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[PRIOE 4 D. STAMPED 5D.] PUBLICATIONS. H.R.H. THE PRINCESS ROYAL. EXIIIRMON AT THE FRENCH GALLERY, 121, PALL MALL. IVFESSRS. COLNAGHI beg to announce that by permission of her Maiesty, the Picture of H R H. Vic toria Princess Royal, Princess Frederic William of Prussia, by Winterhalter, I.; now on view for a few days.—Admission to the Gallery, is. each Person. THE BRIDESMAIDS AT THE MARRIAGE. EXHIBITION AT THE FRENCH GALLERY, 121, PALL-MALL. MESSRS. COLNAGHI hf•g Co 2nnoun:•e that by permiss on of her Majesty, the Photngraph c Coloured picture, the property of her Majesty, of "The ftri eumilds at the Marriage of H.R. TT. the Princess R , yal." taken by Caldesl and Mon tecehl, is now on view for a few days. Admittance to the Gallery, Is. owl person. H.I.M. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. EXETRITION AT TES FRENCH GALLERY, 121, PALL-MILL, MESSRS. COLNAGHI beg to announce that by permissinn of TT LM. the l'inperor Napoleon HI., the Great Picture, by Winterhalter, of "The Empress Eugenie. sur rounded by the Ladies of her Court," is now on view. —Admittance to the Gallery, Is. each Person. CIHRISTrq MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, TWOMUNDREn and TWENTY-SETENT El ENT rET k IN. MENT.—Many Patrons ~ f the Christy's haying been unable to gain admission owing to the limited numbers of .4 - tails, they have now introdaced an extra row, which will afford more comforts to their numerous patrons.—Evening at 8, and on qaturday morning, commencing at 3. Prices —boxes, 11. lc; Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2e. ; Back, Is. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL, LAST WEEK—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Wednesday and Saturday Afternoons at 3, and Every Evening (except Satur day) at 8. 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BIRKENEIN:AD, CHESHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant. to Orders of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Kingsford v. Ball," with the approbation of the Vice• Chancellor, Si , John Stuart, the Judge to whose Court the said cause is attaaed, by Mr. Frederic John Hodgson, the person appointed for the purpose, onWednesday, the 14th day of April, 18' , 8, at Two o'clock in the afternoon pre cisely, at the Menk's Fern Hotel in Birkenhead, first in One Lot, and, if not sold, then in Five Lots, a Valuable Piece of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, situate on the west side of Grange lane, Birken head, at Its junction with Claughton Firs line, and orming part of the well-known E- tate called "Claughton Firs," and containing in the whole 30 922 square yards. Printed particulars and conditions of sale, together with a plan of the property, may be had (gratis) in London of Messrs. ingeford and Dorman, solicitors, 23, Essex-street, Strand; Messrs. 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INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858: estab lishedlB37.—Payment of Premium within Days of race,—lt always has been and stil is the practice of this society to pay claims under Policies of assurance notvvithstandincr the death of the assured oc curring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days 01 grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSUR 'NCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASAURANCE, 4ITR TIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES. Df.D . Chairman Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq Samuel King-Church, Esq. John 'toss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., 'ohn Symes, Esq. F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. COSltsarv.....-- Augustus Bloedel, Esq. AIIDITORS. :PrOrson Wheatstone. F. R.A., and Professor •T Radford MEDICAL REIMERS GENERAL. J. Elllotson, Cantab , F.E S.. 37. Conduit-street ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., Sze • ♦SSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woollsonse, Esq. BANKERS. Mears. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-row The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared 1 May, 1860. Policy taken out in 1848 r IEI6I Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Bonus in Permanent Sum addition Bonus in Re ,, uction Assured. to Sum Cash. Annual Pre- Assured. miam. X s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 3,000 867 17 7 42. 1 4 56 3 8 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 ft. 10 15 2 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 1845 Age. The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter- National Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every Ave years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in , orce exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upward of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuseS and every other information, apply to the Chair man, 142, Strand. 142, Strand, T,ondon, W.C. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman, lA. HOWARD, Ourgeou-Dentist, 52, Fleet• street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ,, • Al, T EETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erteetly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from tote original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or cosy, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. 'hifi method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful ,peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. Eloward's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo nical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De eyed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in menden- Vleet-street. At rime from ten till five. ON PHYSICAL O ISQUALIFIcATIoNS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, Is., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Wor k on the phys al haustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indu cence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the oblige lions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions. By IL and L. PP RRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pa ter noster-row ; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CURES (a ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, 1 Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, , Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhrea, Acidity, Palpitation, , Hearths's.), Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints ate effected by I) U BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA AIsA.BICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres 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 moat enfeebled. . We extract a sew out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids:—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Da Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."—Cura No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, 1 flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of a , azing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner va.isness, Indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.- - ------ --- C ice No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, (3ateacre, near Liver THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF ((MYTH AND MATURITY e t, i o n , t .; . a re e of ig t e en NAT I ': constipation, dyspep dysprepAsitranwd t u h r e a h o o f rrorsof nervous irrita , Just published, twice is., post res , in aa ,:s -elope, for 13 staatss, sia ervo ur its irrliabf . t a ty. . C p ure . No. 34,210. Dr. Sherland of dropsy Q ELF - PRESERVATION. —A Me d ical Treatise and efillity. iI u a ,t: id . . 36,212 . Captain Allan et epileptic tits. Cure No. 42,1 is Major Edie of enlargement of the liver and total kJ on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System snd on the cure of Nervous and Physical [debility, resulting prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of rem vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth , cramps, diarrhoea and and daily vomitinga , Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey to Manhood, witit practical observations on the Physiology V Mar- eum ula.lcea „ and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of con- flags in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added }sin. Cure No.tAtre No. 32,883. William Hunt, Esq., barrister, of para remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden ' of thirty -ea 46,270. Ist r. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley mysteries "of Life within Life,' and its advantages in detecting, by de3aln rs diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these partiala twoyears'ess. Cure No. