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OHRISTTS MINSTRELS and the CHRIST -NJ MAS HOLIDAYS.—The "CLIRISTY'S" will appear in Twelve Entertainments this Week. Commencing Every Afternoon at 3 (for this week only), and at the usual hour, g, Every Eveni g, introducing their Choicest Gems.—Prices, 3s. 2s. and Is. JULLIEN BURLESQUE NIGHTLY. D RESS AND FROCK COATS of Superfine Blatt Cloth, 21. 15s Od. to Three Guineas. Dress Black Trowsers, 11. ss. Od. A choice Selection in Dress Waistcoatings. Excellencl with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, Fashionable tailor, 57 Lombard-street. THE RHINE AND GERMANY. --lib e Shortest and Cheapest Route, via Rotterdam, to the Rhine and Germany, is by THE DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY. Through Trains, in conjunction with these of the Cologne-Minden Company, start three times a day. Fifty pounds of Luggage allowed free for each passenger. Further particulars forwarded, post free, on application to the Company's London Agent, Mr. JOHN C. Jaissorf, 61, Gracechurch street. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter.—The Court of Directors hereby give notice, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate of six per cent. per annum on the capital of the Bank, will be payable to the proprietors of s h ares registered in this Conntry, on and after the sth day of January next, at the office of the Corporation, No. 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Tcn and Four. No transfer can be made between the 15th instant and bth proximo, as the books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court. C. No. 7, St. H e l en ' s-place, London, 3d December, 11 1857. Secretary. EgT kBLIS'SfED 1841. IIdrEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE OFFICE, 25, Pall-mall, London. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. By the Annual Report of 1853, it appeared that the number of Policies then in force was 3,434, insuring 1,337,5001., and yielding an income of 55,2071. At the Sixteenth Annual Meeting, held on the 26th November 1857, it was shown that on the 30th Jane last— The number of Policies in force was • ..... •• •• 6,255 The amount insured was • 2 , 9 17,598/. • 13s. 10d. The annual Income was ••• .• • ... 125,1131. 38. Bd. Two Bonuses have b een declared (in 1848 and 1853), adding nearly 2 X Policy per cent. per annum on the average to sums assured, and by which of 1,0001. issued in-1842_au a healthy life Is now increased to 1,2601. Profits divided every five years—neat division in 1858. The Society, since its establishment, has paid claims on 781 Policies, assuring 312,8841. Assurances are effected at home or abroad on healthy lives, at as Moderate rates as the most recent data will allow. Indian Assurances at very moderate rates, and great facilities Shen to assurers. Invalid lives assured on scientifically constructed tables. Policies issued free of Stamp duty, and every charge but the Pre- Ilium. Active working Agents wanted for vacant places. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, and every other information, may be obtained of the Secretary at the Chief Office, or on applica. tion to any of the Society's Agents in the country. C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCLA TlON.—Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, E sq . 1 I Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L.N de Rothschild,M.P. TrucierratA OF TEE BENEVOLENT FUND.--John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. - - Accumulated fund .. • • ..... £95,000 Annual income ..... . ..... 27,000 This Association offers every advantage to • all classes desirous of Snaring. A Benevolent Fund is attached exclusively for clerks. 15, Meorgat e - s t reet, DecembeWM. TOS. LINFORD, S ecre t ary. r, 1857. H THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSITR tNCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR VIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS. &e. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D Chairman. Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Es Samnel Ring-Church, Eq. sq. I John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., I John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Yoang. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. • J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. WOolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolkouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard -street. MeSSIM. Gre SO LICITORS. gory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford-row. The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in May, 1860. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Polley taken out in Sum Assured.: Bonus in addition to Sum Assured. Bonus In _Cash. Permanent Ite , nction of Annual Pre mium. 1838 1841 1645 1848 1461 3,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 2,800 £ s. d. 867 17 7 749 4 0 232 18 0 154 2 8 120 17 0 Z s. (1. 42+ 1 4 325 16 0 156 15 0 103 16 6 72 14 6 X s. d, 56 3 8 32 0 4 16 6 0 10 15 2 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter national Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards ofthree hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair man, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Ch a i rman. 142, Strand, L on d on, W. C. NO MORE PILLS N OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE , CURES (a ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhcea, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints are effeeted by I) II BARRY ' S delicious REVALE NTA ARABICA FOOD, which restores health without urging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty ti mes its cost i p n other remedies. it is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and mnscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids; -Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."-Curz. No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsio, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been beenremoved by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham . near Dies, Norfolk." -Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs. a zing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herta, a cure of extreme ner van_sti, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.- CureN . 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver ', po fifty. ll: a cure of ten year's d yspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita- Cure No. 18,216, Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep pia. Ferrous irritabillty. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Sherland of dropsy Ferro s cure Ivo. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic tits. care Na. 42.116 Maier Edle of enlargement of the liver and total pro dration of strength, Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily vornitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Har vey of dlarrhcea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of consumption. Cure No. 3%883. William Hunts, Esq , barrister, of paralysis. Caro No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood . merchant, of thirty years diseased lungs, 'Pitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No 52,61% The Dowager Countess of Castleatuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and /midi- Zeguers, cured of con gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virgini a sumption, after her medical advisers bd abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-liv e years' debility, from which I have su ff ered great nervousn mess, con stipation, indigestion and misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Harry's Food in a very short time. Iv. it. Reeves, 181, Fleot-street, London." No. 4,208, " and nano ' dis perm's., nervousness, debility, with cramps, 'Pftsms, and nausea, - for I shall be Which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlineton ne e _ tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barrrs health restoring Food. Alex, Stuart, Archdeacon of Re s% Skibbereen.” Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." tation Important Caution again s t th e f earful dangers of spurious imita si- The Vice - Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for Imitating " D, . t 1-I.liry', 1e,7 , 1/ent t .‘ra)ica F., 0 d," S 'i''''' 1 ,,,-,, 1 b , ,tll eillu,s, av 2 , nd nits; :tz:l , tr•,, , u, I .l+ canisters, lib '2 od ; m4l, Pestd; Sib per I21o1:28. The I2R) ffiage free, on receipt of -office o. Barry Du Harry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; also at 60, Graeechurch- Street ; 330, 430, and 4:51, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 119, Bish' pirate . treet ; and 150 and 158 Oxford -street . PROFESSOR WILIALBA. FRIKELL, Physician to their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Rassia.—ST. JAMES'S THE ATR E.—P HYS IC AL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the aid of any Apparatus.—TWO HOURS OF ILLINIONS.—Saturday Afternoons at 3, and Every Evening at 8. 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Lectures by Dr. KAHN, at 3 o'clock, on the Physiol , gy of DigeQtion, and at R, on the Physiology of Renodnetion ; and by Dr. SEXTON, at past 1, on "the Air we Breathe;" at 4, on the Mysteries of the Marcum H kIR and BEARD ; and at 9. on the Wonders of Elect , icity : all the Lec tures illustrated by Brilliant Experiments, Dissolving Views of an entirely new character, &c. Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till b and from 7 till 10. Illustrated Hand-book, Sixpence. Programme Gratis. Dr. Kahn's Nine Lectures and a Programme seat post free on the receipt of twelve stamps. N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by indenture, dated the 7th day of December, 1857, JOSEPH GROOME DEANE. of Ne. 31, Kingsland-road, in the County of Middlesex, Flour Factor, assigned all his r state and effects as there n mentioned, to Charles Barnard, of Latton Mills, Harlow. in the county of Essex, Miller ; and James Douglass Cowan, of No. 36, Rotherhithe-wall, in the county of Surrey, Miller, as Trustees upon trust, for the benefit of those creditors of the said Joseph Groome Deane, who should execute the said indenture within three calendar months from the date thereof ; and that the said inden ture was duly executed by the said Joseph Groome Deane, on the date thereof, and by the said Charles Barnard, on the 14th day of December, 1857, and by the said - James Douglass Cowan, on the 16th day of December, 1857 ; and the due execution of which in denture by all the said parties was witnessed by James MacGregor, of No. 10, Sise-lane, in the City of London, Attorney-at-Law. Dated this Ist day of January, 1858. JAS. MACGREGOR, 10, Sise-lane. Now ready, in crown syo., 25., GHOST STORIES AND PHANTOM FANCIES. By HAIN FRISWELL. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just pnblished, rrice Sixpence. THE BEST POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT at the LEAST POSSIBLE COAT IMPOSSIBLE UNTIL COMMERCE is REGULATED. By Colonel Einar CLINTON. Lonclin: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. second Edition, with Illustrations on Steel, Price One Shilling, Free for eighteen stamps, AN ESSAY on the PHYSIOLOGY and SPECIAL DISEASES OF WOMEN, forming a complete guide to, and with fall instructions for the removal of, the emer gencies of Youth, Womanhood, and Old Age. By Dr, HALL. OPINIONS OP THE PRESS. "The subject is treated in a clear, concise, and practical manner, and should be in the hands of all females "—Lancet. " Will form a valuable addition to the domestic household."—Medical Circular. " Every husband ought to present this Essay to his wife, and every mother to her daughter, containing as it does mo -t valuable infor mation that concerns their physical and social happiness."--Meath Journal. London: Direct from the Author, Dr. Hall, 1, Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square ; and by order of all booksellers. Now publishing, price two shillings, bound in cloth, DEIST'S RACING RECORD. Edited by ALBERT' FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday TiMe3," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition to other useful information, it will contain a complete Record of the Racing and steeplechase Season in England, Ireland, and Scotland from the Ist of January up to the day of publication, Derby Lots for 1853, and Nominations for all the Principal Races this year ; forming one of the most copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Rol born, London. A New Edition, the Fourth.—Just Published, price 53., by post tree, 55. 4d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORMICEA, war a View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in re lation to its Nature, Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. To which is added, AN ESSAY ON SEXUAL DEBILITIES. By the Editor. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practl. oal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first t me, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he chall ietect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers, and Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those whe saffer from the co te . plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spormatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational end physiological basis. It is, therefore, 'ikely to do much good."—Medical Circular. Tendon li. Salliere. 219, Regent-3trect. N ACT OF GRATITITDE.-5,000 Copies of a Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.—GEOßGE THOMAS, Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss of m emory, and dimness of sight, yest.iting from the early errors of youth, by ollowing the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician, he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore send free, to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre -pay postage, a copy of the medical work containing every information required. Address, G. Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DU BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS' FOOD, for DELTC &TE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN VALIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is more easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than Kilk ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless ness, scroftla, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of the system and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry amd Co., I'7, Regent-street, London Prices: —ln Canisters, Is. ; 25.; and 121 b. at 21s. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on receipt of Post Office Order. C ••••••• OCKS'S CELEBRATED RE ADING SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene ral use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in fish and sauces. J. and C. Cocks, Reading, sole Manufacturers. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. F . EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE ILI SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe gaard to health. ,;:,1d by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenckurch-street, Loudon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcesterby Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRIN'S" are upon the labe and patent cap of the bottle. A RETIRED PHYSICIAN, whose sands of life have nearly run out, discovered while in the East Indies a certain cure for Consumption. Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, and General Debility. The remedy was discovered by him when his only child, a daughter, was given up to die. Ile had heard much of the wonderful rectorative and healing qualities of prepara tions made from the East India Hemp, and the thought occurred to him that he might make a remedy for his child. He studied hard, and succeeded in realising his wishes. His child was cured, and is now alive and well. He has since administered the wonderful re medy to thousands of sufferers in all parts of the world, and he has never failed in making them completely healthy and happy, Wishi ng to do as much good as possible, he will send to such of his afflicted .allow beings as request it, this r cipe, with fall and explicit direc tions for makin •it up and successfully using it. He. requires each applicant to enclose him six stamps —one to be returned as postage on the recipe, and the remainder to be applied to the payment of this advertisement: Address to H. James, M.D., 14, Cecil-street, Strand. THE. 