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SALurday afternoon at 3.—Admission Is., 25., and 35.; S talk, secured, without, extrA eh ,r,;e, at the Royal Gallery or Illustration, 14, Regent-street, and at Cramer, Baale., and Co.'s 101 , Regent-street. The Gallery to be LET during Mr. and Mr. Seed's Provincial Tour. Applications to be made, by letter only, to Air. J. 11. Pt: kin. - 7 1, ,- I I?: • . I t r 1 ' : a h l et t., f I wine -- i LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1858. N. 20,631. PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, 51). ( s ,: i I. ;. , R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM 3, TIC:MOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Haymarket), Open daily Gen only). L ECTITRES by DR. KAHN at (for ' tl Three a emen d o by Dr. SExrox at Four iind Eight o'clock, on important and l intzrestin2 topics in connec tion with ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATLIOLOGY (ride Pro grananica). Admission ONE SHILLING. Da. KAHN'S NINE LECTURE 3 ON THE PHILOSOPHY 'OT MARRIAGE, &1.. sent post (roe, direct from the Alithor, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ALHAM BR E A PALACE; Leicester-9quare. (The best Ventilated and Coolest Building in Europe.) Lessees—Messrs. Howes and Cushing. Arrangements having been made with P. T. Barnum, Esq., the Original GENERAL TOM TIIIJMI3 will appear at the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square, every Morning and Evening, during the present week, in connection with WALLET'S CELEBRATED CIRCUS COMPANY.—Extraordinary and Brilliant Success of the unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes, and SPLENDID STUD OF HORSES. Two Performances daily. Mid day Entertainment at half-past 3 ; Evening at 8 o'clock. Private Boxes el.; Stalls ' 55.; Reserved Seats, 35.; Boxes, 25. ; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 64. Box- , lllec open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for hooking places. Children under 9 years of age, Half-price. ~.„A l lO-4P Peurtince of W. F. WALLET, and Last W ee k o f ~N .E11.1.L TOM TRUMB. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Under the Direction of Mr. Robe r t Duffell. OPEN EVERS EVENlNG—Admission, Is.—ALTERITION of A RRANGEMENTS.—For the convenience of the numerous vidtors A Gardens will be opened at 7 o'clock, and the Entertainments rcommence at half-past 7. Dancing at 9. Fireworks at half-past k After which Danci ng w i ll b e resumed on the I mper i a l Plat orm. Open on S un d ays at 5 o ' clock. Admission (by refreshment ticket), 6d. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION. The CRYSTAL P ALACE ANNUAL FETES of this SOCIETY the 14th of A ugust. will take place on SATURDAY, the 11th and 21st, and MONDAY, Over and above the ordinary attractions of the Palace and Grounds, there w il l be an abundant supply of athletic, juvenile, and • °net' popular games and pastimes, the latter under the direction cf Mr. Nelson Lee, manager of the late Crysal Palace Holiday Festivals. There will also on two of the days he a magnificent Display of the entire System of Waterworks, including all the large Fountains, Water_. Temples- the Oascades, and the great Waterfalls, with nuintilafluis Groups of Founta ns in the Grand Basins. " l e Orand.Bas tna:abalecover 10 acres, and the centre jets play wire than 200 feet. tart' • 'fia ADO hi - elltattilnments (in -rchtch - a large body of the rn4l- 'NI . take part, as last year) will be of a very liberal and 513/endicl kind, and as the Early Closing Association i= in much need of funds, th e Committee trust the Society's friends will themselves etenslvely purchase, and otherwise do their utmost to promote, the sale of tickets, which may be obtained at the .offices, 35, Lnd , - tate-hill, and other places, and which will be available for either of the days. • N ote. —.Admission, is. only; children, 6d. S ATURDAY HA LF -HOLIDAY P... 7 The Friends port the EARLY of this Movement a re earnestly solicited to suP CLOSING ASSOCIATION by doing their utmost to swell the attendance at the ANNUAL FETES in AID of its FUNDS, st the Crystal Palace, on SATURDAY, the 11th, MONDAY, 16th, and BATERDAY, 21st inst. • Saturday, 14th, an abundance of games and pastimes by the Military, with a* brilliant display of all the great Fountains, and the entire system of Waterworks. Monday, 16th, an ample provision of extra entertainments of a medic,. athletic; humorous and musical character. One shilling admission each day ; children, 6d. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES LIFE tonJA,. AS SURANCE SOCIETY, V, Itegent•street, Waterloo-pl ace, °n . B . I Y. Life assurances, annuities, endowm en t s, an d l oans o n advantageous terms. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, M anager . Policies in force notwithstanding the Decease of the Life terred withitf the thirty days of grace, the Premium in error eg deducted from the amount assured. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London.- . 12 1: be Profits of this Society will be divided in future, Quin il,.7i3nl,ll!y instead of Septennially ; and Policies will participate at n'll.dedi,vision, after three annual payments of premium have been NI ? 'Mead ef - ftve a:s heretofore. 'cies effected now, or before Midsummer,lBBo, will participate wanuarY,lB63 fordinge tri %our-fifths. or 0 per cent., of the profits at the nett division in Prog Dectus. .„ to e con the ditions contained in the Society's The . are rver than In many are I rremiums required by this Society for insuring young lives addiother old established Offices, and Insurers !illy potected froin all risk by an ample guarantee fund in o f p t lOn te r the accumulated funds derived from the investments renaming. Pelf , 4 3' ...tamps paid by the Office. st I.° l 3 ctuse.s may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle reet, Loudon, °Ca any of the Agents of the Society. - CIIARLES HENRY LIDDERUALE, Actuary. WARDIAN FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCE . COMPANY, No. 11. Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. HENRY' HULSE BERENS, Esq., Chairman. JOTIN G . HUBBARD, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Joh4 Th u ' • ran • n ' Es q* John Martin, EsM.P. B. cis Hart Dyke, Es.q. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. F vr. H. T.Farquhar, Bart., M.P. James Morris, Esq. zrolValter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. VI Mson Ilankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. l ' o hlkllarye, Esq . ao ,llo Labouchbre ' Egg' Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart. John Thornton, Esq. '',..0h0 Loch, Esq. ' ' . James Tulloch, Esq. I ot owart Marjoribanks, Esq. .llenry Vigne, Esq. •AIIDITOR IL Lewis Loyd, inn., Esq.- I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Jo h n Henry Sm h, Esq. Thos. Tallemach, Esq., Secretary. Saitmuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. Liii: DEPARTMENT. —Unde r the provisions of an Act of Parliament, '• this Company now offers to future insurers four-fllths of the proliti, - Ishii Quinquennial Divi s io n , or a low rate of premium without par ticipation of profits. The next division of profits will be declared in June, IS6O, when all pirticipati ng p oli c i es which shall have subsisted at least one year 1 " Christmas, 1839, will be allowed to share in the profits. 1- At the 5 di v i s i ons bf profits made by this Company, the total re- Tesionary bonuses added to the policie s h ave excee d ed £913,000. a r in..._ t the last valnatirm, at Christmas, 1851, the Assurances in force _Oted to upwards of £4,240,000 the income from the Life r u 17 1 11 , 0 1 in ISSI IN , IS more than £200 , 000 and the Life Assurance r ' (indePendent of the guaranteedcapltal) exceeded £1,700,000. weso4.teN Ersxs—The extra premiums required for the East and I n'lios, the British colonies, awl the northern parts of the United.,. States of America, have been materially reduced. ...001,11.0 LivEs.—Per,ons who are not in such sound health as :10.1114 enable them to insure their lives at the tabular premiums 111 I , 3; have their lives insured at extra premiums. . ro. via: d a ns granted on life policies to the extent of their values, p att Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have _allied in cych cse value not under £5O. ,eg-lissstelurxe:i4..E.NT. s oi , Po a LlClEs.—Written notices of, received and liediell f for , • ' or's Paid by the Company, and no charge will be ma4e I , l ` ) ltcY stamp. ti o _ aiC Dr.r.tamt—ENT —lneurinces are effected upon every &scrip- CsieP r oPertY, at moderate . rates. ' s caused by explosion of gas are admitted by this Company TRORLETS FOOD FOR CATTLE.- aaly a short time since this singularly efficacious artl9e ro '.u d a diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity Tha v il -wide. It has been a Subject of wonder, and has puzzled Rig awbralls to.explain how this hits been brought about. Yet Vend er e '!re acquainted with a few a sfact, concerning the food, our th at , h...%vilicease. A. few days since, gentleman wr , o , te, statl . ng all k i ;;°: had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones. He tried Il e th _ug of thin gs to get the animal into condition , but in vain. vionVa bo ught some of Thorley's food; and he says the effect was e e , 9. ral. The horse ha raidl grew in the course of a few d gained no less than 12 stofatnes mid .. Again we find at the late eVfUltural show at 13 irmingham, Cardiff', /go., the animals which tenTrthe highest prizes had been partly fed with Thorley s .' 