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Pe r „ e r r - , o tto 3s; co 0 4 a pet 6 ,1 dts, 29 arkeV.. 1 6 9 ' . 1 6 • ''ll 6 ▪ ' . 1 6 ' . 1 6 5 • 1 6 9 1 6 0 ....•••'l 6 ''l 6 0 'l 6 0 ''l 6 ' . 1 4 6 1 6 0 0 DAY . 6 5 •• • " 0 • "0, .• 630 ,XoloSight g • 00 Jollf l4op. 5. stort, , o teri W I ili ° io f oil 2 ° ofil tili'' y ----- 10 0 C. A' p eod, 1 .10. 001 IFEST GRANADA or VERAGUAS GOLD l ' sii,, , ,tnd SILVER MINING COMPANY. 1 fo r ''IIOL , i DERS are informed that the SCRIP will be .f del iYer.rn exchange for the Banker's R eceipts, at the kft'-ribe any,Contp between the hours of 11 and 4 o'clock, on AY the 20th instant. q 4 By Order of the Directors. W. M. . L. WEBB, "vilro ad - street, December 11, 1852. ~. UC CA and PISTOJA RAILWAY COMPANY. t ee L it IS HEREBY GIVEN, That pecial Decree or,l g the interest of Five per Cent. uponthe Preferenc: 4441-treaseth b i e n com th e e s above Company has been signed by hie tlati„,trePer:al Highness the Grand Duke of Tusc.my , and '44 4 4 pay able on the 31st January nex t. COMrTON READE, Secretary. "gTe9 Office. 25, Tokenhouse-yard, "eemlber 11, 1852. MARINE and EUROPEAN TELE- TIC GRAPH COMPANIES. HEREBY ar GIVEN. that MESSAGES between tte ,r 1 DOVER e forty vanded, through the above Companies, cs „,,?To. 30, Cornhill, London, and Clarence-Place, :over 11 ,1. 0 ,4 0,1 L nc Continent are forwarded from the (aces, No. 30 By order of the Board. .._ l4ll , 1 7th November, 1852 G.. L. PARROTT, Secretary. 4)t I .,I2MENTS.-GOOD and SAFE DIVI kh A t 2 PING MINES at present prices will give purchasers ,!t g„ Per cent. p er ar.nun . The Subscribers have always 40 1 14,' . RES in the best and safest Dividend Mines, also in Ni c i er w ill soon pay Dividends, and with prospects of early i i , sc ee able improvement—James Stevens Tripp and Co., -N ttet. Lombard-street Chambers, 33, Clement's-lane, Lom P , LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO. „,„.... L ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, 4rl St. James's, 4, 111 3 el Emile Laurent, Onslow House, Brompton-road, ii tu,... l3 U r inallt to Act of Parliament, of 25 th George 1 1. t ti,pLevening with Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal bf. Boulcour. i Admission—ONE SHILLING. ItIZ at }Ulf-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at \.:_frifinate at Half-put Eleven precisely. k , TH, TAVISTOCK; OKEHAMPTON 4 0 , 14 474 - DEVON, an EXETER RAILWAY.—The AL SELARES will d take place on WEDNESDAY, the No app Icat.on for Shares will be rectived after 714th instant. C. L. RADCLIFFE, Secretary. 111 01 - rm T ozz 11, , TAVISTOCK, OICETTAMP , NORTH DEVON, and EXETER RAILWAY. Capital Provisionally Registered. £500,000, in 25,000 Shares of £2O each. Deposit £2 per Share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. kt t9T T r, rl „. ° Sf A GILL, E., Plouth, Chairman. CALMADY HA sq MLY ym N, Esq., Leawood, Devon, So. Deputy Chairman. , epez, Fsq., Maristow, Devon. 'it,,c4leurchier Savile, Esq , Oaklands, Devon. I pa e anroft, Esq., Plymouth. Piles 01 1019 Esq., Plymouth. tlk i ,arch, Esq., Okehampton. "01 Tavistock. 'ter Esq. Plymouth. — "Ulu, Esq., Plymouth. BANKERS. lEe Barnett , Hoare, and Co., London. ,ltztt ti enal Provincial Bank of England, Plymouth , Devon i ukehampton. h t ,B l iCo. , edge and Co Devonport. ta t of England and South Wales Banking Company, COI( ENGINEER.-Mr. I —' l lo ENGINEERS —Messrs. Locke and Erringtan. kr''strs - SOLICITORS. rewder and Maynard, Coleman-street, London. hte nl an. Tavistock. Mr. Burd, Okeharnpton. cliff ,11 4 „. e. Plymouth. Mr. F ulford, North Tawto. qck t . t .ce, Okebampton. Mr. Barton, Exeter. 41t Izs (pro tem.).—Mr. Bridgman Barton, Mr. Radcliffe. n SRAREBROKER3. Hichens and Harrison, Thrcadneedle•street. 'Niti,'gr• E. N. Bryant, 16, Throgmorton-street. t Mr. T. B. Tyeth. Mr. H. Luxcombe. k .ltq„'`r• Thomas Sandfford. to, may be obtained from, and application for shares to elther of the Solicitors or Secretaries, or to the Share- 114 NEW 1, FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE. DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 18 , New Bridge-street, Blackfrian, London. k e at ITAL--ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND POURDI. DIRECTORS. ej a f Barnes, Esq., 11, City-road, Finsbury . 11 , 4 , c o e; Esc, •P , lat ortland e 17th -terrac Lancers, Wand rds United Service Club. k tp. -‘4e ' Esq.,e, Wanworth, and Belvoir, St. Jersey, 1 , Esq I St. John's-gardens, Notting - hill , and 11, kre. `),lZe, i' a a, Esq. , 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Tor cle r ordabie. 14 1 'C. p2 4 lean, Esq„ Harrow-on-the-Hill -14:10 ~;,T, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square. IV ei reP, Esq., 147, Leadenhall-street, and 8, Hyde-park alre Yh t it Riddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law. t 21 , Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. 41 g , 14 , St. James's-square. 4 i l AUDITORS. at a' Esq „ 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical, kr4, l , ‘ '` . ‘: , General Life Office. kl f , Esq , Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers. .114, Co.,Price, Marryat, and Co., 3, King William-street, London. PHYSICIANS. N rt i: - insbury-place. ") 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square. SURGEONS. an, eq 16, Lower Seste r ymour-street, Portman-square. "an, Esq., 44, Glouce-place, Hyde-park-gardens. CONSULTING ACTUARY. Francis G. P. Nelson, E=q., F.L.S. INSPECTOR OF AGENCIES. 1t141441 F. P. F. Strousberg, Esq. STAN DING COUNSEL. ellington Cooper, Esq., New-square, Lincoln's-inn. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Hill and Mathews, St. Mary-axe. RESIDENT SECRETARY. O t , Charles W. Bevan, Esq. /"lit '4l)ll a , g ya respectfuly invited to examine the pri nci p les of the 1 4 ,41 1 of Assurance. which is based upon ta bles calculated ender the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson, lr a ;: the Consulting Actuary to ones ompany. ‘l. l ll,_" v e Tables to assure 5001 ath, by a person aged sekraziktest irthday, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. The sum the ordinary The sum the ILife Offices would give $. ordinary Life , him if he were unable Offices would to pay, or if he omit , ed Abs 4 A eu t d th o ; the him for to pay his current tts' 4ll l, l l4 thirty aptota e al surrender ann ua l 6s. premium 3d. after he has N re Years when age,t h of his policy, !paid into their coffers 1 01.4 the party in case after thirty 1 2491.7 s 6d., and which is fifty of years'payments they have had the use Years old, death amounting to of at compound hewillhave will be 2491. 7s. 6d. interest,t or in Paid into worth which theyhave the event of his death the office. had the benefit one hour after such of at compound omission or inability interest. to pay. 4 1, little more 75.6 d . 5001. than 801. Nommta. perhaps 901. ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. Ifnnableto pay, or not desirous of paying or omitting topay,thePo licy would still remain of its Tta.r. value, 5221.2s.7d.tilldeath, if 20 years after, no fur ther payment beingre quired. Ifhowever the party, from any cause, wished to cancel the Policy, he could not 1 0 1 , on lydraw out all hehaq put in, viz.. 2251., but "'Od a certain bonus of 621 . 225/. i5221.287d 2871. 2s. Pd. 2s. 9d. in the bargain, which is more than one-fourth of the whole ofhis payments, or he could either draw out a part. 201. or 501.. diminishing the Policy only by the assured value of the sum se drawn out at the age when withdrawn. See pagess and7in detailed pamphlet, by F. G. P. Nelson. Esq. ft % Nts 4l Ba rat " here selected are those adopted by the English and 14taZtArLfil,cei and advertised in its distinctive features as low and professedly for the lower and middling classes. 'Nth . :ble",.?_,e B , Particularly ' the older ones, such as the Scottish i 71 1 17, et 1,"; the Globe, these rates would be much higher. In the tb;) rat e _`• 7 tt. 6d., with 10 shillings per cent. entrance fee, would Ns to insure 5001. at 20 years of age. In the latter 81.13 s 4t1., 4 ) 54 1 ,1ne sum. The higher the rate the More in favour of -1 1; system. t4,t,tss. ]std out at compound interest DOUBLES MELT every four- OetZPtisi.„ k ikbse rio C'tt of these two tables it will be seen that a person 'ttrit~eel System of DEPOSIT assurance can secure the follow -o;ter viz., lst. For a sum, paid annually, he can assure 4% 41 ,, in case of death than under the ordinary system. ;s:Oo' event of a desire to surrender his Policy lie can receive ills u , l l4.. an Yi by the above example, which applies all ages, "' Much as on the ordinary system. 