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In order to enable the public to witness the ceremony the dockyard gates will be thrown open at 1 o'clock. First Lieutenant Hemmans, R.M., has proceeded from Portsmouth to Devonport, for embarkation on board her .Majesty's ship St. George. Commander Edward G. Here, lately commanding the Dasher paddle-steamer for the protection of the fisheries on the Jersey station, has been attached as naval officer to the British Embassy at Paris. The Bulldog, 6, paddle, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clin tock, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithead, and commenced taking in her powder and shell. Jolly-boats.—First prize, £4, the Algiers; second prize, £2 10s., the Conqueror; third prize, the ltoyal Albert; fourth prize, 10s., the Mersey. Won by 50 yards. Eleven competed. Four-oar Gigs.—First prize, £2, the Greyhound; second prize, £:1, the Conqueror; third prize, 10s., the Aboukir. Won by about 80 yards. Nine com peted. 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'To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes. fee Half-a-Guinea MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LVIVIERT, Registered L.S.A., 001 Hoiora m. rj . Member of the London Hospital Medical S e , of the University of Erl n , , may be CONS ULTED on all cases of Deb ility a Nervousness, and on the Secret In flrmitles of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has Just published, Sixpence, with nu merous Engravings a n d Cases, a New Edition of his Work, S ELF-PRESERVATI ON, which will be sent free, in a sealed envelope, by Mann, 39, Cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Eight stamps. O SECTION I.—The PhyCNTENT S. SECTION IL—Pet siology of the G enerative Organs. y--Manhood -The Morale of Genera tive Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION III: Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-indicted Miseries. SECTION V. -The Vices of Schools —Effects of certain per ihelions habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Danerous Results of varions Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Twenty Treat ea e y nt; ra, Medical, D ietetic , c,an d General, derived from successful p ractice -- - The above work is intended for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. 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L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. (1 upon FIRST PRINCIPLES. ‘..A Illustrated Analogjeally,Statistically, and Morally. By RAIN UROSSMITII. This work embodies a wide field for information, not only upon Social and Moral subjects, but upon a great variety of questions which are essentially incorporated with the politi cal discussions of the day, in connection with the Commerce, Trade, - and Taxation of the country. Statesmen and lovers of intelligent progress will find in it a compilation of facts well worthy their attention. London : Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss, by post free, ss. Od. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRTHEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. fickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. 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CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Supermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgencesi Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies ofllaturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. 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The Original Hampshire Stakes, of 10 says each, h ft, and only 3 if declared, with 50 added if three start ; the second to save his stake ; 18 subs, 11 of whom pay 3 soya each. Two miles and a distance. Mr. Sargent's Crater, 3 yrs, Est 131 b (inc. 51b extra) (W. Bottom) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Dreadnought, 3 yrs, Est 81b (Hutchins) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Tame Deer, aged, Bst blb (J. Goater) 3 Betting-3 to lon Crater, sto leach agst the other two. Won by three lengths ; a bad third. The Steward Plate (Handicap) of 50 soya ; winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Copperthwaite's Twilight, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (Customs) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Doeskin, 4 vs, sst 9lb (Mitchell) 2 Mr. Angell's Watersprite, 3 yrs, 6st (W. Bottom) 3 The following also ran :—Brandy Ball, St. Clarence, Miss Sarah, Joyeuse, Balham, Portia, Chain Pier, l'apilio, and Holdersyke. Betting-3 to 1 agst VC aterspite, sto 1 each agst Doe skin and Twilight-7 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length ; a head dividing the second from the third ; Portia was fourth ; the others beaten off. The City Members' Plato of 50 sovs ; optional selling weights, &c. One mile. Mr. Harrison's Annan, 3 yrs (£3O) 6it 71b .. (Edwards) 1 Mr. Angell's Watersprite, 3 yrs, (£3O) 6st 41b (W. Bottom) 2 Mr. Steven's Bonny Lass, 3 yrs (£SO), Est 111 b (Hutchins) 3 Albert Smith also ran. Betting-2 to lon Annan, 3to 1 agst Albert Smith, sto 1 sgst each of the others. Won by a head ; a very bad third ; Albert Smith beaten off. Tho winner was bought