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The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, wnicn nave produced ievre misery in roan, degradation in man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the br.alth, happiness, and privileges to which every human being Is entitled. 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PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d , ani Hs. per box, t - nurch. 78, Grlweeht , cll-mreet, City; Bartlett Williatu-street (four doors from London Bridge) F. Watts, 17, Strand; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard; 67, st. P aul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford- IV. Ed wards, street : Ilannav Dietriebsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and Hinting, 4, Cheapside ; l'rout and Harsant, 229, Strand ; and all medicine vendors throughoat the United Kingdom. NEW NOVEL BY MISS KAVANAGH. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Bvo, A By JULIA KAVANAGH, L E, Author of " Nathalie," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough -street. Fourteenth Edition, now ready, w ith 15 Illustrations, 6s. T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURTON. 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PUB • -- _,--- ( 4 .... . ....3 e'v • _....... ---"}1 7" -c le---- -----) ---7----Cml-4.-- :I___ -e--- ,----- - -"'(-- de------ ~ '- c' - --, t TT N A, -- 7 • - .. . ..• _., .. _____,..) 41111611 14'.. 1 • eAlet TSB LETIATHAN. l iT "'" ft o - : , -14:'`'—'" , , ~, , _..1 s.; 0(41 - ~,i, i -4 4 0,, .1 f ' i l ir^- 7 x.S 4 , Alf ‹ Z 'l r. --**' VL :ll-' - A • I 11 4''' 1:%- jf ' 4 ..'t '4- , O , '" , , ~. a. ..-‘, ,` _!, , lti TO 7.1' 6 — , ! - _‘-'.3...4 , ...lir ~ 0% \ 4 ' IV' ifF . '-.... '' ... 1 ••••10.111111,...... "a ,1. i The long lingering process of worki. :.." • :c." - sr‘ .. . ....,,, , ' l4l ,') t 1 loiiiiips ~ ,,V11.9 -. 7.17.16i. ,it . ' " f • l tt , .- --- ------ Th 11 1 'eldy vessel towards the water will l t i it ,? . ..°7 - I,'W aimenced for the sixth time eitheK • - IF' AIL . . _. . 1, 7 j0 . I ' . .„1„ .......). r, ,, 4 , , . iiiir......, .1w7..,4Ar./ ___ .,,erar.. ~,,,mip....r....5. %,,-- .. .........111%,-4, „.• ' -. .../ E:Ef' ,4 -11:41:111.4;:;: 4 : : :""'l : '1 , lir ' 11; '...'', : ' ' 7:. - -": ~......- ~- . ..„. N I' , ~ c .., ~.---..... '.... L 1 'onday. During the long intervaFirlf i m 4 1g.1 6 ' .--,..._____----- - ' ••,-, unveil recoi, on elapsed since the efforts were given up, in conse quence of what may almost be termed the total destruction of the apparatus used in forcing her down the ways, an immense number of larger and stronger hydraulic presses have been fixed in place of these broken and burst in previous g' final" attempts. Now no less than 11 presses are fixed against the aft cradle, and 10 against the forward one. Among the former is a monster ram—one of the two specially made for hoisting the Britannia Bridge—and perhaps the largest ever cast in this or any other country. It is, indeed, a most ponderous machine, the cylinder weighing 15 tons 7601 b. ; the frame, 9 roni; piston, 3 t ons 1,1321 b.; and the bolt, 3311b.-38 tone in all. The diameter of the piston is 20 inches, and the thick ness of the iron of the cylinder 10 inohes. In raising the Britannia Bridge an hydraulic ram of exactly the same size and strength as this was ripped from top to bottom—in fact, the one now at Millwall was cast to supply the place of that broken at Menai. There seems scarcely any possibility of an accident happening to this, fur the base of piles on Which it res.B Is calculated to resist a pressure of 200 tons, and more than that, therefore, cannot be exerted by the ram itself. Ail the other new presses are supported on bases of piles of adequate strength, the piles being driven down between the beams of the launching ways where the Leviathan herself formerly rested. It was intended to have com menced pushing her down in the course of yesterday afternoon, but the " leathers" of some of the pistons of the rams were misfitted, and required such alter ations as cannot be completed before to-day (Satur day), and may very possibly compel a still farther postponement till Monday. The chains by which the stem and stern of the Leviathan are dragged towards the river have been immensely strength ened, And are secured, at the fore part of- the vessel, to Trotman's anchors and to sunken piles, and the stern to piles driven deep in the river bed on the Deptford side. With all these aids to progress very little doubt seems to be entertained that the latrqehintlen , this , ilecasion will In commenced ”_ieeitairelkiei theist 14 - sineetelf. Oope it may. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5o profess and the God whom we worship. Is Lord John Rus3ell, it may be asked, the proper person to be entrusted either with the responsibility of framing a new system of government for India, or that of putting the same into practice ? Is the le gislator who would unchristianise the British Le gislature to be entrusted with the task of Chris tianising India ? The interrogatory raises a diffi culty that cannot be readily solved. It may be premature to.discuss this point until we learn whe ther Lord John-'really has joined the Palmerston Administration. Some of his friends do not believe that he would commit such an indiscretion. At any rate, whether the member for London accepts office or not, Ministers are involved in what appear to us to be inextricable diCultes, and with India, the monetary laws, and reform in theparliamentary representation, to say nothi.ng of other pressing questions, their bands ark" folerably full. If Lord John Russell has not *bed them, they can, at least, boast of one noblerecruit—Lord Clanricarde. His accession will give au impetus to their down ward tendendy, and Ministers may be supposed to be altogether reckless, or they would not have ac cepted, much less have chosen, such a colleague. Admiral Burton has addressed the following to a contemporary " Sir, —Had not some of the daily papers been recently filled with the most fallacious notions as to the best mode of launching the Leviathan, I should not have troubled you with the following observa tions :-- "In the Times of the 29th inst., a gentleman who signs himself 'An Engineer,' attributes the great obstacle to her being launched to the increased friction of corroded metals, and another correspon dent, who signs himself " Nauticus," recommends the doing away with the tackling altogether which is attached to the anchors in the river for heaving the monster off. On the 3d of November, the first day the trial was made for launching the Leviathan, I was pre sent during the operations, and expressed my-sur prise to Mr. Hope, the chairman of the committee of management, that the tackling was attached to some i).arges moored in the river, as it Was quite manifest to me, that however securely they may have been moored their scantling was totally ina dequate to bear the great strain to which they would be subject. The result was, as I anticipated, their entrails were torn out, and thus ended the first day's trial. At the same time I made theabove ob4erv.rtions to Mr. Hope, I recommended that large anchors should be embedded in the river to which the tackling should be applied, and in case they came home in consequence of the great strain that would be applied to them to back them, Which would most effectually prevent their moving, how ever.great the strain might be. AlLthis has been done, and the next time I saw Mr. Hope be told me that he had mentioned my valuable suggestions to Mr. Brunel, who, in reply, said I ought to be on the committee of management. " Now, sir, the only thing that is required to make the above plans perfect, in addition to the hydraulic rains, and to ensure the undoubted success of the .perations, is that which I also suggested, and which is, to moor three larger bulki bead and stern in a line about 30 yards from the extremity of the ways on which the Leviathan is to