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Gentlemen visiting the Metropolis will find ample accom modation for dinners at this establishment. The arrange ments are varied and perfect. and the tariff of charvs is very moderate. Private rooms for large or small parties may be engaged on application to the Superintendent. By Order. JAMES GOFTON, Superintendent. 27th November, 1858. PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. No. 20,730. other ni the Great Llakoff PUBLICATIONS. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 4th DECEMBER, 1858. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a General Court of the said' Company will be held, as above, on Monday, the 20th instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, in order to receive the Report of the Committe of Proprietors appointed at the General Court, of 30th August Last "for the purpose of consulting with the Directors in re ference to the measures to be taken for the future manage ment of the Company's. affairs," and for the discussion of the said Report, and other general business. Copies of the Minutes, and Report of the Committee, are laid upon the table in the Proprictors'room for the inspec tion of Proprietors. C. CRAUFURD, Acting Secretary. OPEATING OF TILE SPANiSH CORTTS. COSSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETI MR.. TUPPER'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., with fine steel Engravings, • 215., bound, STEPHAN .LA:NGTON. By Martin F. TUPPER, D.C.L., F.R.S. Author of "Proverbial Philosophy," Ito., Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ANNUAL MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) t=he• sixth annual, and.twenty-fifth quarterly, meeting of this society was held, this day, at Exeter Hall. Viscount RANELAGII, chairman of the directors; presided. , cour do the I was al soil, c rock at last rift in schist en tho d were Lays. BANK OF I)EPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested • to exa mine the Plan of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by Special Agreement may be withdrawn without notice • The Interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215., bound, MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW* WORK, " A SUMMER and WINTER in the TWO SICILIES." " Miss Kavanagh's volumes contain much that is new. They are among the pleasantest volumes of travel we have lately met with, and we cordially recommend them,' . '—Press. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PATENT DERRICK COMPANY ( Limited ) . OFFICES-27, CORNHILL, LONDON. CAPITAL, £lOO,OOO. In Two Thousand Shares of £5O each. This Company's Derricks, which may be 'employed either as stationary or moveable weight-raising apparatus, accom plish, expeditiously and economically, every description of hoist, whether on land or water, from 10 to 1,000 tons and upwards. The Directors are prepared to construct or license the construction in any part of Europe, of Patent Floating, Transportable, or Stationary Derricks for Government Ar senals and Navy Yards, Harbour Commissioners, Dock Com panies, Ship Builders, Engineers, Contractors, and others. A small Floating Derrick, built for the requirements of the Thames, and employed - in lifting and transporting heavy weights, such as steam-engines, boilers, machinery, blocks of stone, &c., recently raised the brig "Lightning , ' sunk in Erith Reach. A large Floating Derrick, specially designed and constructed for raising sunken vessels, and for general salvage purposes, is fitting for operation about the coasts of Great Britain and off foreign shores. Two of these Derricks, belonging to the New York Com pany, have raised and saved over 400 vessels. This Company 4ommenced by paying . its shareholders half-yearly dividends of 10 per cent. ; and, since July, 1857, has regularly paid quar t erly dividends of the like amount. • A limited number of Shares of £5O each in the Capital Stock of the Patent Derrick Company remain for allotment. These Shares are required to be paid as follows : £lO per "Tare on Application, and the remainder by Calls of £lO each, at intervals of one Month between each Call. Forms of Application for Shares, and Prospectuses, may be obtained at the Offices of the Company. - 27, Cornhill, London, E.C. • G. J. SHARP, Sec. THE OPERA COLONNADE HOTEL COM PANY (Limited), Charles-street, Haymarket (late Feuil lade's). Incorporated under the Joint Stock Company's Acts, the liability of shareholders being limited to the amount they each subscribe for. Capital £25,000, in 5,000 shares of £5 each. Deposit 10s. per share on• application, and £2 per share on allotment. DIRECTORS. George Ridsdale, Esq., 1, Euston-square. John - Buckmaster, Esq., 21, Addison-road, Notting-hill. Captain Dampier, 91, Jermyn-street, St. James's, and Edgar House, Bath. George Herbert Clarke, Esq., 13, Addison-road north, Bays- wafer. Captain Frederic Brine, RE., Army and Navy Club, Pall- Joseph Buckmaster, Esq., 2, Addison-terrace, Kensington. Bankers—The Union Bank of London (Charing-cross Branch), 4, Pall-mall east, S. W., and 2, Princes-street, Bank. Auditors—go be appointed by the Shareholders.) Solicitors—Messrs. Prichani and Collette , 57, Lincoln's-inn fields, W.C. Brokers —Messrs _Samuel Hill and Son, 3, Copthall-buildings, • Throgrnorton-street, E.C. Secretary—Mr. T. R. Cornyn. Offices—At the Hotel, Charles-street, Haymarket, S.W., and No. 152, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, E.C. Applicants for shares will be required to pay to the bankers of the Company, or to the Directors, a deposit of 10s. per share on the number of shares applied for ; and in the event of the Directors allotting to the applicant a less number than applied for, the amount paid in will be appropriated towards the deposit cf 42 per Share payable on those al l o tted ; should no allotment be made to the applicant, the money lodged at the bankers will be returned free of deduction. Applications for Shares, Prospectuses, &c., may be made to the secretary, at the Hotel; the solicitors, Messrs. Prichard and Collette, 57, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; to the brokers, Messrs. Samuel Hill and Son, 3, Copthall-buildings, Bank ; or at the temporary offices of the Company, 152, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street. OPERA COLONNADE HOTEL COMPANY. (Limited).—NoncE o rs HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors will proceed to the ALLOTMENT of the SHARES in course of the next few days. THOS. R. COMYN, Sec. THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. Established 1823. DIRECTORS. ROBERT BIDDIJLPH, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROLJTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Rear-Admiral Robert Gor- Henry Barnett, Esq. don, The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. Bouverie, M.P. - George Kettilby Rickards, Edward Charrington, Esq. Esq. • Th o mas Edgar, Esq. Augustus Keppel Stephen- Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, son, Esq. Bart. PHYSICIAN—WiIIiam Emanuel Page, M.D., Oxon, 11, Queen street, May-fair. SURGEON—BenjaMin Travers, Esq., F.R.S., No. 49, Dover street, Piccadilly. SOLICITOR—Henry Young, 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 1,540,000 Claims Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po licies to the extent of 890,000 The last Bonus, declared .n 1854, averaged £67 per Cent, on the Premiums paid, and amounted to Policies in force 7,621 240,000 The Annual Income exceeds In pursuanc: of the ir variable 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 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. 