in for 47 guineas. The Giange Park Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b . ; fillies, Bst 31b; cer• tain winners extra; the second to save his stake. T.Y.O 28 subs. Mr. Payne's Copernicus, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. Rogers' Blisworth, Bst 111 b (in 111 b ex.) (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Parker's c. by Tadmor—Matilda, Bst 71b Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Confidence, Highflyer, and Wombat. Betting-5 to 4on the Matilda colt, 3to 1 agst Blisworth, 5 to 1 agst Copernicus, 10 to 1 agst Confidence. Won by a length and a half ; a head between the second and third ; Highflyer was fourth ; Confidence fifth. A Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added; optional selling weights, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Shelley's Quarantine, 2 yrs (DO) sst 21b (car. sst 41b) (J. Daley) 1 Mr. Riddell's Portia, 4 yrs (£3O), 7st 81b (G. Fordham) 2 Mr. Parker's c. by Noisy—ldleness, 2 yrs (MO), sst Olb (carried sst 81b) Mr. Waymark's Primus, 2 yrs (£3O), sst 51b (Malthmuse) 4 Betting-6 to 5 agst Quarantine, sto 2 agst Idleness colt. Won by a length; a bad third. The winner was pur chased by Mr. Copperthwaite for 132 guineas. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; three-yr-olds, 7st 71b; four, 9st; five, 9st 61b; six and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles. Mr. Ingham's Predictor, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Fordham)* w.o. Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard, 4 yrs, 9st (Bullock) * Mr. G. Lambert's Clydesdale, 5 yrs, 9st 61b.. (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Sandy M'Pherson, Allegra, Schism, Mouravieff, and Richmond. Betting-7 to 4 agst Mouravieff, 3to 1 agst Gaspard, 4to 1 agst Clydesdale, 7 to 1 agst Predictor. A dead heat, Clydesdale third, three lengths off; Mou ravieff a bad fourth; Schism, Sandy M'Pherson, and Rich • mond were the last three. Predictor afterwards walked over. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. sto 2 agst Butterfly (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Edmund Kean (taken) 7to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Bivouac (taken and offered) 200 even on Butterfly and Edmund Kean (taken) GODNVOOD STAKES. 7to 1 agst Gridiron (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Rattlebone (taken and offered 20 to 1 agst Conscript (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Dundee (take Bto 1) 20 to 1 agst Diophantus (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Cynic (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. The Winchester events now decided wore rather briskly speculated upon. For the Northumberland Plate Butter fly was in great demand at 3 to 1, and at the close 5 to 2 was not easily obtained against her. Edmund Kean, with out much outlay of money, retains a firm position in the market at an advance upon sto 1. J3en Webster declined again to 10 to 1, offered. The only horse in force for the Goodwood Stakes was Gridiron, about whom 8 to 1 was taken freely. Rattlebone was inquired after, but his price did not transpire. Not a wager was made upon the St. Leger or the Derby. CLOSING PRICES. NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE. 6to 2 agst Butterfly (take 3 to .1 freely) sto 1 agst Edmund Kean (take 6to 1) 10 to 1 agst Ben Webster (offered) 100 to S agst Bivouac (offered) 100 to 6 agst First Lord (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Walkington (offered) GOODWOOD STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Gridiron (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Stapleton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Edmund Kean (taken) 20 to 1 aget Royal 81yereign (taken) The Dee, paddle, Master Commander Pullen, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth for Woolwich. The Royal Frederick, 86, screw, has been removed from No. 8 dock to the steam basin at Portsmouth, on the completion of her coppering. The Blenheim, 60, screw, will be placed in the same dock to-day. The Sirius, 42-gun frigate, now about to be used as a target-ship at Portsmouth, was built at Bursle don some 47 years ago, since which time she has lain in Portsmouth harbour, without having once hoisted the pendant. In removing portions of her decks and other work; her timbers and planking have been found to be in an extraordinary state of preservation—too good a state, in fact, to be merely used as a framing on which to hang iron plates for experimental gunnery practice, and to be most likely sunk alongside the Alfred and the Briton frigates, now lying in the mud of Porchester Lake. It is some years since Portsmouth Dockyard con tained timber so well seasoned and so suitable for the construction of small-class vessels as the greater portion of the Sirius's framing. The Rodney, 90, screw steam frigate, 500-horse power, got up steam at her moorings yesterday to test her machinery (built by •Messrs. Maudslay, Son, and Field). The trial was most satisfactory' the machinery answering the most sanguine expecta tions. The Rodney is now lying at the • Ocean coal ship, Sheerness, where she is waiting her trial. The Cormorant, 4, screw steam sloop, 200-horse power, got up steam in Sheerness harbour yester day, and proceeded to Mapling Sands to test her new machinery and boilers at the measured mile. The ship was under way for seven hours, and the machinery worked in every way satisfactory. The vessel attained a speed of 111- knots. The engines were built . by. Messrs Napier, of Glasgow. Her Majesty has been pleased to order that, in consequence of distinguished services performed by Captain Jermyn Charles Symonds, of the Royal Marine forces, while serving with the Royal Marine brigade in China, that officer shall be re stored to his original rank in the corps. Captain Symonds' name has consequently been placed be tween those . of Brevet-Major C. B. Rodney and Lieut.