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Subscriptions wi of London, the provinces, trel 13 0 ; Secretaries will be obliged 1 pe set subscribers previous to the 22 , hat; `I? D 48s Od . Office of the Nightingale Decembe LAS' ROYAL LYCE EVENING, s week, the GRAND ELI '• • and MYSTERY, by ' ~.21 6 Wizard of the North, in ...2,1 3 of incidents, continuout ...22 0 effects. ~.22 0 Magic and Mystery i —.20 6 sassing distinctive ch ~,21 6 amusement. It is lot _2l 9 selves perform their pa ~.21 0 them on the stage and ...20 6 for though everything ...21 0 eyes of the visitors ...21 6 one thing; but it is ...22 0 pany ; a melodrama T.( ...20 9 pected denouements •, ~.21 9 ' the paha° every nigl ...20 3 travagansa, in which ...21 6 the bounds'of probat 21 6 Professor Anderso _2O • fashionable audience! ...22 0 Theatre to overflow, ...20 0 . has been enabled tc —lB 6 . tlnuous repetition. ...IX —.20 6 6 has at any time ci amount of success He would attribute - in his present enter the results of a life perfected skill in has travelled the g - spared no trouble the stage in the T 'est ofttee of the first mocha that, while ende who honour him When it is possible to dine In ' tunity should no ..r land. ever it has been - resorting to the lee. 17 the designing lee. 14 icedulous. The 937 letty )ee. lb feseor Anderso . theatre up to terest taken on many of them Tnc erten attend a belie )ec. 6 tualists." Ju( resulted, Profi his illustration )atty, duced a sensa' alt. Ito pose a mini 11,11. Is for Professor Itcartals communicath an. 11 that many of who, from tellectual att 'n.Th.Fist • been conver . easily suscer 'an. 4 evening, fro spirit-rappl Nei t. • Lyceum, 1 and elucid; public exp Anderson's multitudin names of Dec. 16. • have beer Daily from the 6thoimen tracted fr )ec. 20 ber 20, ILI tteal Tele! rwisedsli. spirit-rat fan. 1h frankly c • witnesse thorougl the who Dee. 70 solution actual b Dec. 16 . who thi rial ohj ties Uncertain above, who, s D'neerteM in Ital withoi lfclamon • the At York l /410 mese • be b reins and' sill be de acce In lir (51s itch. d tt Of lc his He ere on. tai ed has not nil bout ail in n, fil tl t( 3as been r lower. 52i to shire, 3i rem were RE quiet, -Dovers, ,ern, 524 t Banks nit)! EBi et Cent. my, 89' yes), 24 oer cent. and and Eastern, • liesh, Of r one is Lds, and Oakley' lace for ancient a pall' knottier ,d much • d found recentlY mud wog to were Er gild& on the a of the be Bola' 3edmin• 'Andsay ',raster, ie Hoe. went'n "iaptain inghter York' nel De Oppen. re. , Ceov , Eeq's logere DO. W ed 13 ni rehil stth er C of If : t stones to 7s. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, HOLLAND, UP THE RHIN% and PARIS, is now Open every evening (except 9 tturday), at 8 o'clock. Stalls (which can be taken from a plan at the box-office every day between 11 and 4, without any extra charge), la. ; area, 2e. ; gallery, le. The Morning Itepresentations take place every Tneeday4 Thursday, and :iaturdity, at 3 o'clock. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. No, 19,724 j Third. I3i Od - 01 -•5 Od -•••Id Od - 0(1 ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter selsen. Prin Cornet a Piston, M. Bidffeettrt.—Doors open at 8. Admission une Lament's new Varsoviaria every night. Prime other ne. A THE NIGHTINGALE FUND.—It is intended to issue a Second Subscription List on Monday, the 2 ith of December. Subscriptions will be received et ais of the bankers of London, the provin , cs, Ireland, and Scotland; and the Honorary Secretaries will be obliged by being furnished with the na nes of subscribers previous to the 22d December. 43 0 1 ; .peset-d, D 488 Od SIDNEY HERBERT, I Fon. Secs. S. C. lIALL, Office of the Nightingale Fund, 6, Parlia vent-street, December 17. LAST FEW DAYS. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, and every evening , during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is Rot a monologue, for the audience them• selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors zo one can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the corn• pant; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of ...21 6 ...2' 3 .22 0 -.22 0 _2O 6 ...21 6 ...21 9 ...21 0 ...20 6 ...21 0 ...21 6 _22 0 ...20 9 ...21 9 ...20 3 ...21 6 .. 21 6 _2O II ...22 0 _2O 0 -.18 6 ...1A 6 ...20 6 the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an es• travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged awl fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art bas at any time •r in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, se decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgetten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring wher ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resortieg to the conjurer's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of th ►ee, 14 credulous. 'ost office When due in t land. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pr fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening th theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great int terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri t tnalists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro: duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to exs pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in'- tellectital attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and se . easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Evert evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions or spirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the names of the great and learned of the land should • have been made to figure in the documents emanating from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem , ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what ho has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about tho room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account df who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout - the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2.000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was ' refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly renaarkcel, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 24), an or phan, and in very had health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and ho would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. Be inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, ie one of the firrnast believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whoni might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believe in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents? and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated Professor Anderson would believe not ; but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the Incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it t' be time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their séance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of . the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that . the most talented men of the day aro permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual - fists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual ugglere. