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' " \__~ MR. CHARLES DICKENS will give TWO MORE CHRISTMAS READINGS-at ST. MAR TIN'S HALL. LONG ACRE. /~~` <--Zz)‘ On TWELFTH NIGHT, Thursday, 6th January, 1859, and Thursday Evening, 14th January, for the Last Time, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS will read, each night, his CHRIST MAS CAROL and THE TRIAL FROM PICKWICK. The doors will be opened for each Reading at Seven. The Reading will commence at Eight, and will last two hours and twenty minutes. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1858. 'l'lie'Clt7istmas prices are— Stalls (numbered and reserved, Four Shillings; Centre Area and Galleries, Two Shillings Mack Seats, One Shilling. Tickets to be had at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, pub lishers,l93, Piccadilly; andlat St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre. No. 20,757. P R ICE 4D, ►STAMPED, SD. I ONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT• 1 -4 CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT rokl. LAND-STREET. PUBLICATIONS. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. dend being deferred till 1861, in consideration of being released from that and every other obligation: Mr. VALENTINE B. O'CONNOR and Mr. LAW RENCE also-spoke in suppoit of the agreement, the latter gentleman remarking that this company was go. closely • tied' up With the London and North Western, who held a million of their stock, that it Was of no avail to ask whether better terms might not have .been obtained elsewhere, if the Chester and Holyhead had not been a perfectly indepen dent company. An amendment - moved by Mr."LEWISi " That a committee should be appointed to confer with the directors and endeavour to devise a more satisfac toty'atrangement," was withdrawn, in compliance with tho wish expressed by several proprietors, and the resolution as moved by the Chairman was then. carried unanimously. - The cHAIRNAN said this *as the last time he should appear-before the proprietors in that" ca pacity, since the company was :thenceforth amal, garnated; practically, with the London and North Western. - Looking back, however, to what had been effected in the improvement of this company's traffic during the last few "years, he could not but bear .teistimony to the valuable services of Mr. Man sell, the secretary, and other officers of !the com pany. Ty, ,ihoyed a vote .of thanks, which was seconded ty the Hon. .A. - Kinnaitdi and passed unanimously._A - vote of tanks to Sir, S. M..Peto and the other director's was " tlso passed, and the !meeting separated. NOW OPEN-ADMISSION FREE. DEDICATED TO THE EARL OF STAMFORD. • • Now ready, in 3 vols., with Illustrations by WEIR, THE MASTER. OF THE HOUNDS. By "SCRUTATOF." "A hearty, good, English novel, such as Fielding would have written had he lived in these days."—Era. LONDON AND NORTII WESTERN. O HIO MINSTRELS and the CHRISTMAS • HOLIDAYS. ADELAIDE 1100315, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND. NINE ENTERTAIN3IENTS, Grand Day Performance on Monday at Two o'clock, Wednesday and Saturday at Three, and every evening at Eight o'clock.. The Company, as ever, comprises Fifteen talented Vocalists, Musicians, and Comedians. • First performance of a burlesque burletta " The Ebony Man:" Prices : Stalls , '3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Gal ery, 6d.—Manager, 31. SCII3IIDT. Hurst and Blackett, successors to H. Colburn. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., N W A• - R By the Author of " Anne Dysart," &c. "Onwards,' is one of the best of the new novels." ood manning 4 he success of to! renc h and til s ' o the line an d ,l, y 13 ships 01''' TAR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). —Examiner. " The story is well told. The argument is a high one, and it is set before us with the earnestness of the thinker, as well as the power of the novelist."—John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, successors to Henry Colburn. 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). . . . . rench arrive a at a artillery , b ic , at this was °°. tunate Adinu,sf artillery hil j t til v e ad men, and a hips, whic h a c s. 'rench. The weakri i 'd D r artillery, 54 thenlSelVe S, manning the w ti in Fiance , t i e 11 power if o f and her ship s of command. This day is published, WHAT WILL HE -- DO WITH IT ? By PISISTRATITS CAXTON, Author of "My Novel," dm. Four Volumes, Post Octavo, price £2 2s. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. • Admission ONE SHILLI N G. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent poet free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. A RGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. -LA- These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with It. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mona. „Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated c6rnet u-platon player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, 11 Trovatore, La Trav late, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. iitanager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. • Just published, New and Improved Edition, price One Shilling, T H E CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION; - being a Series of Parrs, presenting the most promi nent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By F. H. ItAMADGE, M.D., Fellow of the Coll ege of Physicians, and late Senior Physician to the Royal Infir mary for Diseases of the Chest, sire. Also by the. same Author, price 10s. 6d., A TREATISE ON ASTHMA AND DISEASES OF THE HEART. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Roberts. THE PHO7OGRAPHS. PROM RAF FAELLE'S (.I.4:R:COONS.* OWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS, ROYAL A:LHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE. The largest Equestrian Company in the World, numbering Two Hundred Men and, Horses. - - A Comic Pantomime, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD,. represented in the circle at each performance, introducing the entire Troup of Equestrians. The celebrated Horse Crnizer introduced in his subdued state, as tamed by Mr. Baru, show:. lag the power of man over the brute creation. ELLA, the Wonder of the World—" Black Eagle," the Horse of Beauty —and the Educated Mules, "Pete and Barney," appear at each performance. Pit, is.; Boxes, 25.; Reserved Seats; 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Pri vate Boxes, £2; Children under 9,Half-price ; Gallery, 6d. Beats may be secured. No booking fees. Two performances daily, at Two and half-past Seven • SALE OF OLD STORES AT SHEERNESS. Admiralty, Someiset-place, 29th Dec., 1858. THE . COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED EINGDOM of GREAT BRITA.IN and IRELAND,• DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY, - the 2d of February, 1859, at 11 o'Clock at noon, the Captain Superintendent will put up to Sale in her Majesty's Dock yard at Sheerness, several Lots of OLD STORES, consist ing of - Old Rope; Canvas and' Thumhbeks (in rags), Shak ings, Coal Bags and-Sacks, Cast Iron, St e ., &c., &c., all lying in the said Yard. Fersons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Super intendent for notes of admitision.foz.that purpose. Catalogues and • conCiitions of sale maybe had heie and at the -Yard. ' • nINOPOLION TAVERN and - HOTEL, Nos. 1, and'2, BrOivnloii- stree t, High-Holborn, W.C. The Best gerved . Dinner in London for ls. 6d. A Succession Of: Jointi from. One.till Seven o'ClocX Private and Smoking. Booms. TABLE D'HOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each. • • THE WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, ST. JAMES'S -STREET, AND 160, PICCADILLY. Gentlemen visiting. the Metropolle will find' ample accent inodation for dinners at• this establishment. The arrange ments are varied and perfect, and the tariff of charges is very Moderate. Private rooms for lar►e ,or small parties may be engaged on application to the Superintendent. By Order. JAMES GOFTON, Superintendent. 27th November, 1858. VEORGE HOBSON respectfully calls the attention of Gentlemen to his West of England wool dyed Black Cloth Dress and Frock Coats, £2 18s. to Three Guineas ; Black Dress Trowsers, £1 ss. A Choice Selection of Waisteoatin., Overcoats, in all the new Beaver Cloths, Two-and-a-half to Three Guineas.; the Inverness Cape, price 335. A large stock of Winter Trowserings, price 21s. to 255. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON,-57,_Lombard-street. Established '1796. HOUSE FURNISHING.—DRUCE and CO.'S SHOW ROO3TS and GALLERIES are the largest in London. The varied stock to select from is immense; the prices are mailed in plain figures, and a warranty is given. urchasers,before deciding, should visit this establiShment, and effect a savin,g.of :one-third on the best description of Cabinet and Upholstery Goods. N.B.—Unequalled Dining room Chairs, 19s. each; Iron Bedsteads, Bs. 6d. each ; Car pets, is per yard under the usual charge. 500 Easy Chairs and oettees, also 100 Wardrobes to select from. Luxuriant Down Quilts, from ss. 6d. each. '6B, 69, and 58, Baker-street. aLEN•FIELD PATENT, _STARCH, N-A USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, &RD PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandler's, Grocers - 4e., &c. OARD AND RESIDENCE. A Superior Home is offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en gaged during the day, by a family residing near Regent's- Park. For a young man coming to London for the first time Mils would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. Referenees to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's Dairy, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, 1 1 gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a Perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri eultnral shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food fors qttle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to; to conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its ownin , . imsic merits, and the ;rent demand for it can Proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle Will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a Pamphlet which is sent post-free. FIFTY THOUSAND CURES Rave been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense, of indigestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, ilysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Noises in the Head and Ears, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, are effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and is, moreover, the best food for inianti and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest mach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, tl but imparts a hea thy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of di, stion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of Rratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. 71, of dyspep sia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" Dro 'balm, Cappoquin, County Waterford.—l have derived con xiderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, fht consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise e publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 19 '332. " Fifty years' indescribable agonyfrom dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, tlekness at the stomach, and vomiting., have been removed by V I Barry's excellent Food . Maria Joll Wortham Ling, L'lsf., Norfolk." Cure' No. 47,121. Miss y, Elizabeth Jacobs, near of A axing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts. of extreme ner vOu guess, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous f an rtFm. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew lire. of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. br. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116. Major Edie, of liver and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility_ Cure No. 39,828. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,timber-merchant, of Film ley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five Years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured tz Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W.. B. Reeves,lBl, Fleet -street, London." 'Cure .To. 4,208. "Eight years' -9 T3pepsia, nerrousness, debility, with cramps, 'spasms, and nausea, have been 'effectually cured by Du Barry's health restering Food. Rev. John W. - Flavell, Riddlington Rectory Norfolk." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years'cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s, 6d. ; 51b., his. ; 121 b., 225. , '-'llper refined quality. 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 12th. canis ters arc forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fort num, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, and through all grocers And chemists in town'and country. Dr. PALLACE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepared upon scientific principles, without mercury, to prevent the danger and injury resulting from quack preparations ; they Purify, regulate, and strengthen the system, and cure effec tually dyspepsia (bad digestion), bile, flatulency, constipation, liver and stomach complaints and all internal disorders ; and the Ointment heals sores, wounds, ulcers, boils, burns, car buncles, chaps, pimples, diseases of the scalp, &c. Both pills and ointment are carefully parked for all climates, at is. lid.. 2 8. 9d., and 4s. exl. London agents : Hannay, 63, Oxford-st. , Sanger, 153, Oxford-street, and may be ordered through all medicine vendors. .... ___ _____ 11 0 ifiARIFSPULMONIC COUGH BON BONS are a lice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness , asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled excellence. In boxes—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J.. Sanger, 150, Oxford -street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S -ANTI-DIARRIREAL BON BONS are a never-failing, remedy for. English cholera, bowel complaint, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London. and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of 'et nursing, as infants are easily reared with it, and it is ,the best and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of any age.. In canisters, at 25., and 121 b 21s. The large canis ters free-of carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent street, London. Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys- Pepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita- Liem of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asth ma , Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d. t t.l stamps, and you will receive free by Post, a popular Trea -41%64 panes :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF uv , DIGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills. purgatives, or medicines of any kind and without expense, by a simple, Dleasant, and infallible means which 'saves 50 times its cost 1 .1 other reniedies ; adapted to the general reader. London: J atlbert;49 Pater noster - row, and through ull hook) loners. • - VETS. —DEc. 28. at a lly c ontracteie are at about ;IV )ur was nowill i 0 samples vela r Barley la 01 re . as were about K 30 1 i n di n g.. 2 27 s t,. ° 3 0s 8s 0 .. 28s tO so 488 to f grain at rea rl ' e o' but there * O5 about the WO , red. Oats rrie" 44s 03 to 48 0 o °4 40s Od to 42s 40s Od to 45s ,"a 38s Od to 40s O a 50s Od to 52 0 oa 45s Od to 460 oa 43s Od to 45 0 oa 38s Od to 39 , 6 oa 32s Od to 3 A ° 6 oa 28s Od to 3y,0 33s Od to 3 06 oa 29s Od to 3 0 16 oa 26s Od to ~20 ° o a 24s Od to 7+ 0 ,! 1 a Os lid to Pp Osllfd to silsa Oslld O to lo 44s Od to 4 , 56 oa 40s Od t0' 4,,6 oa 39s Od to 40$ oa 35s Od to 386 oa 40s Od to 4 16 o a 38s Od to 49 0 to 85s Od to 9 2 6 03 30s Od to y 50s Od to 55 s Od 44s Od to 5 4 0 0 to .1. 4 " oto 8 I ' 4 0 oto 1 5 " 0 6o ao he same es la t 6 o t osition shown s. d. 0 11 6to 6 • 11 6tol , 0 26 0 to 4 • 12 6to 1 6 13 0 to 1 8 26 0 to 2,.n Red morning:—:Qd Id; barley Ws he market.) Is End. S. d' 11 9, ......... _ ........ lu 9 ton .....• 17 0 . ........ 1,-9a ........ . ..... o za...... !1 0 ...... 9 L ........ 18 A 17 U I that a s, the m eni?e n on of Carlislet e ! . ward, vie° rr i s ter-at - lo l t ig to the 1 , near this C ll day, a t the r i !, ;ey) in Css.t l t wer e suffiel e. "„ r proccediotl a use . out >n of the Pm' . sle Joterna l • 7attle ImP, l ill, taming of s, Sheep, i' — re tains far m per feed sup' il ual saving. 1 , a grea t 1 0 A stamina A 94 ) perform i m parts li e t tly i cattle gen e ables them .itig they fee PiccadilW; is.. in ear? : e ' Ls, 13 7 ben4, .•. . . . ••••' ". . . ''' St. James's' 'louse, St• mghter. ouse, Woo l , D., , Of coun t i on q., l3 indsor, So f John LOX of Jame s n the count,' don-in-the: -street, 0' he late gr. Seveno ks, leek, 13314.1 , 3rts, Lear Derbp ps for thav s Custituce, 11, Thomas ver Le i ion_bridge odgel.