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7 'MONT BLANC TS OPEN TO-NIGHT MR. AND MRS. GERMAN REED (l a t e U Miss P. lIOR CON), will repeat their entertainment every Evening (exc pt Saturday). at 8. Saturday Afternoon at 3.—Ad mission Is. and 28. ; - tails 35.. secured, without extra charge, at the Royal Oallery of Illu , tration, 14, Regent-street, and at Cramer Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. H.R H. THE PRINCESS' ROYAL, EXHIBITION AT THE FRENCH GALLERY, 121, ram, MALL. M ESSRS. COLNAGHI beg tr. announce that by perrriss'on of her Majesty, the Picture of H It H. Vic toria Princess Royal, Princess Frederic William of Prussia, by Winterhalter, Is now on view for a few days.—Admission to the Gallery, Is. each Person. THE BRIDESMAIDS AT THE MARRIAGE. ExEITBITION AT THE FREICCH GALLERY, 121, PALL-MALL. MESSRS. COLNAGHI heg to Announce that by permission of her Majesty, the Photograph c Coloured picture, the progeny of her Majesty, of "The Bri esmaids at the Marriage of H.R. ' l . the Princess Thiyal," taken by Caldeel and Mon tecchi, is now on view for a few days. Admittance to the Gallery, Is. each person. H.LM. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. EXHIBITION AT TME FRENCH GALLERY, 121, PALL-mlui, MESSRS. COLNAGHI eu anroiincP that by permission of H I.M. the mperor Napolenn . the Great Picture, by WI oerhalter, of "The Emir esa Eucenie sur rounded by the Ladies of her court," Is now on view. —Admittance to the Galley, Is. each Person. CHRISTY' INSTRELS, Polveraphic Ral l. TWO'FIUNDRET) and TWENTY-SETENTEI E N'T MENT.—Many Patrons n the Christy's having been unable to vain admissiort owing to the limited numbers of 8 , alis, they have now introduced an extra row, which will afford more cemtorts to their numerous patrons.—Evening at 8, end on Caturday commenoing at 3. Prices - boxes, 11. Is.; Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Back, Is. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FR IKELT„ LAST WEEK--ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—wedn,sday and Saturday Afternoons at 3, and Every Evening (except Satur day) at 8. Stalls, ss. • lalcony St , Ils, is.: Boxes, 35.; Pit, ls. ; - Gallery, Is ; Private Boxes, two guineas one guinea and a-half, and oneguinec—Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Roy4l Library, 33, Old Bond-street. , ADELAIDE GALLERY, Adelaidt•-street, Writ Strand.—GßAND CASlNO.—Licensed pursuant to = Act ofParliament. with Mora L's celebrated band; formerly c.n ducted by the late Emma LAtt- ENT, now conducted by Mons. LA morrz, of Paris ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. BouLcourr ; cadet, Mr. CHARLEa HALL. Admission, Ts D. , ors open at half-past 8. The above band Is at the service of the Nobility and Gentry for Fri irate Balls, &c., &c —Apply by letter to R. R. BiasfELL, Argyll Rooms, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. DR. KLEIN'S MUSEIJI4I ANL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichoorne street, Haymarket Prelitramme :—LECTURE-4 by Dr. K A HN, on the " Philosophy of Marriage," at a quarter to three and a quarter to eight and by - Dr. SEXTON, on "The Chemistry of Respiration, at a quarter past One; on " Skin Diseases," at four ; on the " Hair .nd Beard," at five; and on "The Relations of Elects !city," at nine. The Lectures illustrated with Brilliant Experiments, Dissolving Views upon a rew. principle, &c.—open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 6 and from 1 3 .—Admisslon, Is. Illustrated Hand-book, Sixpence. Pro gramme Gratis. Dr. Kahn's %ins Lectures and a Programme Peat post free on the receipt of twelve stamps. 45,000 YARDS of BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY, aid VELVET PILE CARPETS, reduced Is. per yard, at DRUCE and Co , 68, GP, G 9, Baker•strect. These are the most Extensive Show Rooms and Furniture (lal'orie4 in don, containing an unr v-Led stock os Cabinet Furniture, Bedstea 's. Bed ing, &0.. &c., with the price marked in plain flgu , es A warranty for 12 months Is given. N.B.—Down quilts, ss. 6d. each. BIRKENHEAD, CHESHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to Orders of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Kingsford v. Ball," with the appr.bation of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir John Stuart, • the Judge to whose Court the said cause is attached, by Mr. Frederic John Hodgson, the person appointed for the purpose, onWednesday, the 14th day of April, 1358, at Two o'clock in the afternoon pre cisely, at the Menk's Fern Hotel in Birkenhead, first in One Lot, and, if not sold, then in Five Lots, a Valuable Piece of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, situate on the west side of Grange •lane, Birken head, at 'ts Janet on with Claughton Firs lane, and forming part of the well-known Estate called "Claughton Firs," and containing in the whole 30 922 square yards. Printed particulars and conditions of sale, together with a plan of the property, may be had (gratis) in London of Messrs. s ingsford and Dorman, solicitors, 23, Essex-street, Strand; Messrs. Dean and Son, solicitors. 23, Bloomsbury-square; and Messrs. Chester, Toul- Min, and Chester, solicitors, 11, Staple-inn; and in the c entry of Messrs Rogerson and Peacock, solicitors, Liverpool; Messrs. row send, Ridley, slid Jackson, solicitors, Liverpool and Birkenhead ; Mr. Walter Scott, surveyor, Sweeting-streer, Liverpool ; and of the Auctioneer, Birkenhead. ALF 'ED HALL, Chief Clerk. K.I.NGSFORD & DORMAN, 23. Essex-street, strand. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES iIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent- , reet. waterkso place, London. S.W. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, and loans en advantageous terms. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager, N.B. Policies in force, notwithstanding the Decease of the Life 'Assured, provided the Fremituns be paid within the thirty days of grace. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, 0/ C., Feb. 25, 1858: estab lishedlB37.—Payment of Premium within Days of (race,—lt always has been and stil i 9 tne practice of this society to pay claims un ter policies of assurance notwithstanding the death of the assured oc curring within the 30 days of grace, and betore payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days Of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSUR kNCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR TIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIREITORs. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Wm. Ken worthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. John ElliotsOn, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blonde], Esq. AUDITORS. Troftssor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford Young. MEDICAL RE - BEIER GENERAL. J. Elllotson, M.D., Cantab . F.R.S., 37. Conduit-street. ACTRAET. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ♦SSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolkouse, Esq. BANKERS. MOSUL Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Mears. Gregory, Gregory, Sktrrow, and Rowcllflo, Bodford-row. The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in /fay, 1860. Examples of Bonns up to May, 1855 : Bonus in Permanent Polley Sum addition Bonus in Reouction of taken Age. Assured. to Su n Cash. Annual Pre cut in Assured. mium. ........_ ....._..-- - X X s. d. X s. d. £ s. d. 1833 65 3,000 867 17 7 42. 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1845 59 /,000 232 18 0 1 56 15 0 1 6 6 0 1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1861 55 2,800 , 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter &:tonal Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1838. Two-fkirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its inveitments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted I one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Ite annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in torce exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upward pt three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair %tan, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SIXES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, 1.., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the phys al haustion and decay of the frame, from thy' effects of solitary info cence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and dlrPetions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By R. and L. PI , RRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, , Warwick-lane, Pa ter hoster-row ; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street; Gordon, 146, Leaden ball -street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRTACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 11 s. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 33e., which saves I Is. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of M. varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price Ils. and 335. per bottle, also a saving Of 1 Is. PEitRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sea Wall cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture. and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., ani I ls. Per box. ...Sold — by Daniel Church, 78, Graceehurch-street, City ; B art l ett 2° o l l er, 43, Ring William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; Li. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10. Bow-churchyard; w. Edwards., 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street; Butler and ?larding, 4, Cheapside ; ['rout and iTarsant, 229, Strand ; and all Medicine vendors hroughr utthe United K icreorn. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF Y °UTE! AND MATURITY Just published, price Is., post tree, in an Gavelope, for l 3 stamps, S E LF - PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting lrom vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, wan practical observations on the Physiology of Mar "age in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added tornarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and its advantages in detecting, by trinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these "Ill Plaints, with numerous engravings and cases. ry , A MUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, katrkulated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Memb,r of the London Hospiial Medical Society, Licentiate or Apothecaries' Hall, London, &e., &C. The essential object of this treatise Ls to point nut the feartul con leQuenees resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in tiouth, degradation in vt ,n -"°°(1, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. its perusal is par ticularly recommended to person s entertaining secret doubts of th eir physical conditi on , end who are conscious of havin g hazarded t he health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is ntlueo. ?t is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are 1 2 r niciples of personal management which cannot be violated with _?!t incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue _iae3,d the heyday of incousiderate self-indulg,ence, how those penalties be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, ti,.".n .t 9w the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, , 1 7 1 t .. _ here's scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functions , ~'Yls g ement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. , ta 'ub i pshed by J. Allen, 20 Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and l had of Mann, 39, Cornhill; Horne, 19, Leicester -square C/ ordo: 40, Leadenhali street or from the Author, who may be t e u e l o ulted daily, from I till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37 rd - square,London. e.,;01 Werk may be had sn India, of Mr. Von Li zky, Loll Bazaar; olZ u _n_tta—Messrs. C. and J. liormusjee, ApoLo-street ; Bomber Avo n/ Office ; Madras—Motussilite Oirloo A,,ra Dodsworth von/00r Ceylon ; end cf all Bcol.scllere throughout the Colenie I Sent free by Post, Price Is. 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Supported by many respect able persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed.—Mann, Nephews, 39, Cornhill, and through all Booksellers in town and country. (1 EORGE HOBSON begs to invite attention of gentlemen to his new Stock of Trowserings for the pre sent season, price 21s. to 259. The Inverness Cape, 255. Now ready, the new Overcoats, adapted for the coming season, which will be found on inspection at prices most moderate for best goods. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, Fashionable Tailor, 51, Lombard-street. MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS are thus divided : No. 114, RFGF.NT-S tRECT. is their Depot for Paletots, Uni forms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morning Dre s. No. 116, for t , ,e manufactu e of the Guinea Trousers. No. l ls, ter Halt-Guinea Waistcoats. No. 120, for Waterproofed Guinea Capes, and Servants' Liveries. No. 142 is their new Establishment for Ladles' Riding Habits and Mantles in Fur and Cloth, No. 144 contains their other new Department for Clothing young gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy whereby Messrs. NICt)LL have secured wide spread confidence The Wholesale Warerooms are at the rear of the Regent-street premises, v z 29, 30, 31, and 41, WARWICK-STREET. The City Depot is at 21 and 22, CORNII ILL. The addresses of the various Agents are duly advertised in the ournals of th- United Kingdom and the Colonies. I\ 0 . 2( ,504.) LONDON, T PUBLICATIONS. GR,P,AAN,TEL,'sIc.. WESTERN E Tic - kets to R Jer l sel T a j nd Guernsey, AY. via Weymouth, ars now issued at the Paddington Station, enabling passengers to break the journey at Chippenham, Dorchester, or , Weymouth. _ _ NOT ItE, CA RDIAL WISEMAN'S PERSONAL RE COLLECTIONS of the LAST FO , •R POPES, in I vol., with Portraits, will be ready on Monday, March 1 5, and those who desire early copies are requested to give their orders immediately to their Booksellers. Hurst and Blsckett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Fares, Rail and Boat: —3ls. and 21s. Further particulars can be obtained on application at the Com• pany's Offices. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RADA% AY.—CHEAP EXCURSIONS between LONDON and PETERBOROUGH until further notice. These trains leave LONDON and PETERBOROUGH DAILY (Sundays excepted) at the following hours : Leave Easton Station. 1 • Leave Peterborough. 6.80 6.45 a.m. 7.30 „ 9.15 „ 12. 0 noon 11.45 „ 3.30 p.m. 2.30 p.m. 5.15 ~ 1 5.30 „ LADY SCOTT'S NEW NOVEL, " THE ONLY CHILD," is now ready, in 2 Vols. " 'Twas a brave thought to think that thou could'st tear The idol from its shrine; And rear a nobler, purer imatre there, Than that old love of mine."—FABER. Hurst and Brackett, Publishers, success,rs to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The FARES by these Trains for the SINGLE JOURNEY- Now ready, in 2 vole., with Portrait of neorge IV.. price 21 5. , ItECOLLECTIONS OF WEST END LIFE; With Sketches of S'oc:ety in Paris, India, &t.,. Closed Carriages.... 2s. I First Class .... . • • 3s. For the DOUBLE JOURNEY. Tickets available for SEVEN DAYS-- Closed Carriages .... 3s. First Class .. • • • • • • ss. The tickets are not transferable, and the attention of holders is especially called to the notice at the back. By Order. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, Ist March, 1858 'I,.. 4 IVERPOOL, BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER, WARRINGTON, PRESTON, WIGAN', MANCHESTER, STOCKPORT, STALEYBRIDG F.:, GREENFIELD, OLDHAM, HUDDERSFIFLH, DE .v6BURY, BATLEY, and BIRS fAL. Reduction of Fares by London and North-Western Railway.— i:eturn Tickets by all Trains, nem ding to Class, are now issued to or from Euston-station and any of the above stations. 2d Class. Ist Class, Available for Seven Days .... 12s. 6d. Available for Twenty-Eight Days.. 17s. Od. 375. For further particulars, see hand-bills. Euston-station, Ist March, 1858. Ey Order. . ,_ - - , -- 4 .. - :s rl " - t 7 -'I I'' , . • _ 4 . ... . . . , '1 ! ~ . ~,,',e<::;i: • - . . . .._ . o• - - ~.- - -•:- .‘ f. • w - i.. irt 'kW , .. .. • . - - - ~._ .„,,,_ ~ ..... . .....„ . 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STAMPED 5P •] his distressed literary brethren F Will the world believe that Mr. Dickens has adopted such a course, and that, as our readers may see from the summary of Mr. Bell's speech, which appears in another part of our paper, the pamphlet he has published is not only in its spirit din. ingenuous, but fake in its most important particulars Yet, as it would appear, this is the mode which Mr. Dickens has adopted, in order to bring about, what he is pleased to term, a reformation in the management of an old-cstablished Charity, whose books and papers are open to him, whose system of management is fully known to him, and whose officers, by their own avowal yesterday, are ready at any moment to adopt sugges tions which appear to be advantageous to the general efficiency of the charity. But there is another, and, if possible, amore objection. able attitude assumed by the minority of 14 against 70, in reference to which we may say a few words. Mr. Dickens and his friends assume to themselves the pre-eminent rank of the Literary Men of England. If the question were not so serious, we should be disposed to laugh. The literary status of England must, indeed, have fallen very low if it can find no better representatives of its scholar ship, its learning, its philosophy, than are embodied in Mr. Dickens and those who have supported him on these occasions. Without in any way wishing to de preciate that branch of literature with which Mr. Dickens is exclusively identified, it would be mani festly absurd to igin ra the great r ar.d more sub ctantial claims upon the country ef men whose lives have been devoted to studies from which the present and