3rdly. In the event ntnisslon to pay, his policy remains still his property, nin zi val ne as it was, though he cease his current payments '141 . 1' thi r ni Years ; whereas on the ordinaty system, he gets ofShould he require to increase or decrease the -1 5 he can do so at pleasure. lle can, at any time, ka; fortnigh t 's • 4tnou h . notice, withdraw any part from 11 up to the li 41 "1 thdra„: °f his previous payments and with interest. After he r o ' Or -n Part one year he can, by a single payment, three 4 1 + , 121 44 %, it"3' afterwards. raise his policy to a greater or even ; and by this system he can at all times regulate tt b: or sav "Thits by his annual expenditure, with the facility in the tact elik,,lLlng a fund to fly to in case of necessity, the same as `" this palpable advantage, however, that he gets inte -10 i t tlho , 4 th,ntiChene y, and in case of death his family receive more than but hiss vings. In ordinary Life Ofces he can o i ' h 44 t° Da' polic at ence lapses or is cancelled the moment ,Y him current premiums, and, instead of havhfg any or t 7ety, aid, all his hard-earned savings become forfeited to Zit it ,?rtil h .." l his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of his C O - Ftssurens. ' t l 4l, 4os i ;` e rn is too equitable and too striking to be overlooked tsilers,ll3, assurance is the only system of assurance which can be Zitif,,, 4 Trs un e egnized and adopted when the principles are impar isrl4o gr eat n, and its palpable benefits become widely diffused. It advantnees than a b tnk because it allows a fair rate t kle th, `‘Se Of withdrawal, and gives twice the amount in the Abs,'ath, t,? m P a nY to the representatives of the Depositor in y.s.Lg T,A z s combining the 4b lti v,lo „ 4trle4sciteinl ZOF BANK W ., ITII TIIE BENEFITS OF of AN Asstm s.NcF COMPANY. niore e s n t t ri a k s i s n u g r . ances the advantages of the DEPOSIT 4 ' lB OF TIIIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY 4.looith,se Who LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH. Prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to sin it :ed 4 1 3 , 4 , 11 , but the snvoprrsitncitpalgee,thoefre disease, and such as have been I,„(llBeas:'Llier Oflice.s, are ' taken at races equivalent to the para. 1. 41 frozZ , Der so „,,? , and upwards granted on every kind of security, k, r, "Olti es nil the most equitable terms to the borrower t i i Ntif u l° rleit nr e : er Y description granted on very favourable terms. ks l / 4 248, t h _`..,Of a Pol cy —ln ease of inability to pay the currant Lest ,:tvalue-,y_Jtroctors will either purchase the Policy at a fair ‘lll t qlesp o „,r,' give a new one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., jute ., 1 1 / 4 - tw e I;'"2lll4trim amount to the whole of the previous payments e 8 it sy ek t Pro s va a ae• t 4... st en Pectuses with tables in further illustration of the Des ' an dan he 4 ,__, Y further information may be obtained on appli .,,.Ta la the country, or to uti ARLES W. BEVAN, Resident Secretary. _dents Wanted in all parts of the World. ' No. 18,792.] DE LA RIVE'S WORK ON ELECTRICITY. Just published, in Bvo., with Woodcuts, price 18s. cloth. ATREATISE on ELECTRICITY, in Theory and Practice By AUG. DE LA RIVE, Professor in the Academy of Geneva; Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London ; Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, &c. Vol. 1. To be completed in 2 Vo'umes. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. LLUSTRATED EDITION OF MR. MACAULAY'S LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME. A New Edition, in I vol., fcp. 4to, price 21s. boards; or, 425. bound _ . in morocco. by Hayday. MR. MACAULAY'S LAYS of ANCIENT ROME. With numerous Illustrations, Original and from We Antique, drawn on Wood by George Scharf, Jun., and engraved Semuel Williams. *,,* Also, a New Ed;tion in 16mo , with Vignette Title, price 4s. 6d. cloth ; or 10s. 6d. bound in morocco, by Heyday. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW EDITIONS OF WOOD'S ALGEBRA AND LUND'S COMPANION. A New and Improved Edition, in Bvo., price 123 6d. cloth. WOOD'S ELEMENTS of ALGEBRA, for the Use of Students in the University of Cambridge. A New Edition (the Fourtienth), revised and improyed By THOMAS LUND, Late Fellow and Sadlerian Lecturer of St. John's College, Cambridge. Also, a New and Enlarged Edition, in post iivo , price 6s. cloth. LUND'S COMPANION to WOOD'S ALGEBRA. Containing Solutions of the various Questions and Problems, and forming a KEY. Second Edition. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " OLIVE," &c. On Wednesday will be published, to be had at all the Libraries. AGATHA'S ,HUSBAND. A NOVEL. By the Author of " Olive," " The Head of the Family," &c. in 3 vols. cost Bvo. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. A Certain Remedy for disorders of the Pulmonary Organs— in Difficulty of Breathing—in Redundancy of Phlegm—in Incipient Censumption (of which Cough is the moat positive indication) they are of unerring efficacy. In Asthma, and in Winter Cough, they have never been known to fail. Prepared and sold in boxes, Is. 1%c1., and tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &.c., No. 79, St Paul' , Churchyard, London. Sold Retail by all Druggists and Patent Medicine Venders in the Kingdom. IMPORTANT TO SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS. " St. Paul's Cathedral, 30th Nov.. 1849. " Sir,—l have much pleasure in recommending your Lozenges to those who may be distressed with hoarseness. They have afforded me relief on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of Catarrh. 1 think they would be very useful to clergymen, barristers, and public orators.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, " Tuomes FiLercis, Vicar Choral. " To Mr. Keating." CHRISTMAS PREPARATIONS. ON all hands arrangements are making to celebrate the anniversary of Christmas. To create novelty for a festivity so ancient requires some degree of ingenuity, and to introduce fresh sources of comfort and enjoyment claims more than ordinary 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 whose seasonable productions have gained lasting celebrity, who can proyide 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 styles. DRESS for Ckristmas parties, the most splendid materials and the neatest workmanship. OVERCOATS and WATERPROOF CLOTHIN3 in the most gentlemanly and comfortable styles. HATS, CAPS, and HOSIERY, unequalled for quality and beauty, and all Goods charged considerably lower prices than at any ether house. N.B.—Christmas eve being Friday, E. MOSES and SON'S Esta blishments will be closed at half-past four o'clock. TO EMIGRANTS All 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 post 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 CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER Hones IN OR 017 T OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows London City istablistiment, 154, 155, 15 . 6 and 157, Minories, 83, 4i, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 586, 507, 508, New Oxford-street 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers. and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The establishments are ClOllOll irom sunset Friday to sunset or aturdays, when business is rimmed till Twelve o'clock. A new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, t .11 list of prices, and directions for self-mea surement, may be had on application, or post-ftee, to any part 'f the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can bo had, grata, o ) arplication. lci l'on eerie Francais. Qui si parla Italian.l lifer sericht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla EspanoL BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine : " 157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850. " Sir,—ln acquainting yob with the great benefit which I have ex perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. " About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro cured the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by those who know some thing of this disease. " It was during one of those paroxysms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I lost no time in procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. "From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I hare instant recourse to this medicine, which to me is so valuable, that were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf fered, but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS is towards its improvement. "I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result has always been of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " GARRET FOSTER GILL. " To Mr. Front, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo rens, &c., &c., BLAIit'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and ter ra pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world. Sold by Thomas Pront, 2 29, Strand, London ; and all respectable Medicine Vendors. Price Is. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe that " Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London," is impressed upon the Government StamD. IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Aug published, by H. BaiMere 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Rvo.. In cloth. price Its, by rost free, Its. 6d.. ON TRUER 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 oenerative System, or Sexual Ilypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first ime, he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his .ewer to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851. " We promised in a former number that we should recur to this work, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,' and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer 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 Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is. therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. Svo., in cloth, price 3e. 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. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. "In proof of his vie ws he (Mr. Courtenay) 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., xil., and xviii. Igo. 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 4ravated character than any detailed by Mr. Spine, and yet ths, treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successful." —Professor Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture. DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS. To be had of Sherwood, a, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 111, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author. price One shilling each s by post, is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." 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The annual meeting of the members of this society was held on Saturday at the Society's Rooms, Hanover square, for the purpose of receiving the report of the .council, and for the transaction of the ordinary business. Colonel Challoner, in the absence of the Duke of Rich mond, occupied the chair. Among the persons present were—Lord Camoys, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Townly, Mr. Torr, Mr. Grissel, Mr. Fuller, Mr. Raymond Bar ker, Rev. James Linton, Mr. Crisp, Professor Wa y , Professor Simonds, Mr. Edward Bullen (late Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland), &c. &c. Considerable interest attached to the proceedings of the meeting, in consequence of the report of the coun cil embodying the recommendations of the committee with respect to the regulations under which live stock should be allowed to compete at the annual exhibition of the society. For some time past the council of the society have felt that considerable alterations were called for in refer ence to their annual exhibition. Established originally for the purpose of encouraging the improvement in the breed of animals, the shows have of late years consisted almost exclusively of over-fatted beasts, and the objects of the society have thus been diverted to merely encour aging the feeding of animals for the butcher rather than improving their breed. The consequence has been that aged animals, useless for breeding purposes, have, by the use of milk, meal, oil cake, and sim ilar descriptionsi of food, been fattened up to a great weight, and have car ried off the principal prizes of the society. Young heifers have upon the same mistaken principle been fattened for the purposes of show, utterly regardless of the future value of their breeding qualities, many of those which have taken the larger prizes not having afterwards given birth to a single live calf. The evil of overfeeding has also been manifested in the almost total concealment of the natural forms of the best breeds of sheep and cattle, and the great difficulty of arriving at a correct opinion of their merits. In addition to this it has been for some time a subject of general observation and of regret that many of the best breeders of stock have refused to send their animals to the show, as they knew there would be no chance of their obtaining a prize when put into competition with fatter animals, and they have declined to sacrifice good breeding qualities to mere feed ing capabilities. In order, therefore, to prevent the judges awarding the prizes of the society to animals whose merits consist rather in their value to the butcher, or in too many instances to the tallow-welter, than in their qualifications of breed, some very useful regulations have been drawn up by the council. The principal of these regulations are that no bull shall be exhibited above four yeer of age • and in the case of heifers it is necessar y , in order to qualify any one for the prize, that she shall have produced a live calf within the previous twelve •months ; such prize is not, however, to be given until it has been duly certified that she has produced a live calf before the month of February next after the exhibition, and "juries of condition" are to decide upon the admissibihty of the animals. These regulations, without excluding animals of good breed having a natural propensity to fatten, will effectually shut out stock valueless for breeding purposes, and thus tend greatly to improve the character and to increase the practical utility of the country meetings of this useful and valuable society. Some little opposition was shown to the new regulations by one or two persons present, and, as in the case of all measures of reform, some pre diction of the evils likely to result from so dangerous a step" were indulged in ; the good sense of the ma jority, however, and the evidently practical and useful character of the recommendations of the council ob tained for them ultimately the unanimous approval of the meeting. The following is an abstract of the report of the council, submitted to the meeting by Mr. Hudson, the secretary : " Since the last general meeting in May, 45 members have been lost to the society by death, and the names of 82 others have been removed from the list on retirement or otherwise; while 80 new members have been elected during the same period. The society accordingly now consists of 91 life governors, 149 annual governors, 720 life members, 3,955 annual members, and 19 honorary members, making a total of 4,934. In the list of deceased members on this occasion, there occurs the illustrious name of the Duke of Wellington, one of the earliest governors and vice-presidents of the society, who, though not himself a practical farmer, took a lively interest in everything tending to develop the re sources of his country. The council receive with satisfac tion the testimony of the members to the still increasing value of the society's journal, and to the immediate and extensive influence resulting from the almost simultaneous transmission of the copies, free through the post, to the numerous members of the society diffused throughout the kingdom ; as well as to that secondary and local influence arising from a knowledge of the facts and practical state ments in its pages, personally communicated by each mem ber to other parties residing within the sphere of his own particular neighbourhood. The chemical investigations continue to be steadily pursued by Professor Way, with vuluable results obtained at each stage of his inquiries, leading on step by stop through the labyrinth of nature's operations to new discoveries of the machinery by which she works in secret, and to the prospect of entirely new applications in the economy of agricultural laws for the cultivation of the soil and the manuring for crops. The council have on former occasions reported to the society the communications in which they have been placed with the Foreign-office in reference to the question of a reduction in the price of guano. They have now to re port that they appointed in June last a deputation to wait on the Earl of Derby, the Prime Minister, for the purpose of representing to him the great importanee of every means being taken to effect this object. His lord ship received the aociety's deputation moat courteously, and assured them of his desire to take every measure that might at any time be in his power to promote the views and wishes of the society on this subject. Since that in terview, the council have resolved to offer, in addition to their current prize of 501., for an essay on the geographi cal discovery of new supplies of guano, a prize for the dis covery of a, substitute for Peruvian guano, under the fol- lowing terms "TERMS OE THE PRIZE.