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_. y ._ • NEWSPAPER ‘ , / .3)k y , / 4A/ )3 „ —•te _ . . • COURT: or commoN co v,Ai • ' 2l #\ 'W:Artt • 4••••• 41r ".14- 1 1- 311:1 Yesterday a meeting of the Common Counel WaS held ./„. at Guildhall for the despatch of business, the LorSIMAI N - ls 4 „.. ; 11 ] occupyin g tho chair. 1-te. ; ,;34 _ c_ F: • , \ Wi7 "'et 4 p: i TecTy , Jr 4) P / j 4e v DI E ~„.. zizorr: KIN HAWS LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN t EXHIBITION, 1865. This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the unblin Prize Medal. -orlnte • Is Pure, Mild, M e ll ow , Delicious, and very Whole b Sold i n Bottles 3s. 3s. Bd. at the Retail Houses in London ; 3. the Agents • 1 the principal towns in England ; or mbnlAaalA at R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. iil2bserve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Ainaban's LL Whisky." t I t I i> 1 • THE LATE LORD MAYOR. The TowN CLERK (Mr. Woodthorpe), at the request of the Lord Mayor, read a communication which had been addressed by Lord Derby to Mr. Alderman Phillips. It was as follows: THE S UN, LONDON, FID E VENING, DECEMBER . 7, 1866. No. 23,242. PRICE. 4d. STAMPED sd. ITUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION 1. ( Incorporated by Act of Parliatn -ot, 1S50). p tI Y 3 SICT ',STREET. COVEKT-GAR DEN. LONDON. f q r ,„ "Milt ADVANCES on all description of Security. Forms aPplitation by letter to EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., MARK LEON'S NEW WORK, M R. M "LEI TON HALL," and ether Tales. Burst and Biackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MADAME STUD ARE (widow of the late Cot, St odarc) bets to announce that the THEATRE OF MYSTERY, _Egyptian Hall. is OPEN for thu SEA SO'. Madame Stodare will preseO t the SPHINX, MARVEL OF MECCA, and IlAs SI r TRICK, assisted by Mr. Fir bank Burman (pupil of the late Colonel Stodare), in Colonel Stodare's ROYAL ENT ER PAIN MEN l• of MAGIC. Doors o en every evening' at 7.30,; Ni ednesday and Satur day mornings at 2.3 i Admission—ls. and 78.; stalls, 3s. Shoos an.: children half-Price. Seats may be secured at the Box-office, from 11 till 6, and at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, o.d Bond-street. The TemporaL Power of the Pope. .3.- "St. James's-square, Nov. 29. "My dear Sir,—l have the satisfaction of being able to inform you that the Queen has been pleased, on my recom mendation, to confer upon you the honour of Knighthood, and I am to add that for this honour you are indebted less to the accidental circumstance of having received tho King of the Belgians at the Mansion-house than to the admirable manner in which you discharged the duties of your higA.- office, and more especially for your valuable services in the case of the cholera in London and the famine in India. "In making this communication I may be allowed to express my personal gratification at being its medium, and to offer my congratulations on your well-merited honour. " I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, " DERBY. A public meeting for the promotion of the Con fraternity of St. Peter was held iu St. James's-hall last night. The hall and galleries were crowded. Archbishop Manning took the chair, and was re ceived with enthusiastic cheering. Amongst those present were Earl Denbigh, Sir G. Bowyer, M.P., Marchioness of Lothian, Marchioness of London derry, Lady Fitzgerald, Lady Chichester, Countess Buchan, Countess Torre Diaz, Lady Herbert of Lea, Lord Arundel, Mr. Pope Hennessy, and large num bers of the Catholic clergy. Letters of sympathy were read from Lord Petre, Mr. Langdale, Lord E. Howard, and Sir R. Gerrard. COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES, and BUSINESSES. URNESS and KNEE'S List on application. „I'arficulars for insertion received until the 27th of the It until at their AUC:ION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5 A gar -street. Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cress Railway Station. Now ready, compete in 2 vols. Bvo., embAlkhed with Por traits and above 300 beautiiul lllutrations. 425. bound, THE LIFE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. From his Private Correspondence and Family Papers. By ELIZA 3.IETEYA RD. "A work that is indispensable to all who wish to know anythim; about English ceramic art and its great inventor." —Saturday Review. Ilurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. MR. JAMES WEAVER, Manager. T H E 6, OXFORD-STREET, 0 D W THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON. OSBORNE'S STILTON Brilliant Revival of Offenbaeles "SIXTY-SIT." Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, and Barrie; Messrs. St. Albyn, Mader, and Bury. "Mr. Alderman Phillips." Is THE Cheese ! Comedy by Harry Sydney (the political Momus), Robert Fraser (Buffo Vocalist and Comedian—a great success), Mons. Peterson with his high y trained troupe of Performing Dogs. Great success of LES AMIZONES AU CHAMPAGNE DIVERTISSEMENT, by the Misses Ti 4 :B,iY and SARA GUINNESS, assisted by their talented troupe of artistes. Musical Director and Conductor, Mr. F. Jonglaans. The reading of the. Premier's communication, especially the reference to the honour conferred by herplajesty being well deserved, was enthusiastically cheered. On the motion of Alderman COPELAND, who bore testi mony to the admirable manner in which Alderman Phil lips had discharged the various duties of the mayoralty, the letter of Lord Derby was ordered to be entered on the journals of the Court, the resolution having been previ ously seconded by lir. J. E. Saunders, the chairman of the City;Lands Committee. TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-18. 6cl , d c „ 2B 28. 6'. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS on , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon catie',.C.. are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. price l ti on Post free. 408 worth carriage tree to any railway p il or market town in the United Kingdom.—Obserye— I LLIrs and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with b l i ' it Y r k h e o t u p s r e ce in g. 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A CHINESE CADDY, containing 16Ibs. of really d Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or c'orkt town in England, Ireland, :,cotland, or Vk ales, oil re xPt of 10s, by PHILLIPS and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, aro.-street, City, E.C. y - A-RMOUTIT BLOATERS. —l2 for 2s. 6d. ; Char 25, 43. ; 50, 62. ; 100, 81. ' • 500, 3 )s.; 1,000, 50s. No for carriage to London. Cash on deliver. Countri 8 Paid in advance.