subsequent generations may derive real knowledge and sound instruction. The value of all knowledge h relative, and must depend entirely upon the advan tages mankind derive from its possession. Ti,at which ennobles the mind and chastens the heart--that which teaches us our true position in the scale of humanity —that which, in fact, tends to make us wiser and better, is more worthy of cultivation, and has a higher claim upon our intelligence than that which is de signed merely to amnse. Thus to arrogate to them selves the position of the literary men, of England is, as we humbly think, on the part of Mr. Dickens and his friends, to commit a great mistake—to place them selves, as they would place the Society, in a false position. But throughout the entiro proceeding there is no rational and unprejudiced man who cau enter tain any other conviction than that the aim has been directed more to the material injury of the Charity, than to the establishment of a system by which its resources may be more effectually developed. With a sincere and friendly feeling for every effort made in behalf of literature, we are not disposed to remain silent in the presence of such events. We regard this vexatious opposition carried on year afteryear with a trumpery minority, as diegrace.ful to those engaged in it and derogatory to the character of the literary pro fession in England ; but at the same time, we must avow our belief that with such triumphant facts at their disposal, as set forth yesterday by Mr. Bell, the corn• ruittee is open to much and deserved censure for tt ,, t having at the outset met these paltry accusations in a formal and complete manner, and so placed the facts before the world as not only to refute, as was done yeterday, the mie-statements of the minority, but to shield the corporation from the possible injury it may receive from one of the most malicious attacks a charitable institution has ever encountered at the hands of its subscribing members. Al 4 st IP r marvellous 061nbittitioi. -We de not apprehend thaL Lord Derby willencOunter much serious opposition from the Rouse of Cc:l4moms • but should faction triumph liaVageembly the Prirrieiliaiater:tpay' i tafely appeal trilider country. That is his great atroUgheld ; the,. his character is understood and his great merits are appreciated. The people have learned many wholesome Lasona since 1852, and know what sacrifices the.want of good government has entailed. Of course Lord John Russell will renew his agitation on reform• The-at mosphere of the opposition benches does not suit-him ; and he will doubtless bid high for place, The member for Lonicu has, however, been tried more than once, and his failure was on each oecasicn complete. AlthoUgh disturber of patti , : - :s and breaker up -of -Cabinets this leg stator has slwal s prove 3, whenever great opkitualies cave been within h's grasp, u•terly inctpable. I L , ma y use big words, and talk largely of what he intends to do, vet for all that, in power, he always proves to be Lard John the Unready. REFQ.R3I MEETING AT MANGEY, S' FORDSHIRR. • On Tuesday evening last 3 public meeting - was held n the Town-hall, Hanley, on the subject of Parlia ntery reform, and also to an exposition of his views on the present crisis from Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M. P. for the Parliament try borough of Stoke-upon- Trent. The meeting had been called by the Mayor (Mr. J. Ridgway), in pursuance of a requisition signed by 400 persons. The hall was crowded. The Mayor presided. The prceeedings were unaui inous throughout, and the following resolution was adopted by acclamation : "That any measure of Parliamentary reform, to be acceptable to the people, should at least enfran chise, in boroughs, every person ratedeto the poor, and in counties every 101. householder should give to every voter the protection of the ballot, should abolish the property qualification of members of Parliament, should as equitably as possible appor tion representatives to population, and shorten the duration of parliament to three years." A separate resolution in favour of the ballot was passed, declaring that " any measure of parliamen tary reform which did not give the voter its protec tion would be disadvantageous to the country and unacceptable to the people." A petition to parliament in favour of the above programme was also adopted. The MAYOR opened the proceedings in an ani mated speech, in which be - argued that there was no such thing as "finality" in parliamentary reform, any more than in personal or any other kind of reform. He attributed in a great measure the repeal of the corn laws, and also of the navigation laws, and the general enlightenment of the nation, to the reform bill of 183.1. He thought there could be no doubt that a large extension of the suffrage WAS needed, and he believed that the nation would so demand it that no government dare refuse it. Mr. RICARDO rose and was received with deafen ing cheers. After a few introductory remarks he said that his belief was that the representative system was the great guarantee of the liberties of the people. It was by that system that public opinion passed into the public will, and the publio wid passed into public law. A previous speaker had spoken contemptuously of Lord Derby'sgovern ment, and he confessed that he felt ineinel to agree with him. He deeply regretted that for some time past political men, and especially th e representa tives of the people, appeared to have forsaken principles, and to have become mere followers of Lord Derby, or Lord John Russell, or Lord Palmerston, or some other lord. Men did not act as if they were sent to parliament to fight the battles of the people and to serve their country, but to become the tools of a minister. (Cheers.) He had always told his constituents that they must not expect that sort of thing from him. He had resolved always to follow an independent course, and therefore it was that he was one of the 99 who stood forward to declare that the laws of England should never be altered at the dictation of a foreign despot. (Loud cheering.) He did not mean to say that the French government asked any thing very unreasonable, but their demand he con sidered to be one of a series which would have been made, and by which the liberties of the English people would have been endangered. (Renewed cheering.) There was no amount of jealo esy— there was no amount of vigilance—which the repre sentatives of the people ought not to exercise in guarding against the first encroachments of the liberties of this nation. It was the restraint which was the cause of the weakness of the French em pire ; and he did not feel at all surprised at the people attempting to take the power into their own hands and to break off their chains. With regard to the charge of factious voting which had been made against the majority which ousted Lord Pal merston, he would say, what he had sa id many times before, that he had never given a vote in which he did not honestly hope that he might not be in a majority. The minority of ninety-nine be lieved that they wore representing the views of the people of England, and so it turned out, and then the majority longed for some opportunity of retrac ing their steps, and Mr. Milner Gibson gave it to them. (Laughter and applause.) As to Lord Derby's ministry, he thought it occupied a very unconstitutional position. It was to be a govern ment by a minority. Lord Derby intended to try to govern upon a representative system, without having a majority of the representatives in his favour. At the same time he did not regret that Lord Derby was to be in office for a short time, for that would lead to great popular advantages if the people would only be true to themselves. (Hear, hear.) He confessed that he never expected a sa tisfactory measure of reform from the late govern naent—for the men who could bandy the people about from pillar to post, and put them off year aftyr year as they had done, ou pretexts, could not be sincere. As to the reform bill pro inisel by Lord Derby, Mr. Disraeli had given them a hint as to when they might expect that. In address ing his constituents the other day, he said that the government of Lord Derby had the question of re form under consideration. Now he could tell them that when any government talked about any subject btiug under consideration, the public might rest assured that it would stick at consi derati,Ju, unless it were compelled to go forward. , (Laughter.) Mr. Disraeli, t oo , gave them another hint. He said that the country did not ask for a Reform Bill. Then the cry of reform must be raised. (Loud cheering.) The Government must be made to understand that the people meant to have it—that having been bamboozled so long, they meant to stand it no longer. (Renewed cheering.) n L le e t t tthheeniGobreerenamileedntupboenptuotshuopwon, nut defence, the man who was worthy of the franchise, but t o (rive a good reason why every man should not have it. The franchise was the birthright of Englishmen —it was a legacy which they left to their children ; and he thought the working classes, as a body, were quite as capable of exercising it with discretion as any class that now enjoyed it. For himself, he would rather be elected or rejected by the people of the Potteries as a body than by his present 2,000 constituents. Mr. Ricardo then spoke warmly in favour of the ballot, and ridiculed the objection of its being un-English. He had himself been elected by ballot into. Brookes' and the Reform Clubs, and. so had Lord John Russell, whose pet objection this was. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He was inclined to think that an extension of the suffrage would be almost a curse, if unaccompanied by the nconcluded by protectionoftheba s l a l y o ingi ballot. (Atpiaptlaaufstee.r) listening Mr. Ricardo to some of the speeches made that night by working men, th en and et aft er e wondered seeing h te anyt d man wou would venture to say that there was a single man in the room who was not entitled to the franchise. 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EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, •nd all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Carries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe gnard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrin', 19, Fenchurch-street, ,ondon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay , nd Sons, Messrs.Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and user :bents, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitatimes, see that the names of "LEA nd PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. R. HOWARD, Nurgeon-Dentist, 62, Fleet ' street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI TCIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from tie original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or ecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful , aeration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo • ical, he his fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De ayed teeth stopped and r 3ndered sound and useful in mastica io.i.—A`2. irleet-strePt At ,me from ten till live. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES (a ithout Physic) of indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation, Beartbur a, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Childree's Com plaints ate effected by IU BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA AIsABECA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never Rims 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 muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a tow out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invallest—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,"—Curt No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony free dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. IlariaJoily, Northam Ling, near Diss, Noriolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, azing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a core of extreme ner ".Amoss, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — C ire No. 48,311, Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Oateacre, near Liver - po : a cure o: ten yeat's dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No. 18,216, Dr. Andrew Ure of constipation, dyspep sia, ervous irritsbi '-tY. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shoriand of dropsy and ehility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116 Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of cramps, spasms, and daily yomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey of diarrhoea and debility. Care No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of con sumption. Cure No. 32,883. William Hunt, Esq., barrister, of para -3 sis. Cure No. 46,270. 111 r. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley o p f un tili a r l ty do y a e fu ar e s ss d . ise c as ur e e d N lungs, ,sapsit4. mr. tingof s b a le m od u , el li i v u e . r tdoeur. Leicester, of f t s e /v a c' s t e e s a t u r s a ' r t d a o rr o ce s a n . y years N u o e r s s, s eg y, 2 0 , u 6 s 12 i . rrita T t h i e la Dow bi a l g o er a C u o d utes indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Z ers, cured ' of con sumption, after her m e di ca l advisers had abandoned u all hopes of recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervoussaess con stipation, Indigestion, and dehility, from which I have suffered' great misery, and winch no mes4cin e could remove or relieve have been effectually cured 03 Du Barry' s F ood in a very short time, e Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, L o nd on ." No. 4,208. " Eight y ° ears' dis pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Sood. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell, Ridlington Rec 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 Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, 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." Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imita tations:— The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Ilooper Neville, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for all climates, and with lull instructions. In canisters, lib 23 9d ; 21b 43 6u; 511) lis , 121 b 225. The 1218 car stage tree, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and CO,. 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Macon. and Co.. pur veyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; James Wells, 4s, Sloane street; also at GO, O racechurch-street ; 330. 430, and 4sl, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; _ 49, a ad_ 6o, ; lll shopsgateitreet 63, 150, and 158, Ox ford-Arm EIGHT PER CENT. OBLIGATIONS. Interest payable half-yearly, in London, Paris, Frankfort, and Hamburg. THE GALVESTON, HOUSTON, and HEN- Di RAILW tY COMPANY is now prepared to re ceive application - 8 for 5,0)0 Obligations of 201. each, redeemable in nine years, with a Premium of 21 each. The annual Drawings to commence on Ist March, 1800. The Obligations are secured on the Revenues of the Railway, and on the Free Grant of Land, 'which is at the rate of 10,240 acres for every mile of Railway constructed. The Interest, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, is payable in London on the Ist January and the lat July on presentation of the Coupons at the Commercial Bank of London,.Lothbury. Subscribers for Obligations are entitled to one Free Share for every Obligation subscribed. Full partl Mara may bo obtained on application at th a Agency of the Company, 4, skinner's-place, Size-lane, City, or of Messrs. Price & Brown, 4, Change , alley, City. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape ;o the 29th of January. Wo take the following from the Cape Town Mail of the above date : The Royal mail steamer Norman, Captain Boxer, leaves Table Bay this afternoon (Jan. 29) for England, with a full cargo of colonial produce and about 20 passengers. The Royal mail steamer Phoebe, the fourth vessel of the new line, arrived here on the 21st inst., several days within her contract time, with the English mail of Dee. 15. She will remain here to take home our February mail. In our last monthly summary for the English mail, of the 30th of December, we reported the state of Caffreland and the Caffres as the principal subject to which English emigrants turn their attention when the Cape of Good Hope is spoken of. The geography of the Cape is not very well understood by the mass of the people, and it was often useless to state to them that from the capital the nearest Caffres were about as distant as Caithness is from London, and that the colony as a w h o l e was as sa f e from their assaults as England is from a possible insurrection in Kirk wall. We have now to add that the power of the Caffres, even in their distant settlements, is finally to.oken and crushed, their principal tribes dispersed, and their principal chiefs and all mischief-makers dead er prisoners. Between 30,000 and 40,000 of these people have been received into the colony for the sake of humanity, to save them from perishing, with their wives and children, by starvation, and have been suoces-fully distributed as servants and labourers, and promise under proper management to become a valuable portion of our rural population, as we have seen accomplished in the analogues case of the Hottei.tots and Fingoes. Even on the frontier of Caffreland the colonists feel secure in the wise precautions of Government, in keeping on hand a powerful military force and an active mounted with other arrangements on the part of the colonists for maintaining order and repressing crime. Two great obstacles to the improvement of the colony are thus ii the course of being entirely removed—namely, horilices fr , m Caffreland and the want of laf,ourers within. This favourable state of things is not an experiment force i upon South Africa by theorists, nor has it