be 'latinched, and pass a powerful chain through the midship Port of each hulk, which must be supported with timbers underneath each midship port ; one end of each of these chains will be fastened to the rings of each anchor, and to the extremity of the other end just clear of the bulks nearest the Leviathan will be attached the tackling for heaving the ship off. By this means there will be an elevation of from 5 to 6 degrees from a horizontal line from the Leviathan's bottom, for the propelli ng p ower o f h eav i ng t h e ship off , which will tend to raise and thereby enor mously alleviate the friction of the ways, be they corroded or not. Whereas there is now a depression of four or five degrees below the horizontal line in the power employed, which pulls the enormous weight of the monster on the ways, and come sequently increas es th e v i s inertias and the friction to an incredible amount. "In addition to the tackling attached to the anchors, the capstans on board the hulks could be made use of for employing additional power in hearing the Leviathan off the ways. " The great desideratum in all mechanical in ventions consists i❑ its simplicity, and therefore the minimum of friction." THE MERSEY DOCKS AND CONSER VANCY BOARD. LIVERPOOL, Jr.A 1. The new Board was elected to-day under the powers of the Mersey Conservancy and Docks Act, 20th and 21st of Victoria. It consists of 21 mem bers, of whom 18, called the " elective members" of the Provisional Board, have been chosen by the dock ratepayers ; the remaining three, called "no minee members," being appointed by the Conser vancy Commissioners. The gentlemen selected by the Conservancy Commissioners are Mr. J. Laird, shipbuilder, Birkenhead ; Mr. T. M. Mackay, of Liverpool ; and Mr. Christopher Bushell, of Liver pool. Mr. Laird has distinguished himself as a most untiring and successful advocate for the con struction of docks at Birkenhead, and the develop ment of the resources of the Cheshire side of the Mersey, as opposed to the schemes for carrying out the plans of dock extension on the Liverpool aide, until at least the Birkenhead Docks are completed. He is chairman of the Birkenhead commissioners, and the acknowledged chief of the Birkenhead party Mr. T. M. Mackay is an active partner in the firm of Messrs. James Baines and Co., owners of the Liverpool and Australian " Black Ball" line of clipper ships: and Mr. Christopher Bushell is Vice- President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, and the gentleman who, in his official capacity, enunciated those views upon the commercial state of thee( ;untry, caused partlybythe effec ts of overtrading! The 18 elective members of the Provisional Board are as follow ' • those gentlemen whose names are distinguished by an asterisk having been members of the defunct committee :—Mesers. Ridph Brockle bank,* Liverpool, merchant ; James .Aspinal * l Tobin, Liverpool, merchant ; Joseph 111th , Liverpool, merchant ; Robert Rankin, .* Liverpool, Liverpool merchant ; Samuel Robert Graves , mer chant (chairman of the Liverpool Shipowners' As sociation) I John Kirby Rounthwaite,* Liverpool, ; steam-packet agent ; Charles Turner, Liverpool, merchant,Anderson, c hairman of the defunct committee •Thos. Da Liverpool, mer c h an t ; I n man, Liverpool, merchant; W. R at hb one, j un., " Li v erpool, merchant ; J ames S mith,* Liverpool, riiiey timber merchant ; Joseph Mondell,* Liverpool, shipowner ; Robertson Gladstone,* Liverpool, mer chant ; Eyre Evans,* Liverpool, merchant ; Francis Shand, Liverpool, merchant; Tho. Bold,*Liverpool, merchant ; John Lockett,* Liverpool, merchant ; and S. J. Arnold, Liverpool, merchant. The poll closed at 4 o'clock, but it was not until about 20 minutes to 5 that the numbers were announced by the returning officer, Mr. Recorder Henderson. Admiral Evans, acting conservator of the river and harbour, announced the names of the Government nominees. The property to be transferred to the new board comprises the Birkenhead Docks, the Liverpool Docks, the new landing-stage, with power to pur chase the Liverpool observatory, to impose and collect the town dues, to exercise jurisdiction over the navigation, or in respect of the conservancy of iLe river Mersey, hitherto vested in the corporation, &ix. The new board is to repay to the Liverpool corporation all such moneys as may have been ex pended up to this day, or which the corporation may hereafter be compelled to pay in respect of bonds or works executed by them upon the Birk enhead Docks, or any of the property thus trans ferred to the board. In consideration for the loss of the town dues, and the transfer of the landing stage and observatory, the board is to pay to the Liverpool Corporation the sum of 1,500,000/. in 15 equal half-yearly payments on the first day of July and January in each year, the first payment to be made in July next, these payments to bo a . eherg• board, which 11 to upon the general revenues of the render to Parliament a yearly accountof /to reoeiPtiu DEATH OF LIEUT. W. T. STawrzur.D.Vre have to announce the death of Lient• VVilliata Thomas Stratton, General l ez tohfethsagte Jate in EdilavrcoordnaSptreanyttealtl,CEalgoquAt.:;droTcahties officer entered the navy in May, 1806. 0 il S. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1858. AFFAIRS OF CHINA. (From the Oorrespondent st the Times.) I hope to be able to tell you by the next mail that we are at least " before Canton." All our powers of force and persuasion are arrived, or are upon the eve of arrival. Mr. Reade is come in his gigantic ship, the Minnesotta, and although the monster made an involuntary breach of etiquette in the number of guns fired, the Plenipos have fraternised in cordial fashion. It is understood that on the 16th the Calcutta flagship will change her anchorage for Tiger Island. The rest of our fleet will gradu ally gather about her up the river. Then in delibe rate strength our heavily -armed vessels will move right up and occupy the river under the walls of Canton. They will clear the water, remove all sunken obstacles, protect the necessary recon naissances of the land approaches to the city, and make matters comfortable for the final assault. Then the great Yeh will be summoned, not to treat, but to surrender the city. Should he neglect or refuse, proclamations will be issued directing the unarmed people to depart the city during the im pending operations. Then will come the final scene —the landing of the Marines and the land forces, the shelling the forts, the breaching the walls, and the storm. According to all precedent Hong Kong is full of rushing rumours. "Yeh has been degraded." " Yeh has abandoned the city." " Yeh has asked to open negotiations." "Yeh will give up the city without a fight." "Yeh will die at his post." " Teh has mined all the gates, excavated all the streets, turned every highway into a tiger pit, put ting upright spears at the bottom and light bam boos, covered with earth over the top." "Yeh has 22,000 men within the walls, and 200 guns on the fortifications opposite the river-" It. will be hard if some of these opposing predictions should not turn out to be rattler like the event, but all we know with any certainty is, that the Chinese Government have been sending down troops from the north, and have been mounting guns upon the walls. The two sister ships the Imperador and the Im peratrix, are now both arrived, and have discharged their cargo of Marines in good health at Wantung, opposite the ruins of Bogue forts. Captain Sher rard Osborne, in the Furious, goes to Manilla to bring up the last two of his squadron of gunboats. Captain Osborne has acquired great credit by the success which he has brought all his chick cocka trices home—not to roost. To the Drake belongs the honours of the race; : but they have all done well. Many are the adventures of these wee things, all flight and sting, in their passa ge th roug h the waste of waters. The big ships of commerce, when they sighted one of these specks in mid ocean, took various ideas of the unusual sight. Some bore down towards it as a wreck offering hope of salvage money, and bore away again as they grew nearer, frightened at its vicious and piratical