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, a gentleman wrote, station 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 cain no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri ultuedral shows at Birmingham , Cardiff, Sze., the animals which Carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the horses parties good opinion and testimo n y of those who he tried it. All interested in and ca will do well to apply to 77, Newgatestreet, London, for ttle a pamphlet which is sent post-free. FIFTY THOUSAND CURES Have been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense, of Indigestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Hemorrhoids, Hesdarhe, Noises in the Head and Ears, Debility', Desporuieney, orsCrmps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during prrnancy 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; dan is, oreover, tu therns best food for infants and invalids generally, as m it never acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes With a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for, l u nch and dinner, and restores the faculty. of digestion, and nervousand muscular energy to the most enfeebled. .We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. '7l, of dyspep sia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" Dro rnana, Cappoquin, County Waterford. —I have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stu art de Decies." Cure No. 49,8.32. " Fifty years' indescribable a g on y from dyspepsia, ner vousness,• asthma, cough, constipation, fl a t u lency, s asms, P sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Northam Ling, near Digs, Norfblk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. 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 Ure, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. 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 Nb. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consump tion. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt,' Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,timber-merchant, of Prim- Icy, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, ad debilme ity, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves ,lBl, Fleet-street, London." Cure so. 4,203. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness,' debility, with cramps, spasms, and mausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Riddlinoton Rectory, !N or folk." Cure No. 3,9')1. "Thirteen years'co"ugh, indiges tion,. a nd general debility have been removed by Barry's exeedent Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, 11 b. , 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 115. ; 121 b., 225. Euper refined quality. 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. canis ters are 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 many, dyspepsia (bad di,gestion), bile, flatulency, constipation, liver and stomach complaints and all internal disorders ; and the Ointment heals sores, wounds, ulcers, burns, car buncles, chaps, pimples, diseases of the scalp, &c. Both pills and ointment are carefully packed for all climates, at ls. lad., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. London agents : Hannay, 83, Oxford-st. through all Sanger, 153, Oxford-street , and may be Ordered medicine vendors. DU BARRY'S PULMONTC COUGH BON BONS are a woe, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of huriyalled excellence. In boxes-15. lad., 2s. 9d.' 4s. 6d. J. Sanger , 150, Oxford-street, London , and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRHCEAL BON BONS are a n ever -f a iling remedy for English cho lera, bowel complaint, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes-1 s. lad., 2s 4s. 6d. J. Sanger; 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDns RE ANT) INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expee of wet 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 ot ters free of carriage. Ba rr y Du Barry, and Co., 77, Rege street, London. Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys pepsia), habitual Const i p ation, Flatulency, Acidity He , Paladachespita tion of the Heart , To r p idit y of the Liver, bilious , Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, &e. Send 2d. tin -stamps, and you will receive free by Post, a popular Trea tise, .84 pages :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF 7 11 E DEGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, or naedicines of any kind, and without expense, by a simple, ;tenant, and infallible means which 'saves 50 times its cost ' l ' °titer remedies; Adapted to the general reader ug all . 'London . : Ames Glikert,,49, BAUM:Ate:4OW, and through book !:RsoN, rth. teat. Ill' es sold at nge. —s to gy 42s to DIP 40s to 60s 40s to 600 i bad cow r previous nding ur .44s to 46S .41s to 43s .42s to 48 0 .44s to 4 64 .388 to 40s 38s to 42 ,0 .36s to 300 ay, but the Df this daj met a Olt orices Were [ay was last wee. en'or ma lt t Oats nle' „. Odle: 11 qualitiegi her deareb .26s to 3 2 ' 4 40 s to 42 ..445 . to 466 at e sna.- . .ers malrola c d andsother .. 30s to 3 11 ‘ 300 to 321 : 44s to a .—s toy ek's pri ce4 d,' demo full pri g our Was --„( e deelias„," 11 and decline l a t e rate* d. 1.: l e 1 6to 4 ; 0 16 to 0 6 0 to ";1 26 toil 1 3 0 to ,-;‘, :6 0 to 'Av . itca Tvz 3 , 1 iricy 115 EXCeiSiO!! ptP on ef f Eck at .0 !vidence o L of 0 0 t 0 t is and 1 0 r p a sseng e their live Av . 11 0/1 L-, Fis hed W o f th e 28th is hour w il n e r o er sons was wasl iv i of the Or' senger , : ( 1 ;eeraget t ' ail—Pre tie IraP' m i na of n d Sheer , ' ,4 o ns far )." sr feed 0 11 1; saving„, at in-Ipr° re nd gen ee r e n far 10° ,0 new vig°„j horses, [y, and the extra 4 )11 P re.' rf about _. a r at lid' . ema taell' oe, coon, use, rertil. iter. _ft 6 of new' airs, c_lt: legs-si—e#l,o ;hter pat 1 4 If Cath- - to [looter' o f D, Esq.' on. 'lend out, 014'' infan t °. : e d 79 '. .„, Vie tort" ,ews, ok 'VW° v f zej of bOlO7 YOUS G ; NO. 11 0 1 'Countl NEW ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS BOOK, Just published, in One Volume, square crown Bvo. price ISs handsomely bound ; or 265. in morocco, by Hayday, MHE WHITE DOE OF RYLSTONE. By WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. Illustrated by Birket Foster and H. Noel. Humphreys. The landscape subjects drawn and engraved on wood fioin original and authentic Sketches of the Localities mentioned in the Poem. London : Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row. ADVENTURES of MR. WILDERSPIN ON HIS JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE. Illustrated by McConnell. See TOWN TALK, No. 32. Price ld. weekly. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. Sold everywhere. 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 1858, and nomi nations for 1859, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn The Fourth Edition, J ust Published,i3vo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIICEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De-. bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Ilypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medicalreader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble itAre accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter." — Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Banere, 219, Regent-street. LONDON • CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS, OXF9RD-STREET and GREAT PORT •LAND<STREET. , • NOW OPEN—ADMISSION FREE. • M JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.- • LYCEUM THEATRE. _ LIST NIGHT BUT NINE, ending positively on Saturday, Dec. 18. TO-NIGHT, at Eight—:3lst .Appearance of the celebrated Violinist, M. WIENIAWSKI. Vocalist : Madame EVELINA GARCIA. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL MASQUE, on MONDAY, December 13th.. ADELAIDE ROOMS, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND.—EVERY EVENING, at 8. Day Perform ance WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at 3. Immense suc cess of the " Psi de Crinoline." - The Ohio Minstrels, fifteen in number, whose surpassing talent as musicians, vocalists and dancers, is nightly greeted with rapturous applause by crowded and fashionable audiences. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. Pit, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. Schools and Families Half-price. The Nobilities' Soirees attended. Director, M. Schmidt. - _ D R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL M USEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES by Dr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANA TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. - • HONES. AND CUSHING'S GREAT -- UNITED STATES CIRCUS, ROYAL 'ALHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE. The largest Equestrian Company in the World, numbering Two Hundred Men and Horses. ELL'A, the Wender of the Age, will appear at each per formance. The Educated Mules, " Pete and Barney,' in troduced at each entertainment. Among the numerous and (beautiful stud will be found " Black Eagle," the Horse of Beauty. Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. • Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Pri vate Boxes, £2 ; Children under 9,Half-price ; Gallery, 6d. seats may be secured. No'booking fees. Carriages at 4 and 10 o'clock. Two performances daily, at Two and half-pa:t Seven p.m. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO. —These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall, of her Majesty's Theatre. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes, selected from the . Philharmonic Concerts, and Royal Italian Opera Houses. Selections from Rigoletto, II Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and thenew opera Martha. Likewise the following new music, will be played nightly :—" The Lucknow Quadrilles," and " The Fairest Rose elf Autumn," by M. Lamotte, introducing a solo obligato for the Saxephon, played by M. Tyler ; a - New Waltz, by Charles Hall ; Mr. C'alkiu's New Polka, selected from the popular Opera " Guy Mannering ;" and the New Polka, "The victory," by J. 8., with a solo for the cornet-a-piston. Ma nager, R. R. Bignell, assisted by Mr. C. Brown, and Mons. Grenet. Masters of the Ceremonies, Messrs. A. and J. Calkin, Jarvis, and Birch. Doors open at half-past 8, close at 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. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER. MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. BOARD 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 this would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. References to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's Dairy, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 . pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub lished, price, free by post, ls. THE SILENT FRIEND : A Me dical Work - 1 - on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury : with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic : its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price lls, per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves 118. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic 'remedy, for purifying- the system, and is recom mended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price Ils. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of 11s. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex forall cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. and lls. per box. Sold' by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43, King William -street (four doors from L ondon - bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, d Bow clunchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyar ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Ilannay and Dade richsen, Oxio v Oxford-street Strand, and all ; Butler andHa d i medicaln gp r , Chea Harsant, vendors i throughout roand the United Kingdom. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price is., post free, in an Enve l op e, for 13 stamps, ELF-PRESERVATION. — K., on the Functions and Disorders of Debility resulting and on the cure of Nervous and Physical from cal from vicious habits acquired during the critical A t h e e Generative v Treatise S r e y a stem, tise s p on s t a ke e Phy youth to Manhood, with practical observation tions. To which are added remarks on the won of Life withm siology of Marriage in its social, moral, and phy c rzi r c s a o l f re t l h s; Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these Comp a , Life," and its advantages in detecting , b y urinary exartinntas with numerous engravimzs 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 Societ,-, Li centiate of' Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to poin t out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, a o d tegt life, a than,tion and excesses, which have produced more misery alt ouch, n p M erh an a h p, oo s d, and prematur, decay at ll stages any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condi tion, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health happiness, and privileges to which every human being' a 0.. - titled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that those are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid cif scieme cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester square ; Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 1 til and from till 8, at his residence, 37. Bedford-square,l 12, London. Tho work may be had in India. of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta —Messrs. C. and J.Hormusjee,Apollo-street ; Bombay—Circulator Office ; Madras—Mofussilite Office, Agra; Doclitworth, Colombo, Ceylon . and of all Booksellers through out the POlonielli EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY HEREBY GIVE NOTICE That the Transfer Books of the said Com pany will be shut on Monday, the 13th December, 1858, and open again on Tuesday, the 4th January, 18:',9. By order of the Court, GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square, Dec. 3, 1858. R ED SEA AND INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited). 'SECOND CALL of £3, making (with deposit) £8 paid. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a CALL of £3 per Share has been this day made on the Shares of the Company, payable on WEDNESDAY, the 29th inst., at the Publid Draw ing Office of the Bank of England. Interest at the rate of £5 per cent. will be charged on all Calls in arrear. Dated this 3d day of December, 1858. By order of the Board. C. L. PEEL, Secretary. 8, Moorg,ate-street. - - LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN BAIL WAY.—NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that on and after WEDNESDAY NEXT, the Ist December, ALTERA TIONS will be made in the RATES.and FARES for MER CHANDISE, Cattle, and Passenger Traffic between London, Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, Huddersfield, and the intermediate and surrounding towns and places in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Full particulars may be obtained on applies. tion at the Company's Offices and Stations, and also of the Company's Agents, Messrs. Pickford . and Co., Wood-street, Cheapside, and Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, Hambro Wharf, Thames-street. By -order, W. CAWKWELL, General Manager. Euston Station, 29th November, 1858. . - CONTRACT FOR NECESSARIES FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and , Transport Services, Somerset-place, Gth 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 THURSDAY, the 23d inst., at Half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for sup plying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the under-mentioned Articles of Necessaries for the Royal Marines, as shall from time to time be • demanded for 12 Months certain, and afterwards until the expiration of three Months' warnin,o - viz. : TIN MESS CANS, - PIN MESS CAN COVERS, BUTTON BRUSHES, BUTTON STICKS, ORNAMENTS for FORAG ING CAPS, HAND TOWELS, and LINEN BAGS. Patterns of the Articles may be seen at the Royal Marine Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of One and Four, The conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock on the day of Treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words" Ten der for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset place. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1796. IOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE I—) which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks . Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.—J. and C. COCKS, Reading, Sole Manufacturers. WHO WILL PAY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves.. An export duty is to be levied, and then not even the Eastindia Tea Company will be able, as they now are, to sell 611). of Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, at ls. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 10d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. lielen's-church yard, City. DECAYED TEETH and TOOTHACHE.— HOWARD'S ENAMEL for stopping Decayed Teeth, however large the cavity. It is placed in the tooth in a " soft state, without any pressure, or pain, and immediately HARDENS INTO ENAMEL ; It will remain in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the further progress of decay. Sold by all medicine vendors, Price One Shilling. , iBKO LETTS'S DIARIES, ALMANACS, t. 7 &e., adapted to all Callings, Professions, or Trades, in above 100 VARIETIES of Size and form, from 6 pence to 14 shillings each, as well as Descriptive Catalogues, GRATIS, may be obtained at any BOOKSELLER'S in the Kingdom. LETTS and Co., 8, Royal Exchange. _ EPPS'S COCO A.—EPP S, homoeopathic chymist, London.