- Whigler, UNG , yo ' No. 112 ; coulitY • • -ttnast January, No. XIII., lle* 9eries,i3ride3s. 6d., THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL • MEDICINE. Edited by FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., D.C.L., Oxon. CONTENTS 'Payehological - Qtutrterty Retrospec - t. , Art. I. Literary Fools—Bluet D'Arberes. 2. On Puerperal Insanity. 3. Psychology of Kant. . 4. On the Obscure Mental Disorders of Criminals. 5. The Statistics oCaustiee. 6. On Convulsion. 7. On the State and Con - diiion.of Lunacy in Ireland. 8. Don Quixote—A_ Psychological Study. 9. On the Insanity of Children. Reviews. Plea of Insanity—Trial for Murder. London : John Churchill, NeW Burlington-street. • THE RED BOOK FOR 1858. Just Published, "thoroughly Revised, ss. ; or, with an Ap pendix, or Index of Names contained in the Volume, is. 6d. in addition, THE ROYAL KALENDAIt and COURT and CITY REGISTER; . for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies ; - containing an improved and enlarged Peerage and Baronetag,e—The House of Commons, with the latest alterations— The Queen's Ministers The Royal Household-Government Departments—Ambassadors, Bri tish and Foreign—Navy - and' Array—Law and Civil Officers Ecclesiastical Establishments—Uniyersities—Literary, Scien tific, and Religious Societies—Charitable and Conunercial In stitutions—Maigistrates, Hospitals, &c. London : R. and A. Suttatiy, 2; Amen Corner; and other proprietors. Just published, THE REPORT of the BRITISH COLLEGE -A- of HEALTH, Euston-road, London, for 1859. May be had at all the duly appointed Hygeian Agents for the sale of Morison's Vegetable Universal Medicines. Just published, price 25., by post free, 2s. 4d., OSPEit MA'rORRIICE A. By. P. B. - COIJRTENAY, .M.R.C.S.; and formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Stric tures-of the Urethra. - ' - " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Cauies, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Vallacies, the Popular Deluisions, and the exaggerations of .Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. :London : H. Bailliere, 219; Regent-street. .FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. Part X., price 3d, was • published on the Ist of December. The Record, containing- a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland-, and , Scotland, in 18.58,-and nomi nations for 1859, may be had; price two shillings. W. Wright, - Fulwood's Rents, Holborn . . THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Brifte-street, London. Established 1823. - DIRECTORS. FROBERT-RIDDU , LPII, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. .Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq., Henry Barnett, Esq. - The Right Hon. E. Pleydell. Bonyerie, Edward Charrington, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart. 411 D: John Howell, Eaci, Henry Roberts, Esq. PIITSICIAN—WiIIiam Emanne _ street, Id Rear-Admiral Robert Goi: don. Charles Morris . , Esq. Veorg,re Kettilby Rickards, . Esq. Augustus Keppel Stephen • son,-Esq. [TORS. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. Richard Taylor, Esq. I Page, M.D., Oxon, 11, Queen Cay-fair. SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., P.8.C.5., No. 49, Dover. street, Inceadilly. SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. ACTUARY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The 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 the extent of The last Bonus, declared in 1854, averaged £67 per Cent, on the Premiums paid, and amounted to 890,000 397,000 7,621 240,000 Policies in force. The Annual Income exceeds. In pursuance of the invariable practic3 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 will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1859, will par ticipate in the Division of 1864. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli cation to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.. . Just published, price is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION. —A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from victims habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Phy siology of Marriage in its social, moral, and physical rela tions. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., ' 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li centiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 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A special general meeting of the proprietors was held yesterday, at Euston-square Station—the Marquis of Chandos 'in the chair—" for the purpose of considering, and, if approved, sanctioning an agreement between the London and North Western and Chester and Holyhead Railway Companies for the guarantee by the London and North Westez n Railway Company of interest on the debt and of dividends on the shares of the Chester and Holy= head Railway. Company, upon the terms and con ditions to be stated at such meeting, and for the purpose of sanctioning the purchase of the under taking of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Com pany by, or the amalgamation of that company with, the London and North Western Railway Company or its undertaking, and for fixing and determining, or authori s i ng th e di rec t ors to and determine, the terms and conditions of such pur chase or amalgamation." The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con vened for the purpose of considering an arrange ment for uniting the Chester and Holyhead Com pany with the London and North Western Com pany ; and the heads of that arrangement had been for some days in the hands of the proprietors. The Solicitor of the company then read the agree ment in extenso. The following is the substance of it, as set forth in the circular issued to the pro prietors, viz.:— " The North Western Company to pay the fol lowing sums by half-yearly payments free of al/ deductions, except income tax : " 1. The rent from time to time payable under the lease of the Bangor and Caernavon Railway, commencing from the Ist January, 1859. "'2. The interest trent time to time parable-in respect of the debenture . debt, not ‘e.eeeding 4092481 ls., commencing from Ist anuary, 1859.. "3. The dividend on the first preferen shares issued, not exceeding £630,000, and on t second preference shares issued, not exceeding £269,075 10s., commencing. froze Ist January, 1859. • " 4. Interest at the rate from time to time pay able but not exceeding five : per cent., and com mencing from Ist January, 1859, on so much of a sum not exceeding £305,172 16s. -10 d. (estimated at £289,890 ss. 10d.) as bears interest, being . the amount of liabilities set forth in the approximate Statement of assets and liabilities en capital account., to 30th June, 1858, less any diminution by, realisa tion of the assets, stated in such account as amount- ing to £305,172 16s. Iod., which arc to belOng to, the London and North Western Company. " 5. For the year 1861, the sum of £ll,OOO. " 6. For the year.lB62, the sum of £22,000. " 7. For the year 1863 and thereafter itx perpe tuity the sum of £27,500. " The North Western Company not to participate in any dividends in respect of the one million of ordinary capital originally subscribed by' them. "It is estimated that the profits of the current halLyear will suffice to pay the outgoings of that half-year, and the preference dividend for the current half-year, and also the arrears of dividend on the second preference shares amounting to £6,726, failing which the deficiency to be added to the liabilities hereinbefore mentioned as estimated at £289,980 ss. 10d." The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution to the effect that-the agreement be Sanctioned and confirmed, and that the necessary steps be taken for carrying it out. Admiral Moonsom seconded the resolution. • Mr. BILLING said, representing as he did a large amount of share capital held upon trust, he e-on fessed the scheme appeared to him to be one of a similar . , nature to the arrangements made with the Trent Valle3r—viz., that of overpaying for every loop and branch connected with the North Western policy which had had the effect . of bringing down the dividends from 10 to 41 per cent., and which if persisted in would result in their getting no dividendat all. (Hear, hear.)