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MR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA TO-NIGHT at 8, and TWICE TO-MORROW, at 3 and'B. LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND -STREET. NOV 7 OPEN-ADMISSION FREE. 01110 MINSTRELS and the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ADELAIDE ROOMS, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND. NINE ENTERTAINMENTS, Grand Day Performance Monday at Two o'clock, Wednesday and Saturday at Three, and eve? " ' evening at Eight o'clock. The Company, as ; /.et, comprises Fifteen talented Vocalists, Musicians, and Comedians First performance of a burlesque burletta " The lmn Y Man." Manager, M. Prices : SCHM IIs, IDT Sta 3s. ; . Boxes, 25.; Pit, is. ; Gai- ety, 6d.-- I) R• RAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay toarket). • Open daily'(for Gentlemen only). p.,LECTURES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and Q. n ir' e resting topics in connection with ANATOMY, PRY- I'IOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vi e Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. Rrt RAIN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO- A uthor, nt h .""r I IY OF ARRIA wGE, &elve c., sent stamps. post free, direct from the receipt of t OWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS, 110YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE. 'rhe lamest Equestrian Company in the World, numbering iv° Hundred Men and Horses. Mr. Rarey's celebrated Horse Cruizer at each performance. T he Nichol° Family (from New York). ELLA, the Wender t 1 the World—" Black Eagle," the Horse of Beauty—and Ile Educated Mules, "Pete and Barney," appear at each Performance. vat, is ; Boxes, 25.; Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Pri -noxes, 42 ; Children under 9,Half-price ; Gallery, 6 d. eats may be securd. No booking fees. IN vo performances daily, at Two and half-past Seven In preparation, a Comic Pantomime for the Holidays. ARGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These popular and celebrated rooms are open every t h e n, mg, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by H e a , ' great Comp, Mons. Anton Lamotte, of Paris. ader, Charles all. oser Mons. Boulcourt, y the celebrated cornet a Piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, i l l oglienots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. te anaer, R. Bh.rnell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ;minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. 13a1.13. —All applications for the above band for Concerts and Is to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limitad). (Under subsidy from the Indian Government.) t ,The Transfer Books of the Company will be dosed from u e 2 1st to the 31st of December, and the Interest Warrants y!ill be payable by Messrs. WILLIAMS, DEACON and CO., pZ bankers to the Company, on and after the Ist of January, The whole of the shares in the Company having now "'m allotted, no further applications for shares can be re ethrtd. By Order, JOHN MATHEWSON, Secretary. Billiter-street, 17th Dec., 1858. oUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. — CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. The Trains on CHRISTMAS DAY will run the same as on jiMIDAYS, with the addition of LATE TRAINS, which will e London at 12 midnight, for all Stations upon the Windsor, Richmond, and Loop Lines, and at 11.45 p.m. for all Stations Ham be tween London and pton Court. The ORDINARY DOUBLE JOURNEY TICKETS be tween all Stations issued on Friday, 24th December, or sub 4,e,Mut das, will be avalable for e Return Journey up to 4 esr laY, 2 8 t h December, i inclusive. th Return Tickets between Mon and Salisbury, Dorchester, Weymouth, and Reading, Will be available to re t urn u p t o Wednesday, inclusive. , I :he CHEAP RETURN TICKETS, at little more than " , n,sr,le Fare, issued on Saturday, 25th, and Sunday, 26th, De from London to all Stations below Woking, and to Zindsor, will be available to Return up to the following PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. T homson Baring, Esq., M.P. I William George Prescott, Esq. 4,lo msonHankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Accumulated Fund upwards of 1105,000. 3 tutual Life Assurance for all classes. Persons assuring prior to the 31st December will secure an additional year's bonus at the next division. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Sec. 15, 3toorgate-street,E.C., London, Dec. 1, 1858. THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New BrielE,re-street, London. Established 1823. DIRECTORS. ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Rear-Admiral Robert Gor „,rY Barnett, Esq. don. 411 e Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. Bouverie, M.P. George Kettilby Rickards, Edward Charrington, Esq. Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Augustus Keppel Stephen- Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, son, Esq. Bart. AIID7 John Rowell, Esq. P eary Roberts, Esq. Emanue (TORS. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. Richard Taylor, Esq. 1 Page, M.D., Okon, 11, Queen- street, May-fair. S Urcorox—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.C.S., N 0.49, Dover street, Piccadilly. SoLicrron—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. AcruAnY—dames John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. Mutual Assurance. The lowestTates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of £1,695,000 • purity , 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 Policies in force 7,621 The Annifal Income exceeds In pursuance of the invariable practice of this Society, in the event of the Death of the Life Assured within the 15 days "r itva.oe,4lAelieuewal Premium remaining unpaid, the Claim lytti be admitted subject to the pa• letif of such Premium. 890,000 -- 4. The next Division of Profits wil l mac in 1850. 111 be 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, 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 cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, Arc., 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 A•reat 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, Hysteria, 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 111 U BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and is, moreover, the best rood for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. 71, of dyspep sia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" Pro- Cappoquin, County Waterford.—l 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. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Digs, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121.' Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazin,g Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extrem e ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No 48,314. 3liss 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. 30,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer , of consumption. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister; of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. ,Tames Roberts,timber-merchant, of Fzim 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 by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Beeves,lBl, Fleet-street, London." 'Cure So. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, 'spasms. and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Rev. John W. Plavell, 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. ocl. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. . • 121 b., 225. Super refined quality. 1 01 b., 33 5. 