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Applications for Shares to be made or, to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead , No. 2 . Roy al tkri "ings. up to Monday, the 2Cth instant, on which day wi 1 be Issued. LONDON BANK OF AUSTRALIA AND I NDIA 4 .SIERETIV GIVEN, That no Further App lications 'lt. .us Company will be received after Monday next, the IV Order of the Court of Directors. roor o , JAMES FRASER G ALBItAITH , Sec. pro tern. ""'" S treet, London, Dec. 17, 1852. kiasTittee `PEST MARIPOSA GOLD MINE COMPANY. of the West Mariposa Company have received k ko,o ir e rt their Commissioner, Mr. WDOUGAL, dated San `te am ' 30 , announcing the completion of a treaty for a most tip; 'valuable property, situated in " the Grass Valley," ledge and Baer's ledge. Ilon; .. agal had deferred the ratificatioi of this treaty until the 4 1 ' Catherwood ; when, finding that that gentleman de tn,cOtnediate payment of a large sum in addition to the ,no 4 London for a partnership in the Gold hill property, Nti on . at once conside.ed himself at liberty to break off the 1 1 1 , tot' e , s all gladly availed himself of the o pp o rtunity thereby tk or ',',o l Pleting the purchase of the Grass Valley property, L'ter v flag to the best of his judgment, offers superior advan ittvottn'i‘contemplated connexion with the Gold -Company. t ee have the pleasure to a td, that the whole of the k t - Z e : tibn carry h o e: I 11 h - I, o a: o d e r w at e t r o e n p s r t o h ce , r e e d ionng behalf e b o e f fog e - By order, 442 11'8. 0 ,„..„ C. STEWART, Secretary. - "url, London, Dec. 13, 1852. c IN "AN-v -(WATFORD) SPRING WATER °mP ),14 --to be Incorporated by Act of Parliament the p i l , telt the liability of the shareholders, and in respect of 4 n B , Sections, and Books of Reference have been duly 810:InPliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament. ~Y Registered under the Act 7 & 8 Victoria, Cap.llo.) * 4ith 'aPital 400,0001. in 16,000 shares of 251. each, c t 'Y 11 ' 7 8.6 d. per share will be payable on signing the Parlia ,ontract, and no flirther call will be made until the Act has ~tlrri AITORS. 'O, ei Esq., M.P., 2 UD 9, Cornhill, and Hyde - park - ter race. rey . 4i4 s Hope, Esq., 116, Piczadllly, and Deepdene, Dork- Mi chael DIRECTORS. 'ellaei Edward Bagnold, 28, Hamilton-terrace, St. John's:- Hinto n &will, Esq., 19, Abchurch•lane, and Wimbledon, ';01 a, ln Esq 23, Abehurch-lane , and Hornsey. e L 4L,Es. 22, Bryanston-sqnare. Vrie, Esq., Cousin-lane, Upper Thames-street, and Cam -1114, %Lan e Lka Y* Yter Lowzden, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard, and Ennismoro- N 4 'L 'gate, Hyde-park. L.Oliveira, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park- —rd E sq., 24, Palace-gardens, Kensington, and Hack- Litu k ,,,, lls %nts, " r'rice, Bart" M.P., 11, Stratton-street, Piccadilly, and 11 44 er storrishire. 1 1. Robinson, Esq., 21, Austin-friars. and Hill-house, War, Erq., 96, Houndsditeb, and Capel-honse, Enfield. (With power to add to their number.) Co ENGINEER. nett Romersham, Esq., 19, Buckingham-street, A delphi. SOLICITORS. lialtlay, Robinson, tz Jackson, 7, Bank-but:dings, Lothbury. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. 14 1 , - 7, Holmes, Anton, and Turnbull, 18, Fludyer-street, BANSZES. ‘l4l iii,i tel o Scott, Bart and Co., 1, Cavendish-square; Messrs. -4e -0 ., 29, Cornhill. BEcarrAßY.—Benjamin Rankin, Esq. TEsi ttb i POBAHT OFFICES.-39, Moorgate-street. II tett f ,r heed this company is to supply, at a cheap rate, the inha 'llo,s ties of London and Westminster, and the boroughs of 1, 11 m o ue and Finsbury, and the following places intermediate 44 . and the source of supply.—namely. Barnet, BuThey, 11 4 , 0 r.lstree, Finchley, Hadley, Hamp‘teacl. Harrow on the ,lgtl,l l , W Weald, Hendon, Kingsbury, Mill Hill, Pinner, Stan '', ft CY, Totteridge, Watford, Whetstone, Willesden,—with ;,eld‘di s ' ln g Water, procured from Bughey Meadows, near Wat tte t blinded through pipes constantly charged ; so that, by 67. lk e n ; n ing of a tap, it may be got fresh from the mains, with -11111,,, elation of a cistern, oven in the top storeys of t h e P , 47 ' N a te of from one-third to sue - half less than the charges of , 0 1'1 0 unction and West Middle!ex Water Companies, a dtvl i tl)er cent. would be returned upon the capital expended to 4 0 , he undertaking Lttl.i4g,,a_tse-street, December, 1852. 12,,,,"'. for Shares to be made addressed to the Secretary ToflO a nr, on or before Saturday, the 18th of December inst. peg 39 Moorgste-street, or to Messrs. Jon , L GDEN, 15SON ON Itlia ro u t; librokers, Tokenhousc-yard, where detailed prospec of application for shares may be obtaitted. 1 7 '1 PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY COM ;,:.pital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each. — ti ,`°. per Share. 'tte r ;: e approval and support of the following, amongst other , and gentlemen locally interested in the counties of Pl:F, t ," 4llo hire, and Sussex. Of Winterton, Shillinglee Park, Sussex. k, 13 , Monek. m.p., Portsmouth. 01 , or of Portsmouth. it,Jit"te_rerell, Esq., Peubrook Park. k111 4 ,,, 1 Z John Leeke, West Leigh. filqi i d• Evelyn, Esq., M P. for West Surrey. G. Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., M.P. ,4),,,;'°r of Petersfleld. ( i ti.u,.nhaln Carter, Esq., M.P. ars,",addington, Esq., Langrish. tt'oqnairal Sir Phipps Hornby. Little Green, R umex. ; 4 4 2 1, r n J. J. Carnegie, Fair Oak, Petersfleld. Hollybank. tt h U gonin, Nurstead. It t :' . ajYneau, Esq., Basing Park. i l t iot lo r,...william Legge. .4, t ` p , -baries Wyndham, Rogate Lodge. r Ar e jea Taylor, Bart.. Hollycomb. Keppel Macdonald, Bart., Woolmer Lodge. Esq., Downlarids: D IRECTORS. ltlpr CenrY Blake, Esq., 15, Devonshire-place, 1 1 1 4 4 , °tier, Liphook. 1 11 /I,`'i l ltldridge Butler, Esq.. Le Court, near Petersfleld. l) 1 11,„”I Carter, F.sq., 6, Whitehall, and Petersfleld. Thomas William Gage, Westbury, near Petersfleld. pity T 4 'ngt E q., Buriton. Vta b'acY, Esq., Petersfleld, Banker. Mang'es, Esq., M.P., Woodbridge, Guildford. t , k/I ti ; Mew, Esq., Newport. isle of Wight, brewer. Gh c 'ewatt, Esq , Trotton House. Peterstield ; and Doren klott,44,'!,,.London. m at 1115 Owen, Esq., Dover Court, Sonthsea. d °hi t Scott, Portsmouth. 4!: ir St ewart, Reg ,Director of the London and Westminster Sir James Stirling, Belmont, Havant. ENGINEERS.—Messrs. Locke and Errington. BANKERS. 11, e London and Westminster Bank, London. 1,.. ;: B `rs. Grant, Oilman, and Long. Portsmouth. London and County Bank. Petersfield. ' 4 e West Surrey Bank, Guildford and Godalming. SOLICITOBS.—Messrs. Boy, London. " n i "trrear.—Alexander. E. Lloyd, Esq., pro tem. v n'lMts.-37, Great George-street, Westminster. 141,13 PROSPECTUS. ~,r , intendedktilit32 to construct a Railway between Godal min g and Miles in length, to afford a more direct and a ch ea p er onieation between London and Portsmouth, as well as Railway C_eatMn generally to the large extent of unopened cou ntr y which it will pass. le4 e 2esit of plans and sections, and all other necessary steps, awaken with a view to an application for an Act of Incor• 1 / 4 „td u ring the present Session of Parliament. ki4ia) 4 , - ,e will commence at tbe end of the Godalming Branch of eh: t tWestern Railway, and will pass the towns of Godalming, P, and Peterstleld, and generally following the route of the !„,•';ithi , ° i r t ismouth Railway as sanctioned by Parliament in 1e46, to k „, will there unite with the Coast fine of the Brighton Corn 0, a n the remit= Extension Ltme of the South-Western Com -11"'i Proceed thence directly to the town and harbour of Ports yl') N T kinwners and others locally Interested in he district have tb cl _ in promoting this measure, and have, to the extent of t. al e of the length of the line, signed agreements for '!A te :`, their land at its mere agecultural value, and in several ryiN o ',.eave agreed to take the company's shares in payment. 11,ito zy ',nexion with the South-Eastern Railway, near Godalming, lq„tald'n to the proposed line the advantage of a second entrance thsss h exit from London, the one to the west end, and the other t i tt,:art of the City. establishing by the same means also a Vi tt „lnnunication, and with a great saving in distance, between 1 1 ,:t11„`nDolts, Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, Reigate, and the 4 ,tern Line generally, and Guildford, Portsmouth and the tßht, as well as with all the Intervening country. t l i t a th 'ne 'will effect all the objects contemplated by the Direct are Act of 1846, but at the reduced cost of 400,0001. now, 6 4 ,, 0. 