• The North Western Company had a million of ordinary capital in the Chester and Holyhead Railway, for which they had received nothing. (Hear, hear.) He appealed to the; chairman whether that vas not the case. - The CHAIRMAN—Yes. • Mr. BILLING continued—Even the interest on the preference shares had not always been paid. In the itbsenie of fuller information the proposed step appeaied 'him- frill •of hazard-r--2 4 0-0-- the new postal arrangements, it must be borne in mind that of late years the post-office authorities bad become great competitors with them in the carriage of small parcels. He wished , to know what the Post office was to pay under the new arrangement; and, further, what reason there was to suppose that there would be such an increase of traffic as would enable that company to pay £27,500 a year to the Chester and Holyhead Company. A SHAREHOLDER regretted that the information given to the proprietors on this subject was so meagre. What security was there that the loss of 5 per cent. which they had sustained already would not be increased ? There were some parties, no doubt, who would be benefited by this amalgama tion, but he feared that it would not be that com pany. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DICKINSON said the chairman had omitted to mention the great additional amount of debt which this arrangement would impose on the North Western Company. They were already overloaded with debt, and now their burden was to be increased. In his opinion, there should be a .per manent committee of shareholders to consider pro posals of this kind before they were brought before the shareholders at a general meeting. Mr. PUNCHER admitted that there might be some long-sighted policy on the part of the board, but on the face of it this was a very improvident bargain. Mr. MORGAN complained that the meeting was left very much in the dark on this matter. They had already lost £1,400,000, and now it seemed as if they were about to lose £2,000,000 more. (Hear, hear.) On a share capital of £25,000,000, they had a mortgage of £11,000,000; by and by there would be a sort of Encumbered Estatep Railway Bill, and the London and North-Western Company would be, perhaps, one of the first to avail itself of its provisions. (Laughter.) If there were any amalgamation at all it should be one under which the Chester and Holyhead Company would get no more than was earned. (Hear, hear,) He hoped - the noble marquis would give them some reasons for supposing that the proposed arrange ment would be beneficial to that company. He concluded by movins that the consideration of the subject should he adjourned till that day month. The amendment was seconded by Mr. ABEL, who said he concurred with the last speaker in thinking that the shareholders could not, without further in formation, decide on the subjects before them. At the same time, he could not indulge the expects that the result would be effected by any amount of elucidation, so long as directors could overbear opinion by the use of proxies. At present the in vestments of this Company in the Chester and Holyhead had fixed a loss of £50,000 per annum in perpetuity upon them; and he could only collect from the figures which had been supplied that they were about to increase that amount considerably. Mr. DE 'N said, although he was willing to place the fullest confidence in the directors, he did think that, considering what disastrous consequences had followed the adoption of other proposals of a similar nature, it would have been well if the chairman had given some explanation of the grounds of the pro posal now. made. There could be no doubt at the end of five years the Chester and Holyhead Com pany would under this arrangement be entitled to receive 21 per cent. on the ordinary share capital, that capital having never yet received one shilling of dividend. (Hear, hear.) Under these circum stances, the proposal before theni required to be explained. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, on rising to reply, said he was very glad that he did not say more in the firstinstance, as the effect had been to elicit the views and objections of the proprietors. As,however, the meeting appeared to wish for more detailed information he would proceed to give it. First, then, as regarded the question whether or not this was a bad bargain. His interpretation of a bad bargain was a bargain which would entail pecuniary sacrifices, or pecuniary payments ; and his opinion, which would of course be taken only for what it was worth, was that this bargain was not one which would entail upon them any pecuniary payment. His reasons for holding that opinion were, that although the Chester and Holyhead Company had received nothing upon their ordinary share capital up to the present time, and were for a long time behindhand as regarded their preference stock, yet, through the gradual development of the traffic, amid all the difficulties which had hampered them, including the difficulty of giving the neces sary accommodation at the stations, they had been enabled to pay the whole of the interest on their debt and the whole of the guaranteed dividend on the first preference stock, and that the present half year's earnings, so far as they could be estimated, showed that they, would now be able to clear off the o4 ur t r h e e n: e gerest. They d preference remain der stock, besides o f " p t h a e y ing arrearsthe c had before them the fact that the income of the Chester and Holyhead Company was at present more than sufficient to pay, first, the rent of the Bangor and Caernarvon line, which was £6,000 a year; secondly, the interest on the debenture debt; the interest on the first and second preference stocks ; and, fourthly, the interest on the liabili ties which were estimated to amount to £289,890. The income was more than sufficient to pay the current interest, .inasmuch as the company had been able to pay off an accumulation of arrears; so that in fact there was a margin which, but for the arrears, would be applicable • to the ordinary share capital. (Hear, hear.) He thought there fore, the proposed arrangement was not likely to entail upon them any pecuniary sacrifice. .Under all the circumstances, the directors of the London and North. Western Company : had conie.= to the conclusion that it was desirable to recommend the proprietors to sanction this agreement, not as a gold bargain in the ordinary sense of the expres sion, not as a bargain from which they Were to derive an enormous profit at the expense of the Chester and Holyhead CompanY, but as , a fair arrangement between the two companies, by which that company would not= be saddled with any pecu niary lOss ; and their reason for recommending amal gamation on terms not involving any pecuniary toss was, that with thelarge stake which they had in the Chester and Holyhead line, it was most important - that they Should have control over its management, and. that another company should not be able to saddle them with expenses or dip into their pciekets (Cheers.) ~. In reply to Mr. Dickinson, The CHAIRMAN said there was a small arrear still due on the secondpreference stock; but it appeared from estimates made by their own officers that the trade of the cuiTeut ha*year would suffice for. the discharge of that arrear as well as other liabilities, -and would leave a small surplus. Mr. MORGAN still thought it desirable that there should be an adjournment. Mr. RYLEY could see no advantage in adjourning the chairman's explanations being ample and satis factory. . .. . - , — . - - A - SITAREIroiDER wished to know whether Mr. Raleywas not a Chester and Holyheadihateholder. Mr. RYLET said he had not a sixpence invested in - the Chester and Holyhead line. . 'The atnendment Was. then put from the chair, and lost, the numbers, on the show of hands, being 28 for and 47 against it. Another show of hands was then taken on the original resolution, which was carriedlTU to 33.- • :• • The CirkitmAN observed that under the terms of :.the act of Parliament it was,neeessary that. there should besi poll. 1 A poll then took 'place, and at- half-past 2, after the lapserofabout an hour , e the result-was announced I .—Por the chairman's resolution, approving of the agreement, there were 103 proprietors, renresentin .X 1,080,666 stock and 3,717 votes; against it, 18 proprietors, representing £58,352 stock and 200 votes. A vote of thanks was given to the chairman, and - the meeting separated. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. A special meeting of the'Chester and Holyhead Railway Company was held at the London Tavern yesterday, to consider and approve of the agree ment made under the provisions of the act of last session for the sale of the Chester and Holyhead arulfpr the amalgamation of this company with the. London and North Western Railway 'Company."'