looking hull. Some recognised the little daring vixen thing, and came near to see, dipping ensign and offering sea luxuries. One Scotoh ship fairly bolted at first view, and crowded all sail to escape when the terrible little cruiser manifested a desire for an in. terview. The commander of the gunboat had his reasons for a closer interchange of compliments ; he mado all sail, started up in pursuit, then got up his steam, and a regular chase ensued. At last the Scotchman was overhauled, having led the gunboat some way out of her course. The officer boarded her in no very good humour, and asked why he had been led this dance, and whether the master did not know a pennant when he saw it. "El," said the Scotchman, " I kenned vera weel what ye war; but I thought sure eneuch ye'd just be in distress for something." The Adelaide at this date has not been heard of, but as her consorts have arrived she may be daily expected. We ara also entitled to expect a return of some 400 or 500 of the Marines and troops lent to India. The authorities there have received the assistance they have obtained from the Chinese expedition with less acknowledgment than might reasonably have been expected, and quite neglected to avail themselves of the moral influence which might have been drawn from the sudden arrival of Lord Elgin with no inconsiderable nor opportune force ; but I suppose they will keep their promise and send us back these men, the rather because there must soon be a glut of troops at Calcutta. They will probably arrive faster than they can be sent up the country. In a few days, theretore, we may reasonably ex- . pect to have 700 guns and 7,000 men in these waters. Of the latter we shall probably be able to land 4,000 ; but, alas, the great bulk of them will be blue jackets, —capital fell ows a fl oat, b ut terrible stragglers ashore. Jack's habits all induce him to consider that going ashore means going upon a spree. Jack will help to take the city, or would take it single-handed ; but we must not trust him to hold it. I believe I may now say that the Baron Gros has determined to co-operate in our enterprise. He has 3 frigates, 2 corvettes, and 4 gunboats here, and about 1,000 men, whereof he can land about 600 seamen. We have plenty of force to do the work single-handed, and some delay may possibly be oc casioned by waiting until he can get his frigate,the Capncieuse, now in dock at Shanghai, down south wards. So far, therefore, as actual assistance goes, perhaps we might as well have been alone ; but in other points of view this co-operation must be very satisfactory. What his casus belli may be lam not informed. and as it is no part of my business to spe culate upon it, I take for granted that it is sufficient. It is clear, however, that it cannot be stronger than ours. The action of the French, therefore, will justify in the eyes of Europe the course which we are now taking, and as the two squadrons will doubtless act cordially together, this will be another public proof of the friendship and common policy of the two nations. It is equally well understood that the Americans are to retain their position of lookers-on. Judging from the great draught of water of the Minnesota, even this " looking -on" must be a ♦ery distant view. The torpidity of the last five months, therefore, has chan g ed to the b us tl e o f preparat i on. T he sea men are being drilled to act ashore, the 59th are being marched and countermarched, targets are set up in the secladed valleys of Hong Kong, and the sharp ring of the rifle may be heard at early morn and dewy eve. every one who can smuggle him self on board a gunboat has been up the river to get a peep at the doomed city. Many who did not need this smuggling process have yielded to the same curiosity. General Ashburnham is said to be under orders for departure for India, and is about to exchange " Head Quarters House" for the Ave, Lord Elgin taking the house and the General taking the steamer. If these orders should be imperative in their character, I apprehend that nothing can be done until he is gone, for it would probably be in expedient that operations of magnitude, such as must occur after tho taking of the city, should be originated by a General whose engagements else where will not allow him to conduct them to a close. The General, however, was loth to depart, and not unnaturally so. Colonels Wetherall and Packenham and Major Crealook have been hard at work for months arranging the plan of operations, and must be equally disappointed at having to leave their laboratory just at the moment of pro jection. Major Macdonald might reasonably ex pect to exercise his talents as Provost-Marshal in the city of Canton, instead of joininghis regiment in India when the hard fighting will probably be over. But altered circumstances compel altered arrange ments. Our staff officers and our doctors and our commissariat are ludicrously dispro portionate to our present force, and the public service must silence private hardship,. When General Ashburnham, therefore, went up to Macao Fort and to the Fort of the Fatshan Creek, it was, as I suppose, only to take a Pisgah look at the promised land. It is said that he waits to see what the next mail may bring. Before this goes he may possibly have taken his departure. Lord Elgin, accompanied by the French Secre tary of Legation and Col. Foley, has also been up to Macao Fort, and taken a careful survey of the city from the top of the Pagoda. He called upon Baron Gros at the French anchorage at Castle Peak Bay and held long converse. The Chinese, who profess to be quite convinced that all this " bobbery," to use their word, is only to frighten them, and who still repeat "E ng li s h men no can take Canton," are quite certain that "Number one Mandarin" only went up to try and open negotiations with Yeh. I also have been cruising about in these waters. After 4 months' absence it was pleasant to revisit more tranquillity than upon a former occasion the fort on the Fatshan creek, now called "Seymour Fort," and to look again upon the city from the Macao Pagoda. I cannot detect any alteration in the defences of the city since I was last there. The Shameen forts at the end of the 3-mile reach still look minor's. Gough Fort seems to be surrounded by rathei fewer tents than when I last saw it. All the traps and pitfalls are probably completed. There is, however a closer interest now in bringing a powerful glass to bear upon the heights which must so soon be won by British daring, and in examin.• ing the ground along which our forces must proceed. It is broken ground, capital skirmishing ground, but very difficult for the transport of guns Mr. Power, who now conducts the Commissariat Department has organized a corps of 750 coolies— " Hakkas„" or men drawn from a mountain district which has always had little respect for Mandarian authority. They look very well when they are paraded at Hon°. Song, and they work very well, but whether those fellows will drag field-pieces up over those inequalities in face of fire from the fort is yet to be seen. I believe it is not proposed to bring this,novel transport corps actually under fire, but the question is at what distance they will take frigh*. I passed also by Wharnpoa, which has not been seen except by the Earl and the General and their protecting gunboats since the commencement of the war ; I beg pardon, I mean since the commence ment of the misunderstanding between the local authorities at Canton and Her Majesty's civil and military officers there. 