—One thousand pounds and the gold medal of the society will be given for the discovery of a manure equal in fertilising properties to the Peruvian guano, and of which an unlimited supply can be furnished to the English farmer at a rate not exceeding 51. per ton. " The council have already reason to believe the atten tion which this prize will call to the whole economy of manuring, and to the agricultural as well as sanitary ques tion of the manurial resources of the kingdom, will lead to new and important results. The council, after full deli beration, upon the amended conditions, proposed to them by their veterinary committee, and which have been ac cepted by the college, decided last month to renew the grant of 2001. for the current year to the Royal Veterinary College. " The council have had their attention galled by his Royal Highness Prince Albert to the process of inocula tion, so extensively carried on at the present time in Prussia, Belgium, and the Netherlands, with a view to modify the severity of the symptoms of pleura-pneumonia in cattle. In consequence of the information furnished by his Royal Highness to the council, they authorised Pro fessor Simonds, as the veterinary-inspector of the society, to proceed to Belgium, in August last, for the purpose of making, himself personally acquainted with the facts con nected with the conditions and results of the employment of this process. The report which Professor Simonds has made to the council on this visit, of inspection will appear in the next part of the society's Journal,' along with a second report on the occurrence of pleuro-pneumoaia in the extensive herd of dairy cows belonging to Mr. Paget, of Ruddington Grange, near Nottingham, and which that gentleman has with great liberality placed at the disposal of the society for any experiments the council may direct to be made on them. - " The country meeting of the society at Lewes in July last was in every respect satisfactory, excepting in the number of visitors, which, although amounting to 18,000 in the show-yard, and 500 at the pavilion dinner, was only one-half of the usual number. This comparatively deficient attendance, however, was owing to peculiar circumstances, over which' the society had no control ; namely, a remote locality, unusually oppressive heat, and a general election going on throughout the country at the very time of tle meeting. " The council have decided that the Gloucester meeting for the South Wales district shall be held in that city is the week commencing Monday, the 11th of July, and they have received from the professors at the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester, the offer of co-operation in any way by which their services may be thought, by the council, best to promote the objects of the society at the Gloucester meeting. The following is the portion of the report referring to the admission of live stock at the country exhibitions of the society : "In order to consider the most effectual means of ob viating the over-feeding of live stock for breeding purposes exhibited at the country meetings of the society, the Earl of Ducie, as its late president, undertook, after the Lewes meeting, the task of entering into communication with the greater number of those gentlemen who had acted as judges at the former country meetings of the society, and the greater majority of their opinions being in favour of de cisive measures to put a stop to an evil so generally com plained of, a committee was appointed, who have made the following recommendations, which have been since adopted by the council 1. To appoint three juries of condition for the three di visions of (1) cattle, (2) sheep, (3) horses and pigs ' • each jury to be drawn by lot b y the steward of each ilivision from the whole of the judges comprised in it, and to con usiostt to of vote, nine b ju u d t g to es taaknedtobneedsooteiwsiaorudi:u t e h a e ob st :a war se b d y hi a himself of hands, the majority of votes to d ecide. " The following notice be printed in red ink at the foot of each certificate of entry, namely, All animals sent for exhibition which shall, in the opinion of the jury, be in an overfed condition, will be disqualified by the jury for in spection by the judges :' and a placard to be placed over the standing of every animal that shall be so disqualified, stating the reason of such disqualification. "3. The age of bulls in the two classes of each division of cattle, not two exceed four years and two years respec tively, on ehe Ist of July in the year of show for which they are entered. "4. No bull in Class I. of each division of cattle to be eligible for a prize, unless a certificate is produced of his having served not less than three different cows within the three months preceding the Ist of Juno in the year of the show. must f b o o ar itof cow " s 5 but No t a h l t e a t r a e v t i e o r yo n to be iu ad certified to have had a live calf within the twelve months preceding the date of the show. wme milk and ueotliimn calf "6. No heifer entered as in calf to be eligible unless certified to have been bulled before the Ist of March in the year of show and not to have been again in bulling subsequently to that date ; nor her owner afterwards to receive the prize unless on the production of a further cer tificate that she has produced a live calf before the Ist February ensuing. " 7. No cattle or sheep to have been fed with milk sub sequently to the Ist of January in the year of the show. " 8. No boar or sow to be shown that cannot walk on account of over-fatness." In conclusion the report states : "The council have the continued satisfaction of referring to the successful manner in which the practical operations of agriculture-are directed by improved principles gradually adapted to each particular case by an extended knowledge of conditions, and of witnessing the same spirit of improve ment that has so long sustained and encouraged the Society in the prosecution of its objects, now animating other agri cultural communities in every part of the civilised world, and leading them to find their mutual advantage in friendly communication and the interchange of scientific and prac tical resulte." The total receipts for the year were stated to be 6,1371. 135., and the balance yet remaining in hand, 2,8221. 19s. 6d. The adoption of the report, moved by Mr. CHARLES TOWNLEY, and seconded by the Rev. JAMES LINTON, was, after a short discussion, agreed to. The thanks of the meeting were voted to Messrs. Dyer, Barker, and Knight, the auditors, who were unanimously re-elected ; also to Professors Way and Simonds, the consulting chemists of the society, to whose exertions a high-merited compliment was paid by Mr. Torr and Mr. Jones, who moved and seconded the vote Of thanks. Lord CAMOYS moved, and Mr. DEUCE seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman, Colonel Challoner, who returned thanks, and the meeting broke up. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND. The half-yearly meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of Ireland was held in thei r ro oms, Upper Sack ville-street, Dublin, on Friday—Lo r d Talbot de Mala hide presiding. The report of the council for the half year ending the 10th D acember, con gra tulated the society on " the progressive improvement of agriculture through out Ireland, and the cheering prospects generally pre sented of the marked and varied development of the in dustrial resources of the country ;" and as an evidence of this gratifying change, the report remarks that two hun dred new member s have joined the society during the past year. With respect to th e soc i e ty's show, which takes place in Killarney next summer, it is anticipated that it will prove eminen.tly successful, from the improve ment made by the council upon the premium sheet, and the increase of the premiums offered. The report then refers to the change made in the rules of the society, whereby tenant-farmers are to be ad/flitted members on payment of 10s. per annum, and remarks that it "is likely to be attended with much success, several tenant farmers having already applied for admission." The re port concludes by stating that th e fi nanc i a l c ondition of the society is improving, a larger collection of subscrip tions having been made than in any year f or some time past. The Lord-Lieutenant, who is a vice patron of the society, has become a subscriber of 101. per annum. A SELF-ELECTED BISHOP. —Oh Wednesday, the 1 8 1 instant, the election of a new Bishop of St. Andrews Dunkeld, and Dunblane, in the room of the late Bishop Torry, took place at St. James's durch, Cupar Fife. A previous election had taken place, whereat an equal number of votes were given by the clergy present in fa vour of the present Bishop of Moray and the Rev. Charles Wordsworth, warden of Trinity College, Perth shire. Consequently, a new electlon was obliged to be held ; when the Rev. Dr. Suthet, of Edinburgh, was proposed as a candidate, in opposition to Mr. Words is a brother of the w ß o e r C. h oan T on he W la o t r t c e l r sw g o e r n t t h lem,ofaNnVZlbri.ins ter, and a nephew of the late Poet Laureate) was elected by his own casting vote. The supporters of Dr. Suther, conse quently, have drawn up a protest against his election, and the matter will be referred to the Scotch Episcopal College, awaiting their final decision. STATISTICS OF EMIGRATION. — A Parliamentary paper gives a great deal of information on the subject of emi gration. From the document it appears that there are 14 persons holding fixed situations under the Land and Emigration Commissioners. The largest salary is 8001. a-year, to the secretary, and the lowest 551., to one of the messengers on the establishment. There are besides 42 extra clerks and a boy, exehaive of emigration agents, assistants, and cl erks. It would se e m t hat the tthe m business ent ho f ofjur te the commissioners 1850, 111 is si° O i rl l, eil; has greatly i ncrease d. In 5641etters were received, per day ; whereas and 1,765 let bteersingdiaspt attheehreadt,eboeifng62at per t w her o a r t k e in e g i 7 d l ay in the same month of the present year the letters re ceived numbered 18,910, or 727 a day ; and 12,184 letters were dispatched, or at the rate of 468 per day. There are 31 selecting agents, who have no fixed salary, but are paid by fees on all emigrants between the ages of 14 and 50, selected by them who may be approved by the commissioners, and ultimately proceed to the colonies in one of the commissioners' vessels. No fees are paid on children under 14 years, or on per sons over 50. For each mar ried cou p le the fee is 1/., for each unmarried woman 10s., and each unmarried man 7s. In the last two years ending the 30th of June, 136 ships chartered by the commissioners sailed, of which 31 went to South Australia, carrying 7,0361 emi grants (children being reckoned as "one-half.") From the Ist of July, 1850, to the 30th of June last, the re ceipts by the commissioners were 807,3101. 14s. 2d., and the payments 441,0151. 19s. 6d. The unexpended balance is deposited at the Bank of England, the portion not required for immediate use being invested in ex chequer bills. THE BUDGET.-SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—No doubt Sir Charles Wood's was a very fair speech, but so it ought to have been, for nobody is so au fait at mending budgets as he is. All his own have been thrown back on his hands, and he has usually spent the whole session in lick ing them into shape. Hence the particular appro priateness of his recommendation to Mr. Disraeli to take back his Budget and mend it. Sir Charles has suffered persecution and, learnt mercy. The heroic principle of " standing or falling by a bud get " would react unfavourably on his own finan cial career, and might also be inconvenient at a future time • so he very considerately suggests to Mr. Disraeli to do what lie has invariably done without fatal consequences. Perhaps he might have carried his magnanimity still further. He might have felt it was utterly impossible for any scheme of financial revision to escape severe criti cism, much less to be satisfactory to all parties. Indeed, we need not look back on the ex-Chancel lor of the Fxchequer's own career for an example. His Friday's speech happens to contain, what is rare in criticism, some suggestions of a positive character. From them we may gather that, were he now in office, he would be prepared to recom mend an entire remission of the protective duties on foreign timber, just such a mode of handling the tea duties as Mr. Disraeli advises, and also his proposed relief to the shipping interest. Those three measures make up, in bulk, a respectable budget ; and when to them are added the extraor dinary votes in which both sides agree, amounting to three-parts of a million, there would, on Sir Charles' cautious principles, have been no more room for remission of taxes. But what would have been said to such a budget by the great bulk of the working population ? It certainly would have been no boon to the agricul tural labourer, who drinks little tea, builds no houses, Md has no ships. But if we mistake not, it would have been voted ridiculous by all parties, for all would have asked why so respectable a sur plus should be muddled away in cheapening tea 41d. a pound, and relieving ships, foreign as well as British, of some charges which at least fall more Raturally on them than on other interests ? We should have Sir Charles' Budget dissected and probed and confronted with all sorts of terrible sta tistics, till the worthy baronet himself had become ashamed of his own offspring. We may be mistaken, but to us there seems no difficulty in understand ing the rationale of Mr. Disraeli's Budget, whatever ita practical demerits. The key of it all is fhe re peal of the malt tax. He has treated that as a consumers' tax, the remission of which would be popular with the agricultural interest. That seems to us a fair view of the tax and the re mission ; and we have often shown in these columns that, as more malt liquor, and stronger liquor, is consumed in towns than in t he rural districts, the boon would fall at least as much to the towns as to the country. But no one can think of the matter ten minutes, or read a page of any financial authority on the subject, without admitting that the grower's permanent share of the boon must be very small indeed. As a consumers' tax, and one long complained of, it is a fair subject for reduction. Undoubtedly malt liquor is too dear in this country, and too much in the power of the brewers ~ and let the teetotallers protest as they will, a glass of beer will generally do a working man more good than a cup of tea, and is certainly much more wholesome than spirits or wine. But supposing it to be desirable to remit a tax of more than 5,000,0001. on the chief drink of the working classes, then come the questions when to do it, and how to do it. These questions are by no means so easy as some would suppose ; indeed, if we are to wait for a perfectly good opportunity of striking 5,000,0001. off our income, then the year A.D. 2000 will find the malt tax untouched. There will never be a natural surplus of nearly that amount. If, then, the tax is ever to be repealed, one of two things must be done : either the remission must be by instalments, or an artificial surplus must be made by the imposition of new taxes, which of course would be direct taxes. One of these two things must be done ; or, to adopt a third course, the two must be combined—that is, a moderate surplus must be made by some small additions to other taxes, and the malt tax reduced by large in stalments. That is the course which has been at tetapted in the present instance, and, in short, some such course is absolutely necessary to the repeal of the malt tax, if it ever is to be repealed. Mr. Disraeli has taken half the tax, and it would have been madness to attempt more. Even that amount involved the necessity of adding somewhat to other