1 ,500,0 r 0/. then required. been also further greatly improved by a late survey made 0 04 .'n directions of Messrs. Lock.e and Erringt on, b y which it } only be shortened, but three out of the four most y, and highly materially objectionable tunnels in the former plans have " entirely got rid of in the present , and the fourth, near Peters -ttev`l't,ced to one-third its length. ti c :' ,l all risk and uncertainty, however , on these e ssential Vet], e Promoters have entered into a provisional contract with ( I "ponsible parties, for the completion of the entire line 10 0 7ualming to Havant, for the extremely moderate sum of • or 12,0•01. per mile, including the cost of land, rails, sta q'tll;:q all other necessaries, excepting only the locomotive plant ; the same parties have c ome under a formal and binding t t ,ih, l 'Ont to take a lease, if required, of the line when completed, 'N'it five years, at a net minimum rental of 4 per cent. per et' With nt one-half of the profits beyond that amount. t i o Wne having already, in 184 6, sanctioned this line now pro be constructed, its promott 'Ts cannot believe that any se ,triective opposition can be gain offered to it. tta l ,.„, tll hp, it may be safely asserted that the undertaking holds It - "tans to subscribers and the public generally that have 1 1 4 et been offered by any other railway project, viz. t,44 1 . 1 afford the most direct. aticl by far the cheapest route be. pf,ht,`,o/lolon and Portsmouth andi he Isle of Wight, being the shorter k,",tt,',..ti-tvro miles than either ot'the two existing lines, and being k t l ilt for at 12,000/. a mile, ix, lieu of about four times that a 04.1)ended on the Brighton an ft South-Westernlinethit will have, qic, l ,, t he Sonth-eastern, from C.lodalminr, a double entrace into t,i%,,,! from which it follows, tiamost as a matter of course, that it t„le r ;:inand the entire traffic of the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth, h l it t `,. that. while highly remunerative to its proprietary, must rnPetition on the part of its rivals hopeless, if not impos I c`tit il ,tirtb er . the whole cost of the entire works and material has • 'ertaken. by respectable contractors. for a specific and fixed s freeing the calculations and estimates of the engineers L2t t h doubt and uncertainty. And, finally, the Shareholders will i 4 s Power of accepting or not, at their option, the offer of a • i t ,.'ne line when completed, for five years, at a minimum rate hpt: cent. interest en their capital, with half the profits beyond, ih i NgtV il terlm Payment also of 4 per cent. on the deposit and calls e construction of the line. In the event of the Act of Par te:: not being obtained the expenses will be limited to 4s. per 1 11, 10 . 1 td the balance will be returned to the shareholders. 4ita, 4 , W are given the particulars of the lengths o f the different 4 14 4 `eRether with the existing population and traffic, referred to. to Portsmouth by Brighton Railway . . . 95 miles • .s by South-Western . • • 94 by proposed Godalming and Ha' vent line . . . . • 73 by South-Eastern via Godalming . e l• Peded on South Western Railway . . 0.614.814 on Brighton and South Coast . . ~ to be expended on proposed single line 7,200,000 ~ from (lodalming to Havant LPopulation of Portsmouth . . . . Isle of Wight . . ;111:+01111.bolvrionugg Through Traffic; from those two 011, 4 Only, exclusive of all Local Traffic £150,000 per annum. is a statement given by the Directors at the last eo h l of the London and South-Western Railway Compsny of arative number of passengers booked during the past half the Principal stations on their line : Dorchester • . 23,000 Salisbury• • • • • . 31,000 Portsmouth and Gosport . . . 188,000 Winchester • • • • . 52,000 k laD ou Basin stoke . . . . . 34,000 5 4 1 t b e e ntions for the Company's Shares remaining undisposed of, 'Loth i ' la( le to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Stockbrokers, ie,,eti l b„nrY, London ; to the Solicitors, Messrs. R. and W. G. Roy, klitier m .," l 7r. and 37, Great George-street, London ; or, to Thomas th i t i tltei l 'Zan, Godalming; G. J. Parson, F.sq , llaslemere ; Messrs. 0:44d —A Minty, Petersfield ; C. 'J. Longcroft, Esq., Havant ; il mor l'n and Westminster London the West Surrey Bank, 141ef • and Gedalming ; the London and County Bank, Peters fol. Messrs Grant, Gillman, and Long, Bankers, Portsmouth; I "ving fo.rm 400,000 70,000 50,000 PORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. - t he Directors of the Portsmouth Railway Company. 01, Ie l each rn "request that you will allot tome Shares of '3* handl number as yon may think proper, in the dep os nl Pan7 I undertake to accept such shares, and to pay gen it thereon and to execute the subscribers' agreement and b Dtio n . ontract when required. ' 1 this day of , 1852. Profession or B usiness .. • • • ••• • • • . Address tiletif "_ Reference . • ...• •••.•. . • . • • • 'neat Geerie-tltsett, Westminster, Dec., 1862. )rgan g g 1 ..... 6 ....... ..... 1 013 ...... Pestli g -e- i „ tine k wecto 1 6° , ...... 1,0 "..." 1 0 '2 31 ..... • 1,012 Ec. 14. zb trn l e 3l ' st 114 R~ T ~ t l ar g e, , 00 of 16 ' A oa tos° c. 1 3 . 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In his Elegant Show-Rooms are displayed to the greatest ad vantage, a suuerb stock of Ladies' and Gentlemen's dressing cases, work-boxes, tea-trays, work-tables, chess-tables, tea-caddies, card-cases, &c. Those who desire to make really useful pre sents will find in the general department the best table cutlery, scis sors, thimbles, penknives, writing-desks, ivory and other hair brushes and combs, and a variety of goods adapted to every exigency. Also bagatelle-tables, affording a charming amusement on a wintry or wet day. 4, Leadenhall-street. GR AVESEND STAR PACKETS, No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe,and Perfect Piers The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS WEEK DAYS. Terrace Pier. Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses f:•om Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London. every 'snorter of an hour. 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CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cnrsions about the Environs of London—The raTITS, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and RamMes—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home --Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c.. &c, FRAGMENTS FROM THE - FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. T. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score yea rs and ten our course ma y run." Apopular rev ew of almost eve r y form (cause and care) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu ation of every-day life. IV. THE PASSIONS. "What pr,sions hurt the body—what improw, Truths as relined as Athens ever beard." Rtra:nor :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old a;e. The ad. vent of the natqions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual. ties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations graphic, nar. retive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. V. 1 THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the questior." Faomumma :—Laws and obligations of nature, glon regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Tim and eboice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, society. and roll complexione , and fl,:qre, toisecore healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. I'l - } . '3 4 N'l Azfectivenets and itarcyr.oral- SterTty and Its conversion. Cases. &c. By R. J. CHLITERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical aild Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings, Seven till Nine. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street. SIINDAYO LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1852. lik/fADAME FIORENTINI . —The Second Ap- A.v.a. pearance of this Vocalist, at Exeter Hall, will he at the neat Performance, by the SACRED HARI:IONIC SOCIETY, of Handel's MESSIAH, conducte by Costa, en WEDNESDAY, the 224 inst.—Tickets may be had at Cramer. Beale, and Co.'s. 201, Re gent-street, and at all the principal music warehouses. THOMAS HOOD'S GRAVE.—At a General Meeting of the Subscribers to the HOOD MEMO a lAL, held Dec. 2d, at the Whittington Club, it was resolved that thtf Subscrip tion List be CLOSED on the Ist of February, 1853, and Miss ELIZA COOK, Ma. MURDO YOUNG, and Ma. JOHN IVATKINS, • were appointed Trustees to the Fund. The amounts subscribed are depwited at interest in he London and Commercial Bank. - -•- QALT4E ROBIN, 232, Piccadilly, opposite the 1. Haymarket.—RE-OPENING on December 22, 1852, by the Soirees of the celebrated Somnambulist and Clairvoyante, PRU DENCE BERNARD, and the leaned Mesmerist, M. ROUX. Every Evening et 8 o'clock precisely, Nem Experiments in Mes mer;sm, Sensations, &c., to be intermingled by she Orpheonistes of Paris. Melodies for 20 voices. Further details in future Adver tisements. Contributions are received by Mr. William Strudwleke, at the Whittington Club, Strand ; by Miss Eliza Cook, Trarwurer, 54, Great Onnonde-street, Bloomsbury; and by Kr. Johll. Watkins, Hon. 5c.,.1 34, Parliament-street. Among the subscribers arc the following : His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.— • • .... £25 The Right lion. Lord John Russell, 3f P. 5 0 0 The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P 5 0 0 The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, 6 0 0 Sir William Frazer, 8art..... James Harmer, Esq.... ••••• • • • • • John Ma•::gregor, Esq., ALP •• • .. Arnold Boors, Esq. .. •• • • .... • • 5 5 0 Mrs. Robert Elliot ... ••• • • • 5 0 0 Richard Dawson, Esq., M.D.... George Peabody, Esq.. ••• .. • ..... 