1 or cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced t4.,",e,conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own f in the"'soc i ci n t erit . s,.sind the great demand for It can proceed aloile ro A m l tattle '3' opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. s interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, ealate-street, London, fora pamphlet which is sent post-free. TO THE •NE RVOUS AND DEBILITATED. . OFIARIAS .WATSON, M.D., F e ll ow and Honorary Vice-Presi dent of the Imperial African Institute of Franco, Corre.% Member Or the 31edical Societies of Rouen and Peru, etc., and Resident Phy tendllleian to the Rednrd Dispensary, 27, Alfred-place, Ledford.square, on, continu es t o i ssue, on receipt of six stampsi-, THE GUIDE SELF -CURE. ,2'Thage about entering the Marriage State should r. lnet,vatNcal's invaluable little work, as the advice ha gives on peruse heal D th d . Phe a 'sense reflects mu c h cre di t upon him as a sound medi ca l phi toCrilie. 4Te true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure." nivell itYMagaz;ne. 414yhe 'NEw AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absnr ta of the English mote of treating such complaints, w . ill prove a l o T t li u nt to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine tubY adopting the means prescnted."—Evening Sun. ro!ocrt qnaliacation, vide "Diplomas," and the "L on d on Medical ~' e -_______ol7. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE, Indle ssi , on (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, . Phlegm, Ner- Ts?cuesleBsiss Biliousness, Liver Complaints, b H u ysteria, Neuralgia, puritie 'nes, Acidity, Palpitatir, Heart _m a , Eruptions, Ina- Il es. , R. Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhea , s ll N eni at T e r a ids, net ElicZn,Sche, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, 8 . Ast " " s (during preemaney or at sea), S S i p n a ki nt ng , Fits, Cough, sfre'etirolan/Ironchitis, oonsu • mption, also Children's Complaints ail removed by e r B ARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring its cost i tEVA ' LII NTA IRABIC.I FOOD, which saves fifty times for intaasether remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food never turns and inta"" generally, as it is the only good l's e . ek t on the weakest stomach, nor inter fere a s N . Y . • fwd which h a m rel4teram diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch un u d s i u n u n k e r r en ergy to the the fa of digestion, and nervous and m e Most enfeebled. t ime ri.,:iract a few out of the many thousand expressions ortgraotn.i tte Lerd ril invalids 7l, of dyspepsia, fronlithe Righ H in te oni b Stuart de Decies—"l have derived considerable benefit Yourseltt 13"'g Revalenta Arnbica Food , and consider it due to li,. re and the public to authorise the publication ft . h d ese 1, 1 2,7_ . t.iaart de Decies."--Oure No. 49,332. " Fifty • years' in o eii,.',nule agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, con inAdi!len, flatulency, spasms , sickness at the stomach, and vomits con ing been removed hs• Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, b it larn Ling, near DiSA, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121.. Miss Eliza i 2„hein•"bs•:s"azi" Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Ilerts, a cure o ~,... 4 e neri, ousriess, indigestion , gatherings , low spirits, and ner- W.sis fancies. —Cure No. t 8,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, 'sir Liverpool: a cure of ten Noels. dyspepeia, and all the horrors a" 4ervoiss irritability. Cure s ie. Dr Andrew Ure, of con stlliPrition, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34 210. Dr. !_erl,rel, of drepsy and.debtlity. Cure No. 36,212. Captain , Allan, r.,, epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,11 e. lifejor Edi, of enlargement of gl_e liver and total prostration of strength. cure No. 36,118. Rev, and daily yomiting,s Cure No. e.' Minster , of cramps , spasms , sy . '', 4lB - Dr. karvey, of diarrhoea and debili•tY. Cure No. 33 628. Dr „, d rtzer ' fee mtier • CtireNo-32,830. Wr o•Ustrit E. . q. barrister Fri rla alY ' s l is. - &I m re No. 403,270. Mr. James Roberts. w:ocel merchant liver trileY, of thirty years' diseased lung?, spitting of blood tit der engeluent, partial deafness. Cure No. 53,x16, Mrs Hoize, n (! 107 years, of •dyspepsia (indigestion) debi ley, irritabilit and 4:B3Usness, which had tormented her for 7 years Cure No. our gs Mr. Samuel Wien, Leicester, of two years't tdiarrheee. Zea r ,,7'„ l) . t 2,012. The Dowager Countess of Castles triearieof 5 1 . 11,p, t its vr ° "l.ll irritability, bile, and indigestion. C bad ss,reiela Zeguers, cured of consumption, afte i r s m u edi_c A al . advise;i years, all hopes of recovery . Cure No. o _O. Twenty-flve d debility, from w hich _ . vousnesn, constipation, indigestion , a remo ve bare bare suffered great misery, and which no me_cl a ic r i r t ) a ,s c F o uu ul d d le s ",: s e er relieve, have been effectually cured by Du 13 4,20 8 7 1. ); short time. 'W. B. Raves, 18 I, Fleet-street, London." No. %ease ls igist , s ears' dyspepsin, nervousms, debility, or man., nausea, for whicri my sir : ant had consulted the advice with cramps,ace p0,,,,,.55, have been sfeetusily cured by Du Barry's health-restoring IV:s I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John heirs' Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,835. lent Arm'exceseive nervousness, with pains in my neck and yTees.aSid general debility, which rendered mY ni " "Three health e....i_tele, ems been radically removed by Du Barry's Sk ibbese r e i ?;..ng Pood, Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon ef Ross, sad goner'. cure No. 31.106 " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, _evie debility have • 13, lents Cat r been , removed by Du Barry's excellent Important Ca t oilui. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." tions ti i on egztinst the fearful dangers of spurious imita tion Th e Vleci-C haneelle.' ." on the loth u,--,:t,r 'n'illiarn Page Wood granted an injune elvale'netr Ainr Itnitating "Du Bari-37,;; Neville, for ' a t bic Al a r F reti ood il ." ooper suitably perked for ell I' eanieters, •I Ilb 2s tirl; 21be4.mates. And with all instructions. In ph 6.; 21b I Is; 51b 22e .so ib ; 3 0 ,(1: illb 22.. Super refined quality, terswarded'carriage free , on reeele.Th° 7, 12 4 , 4 CO., 7'7, Regent-street, Lon6-'t 1 oleond 121 b canisters are P lce order. Du Barry st - r 31 ::? ; to her Majesty, 182, ptee' a t r tuum, Mason, and Co., P_n_r: et, Cheat also at 60, Gracechureli-street ;3:l2_ames Well, 48, Sit?ae . tOrel.s,sslde sad GO, 4ifillepsget e ., t 4 s 2, 430, and 451, Stsana , --, -street , "sv ; 63, to,anct -195,-Qx• EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 4. 1958. PHE _COURT of DIRECTORS o f th e EAST it: INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 11th instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors cf East India Stock an Act of Parlia ment: passed on the 2 , 1 instant, entitled "Au Act for the Better Government of India" (21st and 22d Vic., cap. 100). J. D. - DIOKLNSON, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, August 3, 1858. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA. COUPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That they will be PREPARED, at or before 12 o'clock, on the 17th day of August instant, to RECEIVE TENDERS for a LOAN of £3,579,000 for five years, on security of Debentures (being the residue of the amount authorised to tfe raised under the provisions of - the Act 21 Victoria, cap. 3), such Debentures to be of the respective amounts of £l,OOO and £5OO, and to bear Interest at the rate. of Four per Cent. per annum, payable by Coupons attached, half-yearly, at the Treasury of the East India Company, in London, on the Bth day of April and'the Bth day of October in each year. The Tenders to be for sums of not less than £l,OOO, and to state how.much will be given for every £lOO of the said Loan. So much of the amount tendered to be paid to the Company on the 23d of August, as will leave 75 per cent. of the capital to be paid as under, viz.:--7 25 per Cent. to be paid to the Company on the 20th day of Sept., 1858. 25 Do. . Do. Do. 18th day of Oct., „ 2.5 Do. Do. Do. 15th day of Nov. „ from which de, tee the Interest of Four per Cent. per annum upon the respective instalments will be calculated ; .but parties who so desire idityyfiy up in full, and will be allowed a discount at the rate of Three per Cent. per annum upon the anticipated payments. In cases of equality of Tenders beyond the amount required, they will be subject to a pro rata diminution. , Scrip receipts will be given to the parties entitled, to be delivered up in exchange for the Debentures when prepared. The Tender. are to be delivered in, sealed, at the Treasuryin this House, and to specify the proportions of each denomination of Debentures required by the subscriber; a deposit of Five per Cent. upon the amount tendered must at the same time be paid to the Company's cashier, to be returned in the event of the Tenders not being accepted, and parties tendering must be careful not to enclose the deposit in the sealed Tedder. No Tender will be received after 12 o'clock on the said 17th day of August, nor unless upon a printed form, which may bo obtpited at the Accounts Branch of the Secretary's °Step, in this Route, or of the ,Company's StOckbroker Mr. Henry Scott„,, , K, Thrograorton , Amt. -J. D. DIM INSON, Secretary. TND-TA. SERVICE COMPETITIVE JL EXAMINATIONS—YOUNG GENTLEMEN arc PREPARED for the - INDIA CIVIL and MILITARY. SERVICES under the Govern ment of the Crown, by the Rev. Dr. ESIERTON, with the assistance of Mr. J. H. STOQUELER, author of "British India,"" The British Otflrer,"-&c., and other well-gualitted Professors . —AC.dress The Re*. the Principal, Hanwell College, Middlesex. THE RED SEA and INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY (Limited). NO FITRTIIER APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED after WEDNESDAY, August 4. By Dicier of the Board. 