been stained by .. injustice or violence. The destruction of the Caffres as a people was their own act ; by simply acting as benefactors and guides to a deluded population we have gained. advantages which arms alone would not have conquered for many years. Ln addition to peace, and a supply of common labour, the Governor has suggested a scheme for accommodating emigrants of a class somewhat different from servants, mechanics, tradesmen, dec. He recommends the sale or lease of portions of estates, which the present proprietors cannot fully cultivate or occupy in a proper Feast), front their enormous extent. This will afford an opening to industrious sober families of small farmers—an inva'u• able class in all c•)untries, and one to which this colony presents peculiar advantages. In addition to the public works, such as buildings and bridges, which are only waiting for suitable workmen, it is likely that another class of works, for which a peculiar class of labourers or workmen well known in England are required, is about to be commenced and continued for many years. We mean the deepening of river channels, the formation of canals for irrigation and transport, and of tanks and reservoirs, both f local irrigation and the supply of rising towns and cities with pure water. All these things, and many more of the order, are now in prospect, and of certain accomplish ment, the rapid growth of the colony, population, and wealth, rendering them absolutely necessary, and at the same time furnishing the means of carrying them on. During the past month few events of any great im portance have occurred within the Cape colony.. Peace and general contentment continue to prevail. The grain harvests, which have just been secured, are unusually abundant, and the quantity of wine promises to equal, if not exceed, that of any former year. Two additional troopships have touched at the Cape on their way out to the scene of strife. The indomi table screw steamer, from London to Madras, 57 days out, put in to Simon's Bay on the 9th January, having on board 15 officers and 360 men of the Royal Artillery. She reported all well, and sailed for her destination on the 13th. The Leopold screw steatner arrived in Table Bay on the 25th, with 407 artillery, 196 infantry, and 18 officers, Colonel Montressor in command. She is expected to sail again in a day or two. Remount horses for the troops in India continue to be forwarded by every opportunity. By the Ville de Metz 90 serviceable animals bave just left Algoa Bay, and 100 more are being shipped in the Granville, while 600 more are ready for shipment. The reported fall of prices in the English wool-market has troduced great caution in the buying and selling of that article here. Very little leas been offered at the local sales, and even that little has been mostly with drawn, the farmers, few of whom are in needy circum stances, being strongly inclined to bold their own till prices improve. In the meantime great efforts are made to improve their stock, and large sums are given for rams of the finest breeds, several importations of which have lately taken place. Her Majesty's ship Boscawen, flagship, left Simon's Bay on the 3d of January, on a cruise to St. Helena, Ascension, and the West Coast; the Admiral, Sir F. Grey, on board. The Sappho left en the Bth for Australia. The Hermes left for East London, with the Governor, on the 19th. On th e 27 th h er Majesty's steamer Sitnoom arrived from Calcutta, and is now the only vessel of war in Simon's bay. The Golden Fleece arrived in Table Bay on Tuesday afternoon, the 26th met., with news from Calcutta to the 23d December, and from Ceylon to the Ist January. She has a valuable cargo fur the English market, con sisting of 1,063 cases of indigo ; 2,284 barrels saltpetre ; 149 bales hides ; 252 bags cowries ; 42 oases cowries ; 543 cases lac dye and shellac ' • 52 cases silk ; 245 b a les silk ; 299 bags linse e d ; 245 bales tobacco ; 25 ca-es elephants' teeth; 34 caeesjwine ; 20 bales safflower ; 20 cases cigars, &c. She is to sail on Saturday for London. A Russian squadron consisting of eight or ten ships under the command of Commander Kooznetzoff, is daily expected here, en route to the new colony of the Amour. Amongst other ships are mentioned the frigate Arkold, the corvettes Voievoda, Buidreen, and Noveek, and sloops Djeegheet, Strelock, and Plastoon. There are no less than thirteen deserters from the German Military Settlers gazetted to-day. The Auditor-General (Major Hope), during the past . month, has published a pamphlet which will be of great value to the East India Company. The subject of it is Can the Cape supply horses for the Indian service 1" The Auditor-General was one of those who, in 1846, were employed by the Government to procure horses and mules for the transport of the army in the Kafir war of that year ; and again in 1851, als undertook the duty (with Cal. Ingilby, R.A., and the Hon. Mr, Field) of purchasing horses as remounts for the Cape Corps. On several other occasions he was also similarly em ployed. His opinion will be, therefore, taken as worth something by the East India Company. He says : " The great question now is, both for the interests of this colony and of the Indian Government, can the Cape supply a sufficient number of horses annually, and will it he for the interest, of the Indian Government to obtain this supply 7" He answers, " I venture to say that the Cape can furnish the horses in an increasing number every year, and at a diminished. cost; and that it will be the best interest of India to draw - from the Cape as large a numb er o f h orses as can be annually obtained. . . . The Cape may be re garded as the connecting point between England and India, and the preseist the turning of the tido in the affairs of India. If in this crisis proper advantages are taken of the position of the Cape, as a tlepot for troops, as a source from which to draw horses and other supplies, India may b e vastly ben e fitt e d , an d may b e independent of other and foreign eastern countries to remount her cavalry and Area. THE NEW GOVERNMENT. (Font the Morning Herald.) Lord Derby's first appeal to the country has not been made in vain. All the Minkterial candidates have bee❑ re-elected, not only without a single defeat, but even without opposition. Such a thing is almost, if not altogether, unprecedented in our Parliamentary hi,tory, and affords a certain proof of the favour with which the new ministry are regarded by the people at large. Had the slightest chance existed of a successful issue to a contest, members of the various section, opposed to Lord Derby and his colleagues would molt decidedly have availed themselves of the same. Opposition under the circumstances was altogether useless. By the boroughs and the counties precisely the same verdict has been given ; i❑ England, in Ireland, and in Scotland the Conservative Cabinet is popular, and great expectations are formed reepecting the results of its rule. A fair trial Ministers can claim as a right, and if we understand anything of the feeling and the temper of the community a fair trial they will on this occasion most assuredly have. It cannot, therefore, excite surprise that those organs most devoted to Lord Palmerston beat the air right and left in fits of ungovernable rage. First these oracles attacked the House of Commons, because it had per formed its duty ; new, they rail against the country for setting the seal of approbation to that decisive couree of action. The representatives of the people might be got rid of, and another Parliament assemblel; but in that case the appeal would lie to the people, and they are pre- pared to give Lord Derby a larger and more compact majority than that claimed last year for Lord Palmerston. Hence all this abuse, tergiversation, and calumny. Neither in the composition of the Cabinet, nor in the policy laid down, can the least ficlW be detected ; so these antagonists pretend that .Lord Derby has no right to be in office, which they represent as belonging to the Whigs as a sort of prescriptive heir-loom. The doctrine may be plra ant to their distempered souls, and has a certain air of novelty, but it will prove distasteful to the great bulk of the cominueity. Recent appointments, revel-ations as to the manner in which East India aft tire have been administered, and the universally admitted incompetency of the majority of the ex-Premier's colleagues, convince most unprejudiced men that the country has had a lucky escape. It is not in the least degree probable that people will so soon court the peril which has been happily averted ; and until some better reaoone are adduced for the dismissal of the new Govern ment, its tenure of office may be considered secure, Rumours of various coalitions are in circulation, and a course of opposition is threatened, the effects of which, if it ever be reduced to practice, must recoil upon the heads of its originators. The dignified support for some time accorded by the Conservative opposition to a