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II mpt. %mpt. 1 15of. i V ; NO' 4 ,NoV' 9 4 11 /it"' 30 4 So So f ' 10 Nuf• lb N01f• 2 6 Oct • 1 6 Oct' 10 Sof. 1 6 'Of' SI , op I : ° ' 1 6 of 10 Sof • t at' Sun 16 ~d ow so . Nov. 1 6 NO' 0 L 504 li e• if I Dec' 4 Soo. Nog' j° ,prof' Nof• Arri Y i 6 N0f .1 6 f. 1 1 6 No f. lope are 0 4 0 ' tD e made 1/1 ) „; es Ar 9, Marsew, 10+ !, but 1 165 ' th rnatet Di are conYele ,ady o ° c i l lif e ° i Ryder NorthNO' e the 3rs , Jersei 'try. of CAI"' n stone• B4 o jjo3Ore,, L i tt le To ~,,, IL 0101" to or C. kroe , ti i s V w hic p u „ l , 6. d peris°` Edr (S he r d 3torir f tx• Y or o f loutThw .eicesterehio [anor, Shror relict of the og 1"0 17 742 :" 0. 112 be , cet co n• tv os EAST 14 - DIA TIOUSE, 3d Noromber, 1852. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COUR of the said CO UPANY will be held at thei r H ouse in Leadenball-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 22a December next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 3d November, 1852. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on T HURSDAY, the 2d December next, at Three o'clock, and openod again on THURSDAY, the 13th January, 1853. That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable on Thursday the 6th January, 1853, under the 11th Sec. of the Act 3d and 4th Wm. IV., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on th at day. . _ JAIIEB C. 3IELVILL, Secretary. SUBMARINE 'FELEGRAPII.- :NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Submarine Wires are now connected with the Offices of the Company , N 0.30, Cornbill, ii.ondon, where all Messages for transmission to the Continen t must te delivered and paid for, otherwise the same cannot be forwarded. Dated this 3d day of November, IS3I. By Order, G. L. PARROTT, Secretary. ALLIANCE CALIFORNIAN GOLD MINING CO3IPANY. (Completely liegistered.) Capital, 30,100/ , in Shares of I/. each, to be paid up on allotment. 1 0 c - itsequenee of the receipt of 1) spatches from JOHN FRANKERD, 84 :1•, the General superintendent o f this Com p any in California, the Directors are prepared to :sstte the remaining unallotted Shares. Applications must be made in th e usual form, and addressed to the Secretary at the offi,es of the Company, No. 33, Essex-street, Strand, where prospectuses may be obtained. By order, CIIAS. IIINKS, Sec. S, WOODIN'S CARPET BAG •& SKETCII-1100K (ROYAL MARIONETTE THEATRE), An entirely is oval and Original Vocal and Visual Instruct', llrotesquo, Comico, PICtOrIO, Musico, Eccentrisaimo, Characteriitio, Lecturio, IN TWO COMIC SECTIONS. PART FIRST COMPRISES A. Vocal Illustration, " Beginnings."—Fall-length Portrait, Martha :myths.- -Illustration, Carpet Bag. — llalf•length Portrait. Major Bluster. —Vocal Illustration, "A Visit to the Great Metropolis." Full-lengih Portrait, Slr Benjamin Bungle.—Half-length Po trait, Mr. Sampson itusty.--Full-length Portrait, Mr. Oliver Oldstylc (with a Vocal Illustration of " Bygone Days ").—Full-length Por trait, Ben Binnacle Miniature Portrait, Mrs. Muddles (trom Manchester PART SECOND Fall-length Portrait, Sandie M`Whittle.—Full-length Portrait, A Well-known Personage,—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Full-length Portrait. A Yankee Clipper.—Vocal Illustration, " Metropolitan Melodles."—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Cavil.--illustration, Carpet %lg.—Full-length Portraits, Mr. and :if rit..Lapaua Linger.---Vocal Illustration, " Pleasures of a Pic-nic Party."—lllustration, Sketch book (Daylight and Moonlight).—Finale, " The Lions 01 London." IVith several Pictorial Illustrations, furnished t3y " The Sketch ' book." In the course of the Evening Mr. C. COLMAR will perform a variety of grand Plano Solos. Admission, I s.; Reserved Seats, 25.; Dress Stalls, 35.; Private Boxes, One Guinea. LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION, Instituted 1806. Office, 81, KING IVILLIAM.STREET. PRESIDENT—CHARLES FRANKS, Esq. VICE -PRESIDENT—JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq. This Society the is essentially one of Mutual Assuranc e, in which Premiums of its Members are reduced after seven years. The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the present year was Per Rent., leaving less than one-third of the original Premium to be Paid. Which Society also undertakes other descriptions of A ssurance, in h the Assured do not become Members, and having ceased to reit;anY commission to Agents, the Society has bee n enabled to , e the Premiums for this class of Assurances to the following ury low rates : Annual Premiums for the Assurance of £lOO. A " £s. d. Age £S. d. Age X s. d. 113 7 35 20 2 7 6 50 4 1 2 25 1 17 0 40 2 15 5 55 .5 1 0 ao 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10 Ttle t,, Court of Directors are authorized by the Deed of Settlement advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. PATRON—II. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. At usi ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION. —An OPTICAL and D at , .C_A ILLUSTAION of " A MIDSUMER'S NIGIIT e "". 3 1,'' L the Worth ß fro T m Shakspere, the Music byM Born, Stevens, pi nrY (Vest, Bishop, and Dr. Cooke, every Evening , except Satur day, at flair - Past Nine.—LECTURE by Mr. Crispe on BALLOONING , a • the PROSECTS of AERIAL NAVIGATION, illustrated by a iatiful Model P of POITEVIN'S PAR ICHUTE, GREEN'S GUID E • E ' DIAGRA.SIS, &c.—Series of LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, illustrating the MINERAL WEALTH of CORNWALL. — in ll i st • "TIRE by Dr. Bachhoffner on FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY, c rated by the large PLATE and the HYDRO-E LECTRIC MA iiI';ES.—DISSOLYING VIEWS, CHROMATROPE , Adr a i„. ; IS.; Schools and Children under ten years of age, half price.—For hours, see Programme. CHAMPAGNE, FINEST IMPORTED.- Ist Quality, 635. per dozen. 2nd Quality, 525. per dozen. 3rd Quality, 425. per dozen. Choice of BUINART'S, MOET'S, or GIESLER'S BRANDS, at PINT DLA.TER, MACKIE, and CO.'S, Wine and Spirit Merchants I. Upper Wellington-street, Strand. ITANDLE WATER AND SEWAGE COM PANY, for the Supply of Water to the Metro p oli s South of the Thames, at constant and high service. To be incorpora ed by Act of Parliament, whereby the responsibility of Shareholders will be limited. Capital 500,0001., in Shares of 101. each. Deposit 10s. per Share. TRUSTEES. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. The lion. P. J. Locke King, M.P. George Stone, E:q., Lombard Street, Banker AUDITORS. Samuel Gurney, Jun., Esq., Lombard Street Peter Itoll, Esq., M.P., Clement's Lane DIRECTORS. v . Baring, Esq., Piccadilly, and Putney lleath, Surrey illiam Blount, Esq., London Joint Stock Bank, and Oche Hill House, Gerrards Cross, Bucks „•111111111)hrey Brown, Esq., M.P., Westminster, anti Tewkesbury Tho mas Chandler, Esq., Rotherhithe, Surrey i.Nard Surrey Esdaile, Esq., City Saw Mills, Regent's Canal William Maseres Fellowes, Esq., Dorset Square, Regent's l'ark, and (leo Reigate, Surrey D'Olier Gowan, Esq. Copthall Court, and Dulwich, Surrey "11 Macgregor, Esq., M.P.'(late Secretary of the Board of Trade), Rrinee's Terrace, Hyde Park Charles NightinoAle Bart, Kingston, Surre y-_ ;il l ' I'm Hugh Rowley,'' B e l g rave Square, and Wimbledon , Surrey A.eYnolds E - q Wellington Lodge, Carlshalton, Surrey r "'tt Villiers Sh ' ell ' e ' y, Bart., M.P., Park Lanet t and Maresfield- Park, Sussex F. P . ENGINEER. T hompson, Esq., Water Works Chambers , Oran g e Street, Tra• ralgar Square CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. Easton & Amos, Grove, Southwark BANKERS. The London Joint Stock Bank, Princes Street, and Messrs. Martin, Stone, & Martin, Lombard Street BROKERS. Messrs. Shepherd & Sons, Threadneedle Street, City Messrs. Carden & Whitehead, Exchange Buildings. SOLICITORS.—Messrs Mullins and PaddiSOU SECRETARY.—Greenville Fletcher, Esq. Pti OFFICES.—No. 28, Cornhill. 