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I. j; -- ~..._ 'NO ., Or. - =.- , • -_,..,'',!:. ~ ct . 4. ,, _ -- *••.----, , - ''',; ;:f,„", z2, + -ti. ,iltrf . 1 - '. 5 .1 . 0 1 `...'' kr..-. ,, ~ I,:ij -- -- 1 / 4.4 ., 0 , 7 * ~ , ;1 2 ,,*; a' ' ":s - '•-• '' l ' ''-,-*- ,w. ' qr. ..-. DIES AL•01:02 , :-- 41, „- ~ 41 , 7 4 # ~,„euz5,,, , --- -,-.- - at ' 41,,r,, DI ,••••• , -,7,0 • 4 -' - travellers and newspapers almost threatened with ex clusion from the whole of Europe. The future seems too plain to admit of a difference of opinion. A steady continuance of the prosperity of the working classes is indicated on all sides, while the low price of every description of produce must lessen the dangers of speculation, and give confidence to employers. In agriculture the effects of the capital expended during the past year or t wo are b eg i nn i ng to be felt; and for the shipping interest the published returns of last year's traffic and the extension of the Australian trade are sufficient to justify the best ex pectations. To the capitalists there can belittle doubt of the prospects of any rational investment when money can be had at two per cent., and when the Bank bullion, having reached a point never before known, is still increasing without an adverse sign in any quarter. The field, therefore, is open to all ; and, as far as the ordinary judgment . of commercial minds can discern, there is nothing to suggest a doubt that fur the next twelve month every brench of fair adventure will be well rewerded. Vast as have been the results lately witnessed, the developement of the wealth and com merce of the country must, under rational circum stances, go on in an increasing ratio. But every merchant and capitalists must also be a politician ; and it is for each man to satiefy himself, according to his peculiar views, whether the principles of govern ment at present in force throughout Europe are such as to insure the maintenance of economy, the growth of public happiness, and the free extension of peace ful enterprise. 1 - 116tory affords no parallel to the utter dissimilarity of system that now prevails between England and her neighbours. Whether that dissi milarity can long continue, or whether an equilibrium is ultimately to be brought about by gradual ap proaches, or by a sudden con vu lsi on , i s a p o i n t w hi c h none can determine. All, however, can estimate its possibilities, and decide whether they are such as should awaken caution.—Times. EQUITABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE INSIJRA.NCE COUPA.NIES, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. f*T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. *W. A. B. Bennett, Esq. *John Moss, Esq. t*Elugh Croft, Esq. Wolin Rawson, Esq. tj. Elliotson, M.D. F.R.S. *John Shaw, Esq. f*Geo. Fuller, Esq. oEdmond S. SymeS, Esq. *Ralph Gough, Esq. t William Kennaway, Esq. lair Arnold J. Knight, M.D. *Sir A. W. Hillary, Bart. •M. C. Maher, Esq. * Fire. t Life. f* Both. EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,0001. (Incorporated under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) The Policy Holders in this office are respectfully informed that the Christmas Renewals, are in the hands of the several Agents of the Company, and should be paid on or before the 9th of January. The Equitable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of its own experience, from time to time, adopts such rates of premium as the nature of the risk justifies ; and with this view an annual investi gation is made into each class of risk, and a return of fifty per cent. of the net excess, made to all classes of Insurers whose policies have been in force for three years. Farming Stock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average Clause. Losses are made good without deduction or discount. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. Capital £500,003. NEW LIFE TABLES. On the Withdrawal Table the assured is entitled, by simple en dorsement, to receive an immediate advance of one-half the amount of the paid annual premiums, without security or deposit of the policy ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of life. On surrender one-half of the annual payments will be returned. Life Annuit es granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities. The terms of the Society are peculiarly favourable. The present annual income of the Society from premiums exceeds 70,0001 ; the amount covered by the policies of the Society is up wards of 2,250,000/.; and the reserve profit applicable to futura bonus to the assured, amounts to 95,5021. 14s. Od. Prospectuse , , and every information, may be obtained, on applica tion at the Office, or to any of its Agents. W. S. B. 'WOOLHOLTSE, Actuary. , ttClement Taber, Esq. tJoseph Thompson, Esq. ttlugustus Vigne, Esq. tsamuel Walker, Esq. FRIDAY LONDON, N - - , N 7 JANUARY 2 , 1852. N°. 18,496.] [PRICE SD. PUBLICATIONS. T HE PATENT WIRE TYPE COMPANY. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. Capital, £30,000 in 3,000 Shares of £lO each. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Ilenry llensman, Esq., C.E. I Robert Spinney, Esq., C.E. R. P. Harding, Esq. J. R. Johnson, Esq. G. Carter, Esq. Edmund Pullein, Esq. This Company is formed for the Manufacture of Printing Type from hard metals by pressure. By this new process (which may be seen daily) wire prepared to the proper form and gauge is supplied to a self-acting machine, which straightens it, strikes the letter on the end by a die of hardened steel, and cuts it off to the required length. The Type thus produced possess at least 60 times the durability of cast type, and are made by steam power at the rate of 100 per minute. The liability of shareholders is limited by deed, which also provides that a dividend of 5 per cent. shall be paid to the shareholders prior to the patentees receiving any royalty. For Prospectuses and Shares apply at the temporary offices of the Company, 1, Guildhall-ehainbers, London. ALIII 4 ANAC FOR 1852. THE COMMERCIAL YEAR. .ONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. After four most remarkable years in commercial history, 1851 was to be distinguished solely by the Great Exhibition. The mercantile failures of 1847, the political convulsions of 1848, the realized wonders of California in 1849, and the u n pr e c e d en t e d exten sion of trading activity in 1850 had exhausted every other anticipation. But instead, it has combined in its short passage a renewal more or less of all the striking events that seemed crowded upon us even when they were spread through these periods; and the Exhibition, although its results still tower over everything, and will become grander with time, is already looked upon as so far removed that its date might seem three years as easily as three months ago. At the commencement of January the stock of bullion in the Bank was lower than at any period in the preceding year, the expectation that gold would be put out of circulation in France having caused funds to be withdrawn from England for coinage while yet practicable at the Paris Mint. A re-action, however, soon took place, and Consols, which on the Ist were at 961, exhibited a tendency to renewed firm ness. French politics at that time were almost the only source of uneasiness, and on the 6th the resignation of the Ministry, followed by the appointment of M. Drouyn de Lhuys and the dismissal of General Chan garnier, from his double command of the National Guard and the army! of Paris, caused some fluctua tions. In a few days the new Cabinet were defeated in the Assembly, by a majority of 139, and a" transi tion" Ministry, consisting altogether of unknown men, took their places. At home there were no events of importance. On the 9th, the first steamer of the new Brazil line left Southampton. The accounts from California, both with regard to gold and quick silver, continued to excite attention, and all over the continent there was an absurd restlessness for legis lative alterations of the standard of value. Russia prohibited the export of silver, Holland was endea vouring to sell the gold she had already replaced by notes, and even Spain, in the midst of her financial leprosy, thought it necessary to put French 20-franc pieces, which had hitherto been a legal tender, out of circulation. It was re served for Portugal, however, in the last petty stage of her insolvency to manifest the greatest appre hension of a deluge of the precious metal, and during a panic at Lisbon gold 'coins were actually sold at a discount of 5 per cent., while a law was introduced to place a high duty on the export of silver. On the 15th news was received of the. sudden disgrace of General Narvaez, followed by the appointment of Senor Bravo Murillo, a statesmen destined in the course of a few months to achieve all the discredit for his country that yet remained possible. On the 24th a guaranteed loan of 70,0001. for British Guiana was issued at the Treasury. The rate of interest was 4 per cent., the principal being redeemable in 1870, and it was taken at 105. Oa the 25th the resolutions of the French Monetary Commission were made known, to the effect that the late movements in the relative prices of gold and silver had been influenced by accidental circumstances, and that a change in the legal tender would be inexpedient without further information as to the production both in Russia and California. On the 4th of February the opening of Parliament took place, and domestic affairs oc cupied attention, the only points in connexion with