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NOTICE Or DIVIDEND, MANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, S.W. The Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest, at, the rate of . per• Cent. per Annum, on Deposit Accounts, to the 30th instant, will be ready for delivery on and after the 10th proximo, and payable daily between the hours of 10 and 4. PETER MORRISON, Manuging Director. December, • Prospectuses and Forms sent free on application CONTRACT FOR ELM TIMBER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 31st Dec., 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO 'HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Ist February, 1859, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as maybe willing to CONTRACT for sup plying her Majesty's Dockyards with 4,000 Loads of ENGLISH ELM TIMBER, felled between the middle of November last and the end of February next, and to be de livered (at prices including all carriage and other expenses) by the 30th November, 1859. Tenders may be made for the supply of any one or more of the yards, or for the whole of them. A form of the tender, showing the distribution and condi tions of the contract may be obtained at this office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authgrised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and be.lr in the left-hand corner the words "'ren der for Elm Tiriber," and must be delivered at Somerset- Place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in.the sum of 41 per Load for the due performance of the Contract, N O . 20,764. LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. _ _ This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. The Photographic Establishinent, Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. - PATRON-H.R. HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CON- SORT. . NOTICE.—This INSTITUTION will be xIE-OPENED to the Public on MONDAY next, the 10th inst., at 12 o'clock, with. CHILDE'S New PHANTASMAGORIA, the DIS SOLVING VIEWS of DON QUIXOTE, and all other CHRISTMAS LECTURES and ENTERTAINMENTS. The FIRST DISTRIBUTION of the GIFTS for the Juveniles from the WHEEL of FORTUNATUS 'will take place on WEDNESDAY, the 12th inst. R. L LONGBOTTOM, Managing Director.- B ARNUM'S THIRD and LAST ADDRESS on •' MONEY-MAKI/sIG and HUMBUG," at ST. JAMES'S HALL, FRIDAY, Jan. 14. Owing to the great success of his two previous entertainments, Mr. P. T. BAR NUM will, in compliance with public request, repeat his Ad dress, with Anecdotes, Experiences, and Pictorial Illustra. Lions. Open at 7, commence at 8. Carriages for a quarter to 10.—Stalls, 3s. ; balcony, 2s. ; body of the hall and gallery, Tickets at Chqppell's, Mitchell's, Cramer and Beale's, Jul lien's, Keith's, 48, Cheapside, and at the Hall. nR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, -A- " 3, TICHBOUUNE-STREET •(Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only) : LECTURES at Four and• Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANATOMY , PHY SIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. RAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON TILE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, ac., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with t. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, • performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, 11 Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Manager, R. R. BignelL Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the 'Roomq. HONES' AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—A safe place of amuse ment.—The ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, hav ing been constructed as a model Of architecture, no accident need be apprehended. The Morning Performances are particularly recommended, as the Pantomime can be seen with the same effect as at night. ELLA, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, "Cruiser," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed by Mr. Rarey.—" Black Earle," the horse of beauty.—The educated mules, " Pete" and " Barney." The Comic Panto mime, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD, represented in the circle at each performance. Pit, Is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 38.; Stalls, 55.; Private Boxes, £2. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. Two Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. EAST INDIA HOUSE, December 31, 1858 . The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL PUBLISHES for the INFORMATION of the HOLDERS of INDIAN GOVERNMENT PROMISSORY NOTES, and of PROPRIETORS of TRANSFER LOAN PROPERTY, who may not be resident in India, the following .NOTIFICA TIONS, which have been issued by the Government of India, and published in the " Calcutta Gazettes Extraordinary " of the 12th and 19th November, 1858, respectively "NOTIFICATIONS. "FORT WILLIAM, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, THE 12Th NOVEMBER, 1858.—N0. 61. " I.'The holders of Indian Government promissory notes are hereby informed that, from and after the Ist of December, 1858, interest on their promissory notes will be made payable, if desired, at the East India House in London, by bills on de mand on the general treasuries of Calcutta and Madras, sub ject to the rules and regulations at present in force, or that may hereafter be issued by the Right Honourable the Secre tary of State for India, or by this Government. " 2. When holders of notes in Calcutta desire that the in terest thereon should be made payable by bills issued in Lon don, they must present their notes at the office of the Ac countant-General to the Government of India, where an en lacement will be made on each of the notes in question as follows : "Interest Payable in London by Draft on Calcutta (or Ma . dras, as the case 3. Notes pres en t e d for enlacement ma a y t be Bo ). mbay and Madras will be forwarded to the Accountant-General to the Govern ment of India at this Presidency, by whom the notes, after enlacement and registry, will be returned to the Presidency whence they were sent, for delivery to the holders. "4. Notes presented for enlacement in India will be double numbered for transmission, if desired, by halves, in order to facilitate the issue of a duplicate in case of loss in transit. A fee of one rupee will be leviedfor the transfer enlacement and double-numbering. " 5. On presentation of the transferred notes at the East India House on or after the dates* on which the interest falls due on the different Loans, drafts of the interest then payable will be granted'on the