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, " mi aajads, with numerous engravings and cases, diarrheas , Cure No 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart BY SAMUEL LIOMERT, M.D., , of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Z eguers, cured of con -37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary recovery. Cure No, 180. " TwentY -flve years' nervousness, con - Member of the Lond on Hos p ital Medical Societ y , Licentiate of stipation , indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great Apothecaries' nail, Londo n, &c., &c. misery, and which no mealcine could remove or relieve, have been The essential object of t his treatise is to point out the fearful con- effectually cured b 3 Du Barry's Food in a sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, Reeves, IS I, Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208.ve short i time. N. d ß i R. which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in al .n- pepsin, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spa, ms alt years' fe". hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any which my servant had consulted the advice of in, n n h au ay sea, or Food. any, e been other class of disease known to modern pathologists. its perusal is effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring particularly recommended to persons entertainin g secret doubts of happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John flay° I shall be 11, Ridlingt°n Ree their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded tory, Norfolk." N o. 32,836. " T hree years' excessive nervousness the health, happiness, and pr i v ileges to which every human being is with pains in my ne ck and leg arm, and general debilitY, wch hi ren ' - ntitletf. dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Rees, principles of personal management wh ich cannot be violated with- Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough,indigestion, " ' est Incurring grievous penalties, and w hen wisdom and regret sue- and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent oted the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitter ness may be removed, Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious MUM and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, tations:— that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc derangement to which the timely aid of science c annot apply a cure. tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Al fr ed H Neville N ville, for Published by J. Allen, 201 Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and Imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." may be had of Mann, 89, Cornhill; Horne, 19, Leicester -square ; Suitably packed for all climates, and with toll instructions. In Gordon, 148, Leadenhall Street or from the Author, who may be canisters, Ilb is 9d ; 21b 45 6a; 51b Ils , 121 b 225. The 12Ib car consulted daily, from 1 I till 2, and from d till 8, at his residence, Vi singe free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Bedford-square, London. Co.. 77, Regent-street, London; Fortnum , ason. and Co., pur- The work may be had - n India, of Mr Von Li • /Sy, Loll Bazaar ; veers to her Male , t3, 182. Piccadilly ; James Wells, 4e, Sloane Calcutta—Messrs. C. an IJ. Hormusiee, Apol o-street ; B o mbay street; al so at 60, Gracesurt, street ; 33U, 436,a, al 4.,1, atraaa Illtequiseer (Moe ; Madras—Molemnite Oftice . Agra - Dodswortk 4, Cheapside ; 49, and6o,'Bisitopsgate.atreet i 63, 150, and 11t8, Oa fi elenike, Coven I and cf all Beeltsellell thrOugheut the WWI, ' ferd-street The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACIIM 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, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by Its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price I Is. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves lis. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils and uvula; threat , ned destruction of the none, palate, &C. Its action is portly detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price I Is. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of PERRY'S PURIFYING QPECIFTC PILLS constitute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd , aui 11s. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; ,17. Sutton and Co., 10. Bow-churchyard W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's -churchyard ; J. Ssnger, 150, oxford street ; Hannay an Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Front and Barsant, 229, Strand ; and all medicine vendors ',rough put the United K irceom. fi REAP WESTERN RAILWAY.- X" CHANNEL ISLANDS.---Tickets to Jersey and Guernsey, via ‘Veymouth, are now issued at the Paddington Station, enabling passengers to break the journey at Chippenham, Dorchester, or Weymouth. Fares, Rail and Boat : —3ls. and 21s. Further particulars can be obtained on application at the Coin• pany's Offices. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL% AY.—C REAP EXCURSIONS between LONDON and PETERBOROUGH until further notice. These trains leave LONDON and PETERBOROUGH DAILY (Sundays excepted) at the following hours : Leave Easton Station. Leave Peterborough. 6.30 a.m. 6.45 a.m. 7.30 „ 0.15 „ 12. 0 noon 11.45 „ 3.30 p.m. 2.30 p.m. 5.15 „ 5.30 „ NOTICE CARDIAL WISEMAN'S PERSONAL RE . (.I,T.EcTIONS of the LAST FO. It PoPES, in 1 vol.. with Portraits, will be ready on Monday, March 15. and those who de-ire early copies are requested to give th , it orders immediately to t heir Booksellers. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LADY SCOTT'S NEW NOVEL, " THE ONLY CHILD," is now ready, in 2 Vols. " 'Twas a brave thought to think that thou could'st tear The idol from its shrine; And rear a nobler, purer image there, Than that old love of mine."—FABER. Hurst and Biackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 yob., with Portrait of Peorge IV., price 218., RECOLLECTIONS OF WEST END LIFE; with Sketches of Society in Paris, India, By MAJOR CII kMBRE, late of the 17th Lancers. " We find in Major Chambre's lively sketches a mass of amusing anecdotes relating to persons eminent in their day, for their position, wit, and political reputation. All that relates to George IT. will be read with attention and interest."—Messenger. I/urst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Narlborotigh-street. MR. FROUDE'S " ITISITORY OF ENGLAND." This day, the Third and Fourth Volumes, 238. 'STORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE FALL of WOL4EY to the DEATH of ELIZABETH. By JOIIN ANLIIONY FROUDE, Lately Published, Vols. I. and IL, 265. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Just published, price Is. L AT THOUGHTS on the INDIAN MUTINY. By A BARRIS E'ER. Second Edition. 11. Sweet, 3, Chancery-!aue. BON DEFORMITIES.- Just published, by J. Churchill, N'evi Bu lington-str et, a Treatise hn th • Mechanical Appliances necessary for the Treatment of DEF .)1011 PI ES. By FIE \TRY LIE kTIT ER HMG, Anatomical Mechanist to the Q 114.12, the Roya , tiospitals, the Admiralty, &c., &c. Part Ist—the Lower Limbs. Price 4s. . CAPTURE OF CANTON. —The ILLUSTRATED 1 IMES of next "ATURDAY (price nd.), will contain the following engravings from authentic ,Sketches:— The General Attack u on Canton—Blowing-up of Fort Lin—Man darins presenting Petitions to the Allied Generals—Contain Hall Distributing Proclamations among the Chinese—Blowing-up of Forts Gough and Rlue•jacket. Head-Quarters of the Allied Forces ‘ , lthin the City—The Tartar General and the Governor of Canton taken Prisoners—Blue Jackets with Chinese Guides in Pursuit of Teh--In addition to the above, the" Illustrated Times" will contain varous other Engravings relating to the News of the Week.— Price 24d.-offiee, 148, Fleet -street. FEIST'S RACING RECORD f or 1858. Part 1., prier 23., is now publi'hed. The Record, containinc a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, arm Scotland in 1857, and Nominations for 1858, Indy be had price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents.. Elelborn. NEW WORK ON SPERMATORREICEA. Just published, price 25., by post, free, 2s. 2d. ON SPERMATORRHCEA, and the PitnFESQION AL FAI.L tOIES and POPETAR DELU SIONS which prevail in relation to its NATURE, CONSEQUENC ES, and TREATMENT. BY A MEMBER OF VIE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. " We never commence th.. perusal of works on this malady with out preparing ourselve4 to meet most appalling- descriptions of human cuff rings. It was, therefore, a most agreeable su-prise to us to find this error (fts it ace ire to us) carefully avoided in this work, and the subf ct tre eted in a common sense, and truly practical manner. . . . No medical man should undertake the treatment of Spermatorrhcea without first consulting this work."