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tAWtibiey do TRU COURT of DIRECTORS of the E AST' INDIA. COMPANY do hereby give notice, • That the Tft kN F'El2 BOOKS 01 the said Company's Stock will be 81117 T en THURSDAY, the 4th March next, at Three o'clock, end OPENED again on THURSDAY, the 15th April following. That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their house, in Leadenhall-street, on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1852, from Aline o'clock in the Morning until Six o' clock in the Evening, tor the Election of Six Directors of the said Company for Four Years. That the Form of a Letter of Attorney, and of a Declaration for ena bling Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy on this occasion, may be obtained on application at the Treasury in this That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready to be delivered on Tuesday, 30th March, 1852. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. EAST INDIA HOUSE, JANUARY 28, 1852. rip HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company gill be held at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th March next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. JAMES C. ME LVILL, Secretary. PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause of PECK v. STEPTOM, the Creditors of JOHN PECK, late of Rishangles, in th e emu)* of Suffolk, Farmer an d Miller (who died in the month of April, 1839), are, by their Solicitors, on or before the ,Oth day of February, 1852, to leave their claims of debts before JOSEPH Hum ? Hay, Esq., one'of the Masters of the said Court, at his Office, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and are, on the 20 th.... day of March, 1852, to es tablish such claims before the said Master, or in default thereof such persons will he peremptorily ex cluded the benefit of the said Decree, and the General Orders of the said Court. SOLE, TURNER, and TURNER, SS, Aldermanbury, London. Agents for E. POWNALL, Ipswich. PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS OF. T HE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY, /' - rovilionally registered pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, eap. 110. Temporary Offices, 11, Abehureh-lane, City. Capital, 125,0001., in :25,000 Shares, of 11. each. To be paid up in full on Allotment, and no further Liability. TRUSTEES. Captain the Hon. J. C. W. Vivian, Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall Colonel Robert Douglas, R.A. , C. 8., &c., Esher, Surrey With power to add to their number. DIRECTORS. The Hon. John Cranch Walker Vivian, 41, Green-street, Hyde-park The Hen. Denis Arthur Bingham, Portland-street, and Newbrook, comity Maye, Ireland Sir Philip Clarke, Bart., Westimrne-park Villas, and Oak Hall, East Barnet Colonel Hobart Douglas, ILA., C. 8., &c., Esher, Surrey Samuel Fennell, Esq., 14, St. Mary Axe, and Arlington-square William Matta, Esq., 17, Belgrave-street William Paterson, Esq., Essex-court, Temple, and Bloomfield-street, Westbourne-terrace. ; kutrllliam Penny, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-dilds, and Victoria-road South, Kentish-town W. Berkeley Silverlock, Esq., the Grove, Stoke Newington W. Campbell Sleigh, Esq., the Temple, and 11, Ovington-square, Brompton Raynham W. Stewart, Esq., Kingsland-crescent, and Bromley, Mid dlesex With power to add to their number. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Jesse Balderston Quimby, Esq . C.E. (late Engineer to the Cabarral. Fair Forest, and Booker Gold Mining Companies, Carolina cad Vagina; the Chanca and Huallanca Silver Mines, Peru, &c., &c.) BANKERS. Mess*. Martin, Stone, and Martins, 68, Lombard-street. AUDITORS. To be elected by the Shareholders. SECRETARY (pro tern.) Mr. John Simpson. SOLICITOR. William Henry Orchard, Esq., 11, Staple Inn. Applications for Shares may be made to the Solicitor, or the Secre tary of the Company; such app lications must, however, in all cases, De accompanied by responsible references, otherwise they will not be entertained. L ONDON & CALIFORNIA. GOLD QUARTZ CRUSHING COMPANY. (Completely Registered.) The above Company being completely registered, and having made arrangements for a large and immediate supply of Gold Quartz, and also for extracting gold from auriferous clays, t'e Directors beg to state that no applications for shares will be received after Saturday next, January 21. Prospectuses to be had at the Offices of the Company, 102, Leaden hall-street ; or Mr. F. A. Helps, Broker, 21, Fincn-lane. F. lIORE, Secretary. MIDLAND RAILWAY. Notice is hereby Given, that the next ORDINARY HALF - YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Midland Railway Company, under their Act of Incorporation, Will be held at the Railway Station at Derby, on WEDNESDAY the 25th day of February next, at One o'clock in the Afternoon precisely. JOHN ELLIS, Chairman of the Board of Directors. SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy Chairman. By order, J. E. BELL, Secretary Derby, January 28th. 1852. LA W LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, London, Jan. 14, 1852. Notice is hereby given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assu rance Society will beheld at the So cLetY's Office, Fleet-street, London , o n MoNnlv, the 2d day of Fe bruary next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon precisely, pursuant to the Provisions of the Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of receiving the Auditors' Annual Report of the accounts of the Society tip to 81st December last, and for general purposes. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES. _ The DIVIDEND on the Capital Stock fo r the year 1851 will be PAID between the hours of Ten and Thre e daily (Tuesday's ex- CePted), on and after the 12th day of April next. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL. TO-MORROW EVENING, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30. Mendelssohn's Sacred Oratorio—ELlJAH. Vocalists—Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. Lockey, Mr. H. Phil uPa. &c. The B and and Chorus will consist of 800 Performers. ,?, o nductor—Mr. SURMAN, founder of the Exeter Hall Oratorios. c kets,3s. ; Reserved, ss. ; Central Area numbere d Seats, 10s. 6d. eaci at the Office of the Society, 9, in Exeter-hall, entrance in Ezeter-street. T LONDON PSAL MIST.- upon a —u .ste Book and Ps ulm and Hym n Book bound together, plan that will enable all Musical Persons to join in this vain able portion of Divine Worship • the words selected for the use of l' a _ lu e .Chnreh of England by the &v. W. J. 