8, Moorgate-street, August 6, 18.58. C. L. PEEL, Secretary. MARIQUITA and NEW GRANADA MINING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SIXTH lIALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND of One Shilling and Sixpence per Share on the SHARES of this COMPANY will be PAYABLE at the Offices on the 30th instant, and on every subsequent Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, between the hours of 11 and 4. L. R. JONES, Secretary, 2, New Bank-buildings, August 3, 1855. The Transfer Books of the Company will be Closed from the 15th to the 30th instant inclusive. 1 - 4 0NDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. Subscribed Capital, £1,250,000 ; Paid-up Capital, Z 500,000 ; Reserved Fund, £105,000. Head Offiee-21, Lombard-street. DIRECTORS. William Champion Jones, Esq. James Laming, Esq. John Henry Lance, Esq. William Lee, Esq. William Nicol, Esq. Richard Springett, Esq. Philip Patton Blyth, Esq John William Burmester, Esq. Thomas Tyringham Bernard, Esq., M.P. William Cory, Esq. James Andrew Durham, Esq. • Jos. Christopher Ewalt, Esq.,3l.P. GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam M'Kewan, Esq. At the Half-Yearly Meeting of Proprietors held on Thursday, the sth August, 1 S5B, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-Street, the fol lowing Report for the halt-year ending June 30, 1858, was read by the Secretary—WlLLlAM' NICOL, Esq., in the Chair. RETORT. Y•vir Dircetews 1117 e the sa .1 ,1 of lafug bc"ore the Fro prietors the usual accounts and balance-sheet for the six months ending 3 . 9 th June last. These accounts, which have been submitted to the Auditors, show a gross profit—after providing for bad and doubtful debts— of £101,661 ; and, after payment of current e x p enses a t t h e Head Office, - and at all the Branches, interest to customers, and rebate of interest on current bills—there remains a net profit of £21,030 Cs. 6d. for the half-year.- Your . Directors have therefpre declared the usual dividend of £5 per cent, for the six mouths (free of income tax), and have carried to profit and loss new account the sum of £4,030 Gs. 6d. The Dividend will be payable at the Head Office, or at any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 16th instant. BALANcr.-BnErr OF TILE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANT, SOTH JUNE, 1858. Da. To capital paid up £500,000 0 0 To reserved fund .05000 0 0 To customers' balances, &c. 4,178,263 9 7 To profit and loss balance brought from last account £7,311 11 4 Gros,pprofit for the half-year, after bulking provision for bad and • . doubtful debts 10166114 0 £1,831,918 3 7 Ca. • By cash on hand at head office • s and branches £166,030 15 7 By cash placed at call and at short notice 7,056,046 1 • 2 £1,522,076 16 9 By investments, viz., Government and guaranteed stocks Other stocks and securities 225,856 11 5 505,640 1 6 By discounted Lilts, notes, and temporary advances to cus tomers in town and country 2,451,302 0 8 By advances to customers on spe cial securities 27i,576 11 4 2,729,873 15 0 Freehold premises in Lombard-street and Nicholas lane, freehold and leasehold property at the branches, Avith fixtures and fittings TARN 3 10 By interest paid to customers By salaries and all other expenses at head office and branches, including income tax PROYIT AND Loss ACCOUNT. DR. £1,884918 3 7 To interest paid to customers To expenses, as above 43,th6 15 1 To rebate on bills not duo, carried to profit and loss new account 5,118 1 0 To dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year 25,000 0 0 To balance carried forward to profit and loss new account X 101,664 14 0 By balance brougbt forward from last account £7,391 11 4 By gross profit for the half-year, after making protision for bad and doubtful debts £101,064, 11 0 We, the unders'tned, have examined the foregoing balance-sheet, and compared the items it comprises with the several books and vouchers relating thereto, and have found the same to be correct. (Signed) II EN RYO YE aTON, } Auditors. JO RN London and County Bank, July 30,1858. The foregoing Report having been.read by the Secretary, the fol lowing Resolutions were proposed, and unanimously adopted:- 1. That the Report be received and adopted, and printed for the use of the Shareholders. 4. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board of pi. °eters for the able manner in which they have conducted the affairs of the Company. The Ballot for the Election of an Auditor having been proceeded with, the following gentleman was unanimously e;ect el :—Fredk. Harrison, Esq. (Signed) WILLIAM NICOL, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the Chair, it was resolved, and carried unanimously : That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be presented to William Nicol, Esq, for his able and courteous condoci,in t..e Chair. (Signed) W. C. JONES. (Extracted from the Minutes,) (Signed) R. P. NICHOLS, Secretary. j ONDON and COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a DIVIDEND on the CAPITAL STOCK of the COMPANY, at the rate of 5 per Cent., for the Half. year ending SO' .h June, 1858, will be PAID to the Proprietors, either at the Chief Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of the Company'd Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, 16th inst. 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Manufactured at London, Liverpool, Bristol, Derby, and Malvern Wells. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price I s., post free, iu an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION.--A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generati►e System, and on the Cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from VICIOUS habits acquired during the critical passage from Youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added, remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries of " Life within Life," and its advanta es in de tecting, by urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases, BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD 2(IITARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., kn. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation iu Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. 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 Famed the heyday of inconsideratl self-indulgence, how those pe nalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may he avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infir mity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Gordon, 14g. Leldenhall-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. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. llormusjee, Apollo-street; Bombay— Circulator Office; Madras—Mofussilite Office; Agra—Dodsworth; Colombo, Ceylon ; and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. We are authorised to state that the accounts of the Great Western Railway for the half-year to the 30th June, show that a dividend of t per cent. per annum could be paid, leaving a small balance over, but the directors will recom mend that no dividend be declared, and that the balance of £37,000 be carried ocer to the next half-year. Mr. Henry F. Stephenson, who arrived recently with the Earl of Fife, at Duff House, died there on the afternoon of Fiiday last, after a short illness. Mr. Ste phenson was at the dinner of the Banffshire Agricultural Association on . Tuesday last. He continued in his usual apparently excellent health up to the scorning of Friday. The preceding day and evening be was in excellent spirits, and retired to rest apparently quite well. On Friday morning be bad an attack of indigestion, fur which be bad medical advice, and took the usual reme dies. At about half-past two p.m., he was seized with pain in the chest, and expired. Disease of the heart was the directly fatal cause. Mr. Stephenson' married in 1826, Ludy Mary Keppel, daughter - of the late and an of the present Earl of Albemarle. By his lady, w survives him, Mr. Stephenson leaves a family of five Sons ' ls : st :fis r in. clAughterS. lie WAS in his 6811 i vor. IREIaND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. MIXED MARRIAGES. The Tablet and _Evening Mail are engaged in a warm Controversy on the subject of mixed marriages. The dispute originated in the denial by the Ultramontane ergan of several statements made by the Mail in reference to the recent union of- a Protestant nobleman with a Roman Catholic 1 dy of high family. It will be recollected, as the affair was noticed in these columns at the time, that the lady married iu defiance of the laws of the Romish Church, one of whose clergy had refesed to perform the ceremony which was afterwards executed, however, by a minister of her noble husband's faith. As there are some new points brought out in the following article from the Mail, it may be profitably introduced here : " We have ben gently reprimanded by the Tablet for supposing that in a I mut case of intermarriage between a Protestant. and a Roman Catholic of high degree, without the intervention of a priest.of Rome, Ultramontane auda city would deny that the parties were married at all, and brand their union With a very odious name.' This our con temporary states to be "an error,' inasmuch the decree of the Council of Trent, which requires for the validity of marriage that it be celebrated in presence of the parish priest, apples to marriages between Catholics, and not to marriages where one or bath of the parties are members of another confession.' We would bow to this correction if it were not accnNpanied by the somewhat insolent reservation that there is still a family disgrace' involved in the trans action alluded to. That is a strong