-Col. J. M. Wemyss. Captain Symonds was, we understand, unfortunately tried loy a naval court martial .on some trifling charges some years back while serving on board her Majesty's ship Trinco malee in the West Indieg, and hence his suspension of rank, to which he has now been restored. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. G. F. Knowle, to the Terrible ; Lieut. W. Wright, to the Royal Adelaide ; Licut. Francis Osburn, to the Colossus, for the Coastguard Service ; Lieut. J. E. M. Wil son, to the Orion ;_Lieut. M. G. Silverloek, to the Orion ; Licut. C. S. Tritton, to the Edgar; Arthur E. S. Andrews, master's assistant, to the Torch ; Albert it. Wonham, master's assistant, to the Gey ser ; Albert S. W. Neville, master's assistant, to the Perseverance ; Edward Kearns, master's assistant, to the Nautilus ; Thomas L. Palmer, master's as sistant, to the Sealark ; Richard C. Jones, master's assistant, to the Sealark ; George Hole and George Wood, master's assistants, to the Nile ; Augustus It. Ring, C. G. J. Cater, and B. G. Deane, master's assistants, to the Marlborough ; Edmund Nankivell, master's assistant, to the Bloodhound; Allan C. Dennys, master's assistant, to the Sanspareil; A. C. Mason, master's assistant, to the Donegal ; Arthur Martin, master's assistant, to the Royal• Albert ; Edwin J. T. Behanna, master's assistant, to the Nautilus ; Augustus J. Burniston, master, to the Cumberland, for service in the Foxhound ; F. A. Keogh, assistant-paymaster, to the Mersey ; W. A. Stevens, assistant-clerk, to the Mars ; and Lewis P. Lewis, third-class assistant-engineer, to the Hecate. THE CHANNEL FLEET IN THE FIRTH OF FORTIL The Channel squadron is under orders to leave its moorings in the Firth of Forth this (Saturday) morning. It was expected that the fleet would make a c i rcu i t of Scotland and Ireland, visiting various parts of the coast, but the orders received are to proceed southwards again to Yarmouth Roads. The novel spectacle of a fl e et of ves se l s o f h war in the Forth created an immense sensation there, and during its fortnight's stay thousands upon thousands, the great bulk of whom had never before seen a man-of-war, have visited the ships. The anchorage chosen being ton miles above Leith Roads, in a completely sheltered lagoon three or four miles broad, known by the traditional name of St. Margaret's Rope, and there being no railway access to the ancient fishing and ferry ports there, some difficulty was at first experienced from the insufficiency of both the land and maritime means of conveyance. But in a day or two an extraordinary traffic sprung up on the Edinburgh and South Queensferry-road, and steamers, large and small, upon the Forth left the wonted lines of route to ply between Leith and Granton and the fleet. On Saturday last there could not be less than 20,000 or 30,000 visitors to the ships from Edinburgh and neighbourhood alone, not to speak of the great numbers coming from all the counties bor dering on the Firth. The utmost kindness and courtesy was uniformly shown to all corners by the officers and seamen, and every facility was given for the inspection of the ships. The great throng of visitors was generally to the two flagships the Royal Albert, 121, and Edgar, and to the splendid 40 -gun frigate the Mersey, which may be said to be the great attraction of the fleet. Notwithstanding the distance from Edin burgh, a series of entertainments has been given to the officers there, consisting of dinners, balls, con versazioncs, &c. The public interest excited by the presence of the fleet was brought to its culminating point by a grand regatta, which took place on lYednesday and Thursday. The first day being the anniversary of the Queen's accession, the 10,000 sailors of the fleet were dressed in white, and at noon a Royal salute thundered from every ship. On board every vessel of the fleet were hundreds of guests invited for the occasion, and the gigantic ships of war were each attended by innumerable satellites of the mercantile marine ; the miscellane ous flotilla being for the most part crowded to excess w ith spectators. The sho res a l so presented a very busy scene, and from all the picturesque surrou nding heights many were en j oy i ng the splendid coup or viewing by the telescope the several competitors of the day. The following is a brief summary of the results of the rowing matches of Wednesday: — Six -oar Gi g s.