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REFORM. -THE GOVERNMENT BILL.- In pursuance of a requisition most numerously and re- Pectably signed, addressed to me, I do hereby convene a PUBLIC MEETING of the citizens of London, to be held in the Guildhall of the said City, on FRIDAY next, the 11th of Jlarch, at one for two o'clock, for the purpose of the cit izens expressing their opinion upon the Government Reform Bill. Alausion- house, March 7, 1859. D. W. WIRE, Mayor. BANK of ENGLAND, March, 8, 1859.—The COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVERNOR rand ~0 1 1PANY of e BANK of ENGLAND GIVE NOTICE, T HURSDAY. a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank, on the 17th inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely, to consider of a Dividend. Also, that another General Court will be held at the Bank, 24 Tuesday, the sth April next, from 'len o'clock in the fore 'Loon till l our in the afternoon, for the election of a Governor .4ld Deputy Governor for the year ensuing, which will be de 'tared that evening, and the same Court will be continued by rournment, and held at the same place and during the s ame pill on Wednesday, the 6th April next, for the Election of Z,enty-four Directors, which will also be one of the Quar tr General Courts appointed by the Charter, and the the of the Twenty-four 'Directors will be declared as soon as scrutiny is over. Printed lists of the Proprietors having votes will be ready to be delivered at the Bank, on Monday the 21st March. JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary. 4 17*M By an act passed in the 7th year of the reign of George no person will be entitled to vote at the said election who 4,,t11 not have been six calendar months possessed in his own i,.. 11 t of the Stock for which he shall then give his vote, unless 12 1 s i nid Stock shall have been acquired, or shall have come by . 4: 4 est or by marriage, or by succession to an intestate's ft 'ate, or by the custom of the City of London, or by any deed settlement after the death of any person who shall have be en entitled for life to dividends of such stock. C- -TRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES, 1859-60. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W., 7th March. 1859, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Sealed 0 ,, nders in dplicate will be received at this Office, on oefo T re e Saturday, u the 19th instant, for the supply f)f such 2arttities of COALS and CANDLES as may be required for ~Price at the several War Department Stations in Great 1 0 li and the Channel Islands, for a period of twelve onths from the Ist April, 1859. ) A l l proposals to contract must be made upon the proper jinted forms in duplicate, which may be obtained on appli ',ison at this office, between the hours of ten and four. 4 Joined Tenders must also be made for the several Stations, together in the particulars of Contract, and must be Crxed on the outside, " Tender for Coals," or " Tender for "'ldles" as the case may be. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. THE FOR PAPER FOR POSTAGE E NVELOPES. VIE • COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE -14 VENUE will be prepared, on or before the 31st March t !tant, t o rece ive Tenders for the supply of LVE lIUNDRED AND FIFTY REAMS OF PAPER FOR POSTAGE ENVELOPES. „ !!,der the following conditions : Ole thousand reams to be of one size called V, and two o ne and fifty of another size called W. ..11 the paper to be cream-laid or cream-wove, to be tub I l zed and milled on one side, and in quality about equal to at of the laid paper now used for postage envelopes—a '441 1 41 e of which may be seen on application to Mr. 0. Hill, at this office. Each ream to consist of 480 perfect sheets. The sheets to vary but little in thickness. e t ream of size V to weigh 741b5., and each sheet to mea 4re 67 inches by 17 inches. "'ensure ream of size W to weigh 7915., and each sheet to "'ensure 86 inches by 18k inches. elilepaper will be required as follows :—viz., 100 reams of h'size within five weeks of the acceptance of the tender, and iloterwards, at the rate of about 100 reams of size V, and about ti,feams of size W per month. It is to be delivered at such aand at such places in London as the Commissioners of nd Revenue may from time to time direct. v P aYment will bee mit is for ea delivered ch consignment within six eeks from the ti. .2he tend ers to be enclosed in a sealed envelope, and to be 7rapanied by a separate parcel containing twelve sheets of paper of the precise substance and quality which the maker LlToses to supply, the dimensions of these sheets being im erial. e jon each sheet must be written the price of a ream of ,nUar p aper of each of the required sizes, as above specified, , 1 1 distinguishing mark must also be put upon cash sheet, similar mark upon the envelope enclosing the tender, so connect the sheet with the tender. eThe tenders to be addressed to the " Secretary of Inland (te 'vettue, Somerset-house," and to be marked outside " Ten nfor Paper for Envelopes." nrther particulars may be obtained by application to the T r erintendent of Postage Stamps, at this office. Lac board do not bind themselves to accept any of the ten re Which may be received. THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary. and Revenue, Somerset-house, sth March, 1859. 1 11 ])I'A OFFICE, March 8, 1859. The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL Lushes, for the information of the Holders of Promissory , 1 1 Notes and Transfer Loan Securities of the Government n ttdia who may be resident in Europe, the following i l ,"-tIFICATION, published in the " Calcutta Gazette Ex "% Unary " of the 26th January, 1859 : NOTIFICATION. -rt William, Financial Department, 26th January, 1859. No. 6. eferring to the Notificaons os. 27 and 31, isued from department on the 20th and 27th of July, 1857, s and to the t"inieation No. 63, issued from this Department on the 19th k!,,elliber, 1858, under which Promissory Notes of the Four D e ; uent., Three-and-a-Half per Cent., and Four-and-a-Half Cent. Loans and Transfer Loan Securities were severally D ei .ed to be receiis hereby notified that the receipt of the 141: 1 1 Promissory Notes and Transfer Loan Securles in part der to the said Five per Cent. Loan will be closed - 7 the 30th of April next. 1 8 further notified that the Sub-Treasurers at Calcutta, fo,'llts, and Bombay have been authorised to receive money , he purchase of Treasury Bills payable to order, and daybear- Interest at the rate of 3 pica, or one-fourth of an anna a „ for every one hundred rupees. 