- The chair was talon 13j , gir M. Peto, chairman of - the board of directors. The &Hefter first read the agreeme - nt with. the London and North Western Company, an abstract of which will be found in the report of the meeting of the London and North Western Company, above. The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution to one , tion.and approve this agreement, •and authorise the seal of the company to be affixed thereto. He re marked that it was in 1850 he became the chairman of this company, at the request of his ' brother debenture-holders, who were at that time in.doUbt whether, since the debenture interest NV AB in arrear, it would . not be better for them to feereclose and hold the concern for themselves. Stith was the condition of the company at that period; the rail.. way was not yet completed to Holyhead., and the company were not in a position to compete with the Liverpool route for the traffic to-Ireland. At that . time £350,000 of liabilities were pressing on the company—a cause of the greatest anxiety. He and his brother directors were obliged to inter •pose their personal responsibility to meet that pressure as best they could until they could affect an arrangement with the London and North Western - Company for the -leasing of this line. Their tender for the conveyance of mails between Holyhead and Kingstown had, at the period when he (Sir S. M. Peto) took the chair, just been refused, and a bill promoted by this company suing in forma pauperis for an arrang ement with the Loa don and North Western, had just been unsuccessful, Parliament having refused to grant this company the powers that were sought. Since that period the directors had applied their constant attention to the development of the traffic. They had been enabled to overcome great difficulties, and to pay up, first the arrears of debenture interest, and afterwards the arrears of dividend on thedfirst pre ference shares. With regard to the second pre ference 'shares, they had brought the company into such a position, that practically those arrears might now be paid also. So much for what had already been done. Now with regard to the agree ment proposed for the adoption of the proprietors to-day, he would only say that it had been the direc tors' object, in this negotiation, to get the interests of the Chester and Holyhead shareholders placed in a situation of absolute certainty. They had felt it was better for the shareholders to have 21 per cent. secured to them for 999 years, so that it could never fluctuate or fail, than to participate in a dividend the amount of which in future must be uncertain. They had declined to undertake to accept North 'Western stock in any proportion, and had insisted upon an . absolute guarantee of a fixed amount. It was not till after a very protracted negotiation that they had arrived at the agreement now submitted to this meeting. It was an agree ment which might not perhaps come up to the wishes and expectations of all the proprietors, but he assured them it was the best that the directors could obtain, and he advised them to adopt it .On a former occasion he had told them he believed the time would come when the company would be enabled to declare a dividend for the original shareholders. The accomplishment of that object had been delayed hitherto by circumstances beyond control ; he believed, however, that after the pre sent year the old proprietors would have had a dividend, though some difficulties not yet foreseen might have arisen, and he could not tell what might have been the effect of the competition and other disadvantages to which the company was exposed. However, after what he had said of the past condition of the' company he had great satis faction in now being_able.ta announce that 21 per oonfo - -with Seettra - to the proprietors for the future. In order to form some estimate of what that fact was worth to them, they might compare their own case with that of other companies whose property was disposed of under the same security. The Buckinghamshire Railway was leased to the Lon don and North Western Company at 4 per cent., and Ethe Buckinghamshire Company's shares were now at par. The Coventry and Nuneaton Railway was leased at a 5 per cent rental, and its shares stood at 121. ' Looking - at their own "pro. perty, then, the Chester and Holyhead proprietors might calculate that , their shares would be• worth from 53: 1 t 0 .55, and this result, although it was not all they had once hoped, was yet a great deal more favourable than they could have ventured to anticipate, during the trials and difficulties of the last four or five years. The resolution having been seconded, questions about some of the details of the agreement were put by several of the Shareholders, and were replied to by the Chairman and other directors. With reference to the arrears on the second preference shares, it was stated that the London and North Western Company are bound to pay all such arrears up to the 31st December. In the desultory conversation which ensued, Mr. LEWIS and one or two other proprietors expressed themselves as dissatisfied with the bar gain, and urged that the prospects of traffic on this line were too good to justify its being thus dispoked of to the London and North Western Company.! The CHAIRMAN and his colleagues pointed to the growing competition of the Milford Haven,,LiVer pool, Fleetwood; and Portpatriek routes; with the Irish traffic via Holyhead, and The Hon. W. 0. STANLEY stated that the mail contract just concluded upon an-agreement to which this 'company, - the London and North Western, and the City of Dublin Steamboat Company were par tieS, involved conditions which this company could. only - have performed by raising a large amount: of additional capital, so, that whatever might at pre- sent be the earnings of - this line, - the . direCtots had lost nothing by consenting to the guaranteed divi- The Cartoons of Itaffaelle have not escaped the usual fate of great works of art—to be more praised than appreciated. Of the thousands who pass in decorous file through the suite of rooms at Hamp ton Court t . with this 7Pienlittr . listless !English holidaymaker's gaze : which scems...; to swallow everything it falls upon with equal indifferenee from the .drums and ninaketoons of the guard; chamber, or the Delf-dragons and bedu:pots of the clireen's china-closet, to. the heads of Holbein, the , Venuses of Titian, or the Roman Triumph of Man tetrnit,--hOw many really feel, as they pass through the .singularly ill-lighted' gallery:which WilHain - the Dutchinan commissioned. Wren to build for. the reeeption of the Cartoons, thtt• they are in the , presence: of : some of the noblest designs of the. greitest of painters ? , Tyohably ! there -is none: of that Tong series of rooms so. quickly or , so blankly hurried thi-Cmg,h -by 99 out of every'loo - visitora as , the Cartoon - Gallery; L tindafter -all,: humble . 'folk may,own the fact without self,condemnaiion„for it :has not Reynolds, himself acknowledged tl ' f 'evCn he found it a lt;ng . _ "and. laborious disci line to acqn inas rpieces ire the taste by Which alone' the 'of the crowning epoch_of -Italian- art can b fairly -estimated?' 