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ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, Z4 Vowered bySpecial Act of Parliament, 4 Pict., cap 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. A:O 1, Princes-street, Bank. London. lt - GZPRAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. 4:,`l'lber of Policies issued, upwards of 11,000, st:futtl Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest nrwards of 84,000/. Itith et Premium reduced to the lowest possible sc , le compatible e irctui c t r i tY, and computed in such variety of ways as to suit the lances and convenience of every class of Policy-holders: E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. t i O - INEERS' and AGE 'UNITED ASSURANCE SOCIETIES. Capital, 109,9001 ro head Office, 345. Strand (opposite Waterloo-bridge). t o , r es issued Free of Stamp Duty to the Assured. l'qi e „lftbs of the Profits divided amongst the Assured. nrtio,,_?lders having paid two Annual Premiums participate pro ,7.!Y in all divisions ofthe Profits. Atecti?ance Fee for Ad , pittance. .kuzu Referees paid by the Society. a nts of Policies registered Free of Charge. Per las t Bonus declared to the 31st December, 1854, ayoragedover eeut• on the total premiums received. W. F. DOBSON. Chairman. GERARD •HAY ROBERTSON, Secretary. The s F.,c ()ND PART is now ready, price 10s. gd , of BIJRICE'S HISTORY of the LANDED GENTRY of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, and IRELAND. To be completed in a single volume, nni'orm with " The Peerage," divided into 4 Parts, price 10s. 6d. each. Hurst and /Slackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colbarn, 13, Great Marlborough-strezt. 74 R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONK' BLANC, BADEN, up the RHINE. and PARIS, is NOW OPEN 'VERY EVENING (except Saturday) at 8 o'clock.—S'ellg, Is t r°a • . 28 . : zallerv. .Stalls can be secured at the box office, zYptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven an I four, with out 4113 , extra charge. The Mor.ung Representations take plate every Tuesday and ,atarday, at Three o'clock. SACRED HARMONIC SO CIETI .-EXETER L „ HALL.—Conductor . Mr. CO TA.—THIS EVENING (Friday, 4th De cember) , Handel ' s MESSIAH. Vocalists — Mr .. Clara Rep ... )rth. Miss Dolay:: Mr. Sims Reeves and Herr Formes; with Or , Erestraof 700 Performers. Tickets,3s., 55., and les. 6d.. or Subscrip xete Two, or Three Guineas, at the Society's (Mee, No. 6, i n r Hall. e.ets Performance will be repeated on FRIDAY, 19th December. may now be had. LL ROOMS.-LA URENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Trills are now open every evening for the winter season, with rarent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. (24,..1c0urt. The Proprietor begs to ihfcrm the public that this 7 7,Lgoilmble Owe of resort has been entirely redecorated during the i j — ci • Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis " Otte Shilling. 1) 1 1. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leleester-square.—Open '(for Gentlemen e l cdi from 10 till 10; containing upwards of one thousand models 11. 0 „O r eParations, illustrating every part of the human frame in r 420 and disease, ,the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and t b 7;?-interestIng series of Lectures is now in course of delivery gh p ,r. KAHN, at a quarter pls 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, Ore (e r " n g• Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan W. lIANIC OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Incorporatedhere by Royal Charter.—The Court of Directors efs'Y Rive notice, that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND at the rate Per cent. per annum on the capital of the Bank, will bonto t 14, he proprietors of shares registered in this country, and the sth day of January next, at the office ofthe Corporation, No. Finetip len's-place, Bishopsgate-street, between the hours of Ten p:0 transfer can be made between the 0, 15th instant and the bth 11111 as the books must be closed during that period. By order of the Court. A. GRAHAIf DUNLOP, Secretary. St. Helen's-place, London . , 2d December, 1856. VIETR 0P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and rt rm , OENER IL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent -4 Waterloo-place, London. ,Canital, 100,0001. ittß TRUSTEES. ktt B Pencer li. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. ,_ I ti 7 p eter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. ti )ii .l l Assurance business traasacted in all its branches. b.,.. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged tent. on aIL the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CA.MROITX. Manager. CONTRACT 'OR WITR AT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 6th December, 1856. r Ii NI E.„ Commissioners for Executing the Office of 1 - , era High Admiral of the tTntted Kingdom of Great Britain 4 44,,etand do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 18th r ta ta 4 at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with soch persons 1 e 4 ?e wilg to lin Contract for supplying and delivering into her Victualling stores at Deptford. When to he delivered. Quarters. Half in a fortnight, and the r em ai n d er ••. • .. 2,000 in a fortnight afterwards, or earlier / 1 1 1 4 ' if preferred by the party tendering. e., rs may be made for the whole or any portion of the and their Lordshios reserve to themselves the power, fo r '. the tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or W i leh part thereof only as th ey may deem fit, or for a greater onan lti.' Or of not contracting for any, and also an' unlimited power of to.Droportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be paid OY weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. tttlides (not less than 2 quarts), must be produced by the parties den n r• n r - movies produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted It'l•rpuested to be taken away by them immediately after the con- Noas been decided. !itl, l lender will bo received unless made on the prin applicationseTr• the purpose, and which may be obtained on Ofilce, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service The ~4 5 , 1 ' to the Collectot of Customs at Bristol. 13 41 is • I lions of the revised 'contract, to which particular atten lhei c4d edi May be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and ' lees i , it roil will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, I!bei l i t r: not be required that the party tendering or an agent on 1, - 1 . 44 1 . 4 should attend at the office on the day of contract, ai the t he offer received from each person will be communicated bLqhL ? „, - ",o - hts proposed sureties in writing. •',ander must be addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty. ' 4 t a in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Wheat," and , <7O be delivered at Somerset House. 'ytks ERS, BARRELLED.—The BURNHAM p fd` l4 \Tß NATIVE OYSTERS are the best In the world — six I4s 1 , 1 four hours from the beds To be had only at J. SWEET aIwIBEr and OYSTER ESTABLISLIMENT , 159, Cheapaide. ter tt „:`Ys has the largest supply of the best Fish in season, at the h,lv.iftritet price. In ordering Fish it will be desirable to state ' fl anY persons it is required, and whether for visitors or Ilse. A post-office order or reference will have prompt ". Superior Oyster Rooms. To LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.- 4 4 . N,Penulne YAR &LOUTH BLOATERS. These highly ttikie,.' delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount, ,`, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order : ' °f) twri me 0 especially selected Si. 4d. P ac k age i nc l u d e d . I , S O ditto L •14 „, r4l l and plain directions, County, and near es t s t a ti on. Ad ' ~ 110: A.A.S LETTES, Jun Flab Curer, Gre-at Yarmouth. ! Will you have " Fair Play," and g i ve your aid t o p ut d own an kile N ki4,,, , ,Pu10us monopoly; determined, if possible, `` fag aut to crush a company that will give the Public what nolintNtare, viz :—" Bitter Omnibus accommodation and ‘ ,_' e lorne Competition?" Omnibus rider would take, say only two br three kcler' they would have the management of the Omnibuses %Do th e i r own control and not be the subjects of that h ' s Pc Power whi c h says, " When we have all the Omni ill4o otir own hands, we will carry out what we have pro- N' at -- Macnamara and Co., at the Mansion -house . Which , "Ns e cl, means, "We will reduce the number of Omni -I,lttll P d increase the fares." k ik r e. arisian Omnibus Companies pay their Shareholders Oo Do F•ent. and 20,0001 . a y ear to the Governme f n t t h tt li e t :Y they enjoy, it will answer the purpose o e . . k et v. expend any amount of money and use every means l t , rop o l i cempetition and create a similar monopoly in this s —Witt YOU PERMIT IT ? 4 ° would be free, himself must strike the blow." APPROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY. " Limited." Shares 11. each. Deposit Ks. th e , Offices-158, Leadenhall-street, City. N i. uirectors of this Company kave much pleasure in in- N e ' ti g the Shareholders and the Pablic, that Patent O mnibuses" are being built, and will be placed on 'ott e l li es of road first where Shareholders require Omnibus Ll/48‘uodation. • Nr et pectuses and Forms of Application for Shares, and a 1 1 11 k a, litation of the calumnies published against this Corn -0444 be obtained at the Offices, and Saareholders are . 8 to make any inquiry they desire. Office hours, Ten W. R. POPE, Secretary, A, • HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet. lt ti.i.. street, has int ro d uced an entirely new descr i pt i on o f ARTI- N'lly resemble the nataral to L TEETH 'fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so S ,4 eth as not to be distinguished from t : e o riginal by the c l osest observer; they will never change colour or 44 4 3 ' and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. hy t 'Dtl.2 3 :lethod does not requir e th e extraction of roots, or any painful i t iem, and will support and p reserve teeth that are loose, and is rl teed to f ed sound restore articu iation a nd mastication. Decayed teeth 9tt4.n rnast ication.