1 , ,,v 4 money being paid into their treasuries, the said Sub- V l ,,easurers will issue Loan Certificates in the usual manner, %Zeit Certificates will be exchanged at the offices of the Ac entant-General at the several Presidencies, for Treasury Ins, as soon as possible. or l „he Bills will be paid off at par at the General Treasuries „,`ue Presidencies from which they . may be issued, at the 0 i"on of the holders, after the expiration of one year from e date of issue They will also after the expiration of one _'ar from the date of issue, be rec' eivable at par, with allow ,,,gee for any interest due upon them in payment of Govern ent Revenue, into any Treasury of the Presidencies from I ,„'uch they may have been issued, or in subscriptions to the rgent Five y)er Cent. Loan, or, at the option of the holders, qu a l t ta n n of all Toyvetrnhmenenb:dtemnaenrisilslyatopen,G the an l T a re s in a- L l4 'ies of the several Presidencies, and in payments, on ac 'lnt of salt, opium, and customs. Bills issued by the Accountant-General in Calcutta will be t tceivable as above, in payment of Government revenue, into Treasuries ab. of Bengal, the North-West Provinces, Oude, 11 4 the Punj 'he Interest on the Bills will be payable half-yearly, at the eneral Treasuries of the several Presidencies only. I he Bills will also be liable to be paid off, at pof f e Wernment, at the General Treasuries of the Presidencies ti llll which they may be issued, at any time after the expira -11 of ear from the date of issue, provided that notice th!lichintention be given in the " Calcutta Gazette " at least Di t ie months before the date of proposed payment. After f e ,,tl notice is given interest on the Bills will cease to run ii 1 " 111 the day on which they shall have been notified for pay- Vle Bills will be issued in sums of Rs. 1,000. Rs. 5,000, and 10000. 4 11 blished by order of his Excellency the Right Honour " e the Governor-General of India in Council. (S!gned) C. HUGH LUSHINGTON, Secretary to the Government of India. with reference to para. 1 of the above Notification, the h eretary of State for India in Council does hereby give „ 15 tice, that the date fixed for closing the receipt of Promis tP' Notes and Transfer Loan Securities in part subscription ithe Five per Cent. Loan, viz., the 30th April next, is o'eby extended to such date as may , be necessary to include th Daper, or instructions for immediate transfer , sent from 4 114 country by the mail which will leave London on the 10th next. J. COSMO MELVILL. OINOPOLION TAVERN AND HOTEL FOR GENTLEMEN, Nos. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn. 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SELF-CURE—AMERICAN TREATMENT. 0 THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. P il l CHARLES WATSON, F.R.A.S., Member of the Re p°lied Medical College, U.S. ; the Society of Medicine, nen ; the National Academy of Sciences, Paris ; also Fel -19,1r and Honorary Vice-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, 27, Alfred-place, Bedibrd-square, Lon- Ann continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE 'TIDE TO SELF-CURE." Dr. Watson ' s about entering the Marriage State should peruse pr. Watson's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound biedical philosopher."—Critic. " The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private tore."—University Magazine_ „-” The AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absurdity of the English mode of treating such com- Naints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre sented."—Evening Sun. 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In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits, indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, 'hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible. Published by the Author, prioe ls., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester ; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fargs.te, Sheffield ; Rayner, High-street, Southampton ; W. Lovb, Nmoch-square, Glasgow ; H. Powell, Westmorelaxd street, Dublin, or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till. 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STRACHAN and CO.'s Delicious Drawing Room TEA, at 4s. 2d. per lb., or 4s. in original packages of 40 and 80 lbs., guaranteed the finest Black Tea imported. 20, Cornhill, London, opposite the Royal Exchange. TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF HARWICH AND DOVERCOURT. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT proposed this bill to put an end to the acitation. If the bill was rejected, he should be consoledbby the thought that he had only failed where persons of more talent than he possessed had met with the same fate, but he hoped the bill would be read a second time, so that in com mittee it could be so amended as to meet the views of all parties. Mr. STANHOPE addressel the house amidst loud cries of " Divide, divide." At the conclusion of the hon. gen tleman's remarks, none of which could be heard, The house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading l7l Against it Majority against the Uovernment -83 The result was received with loud cheers. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION BILL. Sir JOHN TRELAWNY postponed proceeding with his bill until to-morrow evening. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at six o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. FINANCE OF TEE GUARDS QUESTION. BROTHER ELECTORS.For the last two years it has become known to you that I have suffered so severely from illness as to make my attendance in the House of Commons a work of difficulty and even danger. But I bore it—contriving, by the aid of Friends, to render my ab sence of comparatively small importance ; but the case is very different now, when your rights and privileges are about to be assailed by the Reform Bill at present before Parliament, that I can no longer, as it were, 'trifle with your best interests ; I have, therefore, come to the determina tion to restore the political trust you have so long con fided to my keeping again to your hands, and by retiring from the representation of our Borough, afford you the op portunity of selecting a successor who, possessing the same political sentiments as myself, will have strength and leisure to exercise them for our general good. Thus, while your public affairs will be assigned to more powerful and efficient hands, you may rest assured, Brother Electors, that the same exertions I have ever used to promote the local interests of our Borough will be unceasingly con tinued by, Brother Electors, (With every sentiment of respect and gratitude), Your faithful friend and servant, JOHN BAUSHAW. Cliff House, Dovercourt, March 10, 18,59. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY. " An Old Soldier" writes as follows :—When the philanthropic man of science suggests to the Horse Guards a plan for promoting the happiness or 'se curing the health of the soldier, he is too often met by a shrug of the official shoulders, and the depre catory exclamation, " Alas, want of means !" So away goes the disheartened philanthropist,_ tho roughly imbued with the notion that the military barnacles are very incarnations of the milk of human kindness, whose single fault it is to servo such a skinflint as Mr. John Bull. A dip into the Army Estimate, 1839.60, might go far towards ridding the mind of our scientific Samaritan of his respect for the conscientious economy ruling at Whitehall, and towards mitigating his scorn for the vulgar parsimony of much - abused Mr. Bull; for instance, we will compare the cost of a regi ment of Household Cavalry with the cost of a regi ment of Cavalry of the Line :- IsT LIFE GUARDS. This, being Ash Wednesday, the Speaker, accompanied by several members of the House of Commons, attended Divine service at St. Margaret's, Westthinster, and did not take the chair until two o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MARCH 9. CHURCH RATES BILL Order for second reading tead ; motion made, and question proposed, "That the bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word "now," and at the end of the question to add the words, "upon this day six months :"—Question proposed, "That the word ' now' stand part of the question :"—Debate arising : Motion made, and question pro p osed, "That the debate be now adjourned':"—Motion, by leave, withdrawn : Question put, " That the word 'now' stand part of the question :"—The house divided; Ayes, 171; Noes, 254. AYES-171. Adderley, C. B. Griffith, C. D. Noel, Hon. G. J. Akroyd, Edward Grogan, Edward North, J. S. Annesley, Capt. H. Haddo, Lord Northcote, Sir S. H. Arbuthnott, Gen.H. Hamilton, Lord C. Puke, C. W. Ashley, Lord Banbury, Captain Pakington, Sir J. S Baillie, H. J. Hardy, athorne Palmer, R. Ball, E. Hardy, John Patten, J. W. Baring, Thomas Henley, J. Peel, Rt. Hon. J. Bernard, Thos. T. Henniker, Lord Pennant, Hon. E.G. Bernard, Lieut.-Col Holford, R. S. Percy, Hon. J. W. Bathurst, A. A. Hope, A. Pevensey, Viscount Beach, W. W. B. Hopwood, J. T. Philips, John Henry Beecroft, G. S. - Hornby, W. H. Powell, F. s. Bennet, Capt. P. Horsfall, T. B. Pritchard, .John Bentinek, G. W. P. Hotham, Gen. Lord Pugh, D. (Mont.) Beresford, W. Hudson, G. Pugh, D. (Carman) Bramley-Moore, J. Hughes, W. B. Repton, G. W. J. Bramston, T. W. Hume, W. Robertson, I'. F. Bridges, Sir 8., Bt. Hunt, G. W. Rolt, J. Bruce, C. L. C. Ingestre, Viscount Rust, J. Burrell, Sir C., Bt. Johnstone, J. J. H. Selater, G. Cairns, Sir H., Jolliffe, Capt. H. Scott, Major E. Carden, Ald. Sir R. Jones, D. Seymer, H. K. Cayley, E. S. Kekewich, S. Sibthorp, G. T. W. Charlesworth, J. C. Kelly, Sir F. Smyth, John G. Child, Smith Kendall, N. Smollett, A. Christy, S. Ker, R. Spooner, R. Churchill, Lord A. Kerrison, Sir E. Stanhope, J. B. Codrington, Sir W. King, J. K. Stirling, Wm. Cole, Hon. H. A. Knatehbull, W. Steuart, A. Corry, H. T. L. Knight, F. Stewart, Sir M. R. Cross, R. A. Knox, Lt.-Coi.B.W. Sturt, H. G. Cubitt, Ald. W. Knox, Major W. S Stunt, Capt. C. N. Davison, Richard Langton, W. H.P.G. Tempest, Lord A.V. Deedes, Wm. Lefroy, A. Thornhill, W. P. Disraeli, Benjamin Legh, G. C. Tollemaehe, John Du Cane, Chas. Lever, John 0. Trefusis, Hon. C. H. Duncombe, 0. Liddell, Hon. H. G. Vance, John Edwards, Major H. Lisburne, Earl of Vansittart, G. H. Egerton,Wilbraham Lockhart, A. E. Vansittart, WM. Elphinstone, Sir J. Lyall, G. Verner, Sir Win. Estcourt, T. S. Lygon, Hon. F. Walcott, Adm. J. E. Farquhar, Sir W. Lytton, Sir E. B. Walpole, S. H. Fellowes, Edward Macartney, E. Warre, J. A. Finlay, A. S. Macaulay, K. Welby, W. E. Fitzgerald, W. R. Maiuwaring, T. Whatman, J. Forester, Col. G. C. Malins, It., Whitmore, H. Foster, Sir G. Manners, Ld J. J.R. Willson, A. Fraser, Sir W. A. Maxwell, Lt.-Col.J. Woodd, B. T. Gallwey, Sir W. P. Hanes, it. M. Wortley, , Rt Hn J. S. Gard, lt. S. Montgomery, Sir G. Wyndham, Gen. H. Gilpin, Col. R. T. Moody, C. A. Wyndham, Capt. H. Gladstone, W. E. Morgan, C. 0. S. Wynn, Lt-Col HW. Goddard, A. L. Mowbray, Rt. Hn. J. Wynne, W. W. E. Gore, W. R. O.' Naas, Rt. Hn. Lord Yorke,Hon. E. T. Graham, Lord Wm. Neeld, J. TELLERS. Greenall, G. Newdegate, C. N. Jolliife, Sir W. Gray, William Newport, Visct. Taylor, Lt.-Col. T. Officers .. 33 Non-commissioned officers, drummers, &c., 54 Rank and file All ranks .6 ... 438 275 Horses Pay and daily allowances Annual allowances to field officers, &c., 2,019 Total estimate, 1859.60 £26,024 4TH DRAGOON GUARDS (LINE, AT HOME). Officers Non-commissioned officers, drummers, Rank and filo All Ranks .. 660- 428, Horses Daily pay, &c., ... 