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With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Ph ysiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE , LONDON. doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterlan Medical Society of Edinburgh, Sce., S'e• tom This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana 1, and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative "nditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the highestwta medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo whisinserted i n the work, is the only legally qualified medical man . has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the t treatment , of these those whose He may be consulted with advan marriyagers: whereby the th r fe e a 1 '; all th " e ' w aft(' constitutions may have become debilitated later through practiceracquired in youth, or by the excesses of misery and r egret, ated, and pleasures of life are marred, the objects of existence itself rendered a term of unceas lugPublished by the Author, Koster-row ; Hannay,63 and may be had of J. 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Chamberlayne . . . Major-Generall Hewitt . . . . Captain Lacey 1 0 0 A Widow ..... . . 1 0 0 Mr. H. Ashley Mr. R. Richardson • • • . • 1 0 0 Mr. T. Simpson . . • . .1 0 0 Mrs. M. E. Fox Miss M. E. Fox .21 00 . 10 10 0 .5 5 0 •5 5 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 0 0 .5 0 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 €1 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 00 . 5 0 0 .5 0 0 . 5 0 0 . 5 0 0 . 3 10 0 . 3 100 . 3 3 0 . 3 0 0 . 3 0 0 . 2 2 0 .2 2 0 . 2 2 0 .2 2 0 . 2 2 0 . 2 2 0 .2 0 0 Collected exclusively in the Stocl poor Relatives of the Si c Exchange for the Widows and ifferers in the Amazon. L. 11. H. . . S. gpurling . . Henry Grisewood . Wooldridge . . N. Wilkinson . £lO 0 0 • 5 0 0 .10 00 ▪ 5 00 .10 00 Henry Reyes . . £1 0 0 W. Faber • . . 1 0 0 E. Whitmore . . . 1 0 0 A. Whitmore . . . 1 0 0 Flower . . . 1 0 0 E. Levien . . . 1 0 0 Edward Kennedy . . 1 0 0 Bragg and Stockdale . 2 0 0 C. L. Slous . . . 2 0 0 J. E. Rougemont . . 1 0 0 W. E. Wilkinson . . 2 0 0 Elamerton Williams . 1 0 0 Hammon Paine . . 1 0 0 It. S. Wilkinson . . 1 0 0 t. 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Blue (to whom the Prize for the best Quadrille was awarded), is this day published at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. Also, Le Chateau d'lf Waltz, by Henri Laurent, forming Nos. I. and 11. of Laurent's Repertoire of Dance Music, as performed by his Band at the Nobility's Balls, &c. Onslow House, Brompton, January 29. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author price One Shilling each; by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, high-roads, and other pleasant places—Country Trips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE. MEETING OF LABOURERS. Last night an aggregate meeting of the labourers thrown out of employment through the strike in the iron trades was held at the National Hall, High Hol born, to take into consideration their present position, and to adopt such measures for their future support as might be deemed necessary. The meeting was con vened by the labourers' own committee, but the ex penses attendant upon it were defrayed, we under stood, by the executive council of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, &c. No skilled workmen, whether society or non-society men, were allowed to take part in the proceedings ; but the attendance of necessity of pe acea bl e con d uct. ARSTERS, on t a ki ng t h e c h a i r, b r i e fl y en labourers was less numer ous th an h a d been p a s l ga were m a t e fi d r Societyst close closed, an ticipated.formcerd. ti‘hle Mr. LLOYD, in moving th e fi rst reso l u ti on , s t a t e d t e h o a n t ne w il he o n f sAhmoadth p e r o e i x n e i c se u d tiv to e aid in procuring subscriptions from the public, and had with that view issued a circular, but apparently without producing any satisfactory results, as the labourers had only received 35. as an allowance for the first week, while the non -society men were paid 7.1. A great deal of dissatisfaction consequently arose, and a deputation of labourers was appointed to wait upon the executive council, to represent the condition in which they were placed. The answer of the council was very peremptory—it was, that only the subscriptions derived from the public could be applied to their relief, as the sub scriptions coming from organized bodies, such as the compositors and other trade 4 111 1:-aties, must go to the support of the non-secietYiret - _Amither - deputation had subEquently called at the offi ce of the Employers Association, where they met with a most courteous reception. Without even or knowing or asking their object, Mr. Sidney Smith, accompanied by three of the largest employers in London, came out to speak to them. They would not acknowledge the deputation as such ; but advised that two labourers from each shop should wait upon the employers to re present the condition in which the labourers were placed; and they further promised to pay due atten tion to any written communication which might be sent from the labourers' central committee‘ Yester day the executive council had handed over is. 6d. per man, but the committee, by judicious management, paid each man 2s. Upon the merits of the dispute he would say nothing ; but one thing was quite clear, they were thrown out of work by no fault of their own, and were in a destitute condition. How could it be otherwise ? When in work they earned only from 16s. to 20!. per week, and they found great dif ficulty out of that sum to pay as much to a friendly society as would secure them 10s. per week when sick. However the question in dispute might be settled; it could make no material difference to them, and while he gave the executive council credit for all that they had done for the labourers, with a pure motive, there were some things which he thought they had not done in a pure spirit, and for which he could give them no credit.