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AWIDOW LADY, thoroughly a;!,quaiutecl with the routine of Housekeeping, is desirous of an ,ntrag , - Inent as Domestic Companion to an el.lerly or invalid Lady or Gen tleinan or Widower with young childreii, where one or m .re servant, are kept. A comfortable borne the chief con-ideratien. Unexcep tionable references given. —Address C. G., Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity tare( t, Blackheath-hill. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v ,rious Novelties, Vocal and Chi racteristie, will be given during the Christmas Holidays, in the P 9 l Yeraphlc-hall. Ring William-street. Charinr-cross. Opening Aight, FRIDAY, Dec. 26th. First MORNING PERFORMANCE on SA.TURDAY, Dec. 27, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may I, e secured without extra charge, at the Box-office. The Polygraphic 4,11 is being entirely redecorated. DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster- General, anxious to promote rapidity and correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes, divided Loudon and its environs into teu districts, each to be treated, in many respects, as a separate town ; and to render this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every means may be taken by the public for causing letters to be directed according to the district for which they are intended. Initials will suffice, and for the house at which this notice is left the initials are W. C., the district being the IVestern Central. In the direction of a letter, these initials should be Legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end the address, thus : JAYER TITOMPSON, Esq , 500, High Holborn, W. C. 61. ,' when the letter is from the country, thus : JAMES THOMPSON, Esq., 500, ugh Holborn, London, W.C. Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sag -ICeBted that, when convenient, each resident of the Western t uleisiet should add the name of the district, or the initials, to 4 i4 own address inside his letters when writing to his eorre- I llondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi 3, he should give the name of the district, or the initials, the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or Placards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear address. , Correspondents not attending to the above arrangement, should be requested to use the initials in reply. Information as to the district in which"any locality is in cluded may be had at any receiving -house in London and its 'tivirons, or at any head post-office in provincial towns, at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, &c., will be kept for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be Procured (price Gd.) at any head post-office, will hereafter I. clltain a similar street list showing the district initials : and 'lke information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be given in the Loudon Post Office Directory for the year 1557, Iv the part headed " Street Directory." The following additional information may prove useful : TABLE OF DISTILIcTs. Names. Eastern Central District Western Central District Northern District North Eastern District Eastern District .. south Eastern District Southern District South Western District Western District North Western District • E. C. ~ W. C. N. N. E. E. E. S. • S. W. , w. N. W. If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart 4'eut will be able to assort with facility and correctness the , °, untry letters, according to their respective districts, before ` ll e3r reach London in the morning. , s .By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third, "' such letters are already so assorted with as much correct ness as circumstances allow—a change which has greatly ex pedited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous t 0 4 1, with full facility for correctness, can be extended 41 , this advantage, seconded by other improvements now In Progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit ! f a further and important acceleration of the morning deli "l7 throughout London. By command of the Postmaster-General. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec., 1556. THE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). %ital One Million, in 100,000 Shares of 101, each, deposit 21. per Share on Allotment. _ TRUSTEES. t 4 is Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Ho*. the Earl of Albemarle. T• S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane. • Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England. DIRECTORS. Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman. 4 6 Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. ieut.Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay. Baron Gudin, Chateau Bcaujon, Paris. William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and ‘;°.), Old Broad-street. Fortoscue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde- Park. Xabert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. AlexandekMiller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. 'krln ons—(To be' appointed at the . first General Meeting). BANKERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn- Itl London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane. { Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenehureli-street. iti Moos 'Messrs. Guillochin, Sons, and Co. 1 1. Panig Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London. Monsieur Dolez, Avocat, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sou. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY—T. IL. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street. t The object of this Company is to develop. the resources of tarn collieries, situated in the most central and best portion ee the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They t i ,l, l :ndse two distinct sections, of which part is already in working operation, and the remainder consists of couces -4-,4111 from the Belgian Government, granted on condition ,at, the coal shall be worked. t e T he unworked concession, known as " Bonne Vieteire," ,;‘,.. n ated at Asquillies, and those applied for, severa ll y called 1541,, wellm and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,00 . 0 acres ; s ascertained coal seams run through their whole , The collieries in full work arc five, viz., " Bonne Veine," t°.nne Esperanto," " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile," and - 4 . 