—Forwarded by FRED& y BARN BY, 'veYor ot Fish, Great Yarmouth. MANSFIELD'S ANSFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per mid ..._- feFtly pure and uncoloured. To be bad of ail dealers („„__ wh o , esale of JO/IN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand 'rzler-of Savoy-steps), London. ------:_• _ /IRE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What Petit c a ,talLord Lyon was to his owner was the Tael.ing to her n. viz., winner of the race, having dtstance4 sil corn „triars, ps the KAST INIDIA TEA. COMPANY have in tea, 3' done ill their &tot e and sale of fine new season's St.'iPecr i.:11111; N i imp3r ter' 6 p does. War, houses-3, Great eleo b-clturchyard. -...._ tAU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, of 18 s. per gallon, is ry superio- to recent importations te a YZnae, recommended by the medical profession, and ex , kvelY used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in o . 7 tlse railway carriage p4l. HENRY BRETT and 84 , Old Furnival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and 30, Regent- S.W. Esta'olistied 1829. q i -E 0 L 0 G Y.—ELEMENTARY DidCOLLEC guinneeraio-y TroNs, to illustrate the Nw Edition of ..Lyell's nlents of Gedlocry" and facilit tothe important study of and ed ogy, can 2,10, G' 1 be had at 5, 2O, 50 to 500 ; ,8 ! also s ingle Specimens of Minerals, Hooks, , . F ossil s, fb'"qolls, 'e-Pit Sh &c., o ell J. s, Geological Niaps. TENNANT, Ha Mi mmers 11, toe recent ' n to Her it Sty, 149, Strand, London. bfrivate Instrw:tion is given in Mineralogy and Geology by ''',. TZNKANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C. WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO ? 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldi3 Office for a Plan Sketch, or 6s. for L a Coloured one. The Arms of TV and wife blended together in proper heraldic form. b u , (4 ' prop er heraldic Colours for servants' liver:es, what f ee `tons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted, t,,,, 1 5• Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500 f a Yvin arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every 4.a11y tie kingdom, the result of thirty years' labour, r,,, l ee £lO 10s., printed in several colours. Family Pedi 4etes traced from authentic records, information as to the t arh ai P!ag a naw gram of arms, how to change one's fa mil' T. Cu'lec,oa, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal b a ci - Y ; a!so Di es i n k er t o th e Board of Trade, 25, Oran _ Ilt a-.ltreet (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.C. GUNMAKERS and Others. Tll9 SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of re,„ tn t , e ` v ing' PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for "'"',PLI-LOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not f u r a " a ng, which may replace the present Service Rifles.in 11/' manufacture. IL The I f • kilitar o lowmg aro the . conditions considered essential in Y non-repeating Rifles:7._ A. WEIGHT. Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet. • B. LENGTH. , To be 51 i nc h es, w i t h s h ort stoc k , measure d f rom th e To of the butt-plate to muzzle. c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP. -a ust not ex 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for serexceed vice. D. CARTRIDGES. Oust carry their own ignition. ts ll 2o foresight must E ba such SIGHTS as . to admit. of a bayonet ed according to the present system. F. STOCK. tIiPLISt be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and ow a sling to bo used. G. RECOIL. inliust Per nocentt. exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than 4v H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE. rol l i f .lpt be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing, bi.u, usage, and eposure, as tie naval rifles converted to ai; e en-loadera on the Snider system. To ',:na as capable, 1 . 40 °, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained f or q an d Of being manufactured in quantities and of uni nl uality. x t I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE. a uc Tlist as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp, • nulsr's exPosure in all climetes, as the Boxer cartridge for dental Converted Enfield rifle —also as little liable to acci aL explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of plug manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform quality,K. CALIBRE. Optional. I. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE. Optional. Optional. IL THE LOCK. N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE. it i hs ,aPable of firi ng a t l eas t 12 r ounds per minute, without 0 1 113 g, the cartridges being arranged on a table. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST. th he arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more 4 4 33:n. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500, rt 300. T:te mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty Sh ots each. P. TRAJECTORY. degeg. 3Not o to require at 500 yards an elevation of more th an 1 m in. Q. FOULING. The shootin not to deteriorate 4t 1 ,000 yards a f t e r firing 250 rounls2more than 20 per cent..... R. PENETRATION. % I le mean penetration of five shots not to be less than at of the present service muzzle -loading Enfield Rifle— Z l4 , 2 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48 ( 1. 1 , , :s in water.' u-stance 30 yards. s. LUBRICATION. Wag on bullets i s i n di s p en s a ble, but any other lubricant o e Y be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought 111. c essary by the competitor. Igo Eip e ar MS will be received without the usual proof marks. , o_,9lfications, and drawings of the methods proposed, r w `lag• the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a bi ,Thed specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu 610n, should Os ser er `, to the "Director of Ordnance, War Pall -male," on o•• before the 30th March, 1867. t he b specifications an,l specimen arms will be considered ' '"e Ordnance St'ea Committee and its associate mem vv.l. 8 7 who will bs selected by the Secretary of State for w a r, and who will. after firing the 20 preliminary rounds, ksiect and recommend - ;or further trial such of the systems e e ,,TaY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to %rant their being included in the competition, the con ...,erts of whi c h ar e s t a t e d i n thi s a d ver ti semen t. t o ''ach accepted competitor will then be required to furnish t o + ZlPeriment, at Woolwich, six arms . strict conformity t he specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am 141aMition per arm, within four months after date of de e, t id- Each competitor will be required to disclose to the vlareittee the exact nature of the lubrication he may ern :Y. A sum o 2 .£3OO will be paid to each of the accepted th il lPetitors, 1-3 cover the expense of the six rifles, and of ( 4, 811 , PlAy of Einmunition required. f o .