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,—a larger number, it is believed, . than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 22, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part L —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in he air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Beeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, is discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Not., the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verve; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of? glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; er, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A. New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will net only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, *oyeau, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally proving to be felled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of fipirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor plisses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—tke haw sers of E. g l a nd, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The If o raological Evaporation ; or, the Slic.tast Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. 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To which Ire added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre ,futionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prcetice, base ,nd on the dangerous remedies advocated by various write)." On important disorders. 57, NIED F By ESAM OR ITE D-S L LA*MERT M.D . UA IE, LONDON, D .actor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edit burgh, Honorary Member of the Londe,: Hospital Medical Society Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hail, London, &c., Pee. fho essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con , uences resulting from certain habits, Irregularities, and excesses, , alich have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man .od, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, an 3 :her class of disease known to modern pathologists, its perusal is ~rticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of ~air physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. .1 is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there are ,nciples of personal management which cannot bo violated without ~u rr ing grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgent',, how these penalties fy be mitigated, hew the sting of their titternees may be fernoved, • ,d how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and above all, —at there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional eoodnefilidatedte ueomthpoiaoarintso, wofhtigochohrattoVet l or sugement to which the timely aid of scien ce cannot apply a cure: Author has for a series of -ears been engaged i n an extensive groat p. injury on those wLo are i n d uced to place e l m nt r, o i rt ri un cs, at w el h y o inflict actice in the treatment faith in their pretensions. to genett °t a th ll ea y 63, Oxford -street ; ZRlOl7..DtE2B3,lLpif,TcoTro7lacstyer!roowha;d Hannay, GE, of Messrs. 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J iMES THOgiONT, & CO., 6, Billiter-square OTTOMAN CLUB.-A GENERAL MEET ING of the Members of the Club will he held on MONDAY, list of December, at the Club House, at Three o'clock. By order of the Committee. CATEL A. CUR WOOD, Bon. Sec. Ottoman Club, 14, Regent-street, Dec. 18th, 1855. QOUTHWARK BRIDGE. - NOTICE IS k HEREBY GIVEN, That a Dividend will be Payable o❑ the lith of JANUARY, to the Proprietors of the New Shares, and to the Subscribers of the 13/. advanJed on the Old Shares of the Southwark hri,ige, and that the Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 25th lust., until the lith of January next. JAM ES LEITH, Secretary. Office, Queen-street-place, 19th Dec., 1833. METROPO L [TAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. BANK o f Lo , NDON. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) , 600,01. HEAD BANstinci-llonsE Capital —Threadneedl 00 e-street (late the Mallet commerce). CIIARING-eROSS BRANCII-150, West Strand. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 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(Venable*, Wilson, and Tyler, Queenhitho), Firgrove, Weybridge, Surrey. TERMS OF BUSINESS. Current or drawing accounts are received, and interest allowed on balances. DEPOSIT Am:7l;l'B.—The rate of interest now allowed on depo sits at ten days' notice of withdrawal is 5 per cent. on sums of 101. and upwards. BuEsn in g e l s is s h un a d n e d rt r ak or e e n ig . n Agency and el-cry description of Banking ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO CUSTOMERS BY THE BANK OF LONDON. PROFIT —Receiving a fixed rate of interest on their balances, the customers participate iu the profits without incurring the risk of partnership. . . SECUILITY.—A capital of 600,0001., of which 300,0001. is paid up an 1 invested. This capital, or any portion thereof, cannot be withdrawn. Further security is afforded by four hundred partners, whose ha. bility is not limited to the amount of the capital or of their respec. tire shares. PUBLICITY.—The assets and liabilities of the Bank are published monthly in the " Gazette." auditors to examine the accounts are appointed by the share holders. +. full account of the position of the tank, attest d by the Audi tors, must be pillished at least once in every year. SNCRECY —While complete publicity as re•zards the position of the Bank is provided for, the pecuniary affairs of the customers are pro tected y declarations of secrecy executed by the Directors, Mana ger, and the officers of every grade. (By order). MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jan., Manager. DENJAIiIN SeOTT, !Secretary. Threadneedle street, December 6, 18i5. STAR PACKETS from th e TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND, 9, 2. RE NSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the following Trains from Fenchurch-street, 10 3%, weather permit ting. The Packets will call at the Rosherville, Oreenhithe, Puttee, and North Woolwich Piers. To or frum 4lrave eiiO anu L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. 19. 2d. „ .4ravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10.1 „ Erith and London.-- •• •• .• • Bd. .. Os. 10d „ Erith anl Blackwell or W001wich...... t etween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. October 23, 1855. AIR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- IL street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They to perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. [ An vlnTimmlNT. - I—Holloway's Ointment and Pills wonderfully efficacious for the cure of Wounds.—Mr. Woodall, of Barlby, near Selby, was afflicted with an abscess at the back of his neck for a considerable time, and notwithstandin g he was under the treatment of a most eminent surgeon in the neighbourhood, yet be could not, by the various remedies applied, heal the wound ; he therefore determined o❑ giving Holloway's ointment and Pills a trial, and by these invaluable medi cines alone be bas been perfectly cured, and is now in excellent health. Sold by all medicine vendors through- out the world ; at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden•lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. Ciuidicy, Smyrna ; and S. goods, Malta.. Naval and Militiry The Queen of the So ath steam-transport, Capt. Beale, embarked yesterday at Portsmouth dockyard the follow ing troops for Malta, with a quantity of stores for the same depot :—Brevet-Major Mein, Lieut. Cumming,; Ensign Badgley, 1 sergeant, and 46 men of the Ist Royal Regiment of Foot; Ensign St. Aubin, 1 sergeant and 20' men of the 3d ; Ensigns Kuper, Bastablo, and Davis, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 92 men of the 4th ; Captain Dashwood, Lieut. Gethin, Ensign Cox, .4 sergeants, 6 drummers, and 61 men of the 20th ; 1 sergeant, and 13 men of the 23d ; Ensigns. Wade and Humphreys, 2 ser geants, and 54 men of the 28th ; Capt. Welby, Ensigns Protheroe and Kerr, 1 sergeant, 2 drummers, and 32 men of the 48th ; Ensign P eac h, 1 serg eant, 4 drum mers, and 3 men of the 77th ; Capt. Cross, Capt. Baynes, Lieut. Gilby, Ensigns Fox and Foote, 4 sergeants, and 310 men of the 88th ; Ensign Chapel.; 2 drummers, and, 13 men of the 96th ; Surgeon Blake, of the 55th ; and Assistant-Surgeon Gihaut, of the 17th. The Queen of the South wiil not leave Portsmouth until this morning she is full of stores, and carries her troops and munitions comfortably. She makes 15 knots under steam and sail: The steam-transport Indiana arrived at Spithead yes! tearday, from the East, with invalids, and the following passengers in medical charge of Mr. W. H. Aidersey, surgeon of the ship :—Lieut.