General Treasury of Calcutta or Madras, after the examination and check of the notes. "6. Whenever holders of Mich notes require interest to be made again payable in India, the notes must be presented at the East India House. with an application to that effect to the Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who will cause the previous enfacements to be cancelled, and a fresh enfacement entry to be made " Interesto eh note as follows : payable in India. "7. Holders of promissory notes in London on which inte rest is payable by draft on Calcutta may require drafts on Madras in lieu, or vice versa. This object will be effected by a cancellation of the previous enlacement on the notes, and by a fresh enlacement entry to be made in London. "8. Every applicant, upon sending in a note of enfacement, must in his application state that he agrees to be bound by the rules which for the time being may be in force relative to notes enlaced for payment of interest in England. "9. Whenever application is made by the endorsee of a note for the payment of interest in England by drafts on the Gene ral Treasury at Calcutta or Madras, the applicant must have his note previously renewed in his own name. Any endorse ment made in India of an enticed note will not be recognised in England. "10. Interest payable in Sloes rupees will be paid in Eng land by bills for the equivalent amount in Company's rupees, at the rate of Company's rupees 106 10-8 for every 100 Sicca rupees. " 11. Any charge incurred in England on account of stamps must be borne by the holders of the promissory notes, and must be paid at the India House on application for drafts. " 12. Enlaced notes will be received at the East India House. for renewal or consolidation or sub-division, and will be sent out thence to Calcutta, a receipt being given to the holder of the notes. The new notes when received from India will not be delivered except upon the production of the receipt, and payment of a fee of two shillings for each new note, and the amount of postage levied on the notes in transmission to and, from India. "13. No duplicate of a lost note, enlaced for payment of in terest in England, will be issued until notice of' such loss and of an application having been made for a duplicate bas been advertised in three successive issues of the "London Gazette," and of the " Times," or such other newspaper as the Right Honourable the Secretary of State may direct, in addition to the advertisements in India required by the rules for the time being in force in India ; and such duplicate will not be granted except at the loan office in Calcutta, and to the person nomi nated by the Home Authorities to receive the duplicate. "14. In all other respects the rules for the time being in force in India relating to the issue of duplicates of lost notes will be applicable to enlaced notes. "15. Interest will be payable only to the legal holder of a note, and no trust will be recognised. "By order of the Honourable the President in Council. " Secretary to the Government of India, "(Signed) C. HUGH LUSHINGTON." "FORT WILLIAM, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, TILE 19TII NOVEMBER, 1858.—N0. 63. "With reference to the Notification from this Department, No. 61, dated the 12th instant, it is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for India has deter mined to extend to proprietors of transfer loan property, registered on the books in India, the advantage which is en joyed by the holders of notes of the Four per Cent. Loans, of subscribing to the Five per Cent. Loan, half In cash and half in transfer loan security. By this arran,lement, holders of transfer loan property registered on the London books will havelhe option by transfer to the India books, and by then subscribing to the Five per Cent. Loan, of availing themselves of the grant, in England, of bills for interest on Indian loan securities, in common with other creditors of the Indian Government. "No. 64. " Whereas doubts have been entertained as to the construc tion of paragraph 9 of the Notification, No. 61, issued from this Department on the 12th instant, relative to the payment of interest on Indian Government promissory notes at the East India House in London, by bills on the treasuries of Cal cutta and Madras, it is hereby notified that the application mentioned in paragraph 9 of that Notification is the applica tion for enfacement referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, and that endorsements made in England of enfaced notes will be recog nised in England. "By order of the Honourable the President in Council, "(Signed) C. H. LIJSHINGTON, "secretary to the Government of India." J. COSMO MELVILL. Interest payable quarterly * lst 44per Cent. Loan of on different dates varying with 1824-25 (Sicca) the date of original subscrip tion to the Loan. 2nd 4 per Cent. (Sicca) of Ditto ditto. 1828-29 3rd 4 per Cent. (Sicca) of 1 Interest payable -1832-33 lst May and Ist November 4th 4 per Cent. 1835-36. 3lst March and 30th September sth 4 per. Cent. 1842-43 lst February and Ist August 34 per Cent. 1853-54 2Bth February and 31st August 6th 4 per Cent. 1854-55 . 3oth June and 31st Deceniber 5 per Cent. Public Works Loan of 1854-55 3lst March and 30th September 44 per Cent. of 1856-57. 28th February and3lst August 5 per Cent. of 1856-57 2Bth February and 31st August CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR ASCENSION Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place,'sth Jan., 1859. I PHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the -a - OFFICE of LORD of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT HIGH BRITAIN ADMIRAL and IRELAND, DO lIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the Bth February next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such. Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for sup plying and delivering into Store at ASCENSION, 3,500 tons of SOUTH WALES COALS, fit for the service of her Ma iesty's steam-vessels. The conditions of the contract and a form of the tender array be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words" Ten der for Coals," and must be delivered at Somerset- Place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £3,000, for the due performance of the contract. THE •ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SQCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street,'London. Established 1823. DIRECTORS. ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Rear-Admiral Robert Goi lienry Barnett, Esq. don. The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. Bouverie, M.P. George Kettilby Rickards, Edward Charrington, Esq. I Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart. ..,,, Augustus Keppel Stephen son, Esq. AUDITORS. John Rowell, Eso. I John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. D e nt,' Roberts, E q.s Richard Taylor, Esq. Emanuel Page, M.D., Oxon, 11, Queen street, May-fair. 4 QEox—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.C.S., No. 49, Dover street, Piccadilly. B° tlerronL-Henry 'Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. AcruAnv—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. ?tutual Assurance. roe lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. T he Whole of the profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of £1,695,000 During its existence the Society has paid in Claims Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po licies to theextent o;' The last Bonus, declared in 1854, averaged £67 per Cent; on the Premiums paid, and amounted to ... Policies in f orce 7,621 The Annual Income exceeds „ 11l pursuance of the invariable practice of this Society , in the event of the Death of the Life Assured within the 15 days of grace, the Renewal Premium remaining unpaid, the Claim Will be admitted, subject to the payment of such Premium. The next Division of Profits n:11 be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1859, sill par ticipate in the Division of 1864. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli cation to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 890,000 TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M.D. Fellow and Honorary. Vice-president of the Imperial African Institute of France, Corres. 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( 1,:i03 \', , ~ s ,' . -' ' 0/T. ' ' n. ;,* : , , ....,.... ' """" /) FRANCE AND AOSTRIA. PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD• (From the Daily 11 ewe) There's something wrong in this ol d world of cans when our peace is at the mercy ,of one man's morning headache or after-dinner indigestion, and when the arbiter of our destinies from day to day is an absolute potentate and a silentfatalist. The nineteenth century may well speak modestly of political progress when, in the sixtieth rear of its existence, a Court poet may, without irovy, com pare the frown of the Sovereign of France to the nod of Olympian Jove— FRANCE AND JAPAN. (From the Moniteur.) A fresh diplomatic success has just closed the year 1858. A treaty of amity and commerce was signed, in the name of the Emperor, by Baron Gros, and in that of the Sovereign of Japan by six Japa nese merchants, at Jeddo, the capital of that distant empire, on the 9th of October last. The year 1858 will therefore have witnessed the definitive removal of the barrier's which in China were only slightly opened to the rest of the world, and. which in • Japan continued to completely interdict access to 1 that country to any foreign nation. The conquest of those two countries of the extreme East to modern civilisation, hitherto so full of mystery, and forminF, notwithstanding all their analogies, two very distinct nations, which, having resisted the invasions' of the other races of the globe, had retained all their originality—that conquest will remain one of the great titles to glory of our epoch.. Unforeseen complications appeared at one time to have seriously impeded, if not to have rendered impossible, the negotiation which Baron Gros had been charged to open with Japan, as soon as lie should have completed the treaty with the Court of Pekin. The Emperor died suddenly, and an attempt was made to conceal that fact; the cholera..: had also broken out in Japan and raged with ex treme, violence. In that state of things it was natural that a wish should have been felt to avoid for the present a mission which had been announced beforehand, and the object of which was well known. The reception given to Baron Gros was, however, marked IT a courtesy to which it is ' evident the knowledge of the taking of Canton and the brilliant affair of Taken had considerably con tributed. We think it will not be without interest to give the details which have reached us relative to the circumstances which preceded and were atten dant on the conclusion of the treaty of Jeddo; for although China has already become partly revealed to us, it is not the same with Japan. Scarcely any one was before aware how far nature had favoured that fine country, or of the intelligence and in dustry of the people. It was on the 6th of Sept. that Baron Gros left Shanghai for Japan on board the steam corvette Laplace. On his arrival at Simoda, on the 13th, he there received from the two Governors, who were the first Japanese autho rities with whom he entered into relations, the most friendly welcome. The first Governor immediately paid him a visit, attended by a numerous suite, and with all the insignia of his office. A collation had been prepared on board the Laplace, and the con versation was from the first full of animation and cordiality, although it was necessarily carried on ' through an interpreter. It was, however, evident ' that a hope was entertained of inducing the French mission to abandon the idea of proceeding to Jeddo. The Emperor is ill,' said the Japanese Governor to Baron Gros, and he probably will not be able to receive you. Why do you not send from Simoda the compliments you. are charged to pay to him on the part of your Sovereign, and thus spare yourself a useless and fatiguing voyage ?' Baron Gros re plied that his mission had a more serious object in view ; that he had come invested with full powers to negotiate with Japan ; and that he must conse quently proceed to Jeddo, whence he should write to the First Minister and inform him of the kind and pacific instructions with which he had been charged by the Emperor of the French. That de claration cut short the objections of the Governor, who soon after withdrew, inviting Baron Gros to visit him on the following day, and partake of a collation at his residence. Before quitting the cor vette, he visited every part of her with the greatest curiosity, and evinced a strong desire to make him self acquainted with every detail,-and on noticing that the French were preparing to salute him when he should leave 'the vessel, he begged that it might be fired while he was on board, that he might wit ness the working of the guns. The polite and graceful manners both of the Governor and of his suite proved to the French that they had to deal with an intelligent race. On the following morn ing presents of fish, vegetables, and fruit were sent by