weak minority holding office entitles them to better treatment. Be that, however, as it may, from a factious House of Commons the new Government can safely appeal to a patriotic and an enlightened public. If there is one characteristic more than another for which Englishmen may take credit, it is their love of fair p'ay ; and of all Administrations that have ever wielded authority in England, Lord Derby's can most justly claim this as a right. Ministers have accepted the responsibilities of office at a terrible juncture. Yet cenfidence is already growing out of distrust, and the beneficial effects of their enlightened rule ate every where apparent. In fact, opponents are disappointed and enraged because the change of Goverament and Conservative interference have hitherto proved so salu tary. If Lord Derby had shown himself incompetent, or had committed himself to some absurd line of policy, great indeed would be their delight. From the want of such topics to point a sentence or barb an invective ihe Opposition oracles are at a loss how to express the rage which consumes thew, or to give vent to the indignation which they feel. No subject of complaint is at hard . therefore, the Conservatives are - maligned, simply be cause they are in power. This is their sole cause of offence ; this is the only charge that can be brought against them. Some gravely assert that Lord Derby is folloning out his predecessor's policy, and adopting hie measure.. Anything more absurd and untrue it would be impos sible to conceive. Legislation must not be permitted to come to a dead lock. The estimates have been pre pared ; and we presume the most bigoted opponents of the new Ministry will not deny that they ought to be brought forward at once. The legitimate business t f the country must be transacted as promptly end as efficiently as possible. The Conservatives have been censured for their conduct with reference to India. Yet upon this topic much misconception prevails, and many calumnies have been put in circulation. By their vote a few nights since the Conservatives did not oppose any change ; they merely objected to immediate legislation, because they doubted whether the period of revolt is best suited fcr carrying out important reforms. This is question of time, not of principle ; and in bowing to a decision of the House of Commons with respect to the time zrAcit, not the manner how, Lord Derby showed that he is above pet'y prejudices, and determined to walk faithfully in the paths of the constitution. Those cavil lers who assert that the new India Bill will be identical with the scheme proposed by Lord Palmerston can have but small respect for themselves and little regard for0)14, truth. Members of the Cabinet have assuredth%elmer. that the moat objectionable features of Lord P ston's measure will be removed, reference to Parliamen tary Reform the people, after having g ranted the Whigs and this assurance ought to be deemed sufficient. With theiriFig!- mo nths for dealing with refuse the newMinistry as ten years for the preparat ion of plan, will not effects of n h that i e m h p a o n r d t s a n of t the Conservatives, Legal ma a ny nd social reform are safe '1852 ar as the goad e for e not yet - (rotten. the does rn oa n t ot nu a ni c t e u r l u l their rule during ten e sn ns o e n r t vatives lis in s in foreby to rig o h n t e Thethe CHoonueeservoatfivceopmarrntyoniss. b y I f far r t two y a re s against any ofits oppon c ommand a majority,e its nts numbers are r t e he in 1852 England has been ruled by ministers on the go vernment belongs. Since the fa ll of Lord Derby's Cabinet sufferance. Lord Aberdeen was a minister on sufferance, and so was his successor, Lord Palmerston. Witt oat a. party and without following the latter maintained office for three years. During that period he was continually exposed to defeat, and his frail ministerial venture might at any moment have been swept away. The ex-Premier is an admirable tactician, and had he possessed the con fidence of a majority of the House of Commons he would not have resigned. Any reconstruction of his Cabinet is for the present impossible. The public are thoroughly disgusted with the policy as well as the material of that political gathering. Lord John is also beyond the pale ; in more than one point he has even recently committed himself most painfully. Indeed, we doubt whether the member for Landon could form an admini'tration were be to be BO rash as to make the attempt. At any rate the experiment would not last long, and the country would again be left without a government. Anoth r coalition is out of the question. " England," to Use Disraeles words, 4, does not lova coalitions ;" and the results of the last will not justify a repetition of that CITY CO _►IMISSION OF ,FE irElis. was held for the d es p a t c h of public busi leYesterday a court, at which Mr. Dep u t y C hristie presided,r Letheby's repo r t h a d reference to 145 liiesusies p that had of roes were b lodg ineen inspect e d d ur i ng the wt ek, 44; g-houses, and it cont a i ne d a li st w of 19 places that required sanitary improvement. The medical officer also presented certificates of the overcrowding of several houses in Montagu court, Sugar Loaf-court, H anging Sword-alley, Brazier's building, and Pl ough-court, Holborn.ln eight of these h ouses th ere are 13 rooms occupied by 31 men, 24 women, and 14 children, in all, 69 _ persons, who ar e crow d e d toge th er w ith ou t due re gard to he a lth or decency. The cubic space in some of the r ooms i s no t more than 170 feet per head. The number of deaths for the week ending Saturday last was 57 ; in the week precedin g it was 72 ; and in the week before that, 62. La s t y ear, at this time, the mortality for the week was 55, and the weekly death -rate for the last 9 years at this season has been 64.5. The mortality, there fore, during the week has been below the average; *2O of the deaths occurred amonc , infants, and 18 among old pe op l e. T he chief causes ° of death were bronchitis, consumption, and pneumonia.; the first , mulled malady was fatal in 14 instances, the second in 7, and the third in 4, besides which there were 5 deaths from hooping-cough, and 2 fro m .a asthma, making, in all, 32 deaths from the respira tory toi y organs. Of the zymotic class there w as e i r es e , 7o deaths, namely 1 from typhus, 1 fro f m lt after tran s. were of a chronic character. T s ne of c an uninteresting 1 from scarlet fever. The otherour, acting some routine adjourned.business nature to the tFleaffectione It ia understood that the ne w r :o l3 Fi r c: u to n r ) - G w e ii n i e b r a e l m fo r r . Sc 3 tland will be Mr . Baillie, at present Sheriff of Stirs litigebire ; and that the new A d voc ated-Depute (in addition to Mr. Gordon and m John Millcr and Alr. Blackburn. URSDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1858. lery, as well as calling out the resources of this colony, to the advantage of both countries and gdveraments." Horses for India are being daily sent from here. Col. Apptrley, Mr. Roger 4, and those employed with them, do all in their power to procure the best horses. Some very fine animals have been sent off.. The My€!tery em barked in Table Bay 135 horses, and left for India on the 19th January. Th e V ille de Metz, a French ship, embarked at Port Elizabeth 90 horses for the Indian service, and prcceeded to India on Thursday morning, Jan. 21 The La one, Granville, Johanna Stoll, and Viscount Canning, now lying in Table Bay, are being fitted for the reception of horses, and will shortly leave for India with further supplies. THE LITERARY FUND. The members of the Royal Literary Fund held their annual meeting yesterday, at their house in Bloomsbury-square. There was a very full attend ance of members, amongst whom were Earl Stan hope, Mr..Moncl/ton_ Milnes, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. B. B. Cabbell, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Dilke, juu., Mr. B. Cooper, Mr. Robert Bell, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Black more, Mr. Reeve, &c. The chair was taken by EarlSraerHoee, who com menced the proce, dings by expressing a hope that in the discussion which might follow, every gentle man would get a fair hearing, that the debate would be conducted with as much good humour and cour tesy as was consistent with the.state of the case, and that gentlemen would, as far as possible, avoid reference to extraneous matter. (Hear.) The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The reports of the registrars, treasurers', and au ditors were then received. By 4ise t 'illaurer's report it appeared that in the course of the east year 55 grants had been made preducing 1,7801., and that no/. had been disbursed to a new class of grants. On the motion that a vote of thanks be passed to the honorary officers of the society for their services during the pat year, Mr. CHARLES DICKE NS (whoi has lately published a pamphlet complaining of the cost of conducting the