and daring assertion which makes the concession tithe mere legality of the mar riage tle worth. We shall offer no arnende, therefore, to Ultramontane audacity,'.nor qualify our wards in any manner, till we receive an explanation, not only of that term disgrace,' hilt also of a rebuke which has lately been alinhais'ered .by a Ramis!' dignitary to a lady of his ' confession,' who had contgacted .such a marriage as that to which this discu,sion refers. He told her, in direct wife terms,reel that Abe was he r h us b an d' s concu bi ne, not his If that-was said without ecclesiastical authority, it is scarcely possible to imagine regrosser instance of mitrid ruffianism. But -if on the other- hand, double-tongued casuistry can furnish up an excuse for such an outrage, doubtless it will do so. Tee - refore, for the present. at least, we shell stand to what we have said -as no mistake. The Tridentine decree may not faunally condemn, and yet the l'ope, whose interdict has been set at naught, may, through his vassals, revile and calumniate. We shall wait to sea how that will be before we retract anything. The condition, sine qua non, on which, in private life, the Pontiff can be mollified to license the marriage of a Protestant with ever so distant a relative, or even no relative at all, is frankly acknowledged by the Tablet. It cannot be too well known to all of that denomination who are conscientieusly attached t) their filth, and who desire that, when they are passed away, V eir children may occupy the same seats in the parish church, and kneel before the same table where they have themselves partaken of the mysteries and heard the pure Word of the Gospel. Let Protestants, who respect their religion enough to wish that it may be that of their household after them, pause before bestoning their auctions irrevocably upon any subject of the Papacy. It is no small price which they are required to pay for a licence under that seal:-,' It is sufficiently no torious (sa)s the. Tablet), that not in Ireland only, but in England too, marriages between Catholics and Protestants arc forbidden by the Church, and only permitted when there is an agreement that all the offspring of such unions shall be brought up Cathslics. To the ideas of modern Protestant ism it may seem more grievous to enforce this law in the case of a marquis than in the case of a cobbler; but, except upon this theory, it is clear that our contemporaries have felt too little 'repugnance to intrude upon the sanctuary of private life,' and have heen too eager to publish the history of a private family disgrace." EDUCATIONAL STATE OF THE COUNTY MAYO. The Ttfayo Constitution contains the following remark able paragraph :—" Will it be credited that in this great county, with an area of 3,600 square miles, there is not a school ? We understand by a school, a seminary for educa tion, conducted by a gentleman, who, having himself grad uated in some university, is ab'e to impart a liberal educa tion to his tstahlist;tnint where, in addition t) the usual entrance course, comprising classics and science, a sound English education c an b e h ad, embracing courses of lectures on astronomy, mechanics, natural and experi mental philosophy, illustrated b y t h e necessary apparatus. ,Mayoby a school ; an d we assert that there is no suc h i nst i tution. This is is the what we o confines mean s cf What has been the consequence of this state of things ? The restet has been that gentlemen, having no schools within the county, have been obliged to send their sans to the Isle of Man, Liverpool, Rugby, Dublin, Belfast, and elsewhere; and those who were educated at the humbier schools, being unable to pay for their sons at a distance, are now obliged to let them grow up in ignorance. This latter is no fancy sketch, for we are aware of the fact th a t a public officer, within the last month, requiring to make up cfficial returns, was unahle to obtain six writing clerks, and had in despair to sit down to the desk himself.", SULLIVAN, THE HORSE WHISPERER. The Marquis of Waterford's protege, although not likely ever to rival Rarey, is gradually working his way into noto riety. His noble patron seems very much interested in hint, and has already assisted materially in extending his reputa tion. In the Cork Reporter of yesterday, Suliivan's "operations" are tl.us noticed :—" Sullivan has operated a second time at the establishment of Messrs. Olden, V.S. Several gentlemen attended, and amongst them were some who hal been pupils of Rarey. It appears that our curt•. tryman's method is in every respect equal, and in many par ticulars superior to that of the American horse-tamer. We saw him without strap or. extraneousaid, even without a whip, knock down a vicious mare, loin years old; and so much does this seeming a?pliance of force depend ou slight and skill, that Mr. Dclacour, of Fairy-bill—a gentleman now full of years, whom we need not stay to describe, as he is universally well known through our county, where his name Is ever accompanied with good will and respect— boldly undertook and succeeded in the same process. The secret is entirely practical and dependent upon proper manipulation; and it way vet) , generally propounded as an admirable undertaking that ' the Whisperer' should take some large building, such as the Mary-street Circus, and operate there, at a moderate rate of admission, so that all the grooms and persons having care cf horses might, for their own safety and that of the animals, learn how to sub due them with certainty and ease." THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF STRADBROOK. The Tipperary Examiner says :—" Preparations on a large scale are being made by-the tenantry to welmme the arrival of the Earl and Countess of Stradbrook, who are expected here this week after a long absence." THE FUNDS. Three per Cent. Consols, ; do. for account, 101 h August, Ma; do. for new account, 10ili September, 95Z 96; 3 per Cent. Reduced, 952 ; New 3 per Cent. Stock, 951 - 114 ; do. for account, 10th August, Ma 1; do. for new account, 10th September, MI I; Bank Stock, 2361 ; Dublin and Wicklow Railway, 6 per et. pf., £lO paid, 10-1 ; Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, LOU paid, 49;, , ; do. half sbares, £25 paid, 241. SCENE AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC LECTURE IN WIGAN —Early in the week the town of Wigan was placarded with announcements that a lecture would be delivered in St. John's Catholic schoolroom, on Tuesday evening, by Dr. S. W. Ruftner, the subject being " The Holy Scrip ores." On Tuesday morning, however, a second placard was ci:cu lated through the borough, headed " Romish Frauds," stating that Dr. S. W. Kuttner (so cal'ed), who was to de liver a lecture that evening, had been proved " an impostor," and directing the public to read a pamphlet a ritten by the Rev. W. A. Darby, M.A., incumbent of St. Luke's, Man chester, in which the imposition he (Dr. K u 'vier) was prac tising upon the public was thoroughly exposed. As might have been expected, this caused considerable excitement in the town ; and, notwithstanding that 3d 61., arid Is. were the paces of admi ss i on, the room, capable of Lo!ding from 400 to 500, becam e well filled by a promiscuous audience, the greater portion of whom were Catholics. Shortly before the hour of commencing. several of the Protestant clergy and Dissenting a position near the ministers cf the town entered the room, and took platform; amongst th em being the R ev. W . T . White head, incumbent of St. C a th ar i ne ' s. Ab out t en m i nu t es a f ter eight o'clock, the lecturer, accompanied by the Revs. Thos. Seed and H. M‘Corrnick, Catholic priests, entered the room, amidst tremendous shouting and cheering by the audience. As was announced on the placard, the Rev. Thomas Seed presided, and in a few remarks, requested the audience to give the lecturer a patient hearing, and stated that it was very wrong to put out the placard winch had been circulated through the town, the first words of which (" Romish Frauds") were falsehoods, and calculated to give pain and cause disturbance. lie then called upon the lecturer, but before he could speak, the ministers all rose, and the Rev. W. T. Whitehead (having paid I s. far admission) protestedon his and their behalf, against :be remarks of the chairman, and stated that the bill contained nothing that was false. These remarks were nearly drowned with hisses and bootings from the Catholic portion of 'the audience. On Mr. Whitehead still persisting to speak, several roue ii..looking fellows rushed from the bottom of the room tb .the platform, and with a very threatening air menaced the reverend' gentleman and the other ministers with him.- The meeting became con fused. The ladies near tire platform rushed out at a private door, whilst the men became more unruly. Words ran high, and the scrambling and confusion, which lasted for some minutes, beggars all description. The police having been sent for were met on their entrance by deafeni ng cr i es o f "Turn them (the ministers) out." Order havi ng once more VV. T. Whitehead was a ll owe d , b y to say a few wor d s, i n wh i ch btheeenrestored, permission t o h f e ttre Rev. chairman, he promised to listHi quietly to what the lecturer had to say until the close, when he hoped the opportunity would he afforded him of rebutting the lecturer's statements. Dr. Kut tiler then proceeded, amidst considerable noise and inter e ruption, Scriptures. A similar d had it not been for rsceneupti was t o ngo i give n hie and eacgttatirne oenacted,ntli the help of the police, rs:isted by the Rev. H. M'Cormick (who brandishe4 a large stick in front of the more turbulent portion of the audience) and others, the consequences Inuit have been very serious, Before the lteturer had finished, the excitement became general, and on the chairman declaring, amidst great noise, that the meeting was over, a tremendous uproar ensued. The Pro testant ministers, the lecturer, priests, polic e , an d au di ence , all became mixed up in one mass of confusion, and a per fect melee was the ro:ult. Jn additioo to the destruction of clothing, many persons must have been much injured by being knocked about. One man was bleeding profusely from the mouth, having received a blow in the Contest. The excitement was very great, the streets being crowded; and it was only through the protection of the police that the minister, the lecturer, and his party g. 4 safely home. So great was the excitement and commotion during the meet ing, that the reporters, who occupied a table near the plat form, had more than once to escape into some corner of the roam for safety, whilst their table and chairs became re peatedly overturned in the .confusion which ensued.