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(I''''(--ill-/ /.."-- e/ 1 //, • . --: /47i / ----- . _ - :::•\ --- %` -i ? c 4 c..7 k —,,,iIUERTS.- 1 .. - -. ....ty iAL LYCEUM THEATRE. / . -? NN4 or - , , ~., ) ...e. •r, ~,,v , , •_. m:, „. k, , k , ,, - 0 4,,, ,, 10, 1 .. ......., . .. r,.„„. ~,_....4 0 4 ...../ *.( 4 iib „..t -4-, 4 - 4 ,- , „ • r ?: . , ,4 .rg/ TO-NIGHT, at Eight—EIGHTH APPEARANCE of the :- ;.;°•- \ Alm ~.„ i , Nlgh*.} l .,(o!" NI. , , . . o 0..,.% 1 '' •,.. , . f ...... celebrated Violinist , M. •WIENIAWSKI. Vocalist, Miss - LOUISA VEgNING. "Fern Leaves " Valse. M. Jullien's ~.. : , . FP ` sl ' . ` --:. ' I tt s — , . ••\•• •%..,, Allirff' i te-i", 1 ....:: -, ;,N ri aalii k . :•., 4.,'"/ "Hymn of 111 liversal Harmony." Second time of the new ~ .: 7 _ i :' ,li i i,, ... / fir'' . . - to 1 , tl 1,,_ . .r • •77) 1 / 4 ..,,,-- cii.- - ~..,• I. 1„, I , eowL .,,, s \,,. ... li 0 . - ` l4 ' ; ..:4. 4 /.. ) t-iii,„ i'' 61 Q.: 77 L- N . itn _ ~....- . .i selection froni "Der Freischntz." '''' ,•?. - • ..,. • ...410 1.4 iii - z 7 ' bit' . 12,- ....a..: ' . t ql , lto - Lta4.l ,- -am- , e fy • . ~._. , :i v e ;.!,.'", e. .. • - . 2101T . • "-' s gt ;..' V.:: :_ . ...'":. 1111 • houses, hats off isistance station n which fled that an order m forth- lench; at if to Mr. L taking .of my , ny great ; of those y thanks 'oodman, )f which If. The ent ; but rich dar ed on to Lfficulties on and a .tion and e . I have 7egard to I have self from i the cor with the vents en ility. the other ny kind vho then, ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. —Licensed and Re-opened.—Selections from 11 Trovatore, Traviata, and Rigoletto, every evening, by the original hand. Conductor, Mons. Lamotte; principal cornet-IL-piston, it. Boukourt ; leader, Charles Hall. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission, is. 1 Stacey, )and and 73 Hayes, to obtain furniture R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, D 3, TIOIDOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES by . J7ir. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and in teresting topics in connection with ANA TO3IY, - PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro grammes). Adm ission ONE SHILLING, DR. KAHN'S N .. IYE LECTURESON — THE PHILO SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &e, sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. HOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UN ITED STATES CIRCUS, ROYAL ALHAM BRA PALACE, LEICESTER-SQUARE, Opened for the NI 'inter season on MONDAY, Nov. 8. Two performances daily, commencing at 2 and 7 o'clock, p.m. Doors open at half-past one and half-past six o'clock. The Company c.,mprises Sixty of the Best Performers ever assembled tog ether, all of whom will appear at the same time in a Grand Trial of Skill, entitled The " HERCU LANEUM," never before represented in England. The stud of Crea in and Spotted Steeds is large and fault less. The renowned Trick Horse Black Eagle, the Horse of Beauty, and those wonderful hybrids the Educated Mules, Pete and Barney, wi 11 be introduced at each exhibition. With these attractions,, Messrs. Howes and Cushing announce again, with all confidence, yet most respectfully, the appear ance of the United States Circus in the metropolis. Admission:—First Circle, ls. ; Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 25.; Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, r.s. ; Private Boxes, £2 ; Children under 9 years of age, Half-price ; Gallery, 6d. During the present week the Alhambra will be closed to prepare for the great company. Box,o ffice open daily from 10 a.m. till 5 p.m., where seats may be secured. No fee for booking. Carriages to be in attendance at half-past 4 and 10 o'clock p.m. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the att en ti on of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New ?artridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE 'ROBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1796. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED J THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY nEn MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., Lion ; and e) for the Stacey for ►ttendance on credit, resent con -o,inst t':7 goners. Ho goner with feared he hing to do nothing to whatever, a was act a that case submitted, that de r evidence med to be Re should nination. and in some )en noted in fair supply, o sales made mples about was pretty descriptions. cheaper. ly_ of wheat/ di qualities. and peas L..38s to 40s 11 40s to 46s ..44s to 460 ..42s to 46s able show of A sold at la 30s to 34s ... 30s to —s ...30s to —3 446 to — 4 , ,—8 to 6. to good, and duction, the es. Barley ifferent sorts ire was vet./ -day, which is (0). Ott Od Od Lts (N). '8 Od Od 8 6d ring mrley 108 oa ins were on 5; third, 910; Vie, Bunting ), Butt, of a Hotel, Bel' Egypt, the N,W., thO of a daugh" at Melville' 1. of tho lots , Northanir e, the eldest ,kwell, South Lam" Mr. Wicks; terrace, Re ed 84. Esq., lately Iron.Worlof at, the Hew' to the Hon• 'HO WILL PAY THE CHINESE INDEMNITY ? Why, the English themselves. An export duty is to be levied, and then not even the East India Tea Company will be able, as they now are, to sell 43b. of Black, Green, or Mixed Tea, at Is. 10d. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 10d.----Warehouse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, City. fIOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, ‘-- 1 which Is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.=.7. and C. COCKS, Reading, Sole Manufacturers. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote; stsling that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into conditf on, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorlers food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained uo less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. S. uch facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a Pamphlet which is sent post-free. I NTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858. Established 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grace.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith standing the death of the assured occurring 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 of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman , THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE -A- ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, Sze. DIRECTORS. ' EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry .T. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church. Esq. John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq. I F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. • Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustds.alandel, Earl_ _ AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F. R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., ecc. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford row. The next Quinquennial in May, ism: xamples of I Division of Profit's will be declared Inu3 up to May, 1855 : in Policy _ Sum Bonus Bonus in Permanentßeduction taken Age. Assured. add i ti on Cash. out in to Sum of Annual _ Assured. Premiums. --- X £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 The followinc , are amongst the advantages offered by the International Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 18.18. Two-thirds of the profits arci divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceeds six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims Upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. FIFTY THOUSAND CURES Rave been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense, of indigestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency. Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Noises in the Head and Ears, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms. Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, are effectually renioved, by Du BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and is, moreover, the best rood for inionts and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cure No. 71, of dyspep sia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decics—" Dro mans, Cappoquin, County Waterford.—l have derived con siderable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitine-, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Lin.% near Digs, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, of extreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low snirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman. Gateacre, near Liverpool: of ten years' dyspepsia. and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Pr. Andrew tire, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34.210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116. Mayor Edic , of liver and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster. of cramps, spasms, and d aily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,timber-merchant, of Prim ley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five Tears' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured !.7 Du Barry' s F oo d i n a ver y a b or t ti me. W . B. R eeves , 181, - fleet-street, London." Cure So. 4,208. " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually owed by Du Barry's health restoring Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years'coup.:ll, indiges tion, and general debility h ave b een remove d by Du Barry's excellent Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. • 12Ib , 225. Super refined quality. 10Ib., 3.35. The 101 b. and 121 b. 'canis ters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fort- Mini, Mason, and CO, 182 . Piccadilly, and through all grocers and chemists in town anti country. Dr. 4;:a:TaCE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepare d aeon le 'fic principles, without mercury, t o prevent the (I ge s r c an n d t' injury resulting from quack preparations ; they Purify, regulate, and strengthen the system, and cure effec ;rally dyspepsia (bad digestion), bile, flatulency. constipation. yer and stomach complaints and all internal disorders ; and the Ointment heals sores, wounds, ulcers, boils, burns, car buncles, chaps, pimples, diseases of the scalp, &c. Both pills a nd ointment are carefully packed for all climat e s , at Is. lid., San 4., and 4s. 6d. London agents •. Hannay, 65, Oxford-at. ; u 'rer 153, Oxford-street, and may be ordered through all Medicine vendors. t i e l) e lr BARRY'S PULMONIC COUGH BON hoarseness,N ds ßONS area safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, and all affections of the lungs, throat and of un o. ri e y r aed eellence. In boxes—ls. lid 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. San. , 150, 0 r '',-,...0rd-street, London, and all Chemists. BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRIREAL BON BONS are a hey er-fatling remedy for English cholera, bowel complaint, liarrhce dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes—ls. 14d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. I ,',..,aniter, 150, Oxtord-street London, and all Chemists. BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDRE7, v s ,4 l ', INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of - . uu rging., as infants are easily reared with it, and it is the hI. and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids ot 4 er s a ge. In canisters, at 25.. and 12Ib 21s. The large canis free of carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent street, London. DAvoid Pills, end all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys ePsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita .,.ri of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, lervousness, Biliousness. General Debility, Diarrhcea, Cough, 1„ 8 " 1 4 ._M a, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d. tf,,;,,miss, and yon will receive fnee'by Post, a popular Tree- Tif Pazes ;--"" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF DIGESTIVE ORGANS." Withont pills, purgatives, 4 medicines of any kind and without expense, by a simple, e aant. and infallible mean which 'saves 50 times its cost a ll anier, r "edlea ; adapted to the general reader. London : lalltri."Tilbert,..l9, rater:miter-row, and through l )ook. NO. 20,712. BANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to exa mine the Plan of The Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by Special Agreement may be withdrawn without notice The Interest is payable in January and'July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. G REAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY COMPANY. The Directors are open to receive applications from per sons qualified to perform the duties of the following situa tion on the Railway in Bombay, viz.:—GOODS ASSISTANT to the Traffic Manager, at a commencing salary of £4SO per annum, and STATIONS' AUDIT CLERK, at a commencing salary of £240 per annum. Security for the due performance of the tespective duties will be required, and as Goods Traffic Assistant no person need apply who has not been either an Assistant to a Goods Manager, or in charge for upwards of a year of a first-class goons station upon a railway in the United Kingdom. The Stations Audit Clerk must have had expe rience in the keeping and examining of stations accounts. Applications, accompanied by testimonials, to be addressed to the Secretary before the 17th instant. THOS. R. WATT, Secretary. Office, 3, New Broad-street, City, London. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a certain cause of "DORM HY MARGARET S HAKES HAFT against WILLIAM THOMAS TAYLOR," and two other causes, all persons claiming to be heir-at-law of CHARLES SHAKESHAFT, formerly of Rotherhithe-wall, in the county of Surrey, then of Earls-court, Kensington, and afterwards of Keppel-place; Fulham-road, Brompton, in the county .of Middlesex, who died in or about the month of November, 1813, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 23d day of November instant, to come in and prove their claims at the chambers of the Vice- Chancellor Sir Wil iam rage Wood, No. - 11, New-square, Lin coln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Friday, the 26th day of November instant, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and ad judicating upon the claims. Dated this 6th day of November, 1858. HT. LEMAN, Chief Clerk. RAVEN & BRADLEY, 2, Harcourt-buildings, Temple, E.C. Leo Blackfriara/ L, Drew, an street, Jolla ficholson, of ~........