the Governor on board the Laplace, accompanied by two reams of fine paper, to receive,' as he said, the intelligent ideas of the first councillor of the Emperor of the French.' Baron Gros returned the visit of the Governor, according to the invitation given, accompanied by the captains of the Laplace and the Pregent. Two Japanese officers were at the landing-place to receive the party, and conduct them to the Governor's residence On arriving there they were received by the Second Governor, surrounded byhis officers, and were then introduced into the room where the First Governor awaited their arrival, and thence into the room where a banquet had been prepared. Two long tables were laid out, with a space between them for the attend ants. A seat covered with matting had been pre pared for the French visitors, but the two Go vernors and seven officers, all in full unform, kneeling on the table itself, sat on their heels, the refreshments being served before them. An immense number of viands, served up in a small lacker dishes and tureens, were successively placed on the tables, and 'all the elegance of Japanese cookery—less agreeable, it must be owned, to the taste than to the eye—was displayed during the collation. The hot wines of the country having been served in elegant lacker goblets, visiting cards were exchanged and healths drunk on both sides. The mirth soon became so uproarious that Baron Gros thought it time to 'retire, after the Governor had offered him the services of all the domestics, pilots, and interpreters that might be required to facilitate his voyage to Jeddo. Notwithstanding this offer, however, he sent several officers next day Annuit et totum nutu tremefecit Olympum. • Louis Napoleon, at the diplomatic reception on New Year's-day, addresses a few words of common place civility to the Austrian Ambassador with a little more animation than usual, and straightway all. the wires of all the telegraphs in Europe are charged with currents of disaster and dismay, and all the Ex- . changes in Europe are convu l se d . with panic,- and convinced that the Deluge is come. The gigantic struggle. of what is called the French Revolution against privilege and prejudice of every kind has • attained this magnificent result—the creation Man absolute form of' Personal Government in which all the forces and all the responsibilities of a great military Power and an enlightened nation are con centrated in will of a secretive individual, - who was . ari adventurer in hisyouth, a prisoner in middle , life, and a ruler at an age when contempt for one's fellow-creatures is not easily unlearned. We put it 'to' the large class of practical and business-like men among our neighbours, who have outgrown' the follies of freedom, and who prefer tranquillity under the shadow of an Imperial Throne to the turmoil and distraction of Parliamentary Institu tions—are they completely'satisfied with the change after ten years' triumphant experience ? The Lararclage . of the Tribune and the Press is lapsing into a tradition which only a few veteran incurables and a few young enthusiasts care to cherish; but there must be men on the Bourse who remember that when in other days war seemed imminent, it was averted by a timely change of Ministry, con fidence was restored by explanations in the Cham be: a, and public feeling was appeased by discuisions in the press. It was not left to any one man to feed fat an ancient grudge or to satiate an exor bitant ambition at the cost of civilisation and humanity. But now all this is changed. Consti tutional pedantries and. Parliamentary checks have been exchanged for the vigorous unity of a demo cratic despotism, and, on New Year's-day, 1859, we have arrived at the Apotheosis of Irresponsibility. An Emperor raises his Voice a note or two, and Europe quakes. Surely this is enough to put us out of conceit with the safe and slow formalities of self-government. How admirable are the guarantees of international security presented - by an empire, in which no dogs bark without permission. On Saturday, the Ist of January, the Emperor of the French ex presses his regret that " our relations",with Austria are not so good' as they have been, and requests M. de Hubner to wish his Imperial brother a happy new year. Some say this compliment or this me nace was emphasised by a cold and distant manner ; some say by a warmth and vivacity of gesture. In any case, down go the funds, and the hun dred tongues of rumour wag ominously wherever men of money congregate. On Tuesday a semi official journal comes out with the textual words as they issued. fresh from the Imperial lips, but rumour will have it that they have undergone a cooling process in the passage; and another semi official journal interprets them as neither a compli ment nor a menace, but something of both ; and, in short, whichever you please. This is not very re-assuring,. and down go the funds deeper 'and deeper still. Journals published at Brussels, . but supposed to be "inspired" from Paris, take up the solemn theme and decide it in a most pacific sense: they tell us that the true meaning of the imperial ' phrase is to be discovered in the context, and the context is the phrase addressed to the Papal Nuncio, than which nothing could be more friendly or more harmless in sound and sense. Unfortunately, the words addressed to the Nuncio were not officially recorded. It. is not until Friday, the 7th instant, that the Moniteur itself deigns to come to the rescue of the mass of speculators, and to relieve the anx ieties of governments and nations by the foPow ing oracular paragraph:—" For some days public opinion has been agitated by alarming reports, to which it is the duty of the Government to put an end, in declaring that nothing in our diplomatic affairs authorises the fears which these rumours tend to create." _ _ We hope the most nervous of our readers will sleep soundly after this frank and explicit assurance from an authority distinguished for its frankness and veracity. Perhaps a .few restless and ill-disposed people will fail to gather from the words we have italicised all the comfort they were doubtless designed to convey. In November, 'al, when rumours of a coup d'etat were.disturbing men's minds, a paragraph might have appeared in the Moniteur to the following effect :—" For some day a public opinion has been agitated by alarming re ports, to which it is the duty of the Government to put an end, in declaring that nothing in our legis lative affairs authorises the fears which these rumours tend to create." Whether such a para graph would have been considered