1 only know by description how populous and busy the place once was, how thronged by boats, how crowded by shipping, how echoing with drunken shouts, how rife with fierce debauchery. The town is apparently very moral now. There is scarcely a boat on the river. The docks are all destroyed and the blocks of granite emulate the eccentricity of the blocks of the Bogue forts. Many of the wooden houses that advance upon piles into the river are losing their per pendicular and leaning forwards like a drunken man poising himself ; some are already down ; all look ruinous and desolate. Here and there a few Chinese were gathered together to stare at us as we passed, but they were more hag gard than any Chinamen I have ever seen. They made no sign and-laughed no laugh. They were Probably tlle vi-Oct'44.4ll.o4oes : lWlF radii:rot: • _ tpassed also by the French anchorage, and had some communication with their fleet. This is a beautiful spot in this clear cool weather, and I dare say they derive immense satisfaction in perforating the hills by their ball practice, and setting fire to brushwood by their shell practice. But still I don't quite wonder that they should be ready to fight anybody in any cause to get a little distraction. The Baron's suite are all Marquises and Counts, and grand seigneurs of high degree, who had come out with the idea of a sort of Royal progress to Pekin. They have been six months at sea, cooped up in the Audacieuse, and are still in their floating prison. One of the officers said to me, "We get up every morning at daylight because there is such a deuce of a noise (tappage d'enfer) with washing the deck that no one can steep all day long, ashe would wish, and we see always that same sea and those same rocks, and that everlasting sugarloaf hill—ee n'est pas gai. Now and then we have our distractions. The Admiral, who is very amiable, allows us occa sionally a spectacle. But the sailors only play one piece, and the women are represented by two broad chested mariners. One of them tells us in the course of the dialogue, in a male bass voice—" Helas ! vous voyez que je suis belle. Comma c'est mal heureux d'etre belle !—Ce n'est pas amusant." I hope their friends in Paris will cease to envy them, and sympathise with their sufferings. My letters from the North tell me that the Chinese have just issued an impertinent proclama tion, warning the barbarians not to venture into the interior, and declaring that even if they should not create disturbances there punishment will await them. It is just as well that I made my survey of Hangchau before this proclamation appeared, for nobody doubts the power of the Mandarins to in cite the population to force on!" a disturbance" with the most peaceable Europeans. Count Putiatin is back to Shanghai. He has made a new treaty in Japan, and it seems that the terms are liberal, showing a tendency on the part of the Japanese to throw over their exclusive ness. Russia has been granted land to build Go vernment storehouses, and the Japanese have bought several European merchant ships. They have heard cf Queen Victoria's gift to the Emperor, and are anxiously looking for her arrival. She is now being ornamented in Hong Kong harbour, but she will diftappoint the Japanese. She is neither a ship of war nor a pleasure yacht, and is specially ill adapted for the habits of the people for whom she is destined, The Dutch naval officers have been to see her, and chuckle at the little respect she will obtain for British naval architecture. I learn from the same source that Pekin is nearly in a state of famine. Rice is said to cost 300 cash (about 6d) a pound. The same letters tell me of the death of Mr. Beale, one of the Medici of Shangha;. He had accumulated an enormous fortune without contract ing the limits of a most lavish expenditure. He had just resolved to return home. I was his guest for some time at Shanghai, and was indebted to him for much information. He had discussed with me his plans for his new career in England, and his influence would have been great upon all questions relating to China. But while he was gathering in the threads of his multifarious operations Death put his hand upon him. He died deliriously, point ing out the headlands and the cities he fancied he saw in his voyayge towards England. Well, Pas cal says, "La mort est plus aisee it supporter sans I Y penser que la pewee de la mort sans peril." So perhaps he washappy in his death. I am told also by the same mail of the death of a young and honest hearted missionary at Ningpo with whom I had had much converse. It is frightful to look back upon the number of youthful and energetic men whom I have known intimately during my few months' sojourn in the East, and who have succumbed to this climate. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNAL& spbo sency , gr. l EEE CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY. (From the Daily News.) There are t wo or t h ree considerations connected with th e recent change in the Cabinet that deserve a seriou s notice, for they affect the character and stabilty of the Cabinet - , and the situation of the country. First of all, no c ongra t u l a ti ons are a dd re ss e d t o Lord Palm erston on having secured the services of the Marq u i s o f Clanricarde in the political govern ment of the emp i re. Lord Palmerston's most de voted org ans i n the press are silent as the grave ; they have no t one word to utter on the occasion ; they shun the su bj ect ; not even the reproaches of their opponents can extort a word of excuse, aubaegrvyi, e xplanation, much less praise. There is, then, it s eems, a point beyond which the political descend, and t h at point has been reached by Lord of the G overnmen t j ourna l s w ill not Palmerston. In the second place, no public man, no politician of eminence or sagacity, no poison with any posi tion in life, no one possessing a particle of serious ness, earnestness, or regard for the public welfare, but expresses astonishment at this act of Lord Palmerston. At clubs, in private society, in all public places, the feeling is the same. Everywhere the inquiries are--" What can have been the motive 7 what does it mean ? is Lord Palmerston intoxicated with success 7 or has he been subjected to influences he could not control !" Neither the warmest admirer, nor the most indifferent Liberal ; neither the bitterest Tory nor the most lukewarm Conservative, can suggest a reason or conjure up an explanation. " It looks like insanity," says one man. "It is another in stance of Palmerston's levity," remarks a second. " It is the prelude of some approaching catas trophe," exclaims a third. But with all alike, the hardy caprice of Lord Palmerston in passing over respectability, character, and talent, in order to light on—Lord Clanricarde, is perfectly in explicable. In the third place it is to be remarked that the choice is Lord Palmerston's own act. In such appointments there are no common ministerial re sponsibility in Cabinets. The Prime Minister gnuoes and on this o ccas i on exception to the general e a complaint against L or d rule.is e , o l e r c d t B P Ia tl hie La hase own rsbt oe ne a c m o m l a l d e a a de John Russell that while Prime Minister he once , gnorance of his inten to his confid en c e be fore ne t w st!h c ae e nnid. kep ttolo f h ki s t h c e a b p i n u e b t l i i e n i in so, Lord John no longer stands alone in this respect ; for it is apparent that the ap pointment of the new Lord Privy Seal came with as much surprise on several:members of the Palmer ston Cabinet as it did on the public. Loyalty to p their chief may forbid any v a i n a t tempt to undo an together a cabinet keep p at fact has m or t a ll y wounded, but the mortificati on o f the country is whichacc o accomplished p t l h i s e hae accomplishment c o fact, m li a s n h d m m en a t y o k f not greater than that of Lord Palmerston's col leagues. And lastly, it is to be observed that on that seetion of Liberal politicians which have hitherto felt itself bound, by what it deemed to be con siderations of public duty, Ito give the present Go vernment more support than it really deserved, the effect of this appointment has been seriously to diminish, if not entirely to destroy, all activity and earnest interest in the Cabinet over which Lord Palmerston preside:l. On this point we speak with a knowledge of opinions most reluctantly but seriously (al:l:awed. Interest has been converted into indifference : and though support may be continued, its character will be completely changed. Thatfwhich was earnest will become perfunctory ; and the maintenance of Lord Palmerston in power will no longer be regarded as a primary duty or a political obligation. Men of high honour, of elevated sentiments, of public morality, and of deep interest in the country, ' cannot do otherwise than accept this act of Lord Palmerston