11 embracing the proposed objects of the present Company was 22°re the l as t Parliament, when, a f ter pass ing the Standing Orders and the first and second reading, it was submitted to the Select i';',Mlttee on the Metropolis Water Supply. The Government and ; k r th er occupied the attention of the Committee till the latter May, when .t this Bill w as called on, and the evidence gone h z but from the improbability of being able to pass the Bill through kidt s° of Lords in that Parliament, and in order to avoid large UPoir s ' ess expenditure, by the advice of Counsel, it was withdrawn, the Ivitunderstanding that the same measure would be proceeded i_u_t_.llo next Parliament : tu n " t e Metropolis Water Bill passed last Session removes all mincer w3:„.4B to the extent of interference by the legislature with regard tairi..` 4l. Companies, thereby enabling the Promoters of this Under. I, Te l y ug to frame their measures to meet all the regairements of the inAeti and lik ew i se t o o ff er to the capitalist a perfectly secure 1 7 . . : 5 of investment. bleats of this Company are : p:, a t fr°r d an unlimited and constant supply, at high p ressure, of a "at rana Parent, sparkling water, filtered, cold, and at an e q ual tem rao„.,ure at all seasons, to the Inhabitants within the ambit of Rich on the West—Deptford on the East—the Thames on the North eit:r„Merton, Mitcham, Streatham, and Norwood , on the South, in -and me densely populated localities of Lambeth, Sout hwark, &c. to afford this supply to the topmost floors of the highest build gwiCalu these districts. T, ulPlaly such water in bulk to Public Bodies, Baths and Wash- To hougey~ a very low rate of charge. improve, by a complete and independent system of deep imper- I districts se werage, the sanitary condition of the inha bit an ts of those ` r iots, through or near which the River Wandle flows , thereby art rdt.- the means for the complete drainage of every house. oe River Th ames , th e common sewer o f th e m illi° as living upon °auks, is the source from which the two existing Water Compa 'me South of that river, take their supply. T he Thames Water throughout contains sulphates and chlorides of some „,_ se sort, which "no amount o f b o ili ng can se p a rate ;" and be sthese it is impregnated with th e S ewerage o f this immense district, and receives in addition the was hi ngs o f man y thousand acres of richly manured agricultural land. _From the abundant evidence given b e f ore th e P ar li amen t ary Com tte es, as well as o a mb r e e T e dh e e r n a t imv a e. b ds l ti r t e t lo na a r , t i t by u is these clearly distinguished y . t s e h r o s w et M.D.I t a t totallyon o other Water as c suppliedl us i ean With for the supply of a large City !" But at a far higher point, namely, Maide n h ea d, th e water of the so of iro th p e u w re, .. th d a ie t , fl it . ne w p a a te pe r r is ea c n o n m o t t a b n e uy m u ed se e d w i i n th th it e manufacture a, w ßt hil ve s r t. Thnies is in the . case f paper of the finest t ex t ure and moat delicate colour. The Water of the River Wandle has long been celebrated for its great purity, and its recent analysis by eminent chemists, fully con firm the high character given to it by the late Mr. Telf or d and Dr. tostock, in their examination by the Government Cornmtssioners on Water Supply. As regards the quantity, it can be shown that, in the di str i c t s Mentioned, the aggregate supply of the existing Water Companies does not exceed Nine and a half Million Gallons dally, while the River Wandle, as proved before the Committee, can yield a io t a _ 'Mum supply of upwards of Twenty-seven Million Gallons, and a maximum of upwards of Forty-four Million Gallons daily. „TV the plan proposed to be ado p ted, all impurities will be corn y excluded by means of intercepting sewers and drains. The Water in its un olluted state will be co nve y ed through filtering beds t o Subterraneo p us Reservoirs, and from thence distributed in its pure, B ° ll , and cool condition, at constant and high service direct to the consumer. E very Householder South of the Thames paying Water Rates, is aware of the hi h char e for the prese nt inferior and insufficient lower B.Y. The pr g oposod g rates of this Company will be upon a much ale. It w ill t h us b e e vident that upon the point of economy alone, they moat command the preference of consumers; but w ill he b n . __ Purity of the w t i considered and tbat the =pp Y Com pan '''ustant and er s Perseded. unlimited, all competition will necessarily be su- These advantages to be de rived fro!' addition to which, there will be the income will at once ensure a large revenue to this un ssLappelireds n i l the unsupplied suburban districts, and from houses a n .the urban districts, from Water supplied to large con - h and for sanitary and other purposes, and from the disposal a Sewage for manure. There will thus be amply sufficient to after n early dividend of more than 71. per cent. on the Capital cies. pa Y M OAt of all working expenses, rates, and other contingen• The original stock of the New River Company was shoat 200,000 1 Which, by the yearly investment of a portion of the dividends, bas been increased to the present fixed Capital of 1,500,0001. ; therefore the original 100/. sh are i s represented by 7501. ! A single s h are so ld not long ago for 17,000 !! Although inordinate profits are not contemplated by th s Corn 7, yet it i s 14 , 3 firmly believed, lookin g a t th e vas t extent of the surrey District, and the daily increase of buildings there, that the present undertaking v ill afford an immediate, sound, and steady ment for capital, w ith every prospect that the maximum di vidend, now allowed by the Legislature, namely, 101 per cent.. Will sPeedily attained; proposals having already been made by large Consumer, to take se vera l m i llions of gallons daily. After payment of the Deposit, no call will be made until an Act obtained, in which it will be provided that no Call shall exceed " Per Share, or be made at more f requent i n t erva l s th an t h ree M onths. „ A pplications for Shares to be made to the Brokers ; or to the el.eeretarY, 'at the Offices of the Company, No. 23, Comhil, where the plans and models of Mr. Thompson's eIiBTERRANZOUS RESER " Its may be seen, and detailed information obtained. 3rd November, 1652. GRENV I LLE FLETCHER, Secretary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Directors of the Wandle Water and Sewerage shares of 10/ each, G entlemen,—l request you to allot me in th e und.rtakinz, and I zrzree to accept the carne, , T l 3, ~1 • r'.•,i lc • liteubbUly e Company. ueeds, alai to pay when requir,d the Deposit and Calls. Dated this day of 1852. Name in full ... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Trade or Profession • • • • • • •• • • Address .. Address of Referee ••• • • • 42 -4 W• 11 Ti r - n FRIDAY 43DEA Ez.ts rola " • 7 NOYE 152. 8 MBER [PRICE SD. N°. 18,760.] LONDON, NEW STORY OF TIIE DAY, BY THE AUTHOR OF " AIsTTONINA." On the 15th of November, in 3 vols. post Bvo., BA SIL: a St ory o f M o d ern Lif e . By W. WILKIE COLLINS. Author of " Antonina," " Rambles Bey and Railways," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. rrpHOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—The publication _IL in Eliza's Cook's Journal of " Lines written at Kensall-green Cemetry," has induced numerous readers to express an earnest de sire to assist in raising a fund for the purpose of placing a memorial over the remains of "Poor Hood." Many a burst of merriment has echoed above " Hood's Comic .Xiinual," from the lips of all classes. For many a year he cheered • our Christmas firesides with racy hamour, that never wearied by _ its frivolity nor offended by its coarseness. Far and wide was ho known as the Poet of Mirth: but the higher development of his genius and the noble" purpose of his muse were shown in such Tei glorious hymns as " The Song of the Shirt" and the " Bridge of 1" Sighs." These who have read either of these poems will acknow ledge that such a man deserves to have a mark upon his sleeping place, so that it mat' be f iund without the help of a grave-yard servant, and a:1 who have laughed at his inimitable wit, or sighed over his human tenderness, are now earnestly solicited to spare what they can in aid of a purpose which is alike praiseworthy in gell tne living and due to the dead. lor the furthering of this design, the following gentlemen, mem- I tiers of the Whittingt: Club, have formed themselves into a Com mittee Mr. J. Balfour Mr. R. W. Roberts Mr. Campbell Clarke Mr. W. Strudwicke Mr. Edward Copping Mr. 11. Roscoe St. John Mr. J. Pessmere Edwards air. George Waller - I'.lr. H. C. Maguire Mr. John Watkins, and Mr. C. S. Middleton Mr. G. W. Yapp- At the request of these gentlemen, Miss Eliza Cook has Consented to be Treasurer to the fund, and Mr. John Watkins to be Honorary Secretary. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. (From the Times) Railway amalgation has now been brought, in its true character and purport, plainly and distinctly before the public. We yesterday reported the speeches on ties question of two eminent chairman, who quoted the opinions of three others, and, as their suggestions were accepted by the assembled proprietaries, we may assume that the mind of the railway interest is sub stantially made up. Taken from the evidence of these very authorities, the case for hearing is as fol lows :—There are too many railways in the country. These undertakings have been projected and executed without any due consideration of what public con venience required, and the result is an overgrown and ill-distributed system of communicatioes. The error thus originally created is made worse by the particu lar species of rivalry in which the several companies have indulged—a rivalry which (we borrow the di rectors' own words) entails upon themselves a need less and wasteful expenditure without any correspond ing advantage to the public. This is the case. The remedy proposed is that Parliament, which already leaves facilities for virtual combination, should sanc tion an actual amalgation of competing interests so final and permanent as to settle the whole question for all future time, and reduce the railway communications of the country to one great incorporated monopoly. With more or less candour the speakers generally ad mitted that certain restraints, restrictions, or regu lations would be called for in the interests of the public, to protect the population from those into whose hands they would be thus delivered. Before we can accept the question exactly as the directors propound it, there are several points involv ing some doubt to be taken for granted. It must be assumed that the railway communications of the country are superfluously convenient, whereas Mr. Russell himself, the chairman of the Great Western, confessed in his letter upon this subject that the Legislature was net unlikely to take an opposite view of the point. It must be assumed that competition cannot exist between railways, although one of the chief arguments of the Midland Chairman on Wed nesday fur the project of amalgamation was " the great competition among railways, which was going forward all round." It must be assumed, finally, that this competion, thus going forward, has been so ingeniously devised and conducted, that the public really does not get any advantage from it whatever, but that, contrary to all precedent and reason, com panies have contrived to fall out without permitting a single customer to get his due. Omitting, however, these exceptions, let us suppose that, in railway language, the "preamble" has been proved. Two companies, therefore, appear before the Legislature, desiring to be turned into one, on the principal ground that more than one never ought to have existed. One of them, therefore, by its own present confession, must have betrayed Parliament into the sanction of an undertaking so unnecessary, wasteful, and injurious, that what was then done requires now to be undone by the same authority. Nothing, on such showing, can possibly be plainer than that those parties alone should be damnified by the result through whose misrepresentations it ea curred. We observe, indeed, that it was attempted to charge all the responsibility of these transactions on the Legislature itself, as if the assent given by Parliament to the sworn depositions of railway pro moters exonerated those promoters from all obliga tions as to the truth or genuineness of ,their appeals. The sooner this argument is put out of sight the better will it be for those who, with such an assertion in their mouths, ar e now g oing before Parliament again. It will be a somewhat extraordinary proceed ing to apply for a second hearing on the ground that the applicants had proved themselves unworthy of credit in the first. Every one knows how these bills were passed, and by what means the consent of the Legislature was obtained. It was obtained only by desperate importunity, and upon the most elaborate affidavits. These very parties, who now charge Par liament with a false decision, procured this decision by the production and array of all kinds of testimo nies and witnesses, and by declaiming, demonstrating and swearing that the line or lines now sought to be swamped or neutralized were absolutely indispensable to the traffic and accommodation of the district, all presumptions and arguments to the contrary notwith standing. They must now be judged by their own words. Their attempted exculpation is preposterous. On the same grounds any debtor might evade pay ment of a debt by representing that he was a tho roughly good-for-nothing fellow, who never ought to be trusted. Taking matters, however, as they stand, without inquiry into faults or causes, and accepting the vo luntary declaration of the directors, that they are ut terly incurable, what are the securities desirable to prevent these gentlemen from treating the public as ill as, by their own showing, they have treated each other ? If they cannot refrain from cutting each others' throats, though no kind of profi tresults from the pastime, is it likely that they will refrain from like practices on the public when the amusement will be attended with prospects of pecuniary gain ? The amalgamating directors represent that railway trans action are now all gratuitously conducted in dupli cate, that there are two companies, two lines, and two sets of trains, where one set, one line, and one company would have answered the purpose as well, or better. They propose, therefore, in each of these particulars to substitute single action for double. But But there is another point. Over and above double railways there are double capitals, but we do not observe any proposal for cutting these down in the like manner. On behalf of the public, however, .we have here to remark, that we have quite as much objection to double capitals as directors have to double companies, and that we have at least as much warrant for protesting. One of the two capitals in a question like this must necessa rily represent a line which never ought to have been constructed at all, but which was constructed in de ference to theimportunities of those who now decry it. In the most favourable view of the case it was either a mistaken speculation at first, or has become so through incurable mismanagement. But neither mismanagement nor mistake can possibly warrant a transfer of the consequences to the public. If capital has been invested in a losing or a superfluous concern, those who placed it there must abide by the result. The first condition, therefore, of the concession now demanded should be the general immunity of the public from those obligations which pertain to others. The common stock on which interest is to be exacted should be regulated, in this respect, with equitable adjustments. Nobody would desire that the stock of one proprietary should be rigorously sacri ficed, but neither, on the other hand, can any claim be put in for its absolute recognition. The next condition should apply to the lines themselves. Directors must not be left in the unrestricted privi lege of saying what line should be closed, and what left open ; or what train should run, and what be sup pressed. At present the competition which railway managers ,are so eager to disparage does certainly secure us some amount of accommodation, and if this competition is withdrawn we must have what Mr. Disraeli would term a "countervailing" check. In short, as the proposed amalgamation, if fully car ried out, would reduce our railway system to the continental form, we must get the advantages of this form, along with its drawbacks, as far as we can. Directors cannot expect to unite for their special benefit the opposite conveniences of private en terprize and chartered monopoly. Government i n dulgence must, to a great extent, carry with it Go vernment supervision ; and, if railway managers can not conduct themselves in the ordinary way of business, they must be made amenable to extra , ordinary control. GEORGE CRUICKSHANK'S COMIC A LMANACK. Now ready, price 2s. Qd., with l arge co l oure d F ron tispiece, THE COMIC ALMAN ACK for 1853, Profusely Illustrated by GEORGE CRLICKSUANK. Subscriptions will be received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the Whittington Club, Arundel-street, Strand; at the office of Eliza Cook's Journal, 3, Raquet-court, Fleet-street; by Miss Eliza Cook, 54, Great Ormonde-street, Bloomsbury; aad by Mr. John Watkins, Til 34, l'arliament-street, Westminster. IC. 1 8 "- 4 Post-office orders may be made payable to the Treasurer or Secre tary. • • The following Contributions have been received : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.