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THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST Vh I NDIA" COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, at a.General Court of the said Company will be held, as t .° o ve, on MOnday, the 20th instant, at eleven o'clock in the Pn° ol l, in oFder to receive the Report of the Committe of froprietors appointed at the General Court, of 30:1 August are"lfor the pu r p ose o f consu l t i ng w ith th e Di rec t o rs in re e to th e measures to be taken for the future manage ment of the Company's affairs," and for the discussion of the sai d Report, and other general business. laid of the Minutes, and Reort of the Committee, are 2tiu upon the table in the Propr ie tors' room for the inspec tion of Proprietors. C. CRAITFURD, Acting Secretary. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. be — CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—Return Tickets issued 2 1 1 Priday. the 24th of December, and intermediate days, will available until Wednesday, the 29th, inclusive. On the nristol and Exeter and South Devon Lines, Return Tickets i,ri?,not available on Sundays. On Christmas Day the trains rr.,", run as on Sundays, with the addition of the Day Mail i t ''' oB . between Paddington and Bristol, excepting the ahr(anch Trains between 3faidenhead and Wycombe, Reading B4 s d Sh ngstoke; Twyford and Henley, Gloucester and Here anrewsbury and Oxford. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- sta, — CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—CHEAP EXCUR c,,..„e4 to OXFORD, BIRMINGHAM, SHREWSBURY, is"-r,STER BIRKENHEAD, LIVERPOOL, &c. On FRI- AlAy , December 21th, a Train will leave Paddington at 10.30 .73_11., returning on SATURDAY, the Ist January, at 10.30 from Liverpool, and intermediate stations as per hand bit's Fares there and back—Oxford, Ils. and ss. Gd and ano7l4B. and 6s: 6d. ; Warwick and Leamington,lBs. 88.; atrNham, 20s. and Os. Gd. ; Westbromwich, Wednesbury, 10, Bilston,and 10s. ; Wolverhampton, 225. Gd. and e' (. ; Wellington and Shrewsbury, 275. Gd. and 13s - seater , 335. and 15s, ; Birkenhead and Liverpool, 375. and OItIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limited). „„ (Under subsidy from the Indian Government.) tlik,)e T ransfer Books of the Company will be closed from „,7.-18t be to the 31st o f D ecem b er, an d th e I n t er est Warrants the 3 payable by Messrs. WILLIAMS, DEACON and CO., atikers to the Company, on and after the Ist of January, The whole of the shares in the Company having now jeirlevotted, uo further applications for shares can be re- By Order, 9 , Dip:, JOHN MATHEWSON, Secretary.. - Ler - street, 17th Dec., 18.38. SALE OF OLD STORES AT PORTSMOUTH. Admiralty, Somerset-place, 13th Dec., 1858. TIM COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the y OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED lII,I\ODOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO 243 t 0'EBT GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY, the i nstant, at 12 o'Clock at noon, the Admiral Superin ndent will put u p t o S a l e i v h er Majesty's Dockyard at 10::atrtsMouth, several Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of t i l tt vi i Z s .; • Hammock, and Bunten Rags ; Old Rope (cablelaid bass, ; Oakum ; Coal Bags ; Hemp Rakings and ; Lig - num Vita' ; Carpeting, Floorcloth, &c., all lying in the said Yard. Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Super ntendent for notes of admission, fai&Awit purpose. e ataleo" nand conditions of bliTentay be had here and at the Yard". LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT t I CRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT STREET. NOW OPEN-ADMISSION FREE. IVI JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.— , • LYCEUM THEATRE. x'OSITITELY THE LAST NIGHT.—This Evening, at fhet.--Last Appearance of Mad. ANNA BISHOP, and of th4:et celebrated Violinist, M. WIENIAWSKI, previous to row departure with M. Jullien on his Farewell Tour ugh the Provinces.—Last time of the Grand Operatic ection from "Der Freischutz," &c. EVERY EVENING, AT EIGHT. ORIO MINSTRELS.-ADELAIDE ROOMS, LOWTHER ARCADE, STRAND. GREAT HIT of the PAS DE CRINOLINE. Ohio Minstrels, fifteen in number, whose surpassing IQ' as musicians, singers and dancers, are nightly greeted raPiurous applause by crowded and fashionable audi snd Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. Schools smilies Half-price. The Nobilities' Soirees attended.— loid ect° r , M. SCHMIDT. Day Performance WEDNESDAY S ATURDAY, at 3. • I) R• KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, k ar . TICHBOURNE-STREET jOpposite the Hay LE Open daily (for Gentlemen only). I nt CTIJIIES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and 8,14 7f r e , 8 t,., 11 1; topics in connection with ANATOMY, PRY x , and PATHOLOGY (vide Programmes). & .DR AdmlNEission LECT ONE SHILLING. D T ,. 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Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet r-liiston player, performs nightly, with other talented eri4tes selected from the Philharmonic Concerts, and Royal llan Opera Houses. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera izcairLtha. Likewise the following new music, will be played tly :—" The Lucknow Quadrilles," and " The Fairest Rose of Autumn," by M. Lamotte, introducing a solo obligato ti ; `He Sax9phon, played by M. Tyler ; a New Waltz, by eutory," arlea Hatt; Mr. Calkin's New Polka, selected from the toplar Opera " Guy Mannering ;" and the New Polka, "The Op era .T. 8., with a solo for the cornet-a-piston. Ma a'er, R. Bignell, assisted by Mr. C. Brown, and Mons. renet. Masters of the Ceremonies, Messrs. A. and J. Calkin, kn a rvls and Birch. Doors open at half-past 8, close at ten mutes before 12. 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Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent- Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys felciala), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidify, Palpita „on of the Heart, Torpidity a the Liver, 'bilious Headaches, 'Z e rrousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, j u s Llnna, Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d. and you will receive free by Post, a popular Trea -1,-e, 8 4 pages :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF DiGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, ipnedieines of any kind, and without expense, 'by a simple, easant, and infallible means which ;saves 50 times its cost a _ Other remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London: 4ilberty:49, Paternoster-row, and through all book. ets. -~ ~~ v t THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1858. THE ECONOMIC SOCIETY, 6,.New..82 LIFE ASSURANCE fridge-street, London. lied 1823. :•MOR S. PH, Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy Chairman. Rear-Admiral Robert Gor don. Charles Morris, Esq. George Kettilby Rickards, Es. Augu q stus Keppel Stephen son, Esq. ilstablis' DIRE( ROBERT BIDDUL WILLIAM ROUTH, Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Henry Barnett, Es q. _ The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Bouverie, M.P. Edward Charrington, Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Sir Alexander Dull Gordon, Bart. TOItEI. John Howell, Esq. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. Henry Roberts, Esq.. , Richard Taylor, Esq. PHYSICIAN—WiIIiam Emanuel Page, 31. D., Oxon, 11, Queen street, May-fair. - _ _ AUD: SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.C.S., No. 49, Dover street, Piccadilly. - - SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. AcTuAßy—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital of £1,095,000 During its existence the Society has paid in Claims Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po licies to the extent of ' The last Bonus, declared in 1854, averaged £O7 per Cent, on the Premiums paid, and amounted 890,000 Policies in force The Annual Income exceeds 397,000 7,621 240,000 In pursuance or the invariable practice of this Society, in the event of the Death of the Life Assured within the 15 days of grace, the Renewal Premium remaining unpaid, the Claitn will be admitted, subject to the payment of such Premium. The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1859, will par ticipate in the Division of 1861. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli cation to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. FIRST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH CABLE. Our antipodean connexions have Rot lost much time in availing themselves (3.* the advantages and conveniences which the devebpment of science in Europe has lately secured to mankind. Lines of railway communication are daily being extended from point to point in Australia, developing the vast mineral and agricultural - resources of the country, and the necessity for rapid communica tion by means of submarine cables (which even in this enlightened hemisphere are little better than successful experiments) is acknowledged and provided for by the colonial governments. The screw steamer Omel, 1,200 tons burden, and commanded . by Captain M‘Meak en, sailed from the Thames for Tasmania on Tues day with the first of the Australian subma rine cables on board. The rope has been recently manufactured at Mr. Henley's Telegraph Cable Works, at East Greenwich, for the Tasmanian Go vernment, and is intended to open a communication between the island of Van Dienten's Land and Mel bourne, across Bass's Straits, a distance of some thing under 200 miles. The difficulties attending the submersion are not so great as to render the ultimate success of the operation at all problemati cal, as the depth of the water in no place exceeds 65 fathoms; though the distance is great, and a considerable current runs in the Straits. The total length of the cable is 240 statute miles, which was coiled away on board ship in two coils, one in the main hold containing 140 miles, and the other in tho after hold containing 100 miles, each of which was of course firmly stowed and fastened, so as to avoid the possibility of their shifting from their positions should the ship get under heavy weather in rounding the Cape. In construction the cable diffws little from th9se, ordinarily in use for short sea: distances in this country. It consists of a single copper conductor surrounded by thick coatings of gutta percha, wound round with hemp yarn. The extra covering consists of ten No. 8 iron wires twisted spirally round the core, which increases the diameter of the whole cable to about three-quarters of an inch, and its weight to about two tons per statute mile. It is considered by all the electrical engineers who have examined and experimented upon it,to be one of the most perfectly constructed and carefully insulated cables ever made. That it possesses .the latter valuable quality to such a degree is due to the incessant severe testing it was subjected to during the process of manufacture. As each mile was made it was coiled away in a large tank of water, and then hourlytested until finally placed on boar& the Omel. To show the advantage of this method of trying the insulation of a cable (which it must ever be regretted was not resorted to with the Atlantic wire), it may be mentioned that a very serious fault in the insulation which existed in the gutta percha covering evidently be fore the manufacture of the rope, did not manifest itself until after it had been four days under water. Thus, had it been tested only on shore, the electri cal indications would have been pronounced as showing a perfect state of insulation, but, after submersion, the fault would gradually, and, per haps, fatally, have manifested itself, as in the case of the present Atlantic wire. The celerity with which all the operations connected with this cable have been performed is one of the most remarkable circumstances connected with it. As an instance, it may be mentioned that the whole length of 240 miles, weighing about 500 tons, was safely and evenly coiled away on board the Omel, by a new machine of Mr. Henley's, in six days. The whole of the magnetic instruments for sending and receiv ing messages through the line have also been ma nufactured by Messrs. Henley. The present wire is as it were but the pioneer of greater and more enterprising telegraph schemes in the new world. Should it succeed, it is, we believe, the intention of the Government of New Zealand to submerge a tele graphic line from New Munster, in that colony,to Tas mania. But this scheme would involve serious difficulties, second, indeed, only to those which op pose the success of an Atlantic line, as the cable would have to be submerged across an arm of the South Pacific 'about 900 miles broad, and of great depth. Should it be completed, the whole of the Australian colonies would be placed in instanta neous communication with each other—a first step towards the realisation of the long-cherished scheme of placing them in electrical communication with India, and, via the Red Sea line, with Europe and England.—Daili News. war, that caused this " flourishing" condition of the country. - Gold from Australia and California had enabled the Bank to keep an abundant supply of paper money, and this abundance of money—which, under Peel's absurd regulations, became superabun dunt—stimulated enterprise anil created a tempo rary prosperity. By and by bullion was drained out of the country, the circulation contracted "as the act directs," and panic, ruin, and prolonged de pression of trade, a s usua l, resulted. What, has been will be. We do not pretend *to predict to our agricultural friends how l ong th e present depression of prices will continue. Every thing favours an improved state of things. New worlds are opening to our commerce. The disco veries of science are being daily made applicable to the amelioration of the physical condition of man kind. Australia and New Columbia are sending us supplies of gold. The, world is pouring its wealth into England. But more than this. By night and by day millions of the most energetic, persevering, and industrious population on the face of the ear th arc toiling with head, hand, and heart to promote the welfare of those dear to them, and with that the prosperity of their common country. All these agencies are at work to make England a great, a happy, and a prosperous Ration. On the other side is one great monster evil—a bad money - law. And as certainly as night succeeds to day, will this malignant influence exercise its power. You have in ignorance and blindness set up a huge, barbaric, contemptible idol, to which you bow down with the superstitious reverence of the half-naked savage. Every few years a grand sacri fice of the industry, happinesS, and social and moral improvement of the people is offered up ox the altar of gold. Rest, people of England, for a time. One day of vengeance is past, and another is not yet at hand. THE MADRAS IRRIGATION and CANAL COMPANY. (Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament.) For Constructing, Maintaining, and Working (under the sa e n t palvad with the support of the Governnit ..a r istatiensive system of Irrigation Works and Navi kableTanals throughout the Presidency of Madras and the neighbouring Territories of Berar, Cochin, Hyderabad, Mysore, Nagpoor, Orissa, the South Mahratta Country, and Travancore • and also throughout the Lower Pro vinces of Bengal, when the necessary powers shall have been obtained. First Capital, £2;000,000 (with power to increase). First Issue thereof, £1,000,000, in 50,000 Shares of £2O each, upon which a perpetual Minimum Interest of £5 per cent. has been guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, all surplus profits being divisible equally between the Government and the Company : which arrangement is subject to be determined only by the Go vernment purchasing the Works constructed within six months after the expiration of each period of 25 years, at a sum equal to the market value of the shares of the company on an average of the three preceding years. Deposit, £1 per Share, to bear Interest at the guaranteed rate from the day on which the same shall be paid into the Indian Treasury: DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—JAMES THOMSON, Esq. (Messrs. Line and Co., Madras), Deputy Governor of the Agra Bank, and late Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Madras, and President of the Madras Bank. Colonel Philip Anstruther, C. 8., Madras Artillery. The Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie, M.P. (Messrs. Ran som, Bouverie, and Co.) Lieutenant-Colonel Grimes, Madras Army, Chairman of the Oriental Inland Steam Company. Colonel Atwell Lake, C. 8., late Superintending Engineer of the Eistnah Irrigation Works. Lieutenant-Colonel Onslow, late of the Commission for governing Mysore. Lieutenant-General Sir George Pollock, G.C.8., &c. Major-General Westrow Watkins, Madras Army. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Col. J. T. Smith, Madras Engineers, F.R.S., &c. AUDITORS.--James Bonar, Esq. .(Messrs. Small and CO., Old Jewry). BANRERS.—Messrs. Ransom, BOuverie, and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East. SOLICITOR.--John Mackrell, Esq., 34, Cannon•street West. SECRETARY.—John Westwood, Esq. Offices-27, Cannon-street, London, E.C. Full Prospectuses and Forms of applications for shares may now be had on application at the Company's Offices, 27, Cannon-street, London, E.C. ; of the bankers, Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and of the solicitor, John Mackrell, Esq., 34, Cannon-street West, E.C., London ; but no application will be considered unless a deposit of £1 on each share applied for is previously made to Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co., bankers of the company. The deposit will be returned if the applica tion is not acceded to. Extract from Minutes of Consultation transmitted by the Government of Madras, on the 15th May, 1858, to the late Court of Directors of the East India Company : The Government express their unanimous, strong, and earnest advocacy that all irrigation works which, on a com prehensive view of the wants of the country, may be deemed necessary to develop its undoubtedly great resources, be commenced at once boldly and on a large scale, be pressed forward throughout all times and under all circumstances, and be looked on, and be practically treated, as in fact they really are, as the most economical, because the most pro fitable, undertakings in which the Government could pos sibly engage. It is needless now again to bring forward the innumerable instances in which money has in the Pre sidency been most advantageously invested in irrigation works. The proceedings of Government have, in this re spect, been only too dsultory and vacillating, and it is confidently asserted that India could be placed in a position to pay all her own expenses, and gradually dis charge her debt far more readily and speedily by a judicious expenditure than by any scheme of retrenchment or reduc tion. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. TO THE NERVOUS' AND DEBILITATED. . Miles Opened. Receipts. - 2 - CHARLES WATSON, M.D., Fellow and Honorary Railways. „..---...--, ,----,-.-....% 1858, 1857. 1858. 1857. Vice-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, _ Corris. Member of the Medical Soci e ti e s of Rouen and Peru, _„.___ X X National Academy of Sciences, Paris, &c., and late Resident 270 234 ?hysician to the Bedford Dispens ar y, 27, Alfred-place, Bed- Ballymena and Crush... 3.5 35 ford-square, London, continues to iss ue , on re ceipt of six Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 107 85 65 1,092 1, 09 7 stamps, •' THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." 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East Anglian 674 674 New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated 191 by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub- East Kent E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union 489 . 489 fished, price, free by post, ls., 23, 2 4 3 4 0 3 23,_087 EEd.li,oahnocargshhiL(dinG.lltalacsgkobwur.n ) 1421 n 78 2,883 2,843 THE SILENT FRIEND: A Medical Work Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 269 227 on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from Forth & Clyde Junction - - the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious Furness 105 142 5 5 , 4 34 9 e l 4 4, 88 . 90 ' 3 2 consequences from the use of Mercury : with observations on Glasg ow & S o uth-Western. 1834 18 3 4 6,791 6,99 °,„, the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer- Great N or thern 283 2 83 22,715 ZDOit tam disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur- Great North of Sco.lard ..eons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, Gt.Southu. & Westn.(lrlud ) 229 205331 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160 , Oxford- Great Western lO3 176 466 466 28 1 6, , , 0 4 6 _ 0 0 32 7 1 26 11 36 09 street; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. Hull and Holderness The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both Inverness & Aberdeen June 52 15 601 - sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is Irish South-Esstern 251 251 - purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all Killarney Junction cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo- Lancaster and Carlisle (in. tency, barrenness, anddebilities arising from venereal excesses, Kendal and Windermere) 1 100 5,803 5 ; 701 has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 299 209. 22,989 18,389 cases. Price lls. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., Limerick and Foynes 2f ~ 104 101 which saves 115. Llanelly 46 35 457 37 1 The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an London & North-Western anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom- London and Blackwell 5 51 1,281 1 , 241 mended mend for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, London & South-Western . 289 270 12,830 12,765 such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head arid face, en- Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 1991 18: 12,034 11, 867 largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula ; threatened L'derry and Enniskillen - 706 763 destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter- Lond., Tilbei y, & Southend. 44 40 849 745 sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. blen.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. 17 173 9,603 9,016 Price 11$. and 3.15. 'per bottle, also a saving. of lle. mane.). S.Jun.& Al trincharn 9 1 94 818 79 3 PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an Maryport and Carlisle effectual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, Midland stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. 177 177 3,970 3,575 Is. 6d. ' and ils. per box. Monkland 52 52 1,649 1, 41 7 Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart- Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2, 175 2,099 ley-Hooper, 43, King William-street (fourdoors from London- Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,885 3,199 bridge); G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ;W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow- Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,361 1,013 churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. North British (in. 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Peebles lB 18 • 182 173 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 1,901 1,647 Just published, price is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 Scottish Central 5O 50 2,704 2,696 stamps, Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,635 3,486 SELF -PRESERVATION.