—(Hear, hear.) In con clusion he moved the following resolution : " That this meeting views with extreme regret the unfortunate dispute between the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and their employers, and it will therefore exert its utmost energies to impress upon the mind of the benevolent public the immediate necessity of contri buting towards the support of that large and unorganised body of men, th e l a bourers, who have hitherto been, and still int en d to continue, neutral upon the subject of the strike, but who have, nevertheless, by it been entirely deprived of the means of support. And it would further recommend all persons favourably disposed to the pro posed philanthropic object particularly to state that their subscriptions are for the labourers' list,' so that the labourers may derive the immediate and unconditional benefit." Mr. ALRIDGE, on seconding the resolution, said it was unjust to pay the non -society men 7s. per week, while the labourers bad received only 3s. The la bourers had expected to be placed on the same footing as the others.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Newton had jus tified the difference in these two sums by saying that the non-society men paid higher rents than the labourers, and having been used to a superior mode of living, required more nourishment.—(Shame, shame.) Mr. Newton, at public meetings, had stated his own side of the ease, but not the side of the labourers. It was the aggression 'committed upon the masters by the demand of double overtime which had caused the dispute, a demand with which, he be lieved, the masters would never comply—(Hear)—and if it had not been made, eyay man might have been in work at that mornentt--('Hear, hear.)" The mas ters, whatever the Atnaltid*ted Society might say to the contrary, had receit;telpe deputation courte ously, but the Ainalgatuatee Society were treating the labourers most unfairly—they were, in fact, first taking the crumb from the loaf for themselves, and then handing to the labourers the crust, when it was quite dry.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put, and unanimously adopted. Air. EVANS, in moving the second resolution, said the executive council of the Amalgamated Society had shown their sympathy for the labourer by allow ing him 41. a day—(Hear, hear) —althoug h it had through the acts o f th e society that the labourers been thrown out.—(H ear, h ear.) Th e movement of engineers was not for the good of the labourers. lt had been said that the council did not wish to put away the labourers f rom the mach i nes , but be much doubted the truth of this denial.—(Hear, h ea r.) The object of the movement was i n f act to c rush the, rising intellect of the l abourers. —(Hear, hear.) The Amal gamated Society, in their future documents, might omit all reference to their less-skilled brethren, who would endeavour to look after subscriptions for them selves, and had perhaps good sense enough to divide them when collected.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) lie recommend e d an entire withdrawal from the Amalgamated Society.-- upon the fair spirit i -11 (Cheers.) After remarking Which the matter had been treated by the press, the speaker concluded by moving the following resolution : That this meeting cannot but express its firm con viction that the Employers' Association have no desire to see any of their labourers reduced to destitution, but that the masters, both in their collective and individual capacity, should most willingly assist the labourers whom the pending dispute has thrown out of employment, and it would, therefore, suggest that a petition be presented to the Employers' Association, for the purpose of laying before it the position and prospects of the labourers, and also to receive any stun the association may think fit to advance, while at the same time it would recommend that one labourer from each firm should wait upon their respective employers fora like purpose." Mr. CuazoN seconded the resolution, expressing a decided opinion that the labourers would meet with increased sympathy from the public when their posi tion and prospects were fairly stated . The resolution was carried unanimously. Several other labourers addressed the meeting, and a central committee was appointed to collect subscrip tions solely for the relief of labourers. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. Yesterday Mr. Gooch department of superintendent of the loco motive th e Eastern Counties Railway, visited the company's work s at Stratford, and sending for the engineering work men into his office, stated that information had reached the directors that the workmen were contributing a day's pay per week to wards the support of the engineers' strike, and that, in consequence, he had been instructed to intimate that any m an so contributi ng i n future, would be dis charged. THE LOSS OF T $ ,- -' AMAZ ON. At the adjourned inquiry 4yesterday into the loss of the Amazon, by the Commissioners of the Board of Trade, the following evidence was heard after our report left : George Webb, able seaman was next called and recapitulated his former stateme n t, one of the men who were at the This witness was wheel at the time of the accident, and he underwent mination respecting his deserting h a at i severe cross-exa mination post without orders. His defence was that he saw every body crowding into the boats' and he thought he would be left alone in the burning ship, no officers were near him. Beside s this, somebody especially as had lashed the tiller s o that th e wheel would not work, and his remaining there longer was useless. James Berryman , the next witnes s admitted that he had lathed the tiller without orders while two m en were at the wh eel ; his re ason being that he feared the fire would catch the wheel or the tiller ropes. He was also severely handled respecting his making no attempts to assist th e captain and officers in preserving order and. endeavouri ng to save the pass engers. He admitted that if the boats had been properly handled by the crew all might ha ve been saved. Willi am Stone, fourt h engineer) and John Lamont, stoker, were then called, but their evidence elicited nothing that was not before kn own. Henry Passinore was next examined—He con firmed the evidence of Mr. whilelscn on Monday, to the effect that the barque ch passed them altered her course, and passed to leeward of the burning vessel, not very close, but at the distance cf about half a mile. Ile did not see her after th at, and he thoug ht that if she had again a itered her course. and stood to windward, he would have seen her: He doubted, however, whether she had stopped to save any one, for if she had he thought she would have lain to all night, and picked up the other boats He saw the barque about an hour after the fire broke'out—half an hour before that he saw the vessel in flames from stem to stern, when no living man could have stayed upon the deck. Before leaving the ship he heard some of the sailors go to Mr. Roberts, the chief officer, and say to him, " Give us orders, and we'll obey them." He