123,587 Allowauces to field officers, &C., Total estimate .. £24,662 Thus a regiment of Life Guards-438 officers and men, and 275 horses, costs £1,362 more than a regi ment of Line Cavalry, 660 officers and men, and 428 horses ; although the Line Cavalry corps has 222 more dragoons and 153 more troop horses than the Household regiment. Take it in another way. The Household Cavalry (three regiments), of 1,314 officers, men, and 825 horses, costs L 76,265 ; while three regiments of Line Cavalry, numbering 1,980 of all ranks, and 1,284 horses, costs £73,986. There fore, the greater body of horse costs the nation £2,279 less than the smaller body of horse. The dragoons who charged at Balaklava are far cheaper than the "kg men ' on horseback Rho accompany the Queen now and then from Buckingham Palace to St. James's. In what does the superiority of these " big men," admired of nursery-maids, con. sist, that we should pay so exorbitantly for them ? It is remarkable that while cavalry field officers, captains, &c., of the Line receive £1,075 as annual allowances, their more fortunate comrades of the Household Cavalry pocket £2,019, i. e., £944 more than falls to the share of Line men of equal rank. The proportion of officers to rank and file in the " Palace" horse is also noteworthy. In the Life Guards there is nearly one officer to every 11 troopers. In the Line cavalry there is about one officer to every 17 men. What is the meaning of this plethoric redundance of the officer element in the cavalry of the Guard P Can it be for " leave of absence" purposes ? Let us now consider the relative cost of the Foot Guards and the Line Infantry. For the sake of easy comparison we will take the Coldstream Guards-2 battalions. The Coldstream Regiment has : Officers 75 NOES-254. Adair, H. E. Fenwick, Henry Mostyn, Hon. T. E. Adeane, H. J. Fitzgerald, J. D. Napier, Sir C. Agnew, Sir A. Fitzroy. Rt. Hon H. Nicoll, D. Alcock, T. Foley; J. H. IL North, F. Anderson, Sir J. Foley, Hon. J. W. Ogilvy, Sir J. Antrobus, E. Foljambe, F. J. S. Onslow, Guildford Ayrton, A. C. Forster, Charles Osborne, R. B. Bagshaw, R. J. Foster, W. 0. Paget, C. Baines, M. T. . Fortescue, Hon. D. Paget, Lord C. E. Baker, R. W. Fortescue, C. S. Pease, H. Baring, H. B. Fox, W. J. Pechell, Sir G. Baring, Sir E. Freestun, CoL W. Peel, Sir R. Baring, Thos. Geo. French, Fitzstephen Perry, Sir Thos. E. Bass, M. T. Garnett, W. J. Philips, Robert N. Baxter, W. E. Gibson, T. M. Pigott, Francis Bazley, Thomas Gilpin, C. Pilkington, James Beale, Samuel Glyn, G. C. Portman W. H. B. Beamish, F. B. Glyn, G. G. Price, W. P. Beaumont, W. B. Graham, Sir J. R. G. Puller, C. W. Berkeley, F. H. F. Greene, Capt. J. Ramsay, Sir Alex. Berkeley, Capt. F.W Greer, S. McCurdy Ramsden, Sir J. W Bethell, Sir It. Gregory, W. H. 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Labouchere, H. Vivian, H. H. Deasy, Richard Langton,•ll. G. Vivian, Hon. J. C. Denison, W. H. F. Laslett, W. Walter, John Dent, John Dent Levinge, Sir R.G.A. Watkins, J. L. V. De Vere, S. E. Lindsay, W. S. Western, T. S. Dillwyn, Lewis L. Locke, J. Westhead, J. Dodson, John G. Lowe, Rt. Hon. R. Whitbread, S. Duff, M. E. Luce, T. White, J. Duff, M. L. G. McCarthy, A. Wickham, H. W. Duke, Sir James Mackinnon, W. A. Willcox, B. M. Duncombe, T. S. Mangles, Capt. C. E Williams, W. Dundas, Frederick Marjoribanks, D. C. Wilson, J. Dunlop, A. M. Marshall, W. Wise, J. A. Dutton, Hon. R. H. Martin,. W. Wood, Rt Hn. Sir C. Egerton, E. C. Martin, P. W. Wood, W. Ellice, Rt. Hon. E. Martin, J. Woods, Henry Ellice, E., jun. Massey, W. N. Wyld, James Elliot, Hon. J. E. Matheson, A. Young, A. W. Elton, Sir A. H. Mills, T. Evans, T. W. Mitchell, T. A. TELLERS. Ewart, William Monsell, Rt. En. W. Ewart, J. C. Monson, W. J. Trelawny; Sir J. S. Ewing, H. E. C. Morris, D. Hardcastle, Jos. A. Non-commissioned officers and drummers 122 Rank and file 1,600 All ranks 1,797 Pay and daily allowances £52,506 Annual allowances to field officers, cap tains, &c 6,147 Total estimate.... Now for the 25th Regment of the. Line, equal to one battalion : Officers 46 Non-commissioned officers and drummers 81 Rank and file 950 All ranks 1,077 Pay and daily allowances £28,615 Annual allowances to field officers, cap tains, &c 396 Total estimate £29,011 Hence, 1,797 Guardsmen cost the public £58,653, and 1,077 Linesmen cost the public £29,011 ; there fore, as the state might obtain the services of 2,154 foot of the Line for £50,022, it pays £631 more for 1,797 Guards than it would for 2,154 " Liners," suffering thereby a loss of 357 men, and actually paying in hard cash for the " privilege" of incur ring such a loss, £631. The enormous amount of " annual allowances" pocketed by field officers, &c., of the Guards is worth remarking. The Gredadier Guards are down. for £9,500, the Coldstreams for £6,147, the Fusi liers for a similar sum, while the " annual allow ances" to field-officers, &c., of a Line corps are set down at £396, or £792 for two Line battalions ; consequently, two battalions of Guards receive, in shape of allowances to field-officers, &c., £5,355 more than a like number of Line battalions. There is a major -general inspecting Foot Guards, aide- de-camp,and assistant adjutant-general,charged in the estimates at £1,125 Bs. 4d. There is a lieut--general inspecting Infantry of the Line, aide-de-camp, and assistant-adjutant general, charged at £1,990 15s. sd. Therefore, the head-quarters of the last-named general being in London, the duty of inspecting the Foot Guards (five battalions only " in town") might with benefit to the public service, and at a savivg to the public purse of L 1,225 Bs. 4d. a year, be confided to him. At p. 40 of the " Estimates," 1859-60,y0u will find a very peculiar entry—viz., " Three solicitors for the Foot Guards," at £6B Bs. 9d. per annum each solicitor. What functions do these gentlemen per form? Regiments of the line do not require lawyers; why, then, do the Foot Guards ask the taxpayers to furnish them with £205 6s. 3d. worth of law a year? At present I will encroach no further on your valuable space. I trust, however, I have written enough to show that real economy is not the order of the day at the Horse Guards, and that a revision of our entire military polity, financial and adminis trative, is sorely needed. MR. THACKERAY, MR. YATES, AND THE GARRICK CLUB. Mr. Edmund Yates has printed a pamphlet giving the history of his quarrel with Mr. Thackeray and the Garrick Club. It will be seen from the following letter that Mr. Charles Dickens offered his mediation : " Tavistock House, Nov. 24, 1858. My dear Thackeray,—Without a word of pre lude, I wish this note to revert to a subject ou which I said six words to you at the Athenaeum when I last saw you. " Coming home from my country work, I find Mr. Edwin James's opinion taken on this painful question of the Garrick and Mr. Edmund Yates. I find it strong on the illegality of the Garrick proceeding. Not to complicate this note, or give it a formal appearance, I forbear