satisfactory we will not take upon ourselves to decide at this date ; but what degree of truth it would have expressed we are now at no loss to determine. In a Govern ment of silence and secrecy—absolute, personal, irresponsible—it matters little whether, in "our diplOmatic affairs" there can be more or less +.O justify apprehension. The real danger lies else where, in councils less amenable to correction, be cause practiCally inaccessible. The only supposition by which "the fears which these rumours tend to create" can be removed is one which aggravates rather than diminishes the gravity of the offence with which the Imperial Go vernment stands charged by all the political and commercial interests of Europe. Were it not the common talk of Paris, and what is worse, almost as probable as it is discreditable, we should hesitate 'even to admit as a rumour the explanation which has reached us of the recent war-panic and its tardy alleviation. Personal Government is at best a ques tionable ,evil, but the present government of gam blers is an unquestionable curse. It is bad enough that a European war should be lightly spoken of as a trump card which may one day be played, but that the Council-table of a power like France should descend to the morality of rouge et noir, is an alarming phenomenon indeed. It may be the mis fortune rather than the fault of a parvenu poten tate that he is surrounded by adventurers, some of whom are needy, and all extravagant. But that the peace of Europe should be placed in jeopardy , and its commerce paralysed, and thonsands of ignorant and innocent people ruined, in order that a near relation may "pot" a trifle of something like £BO,OOO, and that a "book" may be made up at the Tuileries, is a public crime so unpardonable, a condition of affairs so intolerable, that only the antecedents of the Imperial Government can excuse the existence of the rumour to which we have alluded. That such a rumour should be possible is, we fear, no matter for surprise ; but we cannot, of course, for a moment accept it as an adequate explanation of the angry address to the Ambas sador, or the long-delayed eclaircissement in the Moniteur. on board the Laplace to inform the Admiral of the Emperor's decease, an event which would no doubt induce the French Ambassador to forego his visit. to Jeddo, as that city was plunged into general mourning. The Ambassador replied that he was deeply affected by the affliction which had befallen the country, and that the French flags should be hoisted only half-mast high, as a sign of mourning; but he should nevertheless, sail for Jeddo on the 19th. The departure took place accordingly, and the same day the French vessels anchored before that town. A mandarin boat soon put off to the Laplace, to request that the French vessels would weigh anchor for Kanagawa, where they would be well received. Six high dignitaries came on board next day to reiterate the request, and for two hours used every argument they could imagine to per suade the French Ambassador not to land at Jeddo —first alleging the great affliction of the town, and then the ravages of the cholera, which carried off 400 or 500 persons every day. As their prayers and entreaties, however, could not triumph over the firmness of Baron Gros, they requested that the letter which he was about to write to the First Minister should not be sent until next day, and should then be delivered in a small temple by the river side out side the wails. This proposal was acceded to, on the express condition that the First Minister should answer the letter the same day. The Second Se cretary of the Embassy, M. de Contades, went ashore at the time appointed to deliver the letter. The mandarins who had come to meet him stated that a house was being prepared for the Embtssy in the town. On the 26th of September accordingly Baron. Gros, who, during the preceding days had received on board the Laplace the six mandarins appointed to treat with him, and who had come to ask whether he accepted them as negotiators, landed at Jeddo and took possession of the joss-house which he himself had selected for his residence. He was scarcely, installed when he received a visit from the Japanese negotiators, as well as a present of -an abundance of provisions, consisting of vegetables, fruit, and MI, sent by the Emperor, with. an assur ance that the same quantity would be supplied every day. Shortly after, a dinner, prepared in the Imperial kitchens, was served up for 20 persons in the great hall of the house assigned to the Em bassy. All the plates and dishes on the table were lacker, and by the side of the ivory chopsticks, which in Japan, as well as China, supply the place of forks, they had the politeness to place silver-gilt European.spoons and forks. The Second Governer took his seat near Baron Gros to do the honours of the table; but, first of all, he requested the Ambas sador to order champagne, which, he said, lie already knew and liked very much. Baron Gros imme diately offered him some, and took the opportunity to propose the health of the new Emperor. The next day the negotiations began, and advanced so, rapidly that in five days all the clause s of the treaty were drawn up. It was s i g ned on the 9th French colours October in the capital (w here the colours floated for the first time) in several copies, written in French, vulgar Japanese, the Japanese understood only by the oonzes and authorities of the empire, and in Dutch. After the signature the Emperor sent several r olls of the silk tissues manu factured in the country as presents for the Embassy and for the commanders of the Laplace and' the pr event. He expressed a desire at the same time to obtain six percussion rifles. Baron Gros sent them at once ; and the Emperor was highly de , lighted with the present, and our Sailors had the satisfaction before leaving 7eddo of seeing these arms handled with remarkable precision by some of those intelligent Japanese whom one of the THE CREW OF THE SHANNON.