-Col. - Lindsay, 63d Regi. ment ; Lieut.-Col. Warden, 19th ; Capt. Stewart, 93d ; Capt. Moody, German Legion ; Lieut. Tonkin; R.N. ; Lieut. Laurie, 34th Foot ; Mr. Harrington, Purveyor to the Forces ; Lieut. Caldwell, Land Trainport Corps ; Dr. Whipple, R.N. ; Mr. Addams, Ordnance Department, 1 hors; 19 invalid seamen, 8 marines, 37 servants, and others. She spoke the following vessels :—On the sth lat. 37 N, long. 10 E, the British transport Cul loden ; on the sth, in bit. 37 N, long. 3 E, the brig Macedonian ; on the 9th, off Cape de Gatte, the Grace, of Liverpool ; on the 12th, off Cape Trafalgar, the Egyptian Witch ; on the same day, the French ship Anne, who wished to be reported ; on the 13th, off Cape St. Vincent, the screw-steamer Carnak. The Indiana is ordered to be paid off out of the transport service. The Canadian steam transport, No. 176, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East. She brought 1 cor poral and 13 privates of the 9th Regiment, in charge of two military prisoners ; 1 private of the 3d Buffs, ser vant to Major Green ; 1 civil servant to Captain de Norman, of the Turkish Contingent ; 2 invalid seamen, from the merchant service, Mrs. Bayliss and child, from Constantinople ; 1 nurse from Renkioi ; Dr. Gibbon (medical officer in charge) ; Mr. Trotman, assistant do.; Mesdames Bramwell, Osborne, Gibson, and Smythe, lady nurses ; Mrs. Windsor, 2 children, and nurse ; Miss Barclay and nurse ; Mrs. Rogers (matron) and 5 hospital nurses, 1 laundrywoman, 6 wardmasters, 2 cooks, and 15 orderlies; 11 invalids and 1 woman and child from Smyrna ; Captain J. B. Young, 51st Regt.; in charge of troops, and 1 civil servant ; 7 non.corninis sinned officers of the Royal Artillery ; 70 invalids from various regiments ; 2 warrant officers, late of her Ma jesty's ship Hibernia ; 1 captain's steward, late of her Majesty's ship Swallow ; and Mr. James Forward, head storekeeper of Smyrna Hospital. When the Cana, diau left Gibraltar on the 12th the following ships were there :—The Keselaw, windbound from Arica for New York ; the brig Arabella Fullarton, from Genoa foi London; the transports True Briton, No. 114; Go. mein, No. 26 ; Bombay, No. 24 ; St. Hilda, No. 11 ; and Indian, No. 197. The Canadian is ordered to be paid out of the tranEport service. The paddle-wheel :steam -frigate Vulture, 6, Captain Frederick IL 11. Glasse, which left Kiel on the 12th inst., arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday evening. The screw steam:sloop Conflict, 8, Commander Wm. C. Chamberlain, and the screw steam frigate Euryalus, 51, Captain Geo. Ramsay, which left Kiel on the 13th, ar rived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning. The screw corvette Cossack, 20, Capt. Cockburn, and the screw ship D e sperate, 8, Commander N. D. White, went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze on Tuesday. The Dutch ship New Holland, from Batavia for Am. sterdani, put into Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. On the 13th inst. in lat. 47 35 N., she saw a brig on fire, the stern burnt out. The schooner Elizabeth, Captain Price, of Newport, 40 days from Tarragona, for New• castle, put into the Sound yesterday. About 10 dap since her mate, Mr. Thos. Phillips, was knocked over. board by the spanker boom, and drowned. In consequence of the'Soadinian Government having discharged 9,000 men, on whose services they have .no further claim, and who are at liberty to .enter the British Italian Legion, this force will before long be complete. Colonel Hudson, the Inspector of the Legion, who now completing, at his office in the War Department, list of candidates for appointments, is still in want of row good English subaltern officers who can speak Ita. Tian, and whose colonels will vouch for their knowledgl of their duties as captains of companies. Yesterday 500 i,rtisans, handier:atm - nen, and navvies very carefully sele6ted for the duties which they wi have to discharge, embarked with their officers on boar' the Jura steam transport, and proceed at an early lioul to-day direct to the Crimea. They form a portion of Sin Joseph Paxton's Army Work Corps, and have bee organized by him as a special body always available for the work of the Commissariat, hitherto very expen sively 'and ineffectively performed by Croats an( other labourers hired in the East. They will not b placed under Mr. Doyne, but will have a chief civi lian superintendent of their own in Mr. Wakefield an active and zealous officer of the Works Corps, whos( experience in the colonies well qualifies him to fill thei situation. The formation of this body was not a sow gestion of the borne authorities, but originated in a di-1 rect application from the C om missary. General at thi seat of war, who has g ,t only half the number of men he asked for. The application was founded on the benefil which the Commissary General saw other department of the army deriving from the Works Corps, and is satisfactory testimony to the usefulness and excellent or : ganisation of the navvies. Not more than five week have elapsed sin c e Si r J ose ph Paxton received the ati4- thority to form this body, and it is already on its way tAi the Crimea, fully equipped and provided for the service which it will have to execute. It is worthy of notice,' also, that the numbers presenting themselves for admisl mion into the corps were frequently at the rate of 1,00 a day, and that the fellows who thus presented them selves are not lads, but stalwart brawny men inured tcl labour, and each capable of getting through more work than ary three of the Croat labourers now employed] Such is the estimate of their value made by the Commis.; ssry-General. Their wages, therefore, though somewhat above the scale at home, present a large economy as con' trasted with the cost of Turkish labour, and the greate portion of the amount remains in this country for th support of the men's families during their absence. They were mustered early yesterday morning near Sir Joseph, Paxton's house at Sydenitam, and proceeded thence in ay body by railway and steamer to Deptford, where the Jura was moored. A military band was in attendance to keep up their spirit., which, however, appeared to require little stimulus of the kind. Sir Joseph aCCODI panied them on board the transport to see that every airangement bad been made for their cmnfort and wel, fare on the passage. Miss Marsh, who has acquired much influence among the navvies at Sydenham, was also present, distributi ng re li g i ous books to the men and giving each a word of kindly advice at parting. The experimental iron mortar float No. 1 of that seriesi which was towed down to Shoeburyness from Woolwich a few days ago for experiments, returned yesterday morning. Her mortar (an ordinary 13-inch) fired 3g rounds on the first day's t r i a l, an d ou Tuesday the proof was continued. It was intended to have tested - this newly- constructed mortar-vessel to the extent of 300 rounds with the ordinary charge, when, at the 66`.1 discharge on the second day, the mortar split in equal divisions, in precisely T o f h t e h oae m portions,titself a has e m however,sustainedann er being a s n t lm o Beat damage carried B wbeyondbeab rg neither of nd theteironle bed. i r coating of the mortar bed, which, at the first concussion, shrank and sprang from the woodwork, ripping out the screws with irresistible force at each successive explosion, thereby strengthening the opinion of the superiority of a wooden framework in the formation of the mortar-bed. The annexed circular memorandum had been issued, directed to regiments and depots at home and abroad : "Horse Guards, Dec. 14. " Commanding officers aro requested to cause all per sons intrusted with the care of regimental ammunition to be strictly enjoined to avoid the use of iron hoops or iron nails in the heading up of cartridge barrels, or the presence of iron or grit amongst the percussion caps, car tridges, or loose powder, if any should accumulate from broken cartridges taken from the men's pouches. it Th e use of iron nails in lotening on cards of address, when ammunition may be packed for return into store conveyance from one place to another, is al so t o b e s t r i c tly prohibited. 