1 44 „1di du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres, ,„ 41 the right of working sixty-two seams of coal. It is cal io':iated that their produce could be largely increased, within y l ! years, at an outlay of 20,000/. (See Engineer's Repert.) '' Plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and stantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power 1 , Y 39 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum that profit of 40,000/. per annum (see Report), and it is agreed _a preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the 4ital now to be raised shall be Clio first charge on these , It t , tns, the lle confidence of the vendors of th e wor ki ng C o lli er ies iu Zauc ee ss a of their new unde r t a ki ng i s f ur th er s h own by Z arreerng, to accept in part payment of their property vit •. o oo shares (representing 200,0000 denominated B shares, ieh though considered as paid np, are only to receive di. led t .,ends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares Nered to the public. The remainder of the purchase money, ;Onsisting of 254,0001., is to be paid , in cash, out of the first trial' of the Company, at any time within two years from incorporation of the Company Two-thirds of the above t - " 1 300 share's will be annulled should the now concessions, e ntrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good coin ,llte,reial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question "u 1 not b e handed over to the sellers until such produce be coal is generally of a semi-bituminons quality. It is No rthern at the several pit-mouths into the waggens of the : t thern Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the k :nus and manufactories along the line, at which there is a ii - a ea ii t demand, and also into those of the Haut et Bas Flenu e s ‘ `' r Y (which traverses the collieries of the district, and t i„' - ' 4 ects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel tt;j4) for the supply of the towns and the extensive ras.nufae tb',ng districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the r ' ', however, is conveyed by the Condo Canal, on the banks 1 • :' t - Chich thereare extensive sheds, where the boats aro loaded. existing facilities fort ransit will be further extended by e railway now in construction between Mons, Ll:turnout, tl4 ffaitheuge. The constant demand by railways, iron -o,;'-e, as-work, and for other mnufacturing and house- Pur g poses, s a mere than sufficient a to absorb, at all times, ° utmost produce of the collieries. At th e reques t o f th e Di rec t ors , a d e t a il e d re port on the pres ent state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, was pre pared by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N. D ll (l et, which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain, a mining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr. kaq e _ s rles Hanby, 0.E., was deputed to verify the statements °- A majority of the Directors have also lately made a t "'ennal visit to the collierie s , an d having taken every means o tatisfy themselves of the soundness of the undertaking, a nd the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi 'ell in inviting the investment of capital in the Association. capital of the Company is divided iuto 100,000 shares ; I , l ' o lo/. each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz. A. fr . ferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will be ' 4 _/ per share, and the first call of 2/. per share will be duo on the Ist Juno, 1857, The vendors consent to r claim to any waive their on their B shares cent. shall have dividend till 6 p e the A shares, thus i m n fact been paid on all f erential dividend to the amountgivg to the A shareholders a pre• of 6 per cent. ; and in the event of the winding up of U!, Company's -, Paid on the A shares will be repaidtot'htffeiarirholders a amount e 44 7 payment is made on the B shares. . Dividends will be paid half -yearly at th e C ompany ' s bankers t "", London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be Paid up on the several shares. The administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is ettrefully provided for. The various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been Printed and may be obtained on application at the Corn lianY's office, as also a chart, showing the position of the Collieries and the new concessions. A-Pplications for shares must bo accompanied by the bank eiereceipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share a pplied f or . Th e d e p os it will forthwith be returned on su c h shares applied for as may not be allotted, F orms of application may be obtained at the brokers' ; Rnd at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate-street. ®f E ach applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one - , t ho Bankers of the Company, on e pound (11.) per Share, °,l—„the numbers of Shares applied for, in part p a y ment of t h e gi -v " i t of 21., in exchange for which a vo ucher will be ; re n• In tho event of the Directors allotting less than the e le number a pplied for, th e amou nt paid in will be appro al'.ted towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those otted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the o n , Y ge lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returne d free har. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, 70 the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company (Limited). Cle ntlemen,—Having paid into the hands of Messrs. , the Bankers of the Company, E, credit )1 to reqest tat you will e hat. " of 1. n ,oe. o each h th in e capital allot thereof I aPgir.eefeelt.oil youraecc p A t e tn e o shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me. e T a ?a3 , the remaininr , deposit, to execute the articles of a550,,,1011 ,,, 10 11 or a printed copy thereof when required, and ill all "ber respects to conforra to the provisions of the Joint Steck a n °4l Panies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform p ai d of these stipulations I agree to forfeit th e d epos it now ' 4115 Y me to your Bankers, and authorise you to cance l the alloulteut. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full ........ Profession or occupation Date Residence in full Place, of business, if Any (No. 20,126.) LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN and MID LAND RAILWAYS.—CHRISTMAS lIOLIDATS. leaT and SECOND CLASS DAY TICKETS will be issued from the Euston Station, LONDON, to— Lincoln Nottingham Normanton Collingham Derby Oakenshaw Newark York Doncaster Fiskerton Bradford Sheffield, and Thurgarton Leeds Masboro' lowdham by all trains on WEDNESDAY, Be:. 24, available to return with by the ordinary trains up to and including Monday, Dec. 29. Day tickets will also be issued from the above stations to London. By order. , ffice, Euston itatlon, December, MG. General Managers ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAT.-CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS Issued on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21, and interven. ng days, will be available until MONDAY, Dec. 29. By order. MARK HUISII. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, December, 1856. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES of 10/. each, payable at every important place in Europe. These Notes are issued without charge, and they are cashed abroad free of commission. The Bank also issues, tree of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all the principal cities and towns in Europe. City Office, Lothbury. Westminster Branch, I, St.JaMeS'A-square. Bloomsbury Branch, 214, High Holborn. Southwark Branch, 3, Wellington-street, Borough. Eastern Branch, 87, High-street, Whitechapel. Marylebone Branch, 4, Stratford-place, OxiOrd-street. Temple-bar Branch, 217, Strand. The rate of Interest allowed on deposits of 50D1. and upwards, at the Bank or any of its Branches, is now FIVE per cent. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. 011) ON JOINT STOCK BANK. 18Th pLcEmr.Ea, 1856. NOTICE IS HEREBY' GIVEN', That the next GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANT wxll be held in the Board Room of the Bank, in Princes-street, Mansion House, on THURSDAY, the 15th day of January next, at Twelve o'clock precisely, to receive the Report of the Directors and to elect Five Directors in the plat. of Francs Bennett Goldney, Esq., William Miller Christy, Esq., William Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.l'., Thomas Tilson, Esq., and Henry Grace, Esq., who will on that day go oat of office, in conformity with the provisions in the Deed of Settlement; all of whom offer themselves for re-election Notice is also given, that the Transfer Books of the Bank will be closed on Wednesday, the 31st inst., and remain so until Friday, the 16th January next. _ _ _ By order of the Board. J.NO. WARDROPE, Secretary. COIIIMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, Lothbury, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Subscribed Capital, 1,500,0001. Paid-up Capital, 390,000/. Guarantee Fund, 71,000/. DIRECTORS. MARK HUNTER, Esq., Chairman. JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Charles Butler, Esq. Edwa'd Stillingfleet Cayley, William Jackson, Esq., M.P. Esq., M,P. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. John Alfred Chowne, Esq. Robert Stacey Price, Esq. George Clive, Esq. Herbert Taylor, Esq. William Cooper, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. Charles Hill, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Thomas Winkworth, Esq. Manager—Mr. Alfred Richard Cutbill. A ccounts of parties received and kept on the plan generally adopted by London Bankers. Parties having current accounts with this Bank have the advan tage of transferring any surplus balance to a deposit account bearing interest ; and sums of money are received on deposit f; om parties not keeping current accounts. The rate of interest allowed is 1 per cent. under the minimum rate of discount of the Bank of England, the deposit being subject to 10 days' notice of withdrawal. The agency of country and foreign banks undertaken on such terms as may be agreed upon. Purchases and sglcs of British and Foreign Securities, &c., effected, dividends received, and every description of banking business transacted. Letters of Credit are granted on the principal cities and towns in Europe and elsewhere. No Christmas-boxes or other gratuities are allowed to be taken by the officers of the Bank. A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. n ETROPOLITAN Sod] No. 3, Prince LIFE ASSURANCE [ETY. ...street, Bank. Thos. A. Busliby, Esq., Liverpool, Peter Cator, Esq. James Dawson, Esq. Richard Fry, Esq. Robert Grant, Esq. Wm. Grant, Esq., Portsmouth. Sir Benjamin Hawes, K.C.B. Frazer B. llenshaw, Esq. John Laurence, Esq. The Directors hereby give notic due on the sth of January next, 1 Thirty days from that date_ William J. Lescher, Esq. Fames Lloyd, Esq., Birmingham. Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Chatsworth. George Pearce, Esq. Henry Sturt, Esq. .T. Ingram Travers, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. George Vaughan, Esq. to Members whose Premiums fall tat the same must be PAID within 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 year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit o f part i es assur i ng th e ir own lives for the whole term of life as Members of-the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1856, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. The accumulated capital of the Society exceeds 700,0007. The annual premiums on existing policies are upwards of 100,0007. HENRY 31A.IISLIAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Bank, December 4, 1856. RGYLL ROOMS.-LAITRENT'S CAS'S°, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clean Rooms are now open every CTelling for the winter season, with aurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Poulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort ha , been entirely redecorated during the ecess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis ion One Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen 'nly) from 10 till 10, containing upwArds of one thousand models ind preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in lealth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and lighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery y Dr. KAHN, at a quarter past R p.m. precisely. Admission. One shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). GENERAL TOM THUMB ! the American Man in Miniature, will hold THREE LEVEES each day, fur a short time only, at the REGENT GALLERY, Q uadrant, Regent street,? commencing on BOXING-DAY, 26th Dec. He will appear in a great variety of NEW CHARACTERS and COSTUMES, SONGS, DANCES, GR'XIAN STATUES, &c., /kc. His MINIATURE CHARIOT and PONIES, with ELFIN COICIIMAN and FOOT MAN, will promenade the streets daily. Thirteen years ago the General had the distinguished honour of appearing (by command) three times before her Majesty end the Royal Family, at Buckingham Palace. Hours of Exhibition—front 11 till 1 ; 3 till 5 ; and 7 till 10 o'clock. Admission Is., without regard to age. Reserved Stalls, di. ; Children, I s. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE exuberance of the feelings, amid scenes of gaity, induces the fair and youthful to shine to advantage under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote esp ecia attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season thatl ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, For creating and sustaining a luxur:ant head of hair; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, For rendering the skin soft, fair, a•id blooming ; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Paarl Dentifrice, For Imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the teeth, are called into in creased requisition, to the attainment of those personal advantages so universally walght for and admired. Beware of spurious imitations ! ! the only genuine of each bears the name of " Itowlaads" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, Loudon, and by Chemists and Perfumers. COCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game. Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene ral use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in fish and sauces. J. and C.:Cocks, Reading, sole Manufacturers. 01 2 0 MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840-51-54 and 1955, Including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). Tile S T RONGEST, BEST, , AND C HEAPEST SAPEGTTARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PII(EN (212 , ) SAFE WORKS, LIVEItPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, AIOORGATE -,TREET, City. Circulars tree by post. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED ! Sold in Cases containing 44S Packages—each Package One Feed, at the cost of Three H a lf-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage paid to any railway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, 115, Illgh-street, Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. k NEW AND IMPORT O A F NT ME D D I I S C C I O N V E E . RY IN THE SCIENCE Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie College of Medicine, Vienna. Prepared in the form of a lozenge, a tent OPharmacie s ffice Se al e o r f aris. Great Itpiteariin..l TRIESE MAR No. •old in tin caves, divided into o s r ep ~ c., ~ c. I evoid of taste or smellea.nadnedan3,brie a c r a a r t r o ied do lL s t , t w a ai dm st i c n o i a s t te i r io e c a k b et y . Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ric d, . 46 ' rie RIESEMAR Remedy for RE ' lATORRIREA, and all tne distressing -a- LAXATION, SPER 3 e excesses, or too abuse, indiscriminate consequences arising from early No. 1 is a b oag residen ce I n h o t c limates. It strength and v i gour t o thousands of debilitatedbasrestoreci ind bo iv d id il n y al a s n m d ,h se o x a u r a e l ow in the e n j oyment of h ea lth and the F un ctions of Manhood; and nIT A LIFICATIONS for MAR whatever may be the cause for DIS , .-- . TRIESEMAR No. 11., and entirely RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. •fteetually, in the short space of three days, completely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its Non-retention of terms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, disorders which nohniankiithaendhoCaulthhebnsf h a av v l s s t o i l= c r o u r t t h h Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those mild and aggravated population. TRIESEMAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for SeaunrvdYS,econdary , SymP eought an antidote for, to the Cutaneous Eruptions, r emov i ng and expe lli ng in its course tions and impurities from th e v i tal stream , a s altogether to eradicate corrup tions Serolulalal. orru :he virus of disease, an d expel it with the i nse nsible perspiration through the medium of th e pores of the s ki n and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for th a t class of disorders w hich unfortunateiy. 'he English Physician treat s w i th Mercury, to t h e inevitable destrne 'ion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in .he world cannot restore. Price 11 s., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves lls., 'ages, whereby there is . saving of I/ . 12s. To b e had whid es ale and retail in London, of Derby an d Gordon, 110, Lea denhall-street; Prout, '229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxiord-street ; Sanger , 150, Oxford-street. and in Si. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Med ical work, price is., post free, beautifully ill us t rate d w ith 100 engras mg , and containing the opinions of Val Peati, Lalleman d , R o ux, Ricord , &c. It gives copious instructions for th e per f ec t res toraticn of thos e who are prevented by impediments fro m enter i ng i n to the married state, also showing the dreadtul results from early abuse, gonorriima, and syphilis, and the beaefits arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constru cted microscope, with powerful lenses,—Piper and Co., 23,Faternoster row ; Ana NIA all agents fpr the sale /` ` /*Z-11 - e- 72 G 1 c , .' G , ii .. i '' ' t 1 4 11 , ti 7 ,': 4 ....._ ..... , ... w .. , , astat , .. . , 4.- , A ., A EI s? •-..,,,, I, , e • -- ..,- . 1 / 4 1i...• ' . i . Ilt: ' :1 ,.. . , J 1 . -•. i , --.....,„ ,, , • , •„,-: 1 \ _, . . . • Vw( 6 .' l #""''' ' ',' A l>sl,:d ‘ , ' i, i . - ' ...t. --,, ,4,,,,,,,ff10il -- . 4 „,... 4 , p.„. twt4, , . -- -. 4. 1 ~), P r 14.- • r ,4.. • • . 4r r•W`•-. N, - , , 4 ° t ie . 44, "'' . • , , . it.,. ',.,-,__-.---- B ,_-* - , • , 61.4,,,, ~,, ~ . ' - -.."... -.."... Iltpfeg gia1. ) ,;;,,. ; ,..„,..z , H)rr.t , _es l ) / /~ r~ Z ~ L [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 535. LONDON CHARTERED BANK OF AUSTRALIA. An extraordinary general meeting of proprietors in the above company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, the object being the declaration of a dividend. From an abstract of the profit and loss account read at the meeting, it appeared that a dividend of 2 per cent. was paid in Doc., 1855, amounting to 11,000/. It was now proposed to pay a further dividend at the rate •f 5 per cent. per annum up to June, 1556, and there would re vain on the profit side of the account a sum of 2,5071. 