---52, Fleet-street. At f l'otla ten till five. AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE .4 11t . n OF MEDICINE. A6z:ftlee Seal of Great Britain.. Diplome d'E cole de Pharmacie Imperial College of M e di c i ne, Vienna. - "I li e old scion de Paris. EIStAR No. 1,2, and 3 , prepared in the form of a l ozenge, v4l teLta3te or smell, and can be carried in the w a i stcoat pocket. k k l eat e cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by P ti;• La.ffer iao Roux, Ricord, &c. " " 'lt SEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE- L&Nct . 1 0404 TION, SPERMATORRHCEA, and all tae distressing 144,"ces arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too o r , mence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual ;:liat i l 4 d vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are It tA te v w e lVeyment of health and the Functions •.f Manhood • and - 41t - ,l 7 , aay be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR.' ..ey are effectually subdued by this wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., fo:Aca t Zl in the short space of three days, completely and entirely Übe; el all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated to t e, p ft l_ts, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of 14t,', 10 41 14 ,4 3 4; b t e h b e s Loins antidote for, to the have soanlodn g E b id e n en ey t t e an agh d t t aa hos disorders which tt h ealth of a vast portion of the population. to he t r . TRIESEMAR N o. 111., N ati at C ontinental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary SY7 1 1?: tot 4 It se „ 4 „, 1110 constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and a ll itptkitt' c,rl lPtions, removing and expelling in its course all crrule ) thr.sviro„ I :Parities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the disease, and expel it with the perspirati on insensible . i . th e tr-ru hs Medium of the pores of the akin and urine, and tI O ,Z-4110 1 7, ' h g.,,remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunate y ts„ - 'llYsician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destruc o'ork, - patient's constitution. and which all the sarsaparilla in e l Ltio e Tiestinot restore or four cas a es t• r in one for 335„ which saves lls. and in 5/. „ - qt to ,rY there is saving of If. 12s. To be had wholesale and ,cndon, -s of De- Hannay by and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street 'Liaru Strand. - and Co., 63, Omord-street ; Sanger, 1 50 , tr eet. a , 4 1. 1 M A IA FRAILTY ; a Popular Medioa Hest r?t,d 100 aq i :, It o .Zqug the opinions of Valpeau* Lallemand, Ricord, St_ttr723coploas instructions for the perfect restoration of those in,:!,ltvented by impediments from entering into the married lkit b 4 4laiih i u° wing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrheea, and mop n the, benefits arising from the chemical tests and sPermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed • 1 414 "nu powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23,PaternO4ter• AVM all agents for the sale of ‘.7rielsenzar.! This day, Two vols., fcap. Svo., 95., r iIHE MYRTLE and the HEATHER. A Tale. By A. M. GOODRICH. By the same Author, Two Vo!s., 95., GWEN ; or, The Cousins. London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand, This day, foolscap octavo, 4s. 6d., . DE DRESSY. , A Tale. By the Author of "Dorothy." Also, Second foolscap octavo, 4s ed., DOROTHY. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Neat week, two volumes, post Byo., E. WEDDING GUESTS ; or, the Happiness of Life. By MARY C.HUM E, Author of " The. Brides maid," "Gaunt Stephen," and other Poems. (N 0 . 20,119.) TMP oRTANT NOTICE.—To be disposed of 1 on very advantageous terms, in every town, a MANUFAC TURE (procErli.• de iabrication) very easy and of recotmlsed utdiry, giving profits of 40 to 50 per cent. For samples and information apply, post paid, to M. LAHAUT and CO., 50, Rue Baay-canderau, Bordeaux, France. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. The GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS will be held on SATURDAY, the 13th of December, at Eleven o'clock. By order of the Council. JAMES HUDSON, Secretary. London, 3d December, 1856. xiAMPS. -THE . PEOPLE'S LIGHT !- 'MUSS'S OXY9ATE and COT PAGE LAMPS are unequalled for cleanliness, economy, easy management, and purity of light. The Oxydate Lamps give the li.ht of Six Candles for the cost of One ! The Cottage Lamp burns eight hours for a penny I Oxydate Lamps from 65.6 d. Cottage Lamps, Is. " Mr. Nibbs has produced a valuable popular invention.' Critic "Its great merit is its extreme cheapness."- Journal. A 2s. 6d. Brass Cottage Lamp and 12 wicks free for 42 stamps An Illustrated Price List of 50 designs for oue stamp to pay postage ss* To be seen at the Royal Polytechnic, London, and Crystal Palace, Sydenham. The Trade and Shippers supped. J. S. NIBBS, Manufacturer, Bakewell, Derbyshire. '—Prat. Mechanic's QMOKY CHIMNEYS.-NIBBS'S SMOKE PREVENTERS, the best and cheapest invention for the cure of Smoky Chimneys, have succeeded where all other tried remedies have failed. Send a postage stamp for tie Inventor's "Remarks on Smoky Chimneys and Ventilation," with illustrations 0 his Smoke Prcventers. ; Freehold Building Ground and Heuses—Liverpool and Everton. 1.10 BE SOLD BY AUCTION, pursuant to an Order ot the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of David Logan, plaintiff, and John Stewart and others, defendants, with the aoprobation of the Honourable the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kinderaley, by Mr Samuel Turner Winstanle.v, at he Clarendon ROOtlli, South Johiretreet. in Liverpool, on WED NESDAY, the 17th day of December, 1856, at two o'clock in the afternoon, an. extensive and valuable p ece of Freehold Building Land, adjoining Vauxhall-road, in Kirkdale, near Liverpool ; an l several pieces of Balding Land (copyhold of the manor Of West Derby), in and near Ss.ckville-street, Everton. near Liverpool ; and a Fteehold Dwelline-house, in Blaokfield-terrace, lUrkdale, 'and several D welling-houses (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), in Sackville-street, Everton. In 12 Lots Particulars and conditiond of sale may be obtained gratis from Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson ' and Lowndes; solieftors, Brunswick-street, Liverpool ; Mr. T. K. Flas sall. solicitor, Liverpool ; Messrs. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, soli 41,11edford-row, London; and of the Auctioneer. And the premises may be seen on application to the tenants. Dated this 26th clay of November, 1856. Sharp?, Field, and Jackson, of 41, Bedford-row, London, agcnti for licAsrs. Lowndes, Bateson, and Lowndes, of Liverpool, plaintiff's solicitors. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A MORSE, • COW, SHF.F.P„ OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED Sold in Cases containing 448 Packages—each Package One Feed, at the cost of Three Half-pence each, equal to 5Gs. per case. Carriage pate to any ralway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH TIIORLEY, the Inventor, 115, Ellgh-street, Hull. Post-oßlee Orders must be Made payable as above. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vo's , R OS A G R By the Author of " Anne Dysart," &c E Y "One of the most charming books of the season, and worthy of the autho&'s former w ,, rks. The characters are capitally drawn and con si,tently maintained, the scenes well conceived, and with all the volumes possess a considerable quantity of—a rarity nowadays— common sense in the treatment of several social subjects and popu lar people."— John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, London: John W. 'Parker and Sou, West Strand. POST OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY, 1857. Now Publishing. prreB 381r.,'" or with map on Ters. 2/. 28.—Kelly and Co., 18 to 21, Old Boswell-court, St. Clement's Strand, and all Booksellers. The Third Edition. Just rublished , pride ss, by post, free, ss. 6d ON TRUE Sz FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, With the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wido-spread flrrors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the Guinan of Dr.PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford Is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the drat time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if be shall lam: any other equally flagrant evil which it day be in his power to cor rect,"—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet gympathtsers,' and 'Medical Friends, are mercilessly exposed; and if this book onld find its way into the hands of those whs satic.r from the com ,:laint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would he saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of .ass importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is well qualifledto put an end to the empirical syrtcm of treating Spermatorrhosa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and pbpiologieal basis. it is, ther e f Ore, likely to do much good. "—Medical Circular. London: H. Baluere, 219, Regent-street THE FRENCD GOVERNMENT AND THE PREFECTS. The following highly important circular has been addressed by M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior, to the prefects, which will shortly be made public : Paris, Nov. 20. Monsieur le Prefef —Decrees suspending municipal coaecils, a n d a ppli ca ti ons for their dissolution, are becoming o e law of M ay 5, every day more numerous. This exaggerated tendency i s not i n conform i ty e i t h er w ith the spirit of th Government. 