„'ae Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the 1 3 ;"'„wbich, on combination of all qualities, is considered A Las committee to be the best submitted. t,.;",.: ; B econd reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at la Z9g a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu -p is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism. P , third r ewar d o f £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua lities whici will principally taken into consideration in of ar ding prize will be economy of manufacture, power p. B. B , ll staining :ough usage, freedom from deterioration in r t , l4 °, ll s climates, Lnd general serviceability. ~!Le shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but Ieli""Y may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con de‘red as those above-mentioned. vii „" is clearlyto be understood that under no circumstances " L a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but Prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be dyen to th e i nven t or o f th e arm fi na lly a d o pt e d into the -ervice. IV MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS. ce • l lagazine and Repeating,A.rms for Infantry will be re in";ed and examined in a manner similar to the Breech je-a`"ing Rifle& They must not bo less in length than 48 1, 1 ,e8, including the stock. el The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex- Illy° of the charges in the magazine. is indispensable that the arms be made to take a ba , 3 ;otet. 74, -l ho Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best ~'„g,azine or IlepeatingArm produced that fulfils the above c p,muitions ; and in the absence of experience does not at t pr esent define the standard of accuracy or other conditions ° ,. n ue fulfilled before such an arm tan be adopted. 6.' 4014 0 Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted further trial, will be, paid for at the rate of £6O each. nrr a Tills sum is to include 1,600 rounds of ammunition per V. b o Th a e Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious 141' 6 °7 produced in answer to this advertisement shall be ._pted into the service without proper acknowledgment, that the name of the individual with whom it origi a" shall be recorded in connection with it. the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted 'to the service it will bear the inventor's name. J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director of Ordnance. W ar Office l Oct. 22,1866.:; T HE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer *ban 455 poor. friendless, young females were rejected from want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,05.7, who have been sent away in five years. The new home the Committee wish to form woald be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, i 5, Queen •a:rect. Cheapaide; ur by Messrs Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street. tI) OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, kqj in the ixraediate vloluity of tle Urvat Northern Rail way Terminus, Kin„•'s-cross. Patron—Her Ntoet Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vles-Putron—llis Royal ll:ghness the Prince of WA LE BG. Preeldent—Elie Grace the Duke of BUCCLE UCH. R.O. This Hospital, founde . l in the year :828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orderu, is wholly de pendent for support o , i voluntary contributions and t :4 a :t39. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the .iestitute sick has for a oenaiderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Heepital are capable of cofitaining several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite hinds to maintain them. Contributions ar e received by tht ir bankers. Ifessrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by ‘letibr.i. Coats and Co. ; llrunimond and Co. ; GLyn and Cs. ; ii erries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Preseott, Grote, and Co.; Smith , Payne , and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Vt. ilbanss, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Semen-street ; and at the fleapits'. from 10 till 6. EirANFO4D BIIITH, beceetty, PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O. Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodging!, with Suppers and Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches. At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c., receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the provision made by the Poor Rouses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave to spend night after night in the cold, wet, alid sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will he required. Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allow, to give broad and coals to poor tamilies in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the really hcme'es3 and food to the really starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in your behalf. S[TBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be gratefully received by the Rev. 1). Griaw.vT, D.D., No 22, Finchnry-titans, E.C. PRINT ING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print ing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done on exceed ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply. Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church row, savoy, Strand, W.C. _ Archbishop MANNING in opening the proceedings explained that this was the second meeting of the confraternity, and that it was purely a diocesan meeting. He then said that as on previous occasions he had had the happiness of expressing his opinions of the great conflict in which the Sovereign Pontiff was engaged, he should now confine himself to another point. He did so only for the purpose of caution, and for the purpose of putting on record befOre public opinion the real issue at stake. They had not met to-make demonstrations about temporal possessions as matters of intrinsic worth, as things to be contended for, as acres, pro vinces, or land, cities towns, revenues or treasu ries. These earthly things were'of the earth earthy, and had their importance only by their relations to higher and greater things. There was nothing that had been more assiduously laboured for by those who were adversaries to the temporal power of the sovereign Pontiff than to represent that Catholics made the spiritual office of the church dependent upon the temporal or secular, and that they were engaged in a worldly contest about worldly ambition and avarice. He hoped to put on record a protest against both of those errors, and that not so much in his own words as in the words of the sovereign Pon tiff himself, in his late allocution. His Holiness there said that when the Roman empire was over thrown and divided into many kingdoms, it was de creed the Roman Pontiff should possess a civil princedom, whereby he, being subject to no other civil power, should exercise in all freedom his su preme authority and jurisdiction over the universal Church, in eider that the faithful, in all tranquillity of conscience, might obey the decrees of the Pontiff, without fear of the will or influence of any civil power : that in the present state of the world this civil power was necessary for the full protection and vindication of the liberty of the Roman Pontiff