—This excellent preparation originally • pro duced for the use specially of homoeopathic patients having been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the principal grocers.—Each packet is labelled James Epps, homoeopathic chymist, London. APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE LJ SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur ries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safeguard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also ty Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES Mr. Poinsot, the distinguished Member of the Institute, and celebrated for the discovery of the theory of couples in mechanics, has recently solved an important problem, which has baffled the in genuity of mathematicians since the time of New ton. It is well known that the intersections of the terrestrial equator with the ecliptic, called the equinoxes, never occur twice at the same point, but that every year they appear to, recede by about 50.18 seconds. This retrograde motion is called the " precession of the equinoxes." To explain this motion by the theory of universal gravitation be came an important problem at the time when Newton made that great discovery. He himself attempted an explanation of it, but the imperfect state of astronomy at that period deprived him of the advantage of certain data which were indis pensable to arrive at the desired solution. In 1747, Bradley, by a series of la borious observations, patiently continued for the space of :20 years, at length ascertained that the earth's axis had a pecu liar swinging motion, of which no astronomer before him had even suspected "the existence, and this motion he called " nutation." He also proved that this nutation, which causes the axis of the earth to describe in space a sort of fluted cone, having a base of an elliptical form, but modified by certain minute undulations, about 1,400 in number, was closely connected with the motion of preces sion. D'Alembert then took up the problem, and in 1749 published a solution of it, which indeed accounts for the above motions in a general way, but is far from sufficient to explain the cause of those singular undulations which the pole of the earth describes. The delicacy of the question will be easily understood from the fact that within the compass of the earth the axis appears to have no motion at all, and that the phenomenon of nuta tion is only perceptible at an immeasurable dis tance in the heavens. We now come to Mr. Poin sot's admirable solution, founded on his well-known theory of couples. Neglecting all useless consi derations that had embarrassed his predecessors. 'he proves by mathematical calculations, which, considering the difficulty of the problem, have the merit of extraordinary simplicity, that, by the law of gravitation, the earth's axis must describe an oscillation of FOB seconds in virtue of the attrac tion of the sun, and 16.9 seconds in virtue of that c a o s u i r m s a o r f nine i years n and k t e h s r e v e l a ni c c o n n h s of the moon, or abo u t 18 seconds in all, in the i fthet ecro contrary direction. This quantity of 18 seconds all but exactly coincides with the results observation; and of and his determination of the precession exact, since he finds it to be 50.4 seconds. It must be borne in mind that observation great advantage over calculation in astronomy, since it gives facts as they are, while in calculation it is often necessary toreject certain small quanti ties which stand in the way of integration. M. Poinsot also proves a singular fact—viz, that the precession would be the same if the earth, instead of being a solid spheroid, were hollow, or if its mass or volume were changed, provided its momentum of inertia remain the same. Thus all d'Alembert's complicated speculations touching the influence of the sea, the nature of the strata of the earth, &c.. turn out to be useless. M. Poinsot demonstrates various other curious theorems connected with the subject, but which are too abstruse to be men ioned here. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Sore Throat, .Quinsy, Ulcerated Throat, Diphtheria. The sore throat, with more or less hoarseness, prevailing at this season of the year, has for twenty years been treated with the above remedies with a degree of suc cess far surpassing that of any other mode of treatment. The cures have been so remarkable, speedy, and numerous, that it was predicted the now disease, Diphtheria, consisting of small ash-colour ed ulcers in the interior of the throat. attended by fever often fatal, might be arrested by the same means, and such has been the case . This disease in its first stage' seems even more amenable to Holloway's Oint ment and Pills than the simpler forms of inflammatory sore throats, MADMD, DEc. 1. The Queen has just opened the chambers.. Her Majesty spoke as follows : = • " Senors, :Senators, and Deputies—Ll have come with _feelings 9f lively satisfaction to inaugurate your labours. Surrounded by the r6resentativcs of the nation, who at all times have given me the most marked proofs of their affection and loyalty, I am strengthened in the hope that, under the .sha dow of the throne, Spain will enjoy tranquilly the advantages of constitutional governmek; and will attain the power - which once was herS, through the courage and science of her children, her religious, piety, and the wise rule of her monarchs. "'While visiting last summer certain provinces of the monarchy I had occasion to become acquainted with the wants of the country, as with its progress, which is due in great measure to the reforms adopted, with the cooperation of the Cortes, during my reign, I received everywhere proof of the love and respect which Spaniards have ever :niaiiifested towards their monarchs ;' and I recall with delight the enthusiastic marks of adhesion 'to my royal per son. My august Consort and our children were the object of similar demonstrations of loyalty ; and I -only regret - that the - Prince of Asturias could not, by reason of his tender age, fix them in an indelible manner in his heart. I hope that, recounted by me, they will awaken in him the virtues of the magna nimous kings who have preceded him, and that one day he will' correspond to the love of his mother, by devoting himself with zeal to ensure the happiness of the nation which Providence has destined to him. " The Supreme Pontiff continues to give me dis tinguished proofs of his benevolence, and in my lively desire to end the difficulties created by the vicissitudes of the times, I have given instructions to my Ambassador at Rome to arrange with the Holy See in a manner the most conducive to the interests of the Church and the State the solution of all pending questions, " I have the satisfaction to announce to you that our relations with friendly powers are at this mo ment most cordial and sincere. " I have adopted all the means 'compatible with the national dignity to prevent peace being dis turbed 'Between two countries bound by fraternal ties ; but if, contrary to my wishes and hopes, an immediate result is not obtained by pacific negotia tions, I will employ the resources already prepared i n support of my demands, with a vigour and energy equal to the moderation and temperance in the long period of the differences existing with the Government of Mexico. " Some ships of the squadr on , assembled at the Havanuah, are stationed in the river at Tampico, and also in theovaters of the island of Sacrificios, with the object of protecting the interests and the lives of my subjects. • . " The Emperor of Morocco, recognising, as he had now done up to the present, a principle embo died in the treaties concluded with Spain, in virtue of which he has agreed to pay an indemnity for the ship captured by the Moors of the Riff more than two years - ago, I hope that he will continue to satisfy in like manner my demands, that I may no longer be obliged to have recourse to force to ensure. respect to the Spanish flag, and that there will be no repetition of the excesses committed against our fortresses. and our merchant ships by the Moors of the Riff at various periods. " The outrages of which our missionaries were the victims in Asia have obliged me to send, in conjunetion*With . the. Emperor of the French, a military expedition.to Cochin China. The land and sea force. will. not, should the occasion occur, be below the traditions and the memory of the exploits wltich always . distinguish the Spanish soldier