foreign proceedings being the announcement of the scheme for the settlement and partial confiscation of the Spanish debt, and the rejection by 396 to 294 of the proposed dotation of 1,800,000 f. to Louis Napoleon. In the early part of the month, the shipping interest suffered inconvenience from a strike of the seamen at Shields against the Mercantile Marine Act, until it was terminated by a suspension of some of the articles to which they objected. The budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was produced on the 17th. The surplus for the past year was shown to have reached 2,521,0001., instead of only 1,500,0001., and for the coming year the income was estimated at 52,140,0001. and the expenditure at 50,247,000/., the excess being 1,893,0001. Under these circumstances it was pro posed to substitute a house tax for the window-tax (the loss on balance being 701,0001.); to equalize the coffee duties, hitherto 6d. per lb. on foreign, and 41. on British, to 3d. per lb. on both ; to repeal half the timber duties and abolish the duty on clover seeds. The surplus would thus be brought down to 962,0001., which was to ba applied to the reduction of the Na tional Debt. The proposal, however, to renew the income-tax for three years, without the slightest at tempt to adjust it equitably, raised a storm equal to that which had been occasioned three years before, when Sir Charles Wood not only demanded its re newal, but attempted to increase it to 5 per cent. The clumsy details of the budget in other respects also excited the most unfavourable criticism. Pre viously to this the Ministers had escaped by a narrow majority on a resolution on agricultural distress; they were subsequently beaten by 100 against 52 on Mr. Locke King's motion for an extension of the franchise ; and the Irish Members, in consequence of the Papal Bill, had declared they would vote against them in everything. Nevertheless, the impression was that all would be taken quietly, owing to the Exhi bition. On the 21st, however, to the astonishment of all parties, Lord John Russell resigned. At the commencement of March the uncertainties of rate and rational motion in favour of free trade, by M. St. Beuve, was thrown out by 428 against 199. The second half of the year opened with a Royal visit to the City (postponed, however, from the 2d of July to the 9th, owing to the anniversary of the death of Sir Robert'Peel). On the 4th the declaration of American independence was for the first time com memorated by an international celebration. In the House of Commons the Government continued to receive decided defeats on various subordinate ques tions. The quarter's revenue on the sth already indicated the probability of a considerable surplus beyond the estimate for the current year, the dimi nution as compared with the same quarter of 1850 being only 34,4171. A Sardinian five per cent. loan for 3,600 000/. was introduced at 85, but the price was too high, according to the quotations of similar stock on the Paris Bourse, and after having been done at one-quarter premium it rapidly declined to three or four per cent. dincount. A Parliamentary report on postal communication with India recom mended an immediate notice for new contracts to commence in December, 1852, but no notice was issued. On the 22d, the news that the revision of the French Constitution had been voted by an insufficient majority produced a slight heavi ness in the funds. During the entire month there was a depression in railway shares, amounting almost to a panic. August was distinguished by the files given by the City of Paris to the Corporation of London. On the Bth, Parliament, whose proceedings had long ceased to attract the slightest interest, was prorogued. The failure of Castelli and Co. for 200,0001. ois e the 16th, followed most unexpectedly by that of Rucker and Sons on the 25th, for 400,0001. created considerable anxiety, and all weak houses, both at London and Liverpool, supposed to be inte rested, as these had been, in cotton or colonial produce were looked upon with distrust. Oa the 22d the yacht America achieved her triumph at Cowes. The, successful opening of the Nicaragua route from the Atlantic to the Pacific had been heard of a few weeks previously. From Alexandria intelligence arrived of the conclusion of the contract for the Egyptian railway to be completed to Cairo in two years. A Government report on the progress of Ireland showed notwithstanding the rush of emigra tion that there had been an increase of cultivation during the past year.to the extent of 214,000 acres, and of live stock to the value of 1,230,0001. In Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., W A üßurt lON'S NEW NOVEL, " DARIEN ; or, THE MERCHANT PRINCE." ,aricn will be read with breathless interest. The vicissitudes and stirring adventures of the hero, forming such a marvellous episode of real life—the beauty ant striking characteristics of the heroine—and the vein of pathos and romance that pervades the whole tale, give the book a peculiar and irresistible charm." —United Service Mag. Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES. Golden Number„or, ' Shrove Tuesday Feb. 24 Lunar Cycle ..... 101 Easter Sunday April 11 The E pact ..... ..:1... 9 Holy Thursday May 20 Solar Cycle ... ..... 13 Whit Sunday May 30 Dominical Letter —. D C Trinity Sunday June 6 Julian Period-- .. 6565 Advent Sunday Nov. 23 MR. ~.-. - ;i •-,;, . --_., '' -,,- >, -. , , I, 0 .1., , p: _., . -.-. if-, ~,, 5... 7. `4 t - c ' 5 I ' ' -. '-.• . .. c , , •4 e = .a, ~. ~. .-! xi ..= ...a. ~ -.4 -:,, •-ja -,j ' ; 74 -,Eg Ez , -"11 ----- January... 1 2 3 1 Inly 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 - 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 February. 1234 5 6 7 August 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 910 1112 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 • 15 L 6 1700 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 2425126 27 28 29 29 30 31 March.... 123 4 5 6 September 12 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7, 8 1 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 t 3 1415, 16 17 18 19 20' 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 I 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 31 26 27 1 28 29!30 April 1 2 3 'thtober ... I 1 2 45678910 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 10 11 12'13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 /8 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 May....:., 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Isbvember 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 7 -8 910 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 14 1516 17 18 19 1 ,20 23 24 25 26 27 28 2., 21 22 2324 25 26 27 30 31 28 29 30 1 June,, 1 2 3 4 15 December 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 , 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14,15 16 17 18 - 20 21 22 23 24,25 26 19 20 21,22 23 24;25 27 28 1 29 30 1 26 27 21329 30 311 ECLIPSES IN 1852. Jan. 6. Total eclipse of Moon, visible_ at Greenwich, . __ NEW FICTION, BY THE A - unio OF " PIQUE." Now ready, in 3 vols., n AGAT II A BE AUF OR T; Or, FAM (BY PRIDE. By the Author of " Pique." Just ready, in 2 vols. vst Bvo., THE TWO FAMILIES; AN EPISODE IN THE HISTORY OF CIIAPELTON. By the Author of " Rose Douglas." London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. THE ANAXYRIDIAN TROWSEIL Herr CAVAN, the scientific Trowser-cutter, continues his superior method, by which an elegance of style and fit may be in !aired in the make of this garment; supersedes braces, remains firm to the heel without straps, secures a handsome face over the instep, and affords a full power of stride and ease in seat, so neces sary to equestrians, an improvement not hitherto accomplished. From 16s. to 255. At Herr Caban's, 371, Strand, adjoining Exeter Hall. GLEIG'S SCHOOL SERIES. ANC H 0 R ASSURANCE COMPANY, 67, Cheapside, L •ndon. Life Assurances may be effected with this Office at the most mo derate premiums, while the bonus additions to policies tend still fur ther to lessen the cost of assurance. Life Annuities are granted by the Company on terms exceedingly favourable to the assured. Prospectuses may be had on application. T. BELL, Secretary and Actuary. Chief Agencies—Dude-place, Manchester ; Exchange-buildings, IIull; Grey-street, Newcastle-on -Tyne; 5, Grafton-street, Plymouth; and 6, Hermann-strasse, Hamburgh. On Tuesday, January 6, will be published, in 18mo. with numerous Wooßuts, price One Shiiling, ASTRONOMY and the USE of the GLOBES, Simplified for the Instruction of Beginners. With a Course of easy Problems, progressively arranged. By THOMAS TATE, F.R.A.S., of Kneller Training College, Twickenham. Being the Ninth Work of the now SCHOOL SERIES, edited by the Rev. G. R. GLEIG, M.A., Inspector General of Military Schools. Works published in the Series: GLEJG'S HISTORY of ENGLAND, 2s. 6d. ; or 2 Parts, Is. each. HISTORY of the BRITISH COLONIES. Price ls. HISTORY of BRITISH INDIA. Price Is. SACRED HISTORY. 2s. 6d. ; or 2 Parts, Is. each. WM. HUGHES'S GENERAL GEOGRAPHY. Price Is. M`LEOD'S EXPLANATORY ENGLISII GRAMMAR. Is. Or in Four separate Parts, J.—III. at One Penny ; 11. Fourpenee ; and IV. Six fence. Also, for Home Study, DEFINITIONS. Price One Penny. TATE'S HYDROSTATICS, HYDRAULICS, and PNEUMATICS. Price I. EUCLID'S ELEMENTS of GEOMETRY. Price 13. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY may be obtained of all respect able spirit dealers In town and country. in single bottl^s, protected by the patent metallic capsules ; and quantities not less than two gallons or one dozen, in jars, at 165., and in bottles at its. per gallon, At the DISTILLERY, 7, SMITHFIELD-BARS. Glass bottles and cases included, and not returnable. DAVIES'S BOTANIC WAX CANDLES, 11d. per lb.; sperm, Is. lid. and 2s. ; patent sperm, 11d.; British wax or sperm, Is. 4d. ; German wax, Is. 2d.; fine wax, Is. 5d.; transparent wax, Is. 4d. and 2s. 2d.; best wax, 2s. 3d. ; composite, 6 d., 7%c1., 9d., and 9 ; Palmer's 6 magnums, Bd.; mid size, 7%d.; store candles, 4%d. and sd. ; wax-wick moulds, 6d. ; Yellow soap, 445., 503., and 545. per 112 lbs. ; mottled, 565.; Windsor soap, Is. dd. rer packet; brown Windsor, Is 9d. ; rose, 2s. ; almond, 2s. 6d. Sealing wax, 4s. Gd. per lb. Argand, vege table, cared, or colza oil, 4s, 6d. per gallon ; sperm oil, 7s. 6d. ; solar, 3s. 6d. ; French oil, 45., for cash, at DAVIES'S old esta blished warehouse, 63, St. Martin's-land, opposite the Westminster County Court. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 1. • g The following had the honour of j • the Royal asul dinner circle last evening at the Cos r. Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Rope 'li Omen the Duke of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent (the Baroness de- Speth), Monsieur and Madame Van de Weyer, Lord and Lady Edward Howard, and Lord William Paulet, the Gentleman in Waiting to the Duke of Cambridge. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner, and performedathe following selection : Overture, " Die Felsenmuhle" Divertimento from the ballet in the opera " I Martini" Donizetti. Fruhling's Lieder Walzer Kiihner. Reminiscences of Le Caid Thomas. Ostercier Polka __ _ 6 1 13 20 127 GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or front Gravesend and London• ••• • • 10d. . Is. 2d Gravesend and Blackwall and Woolwich Bd. ...• Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. Gd. .... N. Bd. No other Packets call at the Grays, Oreenhithe, and Purtleet tilers. The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). 4 11 18 :25 FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DATE. SUNDAYS THE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY. Just published, in ltimo., price One Shilling, MR. MACAULAY ' S TWO ESSAYS — "The LIFE and WRITINGS of ADDISON ;" and HORACE W LPOLE. Forming the Thirteenth Part of THE TRAVEL LER'S LIBRARY. To be continued Monthly, price One Shilling each Part. -vv"ARAI BATHS, ONE SHILLING EACH. Twenty-five Transferable Tickets, One Guinea. 10, Argyll place, Regent-street, and 5, New Broad-street, City. Vapour, Sul phur, Shampooing, and Harrowgate Baths always ready. Portable Warm Baths sent out within ten miles of London, with Hot Linen, &c.: the Bath, 55.; distance, Is. per mile. Time. Time. 1...; 5 4 2.1 ECLIPSES IN 185`,. Jan. 6. total eclipse of Moon, visible at Greenwich, begins 4h. 21m. morning; total 6h. 6m., ends at Bh. Jan. 21. Partial eclipse of Sun, invisible at• Greenwich, begins sh. 33m. morning, ends Bh. 52m. June 17. Partial eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich, begins 2h. 56m. afternoon, ends 7h. 2m. July 1. Total eclipse of Moon, invisible at Greenwich, begins lh. 37m. afternoon, ends sh. 14m. Dec. 11 Total eclipse of Sun, invisible at Greenwich, begins lh. 26m. morning, ends Lb. 55m. Dec. 26. Partial eclipse of Moon, invisible at Greenwich, begins 11h. 33m. morning, ends 2h. 32m. To be followed by _:ITC'S TRAVELS in TARTARY, THIBET, and CHINA. Trans .ated by Sirs. Percy Sinnett. HOLCROFT'S MEMOIRS. New Edition. SKE CCUES in CANADA, and RAMBLES among the RED MEN. By Mrs. Jameson. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 47% MIN 1934 1% 3% 8 - 1% : - PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. LOYAL POL Y TECHNIC INSTITUTION. g tt, Lecture by George Barker, Esq., on the Ballad Music of Eng land, commencing with his celebrated Entertainment, " An English Christmas," every evening for a fortnight, except Saturday, at Eight o'clock.--Lecture by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on Ward's New Sub marine Lamp.—Lecture by Dr. I3achhoffner on the Philosophy of Scientific Recreation.—Numerous Prize Models, Works of Art, &c., from the Great Exhibition will be explained by Mr. Crispe.—Opti cal Effects in Dissolving Views, Microscope, Chromatrope, &c.— Diver and Diving Bell, &c., &c. A4mission, is.; schools and Children under Ten years of age, Open daily from Eleven to Five. and every Evening, except Sa turday, rron -even till Half-past Ten. After dinner her Majesty had an evening party, at which were present—Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel the Hon. C. Grey, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, Lady and Miss Couper, Mr. Couper, and Mr. R. Couper. This morning being New Year's-day, her Majesty's gifts to the poor of Windsor and its neighbourhood were distributed in the Riding-house at the Royal Mews. 5 I laturdays only. SHARI"S BRITISH GAZETTEER. On Tuesday, January 6, will be published, uniform with Johnston's New General Gazetteer of the World, in Two Volumes, Bvo., price 2/. 16s. cloth, ANEW and COMPLETE GAZETTEER, or TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY of the BRITISH ISLANDS and NARROW SEAS ; containing a Description of above Sixty Thousand Places, Seats, and Objects of Note, founded upon the best Maps and Charts, the most authentic Local and other Authorities, and the latest Official Documents connected with Population, Constituencies, Corporate and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Poor Laws. Education, Charitable Trusts, Railways, Trade, &c. ; with a Reference under every Name to the sheet of the Ordnance Survey, as far as completed ; and an Appendix of the Results of the new Census. By JAMES A. SHARP, Esq. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. September the gold news from Australia and the at tack upon Cuba engrossed universal attention. The accounts from Sydney first appeared on the 3d, and about a fortnight afterwards the Government adver tised for a screw steamer to the colony every two months, at the rate of 8i knots. For the black set tlements, however, between Si erra L eone an d Fer nando Po, according to an advertisement a few days previously, a monthly service was deemed essenti a l. The details of the landing at Cuba, the capture and execution of 50 Americans, the flight of the Spanish Consul from New Orleans, and the i gnom i n i ous death of Lopez, all came in rapid succession. About the middle of the month the Austrian loan of 8,500,0001. was announced, and proved a failure. By threats and artificial contrivances, however, the amount was nominally obtained. The French and also the English funds were at this time again in fluenced by speculations, based on positive assertions of an approaching coup d'etat. There were several arrivals of gold from Russia and a constant influx from New York. The English harvest was ascer tained to be good, while in the north of Europe it was deficient. . _ Direct Trains from the Boats 1521 Minibuses from Fenchnroh-s every quarter of an hour. •ked t It Station to all parts US LondoE THE STRIKE. FROM BRUNSWICK WHARF, the following Trains from , BLACKWALL, on the the Fenchurch•street SI trrivai of ;atlon. MACHINISTS, &c. AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS, ____„ WEEK DAYS. A UNDATP . I I 0 ~.. I 0 . I : , ,t , IL; Al . 0 .. 1 • ;. ,•-• -- 3 li3 ' s = 4 F---i p. Time 1 .-. 1' . N. F.; . Time 1 - :. i . .. '‘ F... I ci . N. I . ' 0 _., : E - A7 d !.,, zg' t r, 8 1 781 o a O 8 11 w 0 A 10 —9% —, 1 2H es • _ PATRON—II. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ANNUAL SUBSCRIBERS, HOLDERS of FAMILY TICKETS, and SUBSCRI'IERS to the READING ROOMS, 5, Cavendish square, are invited to inspect the VALUAB LE DEPOSITS from the GREAT EXIIIBITION, just added, to many of which Medals have been awarded. Shortly before ten o'clock the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the Royal children, accom panied by M. and Madame Van de Weyer and Lord and Lady Edward Howard, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Household, proceeded to the Riding-house to witness the distribution, which continued till a quarter before eleven o'clock. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen this fore noon. o ni ist I NEW EDITION OF BLANE'S RURAL SPORTS. On Tuesday, January 6, will be published, in One large Volume, Bvo , with several Hundred Woodcuts, price 50s. cloth, BLAINE'S ENCYCLOPIEDIA of RURAL SPORTS. A New and thoroughly revised Edition, corrected to the Present Time ; with copious Additions and Improvements, and numerous additional Illustrat . ons. The HUNTING, RACING, and all relative to HORSES and HORSEMANSHIP, revised by HARRY IHEOVER ; SHOOTING, and FISHING, by EPHEMERA; and COURSING, by Mr. A. GRAHAM. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. LAURENT'S CASINO. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, is OPEN every Evening for the Winter Season. Laurent's well-known and celebrated Band, principal Cornet-a- Piston, M. Bonlcourt. The New Redowa every night at Eleven o'clock. During the recess the Rooms have been re-decorated, and many Improvements made, under the sole direction of Mr. 0 P. Bryer. Doors open at Ad Ha mi sslf-pastion—ONE SHILLING Eight, to commence at Nine o'clock. The band of the Royal Horse Guards performed a matinale (on the terrace) under the windows of her Majesty's apartments at seven o'clock this moraine.. Lord Alfred Paget and Colonel F. H. Seymour have relieved Lieutenant-General Wemyss and Col. Bouverie in their dutiea as Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince Albert. This evening, the first of the new year, her Ma jesty gratified a numerous circle of distinguished visitors by a performance of Mendelssohn's expressive music to the CEdipus of Sophocles, rendered into Eng. lisb, and adapted by Mr. Bartholomew to the score which the composer presented to her Majesty and his Roval',Highness Prince Albert. The performance took place in the Waterloo Gal lery, in which a temporary orchestra was erected. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert passed through the North Corridor and entered the Gallery about half-past nine o'clock, ac companied by a circle of visitors, comprising her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Excellency M. end Madame Van de Weyer, Lord and Lady Edward Howard. Tne ladies and gentlemen in attendance consisted of the Marchioness of Ely, Lady of the Bed chamber ; the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and Hon. Beatrice Byng, Maids of Honour ; the Marquis of Ormonde, Lord in Waiting ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting; Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in Waiting ; Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Biddulph, Master of the Household. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,was attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady in Waiting, and the Baroness de Speth ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was attended by Lord William Paulet, Equerry in Waiting. The dialogue was expressively read by Mr. Bartley, assisted by Mr. Bartholomew, who represented the Chorus speaker. ;he el rassages marked * are run direct. BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, S. Os. ; Six Months, 31. Three Months, 21. O. to be had of the Collectors on boar packets ; or Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. November 12, 1851. 04.; the Early in January will be published, in 1 vol. Bvo,, FNGLIS I-1 AGRICULTURE in 1850 and 1851 ; Its Condition and Prospects. With Descriptions in detail of toe best modes of Husbandry practised in nearly every County of England, By JAMES CAIRD, Agricu tural Commissioner of " The Times ;" Author of " High Farming under Liberal Covenants." London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. QEASONABLE FESTIVITIES. At this feative period of the year the following unrivalled dis coveries for the TOILET are called into increased requisition, namely— APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Carries, and Salad( and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach te perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford- Street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen and Merchants, London; and enerally by the principal dealers in Sauce. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair, In October the revenue returns were again favour able, and showed even an excess over the correspond ing period of 1850, but congratulations were damped by the Kafir war. On the 7th the visitors to the Ex htbition reached their highest number, 109,915, and the receipts were 5,2831. Four days afterwards the building was closed to the public, and en the 15th the final ceremony took place. The failure of the Mon mouthshire and Glamorganshire Banking Company with liabilities for 583,0001., followed by that of the Monmouthshire Old Bank, increased the uneasiness with regard to the position of business which more or less seemed to characterise the whole year. The stop page of various firms in London, Liverpool, and Glas gow also continued to be reported from time to time. On the 15th news was received of the resignation of the French Ministry without any explanation ; on the 23d Kossuth arrived at Southampton; and on the 27th, at Paris, M. de Thorigny was announced to have formed a new Cabinet, the uninfluen tial character of which caused an immediate RORiLANDS' KALYDOR, for rendering the Skin soft, fair, and blooming. ROWLANDi' ODONTO ; or, PEARL DENTIFRICE, for imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the Teeth, and ROWLANDS' AQUA D'ORO, a fragrant and spirituous Perfume, an essential accompaniment to places of public amusement and crowded assemblies. Beware of Spurious Imitations. The only Genuine of each bears the name of " Rowlands"' pre ceding that of the Article on the Wrapper or Label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, llatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. On Tuesday, January 6, will be published, in Bvo. ATREATISE on the PRINCIPLES and PRACTICAL INFLUENCE of TAXATION and the FUNDING SYSTEM. By J. R. MCVLLOCII, Esq. Second Edition, ccrrected, enlarged, and greatly improved. By the same Author, in fcp. Svo., price 3s. 6d., A TREATISE eu the CIRCUMSTANCES which DETERMINE the RATE of WAGES and the CONDITION of the LABOURI.NG C LASSES. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. N.B. To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. CERTAIN RELIEF IN BRONCHIAL AFFECTIONS, HOOPING COUGH, &c. DR. BARRY'S SALINE and SOOTHING LOZENGES are most invaluable to persons afflicted with Difficulty of the respiratory orga n s, such as Influenza, Asthma, "'Vacuity of Breathing, Coughs, Hoarseness, Irritation of the Throat, 'looping Cough, &e. These Lozenges often relieve Severe Hoarseness or Excessive Coughing in twenty-four hours, and have a peculiar beneficial effect on Bronchial Inflammation. Clergymen, Public Speakers, and Vocalists—one taken before vocal exertion will stimulate the thoracic organs, and give a tone to the voice. DU BARRY'S HEALTH-RESTORING FOOD FOR INVALIDS AND INFANTS. The REVALENTA. ARABICA FOOD is the only natural, plea sant, and effectual remedy (without medicine, purging, inconveni ence, or expense, as it saves fifty times its value in other means of cure) for all nervous, stomachic, intestinal, liver, and bilious com plaints, however deeply rooted, dyspepsia (indigestion), habitUal constipation, luemorrhoidal affections, diarrhoea, acidity, heartburn, flatulency, oppression, rheumatism, gout, cough, asthma, dropsy, headache, giddiness, congestion of the brain, noises in the head and ears, distension, palpitation, eruptions of the skin, impurities and po verty of the blood , sinking, sickness at the stomach during preg nancy, at sea, and under all circumstances, debility in the aged as well as infants, depression, irritability, wasting awaY,fits, spasms, cramps, inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, angina pectoris, fevers, scurvy, paralysis, &c. The best food for infants and invalids generelly, as It 11.VOT tUrt.a..ta on ototnct,lt, uva ius,nfere3 With 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. The only remedy which has obtained 50,000 testimonials of cures of the above and other complaints, many of which had resisted all other modes of treatment, and been aban doned as incurable. A few out of 50,000 cures are here given : Cure No. 47,121. " Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham-cross, Herts a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestions, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeom an, Gateacre, near Liverpool, a cure Of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability." Cure No. 71. of Dyspepsia; from the Right I.lon. the Lard Stuart THE ANGLO-CATHOLIC THEORY. Just published, in fcp. Bvo., price One Shilling. THE ANGLO-CATHOLIC THEORY. By BON AMY PRICE, M.A. Reprinted, with Additions, from the " Edinburgh Review," No. CXC IL. Oct., 1851. 41 * Sir. Price's article on the Anglo-Catholic Theory can nolw be had only in the above form, as the number of the " Edinburgh. Re view" from which it is extracted is out of print. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Sold at MEASIM and Co.'s medicated cream depot, 238, Strand, London, in boxes at 13 1 ,4 d.; or sent free to all darts of the kingdom on receipt of eighteen pottage etamps. MR. TATE'S KEY TO HIS EXERCISES ON MECHANICq. On Tuesday, January 6, be published, in 12mo. with Woo dcut., KEY to FATE'S EXERCISES oia MECH A. NICS and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Containin& full olutions to all the unworked Examples and Problems. By THOMAS TATE, F.R.A.S., of Kneller Training College, enham. VkAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. The following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy of this medicine : " Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851. "Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of nine years I have experienced the efficacy of this excellent medicine. I had long previously been afflicted with headache and indigestion, but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills, I now inform you that a few doses gave me great relief ; and during this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and We know of nothing to equal it. " I am, Sir, By the same Author, EXERCISES on MECHANICS and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY or, an Easy Introduction to Engineering. Neer Edition. 125n0 with Woodcuts, price 2s. Louden : Longman, Brown, Green, arid Longmans. - M`CULLOCIPA COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY. To-morrow will be published, in One large Bvo. Volume of ri.bOve 1.500 closely-printed pages, with Maps and Plans, price 505.. ; or 555. strongly half-bound in Russia, a New Edition of a DICTIONARY, PRACTICAL, THEORE.TI CAL, and HIS I'ORICAL, of COMMERCE and QOM MERCI %L NAVIGATION. By J. R. M'CUI.LOCH, Esq. New Edition, corrected to the Present Time : With a Supplement. The Supplement to the last Edition (published in 185)) may be had separately, price 4s. Gd- sewed London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. is list Odr t,hs• De Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic& Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. " STUART DE DECIES." es pectfully, THOMAS PROVINCE. " To Mr. T. Prout, 229, Strand, London. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and are a Pleasant, safe, easy apperient, they unite the recommendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re straint of diet or confinement during their use. Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229 Strand, London."on the Government Stamp- Price is. Oicl. am. 2s. 9d. per box COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS— Commercial travellers are, of all men, the most social ; their profession often places them within situations where they are obliged to freely patronise the science of gastronomy, and to yield to the seductive allurements of the " rosy god ;" no harm from these indul gences would ever be felt if they would take two or three of OLD PARR'S fine stomachic PILLS at night, which would, without the slightest disturbance or pain, clear off all acidities which would otherwise remain In the stomach and bowels, and produce feverish head-ache, and all other un pleasant symptoms. On account of their mild and effective operation, they are now more used by all travel lers than any other medicines are. For sea voyages they are ac knowledged to be all that are required, preventing all scurvy, &c. The sale of Parr's Life Pills amounts to upwards of 30,C00 boxes weekly, more than all other patent medicines put together. The simple fact needs no further comment; it tells plainly that the Pills of Old Parr are the best medicine in, the world. Sold by E. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Churchyard ; Barclay and Sons, Parringdon-street ; Sutton and Co., Bow Churchyard , London ; J. and R. Raimes and Co., Edinburgh ; 3tottershead and Co., Man chester; and by all Chemists; in boxes at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and I Is. each. DISMISSAL OF LORD PALMERSTON. The Foreign Secretary who has served und er many Ad ministrations has at length ceased to hold office, and e very body is liTing a different reason for the separation. Some attribute it to the turn of a ff a i rs i n France, some t o hi s M ary l e bone friends, with their address and resolution and his Lordship's answer, some to a Personal difference with Earl Grey about matters whic h do not come to light all at once, bat the fact of his Lordship's sep aration from the rest of the Cabinet is much regretted by many. We are naturally sorry to part from old servants, and there are some ser- Ylees which cement parties together stronger the older they be come._ Of thi s k i nd of service is that rendere d b y E. MOSES and .S u ON, who h ave for many years caused a re d uc ti on i n the expendi- I re for d ress of more than one-half, and the longer we are use d t o r a is lf the less w e could do without it. In the year 185 1 no t l ess than a million of money was saved to the public by E. MOSES and SOY, and alth t o b ug a h lf. i p t ri c c a e, n be clearly shown that every article reaches the public at they challenge the whole world to a com parison of quality . They, by means of a large capital, and a sta ff of werkmen and d es i gners perfectly unequalled, have surpassed everybody in quality, and intend to keep the lead by a system which the pubic fully appreciates. E. MOSES and BN, _ _London City Establishment, 154, 155, 15 0 6, and 157, Minories, 83, lit 85 , and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. and 3. Lo ndon West-end Branch, 506, 517, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,9, Hart.street, all communicating. Bradford Yorkshire Branch. 19, Bridge-street. Shefdeid Branch, 36, Fargate. Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers. Bost and shoe autkers.and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. The E stablishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on t , r iays when business is resprood till Twelve o'clock. Tree Lan New Book, entitled " The Exhibition for All Nations," in — gnages, viz. :—English, French, and German, and contain -1,!11111 direction s f or self measurement, c an be had gratis, on appli cation,aPPlieattia i oj_forvvarded post free to any part of the kingdom. userae Almanac, for th4iyear ending 1852, can be had gratis , ion, lel r ° ll Parle Francais°. Qui si parla Italian°. Met spricht man Deutsch. Aqui se habla Espanol. MEDICAL -- ' 11 "/ICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF With Plain D YOUTI AND MATURITY. irections for their Prevention and Cure. Dart FIF TY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. published,in French, E ng li s h, G e rman, Dutch, Spanish, and I talian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author for Forty-two BecretElMl:(ll firrm -cal Treatise on RESERVATION; a the Physiology of Marriage, and on the raui enrt a n t ties and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually ac mental early period of life, which destroy the physical and heft ~Powers, dish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex tit "'e,"dtal energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on lit;,t al la Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debi • bise Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all by L a ses and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted rran allern and. Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty of ph ys e ie; With Fifty coloured Engravings , illustrating the Anatomy, th e i r °lo lr7, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining „ re structures, uses and functions, and the various injuries that produced in then; by solitary habits. excesses, and infection. B 7 SAMTEL LA'MERT, M.D., beetn,!,,..EriFOßD-SQUARE, LONDON. b ' Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin irgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, e "tiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian cal Society of Edinburgh, &c., Ste. tom Work contains a plain and complete description of the ana covintnd Physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative heat Medical health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the xiai a , Medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and teatime -you, i.nserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man tree as and for many years, devoted his studies to the ta ge l'at of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan thyou,Y those whose constitutions may have become debilitated late r 'keret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of lata rr i".,..`ars, Whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of lap frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas -"..erY and regret. nePU.,_blished by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater -11044r-raw Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, 47aarket ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; in ia ft by post for f ct,m-., from the author's residence, 11 1 1 Y be Consulted on these •tisorders persollailh Or by letter, Ts till TirC ftsa Eight, - THE 126th Number of the HYGEIST and MEDICAL REFORMER, for January, contains the Gisneral Report of the British College of Health for the 'past year—De ath of Priessnitz, author of the Water Cure, With Observations —Proposed Monument to James Morison, the Hygeist—The London Dissecting Rooms —Blood -letting—Reign of Terror by Poison in France -- Fatal Soothing Syrups, from " Dickens' Household Words," &c. &c. Office, 368, Strand. Price Id., or 2d. by post. May also be had at the British College of Health, New-road, London, and of all the agents for the sale of Morison's Vezetable Universal Me43icine throughout the country. Al) It E A A few nights back, in health and spirits prime, I went to rest about my usual time, Nor did the clock a dozen minutes number, Before I sank into a peaceful slumber. And while I thus reposed upon my bed, A sound of music floated round my head ; For, understand, although I was asleep, Some little consciousness l seemed to keep ; So, when I heard the music, soft and sweet, I knew the Christmas waits were in the street. I listened to their strains in various modes, And f .wily thought of Pope's and Dryden's Odes, In which, by either poet, we are told, Of what the famed musicians did of old ; And while I heard the music of the waits, I pictured harpers at the castle gates, And many a fond romantic scene arose, Till music steeped me in a deeper doze. A curious dream then came across my mind, Original and novel in its kind : Methought that lIYAM was desired to call On Father Christmas at his ancient hall; The object of the visit was not stated, And nothing in the least was intimated, Y A v e n e t d c li all m Y a e A k a i; l ; f u e r p o h li m h i s s h tm m is as i m nd o an n wi n t e h th:o a s u e p t e p 7l . e i e n l seemed to gueSS Some special ref'rence with regard to dress, day. The abode of Father Christmas was a pile Precisely in the old baronial style ; A noble English mansion did it seem, And much did it delight me in my dream. Thick on its lawn the holly bushes grew, The smiling mistletoe and myrtle, too, While verdant bays and laurel boughs were seen To vary pleasingly the winter green. lIYAM arrived precise l y to his ttime, glow, re Just And s d e t 3 o e u s n w d the." festive i f s at c h h e e r eks in w h e irsep fagora. iumoef; as theyrewe five hundred ye ars " Good morning, sir (said Christmas), how d'ye do" " Good morning, sir (said HYAM), how are you ?'' And thus the usual compliments were passed, Till business things were introduced at last. " I sent for you (said Christmas), to enquire What stock you have of gentlemen's attire I'm rather anxious, Sir, for your reply, As Christmas time is now se very nigh, A few more days, and we shall find it here, With all its happiness and social cheer; And I'm ambitious (said the good old sire) Of seeing all appear in good attire. A sumptuous feast is very well, I know, And glad I am my subjects find it so : I love the feast, the holly, and the log— But what are these without a change of tog ?