in feeding the universal flock, which liberty was abso lutely bound up with the liberty of the whole Church (loud cheering)—and that though they might be deprived of almost all human hope, yet fully aware of their duty, and altogether confiding in the help of God Almighty, they were ready to contend without fear for the cause of the Church divinely committed to them by Christ, even to the risk of life itself, and, if needful, to go forth to any part of the world where they might better exercise the apostolic office. (Loud cheers.) He (Archbishop Manning) learnt from that allocution that in the judgment of the sovereign Pontiff, the temporal power, as it was called, was of great price as a protectio n t o the liberty of the Church ; that the liberty of the Church was a condition of its purity ; and that Divine Providence had secured the purity of the church in doctrine, in discipline, and in juris diction, by liberating its head from subjection to ail civil powers. (Loud cheers.) There never was a time when the sovereign Poiltiffs were 'subjeet any civil superior. The sovereign Pontiff was clothed with his prerogatives when the pagan world ceased and the Christian world came into existence, and there never had boon Christian prince who had ventured to call the Vicar of Jesus Christ his sub ject. (Enthusiastic cheering.) There had been pagan emperors, and heretical emperors, and schii matical emperors, and infidel princes, who had ven tured to claim the superiority of a sovereign over the Vicar of Jesus Christ; but a Christian prince (meaning a Catholic prince) never in the history of the Christian world. The Pontiffs protected this liberty in the early ages by martyrdom, and Divine Providence had protected it in later ages by a dis position of Divine wisdom which no legislator or statesman could improve. He begged once again to repeat that the temporal power consisted in the liberation of the person of the sovereign" Pontiff from all civil subjection; in the absolute freedom with which he exercised his supreme control over all powers that were subject to the Christian law; and that the purity of the church depended upon that liberty. For proof of this let any one contrast the purity and perpetuity of the Roman Church, in its doctrine and discipline, with' the Church in Con stantinople that beca me sc hi smat i ca l an d heretical, and was in the end gi ven over t o th e bondage of the Mahommedan antichrist. He might come nearer home, and say that 300 years ago the experiment of exchanging the sovereign Pontiff for a royal head was made, with a result we knew well. (Cheers.) The real question of the temporal power was— should the head over the universal Church on earth be a temporal prince, or should he be the Vicar of Jesus Christ ? (Loud c h eers. ) Cast out the Sove reign Pontiff and they had a universal royal supre macy. He, therefore, appealed to every man in Scotland, and to every man whose ancestors threw off the royal supremacy three hundred years ago, that they might establish a headship of Christ —he appealed doubly to the Free Kirk, that threw over the Erastianism of the Establishment that had no royal supremacy—he appleaded to the Dissenters of England, who were one-half of the population of this country—he appealed to the Church Establish ment itself, penetrated as it was with the sense that its bondage was the royal supremacy—(cheers)— he appealed to the hundreds and thousands of edu cated clergymen and laymen of the Established Church, who, jealous of its purity, rejected the su premacy of a civil power in matters of religion—he said to all these, " You are bound to sympathise with us when we say we shall never become the subject of a civil power." (Loud cheers.) He mar velled day by day when he read, in the newspapers of a country more jealous in its boast of the liberty of conscience and the liberty of religion than any other, the scorn, contempt, and preternatural ani mosity that was poured out upon the head of the sovereign Pontiff. After all these years of conflict, there was now on the one side the power of the world, armed men, armed legions, the sympathy of nations, and all that the world could collect either of might or menace , a nd on the other side an old m D ur ing all these ye ars th ere h a d no t been one who had eve r called down a benediction withless. on him, or spoken on e word of sympathy at his ma jestic attitude of inflexible. courage. (Loud and defenceless. ce a silvery head, unarmed , i so l ate d , an d long cheering.) Pius IX. recalled to him words an Englishman should never forget :-._ No man cried God bless him, No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home ; But dust was thrown upon his sacred head; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God for some strong purpose steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him. (Loud cheers.) But let them remember the next words:— _ _ te s Gospel, not un t o d ea th But heaven bath a hand in these events ; t a h n e d c ao nvisible hand there but that the Son of God m i ght be glorified thereby. He would read a passage , which came before him ereadoifien lvlai. This conflict was like the other day, in the confidential correspondence of the First Napoleon. It was a letter written from Paris by the President of the Executive Directory. It was dated, after the manner of that unpitying barbarism, " 15 Pluviose, sth year," which to our untutored Christian ears must be translated the 3d of February, 1797. The letter was addressed to the General-iu-Chief Buonaparte, from Reubell, President of the Directory, and it said In directing its attention to the obstacles which oppose the consolidation of the French Constitution, the Executive Directory believes that the Roman religion (le culte Romain) is that of which the enemies of liberty may for a long time make the most dangerous use. You, Citizen-General, are too much accustomed to reflection not to have perceived as well as we that the Roman religion will always b 3 the irreconcilable enemy of the Republic, inthe first place by its essence, and, in the second' place, because its partizans and its Ministers will never forgive the Republic the blows it has struck at the fortune and the credit of the former and the prejudices and habits of the others. There are, doubtless, means which maybe used within itself to destroy • insensibly its influence, whether by legislative acts, or in stitutions which would efface the ancient impressions and substitute now more in harmony with the actual order of things, and more conformed to reason and to sound mo rality. It is for the Government to discover these means ; but one point not less essential for arriving at the end de sired would be to destroy, if possible, the centre of Roman unity; and it is foryou who hitherto have known how to unite the most distinguished qualities of &general to those of an enlightened politician, to realise this desire, if you judge it to be practicable. The Executive