from copying the opinion ; but I have asked to see it, and I have it, and I want to make no secret from you of a word of it. " I find Mr. Edwin James retained on the one side ; I hear and read of the Attorney-General being retained on the other. Let me, in this state of things, ask you a plain question. " Can any conference be held between me, as representing Mr. Yates, and an appointed friend of yours, as representing you, with the hope and purpose of some quiet accommodation of this deplorable matter, which will satisfy the feeling' of all concerned ? " It is right that, in putting this to you, I should tell you that Mr. Yates, when you first wrote to him, brought your letter to me. He had recently done me a manly service I can never forget, in some private distress of mine (generally within your knowledge) ; he naturally thought of me as his friend in an emergency. I told him his article was not to be defended; but I confirmed him in bis opinion that it was not reasonably possible for him to set right what was amiss, on the receipt of a letter couched in the very strong terms you had t h e y called their ge nera l meet i ng , employed. When you appealed to the Garrick committee, and I said at that me eting that you and I h a d b een on good terms for many years, and that I was very • sorry to find myself opposed to you but that I was clear that the com mittee had nothing on earth. to do with it, and that in the strength of my convic tion I should go against them. 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Also, an Exposition of; an Remedy for, all Urinary derangements and Marital disqualifications, To be had of Mann, Cornhill ; and the Author. Consultations daily, 11 till 5 ; Evening, 7 till 9. Sundays till ]. To the Working. Classes only, Morning and Evening. 9 till 10. Advice and Medicine, Ealf-a-Guinea. (ISWESTRY AND NEWTOWN RAILWAY.. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That at •the AD JOURNED HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the.Oswestry and Newtown Railway Company, to be held on tlle 25th of March instant, at Welshpool, it will be proposed to hold the Meeting pro forma only, and further adjourn to a future day to be then named. DAVID PUGH, Deputy-Chairman. RICHARD STEPECENS, Secretary. Company's Offices, 17, Buckirigham-street, Strand, W.C., London. 10th March, 1859. MESMERISM VERSUS INSANITY.—Ancther Case has yielded to Mr. Gardiner's peculiar treatment. —Of course, attested .by the Family Physician and Surgeon who watched the cure. T. Gardiner, 8, Bedford.streeii Bedford-square,. late of the London Infirmary. • • EPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having been adopted by the general public, cau now be had of the principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London. SPORTING INTELLIG EN CB. NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Forest Plate Handicap of 50 soya; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. H. Des Vceux's Muffatee colt, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. T. Wadlow's Brandy Ball, 3 yrs, sst 81b (c sst 10Ib) (Challoner) 2 Mr. Savile's Soothsayer, 4 yrs, Est 101 b.... (J. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Clemanthe, Gay Lass, Lady well, Hop Merchant, Windfall, and Princess Royal. Betting-5 to 2 agst Clemanthe, 7to 2 agst Princess Royal, 4 to 1 agst Soothsayer, 5 to 1 agst Brandy Ball, 8 to 1 agst the Muffatee colt. Hop Merchant broke away before starting, ran up the bank, unseated his jockey, and jumped the rails out of the course. Won by three-quarters of a length; a length between the second and third; same dis tance between the third aid fourth; Princess Royal was fifth, and Hop Merchant sixth ; Windfall was last but one, the rear being brought up by Gay Lass. The Inkeepers' Plate Handicap of 50 sovs ; winners extra. One mile. Mr. Barber's Sheffield, by Annandale, 3 yrs, sst 51b (inc. 51b extra) (Veraby) 1 Mr. W. Sharpe's Captain Wedderburn, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (J. Snowden) 2 Mr. Dawson's Mushroom, 3 yrs, 6st (A. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Soothsayer, Queen Charlotte, Windfall, Little Girl, and Artevelde. Betting—Even agst Sheffield, sto 1 each agst Captain Wedderburn and Mushroom. Won easily by a length; bad third; Queen Charlotte was fifth; the last two were Windfall and Little Girl. The Grand Annual Hurdle Race of 6 soya each, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners extra. Two miles and a half, over eight flights of hurdles. 18 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Sobieski, by Mickey Free, 4 yrs, 9st i tlb (W. White) 1 Mr. T. Turner's Harry Bluff, 4 yrs, 9st 111 b (B. Boyce) 2 Mr. T. Brown's Pactolus, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Palmer) 3 The following also ran :—Tease, Physician, Salonica, and Woodman. - Betting-5 to 2 agst Tease, 4to 1 agst Woodman, sto 1 agst Salonica, 6 to 1 agst Pactolus, 7 to 1 each agst Sobieski and Harry Bluff, 100 to 8 agst Physician (offered). Pactolus and Harry Bluff made the running alternately to the last hurdle, where Sobieski went a head, and won by a length ; same distance between the second and third ; and about two lengths between the third and fourth. The winner (Sobeiski) was sold before the race to go abroad. The Hunt Cup, given by the gentlemen of the hunt, and a Plate of 30 sovs by the Race Committee (handicap). Two miles and a quarter, over seven small hurdles. Mr. Thacker's Kildare, 5 yrs 12st (Mr. Audinwood, sen.) 1 Mr. Stokes's Lady's aid, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. Bromley) 2 Mr. Houghton's Westhorpe, 6 yrs, list 71b (Mr. C. Pears) 3 Courier, Brunette, Wildfire, Sledmere Turk, and Mrs. Norton also ran. Betting-3 to 1 agst Westhorpe, 7to 2 agst Kildare, 4_to 1 each agst Lady's Raid and Brunette. Won by a length; bad third. The Juvenile Selling Stakes did not produce a race. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 7to 1 agst Gladiolus (take Bto 1) 12 to 1 agst Little Agnes (taken) 14 to 1 agst Mutineer (taken) 100 to 7 agst Shafto (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rio (taken) CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Queenstown (taken) 50 to 1 agst Jordan (taken) THE DERBY. 1000 to 10 agst Gladiolus (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Fleet (taken) MALTON RACES.