— Manchester Guardian. HORRIBLE DEATH.—On Tuesday evening, a boy, aged three years, named Dennis killdart, son of Sa ra h Kill dart,some other widow h , id of r e L o Lord-street, T d -s o t r m e e o t , , y d Oldham, was he accidentally playing with h fell into a lime-pit, in which some lime was being slak e d, and though he was got out in a very short time, he was so severely burned that he died immediately after he was lifted out of the boiling lime. AIR. HUMPHREY BROWN.—Mr. Humphrey Brown, a director of the laie Royal British Bank, who has lately been released from the Queen's Bench prison, made a public entry into the town of Te wkesbury on Tuesday last. Pis horse was taken out of his cab, and a mob of men, women, and chilthen dragged himinto - the town. Mr.-Brown after - - terwards made a spaech to bis friends, HO SYfie formerly M,P, for the borough. INAUGURATION OF THE BROTHERTON MEMORIAL. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. This morning, at 11 o'clock, the statue to the memory of the late Mr. J. Brothcrton, M.P., was publicly inaugurated in the Peel-park, Salford, in the presence of the corpora tions of Manchester and Salford, and a large number of spectators, among whom were many ladies. The company assembled in , the reading-room of the Museum, and the Lord Bishop of Manchester there de livered the inaugural address; but owing to the situation in which the reporters were placed by , the wisdom of the Salford Corporation, his lordship was by them only very j imperfectly beard. After the Mayor of 8/ILFORD (Mr. E. R. Langworthy), who presided, had briefly addressed the audience as to the excellent worth and character of the late member for Sal ford. i r The Bishop of MANCHESTER spoke in substance as fol lows, as near as our reporter could gather. If he had trusted F to his own feelings in the matter he would rather not have made a speech on the present occasion, but would simply have uncovered the statue and there addressed a few words to those assembled. They were met in that room to inau gurate the statue of a man who had done much good through life both in his private and public capacity. He believed Mr. Brotherton's life throughout was unosten tatious, and that hii sole aim was to benefit others. There were several points in Mr. Brotherton's character, which were'prominent above all others, and on them for moment he might dwell. He was one of and among the operative classes, and appeared to have devoted himsell throughout his career to their cause. He had retired, it ap peared, front the !leafless of life just at a period when men are the meat anxious for gain —and solely for the cause of the class to which he belonged. He devoted himself unre mittingly to his duties ever. Most wisely and justly had the electors of Eialford sent him to represent them in Parlia ment. A contest, in the first instance, took place, but aftis wards gave way when all went well. No one would say the last 40 years had not been remarkable for the changes that bad taken place not only in our legislative, but in cur municipal institutions, our poor laws, and in an in creased education among the people; and to these Mr. Brotherton had lent his aid and assistance. He (the Bishop) had a little looked over' the circumstances of Mr. Brother ton's Parliamentary career, and it was almost all that could be wished for. He was modestly unobtrusive, and mildly took Part in every measure that was for the public good. He pos sessed an eloquence of the most persuasive kind, for it was the deep study of conviction and thorough honesty. His talents were rare. Great as were the public services rendered by Mr. Brotherton, and of which be bad spoken, there were greater still which he could mention. Many there were only little aware of the nature of private Acts of Parliament, but he could tell them that they were such that no department required greater experience, sounder judgment, wisdom, more bold ness, and at the same time greater scrupulosity. In this department Mr. Brotherton was unrivalled. There was no other person within the walla of the House of Commons to whose voice in such matters the house deferred. After touching upon the religious opinions of Mr. Brotherton, in which his lerdship said he did not entirely concur, and after reading a paragraph from cne of his addresses to the electors of Salford, and some further remarks on the career of the law lamcn•cd member in connection with the borough and as a public, man, he proccui.d to congra tulate he committee on what they had done. They had done wisely in placing the statue where it was : there it would be seen near to the place of which he was primarily the originator. It was not in the Town-hall, to be seen by a few ; it was not in a thoroughfare, where people would forget it; but it was there in Peel-park, and would re main a monument to the memory and fame of Joseph Brotherton for ever. After some further observations lordship concluded amid cheers. On leaving the reading-room and proceeding to the statue it was uncovered and presented by Sir J. Potter, M.P., to the Mayor of Salford, who said, he had much pleasure in accepting it. Sir JOHN POTTER, M.P. Mr. THORNELY, M.P., Wolverhampton, and Mr. JAME S B ROTHERTON th en briefly, addressed the audience; after which the proceedings terminated. THE NBW ARMY WARRANT. The report of the Royal Commissioners appointed to re vise the Warrant of 1854, as regards promotion in the higher ranks of the army, was published yesterday. It iw elabo rate, clear, and comprehensive, entering fully and fairly into all the compliataiihich have been urged of the unequal operation of the previous warrant. At present, time pre vents our doing more than epitomising the recommenda tions, which are to the following effect : First, with regard to the past operation of the warrant, especially in the case of colonels and lieut.-colonels passed over by their juniors, the commissioners recognise many benefits conferred by the system of selection for the rank of nyj ,r-general, and of promotion to that of colonel, because of a certain period spent in discharging the practical duties of lieut.-colonel ; but they admit that injustice to indi viduals was inflicted, which they propose to remedy thus:- 1. By making the officers promoted to be major-gene rals for distinguished service, supernumerary to the fixed establishment, until the period at which they would come upon that establishment by seniority, thus leaving the stream of promotion entirely unchecked among the colonels, while giving to the selected officers every advantage of position which they now hold as a consequence of their dis•inaui,hed conduct. 2. The advancement to the rank of colonel of all lieut.- colonels commissioned as such prior to the 20th of June, 1854, the commissions to be antedated to the 28th of Nov., 1854, and the colonels thus promoted to take their position as colonels according to their previous seniority as lieut.- colonels. The number of officers who have been passA over, but who will be reinsta'ed by this prevision, is 115. flaying removed these two inequalities as regards the past, the commissioners in the next place provide for the future by recommending several important modifications of the warrant of 1854, which arc as follow :- 1. Tire increase of the fixed establishment of general officers of the Guards and the line from 234 to 260. The new estatdishrnent to consist of 50 generals, 80 lieutenant generals, and 131) major-generals. Mvking the qualification for future advancement to the rank of colonel five years' command of a regiment instead of three, as at present, ordinary leave of absence not to lie deducted from the period. Majors and brevet-lieutcnant colonels in command, in the absence of the lieutenant colonel, to be also entitled to the rank after five years so spent, and majors and brevet-lieutenant-colonels, .having detached commands equal in responsibility and extent to that of lieutenant-colonel, to be considered as qualified in the same manner at the discretion of the Commander-in- Chief, subject to the approval of the Secretary of State. 3. Officers promoted to the rank of brevet lieutenant colonel, for distinguished services in the field, to be made colonels after eight years, instead of six years, as at present. 4. Six years service as field officer to continue 'as an in dispensable condition of promotion to the rank and pay of major-general. 5. The removal of an officer from regimental command at the age cf GO. G. Lieutenant-colonels on the retired full pay to receive not merely their pay of 17s. a-day, as at present, but their additional command money of 3s. a-day, thus making the retiring allowance equal to the real full pay, as its name 7. Brevet rank to be converted into substantive•rank very sparingly, and only for very distinguished service, and promotion out of turn to the rank of major-gen., to be given only for extraordinary services. Officers now having brevet rank, and having the right to acquire substantive rank, to have the option of retaining their present regi mental position, but with the pay of regimental officers of the higher rank. The brevet-major's pay would thus be increased from 13s. 7d. to 16s. per day, and the brevet lieut.