Directory, therefore, in vites you to do all that shall seem to be possible (without in any way compromising the safety of your army, or de priving yourself of the resources you may obtain for its maintenance and for the service of the Republic, and with out rekindling, instead of extinguishing, in Italy the torch of fanaticism) to destroy the Government of the Pope whether by placing Rome under another Power, or, which would be still better, byestablishing there a form of internal Government which should render contemptible and odious the government of priests, so that the Pope and the Sacred College could not any longer cherish the hope of residing in Rome, and should be obliged to go and seek asylum in Some place, be it where it may, where, at least, it would no longer have any temporal power." A fable it was then, and a fable it would be to the end of the world. But the republic of 1848 made reparation for the republic of '97. It was republican France, in the fullest liberty of its expression, that through one of its most illustrious philosophic statesmen drew the despatch by which she acted in her ancient mission as protector of the Holy See. There was before them the same conflict now ; the antagonists differed only in name. One who was in close contact with those who held high office in this country once told him that a Prime Minister of England had said, " De stroy the temporal power, and the spiritual power will soon go." (Laughter.) The gentleman an swered, " Not so fast; if there were left but three Capuchin monks in the world, two of them would elect the third for Pope." (Loud cheers.) He could perfectly understand why the temporal power of the Pope was assailed. It was for the same reason that a skilful general attacked first the outworks of the fortress. These assaults were made with the inten- . tion of reaching the centre of Roman unity. Net 48 hours had passed since the vault of the hall in which they were assembled had echoed with sounds of volcanoes, and lava, and sulphurous smoke, and upheavings—(laughter).—and there was not a coun try in Europe which was not at this momentsthreat ened more or less by intestine movements that might easily become revolutionary. (Cheers.) The revolution on which men had so long complacently and superciliously looked in Italy, which they had fostered, and fanned, and encouraged, like thestorms that wheeled upon a pivot, might in its circuit en close those who watched it, and react upon them selCes. And what he wished to say was that this was not the time for men to be cutting asunder the tie beams of Christian civilisation, still less for them to pull up the root-tree of Christendom. (Cheers.) It has been said that the Popes did not hold Rome by any claim of sovereignty ace,Vel by the Roman people, and not by any custom. How then had they held it? For 300 years they held it by martyrdom, for 600 years by conflict and confessor ship, and for the last 900 years they had held it as sovereigns. Almighty God, by a singular act of his own Providence, had so disposed it- that, unarmed as the Pontiffs had been, with no power whatsoever to cope with the dynasties around, utterly and en tirely unable to resist armed invasion, they bai con tinued their career independent of all and vassal to none ; but, respected by the sense of justice of the Christian church, protected by the public law_of Christendom and by the veneration in which Chris tian men held the vicar of our Divine Redeemer— this had been their title to the see, and no man could take it from them without violating the Providence of God. (Loud cheers.) The members of the Ca tholic Church were engaged in a great conflict, and might for a time be at a disadvantage, but the issue was sure, come what might. If the Sovereign Pon tiff left the city of Rome, he did not make a leap in the dark in the wide world ; 45 Pontiffs had been driven out of Rome, or had never set their foot in it, and if it happened to the 46th they-would neither be amazed nor afraid. To shift the centre of Chris tendom from the centre of Roman unity would carry disorder into every Christian land. If there were Christian statesmen in Europe, or if without being Christian there were enlightened statesmen, they would never suffer that calamity to reach their own homes. The cause in which they were engaged then was one the justice of which was a luminous cer tainty excluding all doubt, and the Divine promises of success were such that when the empires and kingdoms now in conflict with the Vicar of Christ were swept away, there was no room for fear that, in whatever state he might be of poverty or perse cution, peace and veneration would still reign calm and supreme, and he would triumph over the ene mies of Him against whom the gates of hell could not prevail. (Loud cheers.) Lord DENBIGH moved the first resolution, which, he said, embodied the best instincts of his heart : " That filial attachment and fidelity to the person and office of the Sovereign Pontiff Pius IX. is a duty of every member of the Catholic Church, and an obligation arising from the first principles of the faith." How, his lordship asked, could it be other- I wise when every dutiful son felt the desire to draw near to his father in the hour of his adversity ? However serious the position of the Pope might be, there was no need for fear ; the Holy Pontiff knew who was his Master, and he would be ready like his prototype to face every difficulty, and, if required, to walk upon the waters of the troubled sea. He urged those Catholics to beware who, like birds fouling their own nest, for the sake of fleeting popularity, and a temporary name for Liberalism, joined in, or heard unopposed, the cuckoo cry, "Down with the temporal power of the Pope." Every true Catholic should determine to cleave to the Holy Father through evil and good report, and not to be afraid of what the world would say, for the Holy Father was the servant of One who said, " I have overcome the world." Let it not be said this was a time of humiliation for the Holy Pontiff. Never had holy Pontiff been in a grander position. Though surrounded by friends, and amidst dangers of every kind, he stood like a beacon, pointing out to others the danger in which they stood. The Pope never stood in a prouder position than when last year in the face of all his troubles and obstacles he issued that grand encyclical condemning his enemies. (Loud cheers.) Mr. H. MATTHEWS seconded the motion, and, in the course of a lengthy speech, spoke of Garibaldi as " an adventurer in a red shirt, who was treated as a hero, instead of a•high misdemeanant," and re ferred to the Emperor of the French as a modern Tiberius, a wearer of a crown, who did not hesi tate to write anonymous pamphlets, a man of O.:l_l'k designs, the most skilful conspirato r in the world, and a man who was likely to go down to posterity ' as the Pontius Pilate of the Papacy. Lord ARUNDEL of WARDOUR spoke in supporter the motion, and said he was quite sure of the barque of