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 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 packed for all climates, at is. 2s. 9c1., and 4s. 6d. London agents : Hannay, 03, Oxford-st. ; Sanger, 153, Oxford-street, and may be ordered through all Medicine vendors. DU BARRY'S PULMONTC COUGH BON BONS are a nice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled excellence. In boxes-Is. 14(1., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150 , Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRIT(EAL BON BONS are a never-failing remedy for English cholera, bowel complaint, diarrhoea, dysentery, arc., !cc. In boxes—ls. 14d., 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 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 canis ters free of carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent street, Len don. Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys pepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita tion of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d. in stamps, and you will receive free by Post, a popular Trea tise, 64 pages : THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, or medicines of anyridnd, and without expense, by a simple , pleasant; and infallible means which 'eaves 50 times its cost I n other remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London : Ames QUbert,:49, Paternoster - row, and through allbook silent ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 195 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatcmical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub- Hshed price, free by post, ls. THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from t'ie effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious c iisequences from the use of Mercury : with observations on Vie 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 lls. 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 ils. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex for all 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 London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND . --- 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 vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from syicoulogthytoofM3arnahrooriagd,ewiitnh iptsrascocticiaall, o m bs o e r rv aL at a i n o d ns p o h n ysi t ca lie l P re h l y a - - t 3 i t o ic n r s o . s Jpoewinhircehveaarelinagdtdheedhridemdeanrkmsyosnterithees i, wonders ofLff of th e o t fne l e e n c d a i u t s s e a a d n v d a n e t r e e e g e t s o i f n e v d e e r y t ec v t a i n r i g e , t y b oyfurinarye e m x p a l m a i i n n t a s : ti 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, Sze., dm. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in all stages outh, degradation in Manhood, and prematur, decay at of life, than, perhaps, 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 is en titled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there 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 of selente 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, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. — ills work may be had In India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. 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Being Extracts from the Letters of Major W. S. R. HODSON, Commandant of Hodson's Horse; in cluding a Personal Narrative of the Siege of Delhi and Cap ture of the King. Edited by his brother, the Rev. GEORGE 11. HODSON, KA., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. THE AUTHOR OF "VATHEK." MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM BECKFORD, . , :pF FONTH ILL,. Author of " VATHEk." Two Vols., with fine Portrait, 21s, Thin work contains authentic information, derived in every case from individuals personally acquainted with Mr. Beck ford. Charles J. Skeet, 10, King William-street, Charing-cross. Just published, THE REPORT of the BRITISH COLLEGE 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. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss. W post free, ss. 6d. - ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of Wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Qenemtive system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. - 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-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other cqually flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor. has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the' scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease •of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon thedsontents 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. 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 1858, and nomi nations for 1859, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn B ANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. _3, PALL MALL EAST; LONDON. 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Private rooms for large or small parties may be engaged on application to fh. ouperintendent. Dy JAMES GORTON, guperintendent 27th November, 1858. WHO WILL PAY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves. An export duty is to be levied, and then not even the East India Tea Company will be able, as they now are, to sell 61b. of Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, at is. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 10d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, City. GEORGE HOBSON respectfully calls ' the attention of Gentlemen to his West of England woo dyed Black Cloth Dress and Frock Coats; £2 18s. to Three Guineas • Black Dress Trowsers, £ 1 55 . A Choic e S election of Waist eoating. Overcoats, in all the new Beaver Cloths, Two-and-a-half to Three ' Guineas ; the Inverness Cape, price 335. A large stock of Winter TrOWSCrillgO, price 215. to 255. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established '1796. 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 -I'ark. For a young man coming to London for the first time t':is would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. References to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Fright's Dairy, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. / ~ ~~ 1 ~ }` ~• r V..~ 1.~. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1858. THE OPERA COLONNADE HOTEL COMPANY (Liniited). :Charles-street, Haymarket (late Feuillade's), London, S.W. Capital, £25,000, in 5,000 shares of ..£5 each. Deposit 10s. per Share on application, and £2 per share on allotment. The alterations and furnishing are being proceeded with, and the Hotel Will be opened in February. Applications for the remaining Shares, Prospectuses, &c., may be made, for a Limited Period, to the secretary, at the Hotel ; the solicitors, Messrs. Prichard and Collette, 57, Lin coln's-inn-fields, W.C. ; to the brokers, Messrs. Samuel Hill and Son, 3, Copthall-buildings, Bank, E.C. • or at the tem porary offices of the Company, 152, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street. • T. R. COMYN, Secretary. N • OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by Indenture, dated the 30th day of November, 1858, FREDERICK SANDERS, of 19, St. Geor - r,c's-place, Hyde park Corner, in the county of Middlesex, laceman, assigned all his estate and effects (except leaseholds at rack rent) to RICHARD DAVID HOLLAND, of 17, Duke-street, Blooms bury, in the said county of Middlesex, builder, and HENRY ROBINSON, of No. 12, Watling-street, in the city of Lon don, warehouseman, upon certain trusts for the benefit of the Creditors of the said Frederick Sanders. And that the said Indenture was duly executed by the said Frederick