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This day had audience of her Majesty, his Excellency the Count Walewski, Ambassador from the Emperor of the French, to deliver his credentials ; to whom he was in troduced by the Earl of Malmesbury, her Majesty's Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 11. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry D. Jourdain as Consul at Southampton, and of Mr; Ni cholas Cummins, as Consul at Cork, for the Sublime Otto man Porte. five Ce ylo n Fri' By order of the General Committee. C. P. RONEY, SocrelarY• LOTsTDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1852. ek at the P,sti le. There r re hhde., a' i s line Place° 46T GRANADA or VERAGUAS GOLD 8 4 ,,. and SILVER MINING COMPANY. ,T eit u E ye BOLDERS are informed that the SCRIP will be i hr 1 7, In exchange for the Banker's Receipts, ton TkoZ , " I ,PanY, between the hours of 11 and 4 clock, o a t the 20th instant. By Order of the Directors. W. M. L. WEBB, Secretary. 14 °M -street, December 11, 1852. [PRICE 5D • tok were eD No. 1F,,794. THE FRENCH EMPIRE DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Hartwell Henslowe, Esq., to 'be Clerk of the Legislative Council of the Island of Van Diemen's Land. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vcs., C A S T L E AVON. By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," "Ravenscliffe , ," &c. "The reader's attention is at once flied, his interest excited, and his sympathies enlisted by this entrancing narrative." —Globe. "For romantic interest few tales of fiction can vie with Castle Avon. It forms a powerfully drawn panorama of life, in which the workings of the human heart are displayed under a great variety of aspects, and delineated by a master hand."—John Bull. " Castle Avon supports the author's well earned reputation for powerful writing and moral teaching. Every one will read it with pleasure."—Britannia. "A most enchanting and strikingly original work. It rivets the attention of the reader b an irresistible fascination." —Dispatch. Colborn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. pURSUANT to an ORDER of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause POWER versus MOLE, the Creditors of WILLIAM POWER, late of Pomeroy street, Old Kent-road, in the county of Surrey, Licensed Victualler, (who died on or about the 24th day of April, 1847), are by their solicitors, on or before the 11 th day of January next, to come in before JOSEPH flultrincir, Esquire, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers, In Southampton -buildings, Chancery-lane, London, and prove their debts, or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said Order. Tuesday, the Eleventh day of January next, at Eleven is the forenoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju dicating upon the claims. Da.ed this 13th day of December, 1852. ABBOTT and WHEATLEY, 22A, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint the Rev. John Wise to be Chaplain, on the Establishment of the Government, of the Island of Ceylon. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Capel Hanbury Williams, Esq., and Sir Theophilus St. George, Bart., to be Assistant Magistrates for the District of Natal, in South Africa. The Emperor did not take his departure yester day for Compiegne as originally intended. His journey is postponed for some days, and, when he goes, Marshal de St. Arnaud, Minister of War, will accompany him. The other Ministers will visit Compiegne in succession. The cortege of his Ma jesty will be composed of about a score of persons, senators, marshals, and generals. It is also said that several members of the diplomatic corpS are to be invited to the hunts which are to take place in the forest. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 14. 93d Regiment Foot.—Major-General Edward Parkinson, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General William Wemyss, deceased, Dec. 10. - - . . _ _ r rai d ' in, 268.0 „ to a i en d at Du vSGS' IsTIJT , OO d I , ni l l, 3 l oses , f v el .28 9d 2e a t id to Id 7 d ken in a 'f o r to 90. ga 3id dote wiry {0 nigh' 6PA on th e t pending the deb t oy' to 4 1 '" cl to 1 1 lis Per ''llsttoli° 4145 11.138Pe; sto 41 Os r 1:o 11 P -- ETS. 10. old TP hite,.sl w Of • to 48s, n grifit illlg 33s ; . osts' It ° 5Ss if; I" t ° WBA n igs ti ti , t l the q OO on fro vj t he dber, 1. Ve 3rlg o:l )at S• 0 0 ,1 °CI I " Od ;Od soi 6d o ha 5 30 od tO 13. , get he t. "6 . 11 land " . :• 16 , 6 ...... ." 3 6 ... .... 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Fevers' °6 7 , wil 3 t rt , cbc. col ••• roll . •' n pto l l nPt°l)l .- ••i th th •••" • IPW IPt on i ptor th th Ar ril 01161 e o re ode "n fo ot v e sr. , s r 0 01 to pt I rW° 1j 0 414 • 000 o f t bl4 LV eU me 1 1' • [Ay eO l l, S e eP li t , S ija Se e o f ,1: 0, 111 be As ° , 455 1 1 , 1 ,01, 5. -- ; bee° is 11 9 "' D o° so re e t iettl e !'ho, reli ej jer t r/ tin t e fit , t a nd fre e ;, ro b ' '0 t 0111 // Ole •0 .11of033e'l ' 1, h co, jrest4o o, E. 1, j' Shel j°P 1 0 ' of :oulg 414 1 1 111 „ ,_ exPene , 1852. RAlLWAY.—Contract for the 81,':"etion of the intended Bridge for the Cornwall Railway I ,Ens iv r Tamar at Saltash, and of a portion of the Railway t vti t psil and Pevonport, st I k : ,I ;II S ,,, II EREBY GIVEN, that the Directors of the Corn -00;1 th -°n VabY will receive TENDERS for the following \n et e Cornwall Railway, viz : \ lt iver I ' — Comprising the construction of the Fo3ndations , 44 11.ki at i ers. and ofthe land Piers of tha Saltash Bridge, com kttNet cubic yards of masonry. n. • 2 --et wei r f -omprising the construction of the River Piers % 6 11 qui ,,,2 11 ndationn), and the superstructure of the Saltash ielto n 'Tg about 1,860 tons of boiler plate iron, SOO tons of rbey: tv : 2o o tons of cast iron, 830 cube yards of masonry, ,!t4Co nt ,'" of brickwork, and 14,000 cube feet of timber. hii ß a :t- - -Comprislng the construction of the portion o Ilway between Saltash and Stoke, a distance of about risgs a ,„, i , specifications may be seen, and any fur ther infer 'nate,3btain `. at the office of the Engineer, No. IS, Duke-street, ~The Tenders are to be addressed to the Directors of No :Kailway Company, and delivered at the office of the t , 18 , Duke-street, Westminster, before 12 o'clock on the 22d December next. VP - 41 - 0 -MIC LIFE ASSURANCE 44),_ SOCIETY. Qir t -at son. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., #4, tt :z • Chairman. ERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy - Chair man . t 1,4 ~~~tt,,,►sleof i e - Jhe Ilwest rates of Premium on the Mutual System the Profits divided among the Assured every Fifth , 4 14. 0 0: e t 2 74,3001. was added to Policies at the last Divi sion, e d an average Bonus of 62%/. per Cent. on the Pre- 44 rolicies in force on Ist January, 1852, 5,950. ra nee Fund exceeds 1,200,0001. Income 200,000/. per p anted on such Policies as are purchasable by the Society. tp w . l the Ililitia or Yeomanry Corps w.ll not affect the vali -I,ales. rs apply to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. te•street, Zlaakfriars' ) ° 0 SPECIAL NOTICE. -TlsEr WIDOWS' FUND k o LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. e eniulated Capital now upwards of £2,500,000. li 4 nniial Revenue upwards of £320,000. 1 P4045)-'''Zenience having been experienced at the close of this 1 1 4,ktion, 'receding the last Investigation into the Affairs of St m e fe,,,, r ,,_ 4 c Parties delaying to make their Prop osals until th a , Ys before the end of December, it is particu larl y re those Who are desirous of securing the twofold advan ,qts %on during the present Septennial period, will hav e the lo dgeki4 l l l3 their Proposals at their earliest convenience. AnY kt,,! l .4),,, i `uected, it will be observed, is entitled to rank for a full ' l,l ll to et the approaching Allocation of Profits, and future Tl t ehY thus Y Pol 's B icy onus fall to be declared on the Sum Assured, in ear "WLE PROFITS BELONG TO THE ASSURED. tt,7, I ,4 k XXAMpLE OF BONUS ADDITIONS. h l ,L"'Vntatives of a Member whose Policy for 1,0001. was g ;it!? of the Years from 1815 to 1819 inclusive, on its be tOt i s ";! 1 M, this year, would receive 2,0621 14 s. 11 d. , bein g double the original sum assured. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. LINDESAY, Secretary. 441 1 bilt/1 tt ,, 1 1l 5 . t. Andrew-square, November, 1852. 'race, 4 Royal Exchange- buildings. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. Al 4 PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY COM ,,•—Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.- 1 11 11 1 er t i i `s• Per Share. (4 il er ,, e approval and support of the following, amenrt u o rre the y r , 11 1 1 4114 and gentlemen interested in the counties f S , and Sussex. kit o ," l of wint er t nn shillinglee Park, Sussex. 4 11 at Monek. M.P., Portsmouth. obi 4. 3 '° , of Portsmouth. 1,,,11,4'-`rerell. Esq., Peubrook Park. 01a,„ 1.3 . John Leeke West Leigh. • Evel E MP. for West Surrey. 11 1 Yn, sq. , H. Jolliffe, Bart., M.P. ii•Yor of Petersfleld. 11 . %Phan' Carter, Esq., M.P. s7*.A, 44l dington, Esq., Langrish. 1 7e 11 - ,"miral Sir Phipps Homby, Little Green, Sussex. ' e kio 2. a. J. Carnegie, Fair Oak, Petersfleld. lo aep e 1, 44,1 3 , , Hollybank. Nurstead. /1 - ev . , artineau ' , Esq., Basing Park. ' l Oll William Legge. it 0, arles Wyndham, Rogate Lodge. krAftrles Taylor, Bart., Hollycomb. 111017acinbald Keppel Macdonald,Bart., Woolmer Lodge. a ' Butler, Esq., Downlands. to ail DIRECTORS. DIRECTORS. I Nor h enry Blake, Esq., 15, Devonshire-place, ,J1)1 Liphook. h,T4,,,Eldridge Butler, Esq., Le Court, near Petersfield. tii"'ara Carter, Esq., 6, Whitehall, and Petersdeld. ". Thomas William Gage, Westbury, near Petersfield. en(' rtry ng, E q., Buriton. fte Y. Esq., Petersfield, Banker. a • Mangles Est M P Woodbridge, Guildford. ' '' • '' (t 4 ,18 ....Mew, Esq., Newport, Isle of Wight, brewer. e on -0'1)12A London 41 °Nvatt Esq Trotton House. Petersfield ; and D 14 4,1 , 111 a Owen Esq. Dver Court, Sonthsea. httScott , Esq. , Poortsmouth. ,kol ti ‘*• —w art. Esq% Director of the London and Westmi n s t e r ral Sir James Stirling, Belmont, Havant. ENciazzas.