when defending the interests And the honour of his coun try and his Sovereign. " The army which, by its courage and discipline, has constantly rendered so many eminent services, became each day more deserving of my Royal bene volence, and of the gratitude of the country ; as also the navy, whose progress gave • me complete satisfaction on my visiting one of our principal maritime establishments. " The condition of the ultramarine provinces con - tinues to be most flourishing. The reform introduced in the administration bymyGovernment give, and will continue to give, on a larger scale, the best re sults that the nation can expect from them. And I feel great pleasure in assuringyou that efficacious measures have been adopted that our neglected pos sessions of the Guif of Guinea may attain the com mercial importance which belongs to them by their geographical position. " My Government, having in view the re-estab lishment of the empire of the law, has relieved the whole country from the state of siege without the profound tranquillity it enjoyed being disturbed. " A provident poli c y w hi c h improves the present without destroying it, which labours to develop sure though slow progress in all the branches of the ad- Ministration, will conciliate the public mind and render possible the co - o p e ration of Spaniards in consolidating the prosperity of the nation, and the sincere .practice of constitutional Governments.. My . p.oyernment will lay before you various projecth of law having for their object the carrying out of this intention. The country has long required a law on the press which shall permit, under the protection of the jury, free. discussion on the public interests, and on the acts of the Ministers, but which shall defend the rights and the prerogatives of the Throne, the of the Cortes, the Catholic re ligion; and the honour of the citizens. " It will , be necessary also to introduce in the laws on municipal corporations (Ayuntatmentos) and provincial co unc il s (Diputacioneo Promnmales) meliorations which shall facilitate the intervention of the people in their own immediate interests with outembarrassing the action of the Government and which shall give them the resources indispensable for their requir emen t s , w ith o ut, however, placing obstacles in the collection of the imposts and re venue of the Treasury. By way of complement to these melioration s , l aws on th e Connell of State, on the Councils General, and Departmental Govern ments will be sub m itt e d t o y ou with the view of re gulating the admi n i s t ra ti on , facilitating its action, and giving to publi c an d p r ivate interests more se curity in their conduct and their justice. " The estimates for 1859 will be immediately laid before you without any new imposts. The revenue and the public taxes will suffice to meet the ordi nary expenditure of administration. Other wants for which these do not suffice require special mea sures which my Government will submit to you. And with these means, carrying out their general plan of progress and melioration, they will provide for the repairs of the churches, for public works, materiel for the army and navy, and the penal and charitable establishments. _ " The sale of the communal property and that of other civil corporations being still carried on, new bases will be proposed to you for redeeming the long leases (Emphyteoses) and for the better invest ment of the proceed of the said sales. " A harvest, if not abundant, at least more favour able than for the last few years, offers an occasion to establish regulations for the importation of grain, and for reconciling the interests of agriculture with those of commerce, so as to secure the subsis tence of the poorer classes. Countries which are indebted to nature for a soil sa fertile as that of Spain ought not to abandon the food of their populations to the uncertain speculations of trade, but rather aid the power of production by facilitating irrigation and removing the obstacles which, in the mortgage system and in the condi tibns of credit, oppose the developments of prosppe• rity. Projects of law on this head will in due time be laid before you, in harmony with the pro gress of agriculture, economy, and social require ments. " The chief obstacle in the way of our arrricul ,tl3___ tare is the want of internal communication to equalise production and consumption in different provinces. With the impulse given to the con struction of railroads by certain companies, with tranquillity in the country, and the assistance of the Treasury, the day is at hand when the nation will enjoy the advantages of rapid communication. The Governmmt will propose to you measures for the formation of the most important lines, and for connecting them with a system of ordinary roads over all the productive points of our terri tory. "Projects of law on mines, &c., will also be sub mitted to you. " You will also have to occupy yourselves with other grave and numerous affairs, but they will not be above your strength or your patriotism. " By examining with attention the projects that will be laid before you, and by aiding to re-establish among the Spanish people unity of sentiments — the source, one day, of their greatness and their glory—God will bless our labours ; and f for myself, I shall obtain that which my heart desires most — the wealth, the power, and the prosperity of the s_,anish nation." The usual routine business having been disposed of,' the following report, which was agieed to unanimously, was read : An additional year having been added, on the 30th of September last, to the financial history of the Conservative Land Society, it becomes the pleasing duty of the Executive Committee to fur nish their Sixth Balance Sheet and Annual Ab stract of Accounts. It will not have escaped the attention of the shareholders, that the operations:of the past year commenced under an extraordinary pressure on the money market, which, towards the close of the first quarter, increased to the extent of a general commercial panic, the terrible shock of which shook the fabric of speculation to the very centre. In the second quarter . the value of money sensibly declined, and for the last, half-year has been, at a very low rate. The blow given to credit and confidence was, bowever- so severe, that no re turn of animation and vitality in enterprise has been-as yet exhibited. Notwithstanding the abun dance of money, and -the -low-discounts, there has been no reaction in the appetite for legitimate ad venture. Joint-Stock Companies aid -Limited Lia bilities Companies of all kinds, have more or -less experienced the effects of languor and inactivity. I Land Societies must be classed as safe investments, inasmuch as a substantial security is ready at all times for the acceptance of investors, by taking plots of land. The Executive Committee felt that it would be more expedient and prudent to make no purchases during the year, to rely partly on the allotment, of such estates as were on hand, and to depend mainly on the Reserve Fund for any de ficiency of income over outlay. In order to carry out this policy, the current year's expenditure was reduced so effectively, that the amount actually appropriated from the Reserve Fund has been se cured entirely from the interest that has accrued thereon, leaving the present amount £8,097 3s. Bd., an excess of nearly £3OO over its original figure. In announcing that the cash receipts for the year were £46,393 7s. 2d., bringing up the total receipts in six years to upwards of £312,000, whilst the total withdrawals for the same period only reach about £68,000, and the total sale of land is more than £219,000, the committee feel that they arc entitled to entertain confidence in the stability and security of the society, the more especially as in the actual quarter an extended field of business has been entered upon. It will depend entirely on the ex tent of support given by the public at large, whe ther as shareholders or merely as depositors, to render the society totally independent of its land operations at periods when it may be politic not to increase the stock of land on hand. The new system was set forth in the last quarterly report ; and it is a satisfaction for the committee to record that from every part of the country expressions of confidence in its future successful working have been cordially expressed. Five per cent. interest having been paid up to Sept. 30, 1858, to the holders of com pleted shares and shares paid a year in advance,the same amount of interest will be placed as bonus in the pass-books to the creditors of the holders of un completed shares existing in the society and are not in arrear on the 7th of December, 1858, in respect of which shares plots on estates have not been taken. The subjoined tabular statement shows the total cash receipts of four quarters for the, year ending 30th September, 1858, and the grand - totals since the formation of the Conservative Land society : Total Subscrip: Shares Shares tionsSees,loau Quarter ending in Com- Total. re - mments, progres. pleted. sundries,from estates, &c. . £ s. d. Dec. 25,1857 - • 91 37 128 9,50.3 17 4 March 25,1858 122 137 259 13,922 11 2 June 25,1858 Sept. 30, 18.58 Totals for the year 452 314 766 46,393 7 9 Totals to Sept. 30, 1857 11,338 2,278 13,616 312,557 8 5 G rand totals toSept. 