--A Medical Treatise Shrewsbury & Birmin g h am 293 294 1,531 1,411 on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, Shrewsbury and Chester 51 1,617 1,447 and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting' Shrewsbury & Hereford from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from Shropshire Union 29- 20' 790 684 youth to Manhood, with practical observ ations on the Phy- South Dev o n - 57 2 , 397 2,205 301 -- 301 15,517 15,112 stirooologs.y To ot which o o r o a I , thea n physicaldwonders 0 f r etlh•e- South Wales South-Eastern 1711 171 6,136 6,239 Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 2,810 2,632 i r Ph ag are e i addedni social, remarksm 53 Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examine- Taff n le and Darlington tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, 38 4,342 2,180 with numerous engravings and cases. Ulster 36 36 1,793 1,427 BY SAMUEL LAIKERT, M.D., Ulverstone and Lancaster 37, BEDFORD SOPUARE, LONDON, Vale of Neath 2 51 251 1,425 905 Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono - Warrin g ton and Stockport l2 12 - Waterford - rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li- Waterford od L and ttetok Kilkenny or 31 7 31 261 213 eentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &e., &c. 77 1,191 1,113 The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear- West Cornwall h &Ra ti. 39 3 274 273 517 525 3,267 3,103 9 ful consequences resulting fro m cer t a i n habits, irregularities, Whitehaven Junction l2 12 497 392 and excesses, which have produced more misery in - Youth, Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 474 417 degradation in Manhood, and prematurt, decay a all stages Vir'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. 7 7 276 244 of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to r modern pathologists. Its perus a l i s p ar ti cu l ar ly recommended F OR EIGN AND COLONIAL. to persons entertaining. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 769 650 secret doubts of their physical condi- 828 673 33,208 33,180 lion, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health Eastern Junction 264 264 271 291 happiness, and privileges to which every human being ~ c, - 1,278 1,076 titled. '' Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie lB5l 140 1,734 1,604 It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that Bel. n an IW-1 1084 2,541 2,537 there are principles of personal management which cannot be 879 10 297 10 039 violated without incurring grievous penalties,and twoidsodlogemoacen,d how e o gr w heydayetthsouseccepeedoatlhtieesloay when Great Indian Peninsula l3O 884 - - h e of inconsider ate mitigated, how self-the k is o li f Canada 849 , , sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil nof Canada 291 283 7,684 9,4 0 9 G G Dril re aten a l t dl L ltT u hr x ue e nn mbourg 122 38 1,970 1,008 Great Wester • • and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity Lombardo-Venetin 2 83 249 6,977 7,112 142 107 3,439 2,416 or functional derangement to which the timely aid of sciene,e cannot apply b adrid, Saragossa &Alicant 284 176 8,534 4,088 a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, Northern of France Lions and Geneva 574 574 45,210 38,83.3 and may b: had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horn e , 19, Leicester- Norw e g ian Trunk 44 44 600 610 square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and fr om 6 till B , ' Paris and Orleans 922 771 Paris, Lyons, & Med iterrn B4l 781 70,4 50,243 58,269 95 10,689 at his residenceg 979 791 43,677 35,772 The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Royal Danish 69 69 - - B az aar ; Calcutta-Messrs. C. and J. Hormusje e ,Ap o ll o - street ; S a mbre and Meuse 6B 68 1,500 1,432 Bombay-Circulator Office ; Madras-Mofussilite Office, Agra ; Southern of France Dodsworth, Colombo, Ceylon and of all Booksellers through- West Flanders . , out the Coleelek_ - W. and N.W. of France 7lO 591 30,951 27,960 - • _ AG.RICULTURAL PRICES. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) The farmer is now again realising the effects of free trade and a fettered currency. The price of wheat is, as the Mark-Lane Eexpress states, "ex tremely low." " The average for the week ending Nov. 27th of the 290 towns making returns was 41s. 2d. on 103,981 qrs., the lowest since Nov. 1852 —on the 19th October in that year it was 375. 10d. on 114,833 qrs." The report of Monday's prices on the Corn Exchange, Mark-Lane, is very dis couraging. There is, i n f ac t, a d o wnward ten dency in agricultural produce generally. The com paratively small quantity of wool which is still in agricultural hands commands a remunerative price, but this is nearly the sole exception. Great quan tities of wheat, the staple' commodity of the farmer, have been sold this year at less • than the cost of production. The crop of beans and peas was so deficient that present prices scarcely repay the producer. Many a farmer is selling his mutton for less than it cost him same months since. Pork is very low. Altogether the agriculturist cannot but regard the present state of things with gloomy apprehension, and to the smaller farmer the ap proach of rent day is a subject of serious alarm. Such always has been, and such always will be the effects of a monetary crisis. After the panic of 1847 the average price of wheat for the five suc• ceeding years—fron t 1848 to 1852—was barely 435. a quarter. And though the improved state of trade gave, some time ago, a hope of a more remunera tive scale of prices for the food producer, yet such hope has since then materially declined. The agricultural labourer feels the ill effects of this unremunerative cheapness. Ask any sensible working man what is best for him and his family, and he will reply, " Neither very cheap nor very dear bread." When bread is very dear the wages of the labourer never rise i n proportion. Wheat at 80s. a quarter and wages at even 15s. a week leave the working man only s bare subsistence. The high price of food, and consequently of the other necessaries of life, deprives him of the power of making the least provision for the future. When bread is very cheap, the 'wage s of the labourer ne cessarily decline. Farmers in disin clined, and many unable, t general are then C. employ more labour than is absolutely necessary. Wheat at 40s. a quarter and wages at 10s. a week are bad for the poor man. The rent of his cottage, the contribution to his sick club, the school Pence for his children, are fixed money payments, and these, and similar de ductions, consume a large proportion of his small wages. What is good for the master is good for the man, and that is a fair, remunerative, steady price. The system which our Money Laws have called into existence is exactly the opposite to this. At one time we have high prices, commerce inflated, trade stimulated to the utmost, speculation of every kind and sort aroused. All is unhealthy excitement and reckless enterprise. In the manufacturing districts enormous mills and factories rise up as if b y magic, in which thousand s o f men , women , a nd children, stimulated- by high wages, work day and night in an unwholesome atmosphere, and subject to every kind of contaminating and immoral influ ence. This is the time for bubble banks, bill accommodation merchants, an d sw i n dli ng direc tors. " Their palaces rise like exhalations, and their equipages glare like meteors." In the mean while the agriculturist cares little about a rise in his rent. He improves his laud, b ur i es hi s ca pital in the soil of its owner, adopt s a system of high f ar ming, and a better breed of cattle. This par ticular phase of the monetary system induces every agriculturist to a liberal outlay of