5 5 0 Edward Moorman, 5 0 0 David Salomons, Esq .. ••.. • 5 5 0 Messrs. Spalding and Hodge—. 5 5 0 Miss Eliza Cook ...... Miss Cushman.... • • ...• •• • ... • 5 0 0 Proceeds of an "Evening with Hood" at the Whittington Club.. • .. ••• • .. Murdo Young, Esq., and family 4 4 0 Samuel Rogers, Esq.• •• • • • ..... 3 0 0 C. W. Dilke, Esq... •• • • ••. •• • .......• Charles Lushington, Esq.. • • 3 0 0 Elias Davis, Escl••• • • . The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ...• 2 0 0 Sir James Duke. Bart., M.P..— . .„ „ 2 2 0 R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., 2 0 0 B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) Douglas Jerrold, Esq.... • • T. K. Hervey, Esq. •• ••• • • . Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-office .. 2 2 0 C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. ••••••• • • • • • • • ........ 2 2 0 C. W. Dilke, jun., Esq.... • • • • Edward Moxon, Esq...• .• • ..... • • •• • • ...... 2 2 0 James Coppock, Esq. ••• • • • _ .Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham,w4 .44. :..... • 2 2 0 Jas. Yiryld, Esq., and family.... •••• •• • . 2 0 0 Mrs. Theodore Martin (Miss Helen Faucit) •••• 2 2 0 A few Young Men at Simplim and Marshall's... 1 5 6 Nine half crowns from Manchester.— 1 2 6 The Right Hon. the Earl of Car1i51e........ 1 1 0 The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans.. • • 1 1 0 The Right Hon. Lord Brougham. •..••••• • • • • • 1 0 0 The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. .. 1 1 0 The Hon. and Rev. S. G. Osborne ••• • • • ........ 1 0 0 Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate)..... •• • • 1 1 0 Lady Sandys •• .• ...... ..... ..• , • 1 1 0 W. M. Thackeray, E5q....... Charles Swain, Esq, ...• • • ........ ••••• • • • • • 1 0 0 W. C. Macready, E•q• • . i 1 0 J. Westland Marston, Esq •• . ..... ••••.. • • .. 1 1 () Mrs. g• C. Hall Albert Smith, Esq. .. ••••.. • • • • • ...... •••• • • • 1 1 0 Lady Morgan • • ... •• • • ••• • • 1 1 0 W. CM. Kent. E5q.................... 1 1 0 Alfred Crowquill, Esq. •• • • ..1 1 0 William Jerdan, Esq.... • • Hepworth Dixon, E5q...... •••••• • • • • • • •• • • 1 1 0 Charles Gavan Duffy, Esq., 31• P ••••• • • • • • • 1 0 0 R. Swift, Esq., M.P.. ... • 1 1 0 James Macgregor, Esq., 31. P •• .. B. Oliveira, Esq., M.P.. •• • • ••• • • • W. J. Fox, Esq., M.P •••• • • .. Sir JohnKerle Haberfleld, knt., Bristol „. 1 1 0 Mrs Milner Gibson •.••••. Thanes Creswick. Esq. R.A......• • • J. B. Buckstone, Esq.. •••••..••• • • • • • . • • Mrs. Fitzwilliam • • •••••• • • • • • • Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning .. ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 1 0 Horace Mayhew, E5q...... ••••••••• • • • • • •• • • 1 1 0 C. Cowden Clarke, Esq. ••.. • • •• . Dr. Robert Elliot, Stratford ••.••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 1 0 Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution Rev. J. C. Collins .. Eight half crowns from Preston.... • • ...... • • In pence from Bideford • • ...... •• •• In pence from Bristol.... •••••• • • • • • • • Miss Mitford • . .. • • ••• • • 010 6 W. C. Bennett, E•q. •• .. .••..• • . • .. 0 10 0 E. L. Blanchard. E5q.....• 0 10 6 A few Poor Need1ew0men.................... 010 6 In other sums . .. RACING GAME, Manufactured byFUTVOYE. This Novel Game, allowed to be the most interesting amuse ment yet produced, and which may be played by two or any larger number of persona, can be had from the Manufacturer, complete, with solid bronze horses painted in appropriate colours, from 21. Futvoye, Manufacturer, Regent-street," stamped on each hoard. Also, the FRENCH RACING GAME and STEEPLE CHASE, from 2s. each, complete. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND NEW-YEAR'S GIFTS. MESSRS. FITTVOYE and CO. desire to call attention to their Exclusive Stock of ENGLISH and FOREIGN FANCY GOODS, suitable for Presents, comprising di easing and writing cases, workboxes. jewellery of every descrip tion. clocks, watches, bronzes, china, glass, alabaster, papier mettle, stationery, bibles, prayer-bo, k.s, and thousands of articles in bijou t erie snit vertu.—Futvoye and Co., 154, Regent-street ; 8, 11, and 12, Beak-street ; and 34, Rue de Rival', Paris. LAITRENT'R GRAND CASivn. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's, Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road, Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, of 25th George 11. Open every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal cruet-a-Elston, H. Iloulcour. Admission—ONE SHILLING. Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. — PA.TRON—H - B. H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION.—An OPTICAL and MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," the Worth from Shakspere, the Music by Born, Stevens, tienry West, Bishop, and Dr. Cooke, Daily at a Quarter-past Four, and Eveningg, except Saturday, at Half-past Nine.—LECTURES by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, Daily, at Two, and on Tuesday and Thursday Evenings at Eight; by Dr. Bachhoffner, on FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY, illustrated by the HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE ; by Mr. Cris pe, on BALLOONING and the PRCSPECTS of AERIAL NAVIGATION, illustrated by a beautiful Model of POITEVIN'S PAR A CHUTE, GREEN'S GUIDE ROPE, DIAGRAMS, &c.—DISSOLVING VIEWS, including Views of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, &c. _ • Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under ten years of age, 6d. each. THE EUROPEAN (and AMERICAN) ELEC- A_ TRIO TELEGRAPH COMPANY, incorporated by act of Parliament, 14th and 15th Vic., cap. 35. In connection with the Submarine Telegraph Company. Capital, 210,0001., in 40,000 shares of 51. each. Offices, 30, Cornhill. DIRECTORS. Lord DE IVIATTLEY. Chairman. Sir JAMES CARMICHAEL, Bart., Deputy-Chairm.n. W. J. Chaplin, Esq., ld.P. Ernest Bunsen, Esq. Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Rear-Admiral Sir Richard The Hon. Frederick Cadogan. O'Conor, K C.H. John Masterman, Esq., jun. Francis Edwards, Esq. John W. Brett, Esq. SECRETARY—G. L. Parrott, Esq. BANKERS —Messrs. Masterman, Peters and Co., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. Sommvoss —Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17,War ick street, Regent-street; Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., 17, Buckfersbliry, On the tat of November last this Company opened a subter ranean line of telegraph from their offices, 3', Cornhill, to Dover, where the wires are united to those of the submarine telegraph between Dover and Calais, thus insuring a direct communication (without any break) between London and the Continent. The Submarine cable to Belgium will be laid down between the South Foreland and Middlekirk (near os l end) in the ensuing month, when its wires will also be connected with the wires of this Company at Dover ; and a large accession of business will thereby be obtained for the European and American Electric Telegraph Company. Traffic arrangements have been made securing the European and American Telegraph Company the exclusive privilege of conveying all messages to and from London and any part of the Continent via France and Belgium. The capital hitherto expended is 50,00( 1 1., for which sum the Com pany has obtained an underground line of telegraph between London and Dover, constructed in such an efficient manner that a responsible contractor has guaranteed the maintenance of the works for the annual payment of 1001. All the preliminary expenses, the cost of obtaining the act of Par liament and :payments for patents, are also included in the above- mentioned expenditure. Although this line has been opened only six weeks, the net returns already show a profit of 5 per cent. upon the capital expended; and this satisfaceory result has induced the shareholders, at a General Meeting held on the Sth instant, unanimously to resolve that this subterranean system of telegraph should be extended to the towns of Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, so as to afford direct and unbroken intercourse between their several exchanges and the Con tinent. Contracts have been made to carry out these lines insulated in gutta percha, and laid underground, for a sum of 50,0901. In order to provide the necessary capital for this purpose, ten thousand shares of 51. each, to be pad up in full, will forthwith be issued ; and as the whole expense of the undertaking has been thus clearly defined, no liability can e incurred by the shareholders be yond the amount of their shares, as the Directors will undertake no new lines, nor enter into any farther engagement, without the consent of the proprietors. Whilst the working expenses of the Company wIl be but slightly increased by the proposed extension, the business between these main arteries of commerce is known to be of a very lucrative de scription, and the ratio of profit on the existing line will be largely augmented. The works to Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham are already in progress. Application for sh ares may be made to Messrs. Foster and Braith waite, Stockbrokers, 68, Old Broad-street, City, on or before Wed nesday, the 22d instant. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Established August 1, 1837. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. CHAIM/AN— Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park. ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION. A table of increasing rates of premium, especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts. Half-credit rates whereby half the premium only is payable during the first seven years. Sum Assured payable at sixty, or at death if occuring pre viously. Orphans Endowment Branch affording the means of having children educated and started in life, by securing annuities, to com mence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a son shall attain his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th year of age. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Annual division of profits. Policy holders participate in profits after five or seven annual payments, according to the table selected. Premiums calculated for every three months' difference of age. Half credit policies granted on terms unusually favourable ; the unpaid half premiums being liquidated out of the profits.. At the Annual General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction of 30 per cent. was made in the current year's premium on all partici pating policies. A Board of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. Age of the assured in every case admitted in the policy. Medical attendants remunerated in all cases for their reports. Extract (MUTUAL.) ) SURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Member of from l t 1 the Half Extract from Table with Participation . Credit Rates of in Profits, after Seven Yearly 1,...7 the Royal College of England, twenty - eight yea rs in London (P PET A 1 t Payments!! ---- practice, will remove any case of a r r l vate nat ure before char g e be Premium" =defer medicine to those attending. In cases arising from debility. nervousness, scrofula, pains in the back, lumbago, affections of Half 1 Whole the kidneys. infirmities of youth and maturity, or any case re- 4 premium premium Age. Half quar - quiring practical professional skill, Surgeon Hamilton de..idedly ts First for Re- Annual Yearly terly states that no case within reach of human aid shall leave him un- " 4 Seven mainder premium Pre- Pre cured. Ladies and Gentlemen who prefer consulting by letter, en- Years. of Life. MIAMI. MiMM. closing a fee of 105, 6d., with a detail of their complaint, will be _ ________ _—____ -- answered by return of post. Surgeon Hamilton attends for personal £ s. d. £ s. d. Years. Months £ s. cl. A s. d. £ s. d. consultation from 9 till 2, and from 5 till 9, daily. Post orde:s pay- , 30 1 1 9, 2 3 6 30 able at Charing-cross post-oflice, to HENItT HAMILTON, 3, King 0 27314 2 0 12 3 40 1 9 21 218 4 3 2 7 6 1 4 40 12 4 William-street, West Strand, London. 50 2 2 6 4 5 5 6 2 710 1 4 60 12 5 60 3 6 81 613 4 9 2 8 2 1 4 8, 012 6 NO MORE PILLS nor any Other MEDICINE. -Li :DU BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD is the natural remedy which has obtained 50,000 testimonials of cures from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies, Archdeacon Stuart of Ross, and other parties, of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipaton, and diarrhoea, nervousness, biliousness, liver compl.iint, flatulency, distension, palpitation of the heart, nervous headache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains in almost every part of the body, chronic inflammation and ulceration ot the stomach, erysipelas, emo tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofuls, ent consumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, heartburn, nausea and sick ness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, low spirits, spasms, cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, asthma, cough, inquie tude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of memory, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear, indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, and many other com plaints. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids gene rally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of diges tion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Barry Du Barry and Co., 'V, Regent-street, London. E. U. POSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCLS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London, A few out of 50,000 cures arehere given : Cure No. 7i, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies : " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Re valent a Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the pub lic to authorise the publication of these lines.—Stuart de Decks." Cure No. 49,832.—" Fifty years indescribable agony from dys pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, grams, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent food.—Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 51,418.—" Major W. Edie, H.M.S., 14, Buckingham street, Strand, London, cured of two years' liver complaint and inveterate diarrhoea, with total prostration of strength which had resisted the best treatment in India and at home." Cure No. 47,121. —" Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage; Waltham-cross, Herts : a cure of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314.—" Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gate-acre, near Liverpool : a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability." DR. WURZER'S TESTIMONIAL. Bonn, 19th July, 1852. This light and pleasant Farina is one of the most excellent, nom' gang, and restorative remedies, and supersedes, in many cases, all kinds of medicines. It is particularly useful in confined habit of body, as also in diarrhoea, bowel complaints, affections of the kidneys and bladder, such as stone or gravel; inflammatory irritation and cramp of the urethra, cramp of the kidneys and bladder, and hemorrhoids. This really invaluable remedy is employed with the most satisfactory result, not only in bronchial and pulmonary com plaints, where irritation and pain are to be removed, but also in pul monary and bronchial consumption, in which it counteracts effectually the troublesome cough; and I am enabled with perfect truth to ex press the conviction, that Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica is adapted to the cure of incipient hectic complaints and consumption. Dr.RIID. WURZEB, Counsel of Medicine, and practical M.D. in Bonn. In canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions-11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; blb., I Is. ; 121 b., 225.; super refined, 51b., 225., IMb., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free on receipt of post•oflice order.—Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Ma jesty, Piccadilly; Hedges and Butler ; Dietricbsen and Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Barclay ; Sanger ; Sutton ; Edwards ; Rumsoy ; North and Co.; Crosso and Blackwell; also at 60, Gracechurch street ; 49, Bishopsgate-street Within; 4, Cheapside ; 330 and 451, Strand; 54, Upper Baker-street; at the Poet-office, Camden-town; 24, Motcomb-street ; and may be ordered through all respectable Booksellers, Grocers and Chemists. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRE' INFIRMITIES OF "YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION;an Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and happiness of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthful excess, tropical climates, or close stady ; followed by prac tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il lustrated by SO coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS. ON all hands arrangements are making to celebrate the anniversary of Christmas. To create novelty for a festivity s) ancient requires some degree of ingenuity. and to introduce fresh sources of comfort and enjoyment claims more than ordinary talent. F o r a great numb er of years novelt i es i n D ress have been an important item in Christmas preparations. What, then, must be the amount of skill possessed by those artists whose Introductions are new on each recurrence of this festivity? It is those only whose success has long been the admiration of all classes. and whose seasonable productions have gained lasting celebrity, who can provide articles of ATTIRE worthy of universal patronage. The DRESS prepared for Christmas by E. MOSES and SON embraces variety, surpassing all attempts at imitation, and exhibits novelties which only the first Tailoring Establishments in the universe can device. To maintain this distinction, E. MOSES and SON'S Christ mas Preparations pres ent AT I IRE for ADULTS and JUVENILES in the w i des t range of taste, the nucleus of their most celebrated styles, DRESS for Christmas parties, the most splendid materials and the neatest workmanship. OVERCOATS and WATERPROOF CLOTEIINJ in the most gentlemanly and comfortable styles. HATS, CAPS, and HOSIERY, unequalled for qualily and beauty, and all Goods charged considerably lower prices than at any other house. N.B.