—First prize, £3, th e R oya l Albert; second prize, £2, the Edgar; third prize, £l, the Aboukir. The course, which was 31 miles, was boat in 25 minutes 15 traversed by tkt *inning Launches (pulled by Marines).—First prize, £lO, Donegal ; second prize, £5, Aboukir ; third prize, £2, Mersey, Won, after an exciting race, by launch of Donegal by about half a length. Admiral's Barges.—Prize, £5. Won by a barge of the Edgar. The sports of the day were concluded by one or two punts and tub competitions, which caused much amusement. In addition to the prizes announced the Town Council of Edinburgh placed at the disposal of the Admiral, £5O, as an acknowledg ment of the kindness and courtesy with which the citizens had been received on board the fleet. Thursday, the second day of the regatta, was chiefly devoted to sailing matches, which excited scarcely less interest, and again drew multitudes of spec tators. The weather, as on Wednesday, was bril liant in the extreme, and the day's sports again came off with great eclat. The various matches were won as follows : Gigs (four oars), rowed by officers.—Prize, a silk ensign. Won by the Edgar. Eight gigs entered, but only three competed. Launches (sailing).—First prize, £lO, the Cen turion; second prize, £5, the Conqueror. Fifteen sailed. Won by about 100 yards. Course, five miles. Pinnaces.—First prize, £7, the Royal Albert ; second prize £4, the Donegal. Same course. Cutters.—First prize, £6, the Diadem • second prize, £4, the Mersey. Sa me course . Won very easily. Tub Race.—First prize, £l, the Royal Albert— Cook's tub: The Royal Albert's grog tub came in second, and a tub of the Conqueror's third. All the other competitors were capsized in the race. The course was from the Royal Albert round the Edgar and back. Challenge by Admiral Elliot's galley.—Prize £5. The boats which took part in this most ex citing race were Admiral Fremantle's galley, Capt. Lacon's gig, Capt. Caton's gig, the Mars' cutter, Admiral Erskine's barge, and the ' Algiers' cutter. Admiral Elliot's barge, though the challenger, withdrew from the race, as it was not fitted for going against so strong a breeze as had sprung up. The course was about two miles and three quarters, but with the strong tide then flowing it was considered equal to seven miles hard rowing. After a very keen contest, the Royal Albert galley carried off the prize, followed by the Algiers' cutter and the Albert's gig. The boats engaged in the race were considered the best in the fleet, and the seamen who manned them were the select boatmen of the various crews. That the race was won by the galley of the Admiral in command was there fore an appropriate result to crown and terminate the sports of the regatta. DLISTRZR OF THE SOCIE7'Y OF- ABTS. The 160th anniversary dinner of this society was held yesterday, in St. James's Hall. About 400 gentlemen were present, with a very full attend ance of ladies in the galleries. The Right lion. B. Disraeli presided. He was supported by the Right lion, the Lord Mayor ' Admiral Sir E. Bel c h e r, Si r Thomas Pnillips, Mr. Harry Chester, Mr. Ackroyd, M.P., Viscount Emsley, Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant Judge ; Lord Wm. Lennox, Mr. J. C. Macdonald, Mr. C. W. Dilke, Mr. Pope Hennessy, M.P., Sir Wm. Fraser, Mr. C. Ratcliff, Mr. Alderman Mcchi, Sir C. Roney, Sir John Rennie, the Hon. Mr. Temple, Chief Justice of British Honduras; Mr. Wm. Hawes, and Mr. John Dillon. After the healths of " the Queen," and " His Royal High ness Prince Albert" (as the President of the society), the Chairman gave the " Army, Navy, and Vo lunteers," wishing the latter a bright day for their first appearance before her Majesty. Sir W. Fraser replied for the Army, Sir E Belcher R.N., for the Navy, and Captain C. Ratcliff for the Volunteers. Mr. DISRAELI, in proposing the toast of the evening, began by observing that a century was 113 mean period of a nation's life. A hundred years ago the United States of America were not in exist ence; a hundred years ago the French Revolution was not contemplated by Robespierre; a hundred years ago India was not conquered, and Australia was not even discovered. Many of the arts now deemed necessary to daily existence were not in• vented. Those reflections would help them to ap preciate the standing of those men who, a hundred years and many more ago, were banded together in the attempt to found a Society of Art. Its success was far greater at first than could have been anticipated; but as time advanced the society declined, until, some fifteen years ago, its very being might have been questioned. But just as its utter extinction was at hand, this society revived in an extraordinary manner. A great enterprise was conceived and carried out, which still commanded the admiration of the world. On this 160th anniversary of theirs, instead of in dulging in self-gratulation, it would be well to in quire what was the principle which had led to their revival and hope. The most forlorn situation which humanity could occupy was the being shut up for a whole rainy day in a count r y i nn . S uc h a situa tion had once been occupied by him, when he was fortunate enough to