heard no answer given to thi.. Mr. Jacob Allen, who was sent out by Messrs. Seaward and Capel, the engine-makers, was next called—He denied that any danger had arisen from the shortness of the boiler flues—the fact was that they were what were called double flues, with sepa rate flues to each boiler, so that the flame had three times the distance to travel which it would have in a funnel of ordinary construction. He then described the way in which the space between the boiler and the bulk head was protected; and added that it was impossible, in his opinion, that the prickers of the stokers should have set fire to any loose canvas, and so caused the conflagration. John Rogers, able seaman, said he had first got into the captain's gig, but she was stove in four dif ferent places. He jumped out of her into another boat that was then passing; and when he got into her he could see the flames of the vessel through the gig. He did not think such a boat, so stove, could ]ive in the sea for a minute. Daniel Brown confirmed the evidence of the pre ceding witness respecting the stoving in of the gig. When he left the ship, the captain, Mr. Treweeke, and about fifteen others, were standing near the wheel. The boat in which he left would have held them all; bat they made no attempt to come, and ap peared to have given themselves up as lost men, and seemed resolved to share the fate of the ship. George Harding confirmed the other witnesses that the gig, the only remaining boat when be left, was staved. The Court then adjourned till Tuesday nee, at eleven o'clock. BRIDPORT, JAN. 27.—1 write to tell you of a mail bag having been washed ashore to-day at or near Burton, within a mile or two of Bridport Harbour, which, from having a brass label attached to it, in scribed " Closed mail for San Francisco, via Pa nama," there can be no doubt belonged to the mails of the unfortunate Amazon. The bag contained simply newspapers of recent date. Being much torn, the papers were of course saturated with wet, but are still in a very tolerable state of preservation. The whole have been taken charge of by the postmaster here. CnaisTcuunca, JAN. 27.—One of the life-boats belonging to the late unfortunate Amazon came on shore near Christchurch Head during last night or early this morningyand is now in our harbour. She has a large hole right through her, about half-way between the keel and thwarts, and had something stuffed in to keep the water out. I believe there were a mast and two oars with her. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The new Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the Cape will leave in the Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave, about the 6th of February. It is rumoured that a portion of the new steam yard at Morrice Town, Devonport, will shortly be opened to the uses of the service. The foundation of the entrance has been laid, and the building is being proceeded with. Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, is taking on board, at Spithead, her quarter-deck guns, shot, &c. A number of lighters were alongside yesterday. THE ANCHOR TRIALS AT SHEERNESS. —The fol lowing gentlemen, appointed by the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, proceeded on the 27th inst. to Sheerness Dockyard in a steamer furnished for their accommodation by Vice-Admiral the Honourable Jocelyn Percy, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels in rivers Thames and Medway : Duncan Dunbar, Esq., chairman of the local marine board ; Anthony Ridley, Esq., deputy chairman of the local marine board; William Drew, Esq., mem ber of the local marine board ; W. S. Lindsay, Esq., member of the local marine board; George Marshall, E.g.,' shipowner ; William Phillips, Esq., shipowner; and met Captain Superintendent Hope, of the Royal Navy, Sheerness Dockyard ; Captain Stopford, of her Majesty's ship London, 92 ; the master attendant of the dockyard, and the master of the flag-ship, and after a consultation and conference of about two hours, resolutions were passed, subject to the ap proval of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 'as to the, mode of tests to be applied to the anchors of all nations. After the meeting the gentlemen from London returned to town. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. A court-martial, comprising Rear-Admiral H. Presscott, C. 8., Presi dent ; Captain Chads, C. 8., of the Excellent ; Cap tain G. B. Martin, C. 8., of the Victory ; Captain Yates, of the Neptune ; Captain Graham, C. 8., of the Rodney ; Captain Goldsmith, of the Britannia ; Cap tain Warden, of the Retribution; and Mr. G. L. Greetham, Deputy Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, assembled this morning on board the Victory, to try Charles Wright, a privat e mar i ne , for deserting fr om her Majesty's ship Asia, at Valparaiso, on the 24th of December, 1850. The desertion having been proved, the prisoner, in defence, pleaded in mitigation of punishment that he had delivered himself up to Ser geant Jones at Valparaiso, when he was sent on board the Portland (the present flag-ship), and put upon a diet of two-thirds the usual rations, of which he after wards complained to the captain, and wished him to allow his proper rations, when he was placed in irons as a prisoner, and had been so confined for six months and ten days. The Court, after due deliberation, declared the charge proved, and sentenced the pri soner to receive 50 lashes on his bare back, to be im prisoned for twelve months in Winchester Gaol, and to be mulcted of all pay and allowances due to him, and, finally, to be dismissed from her Majesty's service. The same Court then proceeded to try James Can non, also a private marine, for desertion from her Majesty's ship Asia, at Valparaiso, on the 12th of December last. Captain A. Henderson, R.M., stated that the prisoner was his attendant, and on the day named in the charge, when the Asia was at Valpa raiso, he was sent ashore for some necessaries previ ous to the ship sailing, since which time he (the witness) had not seen the prisoner till the present day. It was in the prisoner's power when he left to have taken a considerable amount of money in a bag, and a horse from the stable, but he had not done so. In defence the prisoner said that he had acquaint ances at Valparaiso, and they persuaded him to stop till the next morning He did so, and when be went to go on board he found the ship had sailed. He de livered himself up to an officer on the 17th of the next month, when he was conveyed on board the Portland, and placed on two-thirds provisions and in irons, and slept on the gratings. The Court was of opinion that the charge had not been proved, and therefore acquitted the prisoner. The Gorgon, 6, steam•sloop, Commander Paynter, removed her powder and shells at Spithead this morning, and came into harbour this afternoon to be dismantled and paid off. Her crew was inpected at 3 r.ar., by Captain G. B. Martin, C. 8., of the Vic tory, for the C o mmander-in-Chief. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden, took on board her powder at Spithead to-day. She is now ready for sea. The Adder steam-vessel came into harbour to-day from Sheerness, with seamen paid off fr o m the Ganges, 84,, and volunteers for the Britannic, 120, at Spithead. The Sprightly steam-vessel, Acting-Master-Com mander G. Allen, to-day, with sup at De and and marine artillery for t he Ma g icienne, vonport. room for The Hydra steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave, hauled off from the jetty to-day, to make te. the Gorgon to come alongside to disman 1 The Heola steam-sloop, Commander 13eauchamPt will be paid off at this port on Satu t r_!_da v y an . American The Independence and Margare far New York. line-of-packet ships, sailed to-day f APPOINTMENT3t.ain Cospatrick B. WOOLWICH, JAN. 28.—CaP Hamilton (1847), to study steam at the factory at 'Woolwich Dockyard. re- Commander Frederaiick L. Barnard (1851), cently promoted from r st Lieutenant of the Prince First Martin, at Lis Regent, d the Vesuvius, 6, bon, is 90, flag-ship oi appointed to c omnsan Jowl paddle wheel steam -sloop, atDevonpio,rotu. ttid (1846) to th e Master—Duncan Joseph Parser—Jon G. Whiffin (1851) Vesuvius. Paymaster a nd C. A. Wilkinson (1849) to the Vesuvius. Second Masters —Henry to the Vesuvius ; Graham 11. 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Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &O. By R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A. (1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these matters. Reception hours daily till Five. Evenings , Seven till [Dine. 10 Argvll-place Regent-street. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTD-WESTERN RAILWAY.--Rettllll Of Traffic for the week ending Jan. 25 : Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £21,217 1 1 Merchandise ... ... 16,834 9 9 Cattle .. 864 3 8 Total ... ... ... £38,915 14 6 Corresponding week last year ... 38,752 18 10 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—(MiIes in work, 2410 —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Jan. 18, 1852 : Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £4,810 934 Merchandise and minerals ... 5,441 19 4i Cattle ... ... ... ... 111 14 9 Total .. £10,364 3 5 Corresponding week, 1851 (236 miles) : - Passengers, parcels, &c. ....E3,817 14 9 M e rchandise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,519 17 11 Total ... £7,337 12 8 LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount 0 Traffic for the week ending Jan. 25 : Passengers Goods ... ... £6,519 11 O ... .... ... 2,247 2 3 Total ... £8,766 13 3i Corresponding week last year... 8,038 8 1 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Jan. 25 £15,302 2 9 Corresponding week in last year (260 miles open) .. ...£13,421 17 11 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—(MiIes open, 112. ) Return of traffic for the week ending Jan. 18 : Railway and canal .- £4,384 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,369 0 0 Note. —The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Jan. 25: MAIN LINE. Passengers ... ... and D. Parcels, IL C. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... Mails £9lO 14 0 74 13 7 522 19 9 575 0 0 ... £2,083 7 4 Total £3O 17 7 ••• 118 1 ••• 76 8 7 •.. Passengers .• Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• ••• Goods, cattle, &c. Total ... ... ... XlO9 4 3 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers Parcels, EL C. and D. ... £123 15 8 26 1 0 4149 16 8 Total .----.,-.,--------Jl.- —...--- DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN WARWICIV•LANE. —At a late hour last night an extensive d es t r uction of property . by fire book h b a i p n p d e e r r i s ed o o x n fo th rd e pArermmiss-epsasofsaAglees,srws.hKichay ing, communicatedto the Oxford Arms public-house. The brigade and West o f England engines soon reached the spot ; previously to their arrival, however, those from Farringdoa-street had been brought into play, but unfortunately without much effect, and the fire spread with great rapidiVy. A good supply of water was obtained, and every exertio a was used to save Messrs. Kay and Co.'s property, but in two hours' time everything was destroyed. With the utmost difficulty the firemen saved the greater portion of the 01:ford Arms Tavern, still the loss and damage there was con: tiderable in amount. Among the property destroyed is a por Lion of that belonging to the Religious 'lract Society. No lives were lost. The origin of the fire is unknown. ROYAL ORTHOP2EDIC HOSPITAL, BLOOMSBURY.. sQuARE.—The Earl of Shaftesbury, president of ' the above charity, has intimated his willingness to preside Over the en suing anniversary of the hospital at the Alb ion Tavern. During the year thus ended the peculiar and valuable bene fits of the charity have been dispensed to an in( :reused num ber of patients. The funds have also increased, although greatly disproportionate to the claims of the a fffieted, and confident hopes are entertained that the efforts of the com mittee under the present favourable auspices vii' a greatly ad vino the beheyolent cause. 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 00 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 .2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .1 1 0 . 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 . 2 2 0' . 1 0 0 .1 1 0 . 1 00 . 1 0 0 . 1 001 . 1 10 1 1 . 1 0 0 . 1 0 0 .3 0 0 . 1 0 0 .1 0 0 . 1 0 0 . 1 0 0, . 