•• •• —425 0 0 Lord John Russell, 31.1' . 5 0 0 The Right lion. T. B. Macaulay, M.P..— ....• •.. 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, 31. P ••..•• • • • • .... 5 0 0 Miss Eliza Cook. • . •• • 5 0 0 Miss Cushman-- • • ...• •• • • •• ........ • ..... 5 0 0 Mrs. Robert Elliott... . 5 0 0 Richard Dawson, Esq., 31. D • . 8 0 0 •Geerrge Peabody, E5q....... • ...... .. ..... ... 5 a 0 Edward `Moorman, Esq..• ••••••• • . • • • • • ...... . 5 0 0 Messrs. Spalding and Hodge. —— ..... ....... 5 5 0 Samuel Rogers, Esq• • C. W. Dilke, Esq... ..... ......... ............ .3 3 0 Elias Davis, Esq..• . - •• • • •• 3 3 0 Charles Lashington, Esq.. .. • J. B. Buckstone, Esq., IS. Is.; Mrs. Fitzwilliam, 1/. ls.; Edward Fitzwilliam, 103. 6d •• • • ...... 212 6 The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere •• •• •• .. 2 0 0 Sir James Duke, Bart., M.' Douglas Jerrold, Esq. T. K. Hervey, Esq. —•••••••••••• • • •• • • • • • • • • 2 2 0 B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) •••• • • • . 2 2 0 Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office —••• • .. 2 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. C. W. Dilke, Jun., E5q.....„, .......... •• • • 2 2 0 Edward Moxon, Esq.. •• ....... ••..• • • • .... •• 2 2 0 Frederick Muspratt, Esq. .. ••••••••• . . . • • •• • • 2 2 0 Frederick Heath, Esq... .... .... •• • ......... 2 2 0 Cox, Brothers, and Wyman ............2 2 0 Jas. Wyld, Esq., 205.; Mrs. Wyld, 10s.; Master and Miss Wyld, 105... ••..••• • • • • . .... .... 2 0 0 Murdo Young, Esq.. ••.. • .... ..... .. •.•• •• .. 2 2 0 Murdo Young, jun.. 10s. 6d. ; Miss Young, 10s. 6cl. ; Miss C. Young, 10s. 6d.; Miss F. Young, Sirs. Theodora Martin (Miss Helen Faucit) .... 2 2 0 Francis Bennock, Esq 2 2 0 Edwin Brown, Esq., Coventry ..... ..... ...... 2 0 0 Herbert Williams, Esq., and Mrs. 11. Williams.. 111 6 The Right lion. the Earl of Carlisle.... ••.... 1 1 0 The Right Hon Lord Brougham. •..••••.• . • . • 1 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart. Lady Sandys .. •••••• • • •• •• '•••••• • • • • It. Oliveira, Esq., M.P.. ......... ...... J. Westland Martson, Esq • .. . 1 1 0 Charles Swain, Esq.. • ...... . • • ... ..... ....... .1 0 0 R. Swift, Esq., M.P.. —— • ..... ••••.. • • • • .... 1 1 0 William Jerdan, Esq.... 1 1 0 Hepworth Dixon, Esq • •• • 1 1 0 W. C. Macready, E' . ...• •••••••• . • .. . . 1 1 0 Samuel Phelps, Esq •..••••••• • • • . • • .. .... 1 1 0 Thomas Greenwood, Esq.. ••• • • • ............ 1 1 0 Thomas Cotterell, Esq., ex-Sheriff of London.... 1 1 0 James Macgregor, Esq., MX • 1 0 0 Charles Cook, Esq., Horace Roscoe St. John, E5q...... Bayle St. John, E5q..... ••••••• • • • • • ..... •.. 1 1 0 Richard Beard, jun., Esq• • . • 1 1 0 11. C. Maguire, Esq • .... . 1 1 0 Rev. Felix Palmer, Fryaning ................ 1 1 0 H. Tindal Atkinson, Esq.• .. George Grossmith, Esq.. . R. W. Roberts, Esq. •• 1 1 0 Matthew Noble, .•••1 1 0 J. Passmore Edwards, Esq.. • ................. 1 1 0 Robert Rawlinson, Esq., C.E............., _ .. 1 1 0 John Watkins, Esq.—. ....... •••• • • • ...... 1 1 0 Chas. S. Middleton, Esq. • • 1 1 0 J. T. Bedford, E5q............................ 1 1 0 William Mort, Esq., Manchester— ... . W. A. Matthews, Esq •• • 1 1 0 Charles Barker, Esq.... —.. .• . .. 1 1 0 John Franks, Esq.... ............ _ .......... I 1 0 Frederic Doulton, Esq... •• • • .... • • .......... 11 0 William Wrightson, Esq ——. . .......... 1 1 0 1 0 0 Henry Allsopp, Esq., Burton-on• Trent— ....... 1 1 0 1 1 0 W. Marsden, Esq., M.D. ...... -- 1 1 0 Jonas Levy, Esq . •• • • .. 1 1 0 E. W. Watkin, Esq. W. J. Fox, Esq. 1 1 0 Lady Morgan . . 1 1 0 James Low, Del. 1 1 0 W. C. 51. Kent, Esq. 1 1 0 Warren de la Rue, Esq. • • • 1 1 0 Wm. Waring, Esq., Fludyer street, Westminster 1 1 0 Henry Waring, Esq., do., d 0... ................ 1 1 0 Charles Waring, Esq , do., do ...... ........ .... 1 1 0 E. J. Coates, Esq 1 1 0 Howard Staunton, Esq. ........... ........... 1 1 0 Henry Ottley, Esq. 1 1 0 John Timbs, Esq. E. Davis, Esq. .................... ...... .... 1 1 0 J. T. Phillips, Esq. •••••••••••••• • • •• • • • • • • .. 1 1 0 Benjamin Smith, Esq., Fleet-street and Hackney 1 1 0 C. Cadog in, Esq., Commercial Bank of London 1 1 0 Charles Hardwick, Esq., Pre0t0n.............. 1 0 0 T. B. Turton, Esq., Sheffield... .............. 1 0 0 Joseph Turton, Esq., do. 1 0 0 William Turton, Esq., do ...... • • .•. • • ..... .... 1 0 0 lira Milner Gibson . • 1 0 0 Twelve Poor Men, in shillings .. Miss Mitford • • ...... • • .......... ..... ....... 010 6 G. W. Tapp, Esq., and Mrs. Yapp. .. 0 10 0 Edward Copping, Esq., ••• • • ......... William S'rudwicke, •• .. • •... •..... • .... 0.. 0 10 6 Campbell Clarke, Esq • •• • • • 010 6 George Waller, Esq.. 0 10 6 J. Balfour, Esq., and Mrs. C. L. Balfour ...... 010 0 Sydney Vardon, E5q................., 010 0 A few Poor Needlewomen.... • • .............. 010 6 ALady.. ... • • .......... .......... ...• •• 010 6 George li. Watkins, •, .. • . • .. 010 6 Lieut.. Col. Fitzmaurice... ..... ••• • . . ..... .... 010 0 A Friend • .. . ... .. George Sanders, Esq • • • • • 010 6 Charles Smith, Esq.... 0 10 6 Thomas Watts, Esq. . .• Leopold J. Lardner, Esq. • • 0 10 6 Asline Ward, Esq., New York.. . . 010 0 0 10 6 Robert Dawbarn, Esq , Wisbeach 0 10 0 M. E. Marsden, E5q........ • • ...• ........ •• • . 010 6 li. Britian Willis, Esq. Charles Millward, Esq., Liverpool .. ............ 010 6 A Frenchman, .. 11. Stubbs, Esq.• • ......... .............. ..... 010 6 William Bellingham, Esq. Percy B. St. John, Esq. ..... ................. 010 6 Miss Frances Deane...... Mr E. Burke •• - • ............ .. MrF agate ........ •• ....., ............, OlO 6 Fred. Wm. Bloxam, Esq. ..... ............ •• • • 0 10 0 In Sixpences from Assistants at 1, North-street, Bristol ... .... . . .. Isaac Latimer, Esq... • ..... Samuel I). Rickards, Esq. Joseph Hardy, Esq... .... .. ........ Printers employed on the Musical Bouquet, •• • • 010 0 Charles Sheard, Esq. Luke Limner, E5q..... S. Brown, Esq., Coventry ..... ..........,..... 010 0 H. Brown, Esq., Coventry .. . 010 0 T. Brown, Esq.. Coventry Alfred Keeling, Esq,. Mr W. E. Bennet Miss Mitford• ••• .• ••.. . 0 10 0 G. P. and C. P 0 7 6 Seven Dressmakers ... .. James Teague, Esq., M.D.... Thomas Wilson, Esq. J. Heylin, Esq, .. . 0 5 0 James Evans, Esq. .... John Phillips, Esq. .. 0 5 0 A Widow, . • Thomas Heaphy, Esq... • • ...... ....... ....... 0 5 0 A. J. Honey, Esq .. • • .. 0 5 0 A Friend .. • . Henry Mann, Esq. li. Scholfield Johnson, Esq., M.D. Nathaniel Randall, Esq. W. Davey, E5q..... .... .. .. • • ........... Joel Ros.vsell, Esq. .. C. Brown, Esq., Coventry —•.— • • ....... ...... 0 5 0 S. Brown, juts., Esq., Coventry, .. 0 5 0 Sirs. Williams. Mr Clariage _ ........................... 0 5 0 Mr Lawson ••.•• • .. ..... •• •• •• • • .... •••• • • 0 5 0 Mr Collins ........ ..... Mr Southerland .. In Half-crowns and Shillings 114 - Ik}i - 21 4 - irs4i 9 214 334 — fasuges marked * arO run direct. Fore Cabin. To or from Gravesend and London ••• • • • 101. .. „ Gravesend and Illackwall or Woolwich Ba. •• 3etween Gravesend and Intermediate Plers. • Gd• Saloon. ls. 2d. Os. 10d. Os. bd. the Colloc Rix sdonths, 31. Os.; ThßrOcoAT Months,TICKE 2 T 1. 