Sanders and Richard David Holland on the date thereof, and by the said Henry Robinson on the first day of December instant, and that the due execution of the said Indentnre by all the said parties was witnessed by James Macgregor, of No. 10, Sise-lane, in the said city of London, attorney-at-law. Dated this twenty-third day of December, 1858. JAMES MACGREGOR, 10, Sise-lane, London, Solicitor for the Trustees. he was obliged to thi eaten his wife to come away from the place after he had done it. The female said she had nothing to do . ,with it, and asked her husband not to rob M rs . Hubbard, who had been so kind to them, but he would, and she afterwards gave up the things which were the produce of the robbery. The male prisoner pleaded guilty. Upon the direction of the - Court the wife was acquitted. It was then proved that the husband had had .12 months for- uttering base coin and six months for fraud. He was now sentenced to penal servitude for three years. Two women of the town, notorious characters in the vicinity of Broadway, Westminster, were brought up to be dealt with as incorrigible rogues under the Vagrant Act, after previous convictions, for using beastly and o b scene language in the pub. lie streets. The court deemed the case proved against each, and sentenced them to nine months' hard labour. racks to their quitting the same, agreeably to the preceding instructions ; but the Barrack-master will quarterly, at the period of transmitting his ac counts, furnish a statement of the sums of money he has received from the troops for damages to the buildings at the half-billet stations under his charge, certified, on declaration before a magistrate, that such sums have been paid to the proprietors after the premises have been made good, or as the case may be. " 15. The money paid for losses or damages of stores at these stations must be included in the marching-out return, because such money is actually on the public account, and is retained as such by the Barrack-master. " 16. Should there be a Barrack-sergeant upon the spot, the Barrack-master will leave in his charge a supply of sheets adequate to one exchange; but, if not, he is authorised to place the same in charge of the officer or non-commissioned officer of the party, bearing the number of sheets so left upon the inventory; and hewill make such local arrange ments for the washing as circumstances may point out to be best for the service. " 17. The commuted allowance for coals, candles, and straw at these half billet stations will be paid by the War-office on accounts being rendered by the commanding-officers and the Barrack-masters direct to the Accountant-General, War-office, Pall mall, London, S W., agreeably to Form No. 4. "18. Barrack-masters are cautioned to pay the strictest attention the present regulations, as they may be assured no excuses will be accepted for any departure from them, orjfrom the instructions con tained in her Majesty's warrant. " 19. The allowance of half billet money is as follows :—For each field officer, 10s. 6d. per week ; for each captain, Bs. per week ; for each subaltern, 6s. per week; for each sergeant,".6d.; for each cor poral, drummer, or private, 3d." LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 22. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir P. W. Wood.) WEBSTER V. LAURI. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Swinburne moved, on behalf of Mr. Benjamin Webster, the proprietor of the Adelphi Theatre, for an injunction to restrain the defe,ndant and his wife from performing as Harlequin and Columbine, or in any other parts, at the Lyceum Theatre, during the 'forthcoming pantomime sea son, on the ground that they hail been engaged by the plaintiff for his Christmas pantomime in Au gust last, and that the contract was binding and concluded between them. On the 27th of October last the plaintiff received a letter from the male defendant, to say that not having seen him upon the day appointed " to settle his Christmas engage ment," or heard from the plaintiff since, and there being a doubt whether he would produce a panto mime, he (the defendant) had been induced to ac cept an engagement at the Lyieum. To this letter the plaintiff at - once replied, that he should hold the defendant, by every legal means, to the fulfil ment of his engagement. Mr. Daniel, on behalf of the defendants, was not called on. _ _ The Vice-Chancellor declined granting the in junction. The engagement was not actually con cluded, and was evidently in treaty only up to October last, for on the 15th of that month the de fendant wrote to the plaintiff stating that, before going to Manchester, he wished to have his Christ mas engagement finally settled, being anxious to have some guarantee that his services would be accepted, and to know when they were to commence. A meeting took place with Mr. Webster, and an appointment was arranged for a certain day at the . Adelphi. There was no reason to doubt the de fendant's statement that he went to the theatre at the time appointed and waited three hours and a half without seeing the plaintiff. If not up to that time engaged he had a perfect right to withdraw and accept an engagement at the Lyceum. If Mr. Webster had finally accepted the engagement in August the case would have been different ; but upon the, evidence there was nothing conclusive— nothing to bind that gentleman down to the defen dant. The motion must, therefore, be refused. Costs, to be costs in the cause. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoRK, DEC. 21. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.) MANSLAUGHTER AT SEA. George Wate, a captain, was charged with having killed George Scott on the high seas. The only witness called was George Wiseman, who in cross examination contradicted himself so strangely that the judge was induced to request the jury to dis charge the prisoner, inasmuch as there was no case whatever against him. This concluded the business of the assizes. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—READING, Dec. 22. (Before Mr. Justice Erie.) MURDER OF A CHILD.-SENTENCE OF DEATH. Mary Newell, aged 22, having the appearance of a clean country servant, was indicted for the wil ful murder of her illegitimate child, at Reading, on the 10th of August last, Mr. 0. Griffiths conducted the case for the pro secution; and Mr. Cripps defended the prisoner. In August trot tvru then who were fishing in the Thames, near Reading, found the body of a male child about three months old. Photographic like nesses of the child were taken, and one of them was seen by the governor of the Henley Union Workhouse, who recognised it as that of the child of the prisoner, who a few days before had left the workhouse. The prisoner was traced, and ulti mately made a statement to the effect that the deceased was the child of a man at Reading, and that having in vain applied to him to support it, she had been driven in her desperation to throw it into the river. Tho jury found the prisoner guilty, but recom mended her to mercy. The learned judge then passed sentence of death, adding that the jury's recommendation should be forwarded to the proper quarter. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. Dec. 21. (Before Mr. Pashley, Q.C., Assistant-Judge, at Westminster.) Mary - Ann Jones, 27, a married woman, was indicted for stealing a gold ring, value 10s. 6d., the property of Henry George Howley. Mr. Langley prosecuted ; the prisoner was de fended by Mr. Sleigh. The prisoner was found guilty, and the Court sen tenced her to six months' hard labour. Her husband subsequently applied to the Court for permission to see her, on the ground that he wanted to consult her as to what he should do with two children she had left him with, besides an infant she had with her. The officer of the House of Correction, Coldbath fields, in order to prevent the Court granting the request, informed the Assistant-Judge, who usually complies with Such applications, that the husband had himself been in prison. The Assistant-Judge directed that the applicant should see his wife on such an important subject as to what should be done with their children. It did not matter that the man had himself been in prison on a former occasion. Let him see her. The Court OWeeniade a general order that under ordinary circumstances the immediate friends of prisoners, their parents, a brother or sister, a wife or husband, as the case might be (in some instances the permission has been given to parties not mar ried, but standing in the relation of married per sons), should see them before they were sent away, but in almost ever3-instance of an application being made for the order, the Coldbath-fields officer inter poses to prevent it being granted, a thing never attempted by any of the officers of either of the other prisons of the county who attend the court. William Thomas Samuel and George Soper were indicted for an assanit upon James Bentley, an offi cer of the sheriff of this county, in a matter of dis puted possession of premises, 64, Charlwood-street, Pimlico. They pleaded guilty, and were ordered to enter into recognisances to appear for judgment when called upon. Mr. Sleigh was for the prosecution ; Mr. Ribton for the defendants. John Wright, 55, was indicted with Ann, his wife, 47, who surrendered, for stealing 11 sovereigns, the money of Charles Hubbard. Eliza Hubbard stated that she was the wife of an omnibus conductor, and. lived at No. 1, Church street, Pimlico. She had 11 sovereigns in a small box, which was kept in a chest. The prisoners were in her room on the Ist of December, and it appeared got a knowledge of where the little hoard was kept. On the following Friday she was very unwell, and the female prisoner volunteered to ac company her to the doctor, and locked the door and put the key in her pocket. Wh en s h e got back, after an absence of about an hour, the male prisoner was there, and opened the door, after his wife had knocked three times. They went up ' stairs ' and the female prisoner seemed to open the room door with the key. After remaining half an hour they, went, at her request, to procure some leeches, but did not return, and on the following Sunday morning she found that the chest had been turned up, the bottom taken out with a chisel, and the money gone. The prisoners had been very badly off, and she had given them food on several occasions. She gave informatisn to the police, and the prisoners were apprehended in Short's-gardens, Drury-larye. The policeman in the case said the female told him she knew all about it, and gave him up 255., and some things which had been bought with part of the money. The husband said he admitted the charge, it Was 'too clear against him, but his wife k new nothing of it he did it through distress, and THE BILLETING SYSTEM. The Secretary of State for War having ordered a revision of the regulations for the government of the temporary quarters in Great Britain and Ire land, termed " half-billet stations," to meet the requirements of the War Department as at present constituted, the following revised regulations were yesterday transmitted to the. officers com manding and the Barrack-masters throughout the United Kingdom, signed by the Under-Secretary of State, Sir B. Hawes. The forms referred to in the regulations are omitted, as being purely of offi cial importance " 1. The premises shall in the first instance be selected and hired by the military. Where the troops are not stationed in a military district the necessary orders will be given in Great Britain by the Quartermaster-General. In all other cases the premises are to be engaged under orders from the general or other officer commanding the district, and on the terms of half-billet money, the officer previously requiring the proprietors to answer the questions in form letter A annexed. Theproprietors to receive the alloWa.nce from the date inclusive of the removal of the troops and barrack stores. " 2. This rent, or half-billet money, will be paid to the proprietors, not by the military officers, but under the orders of the Secretary of State for War on accounts to be rendered as hereafter shown. " 3. In order that the proprietor may receive the rent as soon as possible after it shall have become due, the Barrack-master will, at the expiration of each quarter, transmit to the office of the Account ant-General, War-office, Pall-mall, London, an ac count, agreeably to the form annexed, No. 1, show ing the rent then due, calculated at the rates there. in stated. _ " 4. An account, in the same form, is likewise to be transmitted immediately after the troops shall have left the station, the allowance being calculated at the authorised rates from the date ofthe last pay ment, to the date inclusive of the stores being re moved. " 5. For the purpose of checking these claims, the barrack-master will transmit to the office of the ac countant-general a return, agreeably to form No. 2 annexed, showing the strength of the detachment for which payment is to be made, and which is to be signed by the officer in command of the detachment, the Barrack-master, and the proprietor of the pre mises, or some one duly authorised on his behalf. This return, is to be transmitted at the marching in and marching out of each detachment, and at every fluctuation of numbers. The Barrack-master to ex plain to the proprietors that their signatures to those returns are required for facilitating the pay ments, and to prevent any misunderstanding as to the amount of rent to be paid. "6. When these half-billet stations are taken in the manner described in paragraph 1, the fact is to be duly communicated in each case, with the name of the barrack to which it is nearest, through the Quartermaster-General's Department, to the Secre tary of State for War, for his guidance in ordering the supplies, informing him of the number of offi eers, non-commissioned officers, men, and horses for which it is calculated the premises will afford ac commodation, and the period (if possible) for which the premises will be required. The Secretary of State for War will then give the necessary direc tions for the supply of barrack furniture required, previously placing the house and furniture under the charge of the Barrack-master most convenient to the station-(of which the Quartermaster-Gene ral's Department is to be informed), and the Bar rack-master will thenceforward regulate all pro ceedings in the same manner as if the troops were in permanent barracks. " 7. The Barrack-master appointed to the charge, or, in his unavoidable absence in consequence of leave or indisposition, his appointed representative or barrack sergeant, is to be present when the house is first occupied, and when it is vacated. . . - - " 8. The commanding officer of the regiment or detachment furnishing the party placed at the half billet station will, upon orders being received by him for the removal or exchange of the party there stationed, give immediate notice to the Barrack master under whose charge the half billet station is placed, that he may forthwith attend to take up the barrack and equipments in strict conformity with the 7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th clauses of her Ma• jestv's warrant for the ..regulation of barracks, by which those stations are in all respects to be go verned as if established barracks. _ _ "9. Shouldthe