as indicative of a personal recklessness and a disregard of enlightened public opinion, wholly unsuited to the position to which the gene rous feelings of the country have raised him. j They did not see without pain the recent abuses of minor patronage which the premier and Mr. William Cowper have been guilty of in the appointments of the Hon. Mr. Howard, Lord Mulgrave, and Mr. Tollemache ; but for them some excuses and some apologies, however miserable and inadequate, could be suggested. But in this last act they find an occurrence for which ne explanation can reconcile. It has deeply wounded political suseptibilities, and most justly provoked a resentment which past ser vices will not remove. It is more than an indiscre tion ; it is a fatal error which illuminates and brings into strong and unmistakeable relief the true character of the man who now governs England. Without exaggeration, then, the p u bli c may safely conclude th a t th e rst great and serious shake has been given to the Palmerston Cabinet ; and not by the skill of its opponents or by the desertion of its friends, but in the moat unendurable way, by the inherent and insuppressible levity of its chief. At first the very limited field of choice which Lord Palmerston had for the formation of his Cabinet, though it brought together a weak combination, so far as political ability or administrative power were concerned, operated wit t a .confidiu &Avail:dam*: the people to its support, and the impossibility of retaining Lord John Russell gave it the co-opera tion of his friends. But as Lord Palmerston has grown in strength and increased in power, be has waxed insolent. Instead of improving his Ad ministration he hash diminished its moral force ; instead of recruiting it, he has weakened it. And the reason is plain. Lord Palmerston wants tools and instruments, not competent and sufficient colleagues. Such a system never lasts in England ; and we are now witnessing the "beginning of the end." It will fall to pieces of itself, if only rope enough be given to it, and the game be left for Lord Palmerston himself to play out. And just as Lord Palmerston has in this instance abused the generosity of the country, its enthusiasm, and its overweening confidence in him, so, it is im possible not to perceive he means to try and abuse the majority which the General Election gave him. His intention to propose without inquiry a transfer of the Home Government of India to the Political Government of the day is announced, although three short years ago Lord Palmerston, as a mem ber of the Aberdeen Cabinet, rejected that propo sition when it was brought under the consideration of that Government. He means to try and take advantage of the excited condition of the public mind as to India, of the misery and woe produced by the Indian revolt, and of the alarm occasioned by the state of India, to precipitate and force through Parliament a measure which he then re jected, but which will inordinately augment the power of the Crown, and make portentous and hazardous changes in our constitutional system. To aid him in this serious project, he calls in Lord Clanricarde, a desperate politician. Concurrently, a large increase in our military establishments will also be proposed, to the unavoidable augmentation of taxation and the complete disarrangement of that financial scheme which has. a been deliberately adop ted by Parliament with view to the ultimate relief of the country. The situation of public affairs, and the prospects of the Empire, are daily becoming graver and graver. The hopes of secur ing the abolition of the Income Tax and a reduction of the duties on tea, sugar, and coffee two years hence grow less and less. It is no longer possible to separate the cousideration of India from the general situation of the empire, its domestic policy, and its financial condition, and how Lord Palmerston, who has never been able to take a comprehensive view of any subject affecting e the general interest of the com munity, is, even with the aid of the new Lord Privy Seal, to rise equal to this emergency, defies all conjecture. The public ought, therefore, to look ahead in time ; it ought to be alive to a comprehension of all the approaching difficulties ; it ought not to believe in the permanence of Lord Palmerston's Cabinet. Hitherto, the present House of C iinmons has been tame and characteristic enough, because all was plain and simple enough. The Palmerston cry which gave many men their seats had not ex hausted its influence. But in England a hot fit is not seldom promptly followed by a cold one ; and nothing so chills and freezes English sympathy as so senseless and wanton an act as that for which Lord Palmerston has now made himself solely re sponsible. There is no need of combinations, and there ought to be an absence of all action out of which new charges of intrigue, coalition, and conspiracy can be fabricated, The course is clear. Let us have the full policy of the Cabinet out ; its India Bill for augmenting the power of the Crown, and its Reform Bill for increasing the power of the people ; its propositions for increasing the English and the Indian Armies ; its Estimates ; its financial plans ; its account of its foreign policy ; its explanations of why it has submitted to the incarceration of British subjects in foul Italian dungeons for seven months without trial ; its account of what it means to do with the Principalities ; its declaration whe ther it means to tolerate a revival of the African slave-trade. When all this is laid before us, we shall be better able to appreciate the necessity of Lord Palmerston to England. THE NEW INDIA SECRETARYSHIP. (From the Morning Herald.) A rumour is in circulation to the effect that Lord John Russell has received a communication with reference to the new India Secretaryship. The member for London has tried his hands at so many different tasks, that little doubt need be en tertained of his undertaking, if actually invited, the regeneration of India. Prudence is not one of his lordship's particular characteristics, or he might be induced to pause before he ventured, even with his damaged reputation. to join a Cabinet that has of late evinced an alacrity for sinking. Lord John Russell's vacillations at the Vienna Conferences are not forgotten, and assuredly the people of this coun try will look with suspicion upon any scheme for the reconstruction of India which is to be carried out under his direction. The secession from the Palmerston Administration of Lnrd Harrowby, who, though not commanding much influence, was certainly generally much respected, and the ap pointment to his post of the notorious Lord Clanri carde, have created great sensation. His lordship's character may be gleaned from his acts as they stand recorded in the public prints of the last few years. Lord Clanricarde is, moreover, animated by the bitterest hostility against the East India Company, and the necessity of inviting the co-operation of such an ally may afford the public some idea of the sweeping nature of the measure that Ministers have in contemplation. At any rate some desperate work is in progress or Lord Palmerston would not seek the co-operation of a nobleman whose influence must prove detrimental. His presence at the Coun cil Chamber will disgust many of the Premier's warmest friends, and that Lord John Russell can consent to be his colleague will excite some sur prise. The member for London, however, has one weakness—love of place ; and, tired of the back benches, he may be thoughtless enough to rush back to the old familiar spot, even at the risk of a greater fall than that by which two years since he was pre cipitated from power: Should it turn out that an alliance has actually been effected between these ri-val politicians, the ex-Prime Minister and the present Premier, one inference may be drawn from the fact, viz., that Lord Palmerston has decided upon a thoroughly Democratic Reform Bill. His own feelings and sympathies are in favour of doing nothing, and he would gladly postpone the consideration of reform either in Parliament, or any thing else, for an indefinite period. The impatience, however, of those who afford him a qualified