5 0 .7 . T ; w to elv b e o l la o d nth of s, 51.05.; tors on boa d the pschets ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pior, Gravesend. November, 1852. LORD MAIDSTONE AND MR. MACAULAY. In another column will be found an epistle from Lord Maidstone to Mr. Macaulay —a compos iti on which, considering the relative positi on o f t h e par ties ce t r h n a e t d , remarkable and the nature which usher in the impending session, may well serve to il lustrate couples the grave with the co gay, the serious can only account with the foolish, the ridiculous with the sublime. We would a swell not have arenot e t sure, ter su t i e n d d ethede,dtihganti dignity o r . f the Macaulay occasion, s as his own, by suffering Lord hexameters, M aidstone' t s he obscurity together which properly with their be fi tt author,befitted them. t o We sleep in for his leadsreference dramatiststo p a a topic inte rto diversify their on the principle which grandest objects with a few grotesque images, in order to set off to greater advantage the more strik ing characters and scenes in their compositions. Lord Maidstone does not seem fully aware of the purely artistical purpose for which he and his hexameters and his late rapid conversion were introduced into Mr. Macaulay's speech ; so be writes in a tone of mingled apology and defiance, asking consideration in one sentence, and proclaiming no quarter in another. His Lordship is a poor complaining soul. There is nothing light or cheery about him. He has a quarrel with mankind, with Mr. Macaulay, with the electors of Westminster, with Sir J. Shelley, and Gene ral Evans, with Sir James Graham, as le drops out incidentally, and not the least with himself. Lord Maidstone doubtless thinks he ought to be a states man, being born to that rank, and having started in life with very fair prospects. But to be born a states man, without the possibility of ever being one, is enough to sour any man's disposition. His lordship, having in a manner forfeited his birthright, is at war with the whole world. His hand is against every man, and every man's hand is against him. " Be ware who touches me," he exclaims, as if he wished to be toucbed for an opportunity of letting out what had been long pent up in his soul. But the penalty of touching him is not very serious, if all the damage he can do Mr. Macaulay, with the very best inten tions, is to tell him he is not a sound historical autho rity, that he has made some mistakes, and that he has been ungenerous to Lord Maidstone in attacking a man who could not answer iu person. Mr. Macau lay will not sink under these terrible accusations. His authority is above Lord Maidstone's impeach ment ; and there cannot be much cowardice inattaek log a man who has spent a life in collecting a socabu lary of abuse, and rolling it up i nto h exameter pellets, for discharge at the first assailant. But all that Mr. Macaulay has said is, that Lord Maidstone was'converted very suddenly from a furious hater of Sir Robert Peel into a humble belie•er in Free Trade. Lord Maidstone exclaims that his motives are impugned, and claims the immunities of a conscientious convert. "Duty," he says, "excuses every man who changes his opinion conscientiously from the charge of inconsistency." Why, who denied you, my Lord, the right of changing your nand ? Not Mr. Macaulay, or anybody that we know of, ex cepting yourself. You have yourself laid down in your immortal hexameters that every one who changes his mind is a rogue. This charitable and most comfortable doctrine is your own, propounded specially for the use of Sir R. Peel, but recoil ing on your own head. So now, like that ingenious gentleman of Syracuse, you are roasting in your own bull, and bellowing loudly enough to do honours to your own workmanship. When Lord Maidstone next addresses the populace of West minster, and finds them insensible to the charms of his eloquence, he threatens to speak to them in legends, like the figures in old windows. He need be at no loss for the matter of these legendary scrolls. Let him cut out of his books all the rubbish he has written against " the apostate Peel," and exhibit it round his own n o bl e p erson as th e b e st account he can give for sudd en l y a d op ti ng P ee l's measures. Per haps, however, s ome thi ng lik e a difference will be necessary in applying to himself the heraldic decora tions he has granted to Sir Robert. Let him state, then, in addition, that Peel was converted by a fa mine, and Lord Maidstone by unparalleled prosperity; that Lord Maidstone tried to come in as a Protec tionist, and, only when that failed, tried for another place as a Free-trader ; and that the conversion cost Sir Robert his power, but did not procure for Lord Maidstone a seat. —Times. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court visa held; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair. This being the last meeting during the present mayoralty, the Council Chamber was nearly filled with members, and the gallery crowded. Mr H. BLARE, being called upon, proposed the follow ing resolution, viz. „ What it be referred to the freedoms committee to prepare a bill for extending the franchise at ward elections, and to report the same to this Court." After some discuseion had taken place on the motion, Mr Cox moved that the report upon the freedom ques tion be referred bock to the committee for execution; but ultimately this amondment was negatived by a ma jority of 76 to 22. Alderman LAVRANCE then moved the previous question, which was also negatived ; but before the " origi na l motion" was put, however, Ald ermen Wire and Finnis escaped from the aldermanic bench by the aide door, leaving but ono alderman (Lawrence) present. This circumstance being noticed, a member in his place exclaimed, "No Court." The Lord Mayor, however, sent the officer of the Court with the mace after the departed aldermen, but upon hie return he reported that he had sought for but could not find them. Much confusion ensued, several of the members declaiming loudly of what they stated to be " a trick played upon them;" Mr Anderton indignantly, though apparently triumphantly exclaiming, " Have you not now the proof that what I have told you with reference to the necessi tj for a reform of the Court of Aldermen is neither more nor less than the truth?" The LORD MAYOR then took leave of the Court. He said—l shall hand over to my successor, unsullied I trust, my insignia of office, while I wish both to yourselves and the Lord Mayor elect every happiness and pros perity. (Loud cheers.) Mr Nona's, in the name of the Court, offered up a high culogium upon the pucctuality, urbanity, and gene rous character of the worthy chief magistrate on his re tirement, which was received with loud cheers, after which the protracted sitting terminated. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ON THE CONFESSIONAL AT PLYMOUTH. The following letter, from the Archbishop of Canter. bury to Mr. J. W. Soultau, has been published:— " Lambeth, Oct. 29, 1852. AICNICIPAL BOROUGHS.—From a Parliamentary paper (yesterday issued), it appears by municipal boroughs in England and Wales in the year ended the 31st of August, 1 8 51 , amount ed to (with the balances in hand) 1,254,483/. ls. lid., and the expenditure (with balances due to treasurers) to 903,721/. 45.11 id. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills a wonder ful remedy for Bile, Jaundice, and Liver Complaints. Extract of a lett3r from Mrs. Mary Wood to Mr. `Jon kin), chemist, Christchurch, dated Sept. 13, 1852. Sir, —I suffered for seven months from a liver complaint, jaundice, and a w ere billions attack During the whole of this time I was u nder medical treatment, but expe rienced no relief whatever. I was at length recum - I mended ty try FI )110way's Pills, which I did, and am ' happy to say this invaluable medicine, in the course of a very short period has effected a perfect cure, and restored me to health, so that I can with confidence recommend it to others similarly afflicted." ' Signed,' Mary Wood. —Soldobtili b b y mert, 24 all Druggists, otri ci, and io n a ci t Q. P n rofessor Holloway's Ea - .., ~,,,,,,10....*..-••••+..,- -- - 1 ....._,---.—,...,,,-,- ----- - - - j• - _ - wip,.: --- , , ..,v ~ 7"".- --..- - ' - -- -- - - --- ./ _ . _____ __ • • )t / / / ...- " 1/71-rt'e.l"--'IC-41141111'11 ;) -. • / C / 1 , ~If 4 ..> 1" ( ei - . ,• ...• ig...- • • , - .11 , t. , . 6. ....:,,,,, '" ' ,-- - % - oirir: - ---...,—, ...' 