-col. from 163. to lam. The commissioners advert to the relative positions of the Guards and the Liue, and speak of the complaints, on the part of the former, as to their taking two years longer (on an average) to attain the rank of colonel than officers of the line. The captains and lieutenant-colonels of the Guards commissioned prior to June, 1854, are to be promoted along with the other lieutenant-colonels of the same standing ; hut, as regards the future, the commissioners leave the position of the Gua r d s an open question, remarking that the warrant of 18.31 has not yet been sufficiently long in operation to enable them to come to a decision as to its working in that particular respect, and that " i the compara tive slowness of promotion in the Guards s, in part at least, attributable to circumstances advantageous to the officers of these regiments." The report, to which several memoranda are added in th e shape of an Appendix, is signed "Sidney Herbert, George (the Duke of Cambridge), Newcastle, Grey, Pantnure Rokeby, Edward Ellice, J. Yorke Searlett, W. F. Willi tith J. M. F. Smith, H. K. Storks, and Henry Eyre." • MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT BRIGHTON. --A melancholy accident terminating in death, took place on the race course, on Tuesday evening, the ni g ht b efore the races. Two young men were out together for a ride on the Downs, end one them, Mr. James Flockton, stopping at the Old Ship Hotel while attempting to leap his horse over the railings enclosing the course, was thro wn o ff an d precipitated to the ground, his horse's feet having caught the railing. The horse fell upon the rider and most seriously injured him. A fly was immediately sent for, and he was conveyed, without delay, to the Sussex county Hospital. Every assistance 'that medical skill could render was iitrorda, but although he lingered through the night, he did not recover, d el" ensuing ea Ve r ednesdßy.—,73righton Gazette. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT A END MEN T. The following are the chief provisiens of the new and im portant act to alter and amend the Metropolis Local Man agement Act (1835), and to extend the powers of the. Metr opolitan Board of Worke for the purification of the Thames and the main drainage of the metropolis :- 1. The - Metropolitan Board shall carve to be commenced as soon as may be after the passing of nis act, and, to be carried on and completed with all convenient speed, accord.. ing to such plan as to them may seem .proper, the necessary sewers and works for the improvement of the main drainage of the vetropolis, and for preventing, as far as may be prac. ticable, the sewage of the metropolis from passing into the river Thames within the metropolis. If. The Metropolitan Board of Works for the purposes of this act may construct any work through, along, over, or under the bed end soil and banks and shores of the ri?er Thames, making compensation to all persons having any interest in any wharves, jetties, or other properly damaged by sucb.work s , a s p rov id e d by t he said act of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty in respect of property, injured under the powers.of such act. lII.' The powers of taking land given by the said act of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty, and all other rowers in such act and this act in relation to sewerage work , , shall extend and be applicable as well to works for deodorising sewage as to all other works under this act, either within or beyond the limits of the metropolis, and all such works s h a ll be decreed works for th e purpose of sewerage or drainage of the metropolis. IV. The Metropolitan Board of Works may, with the consent of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, from time to time after the Passing of this act, but not later than the :31st day of December, 1861, borrow on such bonds, debentures, or other securities, and at such rat e o f i n t erest and upon such terms as t o t h e time of repayment and other wise as such commissioners may approve, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of £3,000,000 for the purpose of this act. IX. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury from time to time to appoint an engineers or engineers to inspect the works-to be. censtraeoPd ..`4ller this act; and to report te R OP -1.- t-Mrtirtattozfen - th vrtirritifkit. the expenditure thereon ; and such engineer or engine / ets shall haveluil power and authority at all reasonable times to enter upon such works, and survey and inspect tire same, and to inspect the accounts. of the said Metropolitan Biend in relation thereto, for The purpose of reporting as aforesaid. X. The Metropolitan Board'of Works shall during forty years from the time of the ;raising .of this act assess and cause to be raised in each year, upon the City of London and other parts of the metropolis, for the purposes of the act, such sums as in their judgment will be equivalent to a rate of 3d. th the pound upon the annual value of the property in the said City and other parts , respectively, estimated according to the estimate or basis on which the county rate is assessed, or according to a like estimate • and the sums to be so assessed in each year may be assessed at one time or at several times, as the said board may think fit. XI. In the assessments of the said Metropolitan Board under this act, and in their precepts and in the orders of vestries and district boards to be made in respect of such assessments, such sums shall be distinguished as being assessed for "-the metro polis main drainage rate," and all such stuns assessed upon the City of London shall be reimbursed to the Chamberlain of the said City by means of a separate tate to be called " the metropolis main drainage rate," to be levied under the di rection of the Commissioners of Sewers of the said City, in like manner and subject to the like provisions as any rate wkich such commissioners are authorised to direct to be made under any such act relating- to the sewerage of the said City, and all Such sums assessed on other parts of the metropolis shall be levied by means of a separate rate to be called 'the metropelii main drainage rate," in like manner and subject to the like provisions as the sewers tate to be made under the said act of the 18th . and 19th, years of her Majesty; and the assessments of the said Metropolitan Board under this act shall include the places mentioned in schedule (C) to the said act of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty, and the sums to be assessed thereon shall be raised by,means of rates to be made and levied as therein provided in respect of the raising of moneys assessed by the said board. XII. For the a - urro.ea of the as.e.ments under this at.,, .11 t 1.... Ls of L.,e thempulis shall he deemed to be equally - henefited by the expenditure under this att.. XV. The said Metropolitan Board may, in Case of any default or neglect of any vestry, district bosid, or other body or person to pay the amount required by any precept of the said board, or any part of such amount, within such time and in such manner as may be mentioned in such pre cept in that behalf, raise and levy the money required by the said board for the purposes of this act in any parish, dis trict, or part, and for that purpose :may .tnake and levy a rate of such arnouet in the pound on the annual value of the property rateable as will, ht their judgment , ha'ving regard to all circumstances be sufficient to raise the .money so re quired as aforesaid; and such rate shall be levied on the persons and in respect of the property rateable to the relief of the poor in such parish, district, or part, 'subject to the provisions of the said act of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty contained concerning the levying' of moneys by overseers in pursuance of order made upon them by vestries under the, said act, and shall be assessed upon the net annual value of such pro perty ascertained by the rate for the time being for the relief of the poor; and the said board may appoint one ormore •collectrrs for levying any such rate, and pay him or them aey salarhpoundage, or allowance in respect of their employment under this enactment which such board may deem just and reasonable, and shall take such security from every such collector for the due execnt ion of his duty as they shall think reasonable and proper; and the said boars!, and the collector or collectors to be appointed by them, shall have the same powers, remedies, and privileges as fur levying money for the relief el the poor; and all such rates shall be allowed in the same manner, and be subject to the same provisions in relation to appeals and to excusiniz persons from payment on account of poverty and otherwbe, as the rate for the relief of the poor; and all the expenses of r.nd incidental to the preparing, making, collecring, and levying any such rate shall be raised and levied by the said Metropo litan Board in addition to, but as part af, the said rate.; and after deduction by the said board of the ex penses, all moneys levied or received under or in respect of the said rate shall be paid by the said board into the Bank of England to the same account and for the same purposes as hereinafter mentioned concerning moneys payable under the precepts of the said board in respect of the metropolis main drainage rate ; provided also, that the provisions cf section 163, 164, and 