'Perhaps it - WAS always so. .: Did Leo,' when in 1514 he gave' Raffaelle the commission for the designs-of his Sistinetapestries, think as much of the power of the cartoon as of the splendour of the arras ? We are at liberty to doubt it. The 11 designs cost him only 43 ducats, not a fifth part of the price of a single hanging. ' When thetafiestries were finished and sent to the Vatican no one thought of the cartoons. They seem to have beeft left--slit, pricked, and abraded just as they had been cut from the canvas of the Flemish looms in, the cellars - of the - Weaving-house, unvalued and unclaimed. Not even the pious care of Bernard von Ortey : (who had. superintended. the execution of the tapestries) reclaimed the designs on the deiath of his great Master, a few months after the hangings had been sutended for the firgt time in the Chapel for the walls of which they . wore designed. I They were sahung on St. Stephen's day (December 16), 1519. - On the 6th of April, 1520,- the brain ;which had Manned them -was-still—the hand which. had : traced theoriginal compositions, stiff and cold.. : .I r eilrapS the master himself, in the prodigality Of his vOWer; : thoughft little:of these things—de4igned -and inttly xe'crited,:it: is true; by himself bat : (in the main} his only* thought and compoSitidn ; -hi handiwork; his. pupils', , Franciso -Penni, Giulio Romano; grid Giovanni da Udine, chief among them. So 14 . the: cartoons in. the - Flethish. weaver's cellars- 7 -seven -of them, at.. -least—for one, " The Stoning of St.' Stephen,' was in the possession of Cardinal Gtirnani at Venice'ds 'early as 1520, and three others (" - Conversion of St. Paul," ". Paul in Prison at Philippi;:and" ilia.CozolyohP of the Virgin") bad disappeared, no oneknows how or when—till Rubens, in 1630, called the attention of Charles I. to them, and they were bought by the King " for a high price." But they do not seem to have been 'yet regarded as works of art, to be hung -and admired, even on their rough paper, in their half-effaced distemper colours,. with the marks of the irreverent weaver's hands still upon them. It Was no doubt to serve as designs for tapestry that Charles bought them; and when his collections cam e to be sold (after wat Dr. Waagen calls " his lamentable death") the Cartoons were still (as we learn from Vanderdoort's Catalogue) two of them " in a slit deal case," and the other five in the hands of Franz- Cleyn, the painter of Rostock, then employed as chief designer by Sir Francis Crane, who had established tapestry works at Mortlake some 30 years befbre,.• under the auspices of James I. Cleyn had the cartoons by him till 1646 at least, as we know from the date on his drawing from " the Ananias," and several sets of tapestry had been woven from them in the interval between 1636 and the King's execution. Some of these may still be seen, more or less complete, at old houses in England. Petworth has some ; Burghley-house, and Ford Abbey, in Devon, others. Whether a set of tho seven is anywhere to be seen together we are not aware. At the sale of Charles's pictures Cromwell secured the cartoons to the nation for £3OO, whe ther because he contemplated the continuance of tapestry works—though such vanities as arras hangings could hardly have been in strict Puritan taste—or because he instinctively knew and re. spected greatness in art. It is remarkable that we owe to Cromwell and William 111. respectively the acquisition of the cartoons for the nation and their preservation from utter deczy ; but in the interval between the two they had a narrow escape. Charles 11. was on the point of selling them to Louis XIV. It was all the Lord Treasurer could do to save them from the clutches of Barillon. Probably Danby found the money they were to have raised by some other means. William 111. found the cartoons apparently still in pieces, as the Mortlake tapestry weavers had left them. 7 - 11 e employed Henry Cooke-:---an indifferent painter, who, under Walton, had charge of the Royal galleries—to piece the slips, to reline the pieced sheets and (nuserabile dietu) to restore their colour. To Henry Cooke are probably owing some of the most startling coarse work of the cartoons as we now see them, not a little bad piecing of the slips, and a great _deal nauell departure iu portions of his coloured restorings from the original contours, as 'marked by the needle of the weaver when pricking his outline preparatory to pouncing it on the canvas. It was William, too, who directed Wren to design and erect a gallery for the cartoons, the . one they now hang in. Wren not the only great architect who has built a picture gallery in which it is impos sible to see pictures. But thii at Hampton Court is probably one of the • worst. of the many . bad cases of this architectural achievement. The light strikes just in front of five of the pictures, and, - to make- matters worse, upwards instead of clOwnwardS. At each extremity of the gallery hangs a cartoon quite in shade. Any minute examination of these works as now hung is perfectly impossible. Something might be done to improve the lighting of them, however, even where they are. If the De partment of Works, for instance, could venture to block up all Wren's windows , an d open apertures iii the blank space now left between the window and the ceiling, and at the same time to lower the car toons to the level of the eye, much that is now altogether invisible would be brought to light, and we might be enabled to judge better than we can at present what may be Raffaelle's, and what Raf faelle's pupils', and what most certainly is neither the one's nor ho others'. We do not propose to say anything here of the subjects or .merits of the cartoons. Their subjects are so well known, and their merits have been so abundantly Kt forth, that the little our Space would enable us to say on either head would be very like impertinence. But the facts above mentioned as to the history of the cartoons seemed worth recalling in a notice of such a reproduction of them. as only the scien tific magic of our own day could have rendered pos idble. The cartoons, like the greatest works of Raffaelle in the Stanze of the Vatican, have hitherto been very_ inadequately . engraved. From the miniature.version of Grebelin, and the meagre and Mannered' line engravings of porigriy, which - eniprciyed th - at artist and his assistants nearly. seven years, and procured for *hint the honour of knighthood -in 1719, the inadequate mezzotints -Simon and -Ifirlial, - "and - the- "tame .and man * Published by Messrs. Colnaghi, Caldesi, and Mon echi, 13, Pall-mall-east, London. nered, though painstaking renderings of Hollo way., and Burnet's rough and ready, but spirited combinations of . the work of the linear machincand etching-needle, we are compelled to turn with a painful sense of insufficiency and in completeness. .'Dorigiry's work is the best ; but a good set of his cartoons at the present day is both rare and costly. Ilollavay spent the best part of a lifetime on his series, but they satisfy us, for all this labour, even less than the dashing reproduc- . tions of John Burnet, which, up to this time, have stood unrivalled as vehicles for cheap and general dissemination of a knowledge of the cartoons. At length the sun and science have been set to work, and the result is the remarkable publication' which gives occasion to this article. By this work Messrs. Colnaghi and their associates, Signors Caldcsi and Montecchi, have fairly earned the credit of having made the most important application as yet seen of photography. to the fine arts. Even the reproduc tion -by-this means of the drawings of old masters in the. Louvre, the Uffizii, the _Royal Gallery of Vienna, and our own Museum does less•for the noblest .class of art than what has. at length been done for the cartoons of Itaffaelle. In them we have the master's combined and completed ideas set before us ; in the drawings we have but rudiments and detached - parts and first intentions. The point in which photography is at fault—as in its more or less unfaithful rendering of certain colours—in the case:Of cartoons is 'of minor ImPortance. Their colour is their least charm - now;whatever it may have been when they came from Raffaelle's studio ; and after a detailed comparison of the photographs with the cartoons weareable to saythat in very few and altogether unimportant cases have the photo graphic mutations of colour materially affected the balance of light and shade, still less interfered with the expression of heads, or impaired the distinct ness" with.which.the,agvis told. • Those photogrtept'S'are lit - three dimensions-t-the lar*est,:abbist .44" by 28 inches (a size, however ; which varies.with the different scales of the origi nalali the middle size, about 29 by 18 inchei.; and the smallest, 14 by 9. The largest set is soled. at 14 guineas, or al 21- guineas for a separate plate ; the middle at 7 guineas, or £l.ss. separately; and the smallest at 355. the set, or 6s. separately. These • priees are lbw enough to bring the cartoons 'within . the : reach of even light purses. Indeed, ,considering at, once merits of execution and dimensions, the publication is not less remarkable for cheapness than' for excellence. To have . these photographs is to have the ciir teiiiis themselves, .minus their colour, which' must alAtays have been of secondary importance, midis (lOw . both faded and falsified. Ivor professional s.tudents,of art the usefulness of this publication Cannot be exagp;erated. Besides the photographs of v;ii - old.cartocms the portfolio includes about 31) studies of separate headi or portions of groups, for the most part of the same size as the originals: Of :the vahte . of these to Livers' and