisan. It is the first step in that downward progress which has led to destitution and pauperism. The first step is to withdraw the sav ings of honest industry, and that is rcpresenced by the withdrawal from the savings banks. Then comes the sacrifice of some little cherished article of furni ture, the cutting off of some little indulgence, the sacrifice of that which gave to his home an addi tional appearance of comfort and of happiness; the sacrifice gradually, one by one, of the principal articles of furniture, till at last the well-conducted, honest, and frugal, saving workman finds himself on a level with the idle, dissipated, and improvi dent—obliged to pawn the very clothes of his family —nay, the very bedding on which they lie, to ob tain the simple means of subsistence from day to day ; and encountering all that difficult tering all that distress, with the noble inuti— which would do anything rather than depend on public or private charity, and in his own simple and emphatic language declaring, " Nay, but we'll Clem' first." (Hear, and cheers.) Now, gentlemen, this leads me to observe a more gratifying point of view—that of the noble manner, a manner beyond all praise, in which this deep destitution has been borne by the population of this great county. It is not the case of ordinary labourers who find them- selves reduced a trifle below even their former means of subsistence, but it is a reduction of the pecuniary comfort and almost of the necessities of men who have been in the habit of living, if not in luxury, at least in the extreme of comfort. It is a reduction to two and three shillings a week of sums which have previously amounted to 255., 308., and 40s.—a cutting off of all their comforts, of all their hopes of future additional comforts or rising in life—a feeling—an honourable, an honest, but at the same time a morbid feeling of being indebted under these circumstances to relief of any description or kind. I may say that among the difficulties which have been encountered by the local relief committees, no doubt thine has been many of those not among the most deserving who have been clamorous for the aid held out to them, but one of the great difficulties of the local relief committees has been to find out struggling and really distressed merit, and to overcome that feeling of independence which even under such cir cumstances like these shrinks from being relieved _ _ even by private charity. (Hear, hear.) I know that eases of this kind have happened—that cases have occurred where it has been necessary to press on individual persons, themselves on the point of starvation, the necessity of accepting this relief, and from this place I take the opportunity of saying— and I hope it will go far and wide—that in circum stances like the present, discreditable as habitual dependence on local relief may be, it is no degrada tion, no possible cause of hhtme that any man, how ever great his industry, however high his character or noble his feeling of self-dependence, should feel himself obliged to have recourse to that christian charity which I am sure we are all prepared to give. (Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I might here, as far as the resolution I have to propose is concerned, close the observations I have to mako to you. The reso lution I have to move, indeed, is one which calls for no extensive argument, and which, with a plain statement of facts such as I have laid before you, is sufficient to obtain your unanimous assent. The resolution is—" That the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and the adjoining county are suffering from an extent of destitution hitherto happily un known, w hien nas um. bvt L S . th. wnrtring classes with patient submission and resolution, en titling them to the warmest sympathy of their fel low-countrymen." (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, I cannot in the first place lose the opportunity of asking this great assembly with what feelings this state of things should be contemplated by us who are in happier circumstances. Let me say, with all reverence, that it is a subject for deep national hu miliation, and above all for deep humiliation for this great county. We have been accustomed for years to look with pride and complacency upon the enormous growth of that manufacture which has conferred wealth on so many thousands, and which has so largely increased the manufacturing in dustry and population of this country. We have seen within the last twelve or fourteen years the consumption of cotton in Europe extend from 50,000 to 90,000 bales a week. We have seen the weight of cotton goods exported from thie country in the shape of yarn and manufactured goods amount to 983,000,0001b5. in a year. We have seen this trade constantly and rapidly extend ing. We have seen colossal fortunes made, and we have been proud, and, as a county, perhaps, accus tomed to look down on those less fortunate dis tricts whose wealth and fortunes have been built on a less secure foundation. We have reckoned on this great manufacture as the pride of our country, and as the best security against the possibility of war in consequence of mutual interests between us and the cotton produciug districts, and we have held that in the cotton manufacture was the pride, the strength, and the certainty of our future national prosperity and peace. lam afraid we have looked to this too much in the spirit