169 of the said act of the 18th and 19th years of her present Majesty shall be applicable to every rate under this act. XXII. If the whole amount raisable under this act shall have been raised and paid off by means of the rates levied under this act before the expiration of the said period of 40 years, the Metropolitan Board of Works, with the consent of the Commissioners of her Majesty 'a Treasury, shall discon tinue the assessment for the metropolis main drainage rate, and any surplus of the moneys arising from the rates levied under this act which may remain after such payment shall be applicable towards defraying the expensesof the said board. XXIII. The Metropolitan Beard of Works in the mean time, and until the works required by this act for the puri fication of the river Thames are completer!, tray do all such works and apply all such means as they may deem proper for deodorising such sewage or otherwise protecting the public health from any injurious consequences therefrom, and may defray the expense s incurred for this purpose as t!:e expenses incurred by the said board under the said act of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty are therein directed to be defrayed. XX IV. The said Metropolitan Board shall cause all works to be executed tinder this act to be constructed and kept so as not to be a nuisance, and shall, in deodorising any sewage and in disposing of any sewage or ref•ise from sewers, act in such manner as not to create a nuisance. XXV. Section 1;t(') of the said act, and :31 much of section lit of the said a;:t as provides " that belnra the Meirop litan Board of Works commence any such works the esti mated expense wheuof shall exec, d £50,000, the plan of such works, together with an esl imate of the cost of carry ing the same into execution, shall be submitted by sue!, baard to the Commissioners of bur Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, and no such plan 01111 be carried into effect until the same has been approved by such commis sioners, and no such works shall be commenced in cases where the estimated expense thereof shall exceed the sum efgloo,ooo, without the previous sanction of Parliament," shall he repealed. XXVI. The time limited by section 135 of the slid act of the 18th and 19th years of her Majesty, for the cotnp'etion of the sewers and works necessary for preventing the row age of the metropolis from passing into the river Thames in or near the metropolis, shall be extended to the 31st day of December, 1863. XXVII. No works upon the bed or shares of the said river Thames below high water mark, which may interfere with the navigation of that river, shall at any time be commence or executed under the provisions of this act without the same having been previously approved of by the Lord High Admiral, or the commissioners fur executing the office of Lord High Admiral, such approval to be flow time to time specified in writing under the band of the Sect etary to the Admiralty. XXVIII. In order to preserve the navigation of the river Thames the plans of any work to be constructed under the authority of this act pponth etari with ks,bg free,or igslnniar‘eoafttiohne e ‘ ;, hi s c h h all bosye interfere approved by the con s , rva t ors of o r i f v t e h r e T s h a a i d m i e i s v , the river Thames in writing, signed by their secretary, before such works are commenced, certifying that the works according to such plans will not interf ere w ith t h e haviga don of the river Thames. XXIX. Nothing in this act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to, prejudice or derogate front the rights of the conservators of the river Thames, or 10 prohibit, de feat, alter, or diminish any power, aut t o h rit s y,. d or jurisdiction which at the time of passi ng o f t hi s act did or might lawfully claim, use, or exerle a , l sofaras conservators su ch rights, power, authority, or jurisdiction may be exercised for preserving the f ree nav i gation of the river Thames. XXX. No works (meter or over the main navigable chan nel cf the river Lea shall at any time be commenced or executed under the provisions of this act without leaving the tip of any work under the navigation not less than 12 feet below high water, Trinity standard, and for any work over any part of the navigation without leaving the suffit of such work not less than eight feet six inches above high water, Trinity standard, wilt a clear span over the said river, inclusive of the towing bath thereof, of not less than 54 feet ; provide 4 it shall be lawful fur the trustees of the river Lea, by writing under their common sea!, on the ap plication of the Metropolitan Board of Works, to consent to an alteration or variation of the said dimensions or either of them. XXXI. It shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's princi pal Secretaries of State, at his discretion, on representation or complaint made to him of any nuisance committed in exe cution of any works, or in deodorising any sewage, or indis posing of any sewage or refuse fioin sewer, or in any other manner under this act, to Cause inquiry to be made into the matter represented or complained of to him, and to direct sae!' prosecution or prosecutions, or b take such other pro cce,lings as be may think fit, in order to ensure the preven tion or abatement of such nuisance as aforesaid. XXXII. In the construction of this act - the expression " deochrise" shall be deemed to include-any process where by the solid suspended mat eri in sewaze may be precipi tated or separated from the liquid before the discharge thersof, or whereby the noxious or offensive properties of sewage may be nentralked ; and the expression " st wage" shall mean and inelutie the contents of the sewers before the employment ("f such pi Oe eS3. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yes terday the admissions on paymcat wcrc 5,667 ; do, by sown tidos, QM total, 6,506 EIVSPAPE:II „s;11- 1111312 NrlzE Al - X, 1 1; 4 1 4 * • On Wednesday efternoo o t. nets, masters, and seem n tine's Dock Hotel, in furthe - h Hee- Service Anociatio ; Mr. Stewart d the Q The Ctiernse2fer, ipetting trit , sidtMl of ftfA meeting, said that In took tee warenest possible interest in the welfare of the association, calculated as it was to promete the welfare of all . ptrsens engaged in tbe niercaetile marine of England. ' such an association existed in former times the Mercantile Marine Act would -not now be upon the statute-book. If a law so affecting the mercantile marine were now to be proposed, it would be gone through and thoroughly sifted by the committee of the association, and would be so improved that instead of proving preju dicial to any particular interest of the community, it would, on their rvpreseniations, be so modified es to advance the general prosperity of the country. Ile thoroughly objected to Government interference In private flatters, and be did net see what right the Admi uistration of the c :entry had to step in between hint and the men whom be wished to employ in the management of his ships any more than they bad to dictate to the owner of a cotton mill what heeds he slued I engage in his business. (Hear, hear.) The system of fees for the examination of captains was highly objeetionablp but still more objection able was the practi ce o f exacting ' fees from the poor seamen both upon shipping themselves and upon their being paid off. These were transactions which should be entirely be tween the men end their employers, and Government inter ference was altogether uncalled for. There were at present in the mercantile marine of this country commanders who had been in every part of the world—men of great nautical experience, and who bad neveryet subjected the underwriters to the least loss. Yet under the present iniquitous system not one of these nee.. ;wild take charge of a vessel engaged in the transport seevice without submitting to an examina tion by cfficers appointed by the Board of Trade; and, what was still worse, they bad not only to pay for being allowed to be examined, but had also to bear the burden or a second charge on takieg out their certificate of compe tence. It might be all very well to impose the ordeal of an examination upon young lads fresh from school, but to do so in the case of men of 35 or GO years ofapgree,pwoshteorlotauds grown old at sea, was, to say the lea s t o f i t, and unjust. (Hear, hear.) If there was no other objec tion to such a system it was sufficient tbat it was compul sory. And the grievance of which the mercantile marine had to complain was that whenever ateaccident took place - at sea the officer in command of the vessel injured or lost had to render an account of his conduct to the Board of Trade. To that he by no means objected, but be did , claim for the captains in charge of the merchant shipping of Great Britain that they should have a fair trial before a competent tribunal. This was a state of things which requires an t tfectual remedy, but that remedy could only be, tl tycir own'uqyed nettnn; and therefsre it wne:** pleasure he saws suer tiien aslitebard - Greelojetinineelft m ieepe objects which they had in viesse e ,objecis which, while tbeYtebded to eitablish the indepznth-nee of the mercantile marine, added to the respectability of all engaged in it from the highest to the lowest, and were calculated to advance the national character abroad, as it too often happened that foreigners took their opinion of this country from the eon duct of our sailors. If they were to improve the sailors, and imbue them with a feeling of self-respect, and of their responsibility in upholding the national character, the com merce of the country would be greatly extended and advanced. Capt. TOOKER, in moving the first resO/urtott, to the effect "That the meeting approv e o f t h e course