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In former days, when our ancestors were men of mettle, and when Kings of England invaded France as a royal pastime, Dover was considered a port of great importance. There was a very general feeling that if it was so easy to go from Dover to Calais, it might be just as easy to go from Calais to Dover; and consequently, Dover was defended by a royal fortress, and formed one of the Cinque Ports. Again, during the prepa rations made at Boulogue in 1804, splendid works were made on the Cliffs of Dover, which command the town, and a military road was constructed there. But of late years our Government, with its usual dis crimination, thought it necessary to economise—not by reducing official salaries and by displeciug unne cessary plecemen, but by letting our forts be turned into grazing grounds, and our batteries become use less from want of due care. And now let us see what Dover is supposed to br, and what Dover actually is. Ordnance maps and plans tell us that as you enter the harbour, a fort, known by the name of Archcliff, commands the entrance ; that the Castle is strongly fortified, and can, with its out works, be armed with some hundred guns; whilst the citadel heights have fifty guns; the whole sup ported by a large redoubt. These are very formidable obstacles, but does this Ordnance statement show the real state of the ease ? Dover is a seaport, situated bptween two hi;cil the valley between which leads to London. Formerly the entrance of the harbour was protected V two batteries, known as the Amherst and Townsh end, both on the water level —and by Archcliff redoubt, which—situated to the side towards Shakspere's Cliff — raked the entrance, and also commanded the sea west wards. But the harbour requiring certain improve ments, the Amherst and Townshend batteries were pulled down, and a certain space was left nearer the town, where a battery was to be formed. Now a shore battery is not an expensive thing ; it is not supposed to withstand an actual attack, but merely to do as much damage as potesible, hilst shipping is still at a certain distance, or whilst boats areheing filled with /ion for disembarkation. A simple earthen battery would, therefore, answer every purpose, but from neglect, or —as the Ordnance would explain it—through want of funds, the space intended to have been occupied by a battery is still vacant and desolate, neither useful nor ornamental. Lately, also, a railway terminus has been erected at Dover, and in the full belief that for the future nothing was to appear near our shores more alarming than pleasure excursionists from Paris, the terminus was allowed to be erected se as to cut off all the flanking fire from Archcliff fort towards Dover, and, instead of its projecting well out, as it used to do, and raking the sands, it is now thrown back and comparatively useless—the few guns which it possesses looking westwards out to sea, in the di rection of Shakspere's Cliff. As if that memorable block of chalk wanted protection against attack, rising, though it does, some hundreds of feet perpendicularly from the sea. The defences of Dover, therefore, are confined to the citadel height and tits.. castle. The latter dating from the days of Julius Caesar, situated on the cliff to the right of the entrance, consists of a keep and a series of batteries, extending down to the seaside With the exception of a salute fired from the keep on the arrival of the Queen from Ostend, and the late experiments with the magnetic wires from Calais, we doubt very much whether these guns have ever been used. Instead of a hundred, there are certainly not fifty, many of which are carronades. But this is not all. Instead of the place being garrisoned by ar tillery, it is occupied by a line regiment, the guns are left in the care of the winds of heaven, and there is not a single gunner on the premises. To the left of Dover is the citadel. This consists of splendid field works covering the whole cliff, ,commanding the town, harbour, the military road which leads up the valley, and is protected towards the castle by a strong redoubt. But earthen parapets without guns are rather harmless, and though they may serve as boundaries to adventurous cattle or as pleasant rambling grounds for boys on a Sunday afternoon, they certainly will not much deter san• guinary marauders should such desire to venture near us. But where are these guns ? In Woolwich Warren surely. Now, when the whole country is occupied with the grave question of our national de fences,—when the Government very well know that day by day the public are clamorous for some pre cautions to btu taken,—we have the key of England, as it were, totally undefendei. Guns are not moved and mounted in a day or ain week. To put that citadel in a state of defence would take the small force of artillery which is in the redoubt a whole month, working day and night. As this citadel com mands the castle, the latter is useless were the former taken ; and by landing towatels Folkestone, the latter might be captured without a single shot from the castle being able to prevent it ! Is not this a pretty state of things ? and we may well ask " A Soldier' why cannot the landing be made at Dover, and an ' intrenchment be completed on Dover heights ? for an enemy would find things ready made, and have nothing to do but to mount his guns and man them. Are not the French fully aware of this matter ? Is there a spot along our coast which has not been visited by military tourists, and is there a stone on Dover heights which they are not acquainted with ? Ports mouth and Plymouth have a formidable defence in their men-of-war, but large vessels cannot lie off Dover, for it is a dangerous place, and merchantmen do not much like the straits of a windy night Yet we think there would be no great difficulty in moor ing a floating battery. When danger is said to be s t a ring us in the face, it is not a time for dull and slow consideration, but for action The Ordnance m ay wish to put Dover in a state of defence, but what are they waiting for ? Where are the Ordnance store boats, which are kept and paid for the purpose of conveying guns ? and what is the use of keeping hundreds of these guns stored at Woolwich, for the amusement of . royal and noble vi sitors from London, when we are told to ex pect a very different style of visitor from abroad ? the name of M on k' s Indeed, the guns i n Dover C astleare but small o nes , and very differ ent things from b French siege g uns , —appear toodeary valuable l to b e expose d to enough for our ineffi cient much for it th ose i n in ne England pay it too precious to be theand which—known D e a u b n r d e eaB' es V who made s o useful,ordnance,eha r Sorely these it is seem a s r n e d t a i s m w e st e p fo taohyri think king why so few ar mee are stationed at a place like Dover. At there are not enough order the guns which are supposed ;, tp a i e ri o e el eups present n e and the whole force to is manve very he guns insufficientactualto y: public to be mounted. But whose fault goes undone Nobody T is is it by t the No body's, of course. Member of responsible, and so able Friend the Secretary he . Premier will refer any t questioningthe work de clining the Par a l t iam .w en o t r ; to th h e is la il tte o r n , oure responsibility, will throw it on the Clerk of the Ordnance, who will reply that he merely regulates the estimates, and that such it:formation must be obtained from the Master-General. That gallant officer has his hands tied by the Board of Ordnance—one of which has to supply the guns, whilst another gives him the order for that purpose. As to the men, as long as the guns are kept in depot at Woolwich, the artillerymen are kept there to look after the guns—a duty which could be as well and more profitably performed by the police. If we mis take not, these idle weapons are at present watched by both forces, so that the police may throw any blame on the soldiers, and the latter return it on the police—a little reciprocal a rrangement which is too a d v antageous to be lost sight of. This is merely another of the series of ill-manage ments consequent on the division cf a u th or ity and responsibility. No man would subjecthimself to the through imputation that his neglect such a port as Dover was left entirely unguarded; but when it is nobody's fault, neglect becomes an easy matter. There is no reason for surrounding ourselves with a Chinese wall , but reall y we do not see why our very doors s hould be left open to admit any housebreaker that pleases to walk in. As the Ordnance is a bo that does not trouble itself about this matter—Pe rh i y j aps t th i public voice will find somebody that will. e usinsist that proper use be made o f the forces we p a y for.—Daily News. • ._ '5 Pills an unfaiI [ADVERTISEMENT.] Hollocv n aY ing Remedy for Liver Complaint! Valigshannon Herald, pubs a. d Indigestion.—David Carter, Esq., proprietor of the Jan., 1852, the following ex— fished in his paper of the 16th e under his notice. A gen traordinary cure which latelyhcato e h had suffered for years front tleman of the Barony of TY i r ed i t y a dreadful cough. He had a disordered liver, acoon'P an ar , w ithout deriving any benefit. olloway's Pills, and this excel- Atmedical advice for three Yi 10: relief by easing the cough and lent sound and refreshing sleep. After permitting him to en s j med length ic medicine s a o d o n r e c g l i, ur y e s e °little time, they effected a perfect cure continuing their Bodiunrseeestered him to good health.—Sold by all , and at Professor Holloway's Establish vo vendors n h d i o s 244, Stran aunt, r m A aam—The quotation of gold at Paris : s a o al f adj edicd, MONS par (according to the new tariff), which , is abou t London. English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10id. per ounce for at the d „ e t& gives an exchange of 25.17; and the ex staff der b A t Paris on London at short being 25.27 i, it follows t c h il a a t ng old is about 0.41 per cent. dearer in London than gold By advices from ilamburgh the price of in parts. i s 428 per mark, which, at the English Mira exchange e ng o e f a /. 17s. Wid. per ounce for standard gold, gives eu i e ondon at of 13.6 i ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on r cent. short being 13.71, it follows that gold is 0." p e e of dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The ex change at New York on London for bills at 60 dry s' sight is i L s Englabd 110 i per cent., and the ar of exchange.b re it tilovrs that the and America being 109 23.40 per e of ir..terest and and, ,after making allowance for differenc e exchange is nominally 0.67 per cencte.nit'favour of England ; charges of tran s p or t, th e p re sent rate l e aves a moll profit on the importation of gold from the United States. 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 THE INCOME TAX. As the opening of Parliament draws near, we have almost daily pamphlets on the income-tax. We have not been so much struck with the force of any of the arguments adduced as with the proof they afford of the remarkable tendency inherent in the human mind to make difficulties where none exist. A man—a " clever man," of course—may be as completely under the influence of this propensity, as he may bc come the victim of dramdrinking or short whist. For how many centuries was it the school philosophy reigned supreme? During this period the intellect of Europe fairly revelled in hairsplitting and e ever wire drawing u p on su bj ects w hi c h wou ld no t a d m it o f such difficulty. The great p o i n t was t o rai se , n ot to solve, a So, agai n , i n th e l as t h a lf o f th e l a st cen tury, his mysticism wa s s at a doctrines discount, bu tt, one e German when e philosophers th rew t h emselves manfully into t h e breach. Kant, th e C oryp b seus of the school, had the satisfaction of declari ng on h i s death-bed " that no oner understood man — Fichte—and he understood th em wrong. It is the same thing throughout. In this discussion upon the income-tax we are just now in the hands of economic schoolrhen and mystics. Not one of the number appears to content himself with the immutable distinctions between 2 and 4, black and white, and other self-evident discre pancies of the like nature. Not one of them fairly sits down , to consider if something better cannot Ise contrived than the present anomalous method of assessment. Because any form of assessment must necessarily carry with it a certain amount of injus tice, it can in any case be but a question of degree ; so what does it matter ? A little more or a little less cannot materially affect the question. To be less than perfect is to be imperfect ; to be imperfect in the least degree is to be obnoxious to every reproach which is rightly bestowed upon any arrangement short of absolute perfection. We cannot, of course, in the very limited space to which our remarks must necessarily be confined, pre tend to answer all the problems proposed to us for so• lution by these amateur Blends and Bonnycastles. The thing is a mere typical impossibility. Any amount of personal exertion would be insufficient to remove in detail the spiderwebs that have been spun round our windows. It may be, however, that a broad sweep or two with the besom may let in air and sun light, though we must again protest against that mod of reasoning which would leave it to;be inferr€d that because we, and those who think with us, do not come forward with ready-made plans, there is no pos sibility of remedy at all. Here is a strange inver - sion of the relative position of parties. We are pa - Heats, not physicians. "Ah ! Doctor," said Mr. Deadrnan to that eminent member of the faculty, Dr. Sphynx, "my head is aching; my pulse is beating three where it should beat one; I can only stand upon one leg ; and I feel shrewd twinges under my left shoulder." " That