1855, or with the intentions of the The intention of the law was to arm the superior might be authority against proceedings , which r prejudicial to order, or which might trans gress the legal powers of the communal assem bue . It was with a view to extraordinary kind that Art. 13 was f Councils may quinquennial whose notonly be su-pended or dissolved, but may be replaoed by commissions last till the next powers may grounded upon the oppositiorif part of the decrees of suspension e !etion. But the greater which I receive are t i h .o e te C r o es u t n s c b il r s o t o o gh p t ropo sitions touching the commu n ale for ward by the mayors. T h t e he a s d e uiinistratio n too often I cannot thinks fit to interfere in differences, and ,upon the improperly brings its authority to localh utmost ttoo strongly con flicts which grow out of them. re commend you, sir, to leave the ! t o o t i t t e h d e e d t i o s o t o h s e . Municipal Councils in everything relati sion within the limits of the law of purely n communal in tere.ts. If these assemblies give a bad unintelligent solution to the affairs brought before them, the tion will know to whom the responsibility' is to be puted. A bad local decision is less mischievous th e a i n m a system which lends to impose universally the action of central authority in matters not involving any general interest to require its interference. Administrators allow themselves too easily to be led away by the desire of crushing all inconvenient resistance instead of using their personal influence, and encouraging that public opinion, which, in the long run, is never blind to its own true interests. I have often regretted to obser v e this tendency to see in authority nothing but its rigorous exigencies, and to forgtt that the best way to serve the Emperor's govern ment is to make it loved. I am most anxious, M. le Prefet, that all the local administrations should return to the path which has been invariably traced for them by my instructions and those of my predecessors. The management of public affairs is always beset with difficulties. Your mission as an administrator consists principally in smoothing difficulties, without friction, and with a courteous moderation. I recommend you then, expressly, not to suspend any Municipal Council, and not to address to me any requisition for the dis solution of any Municipal Council, unless you feel tho roughly convinced that reasons of publio order impera tively call for one or the other of those measures, and unless you are at the same time able to assure me that you have per sona ll y d one all in your power to avoid the necessity o f further re m i n d yon, that i n e ith e r case, the reports resorting to such a harsh course. I which you will address to me must be accompanied with documents, showing the grounds fur your reports, and particularly by the reports of the sub-prefects of all ar rondissements, other than the principal arrondissement of your department. —Receive, Monsieur le Prefet, &c., BILLAULT. No MORE GRETNA. GREEN MARRIAGES. —At the end of the present month Gretna-green marriages and border marriages will be prevented. By an act of last session, it is provided that after the 31st of December no irregular marriage contracts in Scotland by declaration, acknowledgment, or ceremony, shall be valid unless one of the parties had at the date thereof his or her usual place of residence there or bad ]ived in Scotland for 21 days next preceding such marriage [ADVERTISEMENT.I—TEE WEEKLY NEWS, PRICE 2D. —ON THE CAUSE AND CURABILITY OF CONSUMPTION. -- Every family 1u the kingdom i s equaly concerned with th e collstimptlve Invalid in the of the Mtarestiog Leeture, as tteiivered by Dr. Dertiii Crcnin, of 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, on the success of A n aspasia, or Traction, in the cure of this distressing malady ; continued in the Weekly News this week, Dec. 13, 1856.—Weekly New; office, 6, Hind-court and Wine Offioe-court. e4f,2 T. ea k r,t, • VI • - m a, 1. 3 • A ( 0116,1.. ":" • 3 142... ' 4lV4 ‘ 1414.'‘' W r**t .143 • • 4cr , • 1 ? :r1 • • • • „ • ‘111111 : • K•to 4 4' , , ci ) 4 • • • C* . 4,sskr.. Xll y /. /V • •,. ;-••;--,-'• I r yt,a t. , '56. ` .l / 2 -Ge - ?- - e inuaf; 41). STAMPED =v. LEGAL EXAMiNATION. HILARY .TER:AI, 1857. The Council of . Legal cl'ucation have approved the fol lowing rules for the'puhlic examination of the students. The:attention of the - stadents is requested to the follow ing rules of the Inns of Court : " As an inducement to students' to propose themselves • fort examination, studentship s 'shell be - founded of 50, guineas per annum each, to continue for a period of three years, and one such studentship shall be conferred on the most dietinguished 'student 'at each public examination ; and further, the .examiners shall select and certify the names of three other students who shall have passed the next.best examinations ; and the Tuns of Court to which such students belong, may, if desired, dispense with any terms, not exceeding two, that may remain to be kept by such students previously to their being called to the bar. Provided that the examiners shall not be obliged to confer -or grant any studentship or certificate unless they shall be of opinion that the examination of the students they select has been such as entitles them thereto: " At every call to the bar those students who have passed a i) nblic examination, and either obtained a studentship or a certificate of honour, shall take rank iu seniority over all other students who shall be called on the same day. "No 'student shell be eligible to be called to the bar who 'stud; not either have'attended during one whole year the lepiures of two Of the readers, or have satisfactorily passed a pfthlic examination." RULES FOR THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR HONOURS, OR CERTIFICATES ENTITLING STU DENTS TO BE CALLED TD THE' BAR. An examination will be held in ne x t Hilary Term, to which a student of any of the Inns of Court who is desir ous of becoming a candidate for a studentship or honours, or Of obtaining a certificate of fitness for being called to the bar; will be admissible; Each student proposing to submit himself for examina tion will be required to enter his name at The treasurer's office of the Inn of Court to which he belongs, on or before, Thursday, the Ist day of fanuary next, :cod be will further be required to state in writing whether his object in offer ing himself for examination is to compete for a student ship or other honourable distitiction'; or whether he is merely desirous of obtaining a certificate preliminary to a call to the bar. The exaMFija tion will oommence on Thursday, the Bth day of January next, and will be continued on the Friday and S.aturday following.. It will take plibe in the Benchers' Reading-room of coln's-inn ; and the docaw will be closed 10 minutes after the time appointed for the commencement of tho examina tion. The examination by printed questions will be conducted in the following order : Thursday morning, the Bth January, at half-past 9, on Constitutional Law and Legal History; in the afternoon, at half-past 1, on Equity. Friday morning, the 9th January, at half-past 9, on Common Law ;in the afternoon, at half-past 1, on the Law of Real Property, &c. Saturday morning, the 10th January, at half-past 9, on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law; in the afternoon, at half-past 1, a paper will be given to the students, includ ing questions bearing upon all the foregoing subjects of examination. The oral examination will be conducted in the same order, during the sa me h ours, an d on t h e same su bj ects, as those already marked out for the examination by printed questions, except that on Saturday afternoon there will be no oral examination. The oral examination of each student will be conducted apart from the other students, and the character of that examination will vary according as the student is a candi date for honours or a stadrntehip, or desires simply to obtain a certi tic Ate. The oral examination and printed questions will be founded on the books below Mentioned ; regard being had, however, to the particular object with a view to which the student presents himself for examination. In determining the question whether a student has passed the examination in such a manner as to entitle him to be called to the bar, the examiners will principally have regard to the general knowledge of law and jurisprudence which ho has displayed. student may present himself at any number of exami nations until ho shall have obtained a certificate. Any student who shall obtain a certificate may present himself a second time for examination as a candidate for the studentship, but only at one of the three examinations immediately succeeding' that at which ho shall have ob tained such certificate ; provided that if any student so presenting himself shall not succeed in obtaining the stu dentship, his name shall not appear in the list. Students who have kept more than Il terms shall not be admitted to an examination forlhe studentship. The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History proposes to 'examine on the following subjects : He will exreA th' candidates for honours in the ensuing examination to be thoroughly, acquainted with the chapters in ‘‘ Hallam's Constitutional History," which treats of the reigns of Elizabeth of Charles 1., of Charles 11., of James 11., and of WA: am 111. He will expect them to be acquainted with the history of the law of treason, and the law relating to the press, to the present time, and with the most important state trials and impeachments during the reigns mentioned above ; and also with the State tri..ls and impeachments during the reign of James I. He will expect them to possess a general knowledge of the leading events in English history from the Conquest to the year 1782. Tue candidates for a pass will be required to answer general questions in English tiStory, trba well acquainted With , the history of the reigns of Elizabeth, of Charles 1., and Charles 11. They will be required, also, to show a competent know ledge of the State Trials during the reign of Charles 11. and William 111. The Reader in Equity proposes to examine in the fol lowing books and subjects :- 1. 