capital. Observe, it is the state of the money laws which leads to this temporary prosperity. Very shallow, unreflecting persons, who learn nothing by the ex perience of the past, talk of such prosperity being the effect of " the war." War with Russia was proclaimed on 28th March, 1854, and up to the last hopes were strongly entertained that it might be avoided. But the " prosperity" of the country had commenced the year before. In March, 1853, Lord Aberdeen declared, at the Lord Mayor's Banquet, in the City, that "all the great interests of the country were prosperous and flourishing to a degree almost unparalleled." Free trade was said by many to be the sole cause of this. Free trade had, indeed, at this time come into full opera tion ; and let the agriculturist remember that during a time of peace and with free trade in full operation, the prices of every description of agri cultural produce were amply remunerative, and that as to wheat, the first quality sold in Oct., 185 3 , at Uxbridge, at 100 s. a quarto.. It was not the war, or anything connected with THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. The President's Message—the substance of which has been transmitted by telegraph from Galway— fully confirms the anticipations which the public in this country have been led to entertain respecting the foreign policy of Mr. Buchanan's Administra tion. In the first place, we must observe that nothing can be more natural than the feeling of congratulation which the President expresses on the subject of the abandonment of the right of search by England. This object the Govern ment of the United States almost from the foun dation of the Republic has strenuously laboured to accomplish, and feelings of maritime jealousy, and a' general disinclination to act honestly and loyally against the slave trade, have ever induced the statesmen of America to declare that the police of American. ships on the high seas should ex clusively be enforced by .means of the national vessels of the Republic. To this cause is to be at tributed the failure of the negotiations at Ghent in 1815, and at Washington in 1846, on which occa sions disputes of great gravity (one of which had actually provoked war) were settled, bUt not the right of search—a matter with respect to which America, having never made a concession, has now achieved a complete though procrastinated triumph. In the late Russian war England, acting in al liance with France, adopted the American rule of " free ships, free goods;" and a brief period has only elapsed since the important maritime decla ration annexed to the treaty of Paris—which an nounced several large and salutary mitigations of the English prize code, as well as the abolition of privateering by all the great Powers of Europe-- has been followe4 by the abandonment of a right which never lawfully existed in peace • independ ently of treaty. The public jurisprudence of Europe having in at least two important particu lars been moulded so as to meet the views of America, Mr. Buchanan and his advisers might gracefully :reciprocate the concession which Eng land has made by placing the odious and barba rous system of privateering under the ban of the law, and by maintaining on the coast of Africa and in the seas around Cuba squadrons sufficient to prevent the American flag from being used, as it now frequently is, to cover the most detestable and iniquitous traffic that has ever afflicted and outraged humanity. The United States have at the present time upon their hands a distant and expensive war. They have fitted out a fleet for the purpose of coercing the weak republic of Paraguay. Many persons have thought that this fl( et was intended to stop half-way—to call in at Central America, to enforce American interests and influence in that uarter of the world, or be r ea dy t o ac t aga i ns t Mexico. Mr. Buchanan, however, anticipates that the diffi culty with Paraguay may be settled without blood shed, " through the friendly offices of England and France," an anticipation in which every person must cordially concur. The condition of Mexico next occupies the attention of the President. He hopes " that the Liberal party will soon regain power and establish a stable Government in the Republic."' England, Spain, and the United States have separately do demand redress for inju ries which have been inflicted upon their subjects by the revolutionary chiefs who have attained the temporary possession of power in Mexico Mr. Buchanan believes that the difference with Spain will speedily be adjusted, " as the present new Minister of Spain has full power to settle all troubles with Mexico." But if the United States citizens should not be indemnified for the losses which they have sustained, then Mr. Buchanan announces that he is prepared to take military possession of a por tion of the Mexican territory, of course as a pre lude to that policy of formal annexation which is so congenial to the great mass of the American people. Cuba is claimed for the United States, precisely in accordance with the spirit of the cele• brated Ostend manifesto to which Mr. Buchanan a few years ago set his hand. It is to be purchased if Spain will barter away " the Queen of the An tilles"—the last relic of the mighty empire which the most Catholic Crown once possessed in the western hemisphere. This is the assertion of the Monroe doctrine in its most lawless and offensive form. Upon the same principle England might be required to surrender her North American pro vinces ; but Spain is weak, except in the moral support of Europe, which, we believe, would never permit an act of such wholesale international rob bery to be perpetrated with successful impunity. The Munroe doctrine is, we are told also, to be en forced in the negotiations which arc in progress in Central America. The Monroe doctrine is practi cally a mere byword. It gratifies the self-love of the American people to tell them that the power of the Republic is destined to reach, at no distant day, from the St. Lawrence to the mainland of South America. But have the Powers of Europe no voice in the matter ? Can it be a matter of indifference to them that the most important military and commercial position in the world should fall under the exclusive control of the United States ? The true policy of Mr. Buchanan would be to build up the weak States which occupy the isthmus, to place, the neutrality of the route under the guarantee of the great commercial Powers of the world, and not covet territories which can only be more valuable to the United States than to other countries, just as they afford facilities for the extension of the desolating curse of slavery. Upon the whole the Message is aggressive and threatening in its character, so far as Cuba, Mexico, and Central America are concerned. However, it must be judged not by the standard of European public opinion, but by the interests and feelings of the people to whom it is more immediately ad dressed. Judged by this test, it conveys in reality only a reassertion of that doctrine which Mr. Monroe laid down in 1823—a doctrine which the United States has never from that period to the present succeeded in a single instance in enforcing against the diplomacy or the protests of any Euro pean nation. Does Mr. Buchanan hope to coun teract possible disunion at home by a policy of law less aggression abroad.—Morning Post. PROPOSED BANQUET TO LORD BROUGHAM IN EDINBuRait.—The invitation to Lord Brougham to accept the hospitality of the citizens of Edinburgh at a public dinner has been forwarded to his lordship, at Cannes, by the Lord Provost. The signatures to the document in cluded those of the Lord Provost, bailies, and council, the two members for the city, the Lord Advocate, the Dean of Faculty, the Provost of Leith, the Meichant Company, almost all the professors in the university, the rector of the High School, the president of the Royal Scottish Academy, and leading men in other professions. Caledonian litereary. _ _ — {ApiERTISEMENTI—Rarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally a apted to improve the stamina of ill conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of lid. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual saving in the keep. But its principal advantages are a great im provement in the digestive functions, the stamina and general condition of horses enabling them to perform far more labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn-out horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle gene rally, and improves the milk in cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they , feed on. Rarey and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 99 feeds, lls. ' • in casks of about 450 f ee d s , 50 s . ; of about 1,000 feeds, £)5, being lid. pex' feed. 1N 0 . 20,746. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols., with fine Plates, 215., bound, • S.TEPHAN LANGTON. By Martin F. TUPPER, D.C.L., F.R.S. Author of "Proverbial Philosophy," &c. 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These Sermons will be composed by various hands. They will in general have reference to some part of the Church Services of the Sundays to which they belong, and will aim at setting forth simply, practically, and earnestly, the truth as it is in Jesus. Price One Half-penny each, or in Monthly Parts, Threepence• Sold at the Depositories :-77, Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn- Fields ; 4, Royal. Exchange ; 16, Hanover-square ; and by all itooksellers. 1859 LETTS'S DIARIES, ALMANACS, Y. = &c., adapted to all Callings, Professions, ,or Trades, in above 100 VARIETIES of Size and form, from 6 pence to 1.1 shillings each, as well as Descriptive Catalogues, GRATIS, may be obtained at any BOOKSELLER'S in the Kingdom.. LtTTS and Co., 8, Royal Exchange. NEW WORK ON STRICTURE. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., 'THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the 1 URETHRA. With the Reasons why they so often appear Incurable. By F. B. COURTENAY, 31.R.C.5.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure'of Strictures of tile Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose specie attention has been directed, through a long professional life to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded, demonstrating his success and explaining the cause of it. By his systematic management animmense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Batlliere, - 219, Regent-street. 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A Superior Home is offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en gaged during the day, by a family residing near Regent's- Park. For a young man coming to London for the first time this would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. References to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's Dairy, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. c~~~ - .--to ... A. A . I , .:-.. :. .4-..i..[.r-,--.: ~A . ., 46. 114? . lIVI • 3 r , ..-z.-- ' " '"ll ekk.ifor N - - ` tt :".l: 01 4.:* ' s • 'kg -•., 44 . c,..•° 1.-.. , ;,, . i 7)11 • • k ...... , 1 . ir..-34_,,,,,-- 11- , h PON. . _,„ . .--,....1 4" .a. ..."7,101k101111111b • ' ~,,7. 9 ' . - : 4 ' 45 1164 '' 4 , ~ 4 , ~4 - ~,,,,,.., `y. > 1` e i . .:rgi - ,, , ,,.. , 0 .,,, ,, , ..,',4,, 4 , 1 4,3 41 Li. ----,- 'i /7_7 PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SP. REPEAL OF THE LONDON COAL DUTIES. DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRETARY Yesterday a deputation of members of Parlie ment and manufacturers had an interview with the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Secretary of State for the Home Department, at the Home-office, Whitehall, on the subject of the repeal of the Lon don coal duties. Among the members of the deputation, were Mr. W. Martin, M.P., Lord Goderich, M.P., Mr. J. Locke, M.P., Mr. W. Roupell; M.P., Mr. Williams, M.P., Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., Mr. R. Hanbury, M.P., Mr. J. Wyld, , M.P., Mr. H. B. Sheridan; M.P., Mr. T. Buncombe, `M.P., Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., Mr. J. Whatman, M.P., Sir W. Codrington, M.P., A. S. Ayrton, Esq., M.P., Mr. T. H. Saunders (Dartford), Mr. W. Joynson (St. Mary Cray), Mr. J. Dickinson (Herts), Mr. P. Itolt (Blackwell), Mr. F. P. Barlow (Herts), Mr. C. Swaisland (Crayford), Mr. H. Squire (Mayor of Hertford), Mr. T. Donkin (Bermondsey), Mr. J. Oustler (Bermondsey), Mr. F. Doulton (Lambeth), .Mr. A. Fraser (Messrs. *Truman and Hanbury), Mr. S. Green (Lambeth), Mr. C. Char rington (Mile-end), Mr. A. Manners (Whitechapel), Mr. J. Godly (Whitechapel), Mr. F. Hicks (White chapel), Mr. J. Cunnington (Brentford), Mr. R. Charles, jun., (Shadwell), Mr. Pott (Messrs. Francis and Scott, Nine Elms), Mr. R. Howard (Stratford), Mr. A. Kintrea (Secretary), &e. Mr. WYKEHAM MARTIN, M.P. (Kent), in intro ducing the deputation, said the coal tax was very onerous, extending, as it did, not only over Lon don, but Over an area 20 miles round it, and affect ing consumers and every labourer within the dis trict. Every labourer, it has been calculated, paid 2s. 4d. a year to the coal tax directly ; and when it was considered that the article went \through the hands of several dealers, each charging, and some of them highly, an interest, or per tentage on the outlay, it might fairly be said that every labourer in the district contributed, at the least, two days of his industry for the purposes of the City of London. The district, it must be remem bered, included Hertford, and extended nearly to the Reigate station on the Brighton Railway, in cluding districts that were peculiarly agricultural, and having nothing whatever to do with London. But the coal duties had a heavier effect on the manufacturing interests . of London. A gentleman present paid £1,500 a year to the coal duty ; others paid £4OO, £350,. and other large sums.. Some of these contributors lived at Dartford and St. Mary Cray ; and the town of Brentford, being a poor population, might be fairly said to refrain.from an outlay for their own sanitary improvements owing to their obligation to pay a tax amounting to £2,400T0r the improvement of the City of London. It had been said that this was not a time for inter fering in this matter. He thought it was; for although it appeared on the first blush that the duties would in a few years die out, this was really not the'case. Mr. Lloyd, to whom the whole case hld been submitted, was of opinion that the Bd. duty granted by the charter of JanieS I. and the 4d. duty secured by an act of William and Mary to replace the Orphans' Fund, would revive after 1862; Mr. Secretary WALPOLE—Does he mean that both' will revive ? One will, I know. Mr. WYKEHAN MARTIN—Both. Mr. WALPOLE—Have you the opinion ? The Secretary (Mr. KINTREA)--NOt here. Mr. WALPOLE—If I had that it would enable me to trace out the acts of Parliament. The Secretary—l will give you what I have ; but it was more of an oral opinion. Mr. WALPOLE—What Mr. Wykeham Martin said, was that the whole of the acts had been sub mitted to Mr. Lloyd's opinion, and that Mr. Lloyd's opinion was that the duty of Bd. and the 4d. duty would revive after 1862 . Mr. MARTIN—It was so. We are advised that the duty on coals brought in by railways will cease ; and then we shall have a differential duty in favour of railway coals and against sea-borne coals, which would bring up the question of the nursery for our seamen. Mr. WALPOLE—I have a great respect for the opinion of Mr. Lloyd, and I should like to see it. The deputation then presented their memorial:— "To THE RIGHT HON. HORATIO SPENCER WALPOLE, M.P., HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HOME AFFAIRS. " The Memorial of a Committee of Manufacturers and others in London and the surrounding Provincial Districts, subject