4 - .4 - ", r ..'1) c°_, ,.., : r _'____ , _ • * ',V ..... - , - :,,,,, ... s • .• ~,...,_--..7 . ti , ~..- ,-, . „,.,.....,..„ --"") ; 41 , 51- 1 ,,," I.;4l X, s Ykt -'''\ ---;" -- ' ((--.9. 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It was quite unnecessary for him to assure his [tenons able Friend the Member for Berkshire, and his Noble Friend the Member for Middlesex, that he highly valued their friendship, while he felt deeply sensible of the complimentary manner in which they had done him the honour to introduce his name to the House. (Mar, hear.) He hoped it was equally unnecessary for him to assure the House, that he had not only listened to the speeches of his Honourable Friend with sincere pleasure, but he was also most sensible of the flattering reception which the House had bren pleased to give to the proposition of his Honourable Friend, and he begged leave to assure the House, that he witnessed that recep tion with feelings of unfeigned gratitude. (Cheers.) An experience of more than thirteen years had confirmed the opinion which he held soon after he had the honour of a seat in Parliament, of the value and importance of those privileges which were enjoyed by the House, and which his Hon. Friend the Member for Berkshire had justly observed were vested in the House for the benefit of the community at large. (Bear, hear.' The orders and regulations which governed the proceed ings of the House had been framed with much wisdom, and they were well adapted to the principles for which they were intended, namely, the dispatch of public busi nets ; but salutary as, those orders and rules were, his experience had also taught him the enormous amount of responsibility that attached to an individual in whom was vested the guardianship of those privileges, and the power of enforcing those rules and orders of the House. (Hear, hear.) His Hon. Friend the Member for the University who, from his long standing in the House, was well qualified to speak upon the point, and whose opinion ought therefore to be highly respected, had ventured to give the House some idea of the onerous and laborious nature of the duties that devolved upon the office of Speaker ; now, even with that experience which he had referred to, he should almost have hesitated in again undertaking those duties, but he felt that he was under a debt of gratitude to the House for its unvarying kindness during the period that he had served in the chair, and that he had no alternative but to accept the office again. (Cheers.) He entertained a strong con viction that an honest determination on his part faith fully and impartially to discharge the duties imposed upon him, would not only meet with the indulgence, but also the cordial support and co-operation of the Home. (Cheers.) With these few observations, he begged once more to express his gratitude to the House for the man ner in which they had received his name, and to assure them, that whatever might be their decision upon the motion before them, he should most cheerfully bow to it. (Cheers.) The motion was then put by the Chief Clerk, and carried by acclamation—after which the Right Hon. Gentleman was conducted to the chair by the mover and seconder of the motion, amidst loud and long-continued cheering. The SPEAKER having ascended the steps of the chair, said: Before taking his seat he must be allowed once more to thank the House for the compliment they had paid him, and to assure them that the renewed mark of their confidence would, if possible, cause him to re double his anxiety to discharge faithfully and impar tially the duties which belonged to the office of Speaker. (Cheers.) Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he must now be allowed to congratulate the Speaker upon hating received to-day the highest honour which Eng lish gentlemen could confer upon any one who possessed their confidence and esteem. (Cheers.) Those who had preceded him had specified the great and eminent qualities necessary to bo possessed by him who fills the seat which the Speaker now occupies, end he was there fore not called upon to dwell upon that branch of his subject. (Cries of " Hear, hear.") But he remembered that during four Parliaments of the Queen the Speaker had occupied the same post that he now filled ; and during that time, those who were old Mem bers of the House had frequent opportunities of witnes sing the courage with which the Right Hon. Gentleman vindicated the privileges of the House, and the firmness with which he maintained order in their debates, and supported that impartiality which should always regulate their conduct. (Cheers.) He might perhaps without presumption, having had the honour of a seat in the House when the Right Honourable Gentleman was first elected to the chair, and having been a member of the House during the interval, be allowed to notice one trait in the conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman which ho had often observed, and which he thought would have alone entitled the Right Hon. Gentleman to their increased confidence. (Hear, hear.) It was this—ho had often observed that in those conflicts which occa sionally occur where mere routine could not guide the individual filling the chair—when he was, as it were, taxed upon a moment, the Right Hon. Gentleman's re sources have never failed him. He had always been, in such a crisis, sustained by his own knowledge and zeal, as well as by the high respect which the House enter tained for him. (Cheers.) There was one other reason why he thought it was a subject of great congratulation that the House had elected the Right Hon. Gentleman, and that was, that he could not but remember that in this new Parliament the individual on whom would de volve, in the first instance, the disposition and control of public business, had hardly had sufficient experience to make him tally conversant with the forms and regula tions of the House. (Hear, hear.) So far, however, as he himself was concerned, he felt he should never appeal in vain either to the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, or to independent members on either side of the House, and under these circumstances he felt that the selection which the House bad this day made would be alike satisfactory to all parties. (Cheers.) Lord J. RUSSELL felt that it was a matter of the greatest importance, and ono of the greatest good fortune that at this particular period, when there were so many Members of the House without experience, they should have to preside over them a gentleman who had already shown the highest qualifications for the eminent post of Speaker, and who, whenever it was necessary to enforce the orders and rules of the House did it with so much firmness and cour tesy, that he always secured the willing obedience oven of those who might seem disposed to question his deci sion. (Cheers.) With regard to the observation of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (the Chancellor of the Exchequer), in which he alluded to his short experience of the conduct of public business in the House, ho must be permitted to say t hat he felt p© that any assistance which the House or th C air could render him in facilitating progress of public affairs would always be mo st cheerfully giver!. (Chthers.) And it was right that it should be so, for it was of the . _ few years, of carrying on utmost importance tha t they s ho h u a l d d d c h o h n e tt i n h u r e th to e set that example to Europe which they dom, and yet at the same time wt e utmost regard discussion w h ith th the utmost free- i for decorum and propriety, as well as for the difficult situation in which the president of such an assembly as this must sometimes find himself. (Cheers.) Mr. HUME said, he had been requested to make a representation to the Speaker on behalf of several mem bers of the House. It was very desirable that the Speaker should have better opportunities, than he had enjoyed during the last three Parliaments, of becoming acquainted with lion. Members, and he was most anxious that Members should have more frequent opportunities of paying their respects to the Speaker. (Cheers.) . n am e looked upon the Right Hon. Gentlema n in the antir the first commoner in the land. Hon. Members hae l t t" '?"'"'"" "I" S" re.;recluugeirl