support made him commit himself, and the hour for the performance of his pledges ap proaches, For some time he has wavered between Conservative principles and Democratic illusions, unable to decide, not which suited him best or which might prove most beneficial to the country, but which would ensure for his frail venture a longer lease of power. If hehas really induced Lord John Russell to enlist amongst his rank and fil e , the character of the new reform scheme will no longer be a matter of speculation. Upon this point the member for London's views are pretty well known. With respect to India, the determination seems general that henceforward this mighty empire is to be governed upon Christian principles. Without embarking in a crusade against infidelity or false systems of religion, we are to raise the Christian standard, and not to be &shamed of the faith we THE PROTESTANTS IN FRANCE. (From the Times.) The Protestants of France are in rather a sad case. They are a small minority scattered over the country, and overwhelmed everywhere in num ber by their rivals, who compose the great mass of the population. It is not worth the Govern ment's while to be civil to them, or even to be fair to them. Suoh justice will only offend one large portion of the majority, have no merit in the eyes, of anetber rtion a and will positive] - *lease 'only_ e of etwieVlMPolltW' h wok to principle, and whose principle is state impartiality in religious matters. It is not worth a Govern ment's while to please a small sect and still smaller circle of Doctrinaires, as they will be called, at the cost of offending the mass—though when we speak of the mass we are speaking really of the priest hood—that compact body which represents and at the same time misrepresents the mass. The mass of the French people, Roman Catholic as it is by pro fession, would not be disposed of itself to bully a small Protestant minority ; it is only the priest hood which does this. But the priesthood is a powerful, compact phalanx, acting with unanimity, and wielding a large influence, though its influence is formidable rather for the area over which it spreads than for the quality of the intelligence which it controls. In this state of things it would, we suppose, be Quixotry in a French Government to be insisting on punctilious justice to t'ee Protes tants—a significant mark of the great difference between French public opinion and English. Here it would be Quixotry in a Government to favour the largest and most orthodox denomination or to spite the smallest or most eccentric one. Here it is in justice ; in France it is justice—that is, Quixotry. The least act of unfairness to the meanest sect in this country would raise a cry from millions, aid bring Government to its senses in the course of a morning. We might not care two straws for the doctrine of the sect, but the principle of State im partiality is so rooted in our soil, and has taken such hold of the English mind, that any violation of it would be immediately set down as a violation of a fundamental law. The French Protestants are not, it would, seem, allowed schools enough to carry on the education of the young members of the communion. The French law provides nominally the amplrst liberty on this point; but, as a writer in the Journal des _Debats observes, French laws take away in one part the liberties which they allow in another. The law of 1850 on primary instruction provides that every French citizen of 21 years of age, and furnished wit4i a regular diploma testifying his capacity, can open a school atter formally announcing his inten tion to do so. This is the gift, but now comes the drawback. The Rector of the Academic Council of the Department of the Prefect filling the same functions may object on the ground of " moral." This proviso is, of course, only legally directed against a bad ch arac t er i n t h e schoolmas ter; but, once inserted in the law, it is interpreted to apply to any bad consequence whatever which may be supposed likely to follow the erection of a Protestant school. It is voted a danger to "p u bli c morals " if the Roman Catholic part of a district dislike the erection of this new school, and if there fore discord and irritation can be apprehended. If the priesthood of the district communicate their apprehension of this result to the authorities of the commune, the authorities of th e commune d ec id e against the erection of the school, and the refusal is confirmed by the Academic Council. If the Min ister of Public Instruction is appealed to, be dis owns any power in the matter, and pronounces the decision of the Academic Council final. Of course, such a rule of interpretation is simply to say that whatever displea , es t e priesthood is opposed to pub lic morals. But not only are the Protestants denied schools, but even pieces of worship. Churches raised by private subscription, and ready for use, remain unoccupied in many places, for want of the necessary authorisatioh. The Protestants, after building their church, come to the Mayor for this final legal form, and are told, to their astonish ment, that there are no Protestants in the place, o not enough to make a congregation. What is to be done ? In one case of this kind the village crier was sent round to beat up the members of the communion by " tuck of drum ;" they appeared personally before the Mayor, who, being a liberal gentleman, did not deny the evidence of visible arithmetic, and granted the authorisation. Here is an instance of petty grinding persecution from a body which only a dozen years ago filled Europe with its protests against what they called persecution in their own case, and on the very same subject. What limit was there to the complaints on the part of the French priesthood against the old law of public instruction, which the law of 1850 superseded I What outcries were there against the tyranny of the Institute, and the interference of the State with the liberty of instruction, and with the right of Roman Catholics as citizens ? What a watchword was that hardly ten years ago—liberty of instruction I But then it was the Roman Catho lics whose liberty was curtailed. Now these very men, after protesting so fiercely and vociferously for their own "liberty of instruction," are denying the same liberty to the Protestants. They gain this result by the grossest and most palpable mis interpretation and distortion of the law—by a gloss which would be considered in this country an impudent outrage upon law and justice, and which no judge, in no court, high or low, dare sanction. Yet, with their faces fresh branded with disgrace by such acts as these, these men have the brazen effrontery to simulate surprise that English Protestants should imagine for a moment that Roman Catholic authorities countenanced persecu tion l " What! persecute? Impossible. That was an error of a dark age, which we have long unlearnt ; that was the fault of the age—not of the religion." Yet, with these words on their lips for the benefit of the English public, Roman Catholic authorities are now actually preventing the Protestants of France from educating their own children ! They deprive them not only of the privileges of citizens, but of the rights of men. What are the Protestants of France to do under the the circumstances ? What are they to do amid tyrannising majority, which it is no i t h w we h could Government's while to check ? We wish obstinate give them better hopes, but w selfishness of numerical strengt.e whereknow w it is not adopted by the checked by the principle . ofjo.estoirealed with public country at large, they are not much disposed to opinion. probablyy ali h d t th e e solution of the difficulty emigrate, which adopted In the 17th on their side—M. Guizot's, 1 1 w 7th century. They h a " , do something for them. - more over, a pozerfte which ought to we able to One pen has before new shaken many a h uge f a b r i c still h of injustice. Exposure minim some power even in France. One ruling mins! in that country, at any rate, has wider sympathies and u more libe ral code than this crooked and grinding tyra;ZoY of a large sect over a small one represents. 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