—Medical Circular, Jan. 13, 1858. London: 11. BaillFere, 219, Regent-street. ON THE DISEASES OF WOMEN. Second Edition, with Illustrations on Steel, Price One Shilling. Free for eighteen stamps, AN ESSAY on the PHYSIOLOGY and SPECIAL DISEASES OF WOMEN, forming a complete guide to, and with fall instructions for the removal of, the emer gencies of Youth, Womanhood, and Old Age. By Dr. HALL. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The subject is treated in a clear, concise, and practical manner, and should be in the bands of all females."—Lancet " Will form a valuable addition to the domestic household." —medical Circular. " Every husband ought to present this Essay to his wife, and every mother to her daughter, containing as it does most valuable infor mation that concerns their physical and social happiness."—Meath Journal. 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Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perms, 19, Fenchurch-street, ondon, and 6fl, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay red Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and neer .,fmts. London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. B.—To gurrd tgainst imitations, see that the names of " LEA ,•:1 PFI-37 , NrS" ore .tnim the label and patent cap of the bottle. EIGtIT PER CENT. OBLIGATIONS. Interest payable half-yearly, in London, Paris, Frankfort, and Hamburg. rrHE GALVESTON, HOUSTON, and HEN- D.. RSO t RAILW 'Y COMPANY is now prepared to re ceive applications for 5,0'0 Obligations of 2 1 1. each, r cleanable in ni.e years, with a Premium of 21 each. The annual Drawings to commence on let March, 1860. The Obligations are secured on the Revenues of the Railway, and on th- Free Grant of Land, which is at the rate of 10,240 acres for every mile of Railway constructed. Tile, Interest, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annu-n, is parable in London on the let January and the Ist July on presentation of the Coupons at the Commercial Bank of London, Lothbnry. Subseribers for Obligations areentitled to one Free Share for every Obligation subscribed. Full parti ulare may be obtained on apnlication at the Agency of the Company, 4, skinner's-place, Size-lane, City, or of Messrs. Price & Brown, 4, Change alley, City. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. We have received files of papers from the Cape ,o the 29th of January. We take the following from the Cape Town, Mail ,f the above date The Royal mail steamer Norman, Captain Boxer, loaves Table Bay this afternoon (Jan 29) for En4land, with a full cargo of colonial produce and about 20 passengers. The - Royal mail steamer Phoebe, the fourth vessel of the new line, arrived here on the 21st inst., several days within her contract time, with the English mail of Dec. 15. She will remain here to take home our February mail. In our last monthly summary for the English mail, of the 30th of December, we reported the state of Caffreland and the Caffres as the principal subject to which •English emierante turn their attention when the Cape of Good .Hope is spoken of. The geography of the Cape is not very well understood by the mass of the people, and it was often useless to state to them that from the capital the nearest Caffres were about as distant as Caithness is from London, and that the colony as a whole was as safe from their assaults as England is from a possible insurrection in Kirk wall. We have now to add that the power of the Caffres, even in their distant settlements, is finally broken and crushed, their principal tribes dispersed, and their principal chiefs and all mischief-makers dead or prisoners. Between 30,000 and 40,000 of these people have been received into the colony for the sake of humanity, to save them from perishing, with their wives and children, by starvation, and have been successfully distributed as servants and labourers, and promise under proper management to become a valuable portion of our rural population, as we have seen accomplished in the analogous case of the Hottentots and Fingoes. Even on the frontier of Caffreland the colonists feel secure in the wise precautions of • Government, in keeping on hand a powerful military force and an active mounted policy, with other arrangements on the part of the colonists for maintaining order and repressing crime. Two great obstacles to the improvement of the colony are thus in the course of being entirely removed—namely, hostilities from Ceffreland and the want of labourers within. This favourable state ot things is not an experiment fora. upon South Africa by theorists, nor has it been stained by injustice or violet ce. The destruction of the Caffres as a people was their own act ; by simply acting as benefactors and guides to a deluded population we have gained . advantages which arms alone would not have conquered for many years. In addition to peace, and a supply of common labour, mechanics, tradesmen, &c He recommen s e sa "Iff lease of part ion.' of estates, which the pree-nt proprietor , . cannot fully cultivate or occupy in a proper ense, train their enormous extent. This will afford an opening to industrious sober families of small farmers—an inva u• able class in all c .untries, and one to which this colony presents peculiar ad vaLtages. In addition to the public] work , , such as buildings and bridges, which are only waiting for suitable workmen, it is likely that another class of works, for which a peculiar class of labourers or workmen well known in England are required, is about to be commenced and continued for many years. We mean the deepening ot river channels, the formation of canals for irrigatio n and transport, and of tanks and reservoirs, both f r local irrigation and the supply of rising towns a nd cities with pure water. All these things, and many mo re of the order, are now in prospect, and of certain accomplish meet, the rapid growth of the colony, populat ion, and wealth, rendering them absolutely necessary, and at the same time furnishing the means of carrying them on. During the past month few events of any great tin portence have occurred within the Cape colony. Peace and general contentment continue to prevail. The grain harvests, which have just been secured, are unusually abundant, and the quantity of wine promises to equal, if not exceed, that of any tornser year. Two additional troopships have touched at the Cape o.: their way out to the scene of strife. The Indomi table screw steamer, from London to Madras, 57 days out, put in to Simon's Bay on the 9th January, having on board 15 officers and 360 men of the ReyalArtillery. She reported all well, and sailed for her destination on the 13th. The Leopold screw steamer arrived in Table Bay on the 25th, with 407 artillery, 196 infantry, and 18 officers, Colonel Montreseor in command. She is expected to sail again in a day or two. Remount horses for the troops in India continue to be forwarded by every opportunity. By the Ville de Metz 90 serviceable animals have just left Algoa Bay, and 100 more are being shipped in the Granville, while 600 more are ready for shipment. The reported fall of prices in the English wool-market has produced great caution in the buying and selling of that article here. Very little has been offered at the local sales, and even that little has been mostly with drawn, the farmers, few of whom are in needy circum stances, being strongly inclined to hold their own till prices improve. In the meantime great efforts are made to improve their stuck, and large sums are given for rams of the finest breeds, several importations of which have lately taken place. Her Majesty's ship Boscawen, flagship, left Simon's Bay on the 31 of January, on a cruise to St. Helena, Ascension, and the West Coast ; the Admiral, Sir F. Grey, en board. The Sappho left en the Bth for Australia. The Hermes left for East London, with the Governor, on the 19th. On the 27th her Majesty's steamer Simooua arrived from Calcutta, and is now the only vessel of war in Simon's bay. The Golden Fleece arrived in Table Bay on Tuesday afternoon, the 26th inst., with news from Calcutta to the 23d December, and from Ceelon to the Ist January. She has a valuable cargo for the English market, con sisting of 1,063 cages of indigo ; 2,284 bar ele saltpetre ; 149 bales hides ; 252 bags cowries ; 42 cases cowries ; 543 cases lac dye and shellac ' 52 cases silk ; 245 bales silk; 299 bags linseed ; 245 bales tobacco ; 25 ca-es elephants' teeth; 34 casesiwine ; 20 bales saM ewer; 20 cases cigars, &c. She is to sail on Saturday for Londen. A Russian squadron consisting of eight or tan ships under the command of Commander Koeznetzoff, is daily erected here, en route to the new eglony of tne Amour. A.iieeigst