Hon. Gentleman's predecessor, but they we from doing so to the present S ra ct usage.ice which was not consistent with.theo an u address to the When the House went could Peakestritubtionaalp was not able to pay his ordinary dress (a laugh) b his levees, as be might do, in his Throne, he (Mr. Hume) uthweatitend Her Majesty in his respects to the Speaker atued laughter.) Mr. AbercrombY, dziino,:sg that with tthheelt Speaker, ghtH on. G o u en t Gentleman dining common pe d a r k es e s r . , yielded Con. to the application made to him on which troubled him. (I Jaugh that was not th arjeoardpya andrt of this subject. A n ter.) lle v" an ot have 40 or 50, or Members should n ab th le me to w p h s; even 150 Mem setaquestion that the • belonged- respects to the Right Hon. Gentleman. (Hear.) their hitsoltahveesHs'obuuset should b e m f i e was one of thus© who highly bets at approved of the Right lion. Gentleman's conduct in the chair. No man was more anxious to support the rules and orders of the Souse, and he had, in his humble capacity, given every assistance in his power to render them efficient, believ ing that upon those rules depended the regularity of the proceedings and the high character of the House as a deliberative assembly. It was not that he was desirous to detract from the respect due to the Speaker's office, but he was anxious to see the Right Hon. Gentleman's levees attended by the numbers who would do honour to him. The alterati on he suggested would give great satisfaction. It rested with the Speaker to make the alteration, us it was a private matter, and he did hope that Members would be admitted attired in the same manner as when they accompanied an address to the Crown. Ho asked nothing more than that the Bight Hon. Gentleman should revert to the practice of his pre decessor. (A laugh.) Mr. F. MACKENZIE, then moved that the House do now adjourn, which was pu t b y the Sp ea er and carried. at 3 o'clock until The House accordingly a d j ourned 2 to-day. DEATH OF THE WIFE OF OPIE OF SIR JOHN FRANK IAN'S CAEW.—Wednesday afternoon Mr W.Baker, the Coro ner, held an inquest at the Marquis of Wellington public house, Upper Cornwall -street, St. George's-in-the-East, on view of the bod o f Ann Johnson , aged 4 6 years. The de ceased was the y wife of William Johnson, a mariner, and one of the crew of the error, in Sir John Franklin's expedition. The deceased occupied apartments at No. 53,Upper Cornwall- On Wednesday, the 2d ult., deceased, who had street, and was in the receipt of 21. Bs. monthly from the Ad a health, came up to London from Hull on board m be i e r n al o ty f ; a steamer, since which time she had suffered severely from a violen t cold, which ultimately proved fatal. The jug _e wised A TerdiCt " ligtartkl death by the Tieitetien Of Ws David Bo,srue, Fleet. street. 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We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his sower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. —" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Sperma torrheea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular, May 5, 1852. —" We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of he subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford; but the moderato price at which the ' brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."—Dublin Medical Press, April 18,1852. plenis a llo. IT. Rao., in cloth, price 39. 6d., by post free, 4s. E t once CU R s E i m O p F l e , S TR Safe l , C a T n U R d E ill E c O i e F n t TH , and apparently I n t racta b le Forms. To which i s a dd e d, PRACTICAL OB SERVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATORR WEA BY CAUTER IZATION; its Inefficiency and Dan7er. Member of the Royal C BY F. B. COURTENAY, in E ev U e ß n E its TH m R o A s; Inveterate and of Surgeons of England. "Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not how to use the common instruments geons has been marked with all kinds of violence, an indifference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical Observations.—" In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Sense adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases la., xi., xli.. and avill. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xis. appear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the t7eatment adopted by Mr. Constenay proved eminently *.eaccesattll." 11019/11111 Liars OA the TreAtnigit f eltricturs. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. " Sia,—l have the honour of acknowledging a memo• rial which you have addressed to me, as agreed upon a a public meeting of the clergy and lay members of the Church of England, assembled at Stonehouse on the 12th inst. The memorial alludes to the introduction of doctrines and praotices into the Church during the last few years which cannot be reconciled with the principles of the Reformation. This is a subject upon which, unhappily, I have been so often obliged to declare my opinion, that I need not repeat it now. The memorial, however, pro ceeds to complain of a practice originating in these erro neous doctrines, which can scarcely be distinguished from the auricular confession of the Church of Rome. I agree with the memorialists in believing this prac tice to be equally unscriptural in principle and mis chievous in effect. But I trust that public opinion is so uniform in condemning and repudiating it, that the con tinuance of such a system, either at Plymouth or else where, will be more effectually prev ented than i t would be by the voice of authority or by legal enactments, both which, wo know by experience, it is com monly too ea sy to evade. t, "I remain , Sir, your obedient and,llll33lec • l i rv T a u ri a. " Q. W, Scultou, HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. ELECTION OF SPEAKER. After the return of the House from the Lords, Mr. R. PALMER rose, and addressing Sir D. Le Merchant, the Chief Clerk of the House, said it now de volved en the House of Commune, in obedience to her Mejesty's commeeda to proceed to the performance of its tiist, and one of its most important duties, adz.., se lectieg from am ,ng their own body some Hun. Member who should fill during the present Parliament the Chair of the House. Ho did not undertake the task of ad dressing the House on such a subject without consider able hesitation, for he was well aware of the great per sonal responsibility which attached to any person who ventured to propose au Honourable Mem ber for so high and important a post, knowing that upon his ability, and the efficiency with which he discharged his duties, all the regularity of their proceed ings must depend ; but on the present occasion he was fortunately relieved from any difficulty in this respect, for he rejoiced to see among them again his Right Hon. Friend, the Member for North Hampshire,—(Cheers)— who had filled the chair of this House during the last 13 years with so tench advantage to the country, and so much honour to himself—(Cheers)—and who had ren dered it a less difficult task to select the best qualified among them for that high and distinguished situation. (Hear.) Under these circumstances be did not think it necessary to trespass on the attention of the House by any detailed information on the various duties that at tached to the Speaker of the House of Commons. (Hear.) They were sufficiently well known to most hon. members who had before sat in the House. Suffice it to say, there fore, that in the choice of a Speaker they must look for some individual whose intimate acquaintance with the law and practice of Parliament would render him at all times a ready exponent of all those rules and orders by which their proceedings were regulated, so as to enable them on all occasions to confidently rely , on his deci sions. They must also look for a person who would up hold and defend the ancient rights and privileges of the House of Commons, if they should at any time become the object of an attack from any quarter—privileges which were not granted to the House of Commons for individual benefit, but for the benefit of the community whom they were sent there to represent. (Hear.) They must also look for a gentle_ man who in the midst of party contest, and sometimes of