30, 1858 The Winchester estate was offered on the 29th .of April, and the sale , of the Prestwich estate, Manchester, was commerait on the 24th of June.' These were the only allotments of the year, the committee not deeming the time opportune to pre sent, through the order of right, the remaining portions of the Brighton and Tunbridge Wells estates. As regards the sale of land on the Win chester estate in North Hants, there is every reason to be satisfied, and the future disposal of the whole may be returned as a certainty, such is the un doubted eligibility of the site. Building, in fact, has already begun, and the subscriptions for the new church on the estate are progressing well, the noble examples of the bishop of the diocese and the Rev. Canon Carus having, it may be safely asserted, Secured the erection of sacred edifice. The donation of £3,000 by the rev. canon cannot be passed over in this report without a tribute of admiration, _ The committee receive the - assurances from gentle men of local knowledge, that after the completion, on the Prestwich estate, of the roads and drains, the admirable position of the land for building purposes will secure a favourable result. • The Board has little to report as to the other estates, many of which, however, have latterly ex hibited signs of advance as regards the covering of the land by villas and houses. The consecration of St. John's Church on the Tunbridge Wells by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the sth of January last, must lead to the development of that fine pro perty, and the promptitude with which the edifice was erected is likely to be imitated on the Maid stone estate. The breaking down of builders on the Brighton estate is one of the apparently inevi• table episodes of speculation, in that yearly rising and popular watering place • but as the want of houses is on the increase, the Round Hill estate, the salubrity of which is one of its most attractive features, must have its turn sooner or later. The renewal of the works for the railroad between Wor cester and Hereford, will lead, no doubt, to the in creasing attraction of the picturesque Malvern Hills, and the estate of the society on the western side of the range will ultimately prove of undoubted value to the fortunate allottees. The committee regret that the Commissioners of Woods and Forests have not yet evinced any token of yielding to public opinion, by granting facilities of landing on the Surrey side of the railroad bridge at St. Margaret's. It is lamentable that the progress of such a magni ficent estate should be impeded by a miserable ques tion of a ferry right. There are numerous persons most anxious to build if they can but have the privilege of crossing the river by a proposed foot passage to the ex isting bridge, but although the City Corporation and the South-Western Railway have displayed every readiness to assist the holders of the land at St. Margaret's, the Woods and Forests still insist on an indemnity for a ferry toll, of which the legality is extremely doubtful, as applied to the locality required for the landing. The committee, in reference to the promotion of building on estates, cannot too strongly reiterate their advice to allottees, to attend to the cultivation of their plots, whilst waiting for offers of ground rent, or for an eligible opportunity to build. Every shilling laid out for gardening purposes must im prove the land for the ultimate purpose it is intended for, namely, the creation of a villa or house. There are many holders of land who are successfully fol lowing up the system, and are thus realising some interest for the investment. Another suggestion the committee would throw out to allottees is, to look at least to the keeping up of their boundary pegs, if they do not go to the extent (which would be still more advisable) of erecting fences under the conditions of sale. It has been remarked that some of the loudest who cry out against the poverty-stricken appearance of the land are those who pay the least attention to its develop ment. • Combination amongst allottees ought not to cease with the division an estate—on the con trary it ought to continue, for the realisation must essentially depend on the carrying out of the mutual principle in building as well as that in the acquisi tion of the land. The committee will cordially co operate in these combinations of allottees, so far as the rules of the society will permit. There was one public meeting held this year, namely, at Winchester, on the 21st of April, prior to the :allotment of the estate. The ordinary quarterly meetings of the society were held at the offices in Norfolk-street on the 13th of April, the 13th of July, and the sth of October. The auditors elected at the last meeting, on behalf of the society, were Messrs. Harding and Ritchie, and the Rev. Mr. Goodchild and Mr. Winstanley, on the part of the board. On the 18th and 19th of November last, the four auditors met and verified the vouchers I and accounts and signed the balance sheet. The valuable services of J. W. Huddleston, Esq., haying been lost to the board, on his nomination as Queen's Counsel, the Hon. and Rev. W. C. Talbot was elected by the committee, who have just had • to regret . the loss of the late T. Booker Blakemore, Esq., one of the respected members of the county of •Het eford. The following members of the Executive Com mittee retire from office by rotation, but are eligible, for re-election, namely :—Borlase Hill Adams, Esq., the Earl of Bective; M.P., Hon. Robert Bourke, T. Knox Holmes, Esq., Viscount Ingestre, M.P., and Newham Winstanley, Esq., who offer them selves for re-election. • The contradictory decisions of the revising bar risters this year S have again defied all calculations as to the value of the land conferring a 40s. free • hold, notwithstanding the clear judgment obtained by the Society in the Court of Common Pleas. Although, in the aggregate, the society's claims have been allowed, yet some of the allottees on the Brighton, Reading, and Malden estates, have been struck off The lists. The inconsistop.cy of the de cisions of the revising barristers will not, it is hoped, escape the attention of the Legislature next session. The right of appeal from the Regis tration Court to a. higher court should not be left to the sole discretion of the presiding barrister. It ,Was at the termination of protracted meetings; after a most rigid and searching inquiry into the past transactions; in order to determine the future course of operations, the executive committee came to the conclusion that the Conservative Land Society possessed the essentials of durability, quite independently Of its original political position, and that <by .careful and,conscientious management in the formation of a new business, by due exertions of the members, and by the activity of the general committee and provincial agents, increased social advantages might be conferred on all classes of the community. The past year has been to the board one of the most anxious periods of the society's career, inasmuch as after the disappearance of two wars, and the cessation of an unparalleled commer cial crisis, disturbing • causes sufficient to account for the utter stagnation in the building, trades, the committee naturally anticipated that the cheapness of money would have resuscitated the industrial interests. The contrary has been the case, and the period arrived when the committee found that it was necessary not to rely exclusively on the yearly sale of land, as an exclusive source of profit. The new prospectus issued last quarter has been the result of longand anxious