of the Assyrian mo-, narch of old. We have said to ourselves, "Is not this the great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty ?" But in that hourlin which the monarch used these words, the word came forth, " Thy kingdom is departing from thee." That which was his pride became his humi liation. That which was our pride has become our punishment. That which was the source of our wealth, the sure foundation on which we knelt, has become itself the instrument of our humiliating po verty, which compels us to appeal to the charity of other counties. The reed on which we leaned has gone through the hand reposed on it, and has pierced us to the heart. (Hear.) But we have happier end more gratifying subjects of contempla ymen in the tion. I have pointed to the noble conduct which must make us proud of our countrymen pointed to the noble ma nufacturing districts. I have heroic submission to d i fficulties they could never never expected to be foresee, and privationsnthweey have another feeling, subject to—and . nobly met, and which, sure s hg a aa p si pointed, that this is an oppor tunity sympathy n to those blessed with I w a h m ic t h w t i h ll e wealth and fortune to show t give poorer brethren, and with God's earnest sympathy—with the suf feringsit be a link bind together more closely than ever the various classes in this great commu nity, to satisfy the wealthy that the poor have a claim tnpractical,nt Y blessingp o o t nf o aan n cctytoho l ytuev providentiallybine t rt o rdy. their money but their sympathy —to satisfy the poor also that the rich are not overbearing, grinding tyrants, but men, like them selves, who have a heart to feel for suffering, and prompt to use the means God has given them for the relief of t hat suffering. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, a few words more, and I will not further trespass upon your attention ; but I feel myself called on, as chairman of that executive committee, to which my noble friend in the chair has paid so Just a compli ment, to lay before you some answers to objections which have been made, and which in other counties may have a tendency to check the contributions which have hitherto freely flown in. Before Ido so allow me to sa y--and I can du it with more free dom because in its early stages I was not a member of that committee —but it is mere j us tice to say that there never was an o ccasion in which greater and more earnest effort was made to secure that the dis.. r i _N 1., lti S PAPE R --. Itribntion of those funds entrustelk 7 ,t4li'..„!. - -4.. - ' , ; , be guarded against all possibilitY*4 .46 9 , : a =". 7 It it they should be distributed wit Clii , 0: 77 - referenc: - .. to political or religions , 1•46 m ai i iiiir c e.., buted with the most perfcct imM. Wattit4,ke..4.:),4eY every locality, through the instrttlnifffiriNititio ties in whom the neighbourhood repos,. nfineeti Such has been our endeavour, and I think we have been successful. (Cheers.) With these observa tions I have only earnestly t& request you this day to do your part towards the furtherance of this good work. I have no apprehension that, if the distrrms should last fur five or six months longer, the spon taneous efforts of individuals and public bodies, and the contributions raised ih every part of the country, will fail short of that which is needed for enabling the population to tide over this deep distress, tind I earnestly hope that, if it becomes necessary uLtirnately to appeal to Parliament as a last resource, the epresentatives of the country will not grudge their aid. Ido hope and believe, hoWeser, that with the assistance of the macs' finery of the bill passed last year, and which will come into operation after Christmas, this great manufacturing district, will be spared the humilia tion of coming before Parliament as a claimant or suppliant for the bounty of the nation at large. (The noble Earl resumed his seat amid great cheer ing.) Sir. R. GERARD seconded the resolution which was unanimously agreed to. The Mayor of MANCHESTER then meved the fol lowing :—" That the expectations atfirst entertained of an early mitigation of the present distress have been disappointed by the constant increase of its intensity, so that the subscriptions contributed with the hope of alleviating a transient calamity should now be increased to meet the aggravated Jvil." The Mayor of LIVERPOOL seconded the resolu tion, which was supported by Mr. A. EGERTON, M.P., and agreed to. . Lord STANLEY, M.P., then moves • " That while this amount of destitution should be regarded as a national calamity, attributable in a great m,?asure to events which could not have been foreseen nor avoided, it has therefore a claim on the sympathy and co-operation of the country at large. The pi imary duty of relieving it devolves on the county of Lancaster, whose wealth in former prosperous times has been so largely increased by the industry of those classes now suffering such distress." Lord E. HOWARD seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Mr. M'CLURE, Secretary of the Executive Com mittee, read the list of subscriptions colieeted in the room which amounted to over £50,000, and included the following: — The Lord Lieutenant .. Lord Derby .. .. £2,000 .. 5,000 Mr. J. P. Heywood.. .. 2,000 GO $0 .. 1,000 .. 1,000 .. 2,000 .. 1,000 Lord oYerstono Mr. B. H. Jones .. Lord Egerton • Lord Crawford .. John Skelmeradale 400 Sir J. K. Shuttleworth .. • . .. 