pursued by the council since the formation of the association, and espe cially of its advocacy at its public meetings of questions in the interests of shipowners, as well is of masters and mari ners, and considered it essential to the permanent usefulness of the association that it should - constitute - a hearty union of shipowners and mariners, whose interests are the same, and who must prosper or decay together," said that he had no doubt many difficulties would be thrown in their way in the path of usefulness which they had sketched out for them selves, but they should, by presenting, a united front, endeavour to overcome them. Since the passing of the Mercantile Marine eta upwards of 18,000 certificates of competency had been issued by the Board of Trade, "and be would venture to say that more ships bad of late years been lost by men in possession of such certificates than by the men of old service. The association was a step in 'the right direction, ens! as such had his. cordial support, and he hoped that branch associations would spring up in every trading port in the United Kingdom: Capt. War. STEPHENS seconded the resolution. ' Capt. BREAKIV001) inquired if the captains having cer tificates of competency were not more numerous than the long service captains ? The CilintaLAN replied that be thought the fact lay lb• other way. Capt. GRIDDLE, in" supporting the resolution, said he cetsiderca nre-hrtlf of the pung men holding these s:ele unworthy of being put in charge of vessels, as in all practical matters th e y h a d t o re l y upon the skill not only of their first and second tfficers, but even upon that of the common sailors. Mr. CALDWELL also supported the resolution, and strongly insisted upon united act i on b etween all classes, both old and young; engaged in the mercantile marin. Capt. TRAPP warmly defended the yontax captain s f out the charge of incompetency, and showed that they were a decided improvement upon - the old clas3 of illiterate, drunken, and brutal seamen who 'formerly commanied In the, mercantile marine. The objects of the - association having been fully and ela borately explained by Mr. lloonE, the resolution was unanimously agreed to. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to Mr. Wrat ton for the gratuitous use of the room, aad the proceedings terminated in the .usual manner. P.RESERVATION of LIFE from SHIPWRECK. A meeting of the Royal National Life-boat Institntion was held yesterday at its house, John-street, Adelphi—Capt. Lambert Perrott in the cbair. We also observed teveral other members present. Mr. LEWIS, the secretary, having ;end the...21)114es of the previous meeting, The second-service clasp- was voted -to .114 r.. Henry A. Hamil.on, of Ballrigp;an, to whoortbe silver 'medal arthe institution was presented for previous exertions in saving life from shipwreck, in admiration of hi. gallant conduct its rescuing, at the imrnenent risk of his van life, a lady who, with himself and three other nelsons, had been thrown out of a boat off Kingstown on the 521. t ult. when a fishing smack came into cull'sion with the boat. The lady whose life was thus mercifully saved bcina desirous of recording her gratitude to Gcd. has offered .E3GO to the National Life boat Institution to station an additional life-boat on the Irish coast. The seeie:S* has already life- boats on that coast at the following places :—Groomspoit, near Belfast, Drog heda, Skerries, Wicklow, Arkiow, Callow., Ardmore, Youghal, Ballycotton, and Westport. There are 23 other dangerous places in Ireland which require life-boats, but to provide which the limited resources of the society are quite inadequate. Last year 173 vessels were wrecked on the Irish coast, accompanied with the usual great loss of life. A reward of £6 10s. was also voted to the crew of the Lytham life-boat, which belongs to the institution, for put ting off in her with the view of rescuing the crew of the schooner Mineral, of Barrow, which during a heavy gale of wind was wrecked off' Southport on the 25th ult. Fortu nately her crew, who had been a'l night in the rigging, had been previously rescued by the Southport lite-boat. A reward of £6 was liken ice granted to a boat's crew of six men, for putting effarid rescuing, at considerable risk of life, three out of five persons, whose curragh, during squally wee' her, had been capsized off the coast of Donegal. The curragh was engaged at the time in taking the men across an arm of the sea, when a sudden squall came on and capsized her. Two of the men were unfortunately drowned before succour could reach them, but the two others were saved from a similar fate by the promptitude and gallantty of the boat's crew. A reward of S 6 10. was also voted to the crew cf the tubular lifeboat of the institution stationed at Rhyl, for putting off in her with the view of rendering asiistance to a smack which was obse rve d to h ave sun k som e distance from the station, and to have her crew of two old men in the rigging. Tire lifeboat was much promptitude launched, and p-cceeded to the wreck, but before her arrival the smack's crew had been t a k en oilby another boat. A reward of ,122 Wee likwise granted to Alexander Melt, a fisherman, lo testimony of his gallant conduct in rucuing, at the peril of his own life, a boy, who with his father and 981, ring a gale of wind, off Find remy, on Cie coast of Bang'. It emitter man, had !wen opret from their fishing-.boat appeared that they had been out, all day in a sma ll heat /yet the boat. O ne man swam ashore, f i skim „ Th e y ~ore returning to the silo e unde r sa il when to do so, but unf or t unately sunk to rise T d 7'ap a ltie tt dt i l ird, be;y 10 y ears cf age, clung to the t a s t na a tol s cml u i ‘ ol i e d rre e t ;a t boar. Alexander nett, havini.z observed the accident, ran nearly a mile • till he come opposite the drifted boat. Ile then undressed himself and swam cif to it. The meeting decided to bring into cenaection with the In stitution the three life-boats under the superintendence of the Tees Bay Life Boat St'ciefy. Local life-boat committees derive considerah'e ad7antsges by connecting themselves with the national institution, inaFtuuch es the Efficiency of each life boat station is secured, and a uniform system of management established. Acknowledgments were read from the Duke of Malakoff and other foreign Ministers for drawings which the institu tion had presented through them to their respective countries of the life-boat and transporting carriages now successfully acrd by the society on the coast of the United Kingdom. come Interesting reports were also read from the Bou logne and Dunkirk Life-boat and Shipwreck Societies, in which the cordial co-operation of the National Life-boat Institution of Great Britain was acknowledged. The de signer and inspector of its life-boats had asme time since visited both societies, which had given them a hearty recep tion, and which had decided that some of their life-boata should forthwith be altered to Mr. Peake's plan. Additional good life-boats are much needed on the French coat, where, notwithstanding its erect extent, hardly any life-boats are to be found. Surely such a state of things only requires to he properly represented to the Emperor of the French. It was reported that the institution had, during the cur rent year, paid nearly X 5,000 in founding new life-boat establishments and maintaining others in a state of effi ciency. The committee, therefore, earnestly appealed for additional support to enable th em to cont i nue succ essfully their humane operations, and the proceedings then closed. MURDER OF Two CIIILDREN DT THEIR MOTHER.-- Two children have beet] drowne:t by their mother at Cle vedon, burnersetshire.—Their dead bodies were washed up by the tide on the beach in a small bay called the Little Harp. The eldest and is a girl, shout two years and a half old, and the other a boy about 12 month. There were no marks of violence, except a few bruises on their faces, occasioned by the rolling of the bodies against the shingle, which is very sharp near the spot. A woman's b - nnet, trimmed with white riband, was also washed on shore. It appears that the mother surrendered herself at the police-oflice at Flax Bourton. about eight tidies from Bristol, and cane sera her crimp. She stated her name to be Williams, and that die was the wife of a very quiet re spectable man, a painter, living at Tipper Easton, one of the suburbs of Bristol. From information gained since, she It-fr Bristol by the 3 c'elnic down-train, on Tuesday, bringing the two etiii&en, one in arms, and had been sten. and where i' ,is te ;lucre anythinc to cx.:ite suspiei.m of of h thorn, n in eit t i li ,c e r v u il a la s ce, but no particular notice was taken anything unusual. Site was seen la'e in the evening near tLe headland water's edge, where at this season many per. i l n clte ti r i c * d se tt a bl h i r tt ee n 7 t e it'il between 10 al, d 12 then about i s i t e n ‘, s ed w e e k t e e m a n l i s i o st enj a, - .e y waled near a shelving rode into t h e sea with a child on each arm, and t here drowned them; at the same time losing her own bonnet, which floated ob'aellfoeebktV,vaaintidngthheenr deliberately °P rtilili :3 (the being w i t h the children, and was found with t h em when.washed on shore. After the commission of the deed she seems to have made her way by road towards Bristol, passing through the clotheso r t t i p g' villages of Nausea and Wraxail, where s h e Ayes, remarked bottnetless, her dress thrown over her as if saturated With water,; According 'to report elm wotrain is of inienrperate audpassionaTe habits i an t h h e e r i ' and her husband a ki n d and mildly-disposed man. T he heath,early n d bodies of the children were removed to a neighbouring 14)1c1fOr A corontro inuot.