learners of art we need say nothing. • As pieces' of - photographic manipulation these reproductions appear 'to us among the most re- - 1 markable plates yet made public. . By the Use of the iron instead of the pylogalhc process softness of shier oscura has- been secured without loss of strength, and even apparent yellows.seem to have been imitated with but little deepening. So with reds. In the case of both these colours there is probably a large intermixture of white in the light, which has rendered the tipts comparatively manage-- *able. The greens have, as usual, presented the most insurmountable difficulty. But, allowing for .every - abatement due to the laws of light, these reproduc tions of the cartoons still remain in all 'essentials immeasurably above any possible engravings ( We may look at them till the sense - of dimension dis appears, and we feel as if we had Icaffaelle'S own -work before us. All other copies become flat; stale, and-unprofit -abler in comparison with these untouched products of the chemical science and mechanical ingenuity of our time.. I • ._. The:well-known and worthy publisher's, among all the—good and gieat art that they have helped to disseminate from PaWmall east, have :even •no Set .Of prints to the, world at once so great in their subject-matter and so perfect in their reproduc- Km. of the miginals as this portfolio of photo graphs- from the Cartoons of Raffaelle. If thif are not- rewarded for their enterprise by a large and permanent sale we should recommend them to, renounce art alto gege for dog . § . . an4 Rd a7` and the other'Wfire Nt:Ercla mirtalies publishers, if it leaves the level of public taste un raised.—Times. districts." Equal electoral 'districts, I am convinced. —and all reasoning men are equally convinced— are impossible, and if possible would not be desir able. (Hear, hear.) 'We now come to aresolution on which you had some difference of opinion —that with reference to the ballot. And lam very glad that this meeting has had the opportunity of hear ing all that can be said against the ballot—and very ably said, by my friend Mr. Irving, who I hope is still here—and by ether gentlemen who 'have addressed you. But if my friend has not left this meeting, I would ask him carefully to consider himself whether the premises on which he starts are righfones. He says that a mini should Vote openly because the non-elector has a right to know how the elector gives his vote—that is to say, that the frarielise is a trust for other people. (A laugh.) I do not think so. I belivc it to be a right inherent in the man himself. I, as a representative, hold a trust ; and there is the greatest difference between the elector and the representative. The . elector is made the elector by law. The law confers the right, and the law should protect him in its exer cise. (Hear, hear.) lam not made your represen tative by law, but by your free choice; and if you return me to represent your opinions, and you do so because you believe that there is a sympathy of opinion and of principle between us, how are you sure whether that is so or not if my vote is secret ? (Hear.) The great difference, therefore, which I would urge our friend, Mr. Irving, to re co ll ec t, i s that-the representative - holds th e trust-, whereas the . elector possesses the right. (Hear.) But I can not believe that any man like myself can have re presented a large town like this for many years— that he can have gone through very severe and exciting election contests, without being convinced of the necessity of the ballot for the protection of - some of its voters. (Applause.) This subject of the ballot reminds me of the chief Liberal states man, who, I. 'inn sorry •to say, has alway been opposed- to the ballot. "I mentioned him - before-- I mean Lord John Russell. Now, I wish never to mention that name—whether in good report or iii bad report as it may be among my hearers— I wish never to m e nti on th a t 'name without ex pressing all the gratitude and admiration Which I. shall always feel for old services in the cause of - reform. (Cheers.) I shall always re member his service s —l am even willing to forget his faults.....• (Hear, hear.) . _His name was once one great , power with the people ; he for many years led the Liberal party in the House of Cbmmons ; he hoped to lead them again. But - tlie leader of the popular party in th e House of Commons must be in sympathy with that party, and the popular party must be in sympathy with the people. Now, it is my belief that the great majority of the Libe ral constituencies of this country will not tolerate their members in following. Lord John Rue Sell as a 'leader as long as he remains openly hostile to the ballot.. • (Hear, hear.) I trust he may give way on . another Toint. He does- not fully sympathise with us itrour,feeling as to church r ate s . (H ear , h ear .) Now, these are the two Poirits'en. which, if Lord John_Russell,wishes ever again to lead the Liberal party, it is my belief, and I trust it is your belief, that tlese are the two points on Which he must roedify_his opinions. (Che:erS.) If he doe 4 so, we inay,see the Liberal party once again following its old leader. The Liberal party are at thepresent moment without a "leader, and if they tat my ad vioe-,4 at least shall . get the .example—they will take no leader until they very<precisely know the journey' which' he means to take - them. (cheers.) I will,say a word or two as to the reasons which in duced the members of the Radical party generally at a meeting, and conference xvhieh you have heard of in London, to consider that it • would be advisable that they should themselves bring forward, through one of their members, a reform bill of their own. I am in no secrets as to the reforms to be proposed ; and if I were I could not betray those secrets. I do not know what Lord Derby proposes, but I do •know that helis a very able man ; tend I do know that he . has One at least most sagacious colleague. I believe that the present Goverment contains many g ' ood 'and honest men. I w i s h t o avo id an y kind of exaggeration, and I will net theref ore sa y -that Lord -Derbv' s reforth bill must of necessity be a sham Reform 'Bill, or a trick or delusion. On the contrary I believe it very likely; that, as far as it goes ; itwili be an improvement-of the preset sys 'tern., The present system is solaulty that the Go vernment' must be bunglers _indeed if they7do not -produce.a measure which will, gore or less, amend. it. - If Lard Deiby, or lord anybody else, will intro • duce all thaVthe Radical' party require, I take it that I an'd every liOn est man will support them fully —whether it, comes from him or any one else. (Ap .plause.) But Ido not think it is too much to believe that aiirteform-Bill coining from,the present Go vernment must fall short of that which we conceive N;v4a-have-a-right-ta-ask—New,ictherefore, if the Go ' vernment brought in a Reform Bill—some improve ment On the present system—l do not quite see hew . the liberal members of the House of Commons could have voted agnideiFteat<hillies its .aecoutLeaawilirpk.,.,...... r. when its principle came to' be discussed—presuming it to be sonic improvement on the presenfsystem, if they had no bill of their own to vote for. They would have been obliged to vote for it and go into committee. Once in committee, Heaven help us— (laughter)—two or three months in discussing all sorts of details, amidst which you forget its princi ples—spent in the hottest weather, with the Thames in its most offensive state, and opponents Wily, care ful to take every advantage of the disunion which would be sure, on some points, to prevail amongst us—fighting one part of the party against the other, the result would be, that after months of the hottest work, and a vast amount of confused labour, we might probably pass a bill which would be little better, or perhaps worse than none at all. (Cheers.) Now, if the Radical party throughout the country meet as you have met—define as you have defined, that which they require—if Mr. Bright, who is not pledged to any particular principles in this matter, but who is most anxious to collect the desires and the wants of the country on the subject, embodies in - his bill those your requirements, we then have a proper vernment Bill,-if the Government Bill, although lino improvement of the present state, doe's not go far enough to satisfy us. 