• While we're attending to the inner man, We ought to mind the outward all we can. And, therefore, Mr. HYAII, do I ask, How you, this season, have performed your task ? scarcelyl have a doubt (continued he) , That what you've done will be approved by me ; But notwithstanding this, I wish to hear What You've performed in your extensive sphere ?" Here Christmas paused—nor need I tell you why, He merely paused, awaiting a reply. " Father (said HYAM, with respectful bow), If I was ever honoured, it is now ; And I'm prepared, without one if or but,' To answer every question you have put. The preparations I have made (said HYAM), Will satisfy the multitudes that try 'em. All kinds of Christmas dress—designed anew, At my Establishment are brought to view. I've winter wrappers, good in make and cloth, Fit to defy the winter's utmost wrath. Such over-cats as those which I've in store Are better than were ever made before. I've dress (said HYAM), in the various styles, And first-rate suits for youths and juveniles ; There's not a thing in which l've been remiss At such a time of holidays as this, And, Sir, (said HYAM), I would have you know That all my goods are s ld extremely low. Economy has ever been my law, And from this rule I never will withdraw." " Hear, hear (said Christmas, rising from his chair), That's famous, Mr. HYAM, I declare. I wish you much success, nor do I doubt That thousands will by you be well-rigg'd Out. I'll not omit to recommend your dress To all my friends—l can't, in fact, do less. I find that you adopt the very way To realise success—good day—good day." Here both shook hands, and bid a warm adieu, Well pleased, of course, with such an interview. And finding matters come to this decision, I felt so happy that I lost my vision ; • lint, should I have another, you shall know it, For I'm a most communicative poet. L. HYAisf and Co. beg distinctly to state that goods made by them can only be obtained at their places of business, 36, Grace church-Ft r‘ , 4, and rG, o , rforl-Street ; and at their various estaidkil. ments in the following towns :—l3irmiugham, Manchester, Liyerpool, Leeds, Glasgow, Hull, Dublin, Bristol, and Exeter. DR. CU LVERWE LL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Manx, 39, CornhiLl ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, F.ecrcation, and Rational Use of Time." • CoNTENTs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Ramtles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THiMOTINTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c, YoLIL TILE LAKES OF KILL kRNET; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &o. 111. WHIT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten our course may ran." A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner vowly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the mau of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old ago ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regd. lation of every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONS. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SurtrEcr : —Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad• vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual. ties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, scar rative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE! STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." PitoGßAxlce :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, 80. By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Fore ns i c R e f eree i n th ese Nmiantete 10 Argyll-place matters. Receputifuniacehouzzdenattl. ystitlelt.Five. Evenings, Seven till THE SILENT FRIEND. IN SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. corrrAmmict THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DIME A sty% Biastrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravinge. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATION S, GENERATIVE INCA . PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlared to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. by post, from the Es g tablishment, 3s. 6d. In stamps. HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations en Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Bemers-street, Oxford street, London. Sold by Strange 21, Paternoster - row; Hannay , 63, and Sanger, 150 . Oxford - street ; Gorion,l46, Leadnnhall-street; Barclay, 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R. Johnson, 68, Cornhill ; and Simpkin, Stationers' Hall-court. Pau I. treats of the anatomy and physiology or the re-productive M'gans, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from Infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. - - PANT IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a ample application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V.ls devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its dn ti is. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. Tun COEDIAL Berm or SYSIACII3I is exclusively employed in t :eating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 118. and 38s. par bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 118. and 83s. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 28.9 d., 4s. 6c1., and its. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi tion in society. ti . Packets, with advice, to be had at the Testa busmerit ovly, by which the fee, li., is saved. Messrs. Perry, c l re i n 'ltten i llr cc, d lily, at 19, P.Prners-street, Oxford street, London, from Eleven till Two, and live to Eight; on Sen d tys trod Eleven to QUO Last night about 200 of the members of this body assembled at the Phoenix Tavern, Ratcliff-cross, to celebrate the anniversary of the society. Mr. W. ALLAN, the general secretary, having been called to the chair, stated that they had assembled for the purpose of commemorating the amalgamation of a number of sectional societies which had been in ex istence many years. He believed there was no indi vidual who had taken an interest in the welfare of the trade but would confess that the amalgamation had effected a vast amount of good during the short time the society had been in existence. In past times they had been unable, owing to the disunion that there had been amongst them, to effect the beneficial objects which their trade required ; but he was happy to say that they were now in a position to accomplish enormous good, if their power were only properly directed.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he congratulated the meeting upon the great gathering at the Hall of Commerce on Tuesday evening, which he believed had had the effect of disabusing the minds of the public and of the press of many erroneous ideas which they had entertained towards the society. He begged to propose " Prosperity to the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Machinists."—(Cheers.) Mr. W. NEWTON acknowledged the toast. Whilst all must admit the great benefits which the association had conferred upon them, it was difficult at the pre sent moment to divert their attention from the great fact of which they were at present in the midst. He might say, however, that the predictions which he had ventured to make this time last year as to the success which would attend their operations had been more than verified to the satisfaction of every member. The effect of the meeting in the City had given them great cause of hope. He was sure there were none there who viewed with much alarm the great combination of the employers. In many districts he knew that it was merely laughed at, because they had had expe rience of those combinations before. In 1845, a com bination had been formed in Lancashire for the purpose of carrying out one of the foulest conspiracies which had ever disgraced the con dition of a working man—he alluded to the deter mination, if any man left a master's employ because he was not paid sufficient for his labour, because he had had a dispute with the manager or foreman, or when his employer did not wish him to leay . e, to track the individual from shop to shop by the accursed quittance paper system, by which he would have been driven out of every shop. The men h a d succeeded in putting d own th a t combination, and he had it from the best authority that the men of Man chester took no notice and felt no excitement on the subject of a combination among the employers, know ing that they did not possess the elements of combi nation amongst them, but that there was such an inordinate love of self, that if, after having pledged themselves to one another to close their works, they yet would upon the slightest pecuniary advantage to be gained, break faith with one another, and throw their pledges and their combination to the winds.