4 Smith's Manua) of Equity Jurisprudence ; Mitford on the Pleadings in the Court of Chancery." Introduc tion : chap. 1, sec. 1 and 2 ; chap. 2, sec. 1; chap. 2, sec. 2, part 1 (the first three pages); chap. 2, see. 2, part 2 (the first two pages) ; chap. 2, sec. 2, part 3; chap. 3. The Act for the Improvement of the Jurisdiction of Equity, the 15th and 16th of Victoria, chap. 86. - 2. The cases and notes contained in the first volume of " White and Tudor's Leading Cases." " Spence's Equi table Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery." Part book 1, chap. 1,2, and 3. CamiidatOs for certificates of fitness to be called to the bar will be expected to be well acquainted with the books mentioned in the first of the above classes. Candidates for the studentship or honours will be ex amined in the books mentioned in the two classes. The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to examine in the following books and subjects :- 1. "Joshua Williams on Real Property ;" the same author "On Personal Property ;" and " Hayes on the Common Law, - Uses, and Trusts." 2. The St;:tute of Wills ; the Ist of Victoria, chap. 26, and the 15th 'yid 16th of Victoria, chap. 24. 3. The Statutes Bth and 9th of Victoria, chap. 106. 4. The Mortmain Act, the 9th of George IL, chap. 36 ; " Corbyn v. French," 4 Ves., 418 ; and the notes to that case in " Tudor's Leading Cases on Conveyancing," 408. 5. On Uses and Trusts ; " Chudleigh's case," 1 Co. 120 a; "Tyrrell case," Dyer, 155 a ; and the notes to those cases in " Tudor's I.4‘nding Cases on Conveyancing,'' 200, 251. Candidates for honours will be examined in all the fore going subjects, and candidates for a certificate in thoo under heads 1,2, and 3. The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law pro poses to examine candidates for honours in the following subjects : 1: The Elements of the Roman Law of Contract, Quasi- Contract, and Delict ; to be collected from the third book of the " fustitutionesJuris RomaniPrivati" of Wa►rnkonig. 2. The Modification of Rights and Duties, by Conditions and by Limitations of Time; " Lindley's Introduction to the Study ofJurisprunce,"page 78 to 98. 3. The Rules of Public and s Private International Law which are derived from the Right of Independence attach• ing to Sovereign States; to be collected from " Wheaton's Elements of International Law," Part 11., chapter 2, or from the corresponding chapters in "Story's Conflict of Laws." Candidates for a certificate will b e exam i ne d in— 2. " Wheaton's Elements of International Law." Part 11., chapter 2. 1. " Sandars's Institutes of Justinian." Book 111., with the notes, and the first eleven titles of Book IV. The Reader on Common Law propQses to examine in the following subjects : Candidates for a certificate will be examined — As to the practi ce an d course o f proce d ur e at a criminal trial, the jurisdiction of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and the law of homicide and simple larceny. In regard to these subjects should be consulted the statute sth and 6th of Victoria, chap. 33, sec. 1; and "Archbold, Crimina l Pleadings" (by Welsby), under the titles " Indictment , " " Larceny," and " Homicide." Candidates for a certificate will also be expected to answer— Elementary questions on the law of simple contracts and of torts reinediAble in tresspass and in case, and should be familiar with the provisions of the Statute Frauds, secs. 4 and 17, and the 19th and 20th of Victoria, chap.. 97, sec. 3. Candidates for the studentship or honours will be oxam• fined in the above subjects, and likewise in the undermen tioned cases : 1. " Roscorla v. Thomas," 3 Q. 8., 234 ; " Emmons v. Eldertou," 13 C. 8.. 4 95 ; S. C., 4 Ho., L. Cas., 624 ; " Langridge v. Levy." 4 M. and W., 330; S. C., 2 Id., 519 ; Brown v. Mallett," 5 C. 8., 591 2. The law of bailments, as expo unded in " Coggs v. Barnard," 1 Smith, L. C. 147, and the note th ereto. 3. The law of evidence , so far as regards rules of ordi nary application at a civil or criminal trial (which may b e sufficiently collected from " Taylor on Evid.," 2 ed., part 2, chaps. 1-5, 7, 14, and 15). By order of the Council, RICHARD BETFIELL, Chairman. Council chamber, Lincoln's.inn, Dec. 5. " SUICIDE AT SEA.—An inquest was held at West Hartlepool, on Monday, on the body of Robert Burgess, aged 37, chief mate of the large screw steamer Sardinian, Hubbard, master, of London. The steamer arrived at West Hartlepool from Hamburg, which port she left on Tuesday, since which day the deceased had kept below in his bed. He was afflicted w i t h disease, and had abandoned himself to drinki ng, at Hamburg, and also on the passage home. About 2 o'clock on Thursday morning the captain went below to examine his chart, when the deceased came to him from his bed, and said, with a smile on his face, that he thought he was mad. The captain advised him, to return to bed, which he did, and at 6 o'clock the steward looked in to see how he was, when a horrid sight met his view. Seated in one corner of his cabin was the deceased, his back resting against the locker, his right arm reclining upon it, with a raz)r tightly grasped in his hand, a bucket between his legs, an d two frightful gashes in his throat. The the windpipe, first hail corns andu e n cu t the e: h h o ot L e, r, h a u t t f i r h u e m s second had ear severed o n a piece of paper found in his cap were . written the words, " Write to my dear wife." The wife resides . in London,. but her address is not known to the . capt . am._ The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity. LON DON , FRIDA pI4ITENIN G, IJECEMB Eit 12,. THE BALLOT, MR. BERKELEY, AND THE " TIMES." the arguments *hich will be deduced in its favour from the unequivocal success of the experiment in Victoria." In conclusion, I am not in despair that one fine morning I shall road in your leading article "that the Ballot Society is a great fact," and that you will give your powerful aid to the great cause of " free and protected voting."—l am, sir, yours obediently, F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. DEATH OF GENERAL IHE HON. S. E. BUTLER. ' This gallan veteran, colonel of the 55th Foot, died in Paris on Sunday. He was uncle of the Earl t f Carriok, but is better known as the father of three heroes tvho fell in their country's service within a spa& of .six months. The Hon. Henry Butler entered the army as ensign in the 27th, in 1800 ; Fie becaaie•a lieutenant in the same year; captain, May, 1804; itajor, May, 1811; li , tutenant-colonel, July, 1816; colonel and major-gene. ref,. January, 1837 ; lieut,na.ntl-general, June, 1 . 854. He.was colonel of the 55th in 1855, being transferred to it from the 94th. He served with the Portuguese army in 1810 and 1811, was wounded at Busaco, and received. the Peninsular with two clasps for t gypt and Busaco: On the 6th January, 1812, he married Jane, daughter of Clotworthy Gowan, Esq., by whom, .who died in 1836, he had issue four sons, one only of whOm (Pierce, in holy orders) survives hini. His eldest son, Henry Thomas, captain 55th Foot, born in 1813, was deputy assistant adjutant-general in the Crimean expedition, and was killed at Inkerman, November 5, 1854, aged 41'. His second son, Charles George, captain in the 86th Foot, was born in 1823, and (lied in India: Decem ber, 1854, aged 31. His fourth son, • Jetties Armar, captain in the Ceylon Rifles, was born in 1827, was th e hero of Silistria, but did not live to receive the honourS which awaited his colleague, Lieut. (now Major) Smyth in England, for the gallant and successful defence of that fortress. He died from fatigue and sickness in July, 1854, aged 27. Gen. Butter married again in 1840, and leaves one son, aged 14, and a daughter to mourn his loss. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—May I request the favour of your insertion of the accompanying letter which I have addressed to the Times ?—Obediently yours, F. HENRY F. BERKELEY. Victoria-square, Dec. 11, 1856. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Victoria-sqtiare, Dec. 10, 1836. Sir, —Although I cannot admit the force of your reason ing, nor the fairness of your dealing• with the question of the ballot, yet I admit your courtesy, and the spirit of fair play which you, have always manifested in affording inser tion to those letters which I have had the honour to ad dress to you on the subject. I venture therefore to request the insertion - of 'a:few remarks on your leading article of the Times of this day. When Iread yourglowing etilogium on publicity and its essentiality to freedom, I expected to see the writer's name signed to the article, but in that I was disappointed. I will not. iterate the reply•which I gave a few days since to your assertion that the nature of the English people is adverse to secret voting. I proved to you that in England secret voting is the rule, open voting the exception. I can not deal with the bold and bald assertion, " Let the Ballot Society talk as they please, the people will have none of it." The Times, with its vast influence, may, and too often does, rely on its prestige, and asserts this or that, knowing that its sic vole passes current with the generality of readers, where argument . Would be expected from an individual who has not the advantage of thundering forth opipions in the first person plural from SJ distinguished an editorial ballot box as that of the Times. I give the Times all this advan tage with the unthinking portion of its numerous readers, and shall content myselt with eadeavouring to prove to those who take the trouble to thiak that the •article to which I have referred is a string of weak fallacies. What but a fallacy is your first assertion—" The ballot is one of those panaceas which has survived the evils it was meant to cure ?" - Has the