61 By command. " G. A. WETHERALL." The subjoined circular has . been addressed to gene r al o r other officers commanding in the several districts and stations at home and abroad " Horse Guards, Dec. 12. ir sir, —In transmitting the enclosed copy of resolu tions (a detailed account of the meeting on the 29th ult. for t h e Nightingale Fund) adopted at a me e ti ng h e ld for the purpose of giving . the public an opportunity of expressing their approbation of the noble and benevolent exertions of Miss Nightingale for the improvement of the discipline and superintendence of military hospitals, the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief desires that you will be pleased to cause the same to be notified to the commanding officer of every corps and department in the army under your command, in order that all ranks may be afforded the opportunity of contributing to wards a fund which has for its object the extension of those laudable and charitable views of Miss Nightingale by which the army has already so materially benefitted. "I have, &c., "G. A. WETHERALL." In a paragraph going the rounds of the papers respect. ing Col. Henry White, of the Longford Militia, there are two slight inaccuracies. The gallant officer was a lieutenant, not captain,. in the 14th Light Dragoons, an d in the particular action referred to he had but one horse shot under him, and not three, as stated. The following appeared in our late edition last night : ADMIRALTY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. An erroneous impression appears to be entertained (arising from the publication of an imperfect document) with respot to the examination which is to be held _ _ The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall in o on the :5Li. uC oet,,t,el next, mat me same liluaL be v.it.lD within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the rear to Nfembers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So• sty as Members on the sth of October next, should appear or lodge tk ;lc proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the .vhole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own liyes .or the *hole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 185 i, an abatement of 51 per ,ent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Rank, Dec. 6, 185.5. NOTA BENE.—Resolved, this 19th Sept., 1855, That during the present war every person assured or to he assured as a member, or otherwise, not a mariner by pretension, may proceed to any part of Europe where there are no hostilities, without a licence from the Court of Directors, and without paying any additional premium. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION arvt BENEVOLENT FUND. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. W. G. Prescott, Esq. Thomas Hankey, Esq., NI.P. I Enron L de Rothschild, M.P. TREASURER—John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. LIFE ASSURANCE DEPARTMENT. lb, Moorgate-street, London, 18th Dec., 1855. Notice is hereby given, that the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL GENE RAL MEETING of the Members of the MUTUAL LIFE ASSU RANCE DEPARTMENT will be held at the London Tavern Risbopsgate-street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 21st day of January, 1856, at Six o'clock in the Evening precisely. Th• following Managers, in accordance with Rule 7, go out of office by rotation, but, being eligib!o, offer themselves for re-elec tion, viz.:— Mir. Edward Coleman. I Mr. John White Welch. Mr. henry Rogers. I Mr. Saneton Wood. By order of the Board. WILLIAM THONEAS LINFOIID, Secretary. BENEVOLEN r DEPARTMENT. - - Notice is hereby given, that the FIFTEENTH ANNUAL GENE RAL MEHTING of the MEMBERS and FRIENDS ef the BENE VOLENT DEPARTMENT, will he hell at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the city of London, on MONDAY, the 21st day of January, 1856, at Half-past Seven o'clock, or immediately after the conclusion of the Meeting of the Members of the Mutual Life Assurance Department, appointed to bike place on the same Evening, at the same mace, at Six o'clock precisely. JOHN ABEL SMITH, Esq., M.P., Treasurer, in the Chair. By order of the Board, WILLIAM T4OMAS LINFORD, Secretary. The annual accounts of both departments may be inspected at the office one week prior to the general meeting. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION, 15, Moorgate-street. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE in all its branches. W3l. TIIOS. LINFORD, Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearites Barclay, Esq., sub-Governor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. -:dinond S. I'. Calvert, Esq, Hon. John T. Leslie Melville, ohn Garrett ('attley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. lexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, - Esq. i'.dward maxweit Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. tames Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL ItEFEREE--SAMUeI Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre tiluins falling due at Ch•istmas will expire on the ftli January. FIRE ant LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. The Assured are exempt from the liabilities of partnership, and nayment of their claims is guaranteed by a large invested capital stock. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation n profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary BONUS on Lite Policies has averaged I per Cent, per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums paid. Any sum not excee ling 10,0001. may he assured on one Life. The Corpo - ation bears the cost of Policy Stamps and Medical Fees, and requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia within the United Rim:dom. LOANS are granted on Life Polhies to their full values. This Corporation affords all the advantages of modern practice, with the stability of an office safely constituted under Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experience of nearly a century and a halt. There is but one older life office in existence. ROYAL T:XCNANOE, LONDON. JOIIN A. INGILiNf, Actuary and Secretary. 2(), 1855 - '." . • ; - ; of at Portunouth on the 23d day of January next, for the purpose of testing the qualifica tions of thirty young gentlemen who have been otninated by the Board of Admiralty as candidates for Naval Cadetships. The examination is of course confined t 3 those who have been nominated, .; APPOINTMENT. '32 .1,z51 { . LIEUTENANT. His Royal highness Prince Ernest of . Leiningen to the Magieienne. , tn.; CaU _ALICE GREY. WOLVERHAMPTON, Dec. 19.