___--- 1 YOUN G ' ce , NO. 1 12 } 0 coun ty 0 PRICE 4D • STAMPED, 5D which, had it been carried, he was persuaded the consequence would have been that a large saving would have been effected in the public expenditure without impairing in any way the efficiency of the public service in any department. That motion was to refer the army and navy estimates to a committee, but he was in a minority, twenty-six members only voting for it. They would be astonished if they knew how small a proportion of the money voted for those two services was ex pended in the pay, provision, and clothing of the troops and seamen. He believed that the com mittee, had it been appointed, would have struck out hundreds and hundreds of thousands of pounds from the . gross aggregate of the estimates for the two services. They had seen lately statements of the extraordinary frauds committed in clothing the army. He (Mr. Williams) had always had an im pression, and which he had expressed over and over again in the House of Commons, that the public money was not safe—that the public ex penditure was not properly looked after under the existing system. A committee was some years ago appointed, at the instance of Sir F. Baring, on the subject, and they found that although the expendi ture amounted to between £60,000,000 and £70,000,000 a year, there was no effective check -110 protection. They passed certain resolutions with a view to—the establishment of greater se eurit):. But although the Government of the day promised to bring in a bill to carry out those reso lutions, nothing had been done. It was only just, however, in reference to the present Government, to say that they had as yet had no opportunity of taking steps in the matter. Under the old borough-- mongering Parliaments the army and navy expen diture had been much less than it wa s now. When Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington were in office—the one the greatest statesman, and the other the greatest general of modern times— £ll,s7o,ooo was found to be sufficient for the army and navy expenditure; whereas last year, under the Government of Lord Palmerston, it was £22,520,000, or almost double—in fact, upwards of ' £11,000,000 more. (Shame.) He was sorry to say that the military expenditure proposed by the present Government was but very little less. Ministers and gentlemen connected with the mili tary services were always holding up the Emperor of the French as a sort of bugbear to justify a heavy military expenditure, on the plea that it was necessary to protect ourselves against invasion. Why, there had not been for ages on the throne of France a man more disposed to maintain friendly rela tions with this country than the present Emperor. It was his interest to do so, and we might depend that he would always consult his own interest. In the year he had referred to, when Sir R. Peel and the Duke of Wellington were in power, the total public expenditure was £15,730,000 less than it was under Lord Palmerston's Government last year—(shame) —which £15,000,000, had it been saved to the country, would have enabled the Government to take off the whole of the income tax, abolish the tea duty, and the duty on malt and on hops. Tea would have been ls. 4d. a pound, and good strong beer might have been sold at 2d. per pot. (Hear.) Then the present Government in their estimates this year wanted £7,500,000 more money than they did in 1852, when they were last in power, and the only explanation they gave was that they could not make reductions all at once. (Hear, hear.) These were matters it was the duty of representatives to attend to. One of the first duties of the . House of Commons in :olden time was thought to be to hold the purse-strings of the nation, but now they seemed to think their duty was to open the purse as wide as possible. Again, with regard to the civil service estimates—in 1830, when the Duke of Wellington was Prime Minister, the total amount was £2,000,000. Last year, under a re formed Parliament, and with a liberal Government in office, it was £6,000,000, exclusive of the expen diture on account of the revenue, as the excise and customs, which amounted to between £4,000,000 and £5,000,000 more. If these matters were looked into as he proposed by a conmitte many millions a year would be saved. He brought forward another im portant motion for imposing the probate duty upon landed property; which was not successful. They were aware that every description of property ex cept land paid probate duty. When a poor man died he had perhaps a few pounds in the savings bank, the Government could send in a broker to value his furniture and clothes, and if his whole property was worth £2O his children must pay 2 per cent. upon it ; but if a noMeman died leaving estates worth £2,000,000, his successor did not pay a farthing. (Shame.) Was not that abominable? (Yes.) He also proposed. that appropriated tithes, which amounted to a large sum, should also pay probate and legacy duty. The tithes in many parishes were in lay hands, and descended like other property. Why, therefore, should they be exempt from the duty ? They did now pay legacy duty, Mr. Gladstone having, but not without considerable difficulty and much oppo sition, carried a bill for that purpose. He proposed that not only those appropriated tithes, but corpo rate property, the property of universities, deans, and chapters, and bishoprics—exclusive of the bishop's income—should be subject, like other pro perty, to these charges. He had brought this question forward several times, but he could only get 64 members to vote for it last session, and he was almost surprised that he got so many. Having been one of those who visited Cherbourg, they would expect him to say something of what he saw there. Well, he saw the whole concern —(a laugh)—about which so much had been said and talked in this country. Cherbourg was no doubt a place wonderfully fortified, but what had we to do with that Wu did not want to attack Cherbourg. All that was required was to protect our own coasts, and to provide for our own safety, for which lie was as desirous as any man could be. (Hear, hear.) He looked at all that was to be seen at Cherbourg, but saw nothing to be afraid of. But the partisans and hangers-on of Government were trying to frighten the people about Cherbourg, as if the great batteries there could be floated and sent against this country. But the object of those persons was to put their hands in the pockets of the people. Why, we had at Portland, immediately opposite Cherbourg and aimost in sight, a harbour that would hold all the ships of war in our navy, which might be collected there ready to destroy any force that could come from Cherbourg. The great works were still going on at Portland, and it was about to be fortified. People connected with the army and navy said that our coasts were defenceless, and that our military forces were insufficient. Why, there were 59,390 sailors and marines voted last year—the largest force we ever maintained in time of peace. For several years after the French war our force was not half that amount. If this force was properly applied no power or powers could approach our shores. They would perhaps be surprised to learn that the House of Commons voted last session for the regular army, militia, enrolled pensioners, dockyard battalions, and yeomanry cavalry, 220,000 men ; then there were 12,000 Irish police, all picked men and trained like soldiers—thus we had a force of 232,000 for the defence of Great Britain and Ireland. Besides this there were 32,000 men for the colonies and 92,000 men voted expressly for India. With such a force what had we to fear ? He did not know how many of this mighty army were enlisted, but, with regard to the navy, they had been told by the First Lord of the Admiralty that the full number was completed and something more. Now a word or two upon the promised Reform Bill. (Cheers.) He had no great faith that the present Government would intro duce any bill worth accepting ; but he was willing to see what they would propose, and support that which was good in their measure, whil e he would op p os e that which he thought in jurious. H e apprehended that they would enlarge the franchise—that would be good. Then they would no doubt abolish some of th e small boroughs. But it was to be feared th a t th ey would give to the counties the members they took from those boroughs, and would form other small boroughs into county electoral distticts. If that