institution as compared with the amount of relief distributed) said, that in reply to the very graceful and - conciliatory speech of the noble earl in the chair, he (Mr. Dickens) would promise not to make a speech, but on the contrary to adopt a course which he hoped would be acceptable to all p as ties. (Hear.) This might he thought by some gentlemen present to be a romantic expectation, but be ventured to indulge the hope that it would lead to a practical end. On former occasions, the majority of which, by the way, the members of the General Committee formed a highly satisfied and laudatory portion, had objected to kis drawing a e g e h s t comparison between the workin g o f the Royal Literary Fund and any other i ns tit ut i on in the known world. (Laughter.) No suc h comparison would pass his lips on the pres en t occasion. On the former occasions to which he h a d referred, the dry details of figures were pronounced un p a l ata bl e, arid the majority even resented a n y a ll us i on to them as tedious and out of place ; he sh ou ld , there fore, on this occasion, merely state, f or th e b enef i t of any gentleman present who might hav e a tt en d ed for the first time, that he would not v en t ure i nto amounts durin g the the details of the last published acco un t s o f the society, as it would look like the wand er i ngs of a lunatic if he were to point out that the 41 c h ecques c s i ft l ely e society was equal to 45 per cen t . o f pa s drawn te a by tine ad so con their bankers s for h yr costhad each—(la ie the u m t e ofr )—r working i the society ore, w i e n re three draw teens, dth thatan the the amount distributed in relief, although only 15 new cases had been relieved, the others being cases where the recipients of grants had got them from one to eight times. (Hear, and laughter.) He would, therefore, confine himself to the simple assertion of the principle be fore the public, who were, after all, the real judges of such matters. He would, then, fasten upon him self the responsibility of the distinct assertion of a plain principle, and also fasten on the committee the distinct assertion of another principle, equally plain and manifest. The very moderat s amend ment which he ventured very respectfully to sub mit, was to the following effect :—" That the ac counts of the Literary Fund, showing a systematic expenditure of from 40 to 45 per cent, in giving away every 1001. of the funds were not quite satisfactory ; that such an appropriation of the money subscribed with a,-clearly defined object is not quite right ; that its continuance as a distinct feature of the Literary Fund is 'not so Consistent with the professions of the -Literary Fund as to tend to uphold that institution in the general confi dence of the public ; that its continuance should not be sanctioned from year to year, and is now protested against." That resolution would be duly seconded ; it would be put from the chair ; it would be negatived ; the persons who proposed it would be satisfied ; the majority who disapproved of it would be equally satisfied—(laughter)—and it would then be proclaimed that the accounts of the Literary Fund were quite satisfactory—that such an appropriation of the money, subscribed with a clearly defined object, was quite right—that its continuance as a feature of the Literary Fund was so consistent with its professions as to tend to uphold it in the public estimation—that its con tinuanee should be sanctioned and that it was not protested. against. 11 0 would confine himself to accepting the converse of this proposition, and leave the responsibility of the other on the committee. He had, in conjunction with two friends, circulated a pamphlet, iu which were set forth certain grave objec tions to the management and expenditure of the in stitution. If any champion of the society should, upon his personal honour and accountability answer him, and impugn the veracity of the statements, he would undertake to prove them ; but neither he nor his friends would be led into a general discus sion of matter not pertinent to the issue raised. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN FORSTER, secretary to the Lunacy Commissioners, briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. MONCKTON MILNE S entered at some length into a defence of the General Committee, and-ob served that on a question of principle there was no such word as "quite." Either a principle must be right or it must he wrong. He submitted that Mr. Dickens and his friends had not put the question fairly. They had dealt in generalities which could only be answered by going into details which the public could neither appreciate nor understand. Mr. D okens's mode of reforming the sooiety was somewhat similar to that in which the sepoys en deavoured to reform the garrison of Lucknow—by deotroying them. It was true the expenses of the collection and distribution were large, but then they were ever - recurrin g , and they would be just what they were at present the fund were doubled, or if it were not half as large. The services of a secre tary who could deal personally with the delicate and difficult cases which came before the board were invaluable, and in his opinion it would be im possible to get such duties as their secretary dis charged performed elsewhere for a salary of 2001. per annum. He confessed that the committee who had conducted the affairs of the society for so many years with unimpeached honour, felt indignant that anything short of corruption or dishonesty was charged against them by Mr Dickens and his friends. An allegation was made in the pamphlet that grants of 1001. each had been given to the widows of two members of the com mittee, whose husbands were in a position to leave legacies to others ; but really these cases had oc curred 30 years ago (although the pamphlet did not say so) ; and therefore it was unfair to hold the present committee responsible for them, In con clusion, the hon. gentleman expressed a hope that Mr. Dickens and his friends would forget their pre judices, and join with the great majority of the members in making the society nu , re useful and more efficient for the relief of their suffering brethren in the world of literature. (Hear.) Mr. War. SMITH, Classical Examiner at the Lon don University, said he could not but feel regret that gentlemen who held so high a place in litera ture as Mr. Chas. Dickens and his friends should have connected themselves with so unworthy a pro duction as the pamphlet to which so much reference had been made. He assured those gentlemen that the General Committee were not blind to any re commendations that might be made to ensure the greater efficiency or the better working of the in stitution ; but Mr. Dickens and his friends advo cated reforms in such a tone, and with such a tem per, that showed the world that they were th e enemies and not the friends of the society. He denied that the grants were doled out in a penuri ous and grudging spirit, and that the recipients were compelled to submit to degrading conditions before they could accept it ; as he could affirm that the money was freely and generously granted in all deserving cases, and that there were no humiliating conditions annexed to its receipt. It had been urged that the society should be governed wholly by lite rary men. Now, he must say that he could not approve of this suggestion. It had been tried in other societies, and had failed. Moreover, literary men were not the most com petent in the world to transact affairs of bus iness, and it was ju st passible, if there were DO lay controlling ele- ment in the manageinent of the funds, portions might go into :quarters where, perhaps, undue influence might be brought to bear. He protested against the attempt which bad been made to exclude . the aristocracy, who subscribed largEly to the so ciety, from any influence in its manageinent, and he urged upon the members to resist any endea vour that might be made to array class against class, and to invest the management of the corporation in the hands of purely literary men, as he believed such a policy would be suicidal. (Hear, hear.) The society had by a vast majority already decided upon rejecting the propositions of the minority, who, however, returned to the charge year after year, and appeared resolved not to be convinced. r. ROBERT BELL (the compiler of the British Poets) also defended the committee in a speech of considerable length, in the course of which he ob served that he was quite willing to give Mr. Dickens credit for not doing that which he believed to be right, andhoped that, in return, Mr. Dickens would believe that the committee were equally dis interested and sincere. (Hear.) His solemn con viction, after the most careful consideration of all the circumstances, was that Mr. Dickens and his friends were wrong in principle and that the com mittee were right. The p r i nc i p l e charge against the committee was that the expense of collecting and distributing the income of th'e society was