usher ships are inenti , n,d ti trie.ete Arkol the corvettes Voirvoda, B tidre-n, and Noveek, a nti sloops Djeegheet, Strelock, and Plastoon. There tiro no less than thirteen deserters from the German Military Settlers gazetted to-day. The Auditor-General (Maj.a. Hope), during the past month, has published a pamphlet which will be of great value to the East India Company. The subject of it is " Can the Cape supply horses for the Indian service I" The Auditor-General was one of those who, in 1846, were employed by the Government to procure horses and mules for the transport of the army in the Kafir war of that year ; and again in 1851, els undertook the dot (with C al. Ingiley, R.A., and the Hon. Mr. Field) 01 purchasing horses as remounts for the Cape Corps. On several other occasions he was also similarly em ployed. His opinion will be, therefore, taken as worth something by the East India Company. He says : " The great question now is, both for the interests of this colony and of the Indian Government, can the Cape supply a sufficient number of horses annually, and will it be for the interest of the Indian Government to obtain this supply ?" Ho answers, " I venture to say that the Cape can furnish the horses in an increasing number every year, and at a diminished cost; and that it will be the beet interest of India to draw from the Cape as large a number of horses as can be annually obtained. . . . The Cape may be re garded as the connecting point between England and India, and the present the turning of the tide iu the affairs of India. If in this crisis proper advantages are taken of the position of the Cape, as a repot for troops, as a sour ce f rom which to draw horses and other supplies, India nay ba vastly benefitted, and may be independent of other and foreign eastern countries to remount her cavalry and arta. lny, as well as calling out the resources of this colony, to the advantage of both countries and governments." Horses for India are being daily sent from here. Col. Apperley, Mr. Roger', and those employed with them, do all in their power to procure the best horses. Some very fine animals have been sent off. The Mystery em barked in Table Bay 135 horses, and left for India on the 19th January. The Ville de Metz, a French ship, embarked at Port Elizabeth 90 horses for the Indian service, and proceeded to India on Thursday morning, Jan. 21. The Lwow', Granvil'e, Johanna Stoll, and Viscount Canning, now lying in Table Bay, are being fitted for the reception of horses, and will shortly leave for India with further supplies. THE LITERARY FUND. The members of the Royal Literary Fund held their annual meeting yesterday, at their house in Bloomsbury-square. There was a very full attend. ance of members, amongst whom were Earl Stan ope, Mr. Monck e ton Manes, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. B. B. Cabbell, Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. Dilke, juu., Mr. B. Cooper, Mr. Robert Ball, Mr. W. Smith, Mr. Tooke, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Black more, Mr. Rceve, dec. The chair was taken by EarlSeerrieoPE, who com menced the proce , dings by expressing a hope that in 'be discussion which might follow, every gentle man would get a fair hearing, that the debate would be conducted with as much good humour and cour tesy as was consistent with the state of the case, and that gentlemen would, as far as possible, avoid refei ence to extraneous m a tt er. (H ear. ) The minutes of the last meet i ng were rea d an d confirmed. The reports of the registrars, treasurers, and au ditors were then received. By the treasurer's report it apree , red that in the course of the 1 ast year 55 grants heel been made pr clueing 1,7801., and that 77 1. had beau disbursed to a new class of grants. Oe the motion that 4,1170t(4 of thnks be passed to the tioneraiy -offieers of tit society for their Services daring the alb year, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS (who bast lately published a pamphlet cemelainiug of the cost of conducting the institution as compared with the amount of relief distributed) said, that in reply to the very gracefal and conciliatory speech of the noble earl in the chair, he (Mr. Dickens) would promise not to make a speech, but on the contrary to adopt a course which he hoped would be acceptable to all parties. (Hear.) This might be cheueht by some gen lemon present to be a romantic expectation, but he ventured to indulge the hope that it would lead to a practi. enl. On former occasions, the majority of which, by the way, the members of the satisfied and l Gen aud e a r t a o l ry e rertt e , e ha i d orm ob e j d ec a te h d ig t h o ly his drawing a comparison between the working of the Royal Literary Fund and any other institution in the known world. (Laughter.) No such comparison would pass his lips on the present occasion. On the former occasions to which IL had referred, the dry details of figures were pronounced unpalatable, and the majority even resented any allusion to them as tedious and out of place; he should, there fore, on this occasion, merely state, for the benefit of any gentleman present who might have attended for the first time, that he would not venture into the details of the last published accounts of the society, as it would look like the wanderings of a lunatic if he were to point out that the 41 checques drawn by the society on their bankers during the past year had cost 13/. each --- ( l aughter)—absolutely more, in three cases, than the atnounts for which they were drawn, and that the cost of working the society was equal to 45 per cent. of the amount distributed in relief, although only 15 new cases had been relieved, the others being cases where the recipients of grauts had got them from one to eight times. (Hear, aid laughter.) He would, therefore, confine himself to the simple assertion of the principle be fore the public, who were. after all, the real judges of such matters. He would, then, fasten upon him self the responsibility of the distinct assertion of a plain principle, and also fasten on the committee • . the dtitinct assoition of another principle, equally pliin and manifesr. The very mOderat amend- went which he ventured very respectfully to sub mit, was to the following effect :—" That the ac- counts of the Literary Fund, showing a systematic expenditure of from 40 to 45 per cent. in giving away every 1001. of the funds were not quite satisfactory ; that such an appropriation of the money subscrihed with a clearly defined object is not quite eight ; that its continuance as a distinct feature of the Literary Fund is not so consistent with he professions of the Literary Fund as to tend to uphold *hat institution iu the general coefi w, ;,.. pro e re e elie.t. l _Ludt uSe • tleittlikll#.ll.9.f! .should see , nded ; it would be pu. from the chair ' • it would be negative f ; the persons who proposed it would be satisfied ; the majority who disapproved of it would be equally satisfied—(laughter)—and it would then he proclaimed that the accounts of the Literary Fund were quite satisfactory—that such an approprietion of the money, subscribed with a clearly defined object, was quite right—that its continuance as a feature of the Literary Fund was so consistent with its professions as to tend to uphold it in the public estimation—that its con tinuanee should be sanctioned and that it was not protested against. He would confine himself to accepting the converse of this proposition, and leave the responsibility of the other on the committee. He had, in conjanction with two friends, circulated a pamphlet, i u which were set forth certain grave objece tions to the management and expenditure of the in stitution. If any champion of the society should, u p on his personal honour and accountability answer him, and impugn the veracity of the statements, he would undertake to prove them ; but neither he nor his friends would be led into a general discus sion of matter not pertinent to the issue raised. (Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN FORSTER, secretary to the Lunacy Commissioners, briefly seconded the resolution. Mr. MONCKTON MILNE'S entered at some length into a defence of the General Committee, arid ob served that on a question of principle there was no such word as " quite." Either a principle must be right or it must be wrong. He submitted that Mr. Dickens and his friends had not put. the question fairly. They had dealt in generalities which could only be answered by goi ng itto details w hich the public could neither apprec i ate n or understand. Mr. Rekens's mode of reforming the society was somewhat similar t o th a t i n w hi c h the sepoys en deavoured to refor m th e garr i son o f Lucknow—by destroying them. It wee true