removal of the troops be so sudden that the attendance of the Barrack-master or Bar rack-sergeant cannot be obtained, a non-commis sioned officer, or in the event of the strength of the party not allowing one to be left behind, a steady man should remain to deliver up the furniture, &c., with the inventory of which the Barrack-master has a duplicate; both reciprocally signed by himself and the commanding officer. The Barrack-master will, on ascertaining from the General officer command ing that the station is not likely to be again occu pied within a short period, and without waiting for a specific order, immediately cause the stores to be removed to his headquarters, reporting by next post to the Director of Stores the expense attending such removal for his sanction, in order that an authority may be given for passing the charge. " 10. The Barrack -masters will regularly once a-month visit every half billet station placed under their charge, and an inspection of the building and stores, in strict conformity w ith her Majesty's regulation ; transmitti ng to the several departments concerned the forms prescribed by the instructions to Barrack-masters, dated Oct. 1, 1838, showing the result of such examination. ,4 11. At these inspections all repairs required to stores are to be reported to the Director of Stores ; and such wanton damag es as may appear, after making all due allowance for wear and tear, are to be charged to the troops, and immediately paid for by them, pursuant to the concluding part of the 7th clause of her Majesty's warrant and the general order, home stations, dated March 30, 1840. " If at these inspections the state of the equipment be such as to demand either a total or partial exchange from the store of the permanent barrack, the Barrack-master will apply to the Director of Stores for authority to incur the expense attendant on such exchange, which will be forth with granted upon the sum being stated, and satis factory evidence given of the necessity for incurring the same. 13. As the premises are selected and hired by the military, copies of the agreement annexed (Form B) will be furnished in duplicate from the department of the Quartermaster-General, one to be sent to the Secretary of State for War, and the other to be left with the officer or non-commissioned officer is command of the detachment, whose duty it will be to see that the premises are kept in a proper state by the proprietor, who will have to ma ke good all repairs resulting from fair wear and tear. On the other hand, all wilful damages done to the premises by the troops will be carefully noticed by the Barrack -master, and pointed out by him to the commanding officer at the time of the inspection. The expense will be levied upon the detachment in the same manner as laid down in the 11th article of these regulations. " 14. If the detachment, on being removed, be not replaced by other troops, and the station be altogether given up, then the full amount of the damages to building received from the troops shall be paid by the Barrack-master to the proprietor as compensation ; but if the station is to be retained, then the amount of the damages shall be applied by the proprietor to make good the repairs required —the Barrack -master, however, not pa yi ng the sum so received from the troops till the work has actually been performed. ' " Thus there will be neither charge nor credit to the public for these repairs, and in fact no money paid by the War-office, except for rent, and the commuted allowance in lieu of fuel, candles, and straw. " The sums paid by the troops for damages to buildings at the half-billet stations must not, therefore, be included in the total amount set forth in the marching-out return as having been paid by the regiment to the Barrack master from the period of their lint arrival in bar- MR. MONCREIFF, M.P., AT LEITH. Mr. Monereiff, M.P. for the Leith district of burghs, addressed his constituents in the Council Chamber, Leith, on Monday afternoon. The Pro vost of Leith presided. Mr. MONCREIFF, after some preliminary remarks, adverted to Lord Palmerston's defeat on the Con spiracy Bill, and his going out of office, .and to the ungenerous, unfounded, and ungrateful criticisms, as he considered them, that had been made of his administration after his downfall by . many of those who were attracted towards him in the days of his prosperity. I think of Lord Pal merston, in 1858, he said, exactly as I thought of him, and the country thought of him, in 1857. I know no respect in which his character or his claims on public confidence have altered since then. I think Lord Palmerston was a great, a vigorous, a patriotic, an indefatigable minister. I think he has laid this country under obligations that they will never forget, and I believe that when the history of this century comes to be written the three years of his administration will stand out as among the most brilliant in the annals of the reign of Queen Victoria. (Cheers..) We have been told that Lord Palmerston lost the confidence of the Liberal party because he truckled to France. On the Conspiracy Bill, no doubt, there was fair room for difference of opinion, but when I am told that the minister lost the confidence of the Liberal- party because he truckled to France,l think his whole life is a sufficient refutation to such an accusation as that. I think that, recollecting through how many storms he had piloted the ship of the State ; recollecting that from the French Revolution , in 1830, through all the European convulsions that have taken place, it was his strong arm that kept us safe ; re collecting that not only had he surmounted the difficulties of the Crimean war, but after peace had been concluded he, with a firm and unrelenting grasp, tied France, reluctant as she was, to the letter and spirit of the treaty—(cheers)—consider ing that these things were not a year old at the time that this event happened,l say that to tellsme Lord Palmerston, whose name was and is through out Europe the terror of the tyrant and the hope of the oppressed, lost the confidence of the Liberal party because he truckled to France, is a charge that bears refutation on the face of it. (Loud cheers, and slight hissing.) But we are told that he did not carry out in his Government liberal mea sures, and in particular that he did not carry out Reform. Well, I must say that remark comes very ill from gentlemen who did all they could to pre vent his doing so, from those who defeated him in 1857 and sent him to the country upon the Can ton business, and who, before the session of 1858 was three weeks old, again defeated him and turned him out of office. Is it very consistent in them to say--We turned you out of office in 1858 because you did not bring in a Reform Bill, and you could not bring in a Reform Bill because we turned you out of office P Why, Lord Palmerston never had the opportunity of bringing in a Reform Bill. He promised to do so, and you may depend upon it—for he is not in the habit of forfeiting his pledges—if he had remained in office that pledge would have been fulfilled, and_it is not for those who prevented the possibility of his fulfilling it to doubt its fulfilment. Gentlemen, it was Lord Pal ' merston's praise that, taking the helm of affairs in the darkest hour which Britain had seen since the revolutionary war was terminated on the field of Wa terloo, he left his country in a state of repose, both as regards foreign and home politics, so profound that there was not one single question of import ance or one single danger looming in 'the distance which caused the pulse of the nation to beat one throb higher. So far am I from sympathising