10s. Bd. The CHAIRMAN, with one or two observations, tender ing information if required, proposed that a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, up to the 3Oth .Tune, 1850, be dux and payable on the 15th Jan. next. A SHAREHOLDER asked whether it could not be paid sooner ? _ rho CHAIRMAN said it had usually been paid on the 15th of Jan. and the 15th of July, and the great number of shareholders (900) rendered it difficult to get through the list sooner. Mr. MOCATTA complained of the smallness of the divi dend. The Bank of Australasia, he said, paid 20 per cent., and surely between that and 5 per cent, was too great a difference. Last year all their dividends were frittered away in expenses, and this year he feared the latter would also be enormous. In his opinion the divi dend ought to be at least 7or 8 per cent. Money was very scarce, and had been able to command high rates both at home and in the colonies. Under these circuros stances a much higher dividend might have been realised but for the enormous expenditure, which absolutely ate them up. Ho wished to have answers to two questions —First, what was the amount of the securities held by the bank ; and, secondly, what actually was the gross amount of their expenditure ? The CHAIRMAN said that in the balance sheet which had been furnished a considerable amount was struck off for bad debts. The gross profit for the half-year was 27,6751., but 19,3001. was deducted for bad debts and pro portion of preliminary expenses. The amount of secu rities held, and which paid no interest, was 530,0001., no inconsiderable amount when they reflected how young was their institution. As to the expenses, he admitted they were heavy, but it must be recollected that the principal perti 'n of their business was carried on at a dis• tance of 14,000 miles, and in a place where the whole scale of expenditure was much higher than in this coun try. With respect to bad debts, he thought 3,0001. would cover their loss on that score. They must recol lect that during the three years they had been in busi ness the bankruptcies in Melbourne had amounted to two millions, and, of course, a good deal of that loss fell on young concerns. With respect to the Bank of Aus tralia, it should be remembered that for the first six years it paid no dividend at all, and it was generally believed that, at the commencement of the gold discoveries, it made an enormous profit by buying gold at 21. 10s. the ounce and selling it at 41. 12s. The directors had, perhaps, a large nest-egg of this gold still left, and dealt it out gradually to the shareholders in the shape of 20 per cent, dividend. (A laugh.) They (the Bank of Australia) had paid 4 per cent. from the commencement, and he had every hope that the divi dends would steadily improve. As regarded the expen diture he could not hold out any hope of reduction at the present moment. A SHAREHOLDER asked what proportion of this divi dend would go to the holders of new shares ?_ _ _ _ The CHAIRMAN—There would be six months dividend on 550,0001. and three months on 50,0001. After some conversational discussion, in the course of which suggestions for the formation of a reserve fund were thrown out, The resolution, declarieg a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, was put and agreed to. The CHAIRMAN took occasion to pass a warm eulogium on Mr. Brown, one of their directors, who had gone out t , ) Australia personally to inspect the affairs of the bank. Mr. Brown's services had been most valuable to the company, and he had returned to this country with the most sanguine hopes as to their future prosperity. The proceedings terminated with a unanimous vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. SOUTII AVSTRALIAN COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this company was held yesterday, at the company's house, Broad-street ; Mr. DIVETT, M.P., the governor, in the chair. The report, which embraced the transactions in the colony during the six months ending the 30th of April last, gave the following information ;—The affairs of the company continue in a prosperous state, and manifest a gradual improvement. The rent rolls, made up as usual to the 25th of March last, show an increase on the gross annual rental reported at the last annual meeting in June;mtl,342/. 13s. 4d. ; and 2,5971. over the amount of the 25th of March, 1855. The particulars are as fol lows, viz.:—Rental of country lands, 15,3161. ss. 7d. ; rental of town lands and buildings, 4,2001. 183, 6d. ; rental of port lands and buildings, 2,178/. 14s ; rental of mineral lands, 8471. ls. ; making a total of 22,5421. ls. id. This increase arises from new leases granted, renewals of others about to ex pire, and from an advance of rent on some of the country sections in the second and third terms of their leases. The amount of revenue derived from rents, wharfage, and warehouse rent, carried to credit for the halflear at the 30th of April last, is r—Rent from country lands, 7,0961. Os. 91; town lands and buildings, 2,0551. 14s. 3d. ; port lands and building , , 1,0491. Ss. 3d. ; mineral lands, 3301. lls. 6d. ; wharfage and warehouse rent, 4,631/. is. ld.; making a total of 15,1651. 153. 10d., and being an increase of 9061. 16s. 7d. on the preceding half-year. The dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, will be payable on the 15th of January next. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report; and Mr. J. ROBINSON seconded it, and congratulated his co-proprietors on the favourable nature of the document. The motion was agreed to without further remark, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. STATE OF CHINA. The Unifiers publishes a letter of Sept. 20, from a person belonging to the Virginie frigate at Wo Sung, not far from Shanghae, which contains some particulars that are interesting : Whilst you in France have suffered from inundations, the heavens have, as it were to balance matters, refused to shed upon China a single drop of water. This has caused a dreadful famine, and great numbers of the inha bitants of Fo-King are dying of hunger. There is another scourge upon the land this year ? I do not mean the re bels, for we are used to them, but the locusts which ravage the fields. Even on board ship we are overrun by them, but here, as they find nothing to devour, they cannot do much harm. There are scarcely any fruits or green vegetables to be had, nevertheless our men who were suffering from scurvy, are beginning to do better. You are doubtless aware that the Chinese rebellion is becoming stronger and stronger, and that we shall be obliged very soon to court the alliance of our former ene mies. They are now in the permanent occupation of Nankin, having repaired the damage done by themselves when the city was sacked. All the r i g ht b a nk of the river is in their possession, to the distance of 60 miles up from this place where we now are. Since the events which took place at Shanghae, we have had no occasion to complain of the conduct of the rebels, who pay due respect to bhe French residents in the country, and whilst they beat the soldiers of the Son of the Moon wherever they can meet them, take care strictly to ob serve the treaties which exist between the Chinese go vernment and our own. We cannot, however, say as much for the imperialist party. The French admiral, on board the Virginie, has just received, through M. de Courcy, Our charge d'affaires, a complaint of the conduct of a mandarin in the province of Than Ton, and of the cruel death which had been inflicted upon a French mis sionary there. The details of his martyrdom are, indeed, most hor rible. The Chinese, even after their victim was dead, persecuted his remains with a savage and unrelenting hatred. His head was stuck upon the point of a pike, and the children were enoouraged to throw stones at it for several days. What is still more frightful, and will hardly be believed as a fact, is that his heart was cut in pieces, then cooked along with some pigs tripe, an d eaten by the soldiers of the rnandarba—tigere rather than men. The missionary who has thus been put to death Nv aa named Chapelaine. We, upon a rrivin g at Macao, shall demand satisfaction from the Vicero y at Canton. The discussions with the Chinese gov er n m ent, which w ill ensue upon this affair, are likely to be very protra c t e d and they will result, I have no doubt, in the executing' of some criminal or other, dressed up as a mand arin, to pass for the guilty official. That is what we may ca ll Chinese justice. CASUALTIES AT SEA.