w as the Reform Bill of th e government, they ought t o oppose it, for they would be Worse off than they were now. The seven constituencies of the metro polis returned sixteen members to Parliament, exclusive of Greenwich. These were returned by a larger body of electors than 285 members returned by 194 other constituencies. Was not this monstrous ? (Hear, hear.) If they added Man chester, Liverpool, and Glasgow, they would have 186,000 voters returning 22 members for the 10 constituencies, whereas there were 216 constitu encies with 180,000 electors, returning 329 members, or a majority in the House of Commons. Look at this effect. The laws which govern the 28,000,000 people of this country might thus be made by the representatives of the 180,000 electors, seeing that if they voted together they would form a majority of the.whole house. Was this a state of things that ought, to be allowed to rest ? Some -people talked of equalising the constituencies, but he did not ex pect they would be able to do that., They must endeavour to approximate as near to equality as they could. To apportion the members equally to the constituencies they ought to have 7 0 members for the nietropolig. With regard t 9 the reduction OINOPOLION TAVERN and. HOTEL, Nos. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn, W.C. The Best Served Dinner in London for is. 6d. A Succession of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private and Smoking Rooms. TABLE D'HOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each. Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s first-class Wines and Spirits. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. —. 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In conclusion, the hon, member thanked - the meeting for the patience with which they had heard him, and stated his readiness to an swer any questions that might be put. Mr. COOMBES complained that more than 1,000 people . had been struck off the register this year in consequen ceetrhffatecAerednetiN.was . l might l Elector sesttesombr o oce f ft the landlords compounding for the rates. tari nhac acquiescing r vee b . a: vecs l ii in Reformr l g gL worth i u r n A l y 3 xt l rhS:aeoeii Bill al : p r,hyh l i a ceka i :i n h, rne e :g d pt aheoe i dff f o 1 would the 2ilng3oesyhacur,ottvdlli n h hodio o ocodemf u ebsev:m s . emso e ertan o ienn r mdog d eff. d z ßitehb l ud l eet - . fehrdt.o he WILLIAMSv a ae rates, su,bb oughteleiiiiretained . eadtl toeaanri denied h eeed a s affi d y , hp (aondo poor influence bamre . been nn pari sh m to i g r course the hon. reduced this year. member had taken in regard to Mr. Ayrton's bill for the equalisation of the poor rates. - Another Elector asked Mr. WlLLlAms—That bill was withdrawn before it came to a vote. Had it hone to a division he should have voted for it. (Hear, hear.) 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BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.. 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li centiate tia consequences aesedegradations, e,essentialesni ncwhich vms o h b ari j anc e hsh c i of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Ito., Am of l this treatise is to point out the fear toodt have i d a fromn d produced prematurecertain decay misery a i a n Youth,ll sirregularities,tacs o t se known to mo f 0 1 ; i, i e f er e, ranopaaa tthan,eilao entertaining eo p ro e t r as h itl a si i ps alg , t sa a e ap n e y r - reu o t s t d h a ol e air is particularly ro s t s fi c ol ; eadirrilsype physical ecommended i t l i a o p u p , t a n n e d s s , w a h n o d p a r r?v ee i o le n g s e d s o t t i o s w o f h c a h v i e n v g e r y hazarded b t c h i e n g h isa en health titled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting'ot their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its Consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot ap p ly a cure. 20, , Paternoster-row, Warwick-lane Cornhill; Horne, 10, Leicester anld'umblaiyshheed h b a y d J o ; f A 3 l i l l e n n n , 39, Leicester square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. Tiu , work may bo had In India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. 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DEATH OF _DOCTOR GIFFARD. (From the Morning Herald.) It is with a sorrow that is not often expressed so sincerely in the columns of a newspaper that we have to announce to-day the death, at Folkestone, in Kent, of- Stanley Lees Giffard, Esq., LL.D., of Trinity College, Dublin, and of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, but who was much bitter known to statesmen, men of letters, and the public, as having exercised for considerably more than a quarter of a century the office of editor of the Standard, and having discharged that office with an amount of ability, learning, power, and fearlessness which gave his daily writings an important influence on the public opinion of the country, and rendered them a great support to Evangelical religion in the Church of England, the general sAvancement of Protestant truth, and the dissemination of Conservative opinions. Dr. Giffard was born in Dublin on the 4th of Aug., 1788, and died at Folkestone on the 6th of the present month, having just entered his 71st year. His father, John Giffard, of Dro martin in the county of Dublin Esq., a man who occupied a large space in the politics of Ireland in most troublous times. was the son of a gentleman of the house of Giffard of Brightley, in Devon, who, going over to Ireland early in the last century as a partisan of the de facto Lord An nesley, in the famous case of the Aunesley peerage, married and settled there. Mr. John . Giffard, in the period of the Irish rebellion, and whil e th e state trials which preceded it took place, was selected by the Government of the day for the perilous office of Sheriff of Dublin, an office which he exercised with a determination-and effect that ensured for him and his family an amount of hatred from the defeated party, and from a certain section of the Irish, which has not been unfrequently displayed. Mr. Giffard's hostility to the insurgents was not abated by the brutal murder of his second son, Lieutenant William Giffard, by a mob lying in ambush, becir as hi was found in the -King's uniform. His youngest EOl, whose death we -have the truly melancholy duty to-day to record, was at a very early age sent to the grammar school of' Mr. Samuel White, cele brated as having had the honour to have under his care Sheridan and Tom Moore. At an equally unusually early age Dr. Giffard entered Trinity College, Dublin, where he achieved all the honours of hi s ti me, and laid the foundation of that classical learning which he did not possess merely as an acquirement, but wielded with a power of application both severe and witty, which those . only familiar with his style• could properly appreciate.. In May, 1811, having gone through the usual exercises, Dr. Giffard was called to the ' bar by the Middle Temple, and made that feint of practising which scholars and men of letters are apt for some time to attempt. He neither had the tempera ment, however, - nor the disposition to make a successful barrister, and his logic was too close and his language, too elegant for that pursuit. He gradually, therefore, neglected legal duties, and devoted himself to literature, editing at this time anonymously some editions both of the Classics and of Hebrew, with which latter language he all his life kept up his familiarity, and from which he translated some episodes of the Talmud that we have seen attributed to other pens. His first engagement as a journalist he made with the St. James's Chronicle, where, as