ballot, then, survived corruption, intimidation, and the general malversation of the elective franchise ? Are the sales of - boroughs at an end, and have the landowners ceased to compel the votes of their tenants under pain of ejection ? Are tradesmen less under the political dominion of the Court and aristocracy than they have been proved to be ? To this there can be bat one answer. Everybody has admitted the last general election to have, if possible, exceeded in atrocity those that pre ceded it. Ido not know whether you keep a tile of your paper; if you do, you will find in your leaders of 1852 and 18.56 proof sufficient that the evils which we say the ballot can remedy 'flourish as the greeti bay tree. That is my reply. —The You say that constituencies from mare. habit require a pledge to support the ballot as a proof of liberal politics. Does not this show that they still regard that support as the test of liberal opinions ? Again, " Let the Ballot Society talk as they please, the country will have none of it ; the feelings as well as the reason of the nation are all on the side of public voting." If this be so, haw was it that in the Greenwich meeting—a meeting publicly con vened, composed of all classes, 'and numbering between 1,000 and 1,100 porton% to which every man had a right to go, and when there express his mind, and where the ballot was opposed, its opponents were beaten by a ma jority of between 6 00 and 900? As to its being impossible, you say, "to get tip any enthusiasm for the ballot," our experienceshows that the ballot is the one question which is the most popular question in every constituency. I next find the following assertion. You say that you " tali:, the liberty of ranking the ballot with those contriv- antes on which despotism Mainly relies." You appear to me to take a great liberty with your readers in supposing them so devoid of sense as to swallow such a dose of " flap- doodle;" why it is the very essence of the stuff en " which they feed fools." The ballot, id est protection to the elector in giving his honest and unbiassed vote, his own opinion, at the polling-booths, is thus twisted by you into the sup pression of the effects of public opinion, and 'into the destruction of free discussion. Exactly the reverse. Of what use is discussion or the effect of public opinion on the minds of men incapacitated to carry out the fruits of argu ment at the hour of election? You may give your opinions, you may lay down the virtues of certain measures on the platform, but all your eloquence, all your truthfulness, is thrown away, since the elector cannot apply your facts and `arguments to his own conscience, but is compelled to take his version of them from others. At present open discussion is rendered nugatory, and the effects of public opinion lost upon a frightfully large proportion-cif the-electoral-bodY, entirely through want of protection in giving their votes, and by their being subjected to the ordeal of open voting. Give these electors secrecy, you destroy that entirely English invention, the election screw, and you give a fair chance to the effects of argument. At present all those who dare argue a political question dare vote for whom they please. How would the ballot then repress discussion? On the contrary, protection at the polling booths would encourage men to endeavour, by reason, to make that impression' on the electors of this country, which if made under the system of open voting is made in vain. What effect could the ablest article that over appeared in the Times make upon the votes of the 500 tenants of my Lord So-and-So? It would be waste paper; the steward might put it into the hands of each of the tenant electors, order them to vote in its teeth, and be certain of obedience. What effect might not such an article produce on the minds and votes of such a tenantry simply by affording to the elector that same principle of protection upon which the very existence of the rinses itself depends ? In short, if you have not the mechanical agency to pro tect the elector, as things are in England, all your boasted moral and intellectual agency becomes as great a farce as that of telling the tenants of my Lord So-and-So, the tradesmen of Six Thomas T'otherbhing, or the operatives in her Majesty's dockyards, that they are free and independent electors. Your appeals hitherto to America for the failure of the ballot have been very unfortunate ; as little reliance is to be placed on your anti•ballot correspondents as on the celebrated letters on "Railways and Revolvers in Georgia." At first, ready to seize upon anything and hurl it at the ballot box without reflecting upon the chance of its breaking your own windows, you told us that it was a failure bwause it was evidently obnoxious to the pro slavery party, and they had tampered with it and attacked it by brute force. No w you talk of despots being in favour of the ballot; will you enlighten us as to whether it was the despots in America who attempted to put the ballot down, or was it the despots who defended that institution ? That inquiry is a little awkward, so you have dropped that phase of the subject. America, how ever, must be quoted, so you refer to the last presidential election. Because it was easy, from the results of state elections, to judge which way the contest for the president ship would go, you conclude that the ballot cannot, and does not, conceal the votes of individual electors. Well, then, if the ballot be not capable of secrecy, away goes your argument which I hare just answered; but the bal lot is capable of secrecy where secrecy is necessary. Inti midation does exist in America, and is a growing evil ; and although a vast, proportion of the population have no need to, and do not, conceal their votes, so that a calculation can be easily made of the result of an election, yet the power exists in the New England States to maintain inviol able secrecy, and no free institution is more cherished and less likely to be parted with throughout all the states peopled by our Anglo-Saxon cousins than the vote by ballot. In making us a present of Belgium and Holland you make us a valuable gift. I gave you in a former letter the evidence of a distinguished Belgian. Allow me now to give you that of a resident in Holland :—" The law of secret voting has secured to every elector, however depen dent he may be, the means of rendering himself entirely free from the influence of any one in the exercise of his right of voting." Signor Valerio, one of the most distin guished members of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies, says :—" The laws established (i. c., the ballot) have been found to preserve the independence of the electoral body, and it never enters into the head of any one here to require open voting. It is certain that if that system of open voting was established the independent members would be excluded from our Parliament, and all the elections would as certainly result in favour of the candidates put forward by the Government, the bishops, and the clergy." To borrow your own words, "We are fortunate enough to be thoroughly acquainted with an Anglo-Saxon com munity possessed of the inviolable safeguard and protection of the ballot." The first election of the Legislature of Vic toria has just taken place under the ballot. A correspondent of the Manchester Examiner says--" The ballot effectually prevented bribery, corruption, intimidation, treating, and all unnecessary , excitement and excess, and it saves a candi date from those ruinous expenses to which he is subjected under the old system." The Melbourne Herald says—" The Government has received its deathblow, not by the iron hand of a fierce democracy, but by the secret vote of that privileged class which was created for the avowed purpose of serving as a barrier against popular extravagance." The Melbourne Argus says—" We point with a feeling of pride and gratification to the quiet and orderly circum stances under which, thanks to the ballot and good sense of the community, the elections have been conduct e d . While the admirable working of the ballot is an occasion of pride and satisfaction to ourselves, its successful opera tion iu colonies mill bo watched with interest by all the friends of progress in Gloat Britain ; and it is not un reasonable to suppose that the adoption of the principle of secret voting (so perseveringly and strenuously contended for by politicians of the most advanced views in the British House of Commons) will be very materially accelerated by THE SLAVE TRADE IN NEW YORK. (Front the Journal of Commerce.) We learn_ upon inquiry of the United States' Deputy Marshals that the fitting put of slavers from this port continues. In fact, this business was 'never prosecuted with greater energy than at present. The occasional interposition of the legal authorities exercises no appa rent'influence for its suPpression. It is seldom that one or more vessels cannot be designated at the wharves, respecting which there is evidence that she either io or has been concerned in the traffic ; and within the last nine months thee alleged slave cases of the character ref,rred to have been before our courts, resulting, in one instance, In confiscation. That such is the fact is not surprising, when it is considered that a vessel must be procured in the United States in order to secure the proteCtion of the United States' flag, which prohibits the right of search ; and that New York, as affording the best facilities for fitting out stave ships with*the least liability of detection, necessarily becomes the centre of operations. Add to this the strong appeal Which'this traffic presents ,to man's cupidity and the ease with which the law is evaded. That a large illegitimate trade with the coast of Africa is carried on from this port is veryevident, for the nunabir of vessels annually fitted . out here is altogether, dispri ? - portiOned to the amount of imports and erpOrts, and quite sufficient to 'do 'the whble business of the