--The following have put into Plymouth in consequence of the late gales :—The bark Perpetua, Captain Owen, from Sunderland, out three weeks, for Madeira, with loss of fore and main topmasts, jibboom, &c., the cutter-yacht Sverge, Captain Collis, of and from Liverpool, Nov. 29, bound to the south coast of Africa, rudder carried away by a heavy sea on the 6th Dec., is lat. 46 .20 S , long 12.8 W. ; and the brig Marian, Captai n L e i ster , from London, for San tander, with pumps choked. A ROBBER SHOT By V A ir •. omAN. About two o'clock yesterday (Friday) mornin a widow nam ed Elizabeth Braithwaite, w h o keeps a g s , mall shop in Summer-lane, Barnsley, Yorkshire, was awakened by hearing some persons talking in front of her house. In a short time some one tried the front door, to which a bell is attached, and Mrs. Braithwaite, on hearing the bell ring, Ileaped out of b e d , o p ene d the window , and saw four men standing cl ose to the door. She asked them what they ' wanted, and one o f th e men said, "Two of you go round to the back door." On hearing this Mrs. Braithwaite pistol immediataly fired off a lat the men, when one of them fell on th e ground, states, was carried away and,b hisa the cu assoc o ia r te a sgeous woman An alarm was raised, but the A police did not succeed in apprehend ing any of the men. piece of rag, supposed to have been torn off one of the villains shirts, was found close to Mrs. Braithwaite's house-door, saturated with blood, which seems to show that one of the men was wounded. LONDON SATIMDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1856. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY CAPT. KNIGHT. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER. A Novel. By Capt. BROOK J. KNIGHT. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Blarlborough•street. ;IT@ OUTLEPGE'S SHAKESPEARE. Part 11., Price One Shilling, will be ready on the 23d December. It comprises " LOVE'S L. , ll3Urt'S LOST," with 19 Illustrations by JOHN GILBERT, including a full page Frontispiece. NencE.—Encouraged by the great success that has attended the publication of the First Part of Itontledge's Shakespeare, the Pub• ushers have determined to give a full page Frontispiece to each Play ; one for the " Two Gentlemen of Verona" has also been prepared, and will be given in the Third Number of the Work, to be ready on the let February. London : Gcorge Routledge and Co., 2, Farringdon-street. On the 18th of December will be published, price 3d., stamped 4d., PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1857. Punch Office, 85, Fleet-street. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ITRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETIIR A, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, " We know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe strlctuye."—Medical Circular. London : 11. Bitilliere, 219, Regent-street. PROGRESS OF TH E UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, DEC, 18. From the report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year ending June 30, 1856, we gather some interesting statistics bearing upon the growing greatness and increasing prosperity of the United States. The actual receipts from Customs into the Treasury for the first quarter of the fiscal year 1857—viz., the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1 856—have been $2,925,431 36c., being $2,150,971 23c. more than the corresponding quarter of the preceding year. The receipts for the forthcoming year are estimated at $66,000,000, the causes which had operated to increase the revenue dur ing the pat year being expected to have the same influ ence, though not to the same extent. The receipts from land were $1,443,345 48c. less than in the corresponding period of the past year. The estimated receipts for the remaining three quarters of the fiscal year had been reduced to $6,000,000, in consequence of large tracts having been withdrawn from the market for railroads and to meet the land warrants issued and to be issued. The receipts from miscellaneous sources had been put down at $955,310 57c. . , The advance in the estimates of receipts from Customs was made with the knowledge of the large duty-paying imports already in warehouse, and under the expectation that the demand for provisions abroad, at remunerative prices, would not be equal to that of last year ; also, of the pressure in the European money-market, and the great demand fur their cotton and tobacco, whit the abufidance of money in the country, increwed by the paytient of the Texas debt and the Californian war bonds; also the failure of the sugar crop of Louisiana, acting in favour of increased sugar importation, and at an advanced price. For the year ending June 30 the domestic and foreign exports were 5326,964,913, and the imports 014,639,942, being an excess in favour of the former of $12,325,066. The continued increase of the populatiOn,andof ire• ports and exports, with that of their agricultural, manu facturing, and mining wealth, and theirfacilities for inter nal and external commerce, encourage the secretary again to recommend a modification of the tariff of 1846, and a reduction of the reveuue from Custom'. He considered the collection of a greater revenue than was required for the economical administration of the Government a wrong against the people who paid the tax, and that it imparted to the agent who administered the Government a tendency to undue power, waste, and extravagance. The tables of imports and exports for the last ten years exhibited a constant and continued, although not an annual increase, of imports and exports, and, conse quently, of revenue from Customs. The reciprocity principle, if applied to the same ar ticles that were admitted free by Great Britain, would reduce the revenue between 7,6100,000 dole. and 8,000,000 dol., and the amount would also be reduced to the same extent by the addition to the free list of some articles of general consumption, such as salt. The amount which would remain -50,000,000 doll.