to the London Coal Tax, " Sheweth, "That your memorialists having been given to under stand that it is the intention of her kajesty's Government to introduce in the ensuing session of Parliament a bill affecting the affairs of the corporation of the City of Lon don, desire respectfully to make some representations respecting the coal dues collected by the said corporation, in the hope that' the Government may be pleased to make provision in the bill tor the abolition of these dues. "That your memorialists are of opinion that the proper time for dealing permanently with this subject is the pre sent, when a measure is being framed for regulating the powers and authority of the said corporation, seeing that the whole amount of the tax is collected by that body, a large portion of which they retain for their own purposes and not for public improvements, towards which they only contribute £20,000 per annum in paying the interest en loans raised for constructing Cannon-street, and 12-13ths of which dues they claim to be entitled to in 1862. "That your memorialists respectfully submit that it is almost impossible to disregard the anomalous and incon sistent character of this tax, composed of three several duties of Id., 4d., and Bd. per ton, viz. : " The ld., originally created to build the Coal Exchange, is now granted in perpetuity by the Bth and 9th of her pre sent Majesty on inland as well as seaborne coal within 20 miles of the General Post Office. " The 4d. was granted for purposes long since satisfied ; and in 1862 this portion of the tax will, according to the sth and 6th of William and Mary, cap. 10, and the Bth and ! 9th Victoria, cap. 101, only be levied on seaborne coal, and not upon that brought by railway, thus giving rise to a most unfair preference. " The Bd. is clairried under a charter of Tames 1., and when it shall have satisfied the debt contracted upon its security, and also a further sum of £15,000, for the con tinuation of Cranbourne-street to Covent Garden, it will in 1862 revert to the corporation by the Ist and 2d 'Will. IV., cap. 76, clause 61, but it will then be leviable only upon sea borne coal, as in the case of the 4d. duty. " That thus the corporation of the City of London will in 1862 be entitled to tax all seaborne coal from Staines to the Medway to the extent of Is. per ton, which, estimating the consumption then to reach 5,000,000 of tons (it being now about 4,500,000), will give that body for its own pur poses an annual gross revenue from this source alone of £2.50,000 sterling, in addition to which there is the singular fact that by the 6th Geo. IV., cap. 111, and the Ist and 2d Will. IV., cap. 76, clause,6s, the corporation will in 1862 be entitled to levy a duty of Is. 3d. per ton on all coals brought on the'Grand Junction or Paddington Canals within a dis tance of 20 miles of London, and at that period railway coal will be wholly exempt from any tax excepting the Id. per ten. " That your memorialists cannot believe that her Ma jesty's Government will permit such a state of things to continue ; and as the liabilities upon the Bd. and Id. duties will, it is admitted, be satisfied before 1862, your memo rialists submit that legislation should not be delayed unne cessarily until then. " That with respect to the balance due from the Bd. duty to the Consolidated Fund it is stated in a parliamentary re turn from the office of Public Works, &c., signed by Sir Benjamin Hall, and dated the Ist of January in the present year, that the amount then was £283,790 ss. sd. ; but it having been questioned whether this was the actual net balance due to the Consolidated Fund, including interest, your memorialists communicated with the Office of Public Works, but the information requested has been refused. " That your memorialists had an opportunity . of stating to you during. the last session of parliament the =policy of this tax, as Wile , raised upon an article of primary neces sity to the poor, the unfairness of taxing for the mainte nance of the corporaration of the City of London, or the metropolitan improvements, the provincial districts beyond the metropolitan area, and the peculiar hardship and in equality with which it bears on those both within and be yond the metropolitan area, who use coal in various pro- - ceases of manufacturing production ; many of your memo rialists, besides bearing their full share of all imperial and local taxation, paying towards this tax as much as £4OO or £5OO per annum, in addition to which yo ur memorialists feel the injustice of being so unequally burdened, as com pared with their manufacturing comp etitors situate beyond the taxed area, and beg to point to'precedents in which pro vision has been made for specially exempting from all dues and charges coal used by manufacturers, as the case of the coal tax of the city of Dublin, &c. " And ; finally, that your memorialists beg to draw espe cial attention to the fact that the royal commission of 1854, appointed to investigate the affairs of the corporation, re ported decidedly against the continuance of these dues. "Your memorialists therefore pray that the proposed Cor poration Bill may contain provisions for the extinction of these several dues. " Signed on behalf of the Committee, "THOMAS HARRY SAUNDERS Chairman, A. KINTREA, Secretary. "2, Adelaide-place, London Bridge, Dec. 17, 18.58." Mr. SAUNDERS, as acting chairman of the coma mittee, said that owing to their distance from the coals fields, they, as manufacturers, stood in a dis advantageous position. Coals were as much a necessary of life as meat. There was no substitute for coals in London ; and the duty on coals used in manufactures interfered with the employment of labour. Some of the manufacturers here paid as much as from £6OO to £l,OOO a year towards the coal tax ; and while in Liverpool and other places coals were procured at 6s. a ton, in London they cost 16s. to 205., and sometimes, manufacturers having now to consume their own smoke, use con . siderably more Welch coals, bearing a far higher price, owing to their giving out no smoke. To the S PA PE , general consumer and the manuf*prer, t!__. ~ - f-- \- ~ was a great hardship; but the ve mas, o 44he r 0 . ~ hardship to the shipping interest, owing to,-iltAilko-4. ) that the shipowner could not lweiik.bullAiti4tie ki:ir.q produced the civic certificate tKat. all Ilte(1(74:/ duties had been satisfied. The Home - Sotreigif/..../ himself had. expressed an opinion tliit thfleoals ) duties ought to be abolished, if they could be -dis pensed with. (A laugh). But the corporation adhered to the duties on the plea of property. Mr. WALPOLE—I think the first question is, can ... the coal duties be dispensed with by the:corporation consistently with their engagements? Mr. SAUNDERS—The corporation say they want it on account of the Cannork-street improvements. Such, I believe, is not the case. It may be said to deal with the subject now is prospective legislation. But I think that the whole of our ditties are in a very confused state, and the whole thing must be dealt with, if not now, at a very early period. As to old vested rights, they have been altered, and extended, and prolonged ; chaldrons have been converted into tons, and various acts have been passed in order to perpetuate those duties. The act to extend the area of the corporate jurisdiction to 20 miles was brought in under the title of "An Act to facilitate the Measurement of Coals." Just within the radius a man pays £4OO a year for coal duty ; a manufacturer living within a few miles off pays nothing ;he is exempt from the duties. We ask that these duties should be removed. Mr. DOULTON pointed out that Lambeth contri buted to the extent of £12,000 a-year to the City of London without receiving an iota of benefit. And with regard to many trades they must either remove from the district or consent to continue their trade with a reduced profit. Mr. WILD, M.r., in