country in that direction. • • - The manner of etheducting this 'trade has undergone , some change within a few months, which it is well to observe. Parties in Cuba, desirous of fitting out a slaver have no difficulty in procuringagents in this city, through certain commercial houses, to negotiate for the charter of such a craft as may be deemed suitable for an African 'voyage. They come hare with the requisite amount of funds, and readily effect a charter, with a proviso that the vessel may be purchased, if desired, when she arrives at her destination. Torau l g h the potent influence of said funds, it becomes the interest of all con cerned—even to the sailmaker, caulker, shipwright, and joiner —to say no more about the matter than is neces sary, and as regards the cargo, Judge Betts has ruled that its character, as ordinarily made up, can afford no evidence justifying the vessel's detention. The vessel thereforedeparte with the United States' flag at her peak, I and a proper person on board provided with blank paper the powers of attorney, sc., so that if an arrangement can be effected for procuring a cargo of negroes the vessel is sold at a large profit, and her late° weeis in New York are no longer responsible for,her proceedings. her flag. will prot , ,ct her from interference by foreign cruisers, and our own are not so numerous but that they can commonly be avoided. The vessel is then run to Cuba, the cargo discharged, and the vessel burnt. Humanity has been outraged, but a princely fortune has been acquired. The question is renewed with still more earnestness ; "Cau the•fitting; out of slavers here be prevented ?" There are officers in the employ of the Government noted for their sagacity and lung experience in connec tion with this subject, who answer that it can, by so amendine the law relating 'to the shipment of crews that vessels engaged in the African trade shall take none but Americans. Though such a law might seem unjustly oppressive upon that branch of commerce the exigency of the case may afford a sufficient justi fication ; and in fitting out in the manner proposed the 25 er 30 small vessels legitimately employ.l in this trade no insuperable difficulty can be presented, It is aro:et' that African slave traders invariably lake fo reign crews, mostly Portuguese- - -men' who are not likely to be troubled with conscientious scruples, and whose manner of life renders them difficult to find, whether wanted as criminals to disclose their participation in any of these transactions. Americans, and those of other nationalities, could not easily be induced to engage in slave trading, except under false representations, and their deceivers' would be liable to suffer for their teme rity before a tribunal of jn;tice. Crews for savers are not procured in the ordinary way, but picked up as opportunity may offer. There is a man in the Fourth Ward who is reported to be an extensive shipper of crews for the American coast ; and another, a shoe maker by trade, who does much of the same kind of business. It is represented that no difficulty could arise in determining either the nationality of a mau or the destination of a vessel ; that the plan now , proposed is eminently practicable ; and that its adop tion would necessarily be followed by a suppression of the evils so rapidly increasing and so loudly demanding a remedy. THE DOUBLE MURDER IN THE WEST BIDING. - Although the police have been incessantly engaged since Friday last in endeavouring to trace the person or persons by whom the foul murder of Mr. and Mrs. White, of Bolton-on-Dearne, was committed on the night of the 4th inst., up to yesterday (Thursday) no clue to the solution of the mystery in which the affair is in volved had been obtained. As the investigation pro ceeds, however, it , becomes more doubtful whether the deed was committed from motives of plunder. It hat not yet been ascertained that anything was taken from the house. The desk on the open shop counter had evidently not been searched, the lid being found propped up, and a calomel powder upon it ; while'the contents, consisting of a cashbook, small tin box, canvas purse, and other articles, were all laid neatly and straight. The shop till was empty, but it is known that the dis ceased had not kept any cash in it since it was robbed, about two winters ago, and the young man who on tained change for a sovereign from Mr. White at eight o'clock on the night of the murder saw him take the silver from a purse iu his trousers' pocket, and saw him put the sovereign into that purse. In the bed , room over the shop was a chest of drawers, the bottom one of which was open, and a few articles of wearing apparel were placed on the top ; but on the day of the murder Mrs. White had had a woman to wash, and had therefore probably removed the things from the drawer herself, for it is hardly likely that a thief in search of money would have tried that drawer in pre ferenee to the others, none of which had been disturbed. In the same room there i a cupboard, the door of which was bound ajar, and in it an empty portemenneie, but nothing was disarranged, and the purse was closed and clasped as it might have been left by the deceased about,tnehhvoi mef. In though rufsogowlhtta. found the other displaced two dis e rd e re nothing There were no therer murdered su wasodne r e t h da e ostairsup largel couple, or agnu dai quantity tracest t y h e e of b f egd bloodor o r e o r noeli, foundt a h l e lower part of one of the shop counters. Mr. Mite had in his trousers' pocket a purse containing 1/. 165., which the murderer did not take. The inference from these facts is, either that the object of the assassin was not plunder, or that he was prevented from accomplish. ing his purpose. The barking of the deceased's little dog, which some of the neighbours heard at about the time the murders are believed to have been committed, might have compelled the assassin to beat a hasty retreat be fore he could rifle the house, although a man who had murdered two people for the sake of booty wou d scarcely be deterred by, any trifling impediment from completing his object. On the other hand, the very extensive inju• ries inflicted on the heads of both the deceased seem to indicate that the person who caused those frightful wounds intended to do something more gran merely stun the old people while he robbed them. If his intention was to murder them outright, he could not have adopted a more certain method of despatching them. Both Mr. and White were so generally respected in the village and neighbourhood that nobody in the place would be s t s e en tertaining d i a a n b y o I m i a a i g s p n i a r n i t t f e e f e i e n v g e s u g t o e w a a s r d t e s much to be regretted that, owing to the ignorance of the them, prompt suspected2 t u h c e oh i f r el deliberate and cold-blooded murder. It is en persons who took possession of the deceased's house on the discovery of the murder, the officers of justice have been baffled and impeded in their investigations into this shocking tragedy. People were allowed to go in and out of the house indiscriminately, trampling the blood into the village in all directions. The bodies were removed from the plpces where they were found, and the blood washed out before either the coroner's jury or the plies had had an opportunity of in specting the place. At the inquest these proceedings were severely censured by the coroner, who said all con couldtheystables ought to understand that it was their duty in cases of this description to prevent the least disturbance of the bodies of persons supposed to be murdered, ex poluateeowf where e r t s bey doors, when mustcept taken wbheen theyt o re main until after the inquest. In the present i nstance he had been quite shocked to hear that the house had t werehe nearest found been made a sort of peepshow of. Mr. T. Badger, county coroner, has communicated with Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State, and received from him authority to offer, on behalf of her Majesty's Government, a reward of 1001. (in addition to any local reward) for such infor mation as shall lead to the conviction of the murderers. A TRIBUTE TO GENIUS.—One of the most popular political writers twenty years ago, having fallen upon evil days, has been presented by a literary no bl eman with a magnificent Chatelaine, valued at 400/., and manufactured by Hunt and Roskell. The gem is to be converted to the best advantage for the acceptor, and, in order to achieve this object, the mana gement ha s b een given to Mr. Sickelmore, and t h e article is exhibit e d b y by Mr. Raftery, 82, High - street , Whitechapel. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—During the week this well-known exhibition has been crowded. by thou ,33dri of visitors, pertly in c.msequelice of the A nnua l Cattle Show, and the great popularity it has achieved by the life-like, appearance of the figures represented. We understand many interesting subjects are in pro gress for the visitors during the approaching Christmas holidays, bEPRESENTATION OF GREENWICH. ADJOURNED MEETING' Or THE ELECTORI. Last evening, an adjourned meeting of the Liberal' electors of this borough was held at the Mitre .Tavern, Greenwich, for the purpose of adopting measures to se .cure the return of a Liberal candidate. At the time ap poieted . (seven o'clock), only four electors were present, but ultimately these were increased 'to 24, the number who constituted the meeting. The chair was occupied by A. R. Bristow, Esq., who commenced the proceed ings by reading a letter which he had for warded in reply to the communication of Admiral Sir J. W. D. Dundas, declining to'become a candidate. In reply to questions, the chairman then observed that no candidate was at present in the field, which might be attributed to the fact, that some time must nece , etarily elapse before an election could take place. He should be happy to hear any opinion or suggestion, but his own idea was, that it would be better to adjourn the meeting until after Christmas, as the paucity of attendance proved. that at present trier,: was not much excitement on the subject. Mr. LEWIS DAVIS, of Woolwich, said the electors of that town were.perfectly quiet, and did not know where to look. for a candidate. (Laughter.) Dr. MOORE, of Blackheath, observed he was certainly surprised the electors bad 'not looked out a candidate.. There were plenty of gentlemen who would - come for ward, if solicited. He knew that Colonel Sleigh, an officer of reputation, and every way fitted to represent the borough, would, if invited, declare himself a candi date. (Cries of "He won't do.") Mr. LAING, in reference to the ballot-meeting held on the previous Monday evening, said be thought that the gentlemen who attended from London bit the Greenwich constituency rather too hard. They were bad enough, but not quite so bad as they were painted at that meeting. It was ultimately resolved to af 4 journ the meeting until the first Tuesday evening in the ensuing year ; and, oiler a vote of thanki to the chairman, the in - ...sting separated. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. The attendance yesterday at the cattle-show is said to have been greater than on any previous single day since the establishment of the club. The adjourned meeting of members of the club took place at two o'clock, the Duke of Richmond presiding. The recommendations mooted at the annual meeting on Tuesday for the improvement of the club, by increasing the prizes, &c., were unanimously adopted, and the amount to be hereafter awarded will bs increased from 8501., the present limit, to 1,2001. Important additions have been made to the money prizes iu the Devon, /dere ford, and short-horn classes; and distinct prizes will in future be offered for Sussex cattle, Norfolk and Suffolk polled animals, long-horned Leicesters, Scotch horned cattle, Scotch polled cattle, and Irish breeds. In the sheep classes the prizes are very much increased for cross or mixed breeds.' Long-wools not Leicesters, and shurt wools not South Downs, will hereafter receive an amount of encouragement hitherto only bestowed on thoroughbred animals. The pigs obtain their share of advantage, another class having been added to those already existing. There will in future be four classes, irrespective of breeds; the first of pigs not exceeding four mouths old ; the second above four and not exceeding eight; the third above eight and not exceeding 12; the fourth above 12 And under 18 naeagq old, 4 ,,, -itibalreiratoelr- since the !trio; dahasprogreseed slowly-, possibly in some measure owing to the extremely unfavour able weather for the butchers; but it is believed that the prospect of the great.egricultural show in Paris; in April next, may have induced many of the feeders to hold out for prices which, under other circumstances, would not have been dreamt of. In point of fact, the sales of prize animals since the opening day have been scarcely worth mentioning. The close of the exhibition to-day will pro bably present a different state of things. Among the business transacted at the adjourned meet ing to-day was the leasing of the show for a renewed term of five years to Mr. Boulnois, the proprietor of the Bazaar, at an increased rental of 2001. per annum. MORE FORGERIES. We regret to be called upon to record another additio❑ to the list of share frauds. Forgeries have been disco vered amongst the certificates of scrip sent in fur registra tion to the offices of the Oriental Gas Company. Up to the present time it appeals that only five spurious docu ment,, purporting to represent fifty shares each, have been detected. It is usually found, however, that parties who embark in a career of crime of this description carry on their nefarious practices to no petty extent; and the share holders will naturally be very anxious to learn the further• results that may attend the investigation which is now being made. Fortunately, the shares of this company aro only alt. each, fully paid up. The interests of holders whose property is represented merely by scrip are pecu liarly subject to danger from forgery. It is truo that in the case of the Great Northern Railway Company •all the safeguards by which inscribed stock is bodged in have proved utterly futilo ; but most persons impute this result to the glaring inefficiency of the system of audit. When we find thatevon tho fact of a company being made to pay dividends upon a larger amount of capital than has been issued is insufficient to awaken the vigilance of its officials, there is indeed ground for argument against the entire ex isting system—as worthless, and calculated only to encou rage a delusive feeling of confidence. It is to be hoped that this important matter will be kept in constant agita tion until the means of securing a larger measure of secu rity shall have been attained, and that fresh frauds will not be required to stimulate the attention of the numerous parties interested.—DaVy News. FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE LONDON DOCKS. Yesterday (Thursday)` morning, shortly after eight o'clock, a frightful accident occurred at the entrance of the London Docks to a man named Edward Walker, aged 40 years, under the following disastrous circumstances : It appears that the unfortunate man was a labourer, and it is usual for a great number of men to be waiting outside the gates every morning for employment in the warehouses and other parts of the vast establishment. A bout the time above-named there was a crowd of labourers as sembled in expectation of work just as a heavily-laden waggon passed into the Docks, when Walker made an at tempt to enter beforo the vehicle, and in his haste to do so he was crushed most fearfully between a lamp-post and the hind off-wheel of the waggon, and before the horses could possibly be stopped he received frightful injuries. His screams for help were distressing to hear, and when released he fell to the ground in a mutilated and insensible condition. He was carried immediately into the surgery of Dr. English, of Upper East Smithfield, where the poor fellow was examined, and found to have been completely scalped—the whole of the flesh and integuments cf the right side of the head were likewise torn away, and the skull bone was fractured. The right shoulder bone was dislocated, and there were also other external injuries. After Dr. English had rendered temporary assistance, the injured man was placed on a stretcher and removed by four police-constables of the H division, to the accident ward of the London Hospital, where Mr. Hobt. Debenham, the house-surgeon, and the whole medical staff, rendered prompt aid ; but the injuries sustained by Walker were so serious that very faint hopes wore given of his surviv ing the accident many hOurs. Last evening he was in a low and dangerous condition. ATROCIOUS CRUELTY.—At the Petty Sessions held on the 9th inst., at Wednesbury, Messrs. Bagnell an-1 Walker being on the bench, George Paddock, a youth of 17, lately in the employ of the South Staffordshire Railway Company, was charged at the instance of Mr. Wouss, Superintendent of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with the following case of atrocious cruelty to a dog. From the evidence it appeared that on the 27th ult. a Skye terrier was in the goods shed of the Great Bridge station of the above railway, when the defendant, with the assistance of another young man, named Kenyon, also in the employ of the same railway, but not yet in custody, having procured a quantity of turpentine, they completely im mersed the dog with it, and having surrounded the animal with straw, they set fire to it. The dog was literally roasted to death, giving utterance to the most eseruclatinß cries, the limbs dropping from the body. The two offenders were immediately dismised from the service of the company, when they absconded, but Pad dock was subsequently apprehended. In defence he stated that he merely intended to scorch the dog, but the magistrates considered the charge completely made out by the evidence for the prosecution, and most pro rerly :itacted the utmost dty—viz., three months' imprisonment with hard lainur, accompanying their sentence with the ino.-,t indignant expreziiion i.f their disgust at the revolting act of barbarity, Mr. Wemys+ applied for a warrant against the accomplice, which Has immediately granted, and be will doubtless be also soon brought to justice. i / ACCIDENT TO TILE ROYAL MAItOTRAM SHIP AMR reICA. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 11. The Royal Mail steamship America, Lang, coin- y• mender, which left Liverpool for Boston on, Satur- day with the usual mails, a large cargo, ateNo9 passengers, has put back this morning, havi ng received considerable damage in the heavy gale of Tuesday. Her starboard bulwark, froni: the fore castle to the paddlebox, has been carried away by a heavy sea; which —appears to have broken over_ the forward saloon, reducing it to a mass of chips, and then to have swept the deck, tearing away the davits and two boats on the port side. The deck of the forward saloon was _lifted up. in several places, and the water poured into the berths below, and into the engine -room and hold, in large quanti- . ties. The force with which the sea struck the ship may be imagined when it is stated that one of the . forward pumps was wrenched partly from its posi tion, the strong bolts having started, while massive iron stanchions and steadying bars, several inches in diameter, were snapped asunder. The boat swain's house was also stove in. One of the second cabin passengers states that about 10 minutes to 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when off Cape Clear, the ship, which was then going slowly ahead, was struck by a very heavy sea. He was at the time lying in a forward cabin berth, when ho heard the water gushing through the saloon deck and down the companion, and rushing forward. Ile thought at the time the vessel was sinking a n d gave himself up