----This notable woman was brought before the magistrates at a special sitting to day. Their worships assembled at ten o'clock on purpose to take her case, two hours before the usual hour for opening the court. Alice was brought to Wolverhamp ton from Stafford gaol last evening. Her appearance to clay was upon a remand from Saturday, when, before the customary time for the commencement of the business of the petty se;.sions here, she was brought up before Mr. Leigh (atipeirdiary) and four other magistrates. The the Rightploo. C. - P. Villiers, M.P., was also on the bench. No evidence was then taken against her, and when she was remanded Mr. Leigh told her that she was remanded because Mr. Hill, the assistant-chairman at the County Quarter Sessions, urged sonic objections to his notes taken when she -was proseentrix at Stafford being used as evidence in the case. Alice, who had com plained of having been called so early in the morning, and being brought on her journey without her breakfast, reseived the magistrate's notification in tolerable good humour, and indulged in several jocose remarks. Among others was an assurance addressed to the chairman, that if he was as prepossessed with her looks as she was with his, he would never seal her for trial. At the time for bringing on the ordinary business at tho petty sessions, Mr. Bartlett, her solicitor, complained loudly of his client—a woman whom he believed to he unjestly im prisoned—being brought up and remanded—on what evidence he knew not, perhaps on no evidence at all— and remanded without any information being conveyed to him of the intention of the bench to proceed with his client's case out of the usual course. Such conduct was most unfair and indecorous. . To-day, in consequence of the early hour at which the examination was commenced, there was no great throng of the general public at the court, yet a large number of the more respectabie classes of the town were there. She was again defended by Mr. Bartlett, and Mr. Kitson prosecuted her for the Treasury. A large number of wit nesses were examined, all corroborating the evidence previously published in The Sun, showing that the boys RAndall and Perry, who bhe deposed robbed her in this town, were at the time of the alleged offence at least two miles away. Most of the witnesses were cross-examined by Mr. Bartlett. Evidence with reference to her false representations at Birmingham was also given. Mr. Stephens, the superintendent of the police force of that town, deposed to the prisoner having obtained relief from the poor-box of the court on the statement that she was destitute. ➢dr. Bartlett took objection to the evidenoe of Mr. Stephens, contending that it had no reference to this case. Mr. Leigh said that the witness's statement showed that the prisoner by imposition obtained money from the poor•box of the Birmingham Court, and tended to chew the practice of the prisoner. It was therefore admissible. Any objection might be urged by counsel at the assizes. Mr. Cooper, the inspector of the London and North- Western Railway at Birmingham, deposed to giving her a pass to Liverpool, and afterwards refusing it to her, in consequence of seeing her in company with the Rev. Mr. Morris. Mr. Bartlett urged a similar objection to the statement of Mr. Cooper, but it was overruled in like manner by Mr. Leigh, when Mr. Bartlett said, `• If it should come to a trial." Mr. dill, the assistant chairman to the Court of Quar ter Sessions, gave evidence as to the prisoner's state ment when she prosecuted the boys at the Stafford as sizes, reading hie notes taken upon that occasion. Inspector Bennett, of the Wolverhampton police, de posed, in additio❑ to his former statements, that he told Alice at Stafford, after the committal of the boys, that Nlr. Doni•thorpe, a reporter, had informed him that she had made a similar charge at Birmingham against a workman of that town, and that if he examined the Bir mingham Journal he would find the case reported there. Witness was inspecting the paper named in Alice's pre sence, when she said, " Oh, you need ❑ot trouble your self, I am the person ;" and she was shortly after wards arrested as an i.npostor. Upon the completion of the evidence, which tended to the establishing of a charge of perjury committed in Stafford Quarter Sessions Court upon the occasion of the conviction of ltAndall and Perry, Mr. Leigh asked the prisoner if she had anything to say why shs should not be committed for trial for per jury at Stafford, at the same time administering the usual caution. Mr. Bartlett, addressing his client, said,—" Don't you say anything; say nothing." Alice obeyed his instructions, and only remarked to Mr. Leigh, " You are very posey ; that is all I have to say." Mr. Leigh—You will be committed upon this charge. Mr. atrtlett—Do I understand that you, adopting that course, will not allow me to make any comments upon this case ? Mr. Leigh—No. I do not see why you should. In cases where the magistrates are in doubt they sometimes call upon attorneys fur the defence to hear their state ments ; but in this case the magistratm are not in doubt, and therefore do not call upon the prisoner's adviser. Mr. Bartlett—What I should have submitted was— Mr. Leigh—We do not want to hear what you would have submitted. Mr. Bartlett—Oh, very well. Mr. Leigh--Call on the next case. The prisoner was then charged with swearing falsely in that court when the boys were committed for trial. With the exception of that of Mr. Hill, the assistant chairman of the County Quarter Sessions, and that of Mr. Hand, the assistant-clerk of the sessions court, whose depositions contained similar statements to those male in the first case, Col. Hogg, the chief constable of Wolverhampton, was the first witness whose deposition, previously prepared, was read. Mr. Bartlett objected to the document as evidence. He said that the copy of the depositions which he had received bore the signature as magistrate of only " Wil liam Warner," whereas Joseph Underhill was also a magistrate before whom they were taken. He con tended, from the 17th section of Jarvis's Act, tbat to render the depositions admissible as evidence the signa tures of both magistrates should be upon them. Mr. Leigh said that it might have been that Mr. Underhill did - Ixottear 'the whole of the case. At all events, he should not allow the objection to have any weight at this stage of the proceedings. It might 'se urged by counsel upon the prisoner's trial. The case then proceeded without any interruption to the close, when Mr. Leigh again asked the prisoner if she bad any thing to say in her defence, adding the usual caution. Prisoner—lf I get off, you will eat your importunities. You are likely to make mistakes on my behalf. It is a great pity that you are so apt to make these mistakes. Mr. Lsigh then read a letter from Mrs. Morris, wife of the Rev. Mr. Morris, ♦icar of Hampton-in-Arden, who met the prisoner at the railway station in Birming ham, and took her away and gave her some refreshment at a coffee-house, when the prisoner alleged she received the 41., of which she stated the boys robbed her. The rev. gentleman was subpoenaed to give evidence to-day against Alice. Mrs. Morris dated her letter from Wel lington, where she said that the summons reached her. Mr. Morrie, she said, had lately been seriously ill of paralysis, and his physician was of opinion that exciting him might be productive of serious consequences. Under these circumstances therefore she presumed that the magistrates would not insist upon his presence. She was willing to forward a medical certificate as to his state of health. Prisoner—Perhaps ho is in love. (Laughter.) Mr. Leigh added that this accounted for Mr. Morris's absence to-day. If he was sufficiently well, and the gentlemen who conducted the prosecution considered his evidence requisite, he would no doubt be required to attend at the assizes and give evidence at the prisoner's trial. Prisoner—l wish that he had never come to the rail way station—that's one thing. (Laughter.) Mr. Burtlett said Alice Grey can obtain good bail. Will the magistrates admit her to bail ? Mr. Leigh—Do any gentlemen to your knowledge offer her bail ? Mr. Bartlett—No, sir ; no gentlemen. Mr. Leigh— Oh ! then, you lay stress upon the term " gentlemen." Mr. Ward, the clerk of the court, intimated that Mr. Bartlett meant that there were tradesmen who would be bail for her. Mr. .Leigh—Well, I call any respectable tradesman a gentleman. Mr. Bartlett—What I mean is this—l stated that I had been employed to conduct Alice Grey's defence by private gentlemen —gentlemen living upon their property. I therefore wished to distinguish between them and tradesmen who I believe are ready to offer bail for her. I am not, however, capable of saying that they will. You will bear in mind that this woman has been already tried—l will not say tried—indicted for the same offence as that which is now before the magistrates. I hope, Sir, that if the magistrates can take bail they will. The magistrates refased to accept bail. . MaTrigri Prisoner—lt e.e.Lpreiisgohn—e r y is o wasua wtpityihue then to e r committedbe m e o o v n t d h e lee from also side ofthoen court, oh u wt. e secondr a t n a n chd wass soon afterwards conveyed ba ck to Stafford gaol by railway. PRESERVATION Or LIFE AT SSA.