light upon an odd volume of the transactions of their body. He remembered that at the time in question, which was in the early part of the present century, the influence of the society was very important. Premiums of consider able number and amount were given, about 25 of which were for encouraging the fine arts, while chemistry, inventions, and manufactures bore off the remainder. Agriculture especially was very , much indebted to 'those well considered arrange ments for the application of resources. The society, in its very title, was almost of a universal character; the subject, however, which was least thought of being the most important, to wit commerce. Fif teen years ago, when on the eve of disappearing from the scene of existence, the society happily dis covered that they had a mission to educate the arti sans of England. From the moment they recognised this as one great office imposed on them by duty, front that very moment their prosperity began to increase. There were two modes by which their purposes could be accomplished. The first of these modes was the exhibition of results of industry. Even so late as 1848 the p ro p osa l o f a un i versa l exhibition was looked upon with coldness. But when once the feasibility of this scheme was made manifest they appeared before the world as the originators of a great enterprise. If this were only a meeting to celebrate the anniversary of their existence it would be a barren proceeding. But they had to consider th e f u t u re. The exhibition they had planned must not be isolated. By ac knowledging merit and not encouraging it they were adhering still to a system of monopoly. I hey had done nothing by the Exhibition of 1851 if they resolved to go no farther. They should pursue the principle which, happily for theemr,iotr trot too had st s r h u o c r k t out some 15 years ago. Some p for them to have a difficulty in taking stock, as it were, of industrial advance, nor so long as to allow emulation to languish, should be determined en. Was it wise to acknowledge the principle that, be cause a popular apprehension of war might exist, the hopes of peace should be discouraged ? The arts of war were, he thought, very much neglected some 15 years ago. He could not help saying that they had been too much neglected, in fact inju riously so. But it would be an equal mistake to suppose because we had fallen on troublesome times, that the arts of civilisation need be aban doned. He thought, therefore, that the society should contemplate, and ,practically contemplate, another great exhibition. He did not mean 4 *Here_ repetition repetition of 18M. That was es tional exhibition. We should, he thought, found an exhibition not's° much on national as on class productions. He also recommended the including music and painting. Having now touched on the first means by which the objects of the society could be attained, he would refer to a second. That second means —and they had not neglected it-- was union with local societies. Several hundred loCal associations had given in their adherence to the Society of Arts. He had no shame in acknow ledging that he had felt disappointed with the re stilts of the mechanics' institutes. They were named on the lueus a non lueendo principle, and for a long time they had no mechanics as members. When mechanics were induced at length to join they did not fulfil what was required of them. He could not help expressing his conviction that it was in the complete education of all classes, from the highest to the lowest, that they could maintain their position as a nation. Unless they placed that aim and object first before their sight, it was benighted egotism to suppose that, with a limited population they could maintain excellence in any branches of industrial enterprise. He pressed these points upon them, because he thought it fit for the society to consider the reasons why they had failed at one time and succeeded at another ; because also there was no use in their having reached their 160th anniversary if they bad not found by experience that the industrial strength of the country must be stimulated. The universities were not shut because there were rumours of war—(hear, hear)—and a society which had somehow existed more than a century was not to abandon its functions because a province was annexed or a river had been passed. (Loud cheers.) The arts were eternal, and the nation which pursued them with most spirit and applied them with most assiduity would be the first to ensure the intellectual power of its people and the welfare of the state. He concluded by again giving " The Society of Arts," combining with it " Success to the Great Exhibition of 1862; The conclusion of the chairman's speech was fol lowed by loud and long continued applause. Sir THOMAS PHILLIrs, as a member of the coun cil, returned thanks for the toast of the evening. Mr. JOHN DILLON gave " The City of London," to which the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR made a suitable response. Mr. W. HAWES proposed " The Chairman." Several other toasts followed, including " The Institutions in Union with the Society," given by Mr. HARRY CHESTER, and to which Zr. AKROYD