—Christmas eve being Friday, E. MOSES and SON'S Esta.. blishmentrvill be closed at half-past four o'clock. TO EMIGRANTS. By SAMUEL LAWERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D. ctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &e. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful consequences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe. The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few 'egally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short, every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration and inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these csses. Published by the Author, ant may he 11.0 of i. Oilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford. street; Stacie, Titchbonie•street, Haymarket; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by letter daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. hag called an OUTFIT, or the best All requisite Good s and Clothi o pp or tunity for selecting to the largest or smallest amount, is afforded to all Emigrants, at the Outfitting Establishment of E. MOSES and SON, where Outfits for Officers in the Army or Navy, for Profes sional Gentlemen, Mechanics, or Gold Diggers, may be obtained, not only with greater convenience and dispatch, but better in quality, and cheaper, than they can be had elsewhere. Ship sailing infor mation and full Lists of Outfits may be had on application, or ost free. A separate department is appropriated to Outfitting. siCAITTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against impositio n, having learned that the u ntr adesmanllke falsehood of " Being conne3ted with their Establishment,"' or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in m a ny in s tances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT 01 LONDON, except their own Establishments, as f o ll ows : London City Establisbrnentf, 154, 155, 156 and 157, Minories, 83, 14, 85, and 86, Aldgate, o pposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 186, 507, 5 08, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradfbrd (Yorkshire) Branch , 19, Bridge Street. Sheffield Branch, 56, Varga '• Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies sold Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returne4 without hesitation. All goods are marked in Plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatem ent can be made. The Establishments are c losed from sunset F r id ay t o sunse t on Saturdays, when business is restene4 till Twelve o ' clock. A new Book, entitled a The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, f :Mist of prices, and directions for self-mea surement, may be had on application, or post. fre% to any part of the kirizdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had, gratis, on application. Lct l'on oarle Francais. Qui Perla Itallano. Hier smicht man Deutsch. I Aqua se habla Espanol. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by 11. Bernier°, 219, Regent„ s t ree t , London. No I. evo.. in cloth. Price se. hr poet free. A ,. Ad.. ON TRUE k FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. 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."—Lordon Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. " We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ` Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; P^d if this book could find its way into the hands of those who serer fY. in the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, an 1 what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks .aziost prize-- much money. .. ... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1662. No. 11. Svo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45.,, THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi ples at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in oven its morst Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of EngEiand. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY.) The Royal Assent was given by Royal Commission this afternoon to the following Bills :—The Commons' Inclosure Bill, the West India Loans Act Amendment Bill, and the Bank Notes Bill. The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Lonsdale. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord WODEHOUSE presented a petition from the town of Beccles, in Suffolk, praying for the distribution of Parliamentary papers. Lord BANDON presented a similar petition from a Literary and Scientific Institution at Cork. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented a petition from Barnstaple, complaining of bribery and corruption at elections of the borough, and praying for a Royal Commission to inquire into the same. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved for a copy of the Treasury minute relative to the sale of works sanc tioned by the Board of Education in Ireland. After a few words from the Earl of DERBY, the mo tion was agreed to. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE RECESS. The Earl of DERBY gave notice that he should to morrow, in the event of the resolutions before the other house being sanctioned by that house this evening, move the adjoUrnment of this house for the Christmas recess. If those resolutions were .not sanctioned, his lordship said it would be necessary to take a different course. Their lordships then adjourned. "in proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenayll has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as had as any which Mr. Syihe adduced, and on which be h,ad operated. Such are eases ix., ILL xii., and xviii. No. ix. had re taieted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and rya.' flnailY removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. a ppear, both in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of 'a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, r and yet th 3 treatment adopted by Mr. Conrtenay proved eminently :anoceashil." —Professor Lizara on the Treatment of Stricture. , HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. H: A. BRUCE took the oaths and his seat for Merthyr Tydvil. PETITIONS. The Sheriffs of the City of London appeared at the bar, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons, against the proposal for in creasing the house tax, which the petitioners stated was exceedingly unsound, unwise, and unjust. (Cheers.) Mr. EWART presented a petition from a literary institution, praying for papers. Several other petitions were presented upon the same subject, which were re ferred to the papers committee. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield, in favour of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. ELLIOT presented a petition from Warrington against the proposed increase in the house tax. Mr. LASLETT presented a petition from Worcester to the same effect. Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from Graves end against the who'e budget. Sir J. V. SHELLEY presented a petitio from West minster against the proposed increase of t house and property tax, and in favour of an extensio i `of the in come tax to Ireland, and probate and legacy duty to real property. Mr. BUTLER presented a petition from Mile-end against the budget generally, but particularly against that part of it which related to extending and doubling the house tax. Mr. VYSE presented a similar petition from Stafford. Mr. WILCOX presented a similar petition from Southampton. Mr. MACAULAY presented a similar petition. from Edinburgh. Mr. OSBORN presented a similar petition from Not ting Hill. Sir W. CLAY presented a similar petition from Poplar. Colonel SIBTHORP presented a petition from an in dividual, complaining of bribery and corruption at the last election for the borough of Oldham, and stating that several of the electors were pelted with rotten eggs and other missiles by the friends of the sitting member. (A laugh.) The SPEAKER said there was informality in the petition, and it could not be received. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from a religious society, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from West minster, in favour of its being opened on Sunday, toge ther with the National Gallery and British Museum. Mr. HEADLAM presented a petition from New castle-upon-Tyne against the budget. Mr. ELLICE presented a petition from Coventry against the budget. Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a similar petition. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a similar petition from Holborn. Sir G. PECHELL presented a similar petition from Brighton. Mr. BROCKLEHURST presented a petition from Macclesfield, against a doubled house and shop tax ; and in the absence from illness of the noble lord and his hon. colleague the members for Tiverton, a similar one from a public meeting there, and also one from the Tiverton Literary Institution, praying that Parliamentary reports of a scientific character may be supplied to their library. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a similar petition from the Corporation of Manchester, and another from Harwich. Sir B. HALL presented a similar petition from Finsbury. Mr. M. CHAMBERS presented a similar petition 'rom Greenwich. Mr. HUME presented a petition from a body of seamen, praying the house to do justice to them in its legislation, at the same time that it relieved the ship owners. _ _ . Mr. COWPER presented a petition from St. Alban's against the proposed increase in the house tax. Sir A. COCKBURN presented a petition from Dart mouth, complaining of the bribery and corruption that invariably prevailed at the elections for that borough. ROYAL COMMISSION. Sir A. CLIFFORD appeared at the table and sum moned the house to attend in the House of Peers to hear the Royal assent given by commission to several acts which both houses had agreed to, for which see Lords' report. DERBY ELECTION. Mr. GOULBURN brought up the report of the com. mittee on the Derby Election Petition. The report was as follows :—" The committee have gone into the allega tions of the petitition, and they have to report there upon, that they have examined witnesses and heard coun sel in support of the petition, as well as on behalf of the Right Honourable Major Beresford, the Secretary at War, and they have agreed to the following resolution, namely, to report that, respecting the specific allegations contained in the petition before them, the evidence which was taken satisfied them that an organised system of bribery and corruption was car ried out at the last election for the borough of Derby. That the Right Honourable Major Beresford wrote a letter to a Mr. Frail of Shrewsbury. [The letter which has already been before the public as one of the W. B. series, was to the effect that a good and safe man was wanted at Derby, but as Mr. Frail could not be spared from Shrewsbury, he must send some one in his place. The letter also gave explicit directions by which such a person was to make himself known at Derby, and was signed W. B.] That in consequence of the said letter, a Mr. Morgan was sent to Derby by Mr. Frail, acting on the instructions which he had re ceived, and subsequently Morgan was apprehended in Derby while engaged in carrying out the plan of the or ganised system of bribery proved before the committee. Your committee do not find that there is sufficient evi dence to satisfy their minds . that the organised schemes of corruption referred to in the petition were known to the right hon. member the Secretary at War ; but your committee are of opinion that the equivocal expres sions of the letter ought at least to have suggested to the writer the idea of the improper use to which that letter might be and was applied, and your ellll 111 l itteo are of opinion that the terms of the letter show a reck less indifference to consequences, which they cannot too highly censure." The report was ordered to be printed. NOTICES OF MOTION. Lord HOTHAM gave notice that early after the re cess, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to pre clude the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity from sitting in this house. Lord D. STUART gave notice that early after the recess, he should move for leave to bring in a bill to re peal the Septennial Act, and to shorten the duration of Parliaments. Mr. ROCHE gave notice that early after the recess he should move the following resolution, viv. :—That this house do resolve itself into a committee of the whole house, to take into consideration the present mode of levying duties upon home-made spirits in bond. Lord JOCELYN gave notice that, early after the re cess, he should call the attention of the house to the general question of railway communication in India. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. Mr. COWAN wished to ask the law officers of the Crown, if their attention had been drawn by the Board of Inland Revenue, or otherwise, to the fact that a weekly paper, entitled ". The Commercial Journal," con t a i n ing advertisements, intelligence, and news, has been published in the City of Dublin for some time without a stamp, and circulates notwithstanding free through the Post-office ; and whether it is the intention of the law officers of the Crown to take any steps against the proprietors or publishers of the paper in question ? Mr. WHITESIDE, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, knew nothing whatever of the case. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said as the billwas to have been brought in on this subject, particularly with reference to the Household Narrative of Current Events, but it had had not yet been . laid on the table. Might it be ex pected before the house broke up for the holidays ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER had requested the Attorney-General to turn his attention to the subject, as ho thought the grievance complained of ought to be remedied. The Attorney-General, how ever, was not in the house, and he could not say whether the bill would be laid on the table before the recess. THE HOUSE TAX. Mr. PELLATT wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reference to houses under P. parochial tax [PRICE 5D . composition, being let at weekly rents, whether, under the proposed double house tax landlords or owners would have the option of a similar composition ; and whether, in the case of the extension of the area to houses of ten pounds rental, or 4s. per week, a deduction would be made for repairs and for local taxation. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was not the intention of Government to take notice of the parochial composition, but each house would be as sessed according to its annual value, and no allowance would be made similar to that made by the local authorities. Sir B. HALL moved for a return, in columns, of-1. The number of houses in every county in England and Wales charged to the window duties in 1851 ; 2. The gross amount char g ed thereon in 1851 ; 3. The number of houses charged to house duty in the year ending April, 1852 ; 4. The amount of duty thereon. Agreed to. £3BO 4 $ Future subscriptions will be announced in The Times and other papers. Every subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Jour nal. JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec. THE MADIAIS. Mr. KINNAIRD wished to put a question to the - Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, relating to the case of the two Madias, now under sentence of im prisonment by the Tuscan Government ; and to inquire whether any reasonable hopes may be entertained as to their speedy release. Lord STANLEY said the Government had received several communications from Sir H. Bulwer on the subject, and he thought he might say from the - terms of them that there was reasonable hope of the release of the Madiais ; but at the same time the information was not sufficient to enable him to speak positively on the subject. LISBURN ELECTION. Mr. MACARTNEY complained of the delay which had taken place in making the return for the Lisburn election. The cause of the delay was to be found in the Hanaper office, Dublin, and as similar delay had taken place in other cases, perhaps the noble lord the Secretary_ fordreland would inquire into the matter. Lord NAAS had no knowledge whatever of the cir circumstance, but he would inquire into it. PORT OF SHIELDS. Mr. HUTT moved a copy of any memorials or other documents laid before her Majesty's Treasury, suggesting an extension of the boundaries of the port of Shields. Agreed to. EMIGRATION SHIPS. Mr. HUME moved for a return, in tabular form, of all vessels belonging to the United Kingdom cleared out ward with passengers at the Custom Houses of Great Britain and Ireland, from the 16th day of June to the 31st day of December 1852 (both days inclusive), under inspection of emigrant officers (in continuation of Parlia mentary Paper, No. 542, of Session 1852 ) ; showing name of ship, owner or owners, composition of crews, emigrants of each class, in manner of preceding return ; with the totals from each port for the whole year 1852. Agreed to. POOR LAW UNIONS. Mr. EWART moved for returns from each of the poor-law unions in England, Wales, and Ireland, show ing :-1. What kinds of employment, if any, are carried on in the respective workhouses, or on land attached to then. 2. The number of adult able-bodied persons, male and female, who appeared on the books as reci pients of relief on the Ist day of July, 1852, and the proportion of them engaged by the directions of the guardians in handicraft and agricultural industry. 3. The classification of the inmates of each workhouse, and the number of them engaged in industrial pursuits. 