— was deemed all-suffi cient fur the necessary requirements of the Government, the average expenditure of the last five years, excluding the public debt and the 10,000,000 dols, paid to Mexico, having but little exceeded 48,000,000 dole. The Secretary considered that free trade, if expedient, should be approached gradually. Upon this subject he reports that, par:: passe with the advance to that end by foreign nations, the modification and reduction of the revenue as proposed would be a movement in the right direction, which might be followed when experience and the condition of their commerce with other nations should justify it, and contemplated the time when the productions of each State, i❑ exchange for the produc tions of the others, would constitute an abundant supply for most of their wants, at cheaper rates than other na tions could afford them, and make a resort to other modes of raising a revenue a question of necessity; but that for many years to come their national treasury would be supplied from a tariff on imports, and that in the mo dification and reduction now called for they should make 1 as equal and jest as possible to their own people, and take away the discrimination now existing against them, principally arising out of the legislation of other countries (in contravention of the industry of their people. Further reflection on the subject of a re duction of the tariff had only confirmed his views as to its desirability. _ With regard to the manufacture of wool the report states that their factories heretofore engaged in the :nanufacture of broad cloths and the finer woollen fabrics had been forced to abandon that description of manufac ture, and yield their markets for those articles to the foreign manufacturer. They imported 1,940,697 dol. of wool for manufacturers, who pay a duty of 30 per cent. upon it ; and they imported 23,297,384 dol. of the manufacturers of wool, on which they paid different rates of duty—viz., 30 per cent. on part, 25 per cent. on part, and 20 per cent. on part ; while, with wool free of duty in other manufacturing countries, the duty operated a discrimination against the labour and capital of their own people. Tais was peculiarly the case as to the coarser fabrics, which they admitted at a less duty than they imposed upon wool. Wool was au article for cloth ing and other uses that their climate and their habits did not permit them to dispense with, and which their people could and would manufacture for themselves, if their tariff laws were arranged so as not to discriminate against them, and in favour of other manufacturing nations. In 1790 but little manufacturing was done in the country as a dietinct business. Nearly all that was done was in private familia, for domestic use. Now manufacturing is a separate pursuit, and immense capital is employed in its various branches. In 1840 the value of their manufactures was returned in the census of that year at 433,278,215 dole. ; and in 1850 they were re turned in the census of that year at 1,055,595,899 dols. The ratio of increase made their manufactures for 1855 1,391,031,293 dots. In the same year, 1790, their plan. ters raised no cotton for exportation ; but at present, atter manufacturing the coarse cotton goods for the en tire population, they exported 7,000,000 dols. worth annually to foreign countries. Their manufacture of cotton in 1840 was 46,350,453 dole.; in 1850 61,869,184 dole. ; and the same ratio of increase in 1855 would give 70,074,712 dole. In iron and steel, taking the same ratio of produc tion from 1850 to 1855 as was taken from the censuses of 1840 and 1850, the production and manufacture was estimated at 78,406,538 dole., to which must be added 23,945,274 dole. for the amount of the imports of iron and steel, and manufactures of iron and Ace', for the year 1855, first deducting the export of tho:e articles, and there was iron and steel, and the manufactures of iron and steel, to the amount of 98,598,340 dole., for the consumption of the year. He states that they have in the United States more iron ore and more coal, with the usual fluxes, in convenient connection and of cheaper access, than all the other civilised nations of the world, and have the necessary capital, skill, and labour to pro duce all the iron and steel, and manufactures of iron and steel, required for their consumption, or that may be required for centuries to come, and also to enable them to supply the markets of other countries in fair compe tition with the iron and steel of other nations. And the period he names for the realisation of these expectations is that of 14 years hence—namely, the year 1870. Among the articles it is proposed to admit free of duty on the grounds that they are only partially produced in their country and not in :sufficient quantity to supply the demand, are wools, silk, and hides. The rnanufac• ture of porcelain, though introduced, is expected to be among the last that will fully supply the home demand. In manufactures of hemp and flax the home supply was inadequate to the wants of the country. The home pro duction of coal, lead, sad copper was not given, neither was the number of establishments engaged in manufac turing silk, the extended and increased consumption of which induced large and increasing importation, while the growth of silk, when compared with the population, was on the decline, and the home manufacture in the increase. The manufactured article is, therefore, to continue to be subject to an import duty; the itnporta- Von of the raw material duty free, as previously men tioned, it is stated, would injure no home interest. In reference to the decrease anticipated in sail ton nage, he says that the use of steam tonnage, in the com merce between the United States and other American nations, and Great Britain, France, and other commer cial nations, may, and it is thought by 801113 will, con siderably reduce the sail tonnk • used in commerce, and that cheaper capital in Great Britain will give to that nation an advantage over the United Stil s in steam tonnage anl the carrying trade of their own and other countries, and they attribute the reducticn of their ton nage to that cause. Tnis may be so, to some extent, but no continued reduction of their commercial tonnage was , apprehended ; nor was it apprehended thers was any just reason to suppose their enterprising ship-builders and merchants would surrender the navigation of the seas to Great Britain, and place that nation in posses sion of the carrying business of the world ; yet the, sub ject was one