reference to the objection that if the coal dues were abolished there would be no fund applicable for metropolitan improvements, reminded the Home Secretary that the Board of Works had power under their act to tax the whole metropolitan community for such works. Mr. W. WILLIAMS, M.P., considered it a great hardship that the manufacturers of London and its neighbourhood, who had to pay a higher price for their coals than the manufacturers in the coal dis tricts, should be compelled to pay this tax in addi tion. Mr. Secretary A.VALPOLE remarked that the question was by no means so easy of solution as at first sight might be supposed. He quite concurred with the deputation that upon the generally ad mitted principles of taxation this tax was not a sound one so far as it was imposed-upon the manu facturers of the metropolis and its neighbourhood and the poor people to whom coals formed one of the necessaries of life. At the same time, seeing that it was a tax that was to continue only until 1862, it might fairly be urged that it would be un wise in him to attempt to deal with it in 1859. That was the first point that struck him. But supposing that objection got rid of, the question would arise, how was he to make provision for the different charges now resting upon the tax ? Must it not be continued, at all events, to the extent of those charges unless a proper substitute could be found. And upon that point, as they were aware, it was by no means an easy matter to fix upon any tax which would be accepted as a proper substitute for another—because after all, that would be but a mere 'shifting of the burden. The next point was as to that portion of the tax which went to augment the revenues of t!te City of London. What the City said was :—" This is one of those dues which have belonged to us a very long time, which. have been given to us by Acts of Parliament, and you are now proposing to take away by one Act of Parliament that which former Acts of Parliament gave to us." That was the third point. And he would invite the attention of his hon. friend Mr. Williams to these considera tions, because he knew, as well as anybody, what littlechance there would be of satisfactorily solving these questions. It would, however, be his (Mr. Walpole's) duty carefully to go through all the Acts of Parliament bearing upon the question, and to examine all the rights that the City of London or any other parties might be suppw ei to luxe upon the proceeds of this tax, or any portion of it ; and having done so, to consider whether he could properly recommend the Government to legislate upon it. It was his intention to examine very carefully the Acts of Parliament under which these dues were originally granted, and by virtue of which they continued to be levied, and for this reason he was anxious to have the opinion which had been given by Mr. Lloyd, and he should also be glad if the committee would furnish him with any other information they might have which might tend to elucidate the subject. If they would furnish him with these, he assured them that the question should have his best attention, and, having given it that attention, he hcped to be able to form a sound and just opinion. After some remarks from Mr. W. WILLI.Ams and Mr. DICKENSON, Mr. LOCKE, M.P. (Southwark), expressed a hope on the part of many of his constituents-who were deeply interested in this question, that it should be dealt with in the forthcoming bill for reforming the corporation of London. (Hear, hear.) The last time the question was before the right hon. gentle man was upon the bill introduced by the late Government, in which there was no clause which dealt with it. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE—Except indirectly. In that way the clause relating to metagc dealt with it. Mr. LocKE—Yes, indirectly,. but nothing was said in that bill directly about the coal dues, and in consequence those who desired to be heard against them in the committee were placed in an unfair position. Ho hoped that that would not bs the case in the coming The deputation then retired. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday, in the Council Cham ber, Guildhall ; Mr. J. Tlni-aites in the chair. The financial statement was presented, which showed a total general balance of £243,917 4s. 7d. THE MAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. A deputation from the parish of St. Martin•in the-Fields, headed by Mr. Churchwarden nose, attended the board to present a memorial on tho subject of the main drainage of the metropolis. The memorial set forth that the vestry had heard that the Metropolitan Board of Works were about to expend three millions for main drainage of the metropolis, which outlay the vestry had a strong opinion would be a useless expenditure, and would lead to unnecessary and oppressive taxation. Mr. Rose spoke in support of the memorial, urging that the board were about to execute very exten sive works without proper information, and to adopt a plan both defective in principle and details. The niemorial was received - , but a motion for entering it on the minutes was negatived by a majority of 19 to 15. TENDERS FOR THE NORTHERN HIGH LEVEL SEWER FOR THE MAIN DRAINAGE. The next business before the board was to receive tenders for contracts for the construction of the northern high level sewer for the main drainage of the metropolis. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to open the tenders, which were for the undermentioned sums respectively :—G. P. Hocking £276,200 ; John Wilson, X 266,725 ; Crook and Son, 11259,855 ; G. Myers, £238,760; J. Jay, £234,130 ; Webb, £202,808; F. J. Wood, 11195,650 ; R. Batter bury, £191,000; J. and E. Bird, .C 189,399 ; W. Hill, £186,875; Dethick and Thist, £186,000; J. Diggell, £185,000 ; Lemon and Bird, £181,370; W. H. Roe, £180,433 ; Baldock and Webster, £169,000; Moxon, £152,680. The tenders having been opened, the board re solved itself into a committee, from which the pub - lic were for some time excluded. On our re-ad sion, Mr. WOOLRYCII, the secretary, read the report of the committee, recommending that Mr. Moxon's tender be accepted, subject to inquiries as to his sureties and Ins ability to carry out the work. S! itn+ NEW OFFICES FOR THE BOARD. Mr. BENNETT brought up a report from the Works and General Purposes C omm itt ee, stating that the superintending architect has prepared preliminary plans and elevations in accordance with the requirements o f th e b oard, and with the Woods, &c., agreement e entered red w termsAiajes Majesty's st Commissionershe e. t , w a e n e d n her th e board, which the committee have examined end approved, and submit for the approval of the board. Mr. OFFOR moved that the recommendation of the committee be adopted. Mr. LESLIE opposed the motion, and contended that more ample accommodation could be obtained at Greek-street than at Berkeley House, and thus save about £2OOOO of the ratepayers' money. After some discussion, the subject was adjourned for a fortnight. NEW PRECEPTS OF THE BOARD. The Finance Committee reported their proceed ings, pursuant to the reference of the board of the 24th Sept., 1858, instructing the committee to pre pare a statement of the expenses of the board for the current year ; and recommending that precepts be issued forthwith, and made returnable on the 25th March next, and that the necessary orders thereon be passed. Several members urged that it would be impos sible to make a rate in time to get the money, and wished a longer period for that purpose ; but even tually the original recommendation was put and agreed to. Some other matters which stood upon the paper were postponed, and the board adjourned. OAPgm,,, mil, ton- 'ow. ow. in ith- wia, day 5,100 ),900 7,470 !,470 8,591 8,503 6,215 6,899 0,208 ,er. COM i day id or ireat id Btive, Id at t: full oats 15 17 17 35 35 37i 37t 119 42 36- 49 49 4 671 40t 22; 22a 521: 53 <