in the observations which have been made against Lord Palmerston, that I fairly own I consider the downfall of his Government as a great national misfortune. (Laughter.) Not that I think it neces sarily a national misfortune for the Whigs to go out of office, and possibly if that had been all it might not have been a matter for us to lament over, because the cool breezes of the Opposition benches are often very salutary to health. Mr. Moncrieff proceeded to state three reasons for regretting the downfall of Lord Palmerston :—First, that narrow majorities had been the great weakness of every Government in this country since 1835, and that Lord Palmerston's majority, had the party adhered to him, was larger than any Minister had had since the time of Lord Grey, and that majority gave Par liament the opportunity of dealing with social, sanitary, educational, and other questions that. had been knocking fruitlessly at the door of Parliament for many years past; second, that the accession of a weak Government , had shaken to pieces one of the most sacred principles of the constitution— , namely, Ministerial responsibility—a principle altogether lost sight of when they found a Go vernment sitting with its hands folded, asking what measures they would be allowed to pass. and even passing measures which they had before stated that as Christians and men of conscience they must oppose to the end of their political life; and, thirdly, the breaking up of the Liberal party—an evil which he hoped would yet-turn to good, and that when Parliament met again in February the events that had taken place since Lord Palmerston's Government went out of office wouldonly have had the effect of cementing more closely together those who were really at one as to the opinions they en tertained. After adverting in indignant terms to the manner in which Lord Canning had been treated in reference to the Oude Proclamation, and making some remarks on the Scotch bills of the session, Mr. Moncrieff took up the subject of Reform, and asked what leader they were to be called on to follow in this matter. Is it, he asked, the Derby Government ? I think it very likely Lord Derby will propose a Reform Bill, but if I am asked to follow Lord Derby as my leader in Reform I must plainly say I can have no confidence in the party that he leads on any such question, for if there is one distinctive feature of that party more than another it is this, that they believe the democratic element was carried too far in 1832, and I cannot see how they can c onscientiously believe that carry ing it further will be of advantage, unless they shall come to be of opinion that an extension of the franchise would probably increase their own strength. That may be, and I admit the difficulties Lord Derby's Government are in. They cannot carry out their Conservative notions, forthe country has outgrown them, and they cannot be looked upon as leaders of the Liberal party, or followed with confidence on the question of Reform. Well, then, am I to swear allegiance to the new philosophy— (laughter)—that philosophy that was propounded the other day at Birmingham, which was diluted at Manchester, which was, discarded at Edinburgh ? (Cries of "No," loud cheers, and hisses.) lam not prepared to do anything of the kind. lam not pre pared, so far as I understand its tenets—and I tried to comprehend them—to follow them. I am not prepared to introduce the ballot from France ; I am not prepared to introduce electoral districts and Parliamentary representation from America ; I am not prepared to embark on any crusade of jealousy against the aristocracy and the House of Lords. (Hear, and cheers.) lam not prepared to think the House of Commons a pack of ingenious political swindlers, who have no ob- I jeet but injustice, and no motive but the love of t- 4.4(. e 4,4 kot , 0:111 • .V 4t - • r 6‘ traiy ‘ :AAA* 4. 1 4 ) 6 A I •t. \ " * ."6, ' • f') ' ja 4 •A • ,! , • ONSki .- A •'• o ' , ~,4 6411.11.1, 6?fk,-N . t i 1 1 - a, --a- PIE C_2 H trt hi , .' . ; 4. '.. 411 4"17' .. 1 :' ;' , 2 , + PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD, perpetrating it. (Cheers.) I am not prepared to hold the governing classes—that is to say, you and me—the constituencies of this country, as parties who have only one object to serve, and that is to grind the face of the working man, and to transfer to his shoulders the taxes which we ought to bear ourselves. In fact, Ido not feel, any more than Manchester itself, perfect confidence in the Man chester party. Ido not deny there is a great deal of ability among the few men who constitute the loaders, and, indeed, I may say the bulk of that party. They are men who laid this country under very great obligation at one time, and I am far indeed from saying that they have not done good service to the State ; but I think they exhibit some qualities which prevent them from being safe leaders in this matter; and I do not think they understand either the constitution of the country or the feelings of the people. lam not going to say anything unhandsome of Mr. Bright. I have a very unfeigned admiration of him ; I rejoice, like every one who has heard him in the House of Com mons, at his restored health; I admire the energy and courage of the man; and I admire his oratory, always fervid, and sometimes in its pure, clear, undiluted Saxon reaching in its fervour to the border of genius. Far be it from me to say any thing_disparat;:ing of Mr. Bright; I freely admit that even in his faults, which are on the surface, and so glaring that no man can fail to see them ; then even while preaching toleration, as he does, with so much intolerance; even while he is so uncharitable in his charity, and promulgates peace and amity to all men with such a defiant and bel ligerent spirit; even with - all that, I say there is a freshness and pungency about it that affects and excites not unpleasantly the more combative prin ciples of our nature, and certainly is not with• out its own attraction. (Cheers.) And . iherefore I am not :all disposed to say anything un handsome of Mr. Bright, but I entirely doubt his wisdom as a leader in this matter. I think he is about the most unsafe guide that it would be pos sibte for the people to follow, and I do not think I could have a better illustration -of it than the wonderful change that has come over his views since he first promulgated his creed at Birming ham down to the time we had the last edition of it at Edinburgh. (Cheers, and some disapprobation.) The real defect of Mr. Bright's propositions ap pears to me to be this—that he has no knowledge of any of the parts of the political machine under which we live, and which we are now proposing to reform. He lives under it and tolerates it, but it is plain enough that his principles point in another direction. He is always pointing to America ; I suppose he sees that in America there are not the same difficulties which he imagines lie in the way of political reform, in consequence of the House of Lords and the aristocracy at home ; but he omits one element which no statesman can fail to ob r serve—for to apply to an old, small, and bounded country the same principles that may be found to act without mischief in a new, large, and boundless country is one of the, greatest, solecisms and mis takes which a practical statesman can make. There is one thimg that has often struck me in regard to America. I have often been told—for I never was there—that what really constitutes the aristocracy in America do not much meddle - with politics, and that the politicians there are not the upper and more wealthy classes. Now, I can conceive no state of things more dangerous than that to old established