debate, was enabled to lay aside all party feeling, and to maintain, while presiding over their proceedings, strict and undeviating impartiality. (Hear.) For all those qualifications, every one who had witnessed the conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman in the chair would agree with him, that he had proved himself to be most emi nently respected. (Cheers.) He thought he might add that, in upholding the dignity of the office, and in pre serving an equal and unruffled equanimity of temper under all circumstances, his Right Hcn. Friend had not been surpassed by any of his predecessors. (Loud cheers.) He thought he had said sufficient to induce all Hon. Members who had before sat in the House to agree with him in the motion which ho was about to make ; but if he were permitted to say one word to that large number of Honourable Members who had for the first time been sent there to take part in the deliberations of that House, he could assure them that they would always find his Right Hon. Friend ready to assist them by his advice and experience if any difficulty should arise in the transaction of the private and other business with which they might be entrusted. (Hear, hear.) Ile re joiced to think that on the present occasion it had not been considered necessary to make the question of choice of Speaker the test of party feeling. Such had occurred before ; but it was to him a matter of extreme gratification to find that no party:considerations called upon him on this occasion to surrender those feelings of private friendship and personal regard which he enter tained for the Right Hon. Gentleman. He was sure that all those who had witnessed his conduct in the chair would agree that his uniform conduct in his high position had more than proved the wisdom of the choice made by the House in the year 1839, confirmed as it had been on two subsequent occa sions by the unanimous approval of the House. He !rusted that the House would now agree with an equal degree of equanimity, and place his Right Hon. Friend for the fourth time in the chair without a dissentient voice. (Cheers.) He thought that by so doing they would offer to his Right Hon. Friend the only reward they had in their power to offer, for the eminent services which he bad already rendered to the House, and which, he was convinced, he would continuo to render with equal zeal and ability, only, perhaps, with more effici ency in consequence of his increased and mature ex perience. Without any further preface, he then moved that the Right Hon. Shaw Lefevre be elected Speaker of the House. (Loud cheers.) Lord R. GROSVENOR seconded the motion. As the Right Hon. Gentleman had formerly belonged to the party which sat upon this side of the House, it, no doubt, would be more agreeable to him, and more pleasing, that that unanimity which was so desirable should seem to prevail in his election to the highest office in that House, end that one at least of his nominators should be a member of her Majesty's Opposition. (Cheers.) Ho could have wished that some one more qualified than himself had been selected to give weight to the opinion entertained of the Right Hon. Gentleman on that side of the House, of the qualities of the Right Hon. Gentleman. He, however, bad been selected as an unofficial organ of that party, because as it was, perhaps, well known, it was not usual for a Member holding high office, or who had held high office, to pro pose a candidate for the chair. It gave him, however, great satisfaction to have this public opportunity afforded him of bearing witness to the manner in which Mr. Shaw Lefevre had performed the arduous duties of that station, and he was quite sure that ho was giving utterance, not only to his own opinion, but to the sentiments of every gentleman on that aide of the House, when he said that not only were they proud of his Right Hon. Friend as having sprung from that party of which they were members, but also entirely setting aside all party feeling—that they were more proud of him as a member of that legislature to which they all belonged. (Cheers.) The merits of the Right Hon. Gentleman were so well known, not only to the members of that House, but also to the public at large, that it would be a work of supererogation to dilate upon them at any length ; and certainly, upon this occasion, it would be extremely unnecessary, after the good taste and good feeling evinced by the Hon. Member for Berkshire, in proposing the Right Hon. Gentleman. Before sitting down, however, ho would take leave to make one remark, which he hoped would be found not quite foreign to the subject. It was said to be one of the in firmities of human nature to give undue prominence to events passing around us at the present moment, and if we cast our eyes around, it would be acknowledged that, if there eve r was a time when it was necessary that the Imperial Legislature now sum moned should be presided over by a person of undoubted ability and talent, it was the present. At a time when the liberties of Europe, when the right of full and open divuossivu, and LLic, Elgin of puuito opinion nung ray a thread—at a moment of this sort he was sure that it would be acknowledged that the character of that House was deeply involved by the manner in ;which its pro ceedings would be carried on. It became us then to act with unusual calmness, to take the utmost care that , that liberty of free thought and free assertion which we so happily enjoyed should not be abused for any per sonal party or factious purposes, but that we should guard that right committed to us, he might say with , out any exaggeration for the benefit of mankind at large. It this were the position of affairs, as he thought he could gather, it was from the assent with which his remarks bad been received by a portion of the House, assuredly it was a matter of the greatest urgency that they should have over them a gentleman whose nice discernment, discriminating judgment, largo and varied experience, and 7hosek. inde fatigable attention so eminently qualify in which, that position. At a period like the present, even throwing aside any other disturbances bu which he had alluded, the nicely-balanced to e s a ta t difficulty , ties would render that office one of very gr tintohfospeatro. -uld have at its it was most necessary that the . H 2.; head one of experience and he Rouse, but would pass:longer upon the attention of t which he understood .abilityoretteowould not tres conclude by seconding the motio i n, e t r th fo a r t to be that the Right Hon. Gentleman Hampshire was the most prop series of years, while i n vid th u e al M to em fi b l chair, being a man who, for a long had conciliated the good maintaining to the utmostthe independence, honour, and dignity of that House,every member of ever will, respect, and esteem of om ents there being no sign of a nd of every par t y of that House. (Loud cheers) olass, After a pause o f a few m opposition to the motion, _ Sir E. 11. said, that he rose not so much to congratu l a t e his Right Hon. Friend, but far more to congratulate the ouse upon having a person of so large an experience proposed to fill the Chair. It would be nee dless to ad d a single word as to the personal fitness of Eight Hon. Gentleman,—but it was not unfit, nor the unnecessary perhaps to recall to the recolleetion of some and to take the liberty of stating to others, what a very different amount of time and labour were here required from the Speaker compared to former periods, and that time, and that labour had been bestowed most cheerfully, most actively, most beneficially fcr the public service by the Right Honour able Gentleman. (Cheer s .) A hundred years ago, not perhaps one tenth the labour which now devolved upon him was required from the occupant of that chair. A hundred years ago they had but three debates, and fifteen division:3, but in the last year tkere had been 224 I 4051995 7 and the speaker in the execution of his duties g t / T r GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS, no other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhlthe, and Purfleet Plei s. The rackets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). FROM TERRACE PIER, ORAVESEI,III. WEEK DAYfi. 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