—The arrival of the Shannon at this port last week has given new life to Portsea, which in a great measure is d e pendent on the navy for its trade. The Sailors' Home--that excellent, well-conducted, and secure retreat for our gallant tars—has exhibited new signs of its usefulness, from the fact that most of the crew of the Shannon have taken up their quarters at the " Home." About 150 of her original crew have returned in her, and but for the fact of the captain having a taste for flogging, which we regret to state has been prevalent on her homeward voyage, a . united and happy crew would have returned-to receive the award of- their hard-‘earned laurels. Deep . are the expressions of disgust on this score, and from all we can learn it will be a difficult task to man our ll in kin s are said kinds career, navy if such treatment and such practices as 'have been witnessed on board the Shannon are tolerated by the Ad miralty. She has returned what is called " a rich ship , " ' the 11),' hferommenLuhenionfv. s e c ur e d Valuables t P of i f e a ll m o most especiallyof t to be possessed by them. One Man has secured riches enough to provide for his remaining days ; another has a broken sword, taken in combat, for the handle of whi c h he has been offered £ l2O, it being set ' m th ose located at the " Home" is diamonds. 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The cases which excite the greatest anxiety, not ithstan din g the unremitting attention of Mr. Shaw, the senior surgeon, Mr. Rix, and the medical staff, are those of Sarah Coppin, who has received severe injuries to the head, indeed a fractured skull and concussion of the brain ; Ann Howard, fracture of left' arm and right collar bone, with severe inter nal injuries ; and Fanny Flood, who has sustained a compound fracture of the jaw, with injuries to the head and concussion of the brain. The little boy Clement Pike,brother to the child Emma Pike, on whose body the inquest has been already opened, and who received a scalp wound and other injuries, had so far recovered as to be enabled to leave the hospital. With reference to the cause of the accident, Mr. Marsh Nelson and Mr. Christopher Eales, the two architects selected by the coroner and jury to exa mine the ruins arid remains of the fallen staircase, have already commenced their labours, with a. view to framing their report, but which will, of course, not be permitted to tranvire until laid before the coroner and jury at the adjourned inquest. Amongst other points which have come out, it has transpired that the weight of the iron treads, let into each step in the form of lattice or trellis-work, was in itself somewhere about 501b5., the openings or interstices being filled in with heavy Portland cement. Consequently, in addition to their own original weight, weakened as they were by wear and cutting to let in the iron, each staircase that has fallen had to bear a permanent burden of up wards of a ton. _ It is only just to the directors of the Polytechnic Institution to state that they have evinced the deepest anxiety for the unfortunate sufferers, and that, in addition to the medical aid they may have obtained, either privately or publicly, it was re ported yesterday that they had obtained the ser vices of Mr. Thomas Wakley, jun., the surgeon, to visit and make a report on every case which has come to their knowledge. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. ISLE OF WIGHT. It appears that the principal landowners have recently held meetings to promote the formation of a line in the Isle 'of Wight, which, on the comple tion of Stokes Bay Ferry, will complete the com munication between the metropolis and Ryde, Newport, Cowes, Ventnor, and Bonchurch. The proposed railway is to commence close to the pier. at Ryde, and thence proceed to Rowlands, when it will diverge to the right to Newport, and thence, touching at Parkhurst and Northwood, to Cowes, and to the left, proceeding coastward, to Sandown, by Gatton, to Bonchurch and Ventnor. The neces sary plans have been deposited .for the purpose of proceeding in the ensuing session for an act to authorise its construction. Form. MB. TIM,. 2V.P.., ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS, On Thursday evening Mr. Tite, M.P. for Bath, addressed a very numerous meeting of his consti• tuents at the Guildhall. Mr. G. Norman presided. Mr. TITE, in reviewing the past session of Parlia ment, adverted to the overthrow .of Lord Palmer ston's Ministry on Mr. M. Gibson's motion, and ex pressed his opinion that this event was to some extent caused .by Lord Palmerston not hav ing himself written a despatch to the French Government. Had the division On Mr. Gibson's motion not taken place, •as it did, on the Friday night, and had the debate been adjourned until Monday, he believed Lord Paltnerston's Ministry would have .been in power at • the present time. Mr. .Tite also referred to the • Jew' Bill, which, he said, he had always voted for, because he • never could understand :why a man's opinions on questions affecting .the Jews should make him a worse, citizen or a • worse • legislator. On the subject of church-rates Mr. Tite said that, though a Churchman himself by education and principle, he could not see why he ought to call upon a man who thought differently from himself to support the fabric of a church in which he could not conscientiously worship. It had been argued that the church rates were, a charge upon the land —that they were like the poor-rates and county rates. If that were so,. where was the difficulty of enforcing the payment ?. On this subject he very much agreed with the Bishop of London that the payment of church•rates• interfered so much with Christian feeling and Christian propriety that they ought to be abolished. During the recess he (Mr. Tite). visited Cherbourg. In the arsenal he saw nothing which gave him the least apprehension, but 'he confessed he saw with some alarm the character of the fleet. The French sailors were worth some thing, though they were not, perhaps, equal to ou4, own Jack Tars. If there was a large French Channel fleet, of course there must be a large Eng lish one, and taxpayers must bear in mind that this would be a very important item in the next esti mates. He now came to the great question of Re- He was sometimes -asked, " Who wants .eform ? what does it mean ?" It appeared to him that the answer to this question was, " If nobody wants it Why is everybody bringing it forward ? Why have Government after Government brought it forward ?" Nothing would have been more con sistent in a Tory Government than to say, " No, we think some unimportant changes should be made in the Reform Bill, but, as it was a final measure, we see no necessity for going on bringing in Reform Bills ; we will attend to the business of the nation." It would have been consistent if they had said that, but they did not say so. England was now so much in earnest on the subject that if, when Parliament met • , the Government said, " We won't have re form," they would probably soon be in a minority. The country would then be appealed to, and they would soon see whether reform was wanted or not. The , Goveniment, however, had undertaken the reform