the e xpenses of the collection and distrib ut i on were l arg e, but then they were ever-recurri ng , an d t h ey wou ld be just what they were at present if the fund were doubled, or if it were not half as large. The services of a secre tary who could deal personally with the delicate and difficult cases which came before the board were invaluable, and in his opinion it would be im possible to g e t such duties as their secretary dis charged performed elsewhere for a salary of 2001. per annum. He confessed that the committee who had conducted the affairs of the society for so many years with unimpeaehed honour, felt indignant that anything short of corruption or dishonesty was charged agqnst them by Mr Dickens and his friends. An allegation was made in the grants of 1001. eac h h a d b e en given signets ra of two member s of . the com mittee, whose husbands were in a position to leave legacies to others ; but really these cases had oc curred 30 years ago (althono pamphletto the say so) ; and therefore it was 'unfair to hold the present committee responsible for them. In con clusion, the hon. gentleman expressed a hope that Mr. Dickens and his friends would forget their pre judices, and join with the great majority of the members in m.king the society to re useful and wore effi,•i ee t for the relief of their suffering thren in the world of literature. (Hear.) Mr. Wet. SMITH, Classical Examiner at the Lon don University, said he could not but feel held regret so that gen lemen who high a place in litra ture as Mr. Chas. Dickens and his friends should have connected themselves with so unworthy a pro duction as the pamphlet to which so much reference had been made. He assured those gentlemen that the General Committee were not blind to any re commendations that might be made to ensure the greater efficiency or the better working of the in stltution ; but Mr. Dickens and his friends advo cated reforms in such a tone, and with such a tem per, that showed th e wo rld that they were the enemies and not the friends of the society. He denied that the grants were doled out i n a penuri ous and grudging spirit, and that the recipients were compelled to submit to degrading conditions before they could accept it; as he could affirm that the money was freely and generously granted in all d e serving eases, and that there were n o h um iliating conditions annexed to its receipt. It had been urged that the society should be governed wholly by lite rail? men. Now, he must say that h e cou ld not approve of this s uggestion. It had b een t r i e d in other societies, and had failed. Moreover, literary men were not the most competent in the world to transact affairs of business, and it was just possible, if there were no lay controlling ale' where,oftle funds, portions ra . might in go th i n e t? mi ci n t a ta g r e te innt r e s perhaps, und ue affluence might be brought to bear. He protested against the attempt which had been made to exclude the aristocracy, who subscribed largely to the so ciety, from any influence in its management, and ho urged upon the members to resist any endea vour that might be made to array class against class, and to invest the management of the corporation in the hands of purely literary men, as he believed such a policy would be suicidal. (Hear, hear.) The society had by a vast majority already decided upon rejecting the propositions of the minority, who, however, returned to the charge year after year, and appeared resolved not to be convinced. Mn ROBERT BELL (the compiler of the British Poets) also defended the committee in a speech of considerable length, in the course of which he ob served that he was quite willing to give Mr. Dickens credit for not doing that which he believed to be right, andhoped that, in return, Mr. Dickens would believe that the committee were equally dis interested and sincere. (Hear.) His solemn con viction, after the most careful consideration of all the circumstances, was that Mr. Dickens and his friends were wrong in principle, and that the com mittee were right. The principle charge against the committee was that the expense of collecting and distributing the income of the society was excessive —that it amounted, in fact, to 401. or 451. on every 100/. expended. Now this was not a fact, as in the calculations made by Mr. Dickens, he included in 5321. charged for expenses the expenses of collect ing as well as distributing the fund. The total dis bursements in the past year were 5321., and the in come 2,6641. ; and therefore the cost of manage ment was rather under 20 per cent. Charges of this kind to be just should be extremely accurate, and it was absolutely necessary that facts should be clearly and distiucly understood. If Mr. Dickens thought the expenses of management too large, why didnot Mr. Dickens, instead of dealing with generalities, bring forward a specific resolution directed to a spe cial object ? The main-expenses were for a house and secretary. The founderdistinctly laid it down that there should be a house, and the general meetings had sanctioned the appointment of a secretary. Why, Mr. Dilka himself had moved the appointment ; and it was Mr. Bruce, seconded by Mr. Mike, who had proposed the very form of testimonial which was now objected to ! He denied that the income of the society had fallen off since the appointment of a secretary. The expenditure in the 17 years antecedent to the appointment of Mr. Blewitt had been 1,0431. and the income 28,700/. ; but in the 17 years succeeding his appointment the expendi ture had been 13,0001. ; but the income had in creased to 39,0001. The difference between the expenditure in the two periods was 2,9761. against the latter period, but against this should be set the increase of income, which amounted to 10,3501. This appeared to km to be a very good way of in vesting 2,9761. Again it was saidin the pamphlet that the General Committee, taking advantage of a word in the charter, had excluded the Council, but iu doing so they had only acted in strict conformity with the charter, upon which they had taken the advice of the most learned counsel at the bar. With regard to the charge that a member of the corn miLtee had betrayed his trust by giving to a book seller a list of the names of the persons who had received relief from the society, the committee had no control over the actions of their members ; be sideg, the transaction referred to in Mr. Dickens's circular occurred 19 years ago, and the member had been expelled for it. (Laughter.) The com mittee were equally blameless in the matter pf the two grants of 1001. cash to the widows of deceased members. The grants had been made in 1828 and 1829—(laughter)—and as well might a charge be brought against Lord Darby because Sir Robert Peel gave the Roman Catholics emancipation a quarter of a century ago, as the committee be held responsible for the affair in question. It was next alleged that, whereas any man who wrote any book; however bad, might apply to the fund and obtain _ relief, no writer of periodical literature could be eligible ; but here again the minority were at fault, for although it was not the intention of the founder that relief should he ex- tended to the latter class of persons, the committee considered themselves justified in departing from the rule, and had, at his (Mr. Bell's) suggestion, admitted the writers of periodical literature to a participation in the funds. (Hear, hear.) Objec- tion had also been taken that the committee had not granted loans or annuities to literary men. Now, in reply to that accusation, he might say that, however willing the committee might be to do so, they ba I not the power under their charter, and thbrefore no annuitants bad been re-elected although a resolution had been pawed by the committee that Mr. Bell concluded by expressing a nope inst way o ,ntest would now be brought to - a close and that the minority. would accept as final the division - - about to be taken. - The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, when there appeared—For, 14 ; against, 70 ; majority against 66. Mr. BURTON COOPER, Q.C., moving the appoint ment of a select committee to report upon the pos sibility of making any retrenchments without in jury to the efficiency of the institution. Mr. POLLOCK opposed the proposition, because it would be tantamount to a reversal of the deci- mon just arrived at. After a short discussion, Mr. DICKENS and Mr. FOSTER urged the meeting to vote in favour of the motion, as affording a chance of bringing the pain ful dispute to an amicable conclusion. The resolution was then put from the chair, and negatived by 18 to 66. A ballot was then taken for the election of the general committee, registrars, auditors, and trea surers of the society, who were