—The Emigration Commissioners, with commendable promptitude, after being satisfied of its importance, have ordered Clifford's plan or apparatus for unlashing, lowering. and disen-, gaging ship's boats instantly, when laden with any crew, to be fitted to the Aurora emigrant ship, now bound for Australia, and lying in the West India Docks, Lime• Ihouelh--SO4OC METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Yesterday, the gentlemen elected by the vestries of the metropolis t') represent them at the Central Bard of Works assembled, for the first time, at Burlington House, Piccadilly, for the purpose of deciding upon the necessary preliminary measures in regard to the election of a chairman. At 11 o'clock, the time for which the meeting had been convened, the boardroom, temporarily granted by the Government, was crowded with the re p, ,wesentatives, there being if present and only one ab sentee. The reporters were admitted without hesitation, and it was stated that the general public were not ex cluded ; but very few, if any, wer e no ti cea bl e . Th e proceedings, though a little boisterous at intervals, were on the whole conducted with a considerable amount of regularity and moderation., In the - midst of the conversation which had sprung up on all sides. Sir JOHN SHELLEY, the representative of St. James's, Westminster, begged to draw attention to the fact that it was necesary for the maintenance of order that some one should be called upon to preside over them until a permanent chairman was elected ; and perhaps it would be advisable to choose for their temporary president some one who represented a large constituency. If such were admitted, be thought Mr. Thwaites (of St. Saviour's, Southwark) might advantageously be called upon to pre side ; but he (Sir John) objected to any perso❑ who was a candidate for the office of permanent chairman being called upon to fill this post. He did not know whether Mr. Thwaites was a candidate for the office of chairman, but if not there could not be a better man for the tern p rary chairmanship. He would, therefore, propose that Mr. Thwaites do take the chair.) Mr. TAYLOR (City of London) believed that Mr. Thwaites was a candidate for the office of chairman. Mr. TuwarTEs was very much obliged to Sir John Shelley for bringing his name before the meeting to take the chair on the present occasion. Of course it was a high compliment. It had been asked of him whether, in the event of his being elected to the chair now, he would be a candidate for the chairmanship. Now it was quite true that he had ■ot canvassed for such a post, or issued any bill or advertisement, for he thought, and he was of opi nion that there would be several representatives present who concurred with him that a body constituted as this had been should be their own nominators. He therefore preferred not intimating his own intention, but if the board gave him an intimation of that kind, he should be prepared to devote his time and intention to the duties attending on the office of chairman. Under the circum stances, he thought it would be better if some other gen tleman were placed in the chair. Mr. TAYLOR proposed Deputy Harrison (of the City of London) as one well qualified to fill the chair on this occasion, having been a member of every commission of sewers for many years past, and he was not a candidate for the other post. Mr. Deputy HunliSoN explained that, although not a candidate, he was yet of opinion that few gentlemen in that room would be prepared to refuse the office of chairman if elected thereto. A REPRESENTATIVE thought that even their temporary chairman sh iuld be beyond suspicion. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ALEX. WRIGHT (Westminster) said that these pro positions having been abandoned, he would bring for ward Mr. Nicholay, who would make a declaration that he would not accept the office of permanent chairman. Mr. NICUOLAY (of Marylebone) then declared that he would not accept of the chairmanship, and was accord ingly unanimously called upon to preside. Having as sumed the chair, he observed that he bad attended here this morning to get information, and did not at all ex pect the honour which had been conferred upon him, otherwise he would have come down better prepared to discharge the duties, by studying the act beforehand. The first business that had now to be attended to was to ascertain the names of the gentlemen present who had been elected by the different vestries. Now the Govern ment had placed this room at their disposal until the be ginning of next year, and perhaps some one was present connected with the establishment who would receive the names. _ _ _ _ Mr. THAVAITES thought it was very desirable that their excellent chairman should have some assistance, and perhaps some gentleman who was not a candidate for the chairmanship wluld offer his services. Mr. WILKINSON, of St. Pancras, having stated that he was not a candidate, took his seat beside the chair man, and for the remainder of the meeting most effi ciently fulfilled the duties (by no means light) of honor ary secretary. His first proceeding was to call over the names of the elected representatives flora a printed list. When this had been effected, Mr. TAYLOR informed the board that the list just read was not an official one, inasmuch as his (Mr. Taylor's) name stood last, whereas the City of London ought to be at the top. This discussion concerning the veracity and official na ture of several printed lists was prolonge I, and was even tually brought to a conclusion by the chairman inform ing Mr. Taylor that be (Mr. Nicholay) had no desire whatever to displace the names of the City of London representatives. Mr. WRIGHT observed that the proper course would now be to appoint a committee to receive the credentials of the several representatives, and t) repsrt to the board at its next meeting. A REPRESENTATIVE remarked that it was quite certain that there were several persons besides representatives in the room, and some means should be taken to ascer tain that the gentlemen who held up their hands were really those who had been elected t ) this board. Mr. flows (St. Leonard's, Shoreditch) reminded the board that they sat there as a representative body, and it would be highly dangerous to the system to interfere with the presence of the public. He therefore thong:it that, as far as their accommodation permitted, the pub lic, and more especially the public press, should be pre sent. Mr. CHALMERS (of Chelsea) likewise kindly interested himself in the amount of accommodation afforded to the representatives of the press. Mr. TAYLOR, adverting to the remark about voting, said that