is all very well, replied the Doctor, " but, my dear Sir, I have a right to call upon you to mention the remedies which suggest them selves to your own mind. Depend upon it, if you adopt this course, you shall have the benefit of my most patient attention, and most conscientious criti cism.' " Doctor, I know nothing about remedies. All I know is that my head is aching, &c." " Vague declamation 1 vague declamation The man who can't propose the appropriate remedies for his own ail ments is perfectly well. Good morning, Sir." Now in what material respect do those who tell us that we should be content with the present method of assessment differ from Dr. Sphynx. They tell us we are in the wrong because we do not by a kind of divine inspiration slip the " perfect sug gestion " into Sir Charles Wood's hands. We an swer at once, that any one of half-a-dozen schemes which have been proposed and discussed contains less of injustice than the present Ministerial anomaly. We do not therefore jump to the conclusion that the best arrangement which could by possibility be de vised has yet been made known. Such inquiry as has actually taken place has been carried on notably in the very teeth of the Government, and at all the dis advantage which is the inseparable incident of an at ;ack upon existing arrangements. We have said thus much in order to get rid of zwo very obvious fallacies which lie at the threshold of the discussion. We would next tell the partisans of the present most unfair and most iniquitous me thod of levy that, if their arguments prove any thing, they prove that an income-tax is necessarily the most scandalous and abominable tax that was ever imposed upon a nation. The theory of direct taxation may be as perfect and as philosophic as you will, but if it be utterly inapplicable in practice, what then ? Like other things in this world which we can't arrive at, such as perfect health, perfect hap piness, perfect immunity from the tempers and pre judices, passions, and follies of others, we must make up our minds to fag on to the end of the chapter without it. We say most emphatically, that if one half, or one-quarter of the oppressive effects said to be inseparable from an income tax are really so, the Act is one of mere robbery and spoliation. The sooner we get it out of the statute-book, for our sakes, and for our children's sakes, the better. We have given our consent to a graduated property-tax in its worst form. We say in its worst form, because its framers have so juggled with names as to hide the operation of their scheme by a mere play upon words. Surely it stands to reason that if a property-tax be a fair im post, an income-tax, that is a tax levied in a straight forward manner upon income, irrespective of the source from which it may be derived, is an ob vious injustice. Under such an arrangement what becomes of property ? A earns 301. in one year by his professional labour ; B, the owner of 1,0001. Three per Cents. (we take the simplest in stance for illustration's sake), at the end of the same twelvemonth finds himself in possession of his origi nal 1,0001. equal to 301. interest The Chancellor of the Exchequer deducts the like proportion from A's 30/. and B's 30/. ; but who meddles with the 1,0001 ? What rate is levied on the property of the country under the present system ? If it be at all affected, will any one have the kindness to inform us bow single sovereign's value of it is drawn into the finan cial drag-net ? And by what arguments is it en dea; voured to bolster up this scandalous anomaly ? Oh • "Drawbacks are not taken into account un_de.o r Schedule A." " Fluctuations are not credited o t - Schedule C." Men who have enter ed into a p ss r g assed fessional life since the Income .tax Act w w a e s re p now would be presented with a premium if it abrogated." as This very argument, t stands, Ns e take from a pamphlet before us, though not precisely in the author's words. But why. a re not draw backs and fluctuation s taken into account ? Are not fluctuations tak en into accounti re a dil y en ough under the tit he assessment ? what difficulty is there in estimating drawbacks ca a n t the C u stom-house? The princ i p le is the same i n _ any case. If machinery has bee n devised which pro duce the result in one instance, the operation can be repeated, and with sim ilar effec t. " Difficulty" " Difficulty," is the cuckoo note of indol ence and in , ca p ac ity since the world began. No ex er ti on worthy of the name has y et been made to grapple with the whole question. If this be once done, and the result o then we are is a convictio n that nothi ng is to be done, prepared to alter our tone, We will then admit that no remedy is left us but to discard the theory of direct taxation from our working day calculations, as a b eau tiful vision, only fit for philosophic dreamers, and at best calculated for the meridian of Utopia or a better world. But we do not believe in any such result. We do not believe that under a wise Administration the theory which has been so warmly applauded by philosophic thinkers may not be worked out so as to receive the cheerful assent of practical men. Let us not confuse ourselves with all the relations and qualifications of property throughout this vast empire at one and the same moment of time. Let us collect into one room, before the writing-desk of an actuary, a few representatives of classes. Le t there be an owner in fee simple, a life tenant, a mortgagee, a fundholder, an annuitant, a professional man, a tradesman—and let each of their incomes be represented by the same figure. Will any one be so bold or so ignorant as to tell us that an actuary o f good capacity would not, after veryte p brrieeeisfce value onsid efera tion, tell each of the company the his income ? From such a result to an equitable as sessment of the income-tax there can surely be no very enormous distance. The axioms of the levy would soon be established, and applied in each case as a matter of course. The danger lies in delay. Already the partisans of this most iniquitous assess ment are beginning to talk of " prescription," and " vested interests. They tell us that in order to eradicate all injustice from the levy, it need but be made permanent. From such a conclusion may their own common sense and energy deliver the pro., fessional and trading interests of this country !. I Times. )ns- • A NOBLE MA ST .—M r . Somes the ship-builder, has just imported in the Coromandel , from Bloulmein , the largest mast ever brought into this country. It is of teak, 72 feet long, and 27 inches in diameter. . ~\ -~ ~~ ~~~