re-elected without change. On the motion of Mr. Cmis,LEs DICKENS, a vote of thanks was passed to the noble Chairman, and the proceedings terminated. (Front the Morning Post ) The annual meeting of the Royal Literary Fund took plain yesterday, and we regret to observe with a repeti• Con of the attempt made for several years past by a few members, led by Mr. Charles Dickens, to coerce the Corporation into the adoption of a course of policy in regard to the administration of the Charity which has been time after time formally negatived by the great body of the society. _ _ It in at all times a subject for regret, as well as for animadversion, when a society devoted to the prosecu tion of literature or science, and still more when its labours are directed to the more sacred duty of dispens ing charity to the unfortunate, is broken up into sec tions and parties, its strength impaired, and its efficiency en langered, by the bad taste or mischievous propensities of a few men whose aim is rather the gratification of their own vanity than the general good of the society of which they are members. In such cases, no matter whe ther the object aimed at be accomplished, the injury in flicted upon the institution is more or less certain. The public is easily led to believe in a charge affecting the existing order of things ; it is at all times ready to listen to attacks upon the credit and honesty of individuals ; and it is therefore much more easy to disseminate a libel than to remove the effects of it from the public mind. Charges, therefore, embodied in highly offensive lan guage, and thrown year after year against a public body of honourable men, although intrinsically worthless, be come, from the mere fact of repetition, formidable. Few not immediately interested in the matter will give themselves the trouble to investigate the facts for them. selves ; and, indeed, amidst the multifarious employ ments of an active life, we cannot reasonably expect them to do so. There are few, we say, who will undergo this trouble, but whose minds, predisposed to that which is right, are, in spite of themselves, misled by the false statements which, unaccompanied by any refutation, year after year are laid before tloem, It is natural that in all such cases the influence of the power of evil shnuld prevail ; for, like potters' clay, the mind receives the first impression ; and this, like much that left the aocient potter's hands, may be exceedingly impure. The effect, therefore, of the deliberate misrepresentations of Mr. Dickens, who, by his own acknowledgment, is the author of the pamphlet recently circulated, we fear to be very great, and very prejudicial to the general interests of one of the most noble charities of England. Now, this is a question in which we have no personal interest whatever. If the management of the Royal Literary Fund be so vicious as represented by Mr. Dickens and his supporters, we have no hesitation in saying that it ought to be reformed immediately. No honest man can have any sympathy with such an infamous neglect of duty, such a perversion of the intentions of the bounder, and such a mal-adminstration of the funds of a charity, as is set forth by Mr. Dickens, According to his version of the case the Royal Literary Fund ed a corporation as much and as scandalously the Royal British Bank. But what will the public think when they are toll that Mr. Dickens, the well-known novelist, has conspired with certain persons whose names t are more known for what they have notl.lone than for what acasefor the publi they have done, for literature, to get up • to himself to which is opposed to fact, and detrimental in its an extent courtesy forbids us from designating mismanagas , proper terms 1 Will the public be lieve that those mis statements which have been sed ulous ly ld into witho u t Will the woe b e possible that Mr. Dickens could condes an expedient fee the r cend, as a gentl eman, to such pose of exalting his own name, or of gratifying his own pouredtheir ears are without f oundation 1 believe it to vanity, as to seek to destroy the efficiency of a society established for tho express purpooo of affording reliof to his distressed literary brethren ? Will the world believe that Mr. Dickens has adopted such a cream, and-that, as our readers may see from the sum mary o f Mr. Bell's s peech, which appears n another part of our paper, the pamphlet be has published is not only in its spirit dis ingenuous, bat false in its most important particulars ? Yet, as it would appear, this is the mode which Mr. Dickens has adopted, in order to bring about, what he is pleased to term, a reformation in the management of an old-established Charity, whose books and papers are open to him, whose system of management is fully known to him, and whose officers, by their own avowal yesterday, are ready at any moment to adopt sugges tions which appear to be advantageous to the general efficiency of the charity. But there is another, and, if possible, amore objection. able attitude assumed by the minority of 14 against 7 0 , 10 reference to which we may say a few words. Mr. Dickens and his friends assume to themselves the pre-eminent rank of the Literary Men of England. If the question were not so serious, we should be disposed to laugh. The liter&ry status o f E ng l and must, indeed, have fallen very low if it can find no b e tt er representatives of its scholar. ship, its learning, its philosophy, than are embodied in Mr. Dickens and those who have supported him on these occasions. Without in any way wishing to de preciate that branch of literature with which Mr. Dickens is exclusively identified, it would be magi. featly absurd to igncre the great -r and more sub stantial claims upon the country of men whose lives have been devoted to studies from which the present and subsequent generations may derive real knowledie and sound instruction. The value of all knowledge is relative, and must depend entirely upon the advan tages mankind derive from its possession. Teat which ennobles the mind and chastens the heart—that which teaches us our true position in the scale of humanity —that which, in fact, tends to make us wiser and better, is 'more worthy of cultivation, and has a higher claim upon our intelligence than that which is de signed merely to amuse. Thus to arrogate to them selves the position of the literary men of England is, as we humbly think, on the part of Mr. Dickens and his friends, to commit a great mistake—to place them selves, as they would place the Society, in a false position. But , throughout tko entire proceeding 'there is no rational and napeejucliced man who can eater-- tain any other convictio n th an th at the aim has been directed more to the material injury of the Charity, than to the establishment of a system by which its resources may be more effectually developed. With a sincere and friendly feeling for every effort made in behalf of literature, we are not disposed to remain silent in the presence of such events. We regard this vexatious opposition carried on year afteryear with a trumpery minority, as disgraceful to those engaged in it and derogatory to the character of the literary pro fession in England ; but at the same time, we mus t avow our belief th a t wit h such triumphant facts at their disposal, as set forth yesterday by Mr. Bell, the corn mittee is open to much and deserved censure for not having at the outset m e t th ese p a lt r y accusations in a formal and complete manner, and es placed the facts before the world as not only to refute, as was done yesterday, the min-statements of the minority, but to shield the corpo r ati on f rom t h e possible injury it may receive from one of the most malicious attacks a charitable institution has ever encountered at the kends of its subscribing members. The FARES by tbese Trains for the SINGLE JOURNEY— Closed Carriages.... 2s. I First Class .... . •• 3s. For the DOUBLE JOURNEY. Tickets available for SEVEN DAYS-- Cio-ed Carriages.... 3s. I First Class .. • • •• • • 58 . The tickets are not transferable, and the attention of holders is especially called to the notice at the back. By. Order. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, Ist March, 1458. LIVERPOOL, BIRKENHEAD, CHESTER, WARRINGTON, PRESTON, WIGAN, MANCiIESTER, STOCKPORT, STALEYBRIDGE, GRP:ENFIELD, OLDHAM, HUDDERSFIELD, DE SBURY, BATLEY, and BIRS fAL. Reduction of Fares by London and North-Western Railway.— Return Tickets by all Trains, according to Class, are now issued to or from Euston-station and any of the above stations. 2d Class. Ist Class . Available for Seven Days .... 12s. 6d. . 