to learning and readiness he was not an un worthy successor of two of his illustrious countrymen who had contributed to the mune columns, Edmund Burke and Oliver Goldsmith. His hereditary family politics and his own ability had directed to him the attention of the Irish Tory party, and he was asked by the then Primate of Ire land to come into Parliament for the city of Armagh, but declined the proposal, being always unsuited by his habits for public display, and having that shyness before an audience which arises from indulging a studious disposition. In the St. James's Chronicle he continued to be a writer during the exciting period of the trial of the Queen and the Ministry of Lori Sidmouth, at all times showing the same• character of unswerving loyalty to a principle, and strongly supporting-Lord Castlereagh. At length it became obvious that it was determined to carry the measure of 1829, now called Roman Catholic Emancipation ; and the Standard appeared as the uncompr om i s i ng opponent of the policy or honesty of the act, opinions which Dr. Giffard never aban doned, • refusing even the solution offered by one of his most distinguished friends, fieri non debuit, factum valet. He looked upon the Roman Church as simply a political con spiracy carried on under the name of Religion, and although he bore sincere friendship, and did innumerable kindly ser vices to Roman Catholics, he gave thein credit as far as - their religion went for little more discrimination •or inde pendence of thought in that particular matter, than if they had belonged to some of the philosophical sects of the middle ages. The Standard expressing as it did the opinions of so niany in the Church and in the country, and being condueted with unexpected vigour, soon rose under Dr. Giffard's direction into an importance which made its oppo sition very serious. In fact, it expressed at the time, and that in - language far above the phraseology of journals, and with illustrations drawn from a rare and general fund of learning, the indignation of the Churchmen of England at the Sordid race for votes which had just then begun in relation to Roman Catholic Emancipation. The writings of any 'Man, however able or learned, which have for their subject the passing questions of the day, necessarily are of an ephemeral nature, but it may be fairly said that as regards learning, eloquence, and argument, the articles of Dr. Giffard against the bill of 1829, continued as they were throughout at¢o-or three years, have not been surpassed in the history of journalism. The bill of 1829 was passed, and the - Whigs having found the Irish contin gent ready to their hands, started the Reform agitation. The Standard had now another field, and the editor entered upon it with characteristic vigour, and to his suggestions and arguments it is not difficult to trace some of the modi fications which the bill received. In this period of transi tion the peculiar powers of Dr. Giffard were called forth by subjects which he treated con amore. The Irish Church, of which he was for years the sole champion at the metropo litan press of England, was labouring in the distress of a tithe war, an agrarian system of massacring the clergy, and the appropriation motions of Mr. Ward. The case of that Church was stated by Dr. Giffard in the Standard, and by his friend, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, in the house, with a power which not a little contributed to its being saved at a time when a powerful party in Parliament were urging its destruction on a weak Administration, and when the Government depended for its own existence on the votes of certain Irish members bound to obey the late Mr. O'Con nell. At this period the conduct of foreign affairs became an engrossing subject, and the peaceable Government of Louis Philippe seemed disposed to alter its character. The Standard, generally admiring the policy of that King, endeavoured to allay the cry for hostilities got up in certain quarters in England, and continued to advocate with de voted ability the Throne of July, to the last prophesying that end of the republic which followed rapidly. In the controversy with the Anti-Corn Law League, and in that on the Navigation Laws, Dr. Giffard had more scope for powers which transcend mere vulgar debate. The depth of the principles involved and the extent of the interests at stake, made both these questions more the subject of specu lation than of certainty ; and the attack of Mr. Bright from the stage of Covent Garden Theatre, upon Dr. Giffard by name was sufficient proof how far the weapons of the Standard had reached the political enemy. During this period Dr. Giffard undertook for a short time the manage ment of the political department of the Morning Herald. After the sudden, and at all events unexpected, repeal of the corn laws by Sir R. Peel, he adopted that section which looked on Sir Robert's conduct as wanting in honesty towards his own previous followers, and dealt with the event as mem bers of a deserted party will. In the general election which followed Dr. Giffard offered himself as a candidate for the representation of the University of Dublin in Parliament, more, however, to meet a challenge than with any serious intention of sitting for the college. In the violent contests which arose on the Irish "Municipal Corporations Bill he had strongly defended those corporations—more aristocra tic than commercial—which had been so long existing in Ireland. That of Dublin in particular, with which his father had been identified as its principal executive officer in times of great danger, he particularly defended, when Mr. Shaw, its recorder, had declared his intention of assenting to the bill. In this controversy Mr. Shaw had challenged the editor of the Standard to "come from behind his lair of anonymous types," and Dr. Giffard accordingly offered himself on the hustin a of his own university, sad was re ceived by a gr ea t body of the electors with much enthusiasm. Ho contented himself, however, with stating his opinions to the college, justifying his conduct on the Dublin Corpo ration Bill, offering Mr. Shaw what explanation he pleased, and then retiring from the contest. From that period public questions were not of that importance that demands any very brilliant effort from a journalist, and Dr. Giffard's failing health and want of interest in questions that were not of the spirit of his time, induced him to retire from the press, especially as the journal with which his name had been as long identified was about to assume a form and sys tem more suited to the commercial spirit of the present time. Duriiig his long and onerous newspaper labours Dr. Giffard found time to contribute to the Quarterly and Blackwood, and had projected and begun some historical works, with which we do not know far he had proceeded. One was a " Life of the Great Duke of Ormond," and one a work which he was the only man of his time fitted to accomplish, a " Vindiciai. Anglicanai," intended to give for the first time a true account of the government of Ireland by the English. We have heard, also, that he had adventured some of that kind of historical fiction of which his friend Sir Walter Scott was the founder. These works, with his political essays, and,especially those biographies of great men, at whose death he did so nobly and so imparti ally tin sad task which we grieve to have to endeavour to do for him to-day, it is the duty of his representatives to give the world, for we doubt if so much true scholarship and so much matured thought will soon again be expended on the pursuit of journalism. To estimate the character of Dr. Giffard would require some of the power which he himself devoted to such sub jects as Canning, or Cobbett, in the pages of the Standard. With all his sincere devotion to the Church of England he joined a Presbyterian plainness in reference to ceremonial, and though a true Tory in politics he was always careful to distinguish between an ancient and a plebian aristocracy, and not slow to point out the faults, either of the Peerage or the Church. Half a century of daily reading, added to a memory unusu ally accurate and retentive, had made his accumulation of ger eral learning siem almost incredible in amount, and the readiness with which he availed himself of it in composi tion was one of the greatest charms of his writings. In the obduracy of his sympathies and antipathies in politics he was a man after Dr. Johnson's own heart, and with him departed, perhaps, the last of the school of the Geprgian political writers, who brought so great a fund of learning to the pursuit of the press. 