—Messrs. Locke aad Errington. BANKERS. The It London and Westminster Bank, London. , r, aag ra. Grant, Gilman, and Long, Portsmouth. iiZe London and County Bank, Petersfield. The West Surrey Bank, Guildford and Godalming. Soracrxoas.—Messrs. Roy, London. SEc atraire.—Alexander E. Lloyd, Esq., pro tem. Clr PicEs. —37, Great George-street, Westminster. It is t PROSPECTUS. to:kia i nt ended to construct a Railway between Godalming and ke - ',nita;l7,` miles in length, to afford a more direct and a cheaper I.;,. lll roo v i at . l ,nn between London and Portsmouth. as well as Railway , h‘RII t'on generally to the large extent of unopened country 44, 41 t chit win pass. l'oh t „beet; - ?' t of plans and sections, and all other necessary steps, , i;` 1 011 ` 4 aen with a view to an application for an Act of Incor jlt lin,, ur ing the present Session of Parliament. 1 1 4 ,'cath".,..." 1,11 commence at the end of the Godalming Branch of I)i t al er 'o'estern Railway and will pass the towns ef Godalming, alpkv''t e ' and Petersfield, ' and generally following the route of the 4 4 4 tlI t talouth Railway as sanctioned by Parliament in 1846, to tt t e , tt lii will there unite with the Coast Line of the Brighton Cora arm Fareham Extension Line of the South-Western Com - Proceed thence directly to the town and harbour of Ports- Tee a o .,,,, • frrea .;,•• d owners and others locally interested in the district have 41,1 1 a l ,'" 'Promoting this measive, and have, to the extent of 61,,a1e 'ae-fotirths of the length of the line, signed agreements for - , , "o4 f li their land at its mere agricultural value, and in several cob n . 4.t e agreed to take the company's shares in payfnen e• 'teio.,„ Ilion with the South-Eastern Railway, near a ng, tot,,Lkie Milt the proposed line the advantage of a second entrance th`as h ei Mit from London, the one to the west end, and the other Ilj t ' s ,teo -- "' of the City;establisbing by the same means also a to'aeti'untlnication and with a great saviag in distance, between le ut h'eZ° llB , Woolvhch Chatham, Sheerness, Reigate, and the Wi t ;, r n, Line gene Ally, and Guildford, Portsmouth and the to, t 11' . ", as well as with all the intervening country. hi,, 41 41 0 , -e Will effect all the objects contemplated by the Direct ot a i tn Act of 1846, but at the reduced cost of 400,0001. now, khq.hlis b,' 500 ,0001. then required. ale a, en also farther greatly improved by a late survey made toelett not oyi ll'actions of Messrs. Locke and Errington, by which most I be materially shertened, but three out of the four ertti r , highly objectionable tunnels in the former plans have rea qe `L' got rid of in the present, and the fourth, near Peters let4", av o ir to one-third its length. th e all risk and uncertainty, however, on these essential tr o eet4,OroMoters have entered into a provisional contract wit 37P floa r ..._ e aPonsible parties, for the completion of the entire line l icii: %o / - " n ine to Havant, for the extremely moderate sum of tole, an f 112,000/. per mile, including the cost of land, rails, sta e;„ farth.all other necessaries, excepting only the locomo tive plant ; lot ° , a ,keir; ; ;, r : the same parties have come under a formal and binding ale ter to to take a lease, if required, of the line when completed, Ora, w it , u thre years, at a net minimu nd m rental of 4 per cent. per one-half of the profits beyo that amount. hopto h !nt having already, in 1846, sanctioned this line now pro or c onstructed, its promoters cannot believe that any se ttit z4tylieetive opposition can be again offered to it. tEtr ad ,v u n, v 2 it May be safely asserted that the undertaking holds I f , yet to subscribers and the public generally that have been offered by any other railway project, viz. : i cat otiA aord the most direct. and by far the cheapest :mite be. cobZ'rltv;° ll and Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight , being :he shorter 41,;,'Etet." ', Pr o Mlles than either ofthe two existing lines, and being h,"Ot ior at 12,0001. a mile, in lieu of a bout four times that a tvtPded on the Brig hton and South-Westernlines.it will have, Xll e° t Z S onth-eastern, from Godalming, a double entrance into On e olti " 1 which it follows almost as a matter of cot , - se. that it Nterna:lland the entire trade of the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. la, k ceo it th at, while highly remunerative to its proprietary, must Ful c tltion on the part of its rivals hopeless, if not imposil ep'n 11,4 1t her, the whole cost of the entire works and material has al • erta fro,' thus fr eeing y respectable contractors, for a specific and fixed the calculations and estimates of the engineers j Ave th,'anbt and uncertainty. And, finally, the Shareholders will telc Of n river of acceptin g or not, at their option , t he offer of a p er ' 3 line when completed, for five years, at a minimum rate ti k low nent. i nterest on their capital, with half the profits beyond. 1. 4 , 4 , t o " 0 given the particulars of the lengths of the d ifferent 4,1, 4 gether 4 ' Portswimth the existing population and traffic, referred to. Portsmouth by Brighton Railway . . .95 nalles by South-Western . • .94 by proposed Godalming and Ha vant line . . . 73 by South-Eastern via Godalming 8/ . £8,614,814 7,200,000 Wed on Smith Western Railway . •• on Brighton and South Coast . . to be expended on proposed single line from Godalming to Havant . ° Pnlation of Portsmouth . • Isle of Wight . . _ "uarc`" ugh Traffic, from those two s'a , Y, exclusive of all Local Traffic £150,000 per annum, 89 414 3 , tioations for the Company's Shares remaining indisposed of, I ,,Leth n ' ad h ,__o to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, Stockbrokers, - . 1, 0thb7-Y• London ; to the Solicitors, Messrs. R. and W. G. Roy, I,,tersh7, , and 37, Great George-street, London ; or, to Thomas Rittl lca ' Godalming ;G. J. Parson, Esq Hasiemere ; Messrs. „d "41 Minty, Petersfield ;C, Longcroft, Esq., Havant ; ,„ - oildf„n and Westminster Bank, London ; the West Surrey Bank, Veld ; " and Gedalming ; the London and County Bank, Peters th,af.nbd Messrs. Grant, *° ' ° Winii form FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Portsmouth Railway Company. ntl 201. _ a rnen,—l re ques t that you w in allot to me Shares of itb ol ti, or such smaller number as you may think proper, in the lt he"PanY ; and I und er t a k e to accept such shares, and to Pay _ litu—Me ,1.1:?e? n thereon, and when to required, execute the subscribers' agreement d "Pu ntlaCt d th , co - ` 4 day of . 70,000 . 50,000 Name •• . : ...... ••• • • ..... • • Profession or Business ... • • • • • Reference • • •••• • - • ail Great George-street, Westialuster, Dec., o°4l On the 18th instant will be Fo published, price Threepence ; Stamped , urpence, ROUND OF STORIES B Y THE A CHRISTMAS FIRE. Being the Extra Christmas Number of " Household Words." Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. And containing the amount of one regular Number and a half. The roor Relation's Story. The Grandfather's Story. The Child's Story. The Charwoman's Story. Somebody's Story. The Deaf Playmate's Story. The Old Nurse's Story. The Guest's Story. The Host's Story. The Mother's Story. Office, 16, Wellington:street North, Strand. NEW SPORTING NEWSPAPER. On the Ist of January will b theublished, NUMBER of price Sixpence, to be con tinued weekly,e FIRST TAT FIELD ; OR COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S NEWS PAPER, with occasional Illustrations ; devoted especially to HUNTING, SHOOTING, YACHTING, RACING, COURSING, CRICKETING, FISHING, ARCHERY, FARMING, GARDENING. and POULTRY-KEEPING; Agricultural and Health•giving pursuits generally. With a Com prehensive Summary of the Week's News : Law and Police Reports, Lists of Markets, Theatricals, Fashionable Intelligence, Reviews of Books, Veterinary Information, &c , &c. The paper may be obtained from all respectable News Agents throughout the kingdom. PUBLISHING , OFFICE, 4, rBYDGES - STREET, CriENT ,QA.I4),Ft vinori - Ailverttsments and Cotinnunications to the Editor can addressed. T HE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. • Incorporated 9 and 10 Vict., cap. 71, 26th June, 1846. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors have this day D ECIDED, under the authority of the resolution of the last Dearly ordinary ordinary general meeting of the proprietors, held Thursday, 26th August, 1.452, to raise the additional share capital of 750,0001. in the following manner, and to raise, at the same time, the share capi tal of 60,0001. author.sed.to be created by the Great Northern Rail way (communication with Manchester, S heft eld , and Lincoforminglnshire Railway) Act, 14 and 1 5 Vict., cap 114. 24th July, 1851, together the sum of 810,0001.—viz., by issuing at par, rateably to the proprietors of all descriptions of stocks registered in the books of the Company this day, 14th December inst., 81,000 soup shares of 101. each, bearing preference dividend at the rate of 4% per cent. per annum, and redeemable by the Company at any period, on six months' notice, at a premium of 101. per cent. ; such shares to remain unre gistered until the full amount of the calls has been paid up. The Calls to be PAID 21 . 108 on 13th January, 1853 ; 2/. 10s., 31st March, 1853 ; 2/. 10s., 30th June, 10s. 30th September, 18b3; and to carry dividend from the date of the first call on the amount paid up. If the first call be not paid on the 13th January the allotment letter to become void. If any one of the other three calls be unpaid for 14 days after it is due, with interest thereon at 5 per cent. for the time the payment of the call is delayed,' the scrip shares, and all previous payments on them, without other notice, to become absolutely forfeited. Calls may be paid in advance, and 4 per cent. interest will be al lowed thereon, from the first of the month following the date of payment. The allotment letters will be prepared without delay, and issued by the Ist January next. By order. J. It. MOWATT, Secretary. Secretary's Office, King's.cross Station, London, 14th Dec., 1852. CONTRACT FOR PILLOW CASES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 14th Dec., 1852. 