question, and it appeared to him that there was nothing in the antecedents of the two . great leaders of the present party to make it inconsistent with their professions or their position. Lord Derby was formerly no enemy to reform, and it was said that the Chancellor of the Exchequer be gan life as a Reformer. If, then, we were to have reform, what was it to be ? This had occupied a great deal of his thoughts. A very eminent legis lator, whose courage he always admired (Mr. New degate) had told them that the population of county constituencies which voted for members of Parlia ment was 10,000,000 against 7,000,000 of consti tuents for borough members ; that the one returned 337 members, representing a population of 7,500,000 ; and the other about 150 members, re presenting a population of 10,000,000. This was no doubt true ; but there were thrown out of the account altogether those boroughs which were operated upon by agricultural influence. Mr. Bright had said very fairly that the House of Lords represented the agricultural interest. Then, the question of the distribution of electors with respect to numbers was perfectly inconceivable. There was the greatest possible irregularity in it. The great borough of the Tower Hamlets had more electors than the whole of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Having read a number of statistics showing the irregularity in the representation, Mr. Tite proceeded to say that Mr. Bright had evi dently abandoned the idea of dealing with these enormous difficulties, and was attempting some thing that was really practicable. What his scheme was he could only comparatively con jecture. On the part 'of the Government not a single fragment had escaped as to what their mea sure would be. With respect to the part which Mr. Bright had taken, perhaps it was well ex plained in what might be considered the manifesto of the Birmingham Reformers. Among the irre gularities in the Parliamentary representation were the nomination boroughs, or boroughs which represented the opinions of the gentleman who had the power to nominate. It was sometimes com plained, too, that many of the small boroughs re turned literary men to Parliament—for instance, that Midhurst returned Mr. Warren. But, on the other hand, Macaulay was returned by the great constituency of Edinburgh ; Sir Bulwer Lytton and Mr. Disraeli were county members, and Mr. Glad stone was the member for the Uhiversity of Oxford. These gentlemen did not owe their seats to the small boroughs, but to their great merit and talent, It was no complement to a learned man to be re turned by any of these nomination boroughs with a constituency of 120 or 130 people. As men of talent the y were returned by much larger con stituencies. The number of boroughs which had less than 500 registered electors was 59. They returned 89 members, representing 20,376 electors, representing a total population of 373,000. But it was a most singular fact that even these boroughs, in which the electors were under 500, often repre sented very large populations. He (Mr. Tite) was at a loss to understand this state of things. Pro bably the qualification was too high to let in a large' class of voters. After these illustrations of the irregularities in our present system of representa tion they would, no doubt, ask him what remedy did he propose for such evils. He 'confessed he had nothing, because he considered it to be his business to hold himself entirely unfettered. Here were two parties bidding for his vote, and whichever bade the higher should have it. (Applause.) With this conviction he hoped his constituency would pardon him for taking that course. He would hear what they all had to say, and if a good measure were brought forward he would be one of the first to give it his support. (Applause.) The question was sometimes asked, " Why should there not be burgess 'voting ?" He did not know why there Should not be. It was a system which existed earlier than the Norman conquest, and he did not see why burgess voting should not be adopted in every borough. They could not deal with enor mous boroughs and their irregularities, some having a population of 5,000 and some 160,000 ; but they might very much simplify the question by adopting the system of burgess voting, having the same examination for a Parliamentary voter as for a burgess voter. He hoped they would get rid of the absurdity of compelling a man to prove that `he had paid up his rates. (Applause.) He did not see why the electoral franchise should be made the means of assisting the rate collector. Where there were poor men it not unfrequently introduced the question of party, and per haps where there was a Whig or a Tory collector men were sometimes left alone until after the last day. (Applause.) He sincerely hoped that they would not only have a large measure of reform, but an honest and sincere one ; that the Legislature would not seek to do that which would turn to the advantage of party ; but that they would do that which was honest, above board, and fair to all par ties. (Applause.) Mr. 'rite then referred to the question of the ballot. Every day's experience, he said convinced him of the necessity of secret voting. He saw many able writers who were opposed to it, but he would ask them to come and canvass• a con stituency on the Liberal side, and if they did not come to the conclusion that the ballot was neces sary, they would not be open to the conviction which should follow any honest and generous mind. He was no lover of the ballot until he found it was necessary. Why should a man's vote be printed in a book, together with the amount of his rating, and hawked about among his neighbours ? (Applause.) It was said that it led to exclusive dealing on both sides. If so it only made the necessity for its amend ment the greater. In conclusion Mr. Tite referred to the recent dispute between France and Portugal and expressed his opinion that France on that oc casion was not dealt with by England and by Englishmen with sufficient vigour. He should be sorry, however, if in the next session Parliament should be much occupied with the discussion of this question. They had more important matters to attend to, though he should be the last man in the world to say anything except in abhorrence of the slave trade, and for the adoption of the strongest means being taken to put it down. At the close of Mr. Tites's address a vote of con fidence in him was unanimously passed. NEW WORK ON STRICTURE. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA. With the Reasons why they so often appear Incurable. By F. B. 