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Rarey and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 90 feeds, Ils. ;''in casks of about 450 feeds, 5 0s. ; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, beiag about lid, per feed, MR. wILLrAms, M.P., AND THE ELECTORS OF LAMBETH. In accordance with the annual custom followed of late years by several of the liberal members of Parliament, the hon. member for Lambeth met his constituents last evening, at the Horns Tavern, to render an account of his services in Parliament dur ing the past session, and to confer with them upon the present aspect of political affairs. The attend ance was very numerous,, and the majority of the persons present appeared to belong to the poorer 'class of voters. Mr. WEBSTER presided, and having briefly ex plained the purpose of the meeting, remarked that many had supposed Mr. Williams's conduct in refe rence to Lord Palmerston was objectionable. (No.) They had now lived long enough to change that opinion. He hoped, howorer, as they were living on the eve ofstirring times they would tell their member plainly what they wished him to do. A Reform Bill could not be long delayed, and it was their duty to confer with their member, let him know - what he was to insist upon on their behalf, and through him to infirm the governing powers what they were de termined to have. They must look to measures henceforward, not men. If he were disposed to fol low any statesman of the present day, it would be Lord J. Russell. (Hear.) But the time was come when the people must help themselves, and not de pend upon Lord this or Lord that. The Times said that John Bright could not concoct a Reform Bill : but why not John Bright as well as anybody else ? —he was one of the people and knew what they wanted. Mr. WILLIAMS, who was warmly welcomed, said he had invited his constituents to meet him that he might give them an account of his conduct in the last session, aad to afford them an opportunity of demanding any explanation they might desire. He could not suppose he had succeeded in satisfying all, and in every particular, but he was ready to give his reasons for every vote he had given. He had no t been absent a single day or a single night during the whole session. (Hear.) They could hardly form an idea of the arduous duties of a member of Par liament who conscientiously' carried out the trust reposed in him by his constituents. He had during great part of the session to be on a committee at eleven o'clock in the morning, and to remain in the house until two or three on the following morning. When the Reform Bill was carried, Lord J. Russell said that among other advantages that would fol low was the putting an end to past-midnight legis lation. But that had not been the case, and he believed that the session of 1858 was more remark. able for late hours than almost any of its predeces sors of late years. He had always been strongly , opposed to the transaction of the legislative busi ness of the country at unreasonably late hours, for the consequence was that important mea sures were hurried through without discussion and almost without the knowledge of members. If a few members would unite with him he hoped to put a stop to this system. The last session commenced on the 3d December, having been called together for the special purpose of passing an act to enable the Bank to set aside tem porarily the provisions of the Bank Charter Act, in order to ease the pressure upon the money market which then existed. It was somewhat curious, however, that the mere passing of that act had been quite sufficient to meet the object in view—the powers it conferred never h av i ng b een resor t e d t o . When Parliament reassembled in February they would recollect that the Government brought for ward the Conspiracy Act, at tile instigation of the French Government, in consequence of the attack which had been made upon the life of the Emperor of the French. They would recollect that a long debate took place upon the first stage of that bill, and that upon a division 99 members, himself being one of them, voted against its introduction. (Hear, hear.) They would remember the bullying tone assumed by certain French colonels and officials, and that although the Lord Chief Justice of Eng land stated that the existing laws of the sauntry were sufficient to meet the case, the Government still proceeded with the bill. Upon the second reading, however, a resolution was moved -toy Mr. Gibson as an amendment, which was carried by a majority of 19, and that led to the resignation of Lord Palmerston's Government. When the new Government came in their first act was to bring in a bill of the most incongruous and unaccountable character to transfer the government of India from the East India Company , to th: Queen. The dis cussions upon that subject occupied the greater part of the session, and upon every division which took place he was present doing his duty, as lie best could, with the view of improving the measure and making it suited for its purpose. Ultimately the Government bill was withdrawn, and another, founded upon the resolutions suggested by Lord J. Russell, was carried. And he believed that that bill, which effectually , removed the powers of the Government from the jobbing East India Company and; placed it in the hands of the Crown, would be attended with beneficial results, and afford satisfac tion to the people of India. He (Mr. Williams) did not care what party was in power, if they intro duced measures for the public good they should have his cordial support, but if they brought in measures which he thought injurious to the country, they should have, be they Whig or Tory, his most earnest opposition. (Cheers.) Lord Derby's Govern ment during the. past session had lent their aid to the passing of a bill for enabling Jews to sit in Parliament. It' was a queer, crotchety sort of bill, but it effected the object in view, and placed the country in the high and proud position that no man could be excluded from his political rights on account of his religious opinions. He was happy to say that under it Baron Rothschild had taken his seat as member for London by virtue of that bill. (Hear.) This Tory government had also given their aid to the passing of another useful measure —a bill to abolish' the property qualification of members. (Loud cheers.) The immediate effect of this bill was not, perhaps, so important as the prin ciple it introduced. Henceforward any man who had a majority of the - electors in his favour in any borough or county might take his seat in the House of Commons without any question as to what property he was possessed of. (Hear, hear.) He would refer to a few of the principal questions upon