replied. The fine band of the Coldstream Guards attended and played some appropriate airs in the course of the evening .. PA_RETAMENTARY COMMITTEES. EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES. The committee continued their sitting yesterday, Sir J. Paxton in the chair. The other members present were--Lord J. Manners, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. Philipps, Mr. Beami s h, Lo r d R. Montagu, Mr. Walter, Sir M. Peto, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, and Mr. Tite. Mr. Fowler, civil enginee r , was ca ll e d an d exa mined. He said he was at present employed in carrying out the Pimlico Station and the various railways approaching that terminus, and also the Metropolitan railway, and in connexion with this had projected an embankment, on which would be a roadway and railway, on the north side of the Thames, a model of which was before the commit tee. The embankment would commence at West minster-bridge, and proceed to Blackfriars-bridge in the first instance, where it would form a junc tion with the London, Chatham, and Dover line or any other railway that might come to that point. The levels were so arranged as to render it unneces sary to alter the present level of Blackfriars-bridge or the plans of the new railway. The roadway on the embankment would be 80 feet wide, and join New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The public ob ject gained by this plan would be a new road from Westminster-bridge to Blackfriars-bridge, an improvement in the navigation of the river, the disappearing of the mud banks; and also af ford the means of carrying the low level sewer along the banks of the river, thus preventing the interruptioM of the street traffic. He believed it would be impossible to give sufficient. relief to the street traffic without a railway in addition to a roadway. For the accommodation of the river traffic there would be docks within the embankment. One of these clocks would extend from Whitehall place to Waterloo•bridge, and with two entrances. Another would be formed between Somerset-house and the Temple-gardens. The third would be at Whitefriars. The total amount of clock accommo dation would be 7 acres 3 roods. The whole plan was quite consistent with an extension eastward to Southwark-bridge. In the first instance, he pro posed to stop at Blackfriars-bridge. The Chairman remarked that the great object was to carry the embankment as far as possible towards London-bridge, and to relieve the traffic eastwards from Blackfriars-bridge. Mr. Fowler said that object would be in a great measure accomplished by the extension of the new road from Blackfriars-bridge to New Cannon-street. The railway which would run at the back of the roadway on the embankment would, as he had stated, join the railway station at Blackfriars bridge, thus giving railway access to Smithfield market, and by means of the Metropolitan Rail way to the Eastern Counties Railway. The total cost of the work from Westminster-bridge to the railway station at Blackfriars-bridge and the road way to New Bridge-street, exclusive of compensa tion and the erection of buildings would be £700,000. For that cost there would be a railway, a roadway 80 feet wide, and a sewer under the embankment ;an improvement of the navigation of the river, and a removal of the mud banks. If the public contributed £280,000 towards the road, £lOO,OOO for the facilities given for the construc tion of the sewer, and £50,000 for the improvement of the river, making a total of £400,000, he thought it would be a very advantageous arrangement for them. He had not the least doubt that with such a contribution a company would undertake the con struction of the works. The question of compensa tion might be put in this way. If the company were allowed the disposal of the land gained they would settle the question of compensation. If, on the other hand, the public retained the land the public must pay the compensation. He, believed, however, looking at the improvement which would be effected in the value of the property along the waterside, that the amount of compensation would not be very large. He proposed to have railway stations at Hungerford and Waterloo bridges, and thought that, including stoppages, the speed might be set down at 16 miles an hour. The height of the embankment before Temple-gardens would be about 15 feet, but the gardens inside would be greatly enlarged. The expense of making the roadway 100 feet instead of 80 would not be very great. The additional 20 feet might be dedicated to a promenade. The embankment would not injure the property on the south side of the river. Mr. Saunders, who occupies extensive premises at Queenhithe, was next examined. He stated that the occupiers of property in that district felt much alarm at the interference which the embank ment might cause in their business, and at the increased taxation which was likely to take place. He thought, however, their objections would be removed if the requisite accommodation was given to them. Mr. Hawkshaw, civil engineer, believed the pro posed embankment would materially improve the Thames, provided it was carried out without trench ing too