taxes. The tax selected for increase has been the inhabited house duty. Sir Charles Wood ought not in candour to object to this increase, for in his own original scheme of the inhabited house duty he made it produce as much as the old window duties, viz., a commutation of the existing window duties at two-thirds, and 700,0001. from other houses to be taxed 5 per cent. on their annual value. Sir Charles was only beaten out of this proposition by the complaints of those who found they would have to pay more than they did before ; and no one could have been more disappointed than he was at the miserable compromise to which he was pushed at last—the paltry7oo,ooo/. obtained by the present inhabited house duty. Mr. Disraeli proposes to rectify that very bad bargain, and to get nearly as much by the house tax as Sir Charles wished to get. The natural result is that he has brought on him self the very same clamorous opposition that his predecessor met and succumbed to ; and Sir Charles has shown a disposition to shield his successor from a repetition of his own defeat. So much for the proposed addition to the house tax, indispensable to the reduction of the malt tax. But what has tea to do with the malt tax ? It has much to do with it. Considering that many hundred thousands in this country who drink tea, and not malt liquor—con sidering the religious feeling which extensively pre vails against intoxicating drink, and, more than all, the demands of our merchants and manufacturers de pendent on the China trade, it would be out of the question for any statesman to propose a reduction of the malt tax without also dealing with the tea duty. Thus, three of the portions of the budget hung together, and are one for the sake of the other. As for the income tax, it was only renewed for one year in 1851, and again in 1852, expressly in order to a readjustment on more equitable principles. A majority of the house demanded such a readjust ment, and Mr. Disraeli has now attempted to satisfy that demand. Indeed, he had no alternative but to make such an attempt. Taxation, however, is not a matter of theory or of justice, but of demand. Mr. Disraeli and his colleagues have consulted all the proper authorities except one, and that is the people. Whatever may be said for a repeal of the malt tax, it will never be practicable till the con sumers have really come forward in mass and d e manded it, as the consumers of bread demanded a repeal of the corn laws. For one reason or another, there is no such agitation on this point, though one might have thought that every public-house would afford a nucleus for it. But while the con sumers of malt liquor seem content with old prices, the class threatened with the en largement and extension of the house tax is perfectly obstreporous. What is to be done when, of two competing interests, one asserts its rights vigorously, the other does nothing ? In a country governed by public opinion there seems little or no choice but to give way to the demand which expresses itself. We have said, that there is no real agitation for a repeal of the malt tax. It is true, that a small clique of farmers and agents assemble annually to pass resolutions in favour of that repeal and to get up a few petitions ; but besides their insignificance, the very ground on which they proceed is wholly inadmissible. They o as ndn't r treat the malt tax as a n a g ricultural grievance, which it is not, and wh ich even Mr. Disraeli now admits that it is not. We want the petitions not of farmers but of c onsumers, against it : not of a owl cliques, e s t , h b e u tax but o f o t ff h , ethnlier year ili e oertilythis to the revenue, and en losing 2,50 0 , 0001 . on. au y e n milli o reon o fo tailing the necessity of fillin g up the ga p with new and unpopular taxation. Unless Mr. Disraeli thinks he will h a ve the people a little more on his side, he had better follow Sir Charles Wood's ad vice, take back his Budget, and spend the Christ mas holydays in reconsidering it. From no one does that advice come so gracefully and so forcibly as from Sir Charles ; and, proceeding from him, there can be no humiliation in accepting it. HERALD. —The sound and clear-headed house holders whom faction has tried to embark in blind hostility to the house tax are beginning to take a discreet view of the consequences of such a move, and to feel not only distrust but indignation to wards the impudent demagogues both in and out of Parliament, who are trying to make use of them —shall we say utensils, Lord John ?—for the pur pose of advancing the selfish interests of party and faction. We dismiss the vulgar unreasoning drivel of Sir Benjamin Hall—for what earthly reason he was made a baronet, some fourteen years ago, we cannot conjecture—with contempt• flis coarse . _.~_..i~'" - _; ~- _. - mow. [PRICE SD• attack before a small section of his least intelligent constituents, on Mr. Disraeli—a man of universally recognised genius—suggests the image of a dog mis behaving itself at the pedestal of a lofty statue ' • and there we leave Sir Benjamin, with the eye of the literary police upon him, and the assurance of sum mary treatment if he dare to repeat . the nuisance. We sincerely recommend the unthinking occupiers of houses between 201. and 101. to ponder well the serious consequences of what they are being per .suaded to attempt to refuse to bear their reason able and moderate share of the national burdens. They would open wide the eyes of the immense classes beneath them to the irintolerable selfishness ; and let once that feeling get abroad, and who shall allay the revolutionar;tempest it would raise? Who could then resist the clamour for universal suffrage to counteract the selfishness of some nine hundred thousand electors ? The masses—the labouring classes—have been placed by Providence in a posi tion which makes taxation of them at once cruel, absurd, and wicked. They cannot bear it, and they will not bear it ; yet the unreasoning class immediately above them are to be supposed to have clothed themselves with the franchise for the purpose of saying, "We will reap the benefit of that franchise, for we will take care not to allow our representatives to subject us to any tax ! No, we will tax those above us, both directly and in directly ; and those beneath us indirectly, in a way which they shall feel, without any means of re dressing the injustice !" The shopkeepers's returns are quick and sure ' • he is well cared for every way ; modern legislation has been indeed all in his favour and yet he is ungrateful enough and short-sighted enough not to see that he is trying to gain a shame ful advantage and. immunity at the expense .of his humbler customers, already ground down into the earth, and scarce able to pay their little way as it is ! We say shame on you ! You bind heavy bur dens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders ; but you yourselves will not move them with one of your fingers. But we rejoice in being able conscientiously to express our opinion, that good sense and honourable feeling among the great majority of this class of our fellow subjects are likely to render nugatory the spasmodic efforts of a few parochial and Parlia mentary leaders of faction. We peremptorily insist upon it, that the sober feeling of the country is settled already into an approval and acceptance of the very best budget that has been offered to it for many a long year; and if so, the opponents of that budget might as well try to whistle against thunder. Had the budget proved. so outrageously absurd as fools hoped to have seen —that is, framed on the model of that of Sir Charles Wood, a similar fate would have awaited it. A real and irresistible opposition would have displayed itself in a trice—the big heart of the country, the city of London, would have beat in dignantly, and sent its hot streams of excitement bounding through the provinces. But it is not so with the Earl of Derby and Mr. Disraeli, as their enthusiastic reception at the Guildhall, on Wed nesday last, testified pretty conclusively. Under these circumstances, what can equal the calm as surance of that broken-down financier, Sir Charles Wood, who advises his successor to " take back his budget !" naively adding, " You need not be ashamed to take back your budget !" That is, " I did so with mine, and felt no hesitation; so be it with you!" Well might the house cheer and laugh at this unexpected sally. Thus concluded the im