911 HE Commissioners for executing the Office of 1 Lord High Admiral of the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, That on THURSDAY, the 30th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into the Transport Stores at her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Deptford, —half in two Months and the remainder in one Month afterwards— No. 1,000 PILLOW CASES FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Pillow Cases," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering% in the sum of 1001. for the due performance of the Contract. NEARLY HALF the ADULT POPULATION of Great Britain could bear testimony to the agreeable influ ence and curative powers of PARR'S LIFE PILLS ; and cheerful ness being "the health of virtue," to possess it is to advance a great step in happiness, comfort, and bodily ease. He who has not tested the efficacy of these admirable Pills, has neglected an essential incen tive to health and happiness. They are found, after giving them a fair trial for a few weeks, to possess the most astonishing and invigorating properties ; and they ill overcome all obstinate complaints, and restore sound health. Their mildness as a purgative is a desideratum greatly required by the weak and delicate. None are Genuine, unlass,the words "PARR'S LIFE PILLS" are In White Letters of a Red Ground, on the Government Stamp, pasted round each box; also, the lac-sinulie of Signature of the Proprietors, " T. ROBERTS and Co., Crane-court, Fleet-street, London," on the Directions. Sold in boxes, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and family packets at 1 le. each, by all respectable medicine vendors throughout the world. Full direc tions are given with each box. London Agents : —Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon.street ; Edwards, St. Paul's Church-yard; Sutton and Co., Bow Church. yard ; banger, 151, Oxford street; Hannay and Co., Oxford-street; Baxter, Chemist, High Holborn. BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH Hamilton-place New-road, London. The principles of the HYGEIAN or MORISONIAN SYSTEM are eon' lined in the following propositions :- 1. The vital principle is in the blood. 2. Everything in the body is derived from the blood. 3. All constitutions are radically the same. 4. All diseases arise from imparity of the blood, or, in other words, from acrimonious humours lodged in the body. 5. Pain and disease have the same origin ; and may therefore be considered synonymous. 6. From the intimate connexion subsisting b e tween mind and body, the health of one must conduce to the serenity of the other. 7. Proper Purgation by Vegetables is the only effectual mode of eradicating disease. 8. The discovery of a VEGETABLE COMPOUND, capable of being digested, and mixing with the blood, ao as to impart to it the energy requisite for ridding the body of all impurities, was a desideratum. 9. This discovery was made by JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist, in the composition of the VEGETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE (Morison's Pills) of the British College of Health, Hamilton-place, New-road, London. ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. In French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. M., or post-free. for Forty-two Stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION;a n Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects the health and Kapp of Man, N 5 Ith its Disqualifications and Impe diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits, youthml excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrimea, Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il lustrated by 60 coloured Engrasings, on the Anatomy of the Repro ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, D , otlr of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Ap. `lecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential act of this treatise is to point out the leaded consequences roe ...ng 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 elopted 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 peculivity 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 end academic hoaouts at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient guarantee that those who may place th e mselves under his care will, in every inatance, meet with that delicate consideration and inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these 08908. - Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater noster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Stade, Titehborne-street, Haymaket ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, r from the a uthor, who may be consulted personally, or by letter daily, from Ten till Two, and from Six till Eight. CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS. ON all hands arrangements are making to celebrate the anniversary of Christmas. To create novelty for a festivity so ancient requires 81MC de3ree of ingenuity, re and than to introduce fresh sources of comfort and enjoyment claims mo ordlnary talent. For a great number of years novelties in Dress 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 nd w h o se seasonable productions have gained l as t in g celebrity, who 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 present ATTIRE for ADULTS and JUVENILES in the widest range of taste, the nucleus of their most celebrated style s, DRESS for Ckristmas parties, the most splendid materials and the neatest workmanship. OVERCOATS and WATERPROOF CLOTHING 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.—Chris tmas eve being Friday, E. MOSES arid SON'S Esta blishments will be closed at half-past four o'clock. TO EMIGRANTS. An requisite Goods and Clothing called an OUTFIT, or the best opportunity 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 oat free. A separate department is appropriated to Outfitting. CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CON NEXION cept WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN 011, OUT OF LONDON, ex their own Establishm ents f as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156 and 157, Minories, 83, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating London West-end Branch, 586, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2, and 11, Hart-street, all communicating. B ra dibrd (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridg e street. Sheffield Branch,3 6 , Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers Farriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be al exchanged if desired, or, if prefer red, the money will be returne without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from suns et Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," con taining the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions for self-mea surement may be had on application, or post-free, to any pat t of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac fbr the year ending 1853 can be had, gratis, on application. , I'on parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian. titer spricht man Deutach. 1 Aqua se habla Espanol. 400,000 LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. 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 IL Open every evening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal °met-I-Elston, M. Boulcour. • UPPER INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY.-- Additional capital of 3,000,0001.—Fr0m the great importance attached by the authorities to the early construction a line of rail - road from Allahabad to Delhi , the Directors of t he Ewer India Rail way Company feel it to be essential to the interests of their Shareholders that this Company should at once be pieced in a posi tion to tender for the whole line. They have therefore resolved, alter mature deliueration, to INCREASE the present CAPITAL of the Company from 1,000,0001. to 4,100,0001. This sum their En gineers assure the Directors is fully adequate to construct the whole line and each short branches as may be necessary, as well as to pro vide the requisite plant. The additional capital will be raised by an issue of 133,000 shares of 201 each, with a deposit of 2s. on each share. * Jf thttse new shares 75,000 will be allotted pro rata to the holders of scrip, as near as may be in the proportion of three shares of the new issue to every two of the old issue. 60,000 will he reserved for India, and the remaining shares, including any not taken in India or by the Scripholders, will be reserved or disposed of for the interest of the Comp y, as the Directors may deem advisable. Applications to be addressed to the Directors, at ti offices of the Company, on or before the 24th instant. Present holders of scrip, who desire to avail themselves of the option of having new shares, are requested to forward, with their applications, their scrip for verification, at the office of the Company, on or before the 24th inst. Forms of application may be had at the office. W. P. ANDREW, Menem Director. 2, Moorgate-street, London, Dec. 14, 1852. SUBMARINE and EITROPEAII ' TELE GRAPH COMPANIES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that MESSAGES between LONDON and DOVER are forwarded, through the above Comp anies, from the offices, N 0.30, Cornhiil, London, and Clarenc-place, Dover . Messages for the Continent are forwarded from the offices, No. 30 Cornhill, London. By order of the Board. G. L. PARROT:, Secretary. 30, Cornhill, 17th November, 1852. 4ZALLE ROBIN, 232, Piccadilly, o pposite the kJ Haymarket.—RE-OPENING on December 2 2 , 1862, b y the SoireeS of the celebrated Somnambulist and Clairmyante, PRU DENCE BERNARD, and the learned Mesmerst, M. ROUX. Every Evening at 8 o'clock precisely. New Experiments in Mes merism, Sensations, &c., to be Intermingled by the Orpheonistes of Paris. Melodies for 2G voices.. Farther desalt In future Adver tisements. PATRON—H R. IL PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. ENTIRELY NEW EXHIBITION. —An OPTICAL and . MUSICAL ILLUSTRATION of " A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM," the Words from Shakspere, the Music by Horn, Stevens. henry West, Bishop, and Dr. Cooke, Daily at a Quarter-past Four, and Evenings, 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 Eiglt ; by Dr. Bachhoffner. on FRICTIONAL ELECTRICITY, illustrated by the HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE; by Mr. Cris pe, on BAILOONING and the PROSPECTS of AERIAL NAVIGATION. 