which he had voted during the ses sion. The first question of importance was the motion to support a commission to inquire into the state of education. Nothing was more wanted in this country than education ; but the great differ ence of opinion that existed on the subject had hitherto prevented any satisfactory settlement of that long debated question. He hoped, however, that the labours of that commission would ere long enable them to frame a measure which should satisfy all parties—by each conceding something to the other. He supported that motion ; and he voted for the total abolition of church-rates. (Cheers.) He voted against the motion that was brought for ward to make the landowners of the country bear the burden, because he was for the total and un- conditionalabolition of the rates. He was convinced that if this impost were abolished, the members of the established church would provide ample means to maintain the fabric of the church and for public worship.. Why should they not do so as well as the dissenters, who paid their clergy, built their chapels, and maintained them without any aid ? (Hear.) He voted likewise for the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland. (Hear.) This was a very costly concern, and after all was but a ridiculous sham royalty, and which inflicted an in jury, as he believed, upon the people of Ireland rather than confering any benefit upon them. Ile voted for theabolition of the Septennial Act and the substitution of triennial parliaments, and for Mr. Locke King's motion to reduce the county fran chise from £5O to £lO. (Hear.) He voted likewise for that most important of all questions, vote by ballot--(hear)—without which a Reform Bill would not only be incomplete but scarcely worth havi ng. This was a question which did not affect the consti tuency of Lambeth personally, for the large manu facturing and commercial houses there did not interfere with the votes of those they employed ; but if they went to many parts of the country they would find that a system of coercion exten sively prevailed, whereby the aristocratic land owners and the great squires compelled their tenants to vote for them and their nominees, as though tenants' votes were actually the property of the landlord. He voted in the past session also to abolish the protection which members of Parlia ment enjoyed from arrest for debt, for he could not understand why a member of Parliament who owed moneyshould be free from the ordinary course of law any more than other people. (Hear, hear.) He voted several times against the pernicious measure Which enabled candidates to pay the ex penses of voters going to the poll, which he thought was calculated to encourage bribery and corruption. He made several motions against various items i n the estimates. He believed as many as twenty five divisions were taken against the extravagant estimates of the past session, in all of w hi c h he voted against the Government. (H ear , h ear.) This would ‘Pive..them an idea of the general character of the estimates. But he brought forward ono =OA imPort&tat 11201i011 with regexcl to §upply, TS. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. For some weeks a series of attacks has been made in the Times newspaper on the Directors of the Bank of England for not lowering the rate of dis count. We are little disposed to undertake the defence of the present directors of the Bank. There was a time when the directors sympathised with the people of England, and remonstrated strongly against the insane policy of the Peel and Overstone theorists. Of late years, however, the directors have become decidedly bullionist in their prejudices, and have evidently regarded the pre servation of their gigantic monopoly as a thing of greater importance than the welfare of the com mercial and industrial classes of their fellow-coun trymen. ,We leave them, therefore, to fight their own battles with their former friends and allies, the Bullionist theorists. It is impossible, nevertheless, not to be amused at the arrogant and intolerant tone assumed by the Times' writers on the subject of the Bank Manage ment. Peel laid it down as an essential part .of his s t p h o e n s ß i b a y s s a hould u t l od thebe entirel y e m r e e l i n e t v e o d f f s rO s m tem al t l ha re t the nation's currency. He told the Bank Directors to conduct the affairs of their establishment in their own way, assuring them that his Acts would take Pare that the affairs of the nation were properly provided for. It now seems that the theory of tho Peel party, like every other principle whieh they so presumptuously laid down, is to be falsified in practice. The Bank is to be left to act as it pleases, t a h l w e a r y provided e ci s uiroent s tohfa Lordit pleases s Overstone e act n dagrtheee writers y te t r o s of the Times. There is apower behind the chair of the Governor of the Bank which must not be gain said. In the present instance it is not very difficult to see to which side common sense and prudence in cline. The bullion in the Bank has been gradually diminishing. By the Bank return of last week the amount of bullion shows a decrease of .£144,084, and the amount withdrawn since the return was published makes it evident that the Bank has acted with commendable caution and just discre tion in not hastily lowering the rates of discount. Nothing can be more injurious than frequent and unnecessary changes in the rate. Had the Bank, in obedience to the commands of these self-ap pointed dictators, lowered the rate a few weeks back, it appears highly probable that it would have been found necessary to raise it again. The " hard calculator,' of course, rejoices in these ups and downs. They all bring grist to the mill of Usury. But the effect produced on trade and commerce by this system of change and uncertainty is most injurious. In the meanwhile we leave this pretty quarrel be tween the Bank and the Times as it stands. The system is thoroughly ridiculous and rotten, and time only is now wanting to convince every rational man in the country that it is so. The Bnllionists have rope enough in all conscience, and they are certain, in the long run, to hang themselves, Derbyshire Courier. The Malta Times, of Oct. 26, says :—" Lieut. Edwardof the 21st R.N.B. Fusiliers, and Mr. G P S e h a a rm w, an k.N., were taken int o custody by the police two evenings back for being drunk in the streets and disturbing' the peace by knocking at the doors of respect able families. On refusing to give their names, they were put into the lock-up, and on the following morning appeared at the bar before the sitting magistrate, who fined them £l ss. each, and severely reprimanded them for their I, lllbeGniin WildliCte" APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. 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AUDITORS Adolphe Boursot, Esq., merchant, 9, Hart-street, London. Charles Whetham, Esq., merchant, 38, Gracechurch-street London. The City Bank, London, The National Provincial Bank of England, The National Bank of Scotland, And Branches, The Aberdeen Town and County Bank, TIM Provincial Bank of Ireland,- - BANKERS. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Young, Vaßings, and Jones St. Mildred's-court, London. BROKERS. Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings, Loudon. OFFICERS IN AUSTRALIA. Robert Archibald Alison Morehead, Esq., Head Manager and General Superintendent. Matthew Young, Esq., Assistant Superintendent and Accountant. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Charles Grainger, Esq. OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. 24, GRESHAM-STREET, LONDON. .O'CONNELL-STREET, SYDNEY, N.S. WALES. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Scottish Australian Investment ' Company, through their Manager at Sydney, have long directed their attention to the acquisition of Lands known to be rich in Mineral Pro ductions. They are possessors of the various Properties men tioned in this Prospectus, upon some of which valuable de posits of Copper and Coal have already been proved to exist ; but being a Company formed for the Investment of Capital and not to carry on Mining Operations, they arc not in a posi tion to develop these Mineral Properties on their own account. It is therefore proposed that a new Company shall be formed, to be called, "The Scottish Australian Mining Company . (Limited)," which shall purchase for the sum of Thirty Thou sand Pounds, to be paid partly in Money and partly. in Shares, with certain Royalties, the said several Properties and work ls them, e commencing at first on a m o d era t e s ta l e. Th e Com panywill also take powers to acq u i re b y purc h ase or other such further Mineral Lands i n th e A ustra l as i an C o l on i es other wise as shall be deemed desirable. The following - are two of the principal Properties mentioned in the Prospectus : No. 1. The Good Hope Property.—This Freehold Property comprises about 400 acres of generally good, well-watered land. It is situate near the town of Yass. There exists upon this Estate a remarkable Copper Lode, of great width, and standing above the surface in a continuous line (with slight intermission) for more than a quarter of a mile, and in some places rising above the level of the g roun d to the he i ght of twenty-five feet. The lode is strong and large, and stands above the level of the River from forty-five to fifty-five fathoms. Captlin John Dailey, of St. Austell, in Cornwall, of great mining experience, has twice examined this Lode and taken out a ton or two of ore, samples of which, weighing from two to three cwts. each, are now in London. The ore is red oxide, mixed with native copper, and green and blue carbonates; and specimens, broken promiscu ously from separate blocks now lying at the office of the Company, have been found to yield on assay the high per tentage of 211, 271 27k, 27k, 35 and 36 per cent, o f pure copper ; one sample which IVIr. Morehead selected and directed to be assayed in the Colony yielded no less than 741 per cent. of pure copper. The ore is s.milar in character to the ore at the Burra-Burra. It will be seen that the opinion of Captain Dailey, whose Report on this Property will be found in the Appendix, fully bears out the above statements. No. 6. Dartmouth.—This Freehold Property, consisting of 100 acres, is pronounced by H. T. Flews, Esq., M.E., who I made repeated surveys of the Hunter River Coal Field, by instruction of the Manager of the Scottish Australian Invest ment Company, " the best position attainable for commencing operations" in coal mining in New South Wales. It is situated about five miles awl a half from Newcastle, and con tains, as may be learnt from Mr. Plews' Report, which is ap pended, a seam of coal, lying nearly in a horizontal position, of Superior quality, and six feet in thickness at the outcrop near the foot of a hill, whence of course it can be worked without the expense of shafts, and the usual accompanying machinery. A portion of this property consists of fertile land, on which a considerable sum has been expended in bringing it into a state of cultivation and erecting a house. This property had been long under the notice of the Ma nager of the Scottish Australian Investment Company, as a most desirable site on which to establish a Colliery; but he did not succeed in acquiring it until June last ; and the purchase having been then made in contemplation of the immediate formation of the present Company, this valuable estate is now made over at the price at winch it was pur chased, with the mere addition of a small commission and expenses. the nine other properties, believed to be of considerable value, are described at length in the full prospectus. Applications for Shares must be made in the annexed form. Each applicant will be required to pay in to one of the Bankers ofthe Company Five Shillings per share on the num ber of' Shares applied for, in part payment of the deposit of Ten Shillings per Share; in exchange for which a receipt will be given. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the whole number applied for, the amount paid in to the Bankers will be applied towards the deposit of Ten Shillings per Share payable on the number allotted ; but in case no allotment be made, the money so lodged will be forthwith returned in full. Prospectuses, Mining- Reports, Forms of Applications for Shares and of Bankers Receipts for Deposits, may be had of Messrs. Carden and Whitehead. stockbrokers, 2, Royal Ex change-buildings ; at the City Bank ; or the Offices of the Company, 24, Gresham-street, London, where plans of the property, a section of the Good Hope lode, and ore from that property, may be seen and examined. London, 26th October, MEL FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. [When tilled up by the Applicant, to be lodged, with Five Shillings per Share, witki one of the Company's Bankers.] TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE SCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN MINING COMPANY (LIMITED), 24, G RESHAM-STREET, LONDON. Gentlemen,—Having paid into the hands of the Bank the sum of £ to your credit, I request you will allot me Shares of £1 sterling each, in the above-named Company, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me. Ana I hereby also authorise you to enter my name in the register of share holders for the shares so allotted. Name and Surname in full Address in full Description Number of Shares (if any) held in the Scottish Australian In- ........ Shares. vestment Company (Limited) day of Dated the ,1858, * It is stated in the last Re p ort issued b y the Australian Agricultural Company, that they sold in '1857, 85,062 to ns o f coal, the produce of their colli er y near Newcastle, Whi c h yielded, at the moderate prices then current, a net profit of £?5,607 N. 3d. The Chairman stated at the meeting in Lon don in July last, that the company were making from 30 to 40 per cent. on the coal they raised. About six months prior to that meeting the shares stood at £2l per share ; they are now quoted at £35 per share. A seam of coal of six feet in thick ness is usually estimated to produce about 700,000 tons of marketable coal. Parties are now paying, at the present low rate of freight,.£2 10s. a ton for English coal delivered at Port Adelaide. *** The Prospeeths, at length, will be found in the " Times," "Daily News," "Standard," and "Daily Tele graph " newspapers of Friday the 29th, and "Morning Chroni cle " and " Mining Journal' of the 30th ult. QCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN MINING COM PANY (Limited.)—No APPLICATIONS for" SHARES in this Company can be received after FRIDAY NEXT, the 12th instant, on which day the list will be closed. By order of the Board. 24, C. GRAINGER, Secretary (pro. tern ) Greeliam-street Ludo, /*Toveraber 611 M B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. The DIRECTORS of the BANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That, in accordance with the desire expressed by the Proprietors at the last An nual Meeting, a GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS will be held on TUESDAY, the 7th day of December next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishops gate-street, at One o'clock precisely, to receive a Report from the Directors. By Order of the Court. C. 31`NAB, Secretary.