'We then vote against that bill because we have had the courage to propose a better of our own. (Cheers.) It was for that rea son that the conference in London selected Mr. Bright, and requested him to prepare a bill. That conference was called by the Parliamentary Reform Committee—a committee of which I have the honour to be a member, which has been in exist ence for about a year. Its dutyhad been to collect from all parts of the country, and by very volumi nous correspondence, the opinions of all sections of reformers as to the amount,of reform which they thought it safe and best to ask for. The answers, of course, have been very various, but from the immense mass of correspondence that we have, we decidedly made up our minds that the great majo rity- of feeling in the country was in favour of precisely the measure of reform which you have embodied in your resolutions to=night. Under these circumstances, Mr. Bright honestly, and, -as I be lieve, wisely said, " I will bring in a bill, but understand I do it on my own responsibility ; I will not be tied by this programme—that which the committee present me." My belief is that in the end his bill will be found very much what that programme was—that programme being, as I tell you, as nearly as possible those resolutions which you have passed. (Hear.) But I think it right to mention that Mr. Bright considered himself pro bably free to bring in any bill of any sort or kind he liked, in:order that. it may be remembered that under these circumstances even those who asked him to prepare the bill have the right to judge of that bill when they see it, and arc not pledged beforehand to anything which they do not know. Now, you 'have decided on what you want, but I should think you will hardly ask me in what way you are to get it, for I have told you so frequently that you must be tired of hearing me. (Hear.) You, and you only, can carry a reform bill. (Hear, hear.) You, and you only, carried the old reform bill. You did that work yourselves •, and trust me if on this occasion you: leave it to others to do for you, it will probably not be done at all; or if it is done it will be done in: an unsatisfactoiy Manner. (Cheers.) Let your voice then be decided, and let it be heard. It will be easy.to make it heard in the House of C ommons , b ut let it al •n such tones- of th un d er t h at it shall mrkespitesakwaly through the deaf doors of the House of Lords. (Applause.) Remember you will be opposed-to an enemy, excellent tacticians, careful to take advan tage of yoUr disunion. And listen to my earnest prayer, that you will bury all small differences. Do not,quarrel as to the more or less of reform—you are all going by the same road ; some of you may stop short, others may go farther; but you arc all going in the same direction. • MANSLAUGHTER IN LIVFRPOOL.—Robt. Mitchel was (yesterday (Thursday) committed for trial by' the Liverpool coroner on a charge of manslaughter,' for having knocked down and killed a man named. Doyle, in Beau ' street. [Anvuirri6msicr.]-11olloway's Ointment and Pills.— Scrofula, Diseased Glands, Weakness, Wasting; Since art first tried to relieve the maladies of mankind, this disease and its attendants have defied all remedial mea sures, and hurried through the same sad path to eternity the victims to the unmerited tortures of the sins of others. Now . , no longer are their hopesso blighted—beauty fears not now despoliation from such causes ; for, armed with : this' _corrective , Ointment, and these alterative Pills, the de scendalit.cs.n cast out .the . infirmities inherited from his ancestors, .and regain his wonted beauty, energy, and strength. In all scrofulous disorders thb glands , through out the body aro:morbidly affected ;' hence abscesses are so and externally, which dispo prone tirforra, both internally sition Holloway'fo remedies overcome, BEFOR3I MEETING A2' HULL. On Monday evening, in compliance with a very numerously-signed requisition, the Mayor (M. Samuelson, Esq.) convened a public meeting at the Town-hall, Hull, on the subject of ParliaMentary Reform. There was a very large attendance. The chair was taken by the Mayor, who was supported by Mr. Clay., Mr. Harvey Lewis, and m a ny o th er gentlemen o local influence. A number of gentlemen addressed the meeting, and resolutions were adopted in favour of the ballot, triennial parliaments, and a petition to Parliament was adopted embodying the sentiments of the meeting _ _. Mr. CLAY, M.P., who was loudly called for, and heartily applauded, then addressed the meeting as follows :—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen. I congratu late you on having given one more contradiction to the nonsense which is so freely spoken, so freely written, to the effect that no one wants reform. (Laughter, and hear, hear.) Are we here—wers the men at Edinburgh, at Manchester, at Glasgow, and 'at Birmingham, were they at their meetings be cause they did not want reform ? The reason that is given to us is because there is no longer the same excitement, approaching to revolution, which pre ceded the original Reform Bill. Of course there is not, because bad as things are, still we have nothing like the absurdities, the atrocities to redress which were redressed by hose who went before us. Am I to refuse to believe a man is ill because he does not go about the streets doubled up in anguish, and fright ening the neighbours by his shrieks ? There is another way in which I have frequently guessed whether a man or no was seriously ill. When I have heard of a consultation among many doctors at his house I have taken it for granted that there was something serious the matter with him. (Laughter.) Now, if there is danger in a multipli city of doctors, surely our poor constitution is at present in a critical state. It is the object of eon .o, ultation by all the most experienced State physi -clans. We havefirst of all the old legitimate prac titioner, Dr. Russell—(laughter)—well acquainted with the disease ; he has treated it, we are bound to say; sagaciously, and with liberality. There is also Dr. Palmtrston, who recognises the disease of our constitution, and who promises us his remedy; but emptOyed lain he never found time to compound his drugs. (Laughter.) There is a younger practitioner—Dr. Derby. (Laughter.) He for a very long time denied the existence of the disease lie acknowledges and will prescribe for it now, but, as is generally believed, on homoeopathic principles. (Loud laughter.) And besides these we have the great water cure doctor = John, Bright—(laughter) —and his is the remedy which we are disposed to think will be most efficacious, and likely to work a radical cure. Now, to lay aside this Metaphor. When we see that every leader of every party in the country—those who have held office ,Jong since, those who look to it again, all find them selves equally obliged to introduce a reform bill, can we suppose for a moment that it is not abso lutely required ? (Hear, hear.) For what is par- • liamentary reform ? I take it to be the admission to the governing power of the working classes, and the extension of the political power of the people. Now, it is not in human nature, much less is it in Tory' nature, or in Whig nature, that the posses sors of power should part with it short of compul sion. (Hear.) By . compulsion Ido not mean physical force—l mean that sort of compulsion which every sagacious statesman must feel when he sees that concession can no longer be withheld without general dissatisfaction, and without danger to the state. (Hear, hear.) Let Us hear no more, then, of this frequently repeated cry that no one wants reform. Not only do you want it, but you have said so in very precise terms, in the different reso lutions which you have carried unanimously. Your first resolution is as to an extension of the franchise; and I congratulate the sagacity of this meeting—l must congratulate the wisdom of the people in Hull, that we have not had any amendment moved in favour of that which-I know has manysupporter's here2—of that which is a very taking term—registered manhood suffrage—(hear) —because I am convinced that in asking for it —it is no.use now going into the argument that it is a natural right--you'wonld have been asking for that which you could not get ; that to which at present all the governing classes are opposed, and for which the inj.ddle classes are not ready. (Hear.) Again, with regard to the resolution you have come toigs to: the distribution of the. franchise,_youl.a.v6 Wen - very wise in not asking for that which is indeed also a popular and taking phrase—" equal electoral - .