-APRIL 14. WEIGHTS for the MALTON HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and only 3 if declared on or before the 15th of March, with 50 sovs added. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sovs towards expenses. A winner of any handicap, value 50 sovs, after the weights aro declared to carry 51b, of two, or of a handicap value 200 sovs, 81bs extra. One mile and a half. 22 subs. Should the highest weight accepting be under Bst 12, it will be be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Age st lb Arsenal 5 8 12 Uralian 3 5 12 Vanity Hegira Laird o' the Dale.. 5 7 3 Appendix Go-ahead Gorsehill The Pedlar Medallion 4 6 12 Charlotte Montague 4 6 10 Northumberland Prince of Denmark 4 6 7 Duchess Willie Wright.... 3 6 3 Miss Stewart Harefoot Weights declared on Tuesday, March 8, at 9 a.m. WEIGHTS for the MEMBERS' PLATE HANDICAP of 5 soya each, 1 ft (the latter to the fund), with 50 sovs added by the Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam and James Brown, Esq., members for the borough. A winner of any handicap, value 50 sovs, after the weights are declared, to carry 51b, of two or more, or of the Malton Handicap, or any other handicap value 200 sovs, Sib extra. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 soya towards expenses. One mile. 33 subs. Should the highest weight accept ing be under Bst 121 b, it will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Arsenal 5 8 12 Bourgeois Vanity GroceculusEsuriens a 8 0 King of Scotland 6 7 10 Laird o' the Dale 5 7 4 Go-ahead La Victime The Martlet 6 7 0 Gorsehill Countess of Der wentwater colt 4 6 12 The Pedlar Medallion 4 6 11 Montague 4 6 10 } Capt. Wedderburn 4 6 9 Prince of Denmark 4 6 7 Weights declared on Tui Age st lb Willie Wright 3 6 3 Howtowdie Paul Harefoot Ambush Little Agnes 3 5 12 Donati Griffin Appendix Mouravieff Vivace Meeanee colt 3 5 0 Meg Northumberland Duchess -- 3 5 0 Certainty Maid of the Tweed 3 5 0 ;sday, March 8, at 9 a.m. TIIE LATE FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE IN MARYLE RONE.—Yesterday afternoon the coroner's investigation as to the deaths of Robert Moon, the potman, aged 28 ; Jasper Partis, a lodger, aged 43; and Sarah Jones,•servant, aged 25, the three unfortunate persons destroyed by the terrible fire which took place at the Horse and Groom, Groat Port land-street, on the morning of Sunday last, was opened at the Buffalo's Head Tavern, Marylebone-road, before Mr. Brent, the • deputy-coroner. The bodies lay at the dead house of St Marylebone Workhouse, and presented a shock ing spectacle, being charred and burned in such a manneras to render identity almost impossible. They were, however, ultimately iuentified. The position in which they were dis covered in the ruins having been deposed to, several wit nesses were examined, but no facts wero elicited other than those which we gave on Monday. In reference to the igni tion of the fire escape, Mr. Low, the secretary to the Escape Society, said, in reply to the jury, that endeavours were being made in the construction of new machinery to render them fire-proof. The deputy coroner expressed his convic tion that an adjournment would be necessary. In the first place, it was advisable to have a post-mortem examination of one of the bodies at least, as it was impossible to say whether it was by suffocation or otherwise that death had resulted. Then, again, as to the probable cause of the fire. There were two persons in the hospital who were a t present unable to give evidence, although it might be most valuable in the elucidation of the facts of this melancholy occurence. The inquiry was ultimately adjourned. THE NAVY. The Dee, paddle store-vessel, Master Command ing J. Pullen, is ordered to be paid off at Woolwich dockyard to-morrow. She is now in dock for necessary repairs, and will be immediately re commissioned with a crew of 66 officers and men. The utmost activity now prevails at the dock yard, and the shipwrights and carpenters are employed until nine p.m., to complete the repairs of those vessels now in hand, and forward new vessels in course of construction. Additional shipwrights have been placed upon the screw steam frigates Galatea and Barossa, and preparations are being made for laying down new vessels upon every available slip. Upwards of 60 heavy guns have been forwarded from Woolwich Arsenal during the present month for the coast defences at various detached stations in the south of England. At no period since the termination of the Russian war has there been more activity in Chatham dockyard than is the case at the present time, the workmen being employed early and late in order to bring forward for launching the whole of those vessels which are now ma. the stocks. In addition to the ships building, a large body of shipwrights commenced making preparations this morning for laying down a large line-of-battle ship, to be called the Bulwark, which is to be built on No. 7 slip, from which the Mersey, 40, was recently launched. This vessel is to mount 91 guns , and is to be one of the largest of this class of two-decker s crew steamers. Several hundred w orkmen were this morning also put on the Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, nearly completed, in order that she may be launched early this summer. when another 9 1-gun line-of-battle s hip will be immediately laid down on the same slip. The Atlas, 91, building on No. 6 slip, is in a very forward state, and will be finished during the present year. There are now five line-of-battle screw steamships and three screw corvettes building and undergoing alterations at this dockyard. The Cadmus, 21, screw corvette, has been brought into harbour from Pinop-reach, and had her masts and bowsprit put on board. Tbis afternoon she was floated into the new stone basin, where she is to be thoroughly overhauled and prepared for a com mission. The Algiers, 91, screw, Captain O'Callaghan, was towed oat of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead yes terday afternoon, to take in ammunition and shell, previously to joining the Channel fleet. The Shannon, 51, screw frigate, was taken into dock yesterday, for repair: ; and the Fire Queen, steam vessel, was removed out of dock, after having been repaired. The Melpomene, 51, screw steam frigate, at Portsmouth, completed masting, alongside the shear jetty yesterday. The Mersey, 40, screw steam frigate, Captain H. Caldwell, C. 8., in the steam basin at Portsmouth, will not go out of harbour to test her speed until mine advanced in her equipment. She has taken NEW MEMBER. The Hon. F. Li Gov took the oaths and his seat for Tewkesbury. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented, praying for the admis • sion of persons employed in provincial post -offices to the benefits of the Superannuation Act ; that marriage with a deceased wife's sister might not be legalised, &c. FOREIGN OFFICE Sir G. LEWIS moved for a copy of the report of Mr. John Phipps, on the state of the buildings now occupied as the Foreign-office, dated Jan. 12, 1859. PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Lord J. RUSSELL said—On the motion for the second reading of the bill to amend the representation of the people, I will move an amendment, of the terms of which I shall give notice to-morrow. JURIES (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Lord NAAS said the Government would not oppose the second reading of the bill, but as they intended to bring in a bill almost similar, he suggested that the hon. member who brought forward the present measure should postpone its further stage until both bills could be laid,before the house. After a few words from Colonel FRENCH, Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD said he would agree to post pone the committal of the bill till this day fortnight, in order to meet the views of the noble lord. The bill was then read a second time. CHURCH RATES BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir J. TRELAWNY moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. He strongly objected to the principles and details of this bill, which he considered faulty in various particulars. He thought the provisions with reference to ownership and the constitution of the incumbent and churchwardens into a corporation Was very objectionable He did not see any necessity for the alteration in those points that had been introduced in the present measure. This bill [not only tended to perpetuate agitation on the subject of church rates, but actually to create agitation in districts where it did not at present exist. He thought that that objection was fatal to the bill, but it could be remedied by the right hon. gentleman who introduced the bill. One of the great evils of church rates was that they imposed upon Dissenters the obligation of paying not only for the parish church but also for their own places of worship—at least that was their practical operation. The number of pews provided by the Church of England was 5,000,000, while the Dissenters supplied the community with nearly 5,000,000 seats. The country should, therefore, feel very grateful to the Dissenters, without whose assistance the working classes would not have had sufficient accommoda tion for attending divine worship. It should also be remembered that the Dissenters contributed largely to the religious and secular education of the people, by the establishment of Sunday and other schools throughout the United Kingdom. NEW MEMBER. At this stage of the proceedings the SPEAKER announced that a new member was waiting to take his seat. Mr. SOTICERON ESTCOURT then took the oaths and his seat for Wilts, for which he had been re-elected since his accept ance of the office of Home Secretary, vacant by the resigna tion of Mr. Walpole. CHURCH RATES BILL. Lord CASTLEROSSE seconded the amendment. He contended that the present bill was the worst that had yet been brought before the house, and combined all the defects of the previous measures that had been introduced on the subject. The Dissenters paid £300,000 annually to the State Church ; and at the same time contributed a sum ex ceeding £1,000,000 to their own ministers. He thought, therefore, any measure like the present would inflict on that body a great injustice, and that it could not fail to excite great dissatisfaction. Mr. SOTHERON-ESTCOURT supported the bill. He said it contained two most important objects, namely, the provision for commutation and personal exemption. (Hear, hear.) They should recollect that they were dealing with a custom that had been in existence for 1,400 years, and they should not act in a manner that was at variance with customs of such long standing. They were all aware that when a church-rate was proposed it was the si g nal for agitation, and the parish church became the arena of strife, a state of things which he was satisfied well-conducted Dis senters as well as Churchmen would desire to see abolished. He suggested that the churchwardens should post on the church door a statement of the repairs requisite for the building, as well as an estimate of the expense, and then that any person having a conscientious objection to paying the rate should signify the same before the next vestry, and be exempted from the impost. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY opposed the bill. He proposed that the statute of limitations should be made applicable to those rates, and when they had been discontinued in a parish for such a term of years as would indicatp this feeling, they should then be finally discontinued. He was not aware that any petitions were presented in favour of this bill, though he knew that there were several against its provisions. He considered the scheme of the right hon. gentleman totally inapplicable to parishes where the landlord had taken on himself the payment of those rates. In regard to the proposal to transfer the rate from the occupier to the owner he did not think it would work well, and that portion of the measure he therefore objected to. In regard to those who had consciencious ob jections to the payment of these rates he thought something ought to be done. His principal objection to the bill was that it left untouched parishes which, in his opinion, should have been included, and he thought the only effectual means of settling the question and terminating the unplea sant feelings that existed on the subject was to abolish the impost altogether, and he had little doubt that the Church would not be placed in a worse position than it was at present. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON said that the speech of the right hon. gentleman (Sir G. Grey) forced on him the painful conviction that the spirit of party was paramount in that house to the spirit of peace. (Cries of " 01, oh," and hear, hear.) He trusted he would be allowed to express the conscientious convictions of his mind, and would repeat what he had said. He accused the right hon. gentleman of acting with the greatest inconsistency in opposing the second reading, and referred to the part he had taken on former occasions when the subject was before the house. He (Sir George Grey) should have reserved his opposition until the bill got into com mittee, and he had even admitted that he approved of some portions of the bill. Now, there were only two principles involved in the bill, the one providing for a prospective commutation of rates, and what was conceived in a most friendly spirit, the exemption of Dissenters. (Hear.) He certainly approved of the amendments in the bill which had been suggested, and that persons residing in one dis trict should not be charged for the maintenance of a church in another ; and, as far as he was concerned, he would con sent to an alteration to that effect. He referred to the circular of the " Society for the Liberation of the Church from State Patronage and Control," a copy of which he had 1 received. That document stated that the question of church-rates involved injustice, an assertion which could not be logically maintained. The church-rate was one of the most ancient imposts in this country, and had been levied for the most sacred object to which any impost could be appropriated. (Hear, hear.) Every one who had pro perty in this country held it subject to this impost, and could not justly complain of being called on to pay it. He agreed in what had been said by one speaker as to what the country owed the Dissenters, and he had not been one of those who ever spoke disrespect fully of that body. But, in settling this question, he should wish to know, if they abolished the Church-rates, from what other source they could maintain their churches, and he confessed he could not see any such. The bill was conceived in a conciliatory spirit, and he trusted it would not be met in a spirit of faction. (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY explained that he voted for the second reading of the bill brought in on this subject on the distinct understanding that it should embody in committee the amendments which he proposed. The present bill could not embody such alterations, and on that ground he opposed its second reading. Sir R. BETHELL said he did not know what hon. gentlemen on the opposite side of the house understood by conciliation, but he certainly did not think the speech of the right honourable baronet (Sir J. Pakington) was of a very conciliatory character. That right hon. gentleman was ignorant of the first element requisite to understand the subject. (Laughter.) He (Sir J. Pakington) had said that this was-an impost on land, but that was not the case, for it was levied on the occupier. (Cries of " Oh, oh," and "Hear, hear.") The objec tion of the Dissenters to church rates was founded on the fact that they considered that impost as a remnant of that ancient spirit of intolerance which had endeavoured to make all conform to one set of doctrines and to one formula of worship. (Hear, hear.) So long as this impost continued the Dissenters of this country , would not consider that they enjoyed entire religious free dom. He concluded by denouncing strongly the measure as being unjust, oppressive, and calculated to excite the greatest hostility amongst the Dissenting body. (Hear.) Mr. DRUMMOND opposed the bill, and objected to all abolition, tampering with, or modification of, the impost. He considered that the Dissenters had no right to complain of these rates, and there was no rate in the country to which the party who paid it could object. The attempt to abolish church -rates was an effort made by a great body in this country to do do away with the Established Church altogether. Mr. BALL supported the second reading. Mr .LOWE said the present law with respect to church rates was both injurious to Dissenters and prejudicial to Churchmen. He, however, objected to the bill, because he believed it would rather tend to increase the strife occa sioned by the payment of church rates than to allay any ill feeling. Mr. WALPOLE said the principles of his bill had been very freely stated. Of the two principles contained in the measure, namely, voluntary commutation and exemption on account of conscientious reasons, he did not think the right honourable baronet (or some of the other gentlemen who had spoken against the bill) would object to either proposition, and yet they were going to oppose the bill. The only real objection he had heard to the bill was that made by the hon. gentleman the member for Kidderminster (Mr. Lowe), viz., that the bill would not allay strife; but the object of this measure was to remove a pressure, which was surely not a principle that could give rise to strife. (Hear, hear.) He had been told that in excepting Dissenters from church rates, h e was giving up the principle of an Established Church, but his proposbition was to remove a burden which was imposed in consideration of a benefit which was now no longer received, all peo ple not being now o f th e same opinion about religious matters. He did not doubt the voluntary principle, but he was not prepared to give up endowments while the Church could havethe benefit both of endowments and voluntary aid. There were parts of the country where the voluntary principle could not reach, and if they gave up what their ancestors provided, they could not maintain the fabric of the church. He did not de spair of the fate of his measure, but in the event of failure, however much he might regret it, he had MR. THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE'S NEW WORK. ADECADE OF ITALIAN WOMEN. By THOMAS ADOLPHUS TROLLOPE, Author of " The Girlhood of Catherine de Medici." In two vols., post Bvo, with Portraits. [About the 15th of March. Chapman and HO, 193, Piccadilly. Just published, price 25., by post free, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRIICEA. By F. 13. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ±ing, Lester, mery- II U