— (Cheers.) Th e emp l oyers, as a b o dy, cared not one patch for indi v id ua l h onour or th e i r plighted word, but had sacrificed the one and broken the other over and over again. He regretted that the employers had not thought it desirable to attempt to settle this question on amicable terms. The men had made overtures i n a public manner, and having done so he must s ay that the men had gone as far towards concession as it was safe for their honour to go.—(Cheers.) Mr. Newton went on to deny that the society had ever attempted to equalise wages, or to resist the introduc tion of machinery, for upon this latter subject he could sa y with Wordsworth, that he rejoined to see an in tellectual mastery exercised over the blind elements. lie rejoiced to be able to announce, that at the great works of Messrs. Maudslay and Field, and of the Messrs. Rennie, the men had that day without excep tion quitted their work at the completion of their d a y's labour, and so far as reports had, up to that time b een received, ther e b a d b een no var i a ti on fr om th a t c matter rewd which h on n i n t w th that theirminds success inthe ou particularrse. Hem wa s certain. Their s oc i e t y had been prosperous hitherto, and he was sur e th a t it wou ld c ontinue to b e so if they behaved as intelligent and good men. He ca ll e d upon them to a c t as th ey h a d hitherto d one , unitedly , friendly, and discreetly, and he would answer for the result.—(Cheers) Several other speeches followed, which protracted the proceedings till after midnight. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday, a special Court of Sewers was held at No. 1, Greek-street, Soho, for the purpose of making a rate of 3d. in the pound upon seven of the metropolitan districts. Present: -Mr. E. Lewes (in the chair), Sir W. Cubitt, M.P., Sir John Burgoyne, Major Dawson, Captain Vetch, Mr. Allason, Mr. Rendel, and Mr. Hawes. In the Surrey and Kent district the rate would produce 21,4671., of which sum only about 19,0001. would in all probability be collected. The expenses which it was necessary to mee t by this rate were 20,3901., of which 13,220 1 . had b een ove rdrawn from other dis expended. In t h e W an dl e d i str i ct produce 8501., and th e expenses w hi c h i t meet amounted t o 1,7941. 15s. In wt theraics trsa, necessaryt a e wd would u a l l d r e ad to y Counties Creek district the rate would realise 2,6081., which, with u ncolle cted arrears to the 4 ,2081. would to mee t present esgrisvtmeoith district the rate would the e x t en t o f 8,574/. l a a nn m d t o h a pe n r F t us o pi f be ac l, mt 6 iv O se o n l. l produce 1,4451., to meet liabilities present and pro spective amounting to 2,0 371 . In the Limehouse Level the rate would produce 1951., and the liabilities were 6481. In the Upper Limehouse Level the rate would produce 1681. 18s. 6d., and the liabilities were 2151. In the Tower Hamlets Level the rate would produce 1951., and the estimated liabilities were 3961. No objection any of the above-men y agreed to, as also was a half-penny rate upo n t he Bayswater district, itniownerditirnagtehs,avtihnegy .been were madeuna unanimousl y made under a special Act of Parliament, the 4th and sth Wm. IV, c. 96, kby which the former commission were enabled to construct a sewer in Bayswater, and to borrow 3,500/. for that purpose. That debt had all been discharged, with the exception of about 8001. The half-penny rate would realise 6001. With the view of facilitating the collection of the rates it was resolved, on the motion of Sir W. Cubitt, seconded by Major Dawson, that the collectors' poundage should be in creased from 6d. to Iw., on all rates collected within four months, and 6d. for sums collected after that period. Some th co b u u r s t i a n d e jsosuorfnaedfo.rmal nature having been transacted, filo e sr r erected d m t e o n the ee a 0 foundations having been THE NEW WING TO 0 01 VIERSET.HOUSE.-.—Tho yesterday for the above edifice, and ewholeompl additional. of et ed , the wt hine g e l, x oa c wb a eo v ru a t t b i te o od n s bwe workmen are busily employed, even 'working by gaslight, in wheeling concrete from barges alongside into the intended foundation floors, of which material they will be formed to the extent of several feet in thickness, before any coufges of masonry will be laid down. The " diggings" have been carried twelve or fourteen feet below high water, and the basement walls will be so substantially constructed as to re sist effectually any encroachments_ from strong tides, or the overflowing of the river. the political crisis still continued ; but on the 34 Ministers announced their resumption of office, Lord Stanley having been twice summoned to form a Cabinet (the last time with full powers and opportu nities), a n d h av i ng w h o ll y f a il e d. D ur i ng a ll this time the indifference of the public was indicated by the steadiness of the funds. Lord Stanley had inti mated his policy to be a "small" duty on wheat, the removal of the income-tax, and a more stringent Papal Bill, and the choice lay between these and the obnoxious finance measures of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. On the 6th, news arrived of the fresh war at the Cape, commenced by a sudden attack on the outlying villages and the massacre of the military settlers; and this, with the second reading of the Papal Bill by a majority of 438 against 95, consti tuted the chief events of the month. The Ministers continued to receive constant defeats on minor ques tions, and the session, which was to have been more condensed than any previous one, threatened to be unusually prolonged. In April the Budget, slightly modified, was again brought forward, and was now submitted to. The dismissal of the transition Ministry at Paris, and the construction of a new one by M. L6on Faucher, caused little sensation. Intelligence also of Marshal Saldanha's insurrection in Portugal was received with indifference, the incurable dishonesty of the Govern ment in its dealings with its foreign creditors having destroyed all interest in its fate. The opening of a new steam route from Lowestoft to the Danish port of Hjerting, and the publication of the treaty of com merce with Sardinia, were regarded with gratifica tion. It was also announced that the British Govern ment had promised to guarantee a loan of 5,000,0001. for the Halifax and Quebec Railway, whenever the Legislatures of the three provinces through which it would pass could agree upon their respective shares. Meanwhile there might be hope that the undertaking would be deferred until it could be carried out by the more healthy means of private enterprise. During this month the Committee for Reform of the Board of Customs issued a circular to the mercantile firms throughout the country, calling for suggestions and information, and the appeal we's answered by a series of cases showing the existence of arbitrary and vexa tious impediments to commerce which could hardly be surpassed at Java or Siam. The extinction of Smithfield Market was voted by 230 against 65. As the time for the world's fair approached, the effect it would produce on the currency was discussed, as also the exaggerated anticipations of its benefit to railway property. It was argued that the influx of s pecie from the visits of foreigners would be counteracted by the extra demand for circulation at home ; e, with respect to railways, no proof had been furnished of any possible results that could warrant t he riseof 40 or 50 per cent. that had taken place. At length, on the Ist of May, with the successfu l opening of the Exhibition, there was a universal senseof joy and gratitude, such as till then ha d perhaps never been realised by any nation. Thre e days .on of th e afterwards, the third anniversary of the declar aabnxiet 3', but French Republic caused „ g r e loo,ooo troops with a drenching rain everything passed off quietly. During this month the shortest passage eve r made across the Atlantic was accomplished by the American steamer Pacific, the time having been nine days and twenty hours. The Government were defeated by Mr. Hume on the income-tax, and were obliged to take it for one year instead of three. A deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to urge the repeal of the receipt stamp tax, which is virtually becoming obsolete, or the sub stitution of a uniform stamp of a penny, ended appa rently in little else than loss of time. The decline in cotton, which since March had produced the greatest anxiety at Liverpool, was now followed by a series of disastrous failures. Railway shares also experienced a heavy fell. In June the results of the decennial census showed a total population for Great Britain of 20,919,431, being an increase of little more than 12 per cent. since the last return, while for Ireland the total was 6,500,000, being a decrease of 20 per cent. On the 20th Lord Stanley made his attack on free navigation. A proposition for a repeal of half the malt-tax was negatived in the House of Commons by 76 against 31, and in the French Assembly a mode decline on the Bourse. At the commence merit of November the President's message was delivered to the National Assembly, and the new Ministry were beaten immediately afterwards. The 13th was marked by two events likely to exercise singular influences—the permanent opening of the submarine telegraph and the St. Petersburgh and Moscow Railway. On the 18th the King of Hanover died, and it was known in London on the same day. On the 21st the Sunderland Joint-Stock Banking Company