lie was quite sure that every gentleman present possessed a sufficient sense of honour not to vote unless he was a member of the board. The CHAIRMAN called attention to the fact that they were here in pursuance of the provisions of an act of Parliament, one of the most important acts that had been passed for a long time. The Government had thought proper to accord to them local self-government, and he trusted that they would conduct their proceed ings in such a way that they would not only be satisfac tory to the metropolis at large, but to the Government also, and be a credit to themselves. The question as to the salary of the chairman was, he thought the first business to which they ought to attend. Mr. HUNT (St. George's, Hanover-square), thought that the chairman ought first to be elected. Such be believed to be the meaning of the clause in the act. Mr TAYLOR was of the same mind as the chairman, and thought that they should take the latter pact of the clause—that referring to salary—first. He regretted the salary was fixed at se large an amount as 1,7001. for a minimum. (Hear.) But he would not waste any more time in lamenting what the Legislature had increased in this respect, but he believed that 1,5001. ought to have been made the maximum, and he moved that that sum be the salary of the chairman. Mr. D'IFFANGER (Marylebone) seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Hows thought that now they should proceed to the appointment of a chairman, who should, in his opinion, be a representative of the feelings of a majority of that board. Every dty increased the number of can didates for that office. For his own part ho thought they ought to make choice out of the two or three gen tlemen .vlio had the largest number of votes. Mr. Hum' interpreted the act of Parliament thus— that the person who was elected should have a majority of the whole number of votes. If so, he must have 22 votes at least. Mr. TAILOR differed from Mr. Hunt on this point. Mr. Howegave it as his opinion that the board should first decide upon the mode in which the candidates should come bofore them ; and next, whether the election should take place by ballot or open voting. The CHAIRMAN presumed that there would be no such election to day. And perhaps the board would do well to consider whether or not the Chairman should be one possessed of a seat in the House of Commons. Mr. CHALME RS a d ver t e d to the fact that the Act of Parliam en t l e ft it o p en to the boardthtaotelct one of their t e here would be own body or not; and believing found a m an sufficiently well qualified among the repre sentatives present, he shou d move " that it was inexpe dient to go beyond the members of the board for the choice of a chairman. A RErRESENTATIVB Stlbrnitte utd this motion that it was ; n and othot comper e tent for the Chair man top hon. representat ives having urged various reasons against it. Mr. CHALMERS declared he would not press his resolu- tion. Mr. Wilton/ . then moved " that the election of chair manbe by open voting , and not b y ballot." iN tr flows seconded the proposition, which gave rise to a protracted discussion, which was eventually carried with but one dissentient. Mr. DOULTON (of Lambeth) moved that the number of candidates be reduced to two, by striking out in turn each candidate who had the smallest number of votes. Carried unanimously. Mr. WILKINSON said that perhaps it might now be well to proceed with the nomination of candidates for the chair. Mr. DREW did not deem such a course advisable at present. Mr. TAYLOR thought that the most convenient and better course would be for all gentlemen belonging to this boarOand aspiring to this office new to declare them selves. But he woul I not stop there, for by the Act of Parliament they were not limited in their choice to their own merneers. He begged to move "that we do now receive any application from any gentleman of this board desirous of filling the office of chairman." Deputy HARRISON conceived that the preferable way would be to name a day for receiving all candidates' applications. The hon. representative moved a resolu , tion in accordance with tbis opinion. Mr. TAYLOR s a id that Deputy Harrison would not ex elude members of the Court from declaring themselves candidates now or before the fixed day. Mr. WIPP( likewise inclined to Weopinion that the o f th --..•, _:7--- 112 ►ec. 17 ).e. 15 an. 4 r. , 4 1 : 0.--) ,_%f £ c'f pf , 3 Z-••'"o‹.Z. / { - r ; • : I ' - ` 'l••c4 • • ' - 1-ka n .• ; • r,t11 , 1!• • 4 ticA ow: names of the candidates should be beforellkilinki V , "" soon as prssible, inasmuch as most of the y the board were as yet unknown to one another; After some observations by Mr. Byson, Mr. Davie, and Mr. Savage, Sir JOHN SHELLEY remarked that it would be some what difficult to know who was a candidate. For in stance, he himself would not send in his name as a can didate ; but yet, if deemed by the board a proper person to fill the office, he was willing to accept it., Major LION (St. George's, Hanover.aquare), in order to clear the matter up, would inquire from the.chairman if/a candidate or applicant required a proposer and Fe• conder at ti le board. The CHAIRUAN replied in the negative. Major LYON—Then there will probably be 5,000 can didates. (A laugh.) Mr. DAN/3 said that any gentleman might be a can didate upon his making it known i t t mast be to the Mr. WlLKlNSON chairman. Mr. that apparent to every one tlat a candidate who had not sufficient influ ence to get himself a proposer and seconder had very little chance of election. The motion of Mr. Taylor was then put and carried. Mr. OFFOR (Hackney) considered it somewhat indeli cate to ask gentlemen to nominate themselves. It wou l d be letter to allow members to be nominated by others. Mr. WILICINSON said that the motion of Deputy Har rison was "That this board, at its rising, do adjourn to Saturday next, at 12 o'clock, up to which time the names of persons desirous of filling the office of chairman shall be received." Mr. THWAITES suggested that it would be impolitic to bind the board to any definite line of proceeding on Sa tur,!ay. Deputy HARRISON replied that if his motion were car. ried, it would still be in the power of the Court to do as it wi hed on Saturday. The resolution was passed PCIII. con. Major LYON proposed, and Mr. HUNT seconded, a motion to this effect :—" That no gentleman shall be eligible for the office of chairman unless he be proposed and seconded by members of the board." Mr. Tuaszll, believing that such a resolution 'ought to be more definite, would move " that the chairman shall, before proceeding to any other business at the meeting on Saturday, read over the list of candidates, and inquire wish respect to each, whether any member is prepared to propose, and any member prepared to sec end him, whose name shall be taken down, and all candidates not having a proposer and seconder shall be struck out of the list." Mr. THWAITES expre sod his conviction that no man would require more sifting than the candidates for the chairmanship of the board. . Sir Joffe/ SHELLEY objected to the resolution. 'For himself, he should not canvass for votes and persons, who would not do so might find themselves in the unplea sant position of not having a mover or seconder. Major LYON withdrew his motion in favour of that of Mr. Turner, which was passed by a large majority. A REPRESENTATIVE moved that the resolutions come to be advertised in the following journals, namely, the Times, the Several REPRESENTATIVIIS—" All the London morn ing papers."