penetrable baronet:—" Nothing can be so bad as the budget now proposed, by which you sacrifice our revenue without benefiting any one, and at the same time imperil our direct taxation, tamper with the credit of the country, and tarnish your fame as statesmen with the country !" Cuckoo! cuckoo! Only to listen to Lord John and Sir Charles! But people don't and won't; and we look upon it that the budget, subject to any such modification as the Government may think reasonable and consistent with their honour and responsibility as Ministers to adopt, is already the law of the land. The debate on Friday showed the merest imbecility and cross-purpose work on the part of the Opposition that ever was seen ; not a true point was made against the budget through out the night, and the temper and spirit of the house indicated that the thing was really, to use a military phrase, disposed of. We protest that we did not see an argument used on Friday that was worthy of serious attention, as against the general policy and equity of the budget ; but we will say what we are hourly perceiving indications of the country's satisfaction. All parties see that all parties have been honestly and prudently cared for, as far as was consistent with the safety of our financial system, and that the policy of the Go vernment is just and enlightened, and in strict accordance with the spirit of the age. More and more plainly are seen now the hollow and worthless characters and professions of those who have been loudest in their clamour of what they called free trade ; and in the success of the Conservative budget will assuredly ere long be seen the igno minious extinction of that little knot of political vipers which has so long been writhing before the apprehensive eyes of the public. Conscious, how ever, of their own honesty and strength, Lord Derby's Government is proceeding steadily and rapidly in the right direction, and already grap pling with administrative difficulties which have daunted'all their predecessors. This has been fairly admitted both in and out of Parliament by the most frank and independent opponents of the Go vernment ; and we feel satisfied that the factious opponents of the Government already feel them selves compromised and embarrassed by the extent to which they disclosed. at once their wish and their inability to trip up the heels of an able and united Government, without the faintest chance of any Ministry being found to fill their places. But we warn these gentry not to reckon without their host. There is a point beyond which the country will not tolerate ; and its eyes are wide open to the comineseanics infinitwn. This was the profligacy of attempting to precipitate a crisis, in order that, amid the sudden " confusion worse confounded" which may be contemplated, the re volutionary party may steal an advance, attended with irreparable disasters to the country, and a Cobden and a Bright be seen grinning at the gen tleven. of England from the Treasury benches ! But there would be no grinning on 'Change, be lieve us ! TIMES.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer ap pears to have achieved the equivocal success of making a debate upon his proposals very difficult and agreement almost impracticable. His finan cial statement was confessedly effective, his prin ciples apparently popular, and his declarations adjusted to the most liberal axioms of political economy. Yet he seems to have puzzled every bodyt t obliged and put everything out of joint. He hasgo much more taxation. to o solicita tion,etaosurplus,kffbeeuroffers andbc a oe n ngw d s i i hvdy gives str at sohhh he considerable suggests aukc ehs tareductionsiplap tappears rsewissi additionaltoahtolwithout last than What he gives, that people ask him to give nothing at all, and to leave matters as they were. As the taxes stood when Mr. Disraeli came down to the house they were sufficient to satisfy all national obligations and leave a handsome surplus into the bargain. He volunteered reductions until this surplus became a deficiency, and was then compelled to increase taxation again. As it hap pens, too, his reductions are not believed in, while his additions, though defensible enough on prin ciple, are disagreeable in the eyes of some classes and gratuitous in the eyes of others. Meantime it is difficult to see where to begin, for if there is no taking off there need be no putting on, and people are clearly of opinion that the putting on will more than counter-balance the taking off. Let us see if we can simplify the question. The great reduction is that of half the malt tax ; the great addition, that of a double house duty ; and this duty is rendered peculiarly obnoxious; we think . i for the moment the rest of the budget, i p n er so a na nn e um clu , art he e r rs eto b f y or it e s ex ex em te p n t s . ion N t o ow, all defensible its duplic e ation, and its extension , . are all of taxation. on the best and soundest prine for its Of the duty itself we will say nothing,There is no pro prietyfinan- cial is admitted on all sides . tat a man should be perfectly demonstrable that the house duty itself, maxim more just than I taxed according to his certain than that these means a gener ally house in which com mensurate with the character of the the question'reandnoruleomf more e e houses setting o f . aside i-0 . t he doubling. It certainly does no . follow that be causemented to any amount ; otherwise the house duty t point seized by the speakers at Marylebone, on a tax is defensible in itself it may be aug mented Thursday evening, and it was the only point, in deed, which could be made. Does the rate of is. 6d. in the pound on dwelling-houses, and is. in the pound on shops, represent an unjust or exor ghlitvebse dßouubtletdheand exor bitant contribution to the revenue from this par ticular species of taxable property ? Is this item made by such figures to carry too much ? We think we can settle this point incontestably. The whole sum thus proposed to be raised is only about 1,723,0001., whereas the old house duty repealed in 1834 and which ex- isted in m window duty—was 1,198,0004 ; and, as the window duty was upwards of 1,800,0001., the total direct charge upon inhabited houses exceeded 3,000,0001., or nearly double the charge now proposed. But we can put the case still more clearly. The produce of the window duty, as we have said before, was above 1,800,000/. ' • and as this duty, which was house tax of a bad description, was never objected to on the score of its arithmetical charge, it is perfectly evident that no such objection can be sustained against a house tax of a better descrip tion, producing only 1,723,0001., or some 100,0001. less. The proposed house duty, therefore, would not be simply as a house duty, compared with other duties, unfairly or extravag an tly assessed. But is its extensio n t o h ouses o f 101. value a wise or just proposition ? 'We unhesitatingly say it is so. If all persons should be taxed according to their means, there can be no reason why the means of any person should be exempted. There is no reason, indeed, why a line should be drawn at 101. or at 5/_., or even at 50s. except that the tax would. prove impossible of collection. Of late years we h - ave had an energetic if n o t a gene ral movement in favour of direct as opposed to indi rect taxation. A Liverpool association has been advocating the levy of the entire national revenue on this principle exclusively. But in so far as the application of direct taxation is less universal than that of indirect, it confiscates the means of those whom it reaches for the benefit of those whom it does not reach. Everybody can discern and recognise the cumbersome process and costly machinery of collection to which indirect taxation give rise, but they who desire to super sede this system cannot possibly do their cause more damage than by exposing the deficiencies of the only system which can succeed it. The chief argument for inclined taxation is, that by no other process can you raise taxes at all from a large class of the community, which, like all other classes, owes a contribution to the State in proportion to its means. Show that direct taxation can be ex tended as widely and as effectually as indirect, and a case for its substitution is in a great degree made out ; but if exemptions of such classes as even 101. householders are contended for, it will be clear that " direct" taxation, in the mouths of these