much on the river. Three or four years ago he had projected a railway from the west-end to the east, passing along the Middlesex shore, the outside part of the embankment to be appropriated to wharfage purposes. Since he had seen Mr. Bidder's plan, he had come to the conclusion that a roadway would be better than a railway. He did not think sufficient space could be found for a road way, a railway, and docks, without trenching too much on the river space. Mr. Bidder's plan was the best and most simple that he had seen. He did not think the scheme could repay itself, and was of opihion that public contributions would be required. Mr. Lees, silk mercer, of Fleet-street, was next examined, and stated that the occupiers of property along the line of the projected new sewer were greatly alarmed at the interruption which their trade would experisnce. He believed that if carried along Fleet-street it would ruin nine-tenths of the tradesmen of limited capital, by drivi n g their cus tomers to other quarters. Ho was d eci dedly favour able to the embankment, which would include the sewer, and prevent the interruption of the City traffic. The committee then adjourned. Premature Greyness , We ak or Fal ling Hair; Neuralgia, Nervous Headache, Rheumatism, Stiff Joints, Am., are reme by HERRING'S Patent Magnetic died with ease and certa int y Brushes and Combs. Their use is an absolute luxury. His newly -i nven ted Teazle Brushes for C o lth , Velvet, drc., - are admirable —they not only cleanse, but preserve the fabric in a remarkable manner. The Manufactory i s 32, Basinghall street. The public' are cautimed ag41114 ccuaterteito.---AD/T. From the Morning Ho (pears certain that an additis to our nAtie debt. Twelve millions xlll bate - - s manded for the de e -of our coast and dockyards, which cannot be supplied by ordinary taxation, while there is a very confident expectation that in stead of a surplus there will be a deficient revenue. The Finance Minister will be driven to a loan, and fresh burdens will be imposed to pay the interest. ,assious to observe that as Europe advances in civilisation one of its characteristics is increased indebtedness. All its leading states are infected with this malady. No efforts are made to repay old liabilities. Borrowing, not liquidating, is the order of the day. Russia wants a little accommo dation; the purse of Sardinia requires replenish ment; the coffers of Austria are empty; tier will it eseite surprise should the French exchequer stretch forth its hand to the metal of Australia ard California. Demands of this character are fatal to the independence of nations, for every loan resolves itself into a tax on labour, and before industry can sustain itself it must part with more of its earn ings. The payment of interest demands an exten sion of the hours of toil, and is, in a very certain though not obvious sense, the antagonism of early closing and the short-time movement. There are unfortunately loose writers and thinkers who ex press themselves lightly on these monetary opera tions, and even exult in the facility with which money can be borrowed on account of the stability of British credit, forgetting that as indebtedness increases credit diminishes. The subject is the more serious at this financial juncture, when the present Government and their adherents are bent on chang ing the entire system of revenue by converting in direct into direct taxation. Shift the burden as we may, it must either fall on property or labour, and one or the other must sink under these con stantly-expanding accumulations. The monied classes, possessing themselves of the national in strument of distribution, must become dominant, as the interest on the public debt becomes more ex acting and the trade necessities for discount become urgent. When these are maximised—and we are tending in that direction—the victory of the drones over the bees will be complete. But the triumph will not be of long duration • the contrast between gilded idleness and squalid labour is not permitted to continue—it meets its doom either in the wretch edness of an enfeebled slavery, under which pro duction expires, or in the unrestrained furies of a devastating revolution. We know not when the fatal hour may come, but a year of famine is one of its assured precursors. National defence certainly justifies a loan, but aggressive war can never be pleaded in its vindica tion ; and as we are now driven to this sad necessity in an era of boasted civilisation, we must submit to the infliction ; but it becomes the Legislature to consider well the mode and the terms. We must borrow the money from the richest among our own countrymen, for they are the class who can advance the funds; and though they would suffer most were a hostile army encamped in London, they are not likely to lend their stores of gold without interest. That disinterested quality of patriotism is not among the virtues of the money market. The•defence of the country is there, a bargain. Duke et decorum est pro-patria nzori, is a pagan prejudice, which meets no response among those who grow rich as other classes are impoverished. " These," says Dr. Johnson, "rejoice when obstinacy or