St. Peter, but he was not so certain of the crew. In dwelling upon the many predictions of the fall of the Pope coming true, he said the present aspect of affairs might end in what would be like another fall of Babylon, in which case " we shall look back from the dead level of democracy and misery upon the glories of the past." The resolution was carried with acclamation, the whole audience rising, waving hats and handker h ae a upleasure upon n tlie i n hearts moving h chiefs, and che er i ng voc if erous l y. of Catholics a e t h following oliosg hr u bnut Mr. JOHN CASHEL HOEY, as an Irish Catholic ; d g t resolu tion :--" That thi s o bli gat i on, powerful and con- straining p the world at all times, when our Holy Father, after a pontificate of 20 years, in perpetual and inflexible conflict with anti-social and anti-Christian revolu tion, stands alone without human aid in the midst of those who, by violence and intrigue, are labour ing to destroy the temporal sovereignty, by which the liberty and the safety of his person and of his office have been, by the evident providence of God, secured for the welfare of the Universal Church." He believed that at the moment when all help seemed to fail the Pope he would be protected by Him whose arm never failed. In Italy we had a State which had recently contributed to history the defeats of Custozza and Lissa, which could not ne gotiate a loan, and which had its prisons full of political prisoners —conditions on which men of the world did not build their notions of the stability of States. It was an ordinary incident in the history of the Church to find a Pope gone into exile, and avo Catholic could be thereby discomfited in the sense the word supposed. It was said that in the vicinity of this city an aged man lay sick unto death. He could only hope that Joseph Alazzini might live to repent of his ways. _ His writings showed that the great object of the revolution in desiring Rome was to establish a new religion, which showed that it was the spiritual power of the Pope which was aimed at. The temporal power had been a mere pretext through which to strike at the religious union of Christendom. (Applause.) The Rev. Father GALWAY, in seconding the re solution, said that they firmly believed that the Pope would come triumphant out of the storm— (loud cheers)—and this confidence was a source of danger. He stated that strained efforts were being made to make the Catholics of Italy immoral be cause it was necessary to make a Catholic a bad man before you could detach him from the Holy Father. The Pope was suffering for each indivi dual Catholic. He was the leader of the sacred band of Christian paupers, reduced to his present position for' the edification of the Church. He was suffering for the unity and the entirety of their faith. The present division of Protestants in Eng land showed what were the consequences of separa tion from unity. Recently at the door of a High Church a gentleman asked the sexton how things were going on. The reply was, "We are in the midst of a great struggle; we have got white vest ments and red, and we hope soon to have green ones." (Laughter.) None felt more than the Anglicans the value of the Papacy. They were in the position of the man who had a present of a pound of tea, with directions for its preparation, and who poured the boiling water upon it, and then ate the leaves. He had only the written text ; he had no living voice. (Loud_chcers and laughter.) Imagine a Puseyite clergyman having a present of vestments, he would not know what to do with them but for the Papacy. Accordingly those clergymen went into the nearest Catholic chapel, studied the matter, and then copied what they saw as far as they dare in their own churches. Catholics must make haste, or they would be outrun in the race by the Anglicans. They had churches, vestments, and devotions like those of the Catholics—almost every thing but the confraternity of St. Peter, which alone did and must distinguish the Catholics. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried with the most enthu siastic demonstrations. Sir. G. BOWYER moved the third resolution as follows :---" That the confraternity of St. Peter, having for its object to diffuse sound principles in respect to the rights and prerogatives of the Vicar of our Lord, to promote prayers for his safety, and finally to make offerings for the maintenance of his person and dignity, has an imperative claim on the zealous and efficient co-operation of all Catholics." Ile denounced as worthless the book favourably reviewed in the Times that morning, ridiculed the pretensions that reforms were required in Rome, and declared upon his own authority that Rome was well governed. Justice was cheaply and well ad ministered. Sir John Holt had publicly testified to the learning of the Roman lawyers. Some of Sir Robert Peel's financial reforms were copied from Rome. Its Government was cheap; its Prime Minister had £5OO a year ; the whole court cost £1,500 a year. 'The Roman Government would stand a comparison with any other Government of the world. If it had a fault it was that it was too mild. The people were not interfered with. The poor bad more individual liberty than they had in London ; and the security was as great as that of London. Alurders and serious crimes were rare. Yet such stories as the correspondent of the Times being robbed of his watch were told as evidence of insecurity. Without the Pope Rome would be like Windsor without the Castle. The Holy See was under the protection of God ; it could not be over thrown ; the Pope .would remain at Rome, and his enemies would be defeated'; but human means must not be neglected by any.one The resolution was seconded by Father KERRY, and also carried by acclamation. A vote of thanks to the Archbishop terminated the proceedings about 11 o'clock. FLOGGING GAROTTERS.—In accordance with the sentence passed upon them at the last sessions of the Cen tral Criminal Court, several members of the garottiug fra ternity underwent the discipline of the cat-o'-nine-tails yesterday at Newgato in the presence of the sheriffs, the under-sheriffs, the governor, and other officials. Mr. Gib son, the surgeon, was also in attendance. The first who were brought were Henry Wilson and Charles Everett, who were convicted of a robbery, with other persons, ac companied by violen ce , i n th e ne i g hb our hood of Gray's Inn-lane. Those p r i soners a l so con d uc t e d theinsol vessll . th into great violenc e t owar d s t h e po li ce w h en th e y were taken custody, and th e sen t ence passed' upon them penal servit u d e an d t o rece i ve twen ty lashes, and years' n7the latter portion of the punishment was no w inflicted upon who was them. The next prisone r was one n amed Michael Mack, lashes, sentenced to seven years' penal servitudeand t for a like robb er y i n the neiglbbourhood i of the Gray's Inn road. The next prisoner was Daviddßeenan to receive jamin, who was son d tenced to seven years' penal servi thirty five lashes, for a brutal robberY,_;%u'ith v iolence, in Cannon street, City. George Main and William White were the last two who "suffered ;" they werneamSwallow, residing at Peterborough, in the c onvicted of robbing and brutally ill-using a gentleman ed neighbo ur h o od of the Great Northern Railway, King's-cross, and senten ced to receive twenty-five lashes each. The punishment was inflicted by Calcraft most effectua:ly, andtisto be hoped that it will be at tended with salutary results. THE PETTICOAT QUESTION.