advocates, means nothing but taxation of a few for the advan tage of the many. As to the particular class in question, there cannot be a doubt of their amena bility to the impost. on all principles of financial justice and constitutional equity. If taxation with out representation is tyranny, what is representa tion without taxation ? But though the case is really thus far without a doubt, and though a house duty, and especially an extended house duty, con stitutes a tax perfectly unexceptionable, its amount must be ultimately determinable by the exigencies of the State alone. When the public revenue re quires a contribution of only 6d., no person, either on his house or any other property, need pay ls. And the public revenue at present does certainly not require this is. contribution, nor will it, unless certain alterations are carried into effect, for the 6d. contribution satisfied all demands and left a surplus. The question, therefore, is obviously one of profit and loss. Shall we accept an obligation to gain a reduction ? Shall we double our house taxation to get rid of half the malt tax, with a prospective relief of the same kind in tea 1 1 It has been very naturally suggested that a somewhat smaller class than the whole community have been concerned both in the proposition and the solution of this question, and that the Malt tax is reduced for the sake of the " country," while the equivalent is exacted from the " town." This point, however, we need not raise, for Mr. Disraeli himself propounded his plan susbstantially in the interest of the " consumer,"—i. e., the public at large. "By the manner," said he, "in which we propose to deal with the malt tax, we benefit largely, as we believe, the consumer ; but in doing that, we think that incidentally—and that was only a secondary purpose—we are giving great facilities to agriculture." If, therefore, the main object—the satisfaction of the consumer—is not obtained by the change, it cannot of course be advocated for the purely "incidental and secondary purpose" of creating the " facilities" referred to. What, then, do the consumers say ? They appear to be saying that, while the new taxation will prove undoubtedly burthensome, the corresponding relief will be no relief at all. Unless the whole duty on malt, and with it all the vexatious and expensive machinery of the Excise, can be abolished altogether, it seems to be believed that no advantage will be realised except by those who are just now thought to be realising quite enough already—the great brewers. Moreover, even the " secondary purpose" itself is treated as little less delusive, for hundreds of agri culturists maintain that the removal of the malt duty will leave them exactly where they are. Un der these circumstances, then, what are we to con clude ? Apparently this :—That the house tax is a sound tax ; that the extension of its area is un doubtedly defensible ; but that the doubling the rate, as it is plainly not called for by any present necessity, can only be justified by a better prospect of equivalent profit than the halving of the malt duty would provide. DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE. The committee met on Saturday, at the usual hour, the excitement in the corridors and lobbies adjoining the room being as high, and the number of persons in at tendance to endeavour to learn something of the pro ceedings as great as on former days. A medical, practitioner from Derby, was the first per son called in and examined. He stated that he had seen Radford at Derby, and that it was impossible for him to attend in consequence of illness. His state of bodily health was such that it was not likely he would recover. Morgan was then called in and examined. He stated that he went from Shrewsbury by Frail's directions, who gave him a letter to Major Beresford, and told him to follow the instructions in the letter. Frail also gave him the sum of £2. He went to Derby and arrived there about three o'clock in the afternoon. He went to the County Tavern, and sent in his card to Cox's. The first man he saw after he sent in his card was Radford. He afterwards saw Flewker. He corroborated the cor rectness of the statements made as to his employment with regard to the payment of men upon checks, which lie thought was for a legitimate purpose. He gave 2/. each to the people who brought the checks. He was aware that there was a man at the door to prevent anybody entering but those who had the checks ; but he did not know that he was engaged in an illegal em ployment. He stated, further, that the money was brought to him twice, in order to pay those checks, by a man dressed in drab ; and he subsequently stated that the man in drab was Flewker. He said that all he had told the policeman before was false— he had done so because he did not feel bound to tell the policeman the truth. Although he had told the policeman falsehoods, he had no supposition that he was engaged in any illegal work ; and he thought the money which was given him, and which he paid away, was for a legal pur pose. He did not see an y bod y but Radford and Flewker in the matter, and denied having seen Lund. The only point that now appears left for elucidation is the identity of "the man in drab." The landlord of the County Tavern was called, and stated that he saw Lund at his house on Wednesday night, and that he was dressed in drab. He also saw Flewker in the house for some time, and he was dressed in black. Flewker has been in mourning for the last four years. The committee then determined that Lund should be sent for, and also the Coxes and Frail, who was too ill to attend to-day, and the proceedings were then ad journed till Wednesday next. HOW WILL THE IRISH DIVISION VOTE Both the Nation and the Tablet of Saturday, contain letters from their respective editors Mr. Lucas and Mr. Duffy, now attending their Parli amen tary duties in London, which show that they are by no means deter mined as to the manner in which they are to vote on the budget now under discussion in the House of Commons. In a communication under the head "Party Prospects," Mr. Lucas says :—" I cannot help thinking that, if the Irish property tax part of the scheme were withdrawn, the rest of the budget is one which a member of our party might very fairly support. A meeting of the Irish Liberal members is summoned for Friday to consider this point, and it is better, therefore, that I should ex press no opinion until I have heard the reasons that can be alleged on each side. But I feel sure t 4 h o a o t d the r t i me is now come for ascertainin gwhat Ireland is to be got out of the English Liberals," In a subseq uent letter, dated Frid ay morning, Mr. Lucas, discussing the course that ought sa to be tak en by the "Irish party" on the budget,to the present time we have received nothing, Up absolutely no thing, from the Liberals ; that, after receiving from us mood service on Villiers's motion, they have absolutely deserted us on the land question, and have left us to fight our own battle unaided. All the Opposition par ties shamefully abandoned us. There —there is no denying—there is no mistaking can be no evading this plain fact, and the inference is irresistible that we shall be great fools or great traitors if we throw ourselves away on such hollow and rotten friends. What then shall we do to-night 2 I f or one, am very strongly inclined not t o oppose ' the present budget ; and the house tax, which is e specially distasteful to the worst, the most fanatical, the most selfish, and the most corrupt enemies of Ireland (such men as the 101. householders of Marylebone, of whom Sir Benjamin Hall is the leader—l say that lam strongly inclined not to oppose it without having some very good Irish reason for taking such a course." Mr. Duffy, in a letter to the Nation, after referring to reports of a Coalition Ministry, embracing Lord John Russell, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. Cobden, say s :—" Thank God, such a Ministry could not stand a week against the will of the Irish party ; and, methinks, without Crawford's bill, it will not be an easy task to soothe some of the men who ' stand no n onsense.' I cannot undertake to foretell what the Irish party will do under the circumstances of the case ; but I am tolerably sure they will seize their opportunity between a tottering Government and an eaf,ver Opposition impatient for place, to obtain what they can for the country," .ftnfti ~:aL`- -