for lost. He left hss cabin and waded up to his middle in water towards the stairs. At the moment the vessel pitched, and imme diately he felt the water up to his armpits. The bulk of the passengers were sitting in the Saloon at the time of the accident, and they must have been inevitably swept overboard had not the main mast stayed up the wreck of the saloon (a house built on deck) and acted in some measure as a breakwater.. They had reason, be said, to thank God that the ship was so strong, and that 'she was manned by such - able officers. Captain Lang esp-scially displayed the greatest intrepidity and Coolness, and his orders ware executed by his officers and men with promptitude and without the least confusion. The vessel was _immediately put about, and she arrived in the Mers/rthis morning without further accident. It is the irn pre-salon of some of the hands on board that if another such' See, had struck her she must have gone down. The engine room was filled with water, but the uninjured pumps being got well to work it was kept under, although considerable difficulty was . experienced in keeping the bilge from being choked by the splinters which were washed below. One of the passengers was in a closet forward at the time the sea struck the ship, and some of the dis e laced timber falling against the door almost blocked him in. He, however, succeeded with some difficulty in forcing his way out. .31r. Ferguson, chief engineer, and his staff dis played the most praiseworthy coolness in the hour of danger, remaining below when the water was pouring in with a force that might have terrified a less brave man. • Their experience, however, enabled them to perceive that the water was all from above, and that the ship was all right and taut. The' shock stopped the engines for a moment, but they resumed working immediately. The officers and men with great difficulty closed up the rents in the saloon deck and elsewhere with spars and canvass, an operation attended with the greatest danger, as it continued to blow a hurri cane. The chief officer, Mr. Grace, while assisting . in this perilous work, was nearly washed overboard. At the time the sea struck her some of the passen gers were playing at cards in the fore cabin ; and it is said that they immediately fell on their knees, imploring the Almighty to save them. When ex tricated they were covered with bruises. It is as serted that !la ) America took 100 tons of water on board in the sea which struck her. Oa the vessel arriving in the river the passen-. gers presented an address , o Capt. Lang, bearing testimony to his presence of mind and seamanlike .qualities during the trying moment. It is scarcely necessary to state that the America is a first-class steamer, with 1,800 tons register, and 800-horse power. This is the first instance of any of the Canard steamers being compelled to return to port through stress of weather. Thomails p tssengers, with their luggage, wore landtd in the course of the day, and to-mor row (Friday) they will he despatched for their destination in the Royal Mail steamship Canada. The Europa eails on Saturday-ifitit passengers and mails for New York. • The following is the report of Lloyd's sur veyors : December 11. " We, the undersigned, being requested to survey and report the damage done to the steamship Ameries, Lang, master, frena being struck by heavy seas ins gale of wind when at sea on her late intended voyage hence to Halifax, &c., she havinc returned to repair damages, ler the particulars of which .soe the master's protest, on examination this day found the bea'►rails, boards, and part of the knees broken, the fore deck-house or saloon stove i n , an d all the internal arrangements broken or in jured, the deck side-houses, paddlebox, and part of the floats broken, 13 top stanchions, and BO feet of the main and topgallant nil and bulwarks broken, and part of the starboard covering-board split or injured, and top sides partially strained ; part of the topgallant main rail and captain's cabin on starboard side aft injured ; four iron boat-davits and part of the topgallant and main rail and bulwarks on the port side broken ; the after deck-house, or main saloon, partially injured, and windows broken ; the brass and iron stanchion's and rails broken or bent and part lost ; 46 feet of the port main rail and bulwarks broken, the platform bridge broken, the f're-yard and fore-trysail mast broken, two boats and two swinging-booms and gear reported to be lost; the forward lower cabin seriously injured, the framing, panelling, staircase, and internal arrangements being broken or started, and the• upholstery much damaged, and other cabin stores injured ; the fore rigging par tially chafed and injured, and it was feared that p ar t of the cargo forward might be damaged. We therefore reclmmended• that the deck-houses, cabin furniture, and stores should be cleared away for the purpose of repairs and for further examination, and to give time to meter-- tain if the vessel bad received any injury on the bottom, although we believe she has not. " NV. ALEXANDER, Surveyors for the Liverpool " NV. C. MITCHELL, iluderwriters' Association." ANOTHER DARING BURGLARY, WITH PERSONAL VIO LENCE.—On Tuesday morning another atrocious outrage was added to the long list which have rendered this dis trict of the West Riding notorious during the past few months. On the above morning the house of Mr. Wm. Bradley, a wealthy brewer, who resides at the Manor, a mile and a half from Sheffield, was entered by a gang o f thieves, and the life of its owner has been placed in peril by their violence. Toe circumstances are as follow : The house is situated at some distance from any other ho her use. invalidshe immediatelym othe r,heard a got habitation, and on one side is a lar g e ga r den , overlooking which is Bradley's bedroom. T hree female servants live in the premises, but the men servant s do not sleep in the hou se. Between 2 and 3 o'cloc k on T uesday mo .. ng airs. Bradley,of footsteps who was in nursingthe out of bed, and ran to her husband's room, an d uoise communica ted her suspicions that r o bb ers to him were in the house. Mr. Bradley got up, but before he could get on his clothes the door of the bedroom was broken open and five men entered the room. They all wore masks, and were armed with life preserve's and bludgeons. One of the men threw himself up on l A' desperate stru g gle ensued, in which a blow on the head with a life preserver, which broke one of his fingers ; he was also struck with great vio lence on the head and shoulders. Mrs. Bradley, after several ineff,ctual attempts, in whichshe great ran per sonal risk, seized her husband's arm, assisted him his assailants. to extricate himself f rom and n of the men then pres en t e d a O pistol at Mr. Bradley, ey, and threatened to bl ow his brains out if he stirredtogi_vean alarm. Tw o o f the menthe door, whilst the other, having remainedonnurard Mr. outside_ Bradley's , found keys, proceeded to ransack They entered the house. the bedroom in • which the servant' were bleeping, and ordered them to lie still in bed, or they would mur der them. Mr. Bradley threw up the window of his room, with th e intention of calling for assistance , but be was deter re d b y the threats of the men who were on guard in the garden below, armed with life-preservers or bludgeons. After having thoroughly ransacked the house, the robbers decamped, taking plate and money to the amount of 2601. Immediately after their departure an alarm was given, and a surgeon was called in to at tend Mr. Bradley, whom he found suffering from great loss of blood. He is considered to be in a dangtraus state. An examination of the premises showed that the thieves had broken a pane of glass in the window of the breakfast-room, slipped the hasp of the window, and broken open the shutters inside. THE POOR LAW BOARD AND THE HOLBORN UNION WORICHOUSE.—An intention on the part of the Poor Law Board has long been evinced for bringing about the removal of all pauper children into establishments separate and :distinct from workhouses, and with this view they bays addressed a communication to the Board of Guardians of the Holborn Union, in which they call their attention to the extreme disadvantageous circum stances under which the boys and girls are retained in the workhouse, and at the same time to the want of a male vagrant ward, which leads to paupers of this class being placed in the recov er y ward, in violation of the provi sions of article 99 of the general consolidated orders, and expressing a hope that the guardians will lose no time in adopting such measures as may be calculated to put the workhouse en a better footing in th ese tee eds. The guardians are desirous of retaining the children ') in the workhouse, but they are unabl e to comply with the sugges vv .tions of the Poor La Board without the erec tion of additional buildings to the workhouse, and , the plans for tLese, Mr. L. H. Isaacs architect, has been lirected to prepare, but the lessees of the premises ad• joining the workhouse at. d the trustees of Morton's Charity, who are the freeholders, object to the erection of the proposed additional buildings, on the ground that they will obstruct the light and air to the inhabitants of the neighbouring houses. ..a_,, g _.s-- SUN. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Nil I LONDON. to tris c es effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN ikAPIPTFIS. or SO per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, The to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. arifyremitnns required by this Society for insuring Young Lives Zer than in many other 014-established offices, and Insurers Mt. 1 3' protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in Ish 1t Zion to the acctuuttlated funds derived from the investments of 17 1 Ms pli n • ' stamps paid by the Office. 47D e ctuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, 'II, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.