deliberations, and the reduction of guaran teed interest from 5 to 4 per cent. per annum, from the 30th of September last, in completed shares, and shares paid a year in ad advance, was the natural and inevitable result of the variation in the value of money. For the faci litating of business, and on grounds both of expe ' dieney and economy, it became imperative to con , centrate the legal and surveying business at the Isame offices where the ordinary share enrolment of members and the selling of land took place. At Christmas the centralisation will be carried out, and the beneficial results, it is hoped, will appear in next year's balance-sheet. It was in the July report that the acquisition of the Weymouth estate, to go through the society's allotment system, was announced. The plan is in preparation, and in the sprinr , it is proposed to offer the first portion through the order of rights. In addition to this valuable property, it was, after the late quarterly meeting, the executive com mittee in full confidence ud a favourable oppor tunity only was wanting to carry out the society's main principle, the buying and selling of land, purchased the Roehampton estate, the property of the Earl of Bessborough, and the residence of the late Mr. Roberts, the banker. This estate is a very large investment, but it is one the great value of which, for the interests of the society, there has been 'but one opinion, as no estate hitherto offered has presented such a variety of modes in which it can be turned to a profitable account; and if even tually divided, presents building frontages to Rich mond-Park and Putney Heath of the highest at traction. The completion of the purchase only waits the le3ult of those legal inquiriea which the society, for the protection of allottees, so carefully institutes ;* the committee in this report have to congratulate the shareholders on this most :valuable acquisition. In conclusion, the executive committee cannot but offer their congratulations to the members, on the improved prospects of the society at this period, over those which existed et the last annual report, and by energetic and economical management, they entertain every expectation to turn to profitable account the capital already invested, and the future money which may be -invested in the Conservative Land Society, relying fully on the confidence and support extended to them in previous years by the shareholders. (Signed) RANELAGH, Chairman. (Countersigned) C. L. GRITNEISEN, Sec. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand. London, Dec. 7th, 1858. After 50 numbers had been drawn from the wheel, and 25 added by seniority, for rights of choice on the society's estates, the proceedings ter minated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. TEN YEARS AGO. It would be hard to imagine anything more en tirely different from the state of things which all the signs of the times prognosticated in 1848 than the state of things which we now witness in Europe. Almost every expeCtation which the wisest man might then have fairly entertained has been utterly falsified. The events of that time have led to any results but those we look for, and the actors have:any parts but those they promised us. Smith O'Brien has been round the world; has come home somewhat sadder, and we feel sure much wiser, and now makes almost as strange a figure upon the po litical state as if he were a man of another genera tion. Thomas Francis Meagher, from the brilliant orator and whilome candidate for Parliament, with a gorgeous future before him, has dwindled into a lecturer on Costa Rica, with appropriate illustra tions, and editor of a local Irish newspaper. John Mitchel, when last seen, was the frantic defender of the rights of the poor labourer, of the liberties of the " mere caste" against the Anglo-Sazon caste. To-day he devotes his life to preach ing the transportation and perpetual en slavement of a race weaker, more helpless, and more persecuted than even the Irish Celt. Louis Napoleon is no more seen on the shady side of Bond strett, in seedy habiliments, or sneaking into the grand dining-room at St. James'. A thousand guards turn out and a thousand drums roll as he passes along the streets of the gayest capital in the world, the sovereign of one of the most powerful of empires. The Pope is back in Rome, and is safer there than ever he was since he assumed the triple crown—is disgusted with political reform, but deeply inte rested in infant Jews. Charles Albert is dead ; the Austrians are back in Lombardy ; Radetski and Haynau, the great men of 1848, are no more ; Kos suth is earning an honest and a painful living for himself and his family in Upper Gower-street, Lon. don ; Georgey is making experiments in chemistry; Ledru Rollin muses over the decline of England at Brompton ; Louis Blanc seeks new material in the British Museum ; Lamartine is getting up subscriptions, not for the regeneration of na tions, but for his own support. Gavan Duffy is a leading politician at the antipodes. The repeal of the Union is never heard of in Ireland, and, in short, everything and everybody has disappointed everybody else. All the despotisms of the world are to all outward appearance a great deal more firmly rooted than ever they were. The cause of constitutional monarchy has gained Piedmont, but it has lost France, and no gains can compensate for such a loss, and the men who served it most faith fully are either, like Guizot,living in close retirement, or are, like Montalembert, pursued by the police. Nowhere has the change been more marked than in Ireland,where SmithO'Brien has been gently stirring the ashes of the old fire of agitation. Since 1848 she sent a third of her population over here. Over 100,000,000 dols. worth of her real estate has changed hands. Since the Elizabethan and Cromwellian con fiscations, no such revolution in property has ever taken place. Title-deeds which were given by Black Tom Wentworth, and still blacker Irousides, and have ever since been untouched in the same strong boxes, have crumbled before the hamm er o f th e Encumbered Estates Court. Mortgages and char ges and liens which 150 years of riotou s living have been piling up to crush the unhappy peasantry into the dust have been swept away at one blow. The most gratifying feature in the change is that of the £93,000,000 worth of estates which have been so ld, £20,000,000 have been bou g ht by Irishmen, and only about one-third by Englishmen or Scotchmen. This is all that that great year of trading, writing, beseeching, speeching, and fighting—ever me morable, sad, ridiculous 1848—has bequeathed Eu rope. Would it not be as well, under all the circum stances, tolet it sleep in its grave? To talk over it, as Mr. O'Brien is doing, can only serve to dis hearten the most sanguine patriot or philanthropist Europe can produce. The lesson the past teaches most strongly is the folly of being over-confident. —New York 7'inzoi, Any defence of so important a department of the liberty of the ;press as the right to criticise foreign Governments is happily a work of super erorration. Liberty , of thought and speech is the very , air which an Englishman breathes from his birth ; he could not understand living in another atmosphere. Nor when you once allow this liberty , can you restrict the range of. its subjects. The principle must have free exercise, or it dies. There is no medium. It would he fatal to say, Discuss home matters, but not foreign ones." A press so confined Weald lack the inspiration of that universal sympathy which is necessFy to sustain its spirit. Every issue of an English journal speaks to the whole world ; that is its strength ; it lives by its universality ; that idea imparts conscious power, . elevates the tone and braces the will of this great invigorates the statement, points the epithet, and na il s the argument, It could not speak.with half the power it does on aimestic sub jects if it could not speak of foreign ;_ it could not fly with its wings clipp e d ; it would not be the whole which it is ; it would cease to be an epitome of the- world its voice would grow fainter and fainter, and this life under an interdict would not be worth having. We need not say that the Montalembert trial and the proteSts which it has raised from the Eng lish press in part suggest these remarks. But we are also reminded of this subject by the recent news from Belgium. Whoever doubts the great importance of foreign criticism as an element in the press