—Agreed to. Mr. Deputy HARRISON had now groat pleasure in moving—" That from the important duties devolving upon the chairman this board, we shall require him to devote his whole time to their discharge." Mr. SAVAGE seconded this motion. Mr. DREW, Mr. TURNER, and other representatives, including Sir J. Shelley, objected to this resolution. The latter asked whether Deputy Harrison would ex clude members of Parliament and professional gentlemen? The Secretary for the Home Department--and the Secre tary for the Colonies could attend both to their duties in Parliament and their official ones, and why could not the chairman of this board do so likewise ? Mr. D'IFFANGER strongly supported the motion. Mr. Deputy HARRISON thought the board would put a liberal construction upon the resolution. As to the ad visability of having a chairman who could represent the interests of the board in the House of Commons, he thought the board would agree with him in thinking that they should depend for the support of Parliament upon the propriety and utility of their works alone. (Hear.) The motion was then carried by 24 to 10. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to the chairman and hon. secretary, after which the board broke up, having sat nearly four hours. EAST INDIA COMPANY. A quarterly general meeting of proprietors was held at their house in Leadenhall-street yesterday; Mr. E. Macmighten, the chairman of the board of directors, presiding. The CHAIRMAN acquainted the Court that the war rants for the half-yearly dividend would be roady fo r de livery on the 7th of January. Mr. J. C. WHITEMAN proposed the following resolu tion . —"That, at the general court of the Emit India Company to b 3 held on Wednesday, the 9th of April, 1856, for the election of five directors for the term of six years, it is expedient and just that some of the proprie tors, heretofore directors of the company, who were not appointed to be directors in 1854, when that body was (by the operation of the Act 16 and 17 Vic., cap. 95), reduce I from 30 members to 15, be then elected direc tors, in lieu of those directors whose term of office will expire on that day." At the next election it would be in their power to vindicate their rights, nhich had been suspended, and to restore a practice which had worked satisfacterily during the long period of 120 years. He truned that the proprietors would elect a board for the management of the affairs of India which would meet with the approval of Parliament. Mr. LEWIN seconded the motion, not because he had any sympathy with it, but because he thought it should rot fall to the ground for want of such support. The Government had done well in introducing three directors of grea` al ility, and he trusted that they would soon in trod,lee many more, who would absorb the whole thing. Dr. BEATTIE was of opinion that it would be impru dent on the part of the proprietors to pledge themselves to the resolution. He would rather advise them to re serve their votes until the names of the whole of the candidates were before them. Mr. CLARK opposed the motion, inasmuch as be thought that it would be an invitation to the Govern ment further to interfere with the vested rights of the prnprietorp. • The CHAIRMAN said that us he was one of the five who would go out in April next, he would rather not have made any observation on the motion, but he felt bound to arnoui,ce that tl - e Board of Directors bad resolved not again to issue a house list, hut to leave the election ent'rely in the hands of the proprietors. (Cheers.) After some remarks from Mr. Brown, Mr. Dent, and Mr. Whiteman in reply, the motion was negatived. Mr. M. LEwis proposed the following resolution : " That, in the opinio❑ of this Court the present system of Indian Government is unsuitable for its purposes; that it assures neither efficiency, responsibility, nor redress ; th It under it the grossest abuses are permitted to exist unchecked throughout our Indian territories ; that the sol'• nvdium of placing our Indian administration on an intelligible basis, is a perfect transfer to the Crown, by which the jumble of two Authorities (being as respects each'oth r' powers unknown quantities) will be abated, aryl the i.eedlees expense of the Leadenhall-street esta bli,hroent caved to the territorial revenues of India." Mr. JoNEa seconded the resolution, although he could not out roly approve of it. Dr. BttiTTiE moved as an amendment, "That the abolition of the Court of Directors, or any diminution of its power 4, would be productive of most injurious noose du( nc D r. FINCH seconded the amendment, which was carried. Mr. Lewin's motion was therefore negatived. Mr. JONES, in proposing his motion, to the effect "That it was just and expedient that scholarships should be attached to the universities of India, to enable the native students to become competitore in the Indian civil service examination in this country, and that the saving to be effected by the abolition of Haileybury should be applied to that object," said that the civil ser vice in India resolved itself into questions of law and r j e u g d a g r e d s t g o a t v l e e f g o e r n m e e r r a , l he sa t f i o s u f a n c d . t q h u a e t s ti theoa sdecisions revenue of . it against them had been confirmed ; native lV th and appealsshould woetildbe rem embered that those deci s i ons were tion, as regulated by a system of laws founded on Christi anity, a religion which was not the creed of the judges themselves . In matters of revenue, he maintained that those acquainted with the country and the nature of its productions would be more efficient officers than the young English gentleman dropped down upon India out of Ilaileybury. He found that there had issued from the Board of Control a despatch for the establishment of universities in India, which, although signed by the Court of Directors, was to be attributed to Sir C. Wood and which ranked him with Alfred and :with Wolsey. He applauded that proposition ; but he did not see why they should increase the susceptibilities of the natives, and deny them the means of exercising their acquire ments for the benefit of their country. He did not think that Europeans were too highly paid for their services but taking into account the relative va l ue of money in this country and in India, he was of opini on th a t th e civil service there might be more economically managed by the employment of native talent. Gen. BRIGGS seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN would meet the proposition of Mr. Jones with a direct negative, as he thought that that gentleman was going too fast, and as there were a lready 421 scholarships attached to the educational institu tions in India, the emoluments of which , however, he was willi ng t o confess, were not sufficient to enable the hold ers o f t h em to come an d study in this country . preparat or y t o t h e i r presen ti n g themselves at the civil service examination. court by surprise. tion, as it h a d t a ken the Mr. DE NT urge d o n Mr. Jones to withdraw the mo ho motion. tors admitted the princip le of t Mr. LEWIN was glad t o find that the Court of Dirac- Col. STKEs thought that it would tend to the future s o f the proposi tion if Mr. Jones would cons ent to 15cethueg w i t hdrawal of the present motion. Mr. Jorms was rejoiced to 'find a co-operative spirit, as regarded h is p ro p osition, in the court ; but as he was it s hould go forth to the p u bli c t h at the s a nxioue that adoption of his proposition was a matter of time, not of principle, he would leave his motion in the hands of the court. The motion was then negatived. Mr, JONES inquired if it were the general rule that 12 per cent. should be charged on the arrears of revenue s Mr. PRINSEP replied in the affirmative. Mr. JONES said, on another occasion, he would bring that matter before the court. The proceedings then terminated. - -- A German interpreter has been appointed to the Mili tary Prison, Fort Clarence, from Shorneliffe, for the pur pose of communication with the prisoners of the German Legion.