111ns:rated by a beautiful Model of POITEVIN'S PAR 4CHUTE, GREENS GUIDE ROPE, DIAGRAMS, &c.—DISSOLVING VIEWS, incluting Views of WALMER CASTLE, WALMER CHURCH, &c. Admission, ls. ; Schools and Children under ten yea's of age, 6d. each. Admisalon—ONE SHILLING• Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven precisely. POST -OFFICE DIREC TORY. FALSE HOODS.—A handbill, produced avowedly to injure the ' Post-dike London Directory,' signed 'F. W. Watkins,' and re plete with misrepresentation, is now in course of distribution in Lon don. This handbill charges nineteen omissions and fourteen other errors—in all thirty-three actual mistakes in a work containing up wards of ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND distinct names or firms. In the handbill 'F. W. Watkins' charges the ' Post office London Directory for 1853,' with having improperly omitted, in Cannon-street, City, the names of various persons or firms, which, in truth (although inserted as at Cannon-street in Watkin's Directory for 1653), are not to be found in Cannon-street at all. And by the somewhat extraordinary process of multiply;ng the one thousand five hundred and eighty-four columns of print in the Post-office ' Street Directory,' by these blunders in Watkins's Directory, lie arrives at the conclusion, and actually ge p g sei4lat there are thirty TTioaftfifice London Directory nonSala if''eTitTl - - ofriligs!on• in tne for 1853.' The following are extracts from F. W. Watkins's band. bill : " Names omitted in Cannon-street, City, in the Post Office Lon den Directory for 1853. See page 174." 19. British Colonial Sugar Company.' Of this 'omission' the following Certificate will sufficiently dis pose :—" In a handbill now in course of circulation, and having the signature 'F. W. Watkins,' it is alleged that the offices of the British Colonial Sugar Company' are at 19, Cannon-street, City. Such is not the fact. These offices remain, as stated in the ' Post Office London Directory for 1853,' at 10A, -King's Arms-yard, Moor gate- street. The entry at page 70, of Watkins's Directory for 1853 —' British Colonial Sugar Company, R. Smith, sec., 19, Cannon street,' is therefore erroneous. " (Signed) GEORGE F. SMITH, for IL SMITH. " 10A, King's Arms-yard, 9th Dec., 1852." Another firm, charged as omitted' in the Post Office Directory, is thus stated in the handbill:— . 64. Perkins and Sharpus, tin and japan manufacturers.' How F. W: Watkins could blunder as to the locality of this emi nent firm is not easy to conjecture. But the following Certificate will prove the accuracy of the Post Office Directory':—" We have seen a handbill signed F. W. Watkins,' in which an attack is made on the Post Office London Directory for 1853' for not having given the address of our firm at 64 Cannon-street, City. It is not true that our establishment is, or is intended to be, at 64 Cannon-street: it remains, as stated in the 'Post Office Directory fer 1853,' at 6, W' ell court. " The insertion of our firm in Watkins's Directory for 1853, at 64, Cannon-street is, therefore, a blunder. " (Signed) PRaurrs & SHAUN:TS. "6, Bell court, 9th Dec. 1852." Another well-known firm, charged to be omitted in the ' Post Office Directory,' is thus stated in the handbill: — '23. Sterry, Merry & Co., wholesale oilmen and drysalters.' Thus disposed of by the following Certificate :—" When the col lector for the ' Post Office Directory' called here, we directed that we should be described for the year 1853 at this address, where we still carry on our business. STERRY, STEIIRT & CO. " 143, Boro' High-street, 18 Dec. 1852." Another name, charged by F. W. Watkins' as improperly omitted, at 64, Cannon-street, in the Post Office Directory for 1853,' is thus stated in his handbill :- 64, Shindler, Robert, solicitor' This Use charge is disposed of by the following Certificate: — "There is no person of the name of Robert Shindler in practice as a solicitor, or holding offices at all in this house. " 64, Cannon-street, City, 9 Dec., 1852. (Signed) B. PERKINS." In the belief that we have, for the present, sufficiently disposed of F. W. Watkins's' calculation as to the 30,000 mossioss, we pass to some others of his statements included in the THIRTY-THREE names. It is within the knowledge of every one possessing any experience in commercial affairs, that many firms or trades, after the decease of the original proprietors, continue to be carried on in the same names—as Coutts & Co.,' Child & Co.,' &c., &c., &c. " Aston I, box and ivory rule maker, 25, Old Compton Street, dead eight years ; still this name appears in the Post Office London Directory for 1853." Certificate thereupon:—" In a circular recently issued by F. W. Watkins,' it is stated that the name of I. Ashton, 25, Old Compton street,' is an error. I hereby state that it was inserted by my authority, the business being, like many others (such as Pickford & Co.), carried on in the original name. " (Signed) " 25, Old Compton-street, 6 December, 1852 " GEOROE 31ANDE8. Another statement in the handbill is the following : " Conne Nicholas, glass engraver, 33, Princes-street, Leicester square, dead two years; still this appears in the' Post Office London Directory for 1853: " Certificate—" Having observed that it is stated in a circular re cently issued by the proprietor of Watkins's Commercial Directory,' that the name of N. Conne is inserted in error in tba ' Post Office London Directory,' I beg to state that it was inserted at my particu lar request, the business being still carried on under that name by myself and the executrix, " (Signed) 33, Princes-street, 6th December, 1852." W. S. GOODWIN, The following is another of the statements in the handbill : Leo. Chas. E. academy, 18, Goodge-street, dead twelve months ; till this name appears in the ' Post Office London Directory for 1853." Certificate—" It was at my request that my husband's name was kept in the ' London Post Office Directory for 1853.' " (Signed) LAURA E. LEO. " 18, Goodge-street, 9th December, 1852." It will doubtless be generally considered that we have herein dealt sufficiently with the mendacious handbill ; should F. W. Watkins further circulate it in the teeth of the foregoing certificates. we shall make a far more thorough exposure of its sophistries and falsehoods. KELLY and CO. 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court, Temple-bar, 14th December, 1852. MISREPRESENTATION-WATKINS'S DIRECTORY.—We have, for about a month past, observed in several newspapers, prefixed or affixed to our announceme s nts of the " Post Office London Directory for 1863," an advertisement in whieh it is al eged that " ' Watkins's General London Directory and Court Guide for 1853' contains upwards of 127,000 names, being 27,000 more than will be found in any other Directory of London ever published." It is not the fact that " Watkins's Directory for 1853" contains 27,000 more names than the "Post Office London Directory for 1853," or even so many names as that work. The arrangement, termed in the Post Office " STREET DIRECTORY," and in Watkins's " STREET Street Directory" in the Post Office Directory contains 114,048 names or firms, while Watkins's contains but 113,410. In the other divisions of the work, containing names distinct from those in the Street Directory, or information of a different character, the disproportion is more marked. In the names of Government Officers, for instance , the Post Office has 7,000 names, while Watkins's has very much less than 3,000, and Watkins's contains no Alphabetical List of, or Index to these names, so that one name cannot be found without wading through the entire. In the Postal division the disproportion is still greater, while in Watkins's Directory this division is devoid of any Index; nor is there any Index to the Street Key, or to the List of Trades. or to the Legal Directory. We should not have made this announcement but for the misrepresentation that " Watkins's Direc tory for 1853" contains 27,000 " more names than any other Direc tory of London ever published." Such a statement repeated so fre quently as it has been in public advertisements, might, if allowed to pass uncentradicted, obtain some amount of credence. Kelly & Co., 19 and 20, Old Boswell-court.-14th December, 1852. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by 11. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Avo.. in cloth. price ss. by post free. Ss. M.. ON TRUE & 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 Hypochondria:3 l s. 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 he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equelly flagrant evll which it may be in his ewer to correct."—Lendon 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 w ho make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ......This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrbeea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiolor.ical basis, It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. Bvo., 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 even its most Inveterate and apparently Intractable Forms. - • BY F. B. COITRTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "In proof of his views he (Mr. Ceurtenay) has given the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated. Such are cases ix., xi., ail, and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both In duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet th 3 treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently saccessild." —Professor Dears on the Treatment of Stricture. DR. CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, R 7, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author price One Shilling each : by post, Is. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." Corm; rs :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Pam, 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., Sue. FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c. Vol THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. 111. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " , That three score years and ten our course may run." A lopular review of almost every form (cause and core) of ner :ou 4y-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and era- Utters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical rep st,on of every-day life. Iv. THE PASSION'S. "What passions hurt the body—what improve, Troths as refined u Athena ever heard." StranteT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual ties of licentiousness and dissipaticn, with illustrations graphic, nar rative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriage& V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. "To be or not to be, that is the question." PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and figure, to! secure healthy offspring, with the art af rearing iliern• ' , Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By R. J. CULVERWELL, 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 Nine. 10,Argyll-place, Regent-street. NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. THE DEPOSIT and. GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. CArITAL—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUNDS. DIRECTORS. B. YaHowley Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury. G. Noel Clarke, Esq., late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club. George Coode, Esq., Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvo% St. Heller's, Jersey, , Stephen Cracknall, Esq.. 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11, few-square, Lincoln's-inn. George Knox, Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor Lodge, Staffordshire. Alexander Maclean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-11111. David C. Poole, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. William Prinsep, Esq., 147, Leadenball-street, and 8, Hyde-park place West. Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. Major Sperling, 14, St. James's-square. AUDITORS. F. J. Bigg, Esq„ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, Legal, and General Life Office. William Jones, Esq., Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. _ BANKERS. Sir Charles Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London, PHYSICIANS. Dr. Lewis, Finsbury-place. Dr. Scanlan, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square, SURGEONS. H. T. Chapman, Esq., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square , Michael Teevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place. Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S. INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. F. P. F. Strousberg, Esq. STANDING COUNSEL. William Wellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. mu and Mathews St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. Charles W. Bevan, Esq. The public Is respectfully invited to examine the principles of the Deposit System of Assurance, which is based upon tables calculated by. and is under the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L S., the Consulting Actuary to the Company. Comparative Tables to assure 5001. on death, by a person aged twenty next birthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system ofAssurances: The Moniteur publishps an amnesty granted to deserters from the merchant service, on the same terms and conditions as that lately granted to those of the army and navy, and allowing different periods for them to avail themselves of it, according to the distance at which they may be at the time from France. The central commission of railways, which was created to replace the general commission insti tuted in 1847, ceased to exist in 1851 ' • but it is now said that the Government intends to institute a new commission charged to decide on the oppor tuneness of the demands for new lines, and on the precise direction to be taken by them. The large number of demands for concessions referred to by the Moniteur has, it is said, led to this measure. The Government, it is added, will submit to the commission a project for establishing secondary lines, in which, as in 1842, the different directions which it is desirable for them to take will be, indi cated, and the number of them will be limited. A journal of the Dordogne says :—" As the heavy rain prevented a great number of electors from going to vote on the question of the Empire, the electors who were prevented from voting has tened to make declarations to that effect to the mayors. It appears that the mayors of 92 communes of this department have forwarded proces-verbaux to prove that upwards of 3000 electors were thus prevented from voting." General Lamorciere has returned to Bruss els, where he intends to pass the greater part of the winter. The Patric states that two decrees are in contem plation, one to augment the number of the members of the amber of Commerce from 15 to 21: and the second relative to the commission to be levied by agens de change, brokers, and insurance office agents. The negotiation of commercial bills not having more than six months to run is to be charged one-eighth per cent., half to be paid by either party ; but when the time is more than six months one eighth per cent. is to be paid by the buyer, and one fourth percent. by the seller. For negotiations in the Rente, Industrial Shares, Bank Shares, and Railway Securities, the commission is to be one eighth per cent. on the net amount of the negocia tion, payable by each party. When for railway shares the commission so levied shall be inferior to 50c. per share, the sum of 50c. shall nevertheless be charged, one-half payable by the seller, and one half by the buyer. Lower charges than are at pre sent levied are also to be fixed for the sale of bran dies, wines, &c., and the commission to be charged by the insurance-office agents is to be one per thousand, whatever may be the rate of premium. The inauguration of the bust of the Emperor at the Marche des Enfants Rouges, took place on Tuesday in presence of the Archbishop of Paris, the mayor of the 7th arrondissement, and the other functionaries of the district. The mayor delivered a speech on the occasion in which he recapitulated the immense services which had been rendered to the country by the man who had been thrice elected. by France as her head. This speech, which was lis tened to with the deepest attention, was, at its close, followed by loud cries of " Vive rEmpereur." The Archbishop afterwards delivered an allocution suitable to the occasion, which produced the deepest impression. Public securities were heavy yesterday. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 106 f. 35c., and closed at 106 f. 10c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 82f. 15c. THE CONTINENT. SPAIN. A telegraphic dispatch announces that General- Narvaez has been ordered to quit Spain. The Madrid Gazette of the 9th contains a noti fication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the effect that the Queen of Spain has acceded to the treaty of London of the Bth May, between the great powers, relative to the succession of the Danish Throne ' • and that this succession was effected on the sth with the usual formalities. The Gazette states that on the Ist the floating debt of the Treasury was 354,628,48'7 reals, and that a month before it was 356,205,303 reals. The negotiation of Treasury Bonds during the month of November was, says the Gazette, effected at 8 per cent. per annum for private persons, and at 6 cent. for the Bank and Messrs. Rothschild. In consequence of acquittal by the jury, the Nation, theNonedates, and the Clamor Public° had resumed publication as political journals. GERMANY. In the last sitting of the Germanic Diet, says the German Journal of Frankfort of the 13th, M. de Bismarck-Schoenhausen announced that he had received an official notification from the Minister of France of the accession of Prince Louis Napoleon to the Empire. The Diet resolved that it would continue its official relations with the French Go vernment until further orders. "It is said," adds the Gazette, " that the recognition of the new French Empire will not take place until after the Empire shall have been recognised by the different States." The Bavarian journals announce that M. de Wendland, Bavarian ambassador in Paris, who had been passing some time in Munich, left that city on the 9th to return to his post. He was the bearer, it is said, of new credentials. Intelligence reached Mannheim on the 9th that the students of Heidelberg intended to make a demonstration in the night. Two companies of infantry were immediately ordered to keep them selves in readiness to act at a moiient's notice, but the night passed off peaceably. The official journal of Berlin, of the 11th, an nounces that Prince Charles of Prussia had passed a good night, and that, as no change was expected to take place in his situation, which was favourable, no more bulletins are to be published. The Resorgintento of Turin, of the 11th, states that the curates of Villareggia and San Giusto (Piedmont) were arrested on the 7th, for having spoken against the constitutional regime. The examination of witnesses still continues at Florence in the case of Guerrazzi and others, and, generally speaking, the depositions are decidedly in favour of the prisoners. It is believed, in Flo rence, that Romanelli will be acquitted ; as to Guerrazzi his acquittal is not considered quite so certain ; and great fears are entertained for the other prisoners. A letter from Florence, of the 7th, in the Cor riere Mercantile of Genoa, states that so many ex ceptions have been made to the measure by which foreign refugees were to be expelled from Tuscany, that in reality the whole measure is reduced to this—that any refugee may reside in Tuscany, pro vided be has means of subsistence, quiet habits, and respectable acquaintance. Permissions of re sidence have already been returned to a great many refugees who had been deprived of them. ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the ordinary The sum the life Offices would give ordinary Life him if he were unable Offices would to pay, or if he omitted It the His give him for to pay his current rc! end of policy the surrender annual premium of Annual thirty at that or sale Si. 6s. 3d. after he has .e 'premium yearsarban age, of his policy, paid into their coffers r i g to assure' tilt party in case after thirty 1249/.75.6a., and which 500/.* is fifty of years'paynieuts they have had the use years old, death amounting to of at compound 00 hewill have will be 249/. 73. 6d. interest,t or in paid into worth whichtheyhave,the event of his death the office. had the benefit one hour after such of at compound omission or inability intere9t. to pay. little more 20 rt. 6s. 3d. 2491. 75.6 d. 5001. than 801. woTrinto. perhaps 901. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Ifun able to pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo- Hey would still remain of its FULL value, 522/.28.7d.ti death 11, if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre quired. Ifhowever the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not onlydraw out all hehas put in, via., 2251., but 20 U. lOs Od 225/. '5221.287d 2871. 23.9 d. a certain bonus of 621. 25. 9d. in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole of his payments, or he could either draw out a part, 201. or 501.. diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum so drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and7in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson, Esq. * The rates here selected are those adopted by the English and Cambrian Office, and advertised in its distinctive features as low rates of premium, and professedly for the lower and middling classes. In most offices, particularly the older ones, such as the Scottish Equitable and the Globe, these rates would be much higher. In the former of 101. 7s. 6d., with 10 shillings per cent. entrance fee, would be the rate to insure 5001. at 20 Years of age. In the latter 8/. 13s 4d., to insure the same sum. The higher the rate the more in favour of the DEPOSIT system. f Money laid out at compound interest DOUBLES ITSELF every four teen years. On comparison of these two tables it will be seen that a person under the novel system of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow ing a d van tages, viz., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can assure a larger sum in case of death than under the ordinary system. andly. In the event of a desire to surrender his Policy he can receive in this Company, by the above example, which applies to all ages, TREES times as much uon the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event o f i na bility or omission to pay, his policy rema ins still his property, of the same value as it was, though he cease his current payments for any number of years ; whereas on the ordinary system, he gets nothing. 4thly. Should he require to increase or decrease the amount of his policy he can do so at pleasure. He can, at any time, by giving a fortnight's notice, withdraw any part from 11. up to the whole amount of his previous payments and with interest. After he has withdrawn part one year he can, by a single payment, three years, or any time afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even its former amount ; and by this system be can at all times regulate his annual savings by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the bargain of having a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as in a bank, with this palpable advantage, however, that he gets inte rest for his money, and in case of death his family receive more than the amount of his savings. In ordin ary Life Offices be can do no such thing, but his policy at once lapses or is cancelled the moment he ceases to pay his current premiums, and, instead of having any fund to fly to for aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to the society, and his misfo rtunes serve to benefit the pockets of his more fortunate co-assurers. Such a system is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked and DEPOSIT assurance is the only system Af. assurance which can be universally recognized and adopted when the principles are impar tially canvassed, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It co nfers greater advantages than a bank becau se it allows a fair rate of interest in case of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the hands of the Company to the representatives of the Depositor in case of death. thus combining the AD V A NTAGES OF A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF AN ASSURANCE COMPazry. In case of endowment assurances the advantages of the DE?OS system are still more striking. "E. THE ORDINARY ADVANTAGES OF THIS C OMPANY U LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. To those who prefer this branch Policia are granted from 201. to 5,0001. on every known principle thereof. Lives in all but the worst stages of disease, and such as have been are taken at rates equivalent to the rejected by other Offices, parti cular disease. granted on eve Loans from 501. and upw ards ry kind of security, real or personal, on the most equitable terms to the borrower Annuities of every description granted on very favourable terms. Non-forfeiture of a Policy.—ln case of inability to pay the currant premiums, the Directors will either purchase the Policy at a fair market value, or give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., inte rest corresponding in amount to the whole of the previous payments which have been made. Detailed prospectuses with tables in further illustration of onus De posit system, and any further information may be obtairred ppli , cation to the Agents in the country, or to CHARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. N. B. —Agents Wanted in all parts of the World. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —DEAFNESS.—NEW DISCOVERY.- 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument, for deafness, entirely different from all others to surpass anything of the kind that has been or probably ever can beproduced, being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it en ables deaf persons to hear distinctly. at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears are entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. The Royal Exhibition —Valuable newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, to discern minute objects at a distance of from four to five miles, which is found to be invaluable, for yachting, and to sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Telescopes, possessing such extraordi nary power, that some 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. They supersede every other kind, and are of all sizes for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military purposes, &c. Opera and race-course glasses with wonder ful power; a minute object can be clearly seen from 10 to 12 miles distant. Invaluable newly-invented spectacle. —S. and B. Solomons, Aurists and Opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Ho tel. THE AUST.RALIAN GOLD FIELDS, We have Sydney papers up to the 3d of September. Of the New South Wales mines the Bingara fields were exciting the most special attention. Gold was being found in large quantities and of a character similar to that of Mount Alexan der. Many persons from Sydney were leaving for Bingara. It was expected that 1,000 licenses would be taken out for September. No particu lars, are, however, given of the yields of these diggings, which it appears are about 180 miles from Maitland. They are for the present confined to the tableland at the head of the Bingara and Courangoura creeks, and up to the end of August the diggers had only been surfacing. Very little gold had reached Sydney in the last days of August and the first days of September. It appears that the roads are so thoroughly impassable that no escort can traverse them for many miles ; but small par cels are now and then sent by private horse transport. Thus, 356 ounces came from Braidwood, 69 ounces from Major's Creek, 192 ounces from Sofala, 5 ounces from Bathurst, and 12 ounces from Hartley. The supply of wheat to the Sydney markets had of late been limited. The prices, however, remained unaltered, best samples fetching Bs. 6d., middling 7s. 6d. per bushel. Flour, too, remains at the last quotations of 231. fine, and 211. seconds, per ton. Bread was selling generally at 6d. the 21 b. loaf. The prices of butcher's meat at the Sydney slaughter-houses were—beef Id., mu tton 14d., wholesale ; and in retail—beef 2d. to 3d., mutton 2d. to 3d., veal 3d. to 6d., and pork sd. to 6 d. p er lb. Fowls sold at 2s. 6d., ducks at - 55., geese a t 65., bacon at Bd., lard at sd. he prices of fuel were high. Coals sold at 31. to 31. 