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Heir-at-Law Sedbury Clydesdale Drogheda e• • • • Borderer Blue Jacket . • Tournament Royal Sovereign NORTHERN OF FRANCE. The total traffic receipts on this line from the Ist of January to the 30th of December, 1858, amounted to £2,203,481, and for, the corresponding period of 1857 to £2,059,083, showing an increase of £144,398, or 7 per cent. DEMERARA. The gross traffic receipts on this line for the fort night ending the 4th of December last amounted to £991, and for the corresponding period of 1857 to £l,llB, showing a decrease of X 127. CONVEYANCE OF RAILWAY TRAINS BE- iiVEEN DOVER AND CALMS. M. Fromage •of Darnetal (Seine Inferieure), pro poses to complete the communication between the railways of England and France by means of very large steamers capable of conveying a railway train across the Channel. On the arrival of a train at Calais he proposes that it should be run on to the deck of the steamer, secured, and conveyed across the Channel to a basin in Dover, where he proposes to run the French train on to the English railway, and send it on to London. The return train, on it: arrival at Dover from London, he proposes should be run on to the deck of one of those large steamers secured in its position, and conveyed across the Channel to Calais, where, by means of certain apparatus, it could be landed on the French Rail way, and conveyed by locomotive power to Paris. He considers this mode of railway communication practicable, easily accqmplished at a moderate cost, and far superior to any scheme having for4its object the construction of a tunnel under the sea, or a tubular bridge over the Channel. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. „....____...--„, „.__-....-_, 1858. 1857. 1858-9. 1857-8. • X £ Ballymena and Portrush 35 35 - - Redale and Leyburn lO 10 86 79 Belfast and Ballymena 6.5 65 1,082 1,062 Belfast and County Down 2O 17 534 235 Birkd., Lanc., &Ches. June 32 32 2,580 2,365 Blyth and Tyne 2O 13 990 7 84 Bristol and Exeter llB 117 6,385 5,951 Caledonian Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 914 4 461 4,172 C oc k ermou th& Workington 8 163 232 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 247 266 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage. 61 64 268 240 Deeside l7 17 235 201 Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,109 1,052 Dublin and Drogheda • 63 63 1,306 1,258 Dub. & Wicklow(in.Kingst ) 4Ol 401 1,627 1,801 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 688 696 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,054 867 East Anglian 674 674 868 858 E.Counties,Nrilc.,&E.Union 489 489 22,410 22,043 East Kent 1 94 - 285 - E.Lancasitire(in.Blackburn; 111 105 6,035 5,026 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 ' 78 3,434 3,328 Forth & Clyde Junction - - 260 215 Furness Glasgow & South-Western. 1834 18.34 7,409 6,540 Great Northern 28.3 283 25,171 25,060 Great North of Scotland Gt. Southn. & Wes tn.(lrind ) 229 2034 5,185 5,424 Great Western 466 466 24,694 24,718 Hull and Holderness Inverness & Aberdeen June. 57 15 614 - Irish South-Eastern Killarney Junction - 295 Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) 100 100 5 688 5,468 Lane. & Yrks.(in.lllackburn) 299 299 24,140 18,928 Limerick and Foynes 2' 20 110 94 Ll ane lly 46 3' 427 431 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5 51 1,421 1,307 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton , S. Coast 1994 183' 12,786 12,777 I L'derry and Enniskillen Load., Tilbury, & Southend. 42 40 I,oao ' 1,099 Man.,Sheftleld,& Lincolnsh. 173 1734 1074 ,2 9,036 , Blanch . S.Jun:& Altrincham 9 91 946 925 Maryport and Carlisle ' 1 Midland Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. 177 177 2,763 2,552 Monkland 52 52 1,473 1,101 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 1,942 1,736 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,930 2,735 Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,365 1,052 North British (m. Dalkeith) 149 149 5,891 5,505 North Devon 35 35 - - North-Eastern 7254 720 29,326 27,781 North London 9 9 2,238 2,247 North Staffordshire 233 233 7,551 6,601 North-Western 832 786 - SN. Yorkshire and Cleveland 4 1 6 4 4 _ 4 81 Oxford, Wore., &Wolver 94 94 4,376 4,010 I Peebles lB 18 193 201 4 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 1,830 1,262 3 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern..... 115 115 3,456 3,479 Shrewsbury & Biriningham 294 294 1,599 1,524 , 1 ,- Shrewsbury and Chester 3 Shrewsbury & Hereford 5 Shropshire Union 291 21 946 964 3 South Devon 3 S ou th-E as t ern 3Ol. 301 19,378 19,065 South Wales l7l 171 5,965 6,909 4 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 2,434 2,440 1 Stockton and Darling - ton 4 Taff Vale 53 38 3,601 '2,160 3 Ulster 36 36 1,491 1,214 3 . Ulverstone and Lancaster . 19 19 36.3 318 4 Vale of Neath 2 51 25 1 1,207 1,00 , 4 Warrington and Stockport l2 12 - - Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 - - - 0 Waterford and Limerick 4 West Cornwall 271 274 500 501 4 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail 39 39 2,760 2,771 3 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 489 33. 5 Whitehaven ,Sz Furness Jun 35 35 443 32; c W'haven,Cleator,&Eg,rmnt. 7 7 - - '',": FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 0 Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 702 621 5 Austrian B2B 673 25,404 30, 18 : Belgian Eastern J unction 264 254 - - Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie lB5l 140 1,512 1,06 Dutch Rhenish lOB4 1084 , 2,997 3 , 27, dGrand Trunk of Canada- 879 849 0,388 12 , 00 Great Indian Peninsula l3O 884 1,512 1,06 ' B, Great Luxembourg 122 38 1,552 78 no Great Western of Canada 294 283 7,611 9,95 h.- Lombardo-Venetian 283 2-19 7,599 6,60 or Lyons and Geneva 142 107 :1,932 2,29 it Madrid, Sarty.ros sa& A I ican I 284, 176 •• 7,915 5,17 1 , Maria Antonia' 2l 21 238 22 L 'Y Northern of France 574 574 43,794 38,3.3 'e" Norwegian Trunk 44 44 478 44 42 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn B4l 781 76,150 57,70 50 Paris and Orleans 922 771 50,674 40,25 ) er Pals and Strasburg 979 791 44,202 36,08 Royal Danish ' - 69 •69 • 400 32 rs. . Sa nbre and Mouse (3B 68 1,529 1.50 So ithern of France 777 577 ' 15,852 10,18 ve W ist Flanders - - W. and N.W. of France 716 594 31 , 612 26,0 4,010 '2Ol 1,2(52 2,443 3,479 1,524 2,435 ,1,377 1,245 19,065 6,909 2,440 6,096 '2,163 1,214 318 1,009 1,242 - 508 2,775 335 327 620 30,187 1,004 1,060 3,275 12,005 1,066 788 9,934 6,608 2299 5,175 36,331 - 449 57,702 40,257 36,081 - '397 1,500 10,181 26,081 . 21, a