— cc How I did wish DR• WAL"-R ON - that I could wear a short dress !" sa id Dr. W a lker, in the course of a retrospective view of her medica l c areer at the Lyceum where she took her de-: A n d this fervent as piration was continuallyre gree• peated as she a d va nced from stage to stage - in her profes sional course. The long skirts were for ever in her way. Flow could she operate, how dissect, how wick iu and out of the inevitable brougham and rush round the corner to a patient in a hurry, with a crinoline and train impeding the freedom of her movements ? When she was a little girl, under 14 years of age, she wore short petticoats, and was happy. Mon wore no petticoats at all, and ware happy. Dr. Walker was very strong' indeed upon this petticoat question. She said in qp .many words :. "Long dresses are killing women :" she did not say .. how ; but she asserted the fact, and a chilling silence followed the remark. Per haps the difforent members of the audienc.Y4,lra spcTulat inc, as to how the :extra breadths did their fulV s ‘V\Stin, in what manner the coup de grace was finally inflicted.. Perhaps they were summing up iu their minds the number of octogenarian spinsters of their acquaintance, on whom the noxious influences of voluminous drapery had failed hitherto to take effect. There seemed to be a general feel ing that seine explanation was desirable, but nano was forthcoming. The lecturer was busy with -the practical side of her subject. Bile discoursed on the various lengths, or rather shortnosses,of skirt which were reconcilable with the principles of physiology and hygiene, and went into many abstruse speculations as to the fitness or unfitness of white pantalettes forlemale medical wear.—Dickens's " All the Yeal'-gotindr Immediately, in 3 vols., post Bvo., OLD TRINITY. A Story of Real Life. By T. MASON JONES. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 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CAIITION.—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the ogre and comfo r t o f th e INSANE, th e proprietor, Dr. BOISEtAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable reside.ce, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and fifty minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, awl commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garde; me .dow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. RUPTURES.- . -BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAN LEVER, TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Helical Gentlemen to be the most effective Invention in rho curative treatment of 11 I , : ItN lA. The use of a steel spring, so often h'irtful in its effe"ts. is here avoided— a sott b'ndage bein ; worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power i 3 supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. 'WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A nide Truss, I's., 215., 'Ms 6d., and 21s. 6d Postage, Is. A. Double Truss, Ms. 6d.. 42s . and 528. 6d. Postage, is. 81 . An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, riecadaly. NEW PATENT VL A STI C STOCKINGS, J_:4 KNEE-CAPS, &a., for Varicose Veins and all cases ut Weakness and Swell‘ng of the Legs, sprains, izc. They arc porous, light in texture, and inexpen , ive. and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. ed., 10s. and les. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting u p th e TRAINING SHIP. £2,000 required. AVM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. H OMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing the COUNTRY ROME. LI,WO required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annall expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at £4,0D0, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends have promised to pay for one boy each year. Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holbo,n; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by WM. WILLIAM, Secretary. Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street. W.C. SOUTHWARK BRIDGE. Mr. R. TAYLOR, chairman of the Bridge-house Estates Committee, presented a repert from that body for settling an agreement for the purchase of Southwark-bridge for the sum of £200,000, to be raised on the credit of the Bridge-house estates, and for continuing the bridge open to the public in the meantime free of toll, upon the Cor poration paying to the company the sum of £5,500 a year. The CONTROLLER (Mr. Brand) ststed, in reply to Deputy Burnell, that the arrangement was contingent on the &Inc tion of Parliament ; that the purchase-money would, under an Act of Parliament, be raised on the Bridge-house estates, and that in the event of Parliament not sanctioning it, the agreement would be entirely void. The agreement wars then formally sealed, and now only awaits the approval of Parliament, an application to which will be made in the forthcoming session, at the cost of the Corporation. THE CITY AND THE METROPOLITAN BOARD. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR called the marked attention of the Court to the enormous increase during the last ten years in the aggregate amount to which the City of London had been called to contribute to the Metropolitan Board. In 1865-6, he said, the city contributed to the Main Drainage Rate £17,638, and to the ordinary expenses of the Board £13,680, making together £31,318. For the year 1866-7 it had had to pay, or world have. to pay, in respect of the Main Drainage Rate, £26,374, and of the ordinary expenses of the Board about £26,000, or together £52,374. (Cries of " Shame.") He added that the attention of the Secre tary of State had been called to the inequality of rating between the city and the county. That inequality was due in great measure to the power of re-assessment, which in the city had been exercised from year to year, but in the county only about once in four or five years. THE HOLBORN VALLEY VIADUCT. Deputy FRY, the chairman of the Improvement Com mittee, presented a report submitting for adoption the de sign selected by the committee for the bridge across Far ringdon-road. He explained that the length of the bridge Farrar,mg2Taw or ' with l h o a c s u tne h s. would en a a l: c i d. o r l e u; d eis l l a deato 7 tr i .rn if uat i t d a oneh . would be 11Gft. ; that the bridge would be of three arches, with a clear width of carriage-way of 46ft. in the centre width of footway on each side of 1i ft. sin., and