10s. per ton, with an upward tendency; charcoal at is. per bushel ; firewood at 10s, to 18s. per load—the price depending not so much either upon the quantity or the quality of the load, as upon the state of the weather and the roads., Trade generally was dull. This was chiefly attributed to the want of means for conveyances for teams—we find it stated throughout the' papers before us—occupied more time in making one trip than was usual for three when the roads were passable. The Surveyor-General has issued a report, from which it appears that it would require 500,006/. to repair the roads in New South Wales, exclusive of the expense of construct ing new roads to the various gold fields. Vast numbers of mechanics and labourers were, still leaving either for the New South Wales or the Victoria diggings, in spite of the high prices paid to them at Sydney and the othei towns. The wages of carpenters are quoted at 60s. per week, shipcarpenters 725., masons 555.,, tinsmiths 60s. to 100 s., wheelwrights and dray builders I2os. to 2005., while bootmakers, wireworkers, plasterers, and other trades got proportionably high rates. All these wage's had an upward tendency. It was generally allowed that there was no getting on with out roads and railroads, and, to make them, mechanics " must be paid 10s. per day, and double that amount if necessary." " Gold wages in a gold country" has long been the cry of all classes in New South Wales and Victoria, and the people generally are impatient to be taxed, _provided the -revenue be laid out in works of public utility. The Sydney Morning Herald mentions the stockholders and golddiggcrs as most likely to be beiefited by, and consequently chiefly called upon to bear the burden of a road tax. The stockholders would derive enormous advantages from an improvement of the roads, because sheep, beasts, and. horses, the de mand for which is rapidly increasing, would gain a freer access to the markets. The diggers are taxed at the rate of I.s; per &ay, The paper we quote from thinks the tax should be_raised to 2s. 6d. Unfortunate or incompetent diggers wevid then be driven back to their ordinary oc cupations. This would equalise labour and expand the revenue. There can be no doubt that any measure tending to stop the indiscriminate rushes to the gold fields would act most beneficially, and that such a measure is devoutly to be wished for. At present, it is as if actually . no emigrants from this country had reached Austrahfl ; those that have landed have left no traces in the towns or in the bush; they have at once gone to swell t!ie alarming number of consumers at the diggings. "Over this country," says the Sydney Morning Herald, "There hangs a cloud so black and threatening as to cause men's hearts to fail them for fear. All the thrilling descriptions given by the Times of the desolation to be apprehended for the industrial interests of these colonies are but too likely to be realised to the very letter, unless population pours in upon us, and that without delay, by thousands and tens of thousands. Our winter is fast pass ing away, and with the return of spring will come the hottr of our trial. We fear for our flocks and herds, we fear for our farms, we fear for all the departments of our manual occupation, urban as well as rural. Wages have risen pt digionsly, are rising still, and nothing can prevent th 'r far outstripping the profits of capital in every branch of business but an immense, an immediate, and a continuer immigration." The political condition of the colony and the temper if the colonists are, as we hinted in a former report , quite as distressing. The papers before us contain ample evidence of this.fact. It is the opinion of the colonists that their affairs have arrived at a marked and porten tous crisis. " This day's mail will convey to her Majesty's Govern ment the details and results of the late movement in oir Legislative Council. In the speeches delivered and in the resolutions adopted, Ministers will hardly fail to perceiie that the time has come when concessions can no longer loe withheld, but at risks which even Ministers ought not to contemplate without alarm. In some of those speeches, ft is true, expressions' were employed of which soberminded. colonists entirely disapprove. But let Ministers be assured of this—that respecting the political wrongs by which thoie angry expressions were provoked there is throughont the country but one opinion and one feeling . . . 1 . There is but one opinion among all ranks and all parties ss to the necesssity of our having the unfettered control of all our own revenues and plenary powers of legislation on subjects purely colonial The public mind has been so exasperated by the proceedings of the Home G-overnmegt that nothing short of a speedy removal of all our juist causes of complaint can arrest and put down that spirit f 7. disloyalty which has of late been gaining ground in eve direction." - The above is, in temperate language, a faithful abstra4t of the violent denunciations of the Rome Government and the local authorities which for months past haie filled the New South Wales and Victoria papers. No roads, no bridges and latterly no gold escorts ; irregular mails, the postal communication interrupted for a fort night at a time, the country overrun with escaped convicts, the police force miserably deficient, and in many instances altogether wanting ; horse and cattle stealing of such frequent occurrence that the Court could not find time to try the offenders if the offenders could be caught ; highway robberies perpetrated with jiiipunity, and, of late, robberies ill open daylight in th7r-aree%g of Melbourne rthe - se are the chief feature of Australian news, to which every paper contributes its quotum. After this it is almost super fluous to mention minor grievances, such as the out rageous cost of the collection of the gold revenue—the cost of collection in New South Wales on a revenue of 63,4791. being 23,0001. The Australian winter ended in, the first week of September, Sheep-shearing was to commence in the middle of that month. The colonists were at a loss to know where the shearers were to come from and what wages they would demand. But they hint very signi ficantly that some persons in England may be even more interested in that question than the owners of the sheep them selves. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Assistant-Surgeon.—James Li'bourne, to the hospital, Jamaica. Clerk in Charge.— A. S. Bennett, to the Locust, steam-vessel, Brazils. Clerks.—W. R. Scott, to the Cruiser, 14, screw-sloop, fitting at Woolwich ; George Fait, to the Excellent, gunnery-ship, Portsmouth ;W. P. Burdwood, to th 9 Ajax, 58, screw-ship, Queenstown. Rear-Admiral Dundas's fleet had not arrived at Gib- raltar on the 4th inst. There were then the Phaeton, 50, Captain G. Elliot, for Lisbon, to come home with Admiral Corry; Arethusa, 50, Captain Symonds ; Tiger, 18, steam-frigate, Captain Giffard ; Niger, 14, screw sloop, Commander Heath • and Antelope, eam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander West . Rear-Admiral Corry, with his squadron ' the Prince Regent, 92, Captain Hutton ; Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C.B. ; Sanspareil, 81, screw-ship, Captairi Dacres • Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, Captain Giffard ; and Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Woolridge, remained at Lisbon. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 14. Rear-Admiral Sir F. Pellew, the new commander-in chief for the East Indies, arrived here on Monday evening, and proceeded to hoist his flag (red) at the wizen, on board the Neptune, 120, ordinary guard-ship, at nine o'clock this morning, when the customary salute was exchanged between that ship and the Victory. Magara, screw steam-transport, Commander Johnson,, sailed . from Spithead, on Monday evening for the eastward.' Blenheim, 58, screw steam guard-ship, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., has been towed down from her moor ings to-day, and placed along side the jetty ready for (locking, to have a leak stopped. Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander Strange, has been swung to-day for compass observation. Sidon, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Goldsmith, hauled out of dock to the fitting basin to-day, having had her bottom cleaned. Fire Queen, steam-vessel, Master Paul, went out of harbour this morning to Sconce Point, with a party of Government officialsOo inspect the works in progress for the new battery. DEVONPORT, Dn. 13 Vulture was taken. into No. 5 Dock this morning, to sight and clean her bottom • she will be taken out to-morrow morning. She is full manned, with the ex ception of a couple of stewards—Captain Glasse is well known here. Magicienne, Captain Fisher, is not so for tunate : she is many hands deficient. Captain Glasse is the favourite with the seamen here. Nile, 92, will be taken into No. 4 Dock to-morrow morning, to be fitted for screw machinery. Avon, steam-tender, returned this afternoon from Portsmouth. Quail, lighter (Iveney), which was obli g put back ed to P into the Sound on Friday, through fou l weather, sailed to-day with stores for Pembroke. TIM DIEG/ERA. The following is an extract from a letter from : an officer of H.M.S. Megrera, dated Spithead, Dec. 13 "We anchored at Spithead to-day (Monday), having been lately employed in relieving detachments of Royal Artillery at the West Indian Windwardat Island a s. The MegEera left Spithead Oct. 6, arriving Barbdoes on the 27th day. She afterwards proceeded to Tobago, Trinidad, and Grenada. Amongst the passengers who have come home from the latter place are the widow and two daughters of the late Colonel Williams, R.A. "On the 16th of November her Majesty's ship Daunt less arrived at Barbadoes, last from St. Thomas ; 18 deaths had occurred from yellow fever. On the 18th (the day upon which we sailed for England) the remain ing patients had been sent to sick quarters, and were nearly all convalescent. Captain Halsted, however, con t em plated landing the whole crew, General having with great kindness and alacrity placed barrack accommodation at his disposal. "The Megmra has proved herself a very much better ship than her officers anticipated. She has gone under sail alone 12.5 knots an hour, and nine knots under s team, without sail ; the bad qualities she is said to pos sess have ' not been developed during this voyage. Five hundred and sixty gallons of fresh water have been pro cured from Grant's galley daily, and on the outward passage no other water was used, although every person on board was allowed 11 gallons per diem." Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire. Sir Thomas Fletcher Fenton Boughey, Bart. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Charles Powell, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Richard George Jebb, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 10. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. John Milligan Laws, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Dec. 11. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire. Worcester Regiment of Militia.