1,000 Mr. Cardwell, M.P. .. .. .. 500 Mr. orilaclatone, M.P. .. .. 200 The Marquis of Salisbury .. 200 Countess Sefton .. • . .. 200 Earl Bradford .. 500 Lord lingsdown .. • . 500 Lord Grey de Wilton .. .. 150 Sir T. Birch •• .. • • 500 Messrs. Rathbone and Co.. .. .. 2,000 The American Chamber of Commerce at Liverpool •• •• Colonel W. Patten .. Lord Stanley, M.P.. .. The M. of llartington .. 1,000 .. 1,000 .. 200 .. 1,000 _arquis Messrs. Wrigley and Sons 1,000 Mr. J. C. :Swart, M.P. .. 500 Mr. Anderson .. 500 Mr. J. Heald •11 00 •• 1,00 0 Sir T. Hcsketh 300 The 'Underwriters at Lloyd's .. 2,000 Colonel T. Clifton 400 The town of St. Helens • . .. 2,500 It was also stated that within the last four weeks the amount contributed by Lancashire, including £3,000 from Warrington, £50,000 from Manches ter, and £13,400 from Liverpool, amounted to £llO,OOO. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. A RAIL ITrA Y RIOT. The right of possession in tliifeliesnineat(rioows at the Worcester station, on the West Midland Railway, has been the cause of something border ing on a riot. The matter came before the Wor cester magistratss yesterday, when a man named named Thomas J arrett, in the employ of the railway company, was charged with a violent assault upon Walton, the tenant of the refreshment rooms. The facts which gave rise to to the charge were briefly these :--For some time a dispute has existed be tween Mr. Walton, the the tenant of the refresh ment rooms, and the railway company, as to the terms of his taking, and matters were brougnt to a crisis on Sunday last. The rooms were locked up as usual on Saturday night, and on Sunday morn ing, on the attendants going to open them, they found the doors and windows barricaded, and a posse of railway workmen stationed to prevent any in gress to the rooms. Mr. Walton was at once communicated with, and he thereupon got together some 20 or 30 men, and armed with an axe he was proceeding to cut down the barricades to effect an entrance, when the railway advanced, and Jarrett, selecting Mr. Walton for attack, aimed with a blow at him with a bludgeon, knocking him down sense less. He was carried away from the scene of action, and a general fight between the twp parties seemed inevitable, when a body of police arrived, and put a stop ty the fray. Jarrett was taken into custody, and on Monday afternoon appeared before themagis trates. (The Mayor, Mr. Sherriff, being the mana ger of the railway, did not act.) A medical certifi cate was read stating that Mr. Walton was too ill to attend before the bench, and Jarrett was accord ingly remanded for a week. A great deal of popu lar feeling appears to be excited. The railway officials on leaving the hall were hooted and mobbed, and had to be escorted by the police through the town. The refreshment rooms were still closed yesterday, to the inconvenience of travellers. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. AuPlralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Deo. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Liraxil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Dec. 4. Capo of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dee. 2. Dec. D ee. 2. 2. via Marseilles Deo. 13. Falkland Islands a Soft and t d h a mpton Ceylon, via Southampt on via Marseilles ...Deo 13. India Gibra 1 (Calcutta ) , tar,v i India (Bombay), via Southampto n * Dec . * 11. via Marseilles Dec. b. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 2. via Marseilles Newfoundland ... .. Dec. 10. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dee. 4. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet.Deo. 5. W.C. of Africa M- adeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 10. Bahamas, via New York Dee. 18. Mexico.. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, a Dec. 15. California, and British Columbia.. importing tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always good alike. Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. DIABOLICAL ACT.—One of the most distressing instances of the distress occurred at Darweu, near Black burn, during last week. A young man named Frank Shan ley went to the Low Hill Farm, Lower Darwen, to see the master. Mrs. Shorrock attended the door, and told Shan ley that her husband was not in the house. lie then asked for a drink of water, which was furnished to him, and then begged for something to eat. She told him she had nothing to spare, to which he replied, " Has folk to starve to death ?" This expression touched her heart, and she told him she would get him a little to eat. As she was passing to get it she saw him put his hand into his pocket and then point it at her. She closed the door and called a manservant to her aid. Shanley ran off, followed by the manservant, who overtook him. The offender then threatened to shoot hia t if he came near, but, another man coming uP at the time, they apprehended him and conveyed him to the lockup, On Friday the prisoner was charged with the offence, and, making no defence, ho was c ommitted for trial at the next Liverpool assizes for attempting to shoot Mrs. Shorrock, 30, the Dan' t to that the fur rob• '0 tb Ol e, 1001‘' P°° r trao a Peat 3 6° 4 1,0 3 4 49 S ,04 ,rwer ° vel r 0 rliu'li t tad at 1 .0: 0 0 0; 10 . Pl4 O, P otililit e-P'' 4 ' S• s9 '' Wlieth f 101- J st al f Ste fpl- 05 t e r; ors, ~,, a,ig ,tet trael iflr la / gr eet'' Stsi°.