institutions. Mr. Bright, when he talks of the aristocracy, forgets entirely that one of the strongest pillars ofthe State is this, that the greatest distinction to which a man can reach in this country is distinction in the field of polities. The noble and the wealthy, refusing their years the needful hours of rest, labour on in the House of Commons from morning till night, and even from night till morning, during the cold of spring and during the heat of the summer solstice, and day after day you will find them returning to a task which yields them no remuneration except the feel ing that they are doing their duty to their country in their day , and generation. Long may it be so, and I would do nothing to imperil that state of things. So long as it lasts the British constitution will flourish ; but my reading of history is very far wrong if I am not right in saying this,—Woe be to Britain when her nobles become indifferent to her political government, and when we find the reins of power no longer sought after as the noblest object of their ambition. (Cheers.) Mr. Mon creiff then proceeded at length to state his views on the reform question, and expressed himself favourable to a £5 borough and £lO county fran chise. He twitted Mr. Bright with having advo cated household suffrage and then c mning to a rating franchise, and with now proposing a £lO occu pany for the counties, whereas in 1852, when Lord John Russell introduced his bill, he had denounced the proposal to make a different franchise in the lounties from that in the boroughs as " too ab surd to admit of argument." He, however. re minded him of what Benedict said, " That when he said he would die a bachelor, he did not think he would live to be married ;" so Mr. Bright, when he spoke of a £lO county franchise as too absurd to be proposed, did not think he would live to un dertake to bring in a Reform Bill, giving practical expression to the absurdity. But he (Mr. Moncreiff) only alluded to this to show Mr. Bright's strong dogmatism. That he was earnest and honest he flid not doubt, and he was never more earnest or more honest than when he held there was no man earnest or honest but himself. (Laughter.) In re ference to the proposed freehold or property fran chise of 40s. for Scotland, Mr. Monereiff made various objections to it, and in particular to the giving votes in the county to borough two-pounders which might outnumber the proper constituency of the county. As regards the ballot he would not have it at any price, and felt persuaded that if the ballot box were introduced among our free institu tions, public opinion and public spirit, which were the very essence of every free government, might find their grave in it. Questions on various unimportant points were put to Mr. Monerieff; and several electors expressed their views as to Mr. Moncrieff's remarks. Mr. W. G. CASSELS complained that bitter things had been said by Mr. Monerieff against Mr. Bright, and in reference to the £lO occupancy franchise for the counties vindicated his consistency against Mr. Moncrieff's remarks by relating a conversation that had taken place between him and that gentle man, in which Mr. Bright had said—" Why, Cas sels, the fact is that that is a point which we have not yet thoroughly considered, but I assure you we have no wish to keep it at £lO in the counties. The jump from £5O down to £lO is a very great one, but in our resolution we intend to put it that it shall be at least reduced to £lO, leaving it open to discussion how low we shall go." In reply to Mr. BROADFOOT, Mr. MONCREIFF said he should regret if ship owners, because of a transitory depression in their trade, should hazard the great principles of free trade ; and that if the principle of reciprocity must be given effect to, he should acquiesce in it with the greatest possible regret. A vote of thanks was tendered to the Provost for presiding, and to Mr. Monerieff for his address ; and the meeting separated. [ADVERTISEMENT.I SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC TICLES.—POWERPUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albermarle-Street, riccadilly. Observe— opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show dis tinctly a person to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others; they are also pre ferred for deer-stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Telescopes 31 inches long, by which a per son may be clearly seen and known at 3f miles' and an object at 12 to 14 miles distance; and with an extra astro nomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moons, with rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They answer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game keepers, and tourists. Price Ms.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by statingtheirage. Deafness. —New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church a n d a t p u bli c assemblies ; the unplea sant sensation of si ng i ng no i ses i n the ears is entirely re moved, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-- 1 -39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Rotel, W; ' • //2 \PER 'R 41 ) 1IS' 1 k SUBMA RINE TT LEG . \- 7 • , •.- .--0•4--,$.= --, 0 ,-..• ......;7 ic,i_LV lr .t.<7; • -!, - ", 4 .., A short time since and but one grek*We?` .r stile ocean telegraphy occupied the attentie*kiiiiiiOl, lie. Now, however, encouraged apparly epin c .. - oi by the failure of the Atlantic cable, there are at least eight or ten fresh plans put forth, exclusive of that which is about to.open up telegraphic com munication with India, via the Red- Sea. Some of the ideas are crude and visionary in the extreme, though, nevertheless, they seem well supported ; while others, on the contrary, are not alone feasible, but so necessary that we trust they may eventually be carried out to successful completion. Such a (me is that of the new Great Ocean Telegraph Company; which has been established for the purpose of con , necting Great Britain with America by means of Mr. Allan's admirable system of submarine wires. The primary object is, of course, to establish a direct communication between London and New York by a line from the Land's-end to Halifax, the chief naval station. of British North America, as well as the inlet to all the telegraphic lines of com munication, not only of the Canadas, but of the United States generally. Hereaft er the company intimate that a branch line may be carried by Ber muda to Jamaica, and thence by connecting lines to the other West India Islands, the Central Statei of America, and the Brazils. By this independent route, starting from the Laud's-end, the cost of an average message between London and Halifax will not exceed 305., as it avoids all the delays and heavy charges consequent on forming working agreements with other companies. The sea route proposed is also a very good one, though on the average deeper than that across which the Atlantic cable has been laid, and,. we fear we may now say, lost as well. This increased depth of water would most undoubt edly be a considerable disadvantage to any company not working with cables constructed on Mr. Allan's system ; but, with these cables, the_ deeper the water the safer they are, for their mechanical and physical attributes, combining aithey do the maxi mum of conducting power and strength with the minimum of weight and specific gravity, render their safe sumuergence in the greatest depths a very simple mechanical operation. The chief advantages of Mr. Allan's system of submarine ropes consists in making them of the utmost lightness consistent with their strength— in doing away entirely with the outside covering of spiral wires