2ls. Available for Twenty Eight Days.. 17s. Od. For further particulars, see hand-bills. Euston-station, Ist March, 1853 By Order. THE NEW GOVERNMENT. (From the 3forill ay Herald.) Lord Derby's first appeal tee country bas nut been mado in vain. All the Ministerial candidates have been re-elected, not only without a single defeat, but even without opposition. Such a thing is almost, if not altogether, unprecedented in our Parliamentary hi , tory, and affords a certain proof of the favour with which the new ministry are regarded by the people at large. Had the slightest chance existed of a successful issue to a contest, members of the various sections opposed to Lord Derby and hie colleagues would most decidedly have availed them elves of the same. Opposition under the circumstances was altogether useless. By the boroughs and the counties precisely the same verdict has been given; in England, • in Ireland, and in Scotland the Conservative Cabimet is popular, and great expectations are formed respecting the 'nuits of its rule. A fair trial Ministers can claim as a right, and if we understand anything of the feeling and the temper of the community a fair trial they will on this occasion most assuredly have. It cannot, therefore, excite surprise that those organs most devoted to Lord Palmerston beat the air right and left in fits of ungovernable rage. First these oracles attacked the Hausa of Commons, because it had per formed its duty ; nem, they rail against the country for setting the seal of approbation to that decisive course of action, The representatives of the people might be got rid of, and another Parliament assemble l ; but in that case the appeal would lie to the people, and they are pre pared to give Lord Derby a larger and more compaot majority than that claimed last year for Lord Palmerston. Hence all this abcie, tergiversation, and calumny. Neither in the composition of the Cabinet, nor in the policy laid clown, can the lea 4 flew b., detected ; so these antagonists pretend that Lord Derby has no right to be in office. which they represent as bolonging to the Whigs as a sort of prescriptive heir-loom. The doctrine revelations as to the manner in which East India aff airs h . ave been administered, and the universally admitted incompetency of the majority of the ex-Promier's colleagues, convince most unprejudiced men that the country has had a lucky escape. It is not in the least degree probable that people will so soon court the peril which has been happily averted ; and until some better reasons are adduced for the dismissal of the new Govern ment, its tenure of office may be considered secure. Rumours of various coalitions are in circulation, and a course of opposition is threatened, the effects of which, if it ever be reduced to practice, must recoil upon the heads of its originators. The dignified support for some time accorded by the Conservative opposition to a weak minority holding office entitles them to better treatment. Be that, however, as it ruay, from a factious House of Commons the new Government can safely I appeal to a patriotic and an enlightened public. I f there is one characteristic more than another for which Englishmen may take credit, it is their love of fair p'ay ; and of all Administrations that have ever wielded authority in England, Lord Derby's can most justly claim this as a right. Ministers have accepted the responsibilities of office at a terrible juncture. Yet confidence is already growing out of distrust, and the beneficial effects of their enlightened rule are every where apparent. In fact, opponents are disappointed and enraged because the change of Government and Conservative interference have hitherto proved so salu tary. If Lord Derby had shown himself incompetent, or had committed himself to some absurd line of policy, great indeed would be their delight. From the want of such topics to point a sentence or barb an invective the Opposition oracles are at a loss how to express the Inge which consumes thew, or to give vent to the indignation which they feel. No subject of complaint is at hand • titer, fore, the Conservatives are maligned, simply be cause they are in power. This is their sole cause of offence ; this is the only charge that can bo brought against them. Some gravely assert that Lord Derby is following out his predecessor's policy, and adopting his me esureF. Any thing more absurd and untrue it would be impos sible to conceive. Legislation must not be permitted to come to a dead lock. The estimates have been pre pared ; and we presume the most bigoted opponents of the new Ministry will not deny that they ought to be brought forward at once. The legitimate business tf the country must be transacted as promptly and as efficiently as possible. The Conservatives have been censured for their conduct with reference to India. Yet upon this topic much misconception prevails, and many calumnies have been put in circulation. By their vote a few nights since the Conservatives did not oppose any change ; they merely objected to immediate legislation, because they doubted whether the period of revolt is best suited for carrying out important reforms. This is question of time, not of principle ; and in bowing to a decision of the House of Commons with respect to the time when, not the manner how, Lord Derby showed that he is above petty prejudices, and determined to walk faithfully in the paths of the constitution. Those cavil lers who assert that the new India 13111 will be identical with the scheme proposed by Lord Palmerston can have but small respect for themselves and little regard for truth. Members of the Cabinet have assured the public that the most objectionable features of Lord Palmer ston's measure will be removed, and this assurance ought to be deemed sufficient. With reference to Parliamilnot ieyn tary Reform the people, after ha vin g g ranted the ll ten years for the preparation of their plan, wi refuse the new Ministry al reform are safe as many mont . hs for dealing with that important topic. Legal and social 9 oi the good effects of in the hands of the Conservatives, a 9 their rule during ten months in 18x3 are not yet for gotten. The Conservative party is by far the most numerous in the House of Commons. If it does not actually comm end a majority, it t s numbers are as two to one . To them, therefore, by ri ht against any ofitsopponen the government belongs. Since the fall of Lord Der g by'L Cabinet in 1852 England has been ruled by ministers on ‘ufferance. Lord Aberdeen was a minister on sufferance, and so was his successor, Lord Palmerston. Withcrit party and without following the latter maintained office f ur three years. Duri n g that p eriod he was continually e xposed to defeat, and his frail ministerial vesture might at any moment have been swept away. The ex-Premier is an admirable tactician, and bad he possessed the con fidence of a majority of the House of Commons he would not have resigned. Any reconstruction of his Cabinet is for the present impossible. The public are thoroughly disgusted with the policy as well as the material of that political gathering: Lord John is also beyond the pale • in more than one point he has even recently com m itt e d himself most painfully. Indeed, we doubt whether the member for Landon could fo rm an ad ministration were he to be so rash as to make the attempt. At any rate the experiment would not last long, and the country would again ba left without a government. Anoth r coalition is out of the question. " England," to tee Disraeles words, " does not lova coalitions ;" and the multi, of the last will not justify a repetition of that .../..:-:-0 D"-Q ") , 1 , . 4 4 01. t "". ' i s ” PH Orli Conlbinatiln , We de Tiletcapp „ SA. - Ir• • , I Lc), ! Dt,rby wi.l e c.lucter n ugh jeriovslep• t7404- / 4 l i ! , mthe Uoure oi C 111n:ions i but ; iitouidfao'ion . .,sir-rph 7_, in hat asxenibly ,he Prime Minister Mal' Erifeit*tral to the cout.try. Th a t i s his great etronghoTE4llivre his character is under-tood ata, _kis great meth are appreciated. T he people have lead ed many vihiliite9mie les,onit since 1852, a , .