and an integral part of its very life should take warning by the fate of the Belgian press. This crippled state which we have been lust de scribing has been, in fact, the state of the Belgian press ever since the Conference of Paris. The fierce reclamations of the French Government, in which that Conference basely acquiesced, frightened the Belgian press into complete silence upon French affairs. It has been for more than two years warned . , off a particular portion,and that from circumstances a most critical portion, of European ground ; and now see the result. A press shackled in its subject matter is, as a next step, loaded with penalties. It has ceased to be a foreign critic ; it is now no longer an efficient home one. The laws upon the press are to be sharpened, there is to be a two years' - additional impriscnment for offences of the press, and, what Belgiumilaas not known before, a surveil lance of police is to follow. What is the reason for all this ? Has the Belgian press shown a revolutionary spirit ? Quite the contrary. No press trial of any importance h as occurred for a long time. The reason simply is, that it is a crippled press, that a crippled press cannot defend itself, and that what cannot defend itself is sure to suffer. A confined press, shut out from European events, is a lifeless, soulless press, —a press which .nobody cares for ; it is ripe for suppression. We call attention the more readily to this sub ject because we are aware that there are circles in this country to which the news of anything befall ing the press is very far from being wholly pain ful news. It is utterly impossible to prevent side currents of reaction in a country. Ono would have imagined that the mighty watchword of " the Liberty of the Press" would have disarmed, at least in this country, not only speech but thought; that disaffection to it would be unknown; but no great popular institution will ever exist without opposition in some quarters, and the more esta blished it is the more criticism it will proveke. There are minds of a critical, fatleidious type, that are almost sure to take exception to any esta blished order of _things in which they live, especially if it brings out the roughnesses and crudities of the human material at all prominently. A free press, it is admitted, does this pre-eminently —it is the erect of it as a whole which constitutes its triumph • the actual working of it is full of jars and discords ; a great many toes are trodden on ; people have to hear things said about them which they by no means like; and your fine gentleman is often a good deal ruffled, and says to his finer inner self " Really, really, this is very unpleasant." Our Parliament is another rough institution which breeds considerable awkwardness and collisions. When these gentlemen get together they form small spheres of mor e or less reactionary thought. It becomes fashionable and a mark of esoteric pro gress to criticise popular institutions ; " they are coarse, vulgar, unmanageable ; they `produce an enormous waste of time and temper, wheel clashes with wheel, scheme fights scheme, there is too much talking and shmiting—great cry and little wool." An effective foreign despotism presents itself in anything but a disagreeable aspect to minds thus warped by over-criticism. These are the evils with which they are brought into contact ; they easily bring themselves to feel a kind of spite at patriotic watchwords ; they are provoked at finding the main current so: dead against them ; the more everybody else likes these institutions the more they are resolved to be cold and fastidious about them ; they hate a crowd ; they like smooth ways. A well-administered foreign despotism, then, that avoided blunders, did everything quietly and. snuglyi- Aan44.--eceatit'•eppeq• - te touvres and Cher , bourgs restored without a single public meeting er one debate, would have considerable charm for these minds ; it would, in fact, be their beau ideal. So long as there are different types of mind in the world, so long it will be impossible to prevent these fastidious, splenetic side-currents of reaction, in such a country as ours. It is the very tendency of everything established, whatever it may be, to provoke contradiction ; you cannot prove ever so known a truthbut the very circumstance that others believe it will be the great charm and the motive to some for disbelieving it: Then, when a small circle is formed, the sympathy of secret brother hood arises, the feeling that you are right and all the world is wrong. This spirit of contradiction will attack established popular institutions, just as it will attack common maxims and received principles in all departments. The mistake is when persons who find their way accidentally into these sets think that there is a real, bona fide, reaction in the intellect of the country. There is nothing of the sort. These side-protests are part of the law of established truths ; they attend the development of right principles as certainly as the shadow attends upon the light. The main national current of thought goes steadily on, the institutions continue to develope upon their own. basis, the liberty of the press is as strong as ever,eer representative government is as st rong as everything national is as strong as ever, and these secret protests and recalcitrations only show the firmness Of the basis on which all these institu tions rest; but they should be at the same time mementoes to us not to lose sight of the defence of them.— Times. THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF TRADE. The Board of Trade has just issued the state ment of Trade and Navigation for the year 1857, and although its general results have been already anticipated by the publication of the " Statistical Abstract," yet its appearance will be very welcome to those who desire to examine more closely into the progress made in the several branches of the home and foreign trade of the kingdom. There are, however, some new tables introduced into the volume this year whichrender it more than ordinarily interesting, we allude to the accounts of trade at the principal ports in each division of the kingdom, which possesses a local as well as a gene ral interest. These new tables are full of information, and some of the facts they bring to light will probably astonish the greater part of our readers. Not every one knows that the value of British produce and. manufactures exported from the port of Liverpool alone amounts as nearly as possible to one-half of the total exports from England and Wales, double that from London, and to considerably more than the entire exports from some of the European nations, no wonder then, that Liverpool is a great and. flourishing city But let us glance at the tables in order, and first with regard to the import account. As Liverpool occupies the .chief position as a port of exportation, so London holds the first rank as a port of impor tation, the greater bulk of the duty-paying ar ticles being entered there. In the year 1857 no less a sum than upwards of eleven millions ster ling, or exactly half of the total receipts, was re ceived in the port of London from custom duties. Neit to London, Liverpool takes her st an d, and. then Bristol, HB, &c., but we have no space to refer to the several trades of each port, or to the particular trades at particular ports, as the cotton and silk trades at Liverpool and Southampton for example ; a brief inspection of the tables, however, will make the whole matter clear to the most un lettered. in statistics. As we have stated above with reference to the British export trade, Liverpool absorbs the greatest shares ; then London, Hull, Newcastle, and South ampton. It is a curious fact that the value of the direct exports from the whole of the Scotch ports amount to little more than half that from the port of Hull alone, while the whole of the direct trade from Irish ports (little more than a quarter of a million sterling) is less than double the amount of the exports from Goole. The other accounts relating to the exports of foreign and colonial produce, and the gross receipts` of customs duties at each of the ports in the king— dom, possess considerable interest for all persons; connected with trade. The continuation of thee whole series of tables from year to year, in addition to being most useful to merchants, will be of great service to all companies and. persom engaged in tha, formation of the means p trnsit both by land an& by sea, • T'