ambition adds another year to slaughter and devastation, and laugh from their desks at bravery and science, while they are adding figure to figure and cipher to cipher, hoping for a new contract for a new armament, and computing the profits of a siege or a tempest." We have then to make a bargain, for we have perverted the ancient reserve of an income tax, which earlier wisdom held back for military and naval defence. Under the burlesque of free trade we have parted with our best resource in the hour of exigency, and we are now to pay the penalties of our felly in a new loan; so sure is it that the day of retribution comes, though none may be able to fix its date. At this crisis, then, it is well to look back to past times when loans were not novelties, and finance ministers were the dupes of contractors. Any one who consults our history as it relates to the national debt will soon be convinced that it was immensely increased in amount by our paying to the monied classes vastly more than they loaned. For instance, the celebrated economist, Dr. Hamilton, who ex posed the bubble of the sinking fund, calculates that the stock created between 1776 and 1786, chiefly in consequence of war with our American colonies, amounted ,to £115,267,993, while the cash received into the public treasury was only £91,763,842, showing an excess of stock or debt registered over cash for all future time against the public debtor of £23,455,668. This last sum, there fore, was a bonus conceded to the contractors or extorteti by them from the Finance Minister of the psr iod, being 26 per cent. in excess of what was advanced. This was the system which called forth the invective of Dr. Johnson. It was in this man ner that the monied class arose. All the loans partook of this shameless character, sometimes by douceurs, sometimes by premiums ; but the most flagrant exhibition of this rascality occurred be tween 1793 and 1816; for, according to Mr. Mar shall's tables, on an average of all the loans of this period upwards of £173 of debt was created for every £lOO received. At the beginning of the year 1793 the funded debt stood at £229,614,466. In the corresponding period of the year 1816 it stood at £816,311,939, being a net increase daring those years of £586,697,493. Therefore, according to Mr. Marshall, as £173 of debt is registered against £lOO borrowed, it follows that the public Treasury only received £339,131,500, where it was made debtor for £586,697,493, and thus was bubbled out of £247,565,993. These statements may appear incredible, but they are arithmetically true. The past is beyond recall; no equitable adjustment is now possible ; the taxation interest on money never received must be continued—but the facts narrated may serve as a timely warning for the future, so as to prevent the repetition of similar robberies. When a Chancellor of the Exchequer enters the money market as a borrower it is seen that a few leading capitalists hold the Government at their mercy—a state of dependency which will astonish a more enlightened generation. He must so frame his terms as to conciliate bankers and brokers ; in his propositions he is not to think so much of the welfare of the country as of the wishes of those who are to be lured to subscription. For instance, ter minable annuities are not so marketable as those which are practicably irredeemable. A 3 per cent. loan is preferred to a 5 per cent. loan, as there is less chance of the former rising to par, and so be coming liable to be paid off, than the latter. On such points the lenders are to be consulted, and also the class known as the " jobbers," who are always ready to buy or sell, as the case may be, for a turn in their favour of one-eighth per cent. They, therefore, desiderate such a quality of stock as is most rapidly negotiable. A national debt must differ in character from all other forms of mortgage. It must serve the double purpose of an investment, securing an annuity to those who merely look to an assured income guaranteed by the Government; but it must also assume such a form, as was never originally contemplated, as will enable dealers to speculate in the instruments of national indebted ness. Without these conditions the subscriptions would fail, and thus the spirit of gambling feeds on public calamity. Our writers of light literature have graphically (portrayed such operations, and sketched even to caricature the'moral physiognomy of the usurer ; but unfortunately no strenuous and continuous effort has been made to put down the system. It is true that Mr. Gladstone has pro tested against loans, and insisted that the revenue for the year should be collected within the _year, but he has never pointed out or evenhinted.how effected. they Others have lus a io re ns cr . ea it te i d s the operation could be f spoken rem ea surplus sinkingfn are et sheer r ss , an obviously idle process to contract a new debt to ds fu th n e d y s' redeem an old one, paying with one hand while borrowing with :another, for the only t rue surp l us is the surplus mult i p lication of coMmodities, of which money is but the symbol or representative counter. 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