(1 know whit sacrifices t Va. giant ~ g.,od goes: urten t aas entailed. Or coarse 444 JAI Eußeell will r.?new his agitation 0;1 refortn. The at. wospliere of the opposition beaches &es net suit him, and he will doubtless bill high for place. The mamba: for London has, however, been tried more than once, itid hi 9 failure was of, ESCII opraelf-ti eomplete.. Although 1 dliturber ‘,f p%itca az./ breaker ot4 P CaLinettr, this leg 3lator h a 3 al wa3 s pro ye 1, wh en szc r great opportnallits tiave been within L's grasp, utterly incapable. He n 3,, y use big words, and talk largely ~f what he intends to do, vet for all that, in power, he always proves to be Lard John the Unready. REFORM MEETING AT 114NLEYI BV4F. FORDSHIRE. • On Tuesday evening last s public meeting was held in the Town-hall, Hanley, on the subject of Parha m, ntary reform, and also to an exposition of his views on the present crisis from Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M. P. for the Parliamentary borough of Stoke-upon- Trent. The meeting had been called by the Mayor (Mr. J. Ridgway), in pursuance of a requisition signed by 400 persons. The ball was crowded. The Mayor presided. The proceedings were unani mous throughout, and the following resolution WaS adopted by acclamation : " That any measure of Parliamentary reform, to person householderated t s o h o u be acceptable to the p eop l e, should at least enfran chise, boroughs,se i , n in couuties every e the ld i ) g o o r , e r sl , to every voter the protection of the ballot, should abolish the property qualification of members of Parliament, should as equitably as possible appor tion representatives to population, and shorten the duration of parliament to three years." A separate resolution in favour of the ballot was passed, declaring that " any measure of parliamen tary reform which did not give the voter its protec tion would be disadvantageous to the country and unacceptable to the people." A petition to parliament in favour of the above programme was also adopted. The MAYOR opened the proceedings in an ani mated speech, in which he argued that there was no such thing as "finality" in parliamentary reform, any more the '-- -- - __al or any other kind of reform. Ho attributed in a great measure the repeal °Mho corn laws, and also of the nav:gation laws, and the general enlightenment of the nation, to the reform bill of 1832. He thought there could be no doubt that a large extension of the suffrage was needed, and he believed that the nation would so demand it that no government dare refuse it. Mr. RICARDO rose and was recaived with deafen ing cheers. After a few introductory remarks he said that his belief was that the representative system was the great guarantee of the liberties of the people. It was by that system that public opinion passed into the public will, and the public will passed into public law. A previous speaker had spoken contemptuously of Lord Derby'sgovern ment, and he confessed that he felt iuclinel to a: - J,2e with him. He deeply regretted that for some time past political men, and especially the representa tives of the people, appeared to have forsaken principles, and to have become more followers of Lord Derby, or Lord John Russell, or Lord Palmerston, or some other lord. Men did not act as if they were sent to parliament to tight the battles of the people and to serve their country, but to become the tools of a minister. (Cheers.) He had always told his constituents that they must not expect that sort of thing from him. He had resolved always to follow an independent course, and therefore it was that he was one of the 09 who stood forward to declare that the laws of England should never ba altered at the dictation of a foreign despot. (Loud cheering.) Ho did not mean to say that the French government asked any thing very unreasonable, but their demand be con ! sidered to be one of a series which would have been made, and by which the liberties of the English people would have been endangered. (Renewed cheering.) There was no amount of jealo asy— there was no amount of vigilance—which the repre sentatives of the people ought not to exercise in guarding against the first encroachments of the liberties of this nation. It was the restraint which was the cause of the weakness of the French em pire ; and ho did not feel at all surprised at the people attempting to take the power into their own hands and to break off their chains. With regard to the charge of factious voting which had been made against the majority which ousted Lord Pal merston, lie would say, what he had said many times before, that he had never given a rot. in which he did not honestly hope that he might not be in a majority. The minority of ninety-nine be lieved that they were representing the views of the people of England, and to it turned out, and then the majority longed for some opportunity of retrac ing their steps, and Mr. Milner Gibson gave it to them. (Laughter and applause.) As to Lord Derby's ministry, he thought it occupied a very unconstitutional position. It was to be a govern ment by a minority. Lord Derby intended to try 'EOM' I.saVC‘s't,urillirfirtiiiittj'.:o,Qa'atcur. ..w.it.kiot that would load to great popular advantages if the people would only be true to themselves. (Hear, hear.) He confessed that he never expected a sa tisfactory measure of reform from the late govern went—for the men who could bandy the people about from pillar to post, and put them off year after year as they had done, on trifling pretexts, could not be sincere. As to the reform bill pro mised by Lord Derby, Mr. Disraeli had given them ahint as to when they might expect that. In address ing his constituents the other day, he said that the government of Lord Derby had the question of re form under consideration. Now he could tell them that when any government talked about any subject being under consideration, the public might rest assured that it would stick at consi deration, unless it were compelled to go forward. (Laughter.) Mr. Disraeli, too, gave them another hint. He said that the country did not ask for a Reform Bill. Then the cry of reform must be raised. (Loud cheering.) The Government must be made to understand that the 1 eople meant to long, they it—that having been bamboozled so they meant to stand it no longer. (Renewed cheering.) Let the Government be put not defence, and let them be called upon to show,bu t n to the man who was worthy of the sifra nchise, aould 1:1 ot have give a good reason why eve7 l inn lit of Englishmen it. The franchise was the bx ~ left tlr to their children ; —it was a legacy which they . classes, as a body, were and he thought the working 4. discretion as quite as capable of exercising . 1., with Ire would it. For himself, le any class that now by thepeople rather be elected or rejected . hispresent of the Potteries as a body than by 2,oo ocon stituents. Mr. Ricardo then spoke warmly in favour of the ballot, and ridiculed the objection of its being tan-English. He had himself been elected by ballot into Brookes' and the Reform Clubs, and so had Lord John Russell, whose pet objection this was. (Hear, bear, and laughter.) He was inclined to think that an exi;musion of the suffrage would. be almost a curse, if unaccompanied by the protection of the ballot. (Applause.) Mr. Ricardo then concluded by saying that after listening to some of the speeches made that night by working_ men, and after seeing the attention and decotw.uotnuloci the meeting, he wondered whether any man venture to say that there was a single man in the _ oud room who was not entitled to the franchise. (Loud cheering.) CITY COMMISSION OF SE WEBS. Yesterday a court, at which Mr. Deputy Christie presided, was held for the despatch of public busi ness. Dr. Letheby's report had reference to 145 houses that had been inspected during the week, 46 of which were lodging-houses, and it contained of t o f 19 places that required sanitaryimprovement. The medical officer also presented certificates of the overcrowding of several houses in Alontafiu court, Sugar Loaf-court, Hanging Sword -alley, Brazier's building, and Plough-court, Ilolborn, In eight of these houses there are 13 rooms occupied by 31 men, 24 women, and 14 children, in all, 69 persons, who are cro w d e d together without due re gard to health or decency. The cubic space in some of the rooms is not more than 175 feet per head. The number of deaths for the week ending Saturday last was 57 ; in the week preced in g it was 72 ; and in the w ee k before that, 62. Last year, at this time, the mortality for the week was 55, and the weekly death-rate for the last 9 years at this season has been 64.5. The mortality, there fore, during the week has been below the average; 20 cif the deaths occurred among infants, and 18 among old people. The chief causes of death were bronchitis, consumption, and pneumonia ; the first named malady was fatal in 14 instances, the second in 7, and the third in 4, leesides which there were 5 deaths from hooping-cough, and 2 from asthma, making, in all, 32 deaths from the respira tory organs. Of the zymotic class there were three deaths, namely 1 from typhus, 1 from measles, and 1 from scarlet fever. The other fatal affections s. were of a chronic character. The court, af tertr acting some routine business of an uninteresting nature to the public, adjourned. It is understood that the new Solicitor-General for Scotland will be Mr. Baillie, at present Sheriff of Stir lingshire ;and that the sod Mr. (in addition to Mr. Gordon and Mr. Droop) will be Mr. John Miller and Mr. Blackburn.