4. Whether all the articles produced are used in the workhouses, and, if not, how the surplus is disposed of. Agreed to. STAMP DUTIES ON PATENTS BILL. The Stamp Duties on Patents for Invention Bill was read a third time and passed. THE BUDGET—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The house then went into Committee of Ways and Means ; Mr. WILSON PATTEN, in the chair. Lord J. RUSSELL said he found that the other night there was considerable difficulty in ascertaining the meaning of the resolution of the Government, and, on inquiring into the matter, he found that only a por tion of the resolution had been read. He, therefore, thought it would be better to take the whole resolu tion. Mr. W. PATTEN explained that the usual course was to read the whole resolution, unless an amendment was proposed, and then only the portion of the resolu tion to which it referred was put. There having been an amendment, he had adopted the latter course. Mr. HUME said, on behalf of Mr. W. Williams, he would withdraw his amendment, and substitute it as an amendment to the whole resolutions of the Govern ment. After a few words from Mr. W. PATTEN, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was informed on the highest authority that the reso lution should be taken paragraph •by paragraph. He only intended to take the opinion of the committee on the increase and extension of the tax, and the question as to the amount of the tax would be deferred until another occasion, when he should take the opportunity of laying the views of the Government before the com mittee. That was a distinct proposition, and he felt bound in honour not to press for a decision upon it until after the holidays. He trusted the committee would agree to divide upon the preamble of the resolution as soon as possible. Mr. E. DENISON said he distinctly understood that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated he would look upon the vote of the committee as conclusive of the whole propositions of the Government ; and, under these circumstances, he hoped the Government would allow the whole resolution to be read. (Hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE thought it was the practice of the house for the chairman to read through the entire reso lution, unless he were interrupted by some hon. member who desired to move an amendment to any particular paragraph. The hon. member for Lambeth gave notice of an amendment to the preamble of the resolution, but he subsequently withdrew it, and the hon. member for Manchester (Mr. Bright) then intimated that he wished to take a negative on these words. Now he would ask the hon. member if he had any objection to a negative being taken on the whole proposition ? Mr. BRIGHT said he was willing to take any course which the forms of the house would sanction. Sir J. PAKINGTON observed, that though in point of fact there was but one resolution, it embraced four distinct propositions. The preamble stated the principle of the Government proposition—viz., that the house tax should hereafter be extended in erea, and increased in amount. (Hear.) Then there followed three other distinct propositions—first, that the house tax should be extended to houses of 101. ; secondly, that houses of a certain class should pay is. in the pound ; and, thirdly, that other houses of a certain other class should pay is. 6d. in the pound. these were all propositions on which a difference of opinion might prevail ; and he therefore submitted that the most fair course was to consider only one at a time, and to take the preamble first. (Hear.) Mr. GOULBURN said they were in a committee of ways and means, for the purpose of granting supplies to her Majesty ; but the preamble of the resolution was not a vote, for it simply asserted that " the following duties should be hereafter payable—that is to say," and then it terminated. (Hear, and cheers.) It involved a general principle ; but a committee of ways and means was not the place to determine such a question. (Cheers.) Mr. HINDLEY thought if the house had not intended to go into the details of the resolution, the proper time would have been to do so at the time when the hon. member for Finsbury opposed that the Speaker leave the chair. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE denied that the preamble of the resolutions contained the principle of the extension of the area of the house tax, and of the amount of payment on it. He contended that the issue originally intended by Government, mac too i"„LIL. E , hutuic tax, awl it was nonsense for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to say that that rested with the house. The issue had, in fact, been changed to suit the convenience of some par ties, but who they were he knew not. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that so far as he was concerned, he should not consider any gentleman voting for this resolution, pledged to the Government proposal with respect to the house tax. Sir C. WOOD doubted whether it would be possible in accordance with the forms of the house, to put the preamble of these resolutions alone. The fact was, that theresolutions were drawn up in a somewhat loose form. They were in commiitee of ways and means, and their duty, therefore, was to vote a grant, and not to repeal an existing tax. If it were in form, he for his own part was quite willing to go to a division on the preamble. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that the mos the whole f tory course to be pursued would be t o read- resolution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that so far as the form of the resolution wthaossecoonfpetrnheedri,ghhet had copied them totidem v erbis from hon. gentleman the member for Hahl He repeated that, so far as the Government was concerned, any gentleman voting for this first r esolution was perfectly entitled at a future opportunity to oppose the redupli cation of the house tax. Mr. E. DENISON said that the declaration of the right hon. gentleman was in substance that any hon. ge ntleman voting a supply of one shilling might be at liberty to interpret that shilling to mean 6d, 4d, or 10d, as he liked. Mr. K. MACAULAY said he was one of those, who being willing to divide for an extension of the house tax, were unwilling to be driven into a vote as towhat the amount of extension should be. He had not yet made up his mind as to the number of pence by which the house tax should be extended, though he was of opinion that it should be extended. Mr. S. HERBERT said that the real question before the committee was, to what amount the house tax should be extended, and it was impossible for them to discuss the principle of the measure. Sir T. ACLAND said, that if he were called upon to vote the highest amount of extension. he should do so on the understanding that he would be at liberty, at any future period, to endeavour to lower it. Mr. MALINS said his mind was not yet made up as to the amount to which the house tax should be in creased, and he should, therefore, vote for this resolu- tion, on the mid, discussed afterwt bers on that side The CHA_NC that hon. mem', simply voting materials for a fectly open for any hon. gentleman making objections to the future details of that bill. The amendment was withdrawn, and the resolution was put from the chair. Sir A. COCKBURN said there was not a single mem ber but must deplore what had been going on for the last hour. (Hear, hear.) No one could assert that the scene which had just been witnessed was other than dis creditable to the character of their proceedings. They had resumed a discussion which had already occupied three Long nights, and were now at a loss to determine what was the question they were discussing. Whence did that arise? From the shifting and vacillating policy pursued by her Majesty's Government. (Hear, hear.) What were the facts? It was now almost a fortnight since the Chancellor of the Exchequer laid before the house the financial scheme of the Government. In a speech commensurate with the importance and gravity of the occasion, he brought before the house the great features of his financial scheme, which, as he showed, consisted mainly of two parts. He proposed, first, to remit taxes which he conceived to be impolitic or unjust; and, secondly, inasmuch as the surplus he had at his dis posal was not sufficient to cover the deficiency of re venue occasioned by such remissions, he proposed to supply that deficiency by the imposition of new taxes, to be raised partly from increasing the area of taxation with reference to the house and income taxes ; and, further, by providing that persons who had not hitherto been contributors, should pay. Nothing could be more clear or explicit than the statement of the right hbn. gentleman. At the same time, he invited the louse to consider the statement, not in parts, but as a whole. He laid on the table certain resolutions on which, though limited to the house duty, he called on the house to consider the whole financial scheme. So the debate continued for two nights, during which period the budget of the right hon. gentleman had to sustain a series of assaults. It had to encounter the criticism of the right hon. member for Halifax, in a speech of which -he should only express. the opinion of every one who heard it, when he said that it was one of the most mas• terly ever delivered in that house. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had next to encounter the close and ad mirable logic of the hon. member for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and then to pass the ordeal of examination by the matured judgment of the right hon. member for , the University of Cambridge. Without assuming a tone of arrogance, it might be said that, as the result of those two nights' discussion, her Majesty's Government had not acquired any accession of strength. On the contrary, rumours and whispers went abroad that the Government were placed in a difficult position. Mem bers disposed to support the Government were not dis posed to offend their constituents. It was then sought on the area of taxation to reduce the area of discus sion. The manoeuvre succeeded to a certain extent. It was intimated that hon. members would now be in a condition to vote for the Government, and even old birds came into the net. The hon. member for Montrose was taken by the proposal of the Chancellor •of the Exchequer to limit the question to the area of taxation, and while he said that he found much more matter to reprove than to praise, and objected to in creased taxation, he ended by declaring that h e s h ou ld vote for the budget. Matters went on smoothly and pleasantly till the right hon. member for Carlisle rose. That right hon. gentleman repeated an inquiry put in an earlier part of the evening by the hon. member for Middlesex, whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to limit the question to the area of taxation ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that he did not intend to take the sense of the house on anything further than the area of taxation ; twice in the same evening the right hon. gentleman declared expressly and expli citly that he limited the resolution to that one branch. What was the course pursued by the right hon. member for Carlisle ? He proceeded to prove that, on the show ing of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the second year of his financial existence, if that lasted so long, would leave no great€r surplus than tie first year, and appealed to the right hon. member for Stamford, who had been described as the Nestor of Finance, whether he sanctioned with his authority a budget remitting so much of the malt tax, without having secured the doubl e • h ouse duty, the want of which involved a deficiency. The Chancellor of the Exchequer felt the difficulty ; and the same evening in which he declared that he would take the opinion of the committee on the area of taxation only, the right hon. gentleman said he should not limit the question to the area of taxation, but would include also the question of the whole budget. Was that a course of proceeding which reflected credit on the Government? When hon. gentlemen said that they could not vote for the Government, though anxious to support it if pos sible, but that they would excite the wrath of their con stituents by increasing the area of taxation, or at least by doubling the tax, it might well be asked whether, to meet the exigency of the hour, and for the sake of catch ing a few stray votes, it was a worthy course for the Government to change the whole tenour of their con duct ? The wholq difficulty in which the committee had been placed was the result of the course pursued by the right hon. gentleman ; but there could be no longer any doubt that the committee were to express their opinion by their votes, not only on the question whether the area of taxation should be increased with reference to the house duty, but on the question whether that duty should be doubled. Unless the committee assented to that twofold proposition it would be impossible to remit duties. That was the keystone of the whole financial fabric which the right hon. gentleman had constructed. He (Sir A. Cockburn) wished to meet that proposition by a clear and decided negative. The Government must prove the necessity and justice of increasing the area of taxation and doubling the tax, as they must also prove the necessity and justice of' extending the income tax to incomes hitherto exempted. The favourite argument was expressed in the question, why should persons possessing incomes or household property below a certain amount be exempted from contributing their fair share ? When the question was put in that naked and abstract way it was extremely difficult to make a satisfactory answer ; but an answer might be given by contending, with the hon. member for Middlesex, that before that question could be answered, there must be imported into the con sideration of the subject, as an essential element, the surrounding circumstances of the complicated system of taxation which existed.. Until the startling inequalities —he had almost said iniquities—of thepresent system of taxation, as pressing on the poorer classes, were adjusted and rectified, Parliament had no right to include them in the direct taxation of the country. The right hon. member for Carlisle pointed out the other evening that 35,000,0001. were paid by the great mass of the con sumers in this country through indirect taxation. (Hear.) The mass of the consumers spent almost all their in comes, if not all, on the indispensable necessaries of life ; and the committee, if it were put in possession of the figures, would, he believed, be satisfied with respect to the grievous injustice of imposing more taxation on those classes. What did the working ma n pay on tobacco, which was his comfort and solace when his labours for the day were concluded? On to bacco, which varied in value from 31d. per pound to is. 4d. per pound, there was a uniform tax of 3s. per pound. amounting, on the lowest figure, to 1,125 per cent., and. on the highest to 225 per cent.—a difference of not less than 900 per cent. between the price which the poor man paid and that which the rich man paid. The lowest class of cigars were imported at 6s. 6d. per pound, the highest at 19s. per pound, and the duty was 9s. per pound, being 120 per cent, on the poor man's cigar, and only 47 on the rich man's. On wines the difference was enormous, being 676 per cent. on the low priced, and 22 per cent. on the high priced wines. On brandy the percentage was 310 upon inferior, and 108 upon superior qualities. As a general proposition he should say, that on the whole of those articles consumed by the great mass of the com munity the difference was enormous between the per centage in the shape of taxation taken from the poor man, as compared with the rich. That consideration afforded a strong argument against the proposed ex w t . e ev ns r ion i g r f direct taxation. Thera w aa one tning, t which the industrial classes ought to b e most grateful eful to the right honourable gentleman, whichan and t t h h a e t was the recognition of a principle as tocom monnse of mankind had long been o pp osed to the e subtle s and perverse logic of economists, an d that was, that an income derived by daily labour, and by the exercise of professional or industrial skill on the part of individuals, which owed its continuance to their exertions, and ceased on their deaths, which was subject to deductions for the future provisions of their families, and which was precarious and uncertain, differed from incomes derived from land, which were fixed and permanent. So far the right hon. gentleman had done well ; but, looking at the budget as a whole, he saw nothing but mischief and evil in the o ta o x rr a e t s io n po u h d e prop i ug osed t benefit oro lay ad on thevantage cionuthn t e r y t a x , wi ee t h h e ou in t e, 7 n y t to take off. Whether it was in reality class legislation people,or not, t a h n e budge ou ld t w stir u l u d be p strife receiveda n d h e in r t t h h u a r u t ilightngs among them. The Government would set class against class, they would excite ill will and jealousies throughout the country, and they would do all this without any addition to the prosperity and comfort of the great mass of the people. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WHITESIDE said the sth George IV. assimi lated in substance and effect the funds in Ireland to the funds in England, and provided that they might be trans ferred and the dividends paid in the same way, without cost or expense. The sth and 6th Victoria, which must be right, as it was passed by Sir Robert Peel, who was the great authority quoted in the house on all matters of finance, and to which the right hon. member for Cam bridge was a party, exempted the land of Ireland, but it taxed—not the funds, but the dividends arising fro m funded property, whether in Ireland or in England. It exempted persons who 'resided in Ireland, and by section 90 it explained what residence in Ireland was, and provided that any one who could endure exist ence in that country for six months was within the exemption, a nd would escape any reductio n o f hi s divi dends. By section 25 the governors and directors of the Bank of Ireland were appointed to act as commissioners for adjusting the assessments on annuities and dividends to persons not resident in Ireland. What was the prac tical result of that legislation ? An English gentleman having property in the funds in England and in Ireland w as taxed on the dividends received in each country. A person holding funds in Ireland received the same dividends on the same day, and with all the same advan tages, as the English holder, but he was not taxed if • 81 0 76 9 ,579 1 6 Pee' go Dec' Pee' ei Arril 10' 10 uec. 1 6 Dee' 2 1 Pe e ' 0 pee. 0 6 Pe. 16 Pt' gl )04 sc l e o go , f,COP 00 11, rife of 4 r 0 , !„„. 471, J. /' O W tiP eC ' Liid* 600, dice' N6' 734 .I'B4 Time.