—Henry Handley El rington, Esq., to be Captain, vice Wheeley, resigned ; George Ruddle, Esq., to be Captain, vice Martin, re signed, Sep. 14; Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts Foley, Esq., to be Captain, Nov. 19. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia.—John Gay, Esq., to be Captain, vice Burroughes, resigned ; George Chester Wood, Gent., to be Lieutenant' vice Cubitt, re signed, Dec. 10. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets. Charles Tilstone Beke, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Lambert Cowell, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dec. 11. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Warner Dennis Esq. to be, Captain, vice Hodson, deceased ; Edward Dennis Hawn, Gent. to be Surgeon, vice Hovill. deceased, Dec. 11. Queen's Own Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia —Henry John Janncey, Esq. late Captain in the 63 rd .foot, to be Captain, vice Vanheytheysen, who retires, retaining his rank, Dec. 11. [The following article is substituted for the one which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday the 12th October.] Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrey. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—To be Lieu tenant, Nathaniel Benjamin Cohen, vice J. Frend. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—To be Cap tains, William John Evelyn, Esq., vice Riley superseded ; John Almon Bonlcott, Esq. • Charles William Calvert, Esq. To be Lieutenant, Wyndham Hoste, Esq. 2nd Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—To be Cap tain, Thomas Donoghue Wright, Esq., vice Onslowe, re signed. To be Lieutenants, Alfred Acheson, Esq., vice Hatch, resigned ; Frederick Billingham Swami, Esq., vice Fitzwilliam, resigned. BANKRUPTS. John Spratt, coach-builder, Chelsea, to surrender, Dec. 23, and Jan. 24, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Chidley, Gresham-street. William Walton, baker, Leamington Priors Dec. 30, and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Poole and Son, Southam ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Alfred Bunnett, window blind manufacturer, Nevring• ton-causoway, Dec. 27, at eleven, and Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Teague, Crown-court, Cheapside. ws St t a eri ff nc o yt r n d c, s om h u ir ri e ta ,.. Whitmore, Jan. John hBn andAs ke , 3 officiala timber mb ten, m s e n at merchant, e t e h , e ß ßirmingham g S h h ah e L a te nt; n .4 , Dl Llewellyn, Tun stall ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Stephen Dudgeon, builder, Litehurch, Derbyshire, Jan. 7 and 21, at ten, at the Birminghan District Court. Bit tleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bowley, Notting ham ; Hodgson, Birmingham. George Hirst, manufacturer, Horncoat, Foolstone, York shire, Jan. 10, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Turner, Huddersfield; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Robinson, upholsterer, Grand Junction-terrace, Edgware-road, Dec. 28, at one, and Jan. 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official as signee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Miller, Conduit-street West, Paddington, corn dealer, J an . 7, at half-past twelve—H. Tainsh, Hatton-garden, dealer in Bibles, Jan. 11, at eleven—R. J. Dangerfield, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, printer, Jan. 11, at twelve. In the Country. _ J. F. Lawrence, Wookey Hole, Somersetshire, paper maker, Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Croud son, Wigan, Lancashire, money scrivener, Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—H. M`Grotty, Liverpool, mer chant, Jan. 6, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—P. Ruf ford, F. Rufford, and C. J. Wragge, Stourbridge, Wor cestershire, bankers, Jan. 8, at ten, at the Court, Birming ham, PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. J. Wilkins, Brighton, builder, 6s. Bd., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, or any succeeding Tuesday, between eleven and two o'clock, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. H. Plummer, jun., Golden-lane, Middlesex, wood turner, Is. 9(1., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, and any succeeding Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street.. H. Adams, Hastings, hardwareman, 20., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, or any succeeding Tuesday, between eleven and two. at, the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall-street. W. Wieler, Crutched-friars, merchant, ls. 91d., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, or any succeeding Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Nicholson, Basinghall street, J. Marsden, Manchester, laceman, ls. 10d., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, or on any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. S. Paget, Preston, draper, 3s. 6d., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, and every following Tuesday, between ten and one, at the office of Mr. Lee, Manchester. G. Moon, Borrowby, Yorkshire, corn miller, Is. 6d., on. Thursday, Dec. 16, and on any subsequent Thursday, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. J. Watson, Skipton, Yorkshire, draper, Bd., on Thurs day, Dec. 16, and on any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Freeman, Leeds. T. S. Sleightholme, Scarborough, painter, 55., on any Monday or Tuesday, on and after Dec. 20, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. M. Lees, Halifax, woollen manufacturer, Bs., on any Monday or Tuesday after Dec. 2 0, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. Jackson Scarborough, silversmith, i s . 4d., on any Monday or Tuesday after Dec. 20, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. Dove, Leeds, currier, 7d., on any Monday or Tuesday after Dec. 20, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. W. Threlfall, Addingham, Yorkshire, cotton spinner, 9d., on any Monday or Tuesday after Dec. 20, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. 'A. M`Kerrow, Kingston-upon-Hull, draper, 2s. (3d., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven end two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. J. Luxford, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, tailor, 2s. (3d., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. C. Gittins, Hanky, Staffordshire, tea dealer, 3s. 10d., on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Afri.Whßuiffod Whitmore, banker, ls., on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. R. Micro, Sunderland, provision merchant, 31, in ad dition to 2s. 10d., on Saturday, Dec. 18, or any succeed ing Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. James, Liverpool, ship builder, rid., any Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liver pool. J. S. MacCulloch, Liverpool, draper, is. 11d., Monday, Dec. 20, or any subsequent Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. J. Roberts, Carnarvon, merchant, 23-64 d., any Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liver pool. _ _ NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. H. MacGrotty, Liverpool, me rc hant, Jan. 6, a t twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—T. Bell and A. Champ, Liver pool, provision-dealers, Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Upton, Dawlish, Devonshire , Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. certific n ates of J. B. Armstrong, Manchester, tailor—H. Addis ad W. Onions, Gloucester, vinegar-manufacturers, the first class—W. Watson, Craven-street, Strand, wine merchant. Pimlico-road, and Sharrock, Manchester, sawyers-- , J. Jones H. Dann, Nottingham, lace-manu- PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Williams and E. R. Middlesex, engineers—J. Davis and J. Saunders, O x f ord, —W. H. Phillips and W. Tandy, land-agents—H. Davison and J. Davison, lace-manu facturers —W. Liverpool, boot and shoe dealers—W. George and T. Jewell, Axford, Wiltshire, farmers—G. Alder and J. Alder, --bown-upon- Hu n, co rn factors—S. S. Curtis, H. E. Curtis, and 0. Cur tis, Coleman-street, City, hide and leather factors—R. Farrar and H. James, Noble-street, City, commission agents —C. Abson and J. Stillings, Knottingley, Yorkshire, ginger beer and soda water manufacturers —J. Humphrey an d W. Humphrey, Barnes, Surrey, carpenters—J. M c A r dle and J. English, Liverpool, shipwrights. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Edwin Rowe, Teignmouth, Devonshire William Parker, Teignmouth, Devonshire, grocer. Devonshire, grocer. John Munday, Gunville, Isle a gr . Thomas Melville, Petworth, Sussex tailor. °eel' Harry Davis White, Melco b Regis,D t hire up e orse s bolsterer. Ralph Travis, Oldham, Lancashire, bricklayer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. White, Slayhill Lanarkshire , ironstone contractor , to meet Dec. 16 an d J an. 6, at twelve, at the King's Arms, Hamilton. T. Thomson, Perth, glass and china merchant, to meet Dec. 20 and Jan. 10, at one, at the Salutation Hotel, Perth. M. 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(~, li ttl 'igth Portrait, Sir Benjamin Bungle.—Half-length Po , trait it,, 411 0. 1)2 " 1 Itusty.—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Oliver Oldstyle el, h eli cal Illustration of "Bygone Days ").—Full-length.Por kell Rlnnacle,—Miniature Portrait, Mrs. Muddles (from ),,,, Nr) Nil If:ktli PART SECOND. L'Al lo ,.: P o rt rait , Sandie M`Whittle.—Full-length Portrait, A Vur., lift "2 1 Personage.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Fuli-length g."114,,ft Yankee Clipper.—Vocal Illustration, " Metropolitan lit p i i — ,Pull-length Portrait, Mr. Cavil.-Illustration, Carpet t„.:str atin "iength portraits, Mr. and Mrs. Lapses Linger.—Vocal VI h i t , Pleasures of a Pic-nic Partylustration, Sketch ,3 "Yught and Moonlight).—Finale, " The Lions of Gondon." 1 14 )1 1 0 °e ra ), Pictorial Illustrations, furnished by " The Sketch e e ,„ 44 'rye of the Evening Mr. C. ComfAi will perform a variety 011." ~., . grand Piano Solos. Reserved d Seats, 25.; Dress Stalls, 35.; Private Boxes. One Guinea.