excessive —that it amounted, in fact, to 401. or 451. on every 100/. expended. Now this was not a fact, as in the calculations made by Mr. Dickens, he included in 5321. charged for expenses the expenses of collect ing as well as distributing the fund. The total dis bursements in the past year were 5321., and the in come 2,6641. ; and therefore the cost of manage ment was rather under 20 per cent.' Charges of this kind to be just should-be extremely accurate, and it was absolutely necestary that f ac t s s h ou ld heti-km.ly and distinctly understood. If Mr. Dickens thought the expenses of management too large, why did not Mr. Dickens, instead of dealing with generalities, bring forward a specificresolution directed to a spe cial object ? The main expenses were for a house and secretary. The founder distinctly laid it down that there should be a house, and the general meetings had sanctioned the appointment of a secretary. Why, Mr. Dilke himself had moved the appointment ; and it was Mr. Bruce, seconded by Mr. Dilke, who had proposed the very form of testimonial which was now objected to ! He denied that the income of the society had fallen off since the appointment of a secretary. The expenditure in the 17 years antecedent.to the appointment of Mr. Blewitt had been 1,0431. and the income 28,700/. ; but in the 17 years succeeding his appointment the expendi ture had been 13,0001. ; but the income had in creased to 39,000/. The difference between the expenditure in the two periods was 2,9761. against the latter period, but against this should be set the increase of income, which amounted to 10,3501. This appeared to him to be a very good way of in vesting 2,976/. Again it was said in the pamphlet that the General Committee, taking advantage of a word in the charter, had excluded the Council, but in doing so they bad only acted in strict conformity with *he charter, upon which they had taken the advice of the most learned counsel at the bar. With regard to the charge that a member of the com mittee had betrayed his trust by giving to a book seller a list of the names of the persons who had received relief from the society, the committee had no control over the actions of their members ; be sides,_ the transaction referred to in Mr. Dickens's circular occurred 19 years ago, and the member had been expelled for it. (Laughter.) The com mittee were equally blameless in the matter of the two grants of 100(. - cash to the widows of deceased members. The grants had been made in 1828 and 1829—(laughter)—and as well might a charge be brought against Lord Derby because Sir Robert Peel gave the Roman Catholics emancipation a quarter of a century ago, as the committee be held responsible for the affair in question. It was next alleged that, whereas any man who wrote any book, however bad, might apply to the fund and obtain relief, no writer of periodical literature - could be eligible ; but here again the minority were at fault, for although it was not the intention of the fount - ier that relief should he ex tended to the latter class of persons, the committee considered themselves justified in departing from the rule, and had, at his (Mr. Bell's) suggestion, admitted the writers of periodical literature to a particiption in the funds. (Hear, hear.) Objec tion had also been taken that the committee had not granted loans or annuities to literary men. ' Now, in reply to that accusation, he might say that, however willing the committee might be to . do so, they ba-I not the power under th e i r c h ar t er , an d therefore no annuitants bad been re-elected although a resolatiou had been passed by the committee that in certain cases a person might get a grant two con secutive years without making a fresh application. Mr. Bell concluded by expressing a hope that the contest would now be brought to a close, and that the minority would accept as final the division about to be taken. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, when there appeared—For, 14 ; against, 70 ; majority against 56. Mr. BURTON COOPER, Q.C., moving the appoint ment of a select committee to report upon the pos sibility of making any retrenchments without in jury to the efficiency of the institution. Mr. POLLOCK opposed the proposition, because it would be tantamount to a reversal of the deci sion just arrived at. After a short discussion, Mr. DICKENS and Mr. FORSTER urged the meeting to vote in favour of the motion, as affording a chance of bringing the pain ful dispute to an amicable conclusion. The resolution was then put from the chair, and negatived by . lB to 66. A ballot was then taken for the election of the general committee, registrars, auditors, and trea surers of the society, who were re-elected without change. On the motion of Mr. CHAELES DICKENS, a vote of thanks was passed to the noble Chairman, and the proceedings terminated. (From the Morning Post ) The annual meeting of the Royal Literary Fund took place yesterday, and we regret to observe with a repeti tion of the attempt made for several years pest by a few members, led by Mr. Charles Dickens, to coerce the Ocrporation into the adoption of a course of policy in regard to the administration of the Charity which has been time after time formally negatived by the gieat body of the society. It in at all times a subject for regret, as well as for animadversion, when a society devoted to the prosecu tion of literature or science, and still more when its labours are directed to the more sacred duty of dispens ing charity to the unfortunate, is broken up into sec tions and parties, its strength impaired, and its efficiency en 'angered, by the bad taste or mischievous propensities of a few meu whose aim is rather the gratification of their own vanity than the general good of the society of which they are members. In such cases, no matter whe ther the object aimed at be accomplished, the injury in flicted upon the institution is more or less certain. Tee public is easily led to- believe in a obarge affecting the existing order of things ; it is at all times ready to listen to attacks upon the credit and honesty of individuals ; and it is therefore much more easy to disseminate a libel than to remove the effects of it from the public mind. Charges, therefore, embodied in highly offensive lan guage, and thrown year aft e r y ear aga i ns t a p u bli c b o dy ' of nourable men, although intrinsically worthless, be come, from the mere fact of repetition, formidable. Few not immediately interested in the matter will give themselves the trouble to investigate the facts for them. selves ; and, indeed, amidst the multifarious employ ments of an active life, we cannot reasonably expect them to do so. There are few, we say, who will undergo this trouble, but whose minds, predisposed to that which is right, are, in spite of themselves, misled by the false statements which, unaccompanied by any refutation, year after year are laid before them, It is natural that in all suck cases the influence of the power of evil should prevail ; for, like potters' clay, the mind receives the first impression ; and this, like much that left the ancient potter's hands, may be exceedingly impure. The effect, therefore, of the deliberate misrepresentations of Mr. Dickens, who, by his own acknowledgment, is the author of the pamphlet recently circulated, we fear to be very great, and very prejudicial to the general interests of one of the most noble charities of England. Now, this is a question in which we have no personal interest whatever. If the management of the Royal Literary Fend be so vicious as represented by Mr. Dickens and his supporters, we have no hesitation in saying that it ought to be reformed immediately. No honest man can have any sympathy with such an infamous neglect of duty, such a perversion of the intentions of the founder, and such a mal-adminstration of the funds of a charity, as is set forth by Mr. Dickens. According to his version of the case the Royal Literary Fund is a t c h o e rp ß or o a y t a io l n ß a ri s ti rlu ß ch an a k nd . aßsustcawnhdaatlowuisilly public k ow are more known for what they have notilone a f novelist, theya thas a s are conspired told that withM r 0 . e rt ain Dickens , per s otchtsi misman a ge d thee tw i w b m o e n a s i I D- e - o a nr g n aw e m d h thi n k ea a n st s which is opposed g w intb without its t h m e s p e u lf hl t i o c Will the public believe that those mis proper terms I they have done, far t l o ite fa ra ci T a re n , d to d g e e t t ri u m p e a n which have been sedulously poured into their statements e esi w gn or a l t d in o ef s soy s u i b nf o l d e rab t t ii h do ti sn t t M u s Mr. from il Dickens thd could condes cend, c ta a l se to f" h t i z a ae n lise e var x e t e e i n tw t tioth o bo o e u u court esy as a gentleman, to such an expedient for the pit pose of exalting his own name, or of gratifying hie 01,13 vanity, as to seek to destroy the efficiency of a Society established for the express purpose of affording relief to "