and making the core or conductor of the cable its main strength. The weight per mile of the line proposed, from Land's-end to Halifax, is only 10 cwt., while its specific gravity is as low as 1.35 —just sufficient to ensure its sinking very slowly: without any strain upon the rope while being paid out from the ship. The mode of its construction is one large solid copper wire, or conductor, wound round closely with fine iron wire. This is enclosed in three very thick coats of gutta, percha, the whole being bound round With strands of tarred string. We should certainlysuggest that the idea of having a solid copper conductor be altered for one of the same dia meter, but composed of a number of very fine wires twisted into a single strand. By this plan the chances of a flaw or break occurring to them all at the same place are so reduced as to render such an accident all but impossible. The outside covering of tarred string is also quite unnecessary, and while giving no strength Worth speaking of, adds. most materi ally to the cost per mile. With ,such slight modi fications as these the cable will be light enough and strong enough to fulfil all the duties which the most sanguine in the new company can expect of it. Throughout we have always had a most favour able opinion of Mr. Allan's system of submarine ropes, and this journal was the first to point out the folly and utter inefficiency of the old system, under which the most ponderous iron coils were made year after year on what may be literally termed self-destructive principles, and, of course, were almost every one lost in the process of sub merging. The remarks which we made now nearly two years since with reference to heavy wire covered cables, and (specially upon the Atlantic cable, which was then being made, have been so fully verified by the event that we may be excused quoting them on this occasion :—" The many failures of the submarine cables as hitherto constructed are so notorious that it may be safely predicted it will be found almost impossible to connect Europe with America by means of submarine cables con structed on the principles of those now in use. Their great weight renders the carriage of them difficult, and the laying of them impossible, with out constant risk to the integrity of the conduc • tors. For long distances they are deficient in conducting power, while from their peculiar conformation they are self-destructive in being sub merged to great depths. We do not mean to say ' that the present Atlantic telegraph cannot suc ceed, but the chances are much against it, and it is, certain that before it has been down twelve months it will, like others similarly constructed, be perfectly useless."—The Times, April 8, 1857. The enunciation of these opinions at once drew forth angry contradictions from all interested in main taining the old system of heavy ropes, yet what has been the result ? 'Not two years have elapsed since then, and already the idea of a heavy cable for deep water is scouted even by the great manufacturers, who are now all directing their attention to pro ducing ropes of the very lightest kind consistent with their strength, and already the plan of a heavy easing of outside spiral wires is being modified in such manner as shows the day to be not far distant when that mechanical absurdity will be given up altogether. To Mr. Allan, however, belongs the merit of having been the first to see these evils and provide a practical remedy for them in ropes made on an entirely different system. Messrs. Glass and Elliot are preparing a rope which it is said will be lighter in weight and stronger than any submarine cable ever yet constructed. It is not wished at present to make public the detail or principle of its manufacture, but the reputation of this eminent firm is a sufficient guarantee that the r ope, however made, is sure at least to be one of the best of Its kind. Mr. Henley, who has just completed and ' shipped off the great Australian cable, has also per fected a submarine cable, which is as light and strong as any really good rope is ever likely to be. Its principle of construction is entirely new. The conductor has twice the conducting power of the old Atlantic cable, and is formed after the usual plan of seven copper wires twisted into one strand. The insulation is secured by two thick coats of gutta percha, served round with greased and tarred hemp. The last covering is formed of 18 strands, each strand being composed of three No. 19 fine wires and four tarred strings. The result of this curious Mixture of tar and twine is to give to each strand the same strength as if it were all made of wire with only half the weight. The lowest strain the whole cable breaks at is gua ranteed at four tons, though in fact it has never been broken under five. The total weight is 15 cwt. per mile, and only 7 cwt. in water. The advantages of such a submarine rope are too obvious to renuire pointing out, especially as its cost is calculated at only LlO .0 per mile. It is, we presume to meet the demand of the new ocean telegraph companies now rising up in all directions that such an unusual number and variety , of good ropes are being every where manufactured. Fortunate will the company be which gets the best, but a great deal of good capital has yet to be lost ere this valuable secret will be finally ascertained.—Times. DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT TORQUA E A most lamentable accident happened at Tor quay on Tuesday morning. A wall some forty feet in height, which supported a cliff, the summit of which was being converted into a vegetable gar den, fell in upon the kitchen apartments of Nos. 2, 3, and 4, Beacon-terrace, reducing that part of the premises to ruins, and burying beneath the debris those who were sleeping in the bedrooms, namely, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner, the occupants of No. 2 ; Mr. and Mrs. Hellier, the tenants of No. 3 ; and Mr. and Mrs. Hambling, who resided in No. 4. The accident occurred shortly before one o'clockin the morning. Several neighbours, awakened by the fearful crash, hastened to the spot, and having pro cured assistance, made an energetic endea vour t o rescue those who were placed in such imminent danger. This was no easy task, it that within an but so zealously hdoidurthafetey after apply the themselves accident_ occurred their labours had o ended. Melancholy indeed was the reward of those engaged in sear c h ing f or Mr. and Mrs. Hambling. Their mangled bodi es t oo plainly proved that the most diligent exertions could not have saved their lives. They were so fearfully crushed and muti lated that death must have been instantaneous. At the adjoining house, No. 3, a more cheering result attended the kind offices of the neighbours. Mr. and Mrs. Hellier were discovered and rescued in time, we hope, to save life, although the injuries they received are of such a dangerous character that their condieon is a very precarious one. Mr. Hellier sustained a fractured thigh, a compound fracture of the leg, and serious internal hurts ; Mrs. Hellier's collar-bone was broken and her body dreadfully bruised. At No. 2 the results were not so serious, for, although with considerable difficulty rescued, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner were not so seriously injured as to justify unfavourable apprehensions respecting their recovery. There were other occu pants of the back bedrooms of No. 2—a governess, a little girl, and two servants ; but these fortunately escaped. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Rambling - await the coroner's inquest. The property be longs to Mr. Jacob Harvey. 0 -7 - _ = s to the the s ~~ ' 4 4