suspended, with liabilities for 75,2051. Like the Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire Bank, it had been suspected for years, but its creditors, rendered careless by the law of partnership, saw no necessity for vigilance. During this month the Bourse at Vienna was kept in a state of siege, and the pre servation of the balance of trade and the stability of public credit was confided to six gendarmes. The subsidence of a short but severe monetary crisis at New York caused a renewal of the shipments of gold, which had been temporarily stopped. The accounts from California were every fortnight more decisive, and there was a sudden mania for Quartz-mining Companies, which scarcely extended, however, beyond the Stock Exchange. With De camber came the new French Revolution. On the morning of the 2d, while it was yet in progress, and almost before the majority of the inhabitants of Paris knew anything of what was going on, the intelligence of its first steps was published in the London papers. For three days the excitement was as intense as in February, 1848 ; but the evidence that the adhesion to the new Power would be as eager and servile as at that period brought the whole affair to an end, as far as concerned any possible interest in the immediate fate of the people or their ruler. The English funds declined 24 per cent., but subsequently recovered; while in Paris there was an ultimate improvement ef more than 10 per cent. On the same day as the French coup d itat the annual Message was delivered by the President of the United States. A powerful meeting on Customs reform led to a deputation to the Premier, who, although Member for London, see med more i Is- anxious to palliate than to remedy the 6,es com plained of. Intelligence of the raising of the nine years' seige at Montevideo gave hopes of a new m order of things in the River Plate. Treaties of con? ch erce and navigation with Belgium and the Saoatidrw. lands were published. A new Prussian E and-a. Half per Cent. Loan of 2,400,0001. was issued at Berlin at par, and in London 400,00 0 1. Canada Six per Cent. Debentures were negotiated at 103, a n d every one by afterwards quoted at 2 premium. On the 24th the retirementsurprise, m P id a s l t ea u e f rs t t h o u n si t u o g ok ular con, eectures and of to which that act gave rise the ye ar iu L th or e d has reached its termination. Throughout the whole poriod the of Consols, which was 10 per cent. in 1848, 8 er cent. in 1849, and 38 per cent. i n 1850, has bepen again 3i per cent., and the closing price to-day (Dec. 31,) is a little higher than on the Ist of January. In Railway Shares, th e fluctuations ha ve as usua l b een v i o lent, but the quotations now show an improve ment. In United States securities there has been much firmness and a further general advance, ranging from 1 to 10 per cent. The Bank bullion on the let of Ja nuary was 14,830,0001. 13,253,0001. on the Ist of May, and it is now 17,413,0001., being 133,0001. in excess of the highest sum ever re ac h e d . At t h e B an k o f F rance t h e to t a l at the beginni ng o f th e year was 18,840,0001. ; i n September it was 25,000,000/., and it has since declined to 22,750,0001. Wheat has shown fluctua tions, but closes steadily, although the quantities en tered during the year, according to the latest returns, have been 3,519,134 quarters, against 3,110, 451 quarters in the same period of 1850 ; while of flour the total has been 4,702,217 cwts., against 2,796,162. The average price on the Ist of January was 383. 3d.; it reached 435. di. in July, declined to 355. 6d. in October, and is now 38s. 7d. Cotton began at Bd., touched 5-d. in July, and is now a little over 6d. The Board of Trade tables thus far show an increase in the declared value of our aggregate exportations of 3,087,8501. A year of greater anomalies has never been wit nessed. To the mass of the people it has been the most prosperous upon record, while to the mercantile classes, owing to their having speculated for rising prices in the face of increased production and cheaper transit, it has been chequered by anxiety and pro longed losses. The confident activity of 1850 has been mingled in a modified degree with the constantly recurring failures of 1847. With the triumphs of the Exhibition we have been distanced at sea—the region of our greatest pride. We have seen our treasure wasted in a Kafir war at the Cape, and have had a second California opened to U 3 in New South Wales. With party warfare almost extinct, the Mi nistry have been once forced to resign, and have since been unable to avoid a crisis; and, finally, after having welcomed all the nations to a commercial ga thering, we find ourselves practically Alone, and our The private band of her Majesty was increased on this occasion by the addition of many other eminent performers selected from the Philharmonic and Opera orchestras, and aided by a very effective chorus of professional voices, which were strengthened by several of the best vocalists from the Sacred Harmonic Society. The band, consisting of about ninety eminent vocal and instrumental performers, was conducted by Mr. Anderson, director of her Majesty's private band. A select party were present, having been invited to witness the performance. The following had the honour of receiving invitations : The Countess of Mansfield, the Ladies Murray and M th r e s. R A e s v h . le L y, or L d ad a y nd E i m 'a i d ly y Wriothesly Russell, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Colonel the i lion. Charles and Mrs. Grey, Lady Caroline T a n Murray, theS G m ) e l- r io s ou t nr . andij Henr yi ady Lady Isabella \\e per, - Mr. an d Miss Cooper Caroline Henry and Miss Barrington, the Hon. an d R e v. and Lady Anna Maria George m s 7, dColonel Lady C a o n u d - Cust and the Muses Cust, Si r and Mr. R. Couper, Lieut.- Mrs. Bouverie, Colonel Craufard, commanding Y officer 2d battalion Grenadier Guards ; the Provost of Eton and lion. Mrs. Hodgson, the Rev. Frederick and Ilon. Mrs. Anson, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Canning and Mrs' Harcourt. Refreshmentswere served in an adjoining room. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt h e ld a quar t er l y mee ti ng yes t er d a y a t th e official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street. Present—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy Governor. Sir Alexander Spearman Secretary and Controller-General to the Commis sioners, was in attendance. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Co lonial-office to the Governors of the West India islands. Cure 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness , asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the s tomach, and vomitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excel lent food. "MARIA JOLLY WORTHAM, Ling, near Disc, Norfolk." In canisters, suitably packed fir all climates, and with fhll instruc tions-11b., 25. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., 1 ls. ; 12113., 225.; super refined, bib., 225., 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free on receipt of post-office order. —Da Barry and Co., 127, New Bond street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyorS to her Ma jesty, Piccadilly; Hedges and Butler, Regent-street ; North and Co. ; Crosse and Blackwell; Petty, Wood, and Co , 13, King William-street, City ; also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 49, Bishopsgate-street Within; 4, Cheapside ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 5, Eccleston-street ; 5, Curzon street, Mayfair ; Gunter, corner of Motcomb-street ; 54, Upper Baker street; at the Post-office, Camden- town ; 24, Motcomb-street ; and through all respectable Grocers and Chemists. Caution—Beware of Spurious and Injurious Imitations under closely similar names. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER. A compromise of the suits in Chancery against tho directors of this company, formerly known as Reming ton's line, has just been made by the official manager, with the concurrence of the Master, under the powers of the Act of Parliament, the principal condition being that certain directors of this company and of another company, called Rastrick's, shall jointly pay over 16,000/, to the official manager, which will come in as assets under the estate to be distributed in a dividend among the shareholders. The suits in question were commenced against the directors, calling on them to account for the transfer of 40,0021. of the deposits paid over by the directors of Remington's line, without the authority of the shareholders, as alleged amalgamation money t . o R as trick's Direct London and Manchester lino. In addi tion to the 16 , 0001 . other moneys are being c ollected, which will increase the dividend to be ultimate l y declared by enforcing the payment of the original deposit on the shares by those who signed the deed, but w ho neglected to pay upon them, and the heavy bills cost solicitors who carried out the Parliamentary and other business aro now in process of being taxd. of of the Parliamentary vivacity s,real sictEaii w second edition of LORD GEORGE BENTINOK.- - A a political biography we have Mr. Disraeli's political biograpby, of Lord George Bentinck has already appeared. ~ This biography (says Blackwood) cannot fail to attract the deep attention of the public. We are bound to say that as rarely, if ever, met with a work more dexterously handled, or more replete with interest. 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