t otode3ukf t i gra l nt i erdi e ixd;ey l ce i : ec e d:paa i , g trtenwiii h i.doieo t aneu:c o xla.te f odpor-uliw.b t li tadei l ai i g: e oebe,ered_on f ,slan o avi : die t yolena w egeni a eihrt y tacehtrpt ierw: n iaregaci tt t eehh h on.l e awtpsDrnofea c dtely e . ispas n sorGuh t nei centre, , being too low by six inches for some description of street traffic, that the design could be altered in that respect, to obviate the 'objection. The design was approved by the Court, and the report of the committee agreed to and referred back to them for execution. THE GUILDHALL BANQUET. aTna:brerreomfarked, tbiouo l ntk l v r e . opn i HEATH ac E en : ektt•rhl3we, at called ai,cihscetondmitl a neool t r t ne:ti e e n diirn t sat i imhet o oena n nedtn t o the extreme caused by overcrowding at the remit banquet at Guildhall ou Lord Mayor's-day, and moved that in future it would be desirable to issue a less number of invitations. Ho was proceeding to read a letter addressed to him by a gentle man from his club, describing the scene of confusion on the occasion, but' he was called to order, and he then explained that his simple object in referring to the subject was that those who had the management on those occasions might in future make such arrangements as to prevent cause for complaint. The motion gave rise to a long conversation. By Alder man Copeland and Mr. Cox, the late member of Parliameet for Finsbury, it was contended that as the entertainment was given by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, the Common Council, who were merely guests, had nothing to do with the matter, and had no right to interfere as to the arrange ments. Mr. Heath stated that Itgo.ife(th) gentlemen t9 e hrilleeeem G ph u eweasni i iu. e l ls d groaw h egnf a ethse l sl l oria c wiGh o t4e u etr l hedd d gaiinnti o ennl n stlee l hetir y e, tatr a hhenn referred thought c u gr ote o , hhsdtt l e v ti oot of wonder o d hxnt e eth i sr a' uproar,i t qo h uer e e r n e t h was iamn confusion. g po in s g sib o i f li d ty oor o s, f an h d ea s i i . n in g g ing in wh th i: part of the hall any of the speeches. Mr. M‘George to assume the high and important office of Sheriff should at the v'ery outset have to contribute £750 each towards arrangements should be under the control of the Common Council in future, through a committee of their own body, and not be left as now in the hands of a committee who were not necessarily members of the Corporation, and could therefore have no sympathy with it. He moved an amend ic)oenesxideperditehnet stuhbajtetchteaenxdpatnoseinoqfutihree amend ment to the effect that whereas improved arrangements might be made in reference to the annual banquet at Guild hall, it be referred to the "General Purposes Committee to be paid by the Corporation rather than by the h Linicl d h M e ay .i o n r and Sheriffs, and that a special committee 3 f r S s heriff Water low appointed to conduct the s. be the Sheriffs in making Entertainment Committee to consult t Ito:a arrangements, explained that so ot that, e n x e e v e never that the Sheriffs had to the custom of the vn u e e en t . ,and had the honour entertainment m i t ont would sho n u o ld t bear half of the expense of the d b i a s n ti q nb distinguished person. the 11. Lowman q'y were more ciphers. Several members, 1 the rest, strongly urged t io discontinuance of entertainin iu g r Taylor among . . , what were called " coach orders" by the way, that the of the practice of givin t , dinner in the Court of to the banquet, and the customary and Mr. Exchequer. • Corporation, after all, found ono half the money for the statement of which Alderman Sidney de entertainment, a the accuracy, and entered into explanations in sup -2°l •always the right to invite 3.50 of the guests Sheriffs had among them, and he complained that it was not a dignified sup port of the denial. Deputy Fry said the Lord Mayor and proceeding that the Common Council should be herded together in the manner they were at the banquet, and so low down the hall. Ho asked, amid cheers, whether the time had not come when, instead of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs bearing the expense and giving the invitations, this should be a Corporation entertainment. Deputy Farrar, referring t 3 a recent discussion on the same subject in the Court of Aldermen, took occasion to say that in his opinion the Remembrancer had been unfairly dealt with, and that he had no power of himself to issue a single ticket, nor had he assumed to exercise any such power. Mr. PurcKEn asked how many tickets the chairman and the members of the Entertainment Committee appropriated between themselves. Deputy SNELLING, the chairman, replied that the com mittee did not issue any extra tickets to the dinner. Eventually the amendment of Mr. M'Georgo was carried by a large majority, and the subject dropped. BENEVOLENCE. On the motion of Deputy OBBARD the Court voted the sum of £5OO in aid of the fund arising from the gifts of per_ sons on their admission to the freedom of the city annu. ally distributed by the Chamberlain on St. Thomas's day to the poor widows of freemen. A VACANT OFFICER. In the course of the sitting the Court was asked to make a temporary arrangement with respect to the office of Clerk of the Chamber at Guildhall, which bad become vacant by the death of Mr. John Sewell. It appeared that Mr. Sewell died suddenly on Sunday last, and that the Lord Mayor, after communicating with the Chamberlain, and in order that the business of the office might not be suspended, had appointed the Sword-bearer (a brother of the deceased) to perform the duties for the few days intervening before the ineeting of the Common Couneil and no longer. Yester day Mr. 11. Lowman Taylor protested against the Sword bearer being appointed, and he urged the Court to take care that there wls no jobbery in the matter, adding that he didnot wish b see the office perpetuated in a partici'i tr family. The Laub MAYOR said it Wa:3 no job, and that no man Pl; , 1 - nrth would shrink from a job more than h e would. A memorapdum, he said, was placed before him by the Sword bearer appointing the latter until the Curt mat, and ho signed it, - tut that was simply to extend up to that day, and he (the Lord Mayor) had no wish to interfere in tke permanent appointment. The Court a ppeared perfectly satisfied with that explana tion, and, on the motion of Alderman GIBBON; who said the duties of the office wete not onerous, appointed the assistant-clerk to discharge them until an appointment was made. The Court, atm , transitefing some other business of little public interest, adjourned. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. JL I By t N I:e Aut G hor of S " Son a F nd heir." R 1). " One of the most interesting stories we have read this sea son, and we are cure our readers will thank us for recom mending to them a work so attractive and enthralling."— Sun. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.