of interest, and called for a careful examina tion of their tonnage laws, and the removal of all impedi ments to an equal and fair competition for their foreign I trade and the trede of other tat-ions. The burden of light money t which their tonnage in the ports of Great Britain and other commercial nations was subject should be removed by mutual agreement, or counter vailing legislation on their part, and the tonnage duty now charged on their vessels in the ports of France and some other countries, and on their vessels in the United states' ports, should, by like mutual agreement, be taken off, and port charges equalised. The amount of their agricultural and manufacturing production for the year 1855 is estimated 42,602,363,924 dole. ; aad 15 per cent. deducted as the estimated amount of the foreign trade leaves a balance of 1,352,009,336 dols. as the amount of their internal trade. t certainly to urge on those Governments who and ought The e e r ff i c e a c n t of provinces exhibits free trade a itselfd e w to o t h a the wonderfulßriti s h e N x t o e r n t t h , continue to be lukewarm in adopting those principles, for whereas in 1853 the exports of American produce to those provinces amounted to 7,404,087 dols. and the ir imports from them to 7,550,718 dois., in 1856 the ex pporrotysin frceosmamtchm t amounted 21,310,421 dols. The enlarge men t of the free list to 22,714,697 of American d ole. p , ro a d n , and their and the admission of the raw material are suggeste d as the best and surest mode of giving increased thteoir said im beneficial employnient to their tonnage and in creased beneficial markets for their manufactures and other products, and of cultivating amity and friendship with their Noutherik neighbours, and also the best mode of promoting their own prosperity next after the mutual free trade they enjoyed with each other. Mutual beneficial commerce was all that was required to establish with these nations lasting relations of peace and friendship, and remove from their minds all apprehension from their expansion. They should seek commerce, and not dominion. When other nations should know and feel that commerce alone was their object, and that it was as beneficial to the one as to the other, they should win their confidence, and their friend ship then would be lasting. The establishment of a pure metallic currency is declared to be impracticable under the constitution and the laws, to say nothing of the sen timent of the people. Congress had no power to act upon the charters granted by the States to the ly:Wis which represented commercial agencies to the amount of $344,000,000 of capital, and maintained a circulation of nearly $200,000,000 of bank notee, and afforded such valuable facilities to all branches of industry as to make it undesirable now to dispense with them. Some regu lation of their circulatio❑ is promised by the withdrawal of the notes of smaller denominations, the amount of which undor $5 is Fet down at $50,000,000. It is stated that if these small notes are withdrawn and prohibited it is believed the operation of the Treasury, in the col lection and disbursement of the national revenue, would be as salutary a restraint upon the banks and upon com mercial transactions as could be interposed, and all sufficient to secure as sound, healthy, and uniform a currency as it is practicable to have. The imports and the receipts of bullion at the mint from mines, after de• ducting the exports up to the 30th Sept., 1856, had added at least $150,000,000 to the amount of gold and silver in the country, without taking into consideration the amount brought in by emigrants and returning tra vellers, nor the amount carried out by travellers and merchants not entered at the Custom-house, nor the amount used in manufactures or employed in the arts. Tne remainder of the report is devoted to the details necessary for the internal management of the country, all of which tend to exhibit a steady but increasing pro gression in the material wealth of the States, and a dis position on the part of the Executive to lighten the fiscal burdens of the people to the greatest extent. And to this end the promised extension of the principles of free trade offers a cheerful, certain, and favourable result. V ALUABLE CIIRISTMAS PRESENT. Cheap Edition, with Portraits of every Queen, complete in ft vols:, price 7s. 6d. each, bound, LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND. By AGNES STRICKLAND. "A valuable contribution to historical knowledge. It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest which industry and research could collect. We have lialyed much instruction and entertainment from the work."—Atheraeum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburr. This day, Svo , 165., STATE PAPERS and CORRESPONDENCE, Illustrative of the Political and Social State of Europe, from the Revolution to the Accession of the House of Hanover. Edited, with historical Introduction, Memoirs and Notes, by J. M. KE MIIIE, M.A. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. THE lIVVENTIOAT OF THE MINIE RIFLE. The enclosed communication from Lord Panmure is respectfully submittiad to the Editor of The Sun for publication. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, WILLIAM GREENER. Aston Now Town, Birmingham, Dec. 18. " War Department, Dec. 17. Sir,—Adverting to your memorial, dated the 1 9 9th of June last, and to the correspondence which has taken place relative to your claim for remuneration in respect to your having been the inventor of what is termed the expansive principle in rifled bullets as now used in her Majesty's ser vice, I am directed to transmit to you the enclosed extract from a report of the Ordnance Select Committee' on the subject, from which you will observe that, although the principle which 3, i advocated in the year 1836 is considered to be substaitially the same as that upon which recent improvements have been founded, their adoption is not considered to have been due to your communication of that period. " Lord Panmure being, however, desirous of rewarding the ingenuity displayed in the first suggestion of the prin ciple of expansion, as applied to bullets, I have now the pleasure of acquainting you that, in consideration of the facts established before the Ordnance Select Committee, his Lordship has, with the concurrence of the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, sanctioned the submis sion to Parliament of an award of 1,0001. to you in the army estimates of 1857-8, as a public recognition of your priority in bringing this invention before the War Department. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant. "F. PEEL. "To Mr. 'William Greoner, " Aston New Town, Birmingham." " Extract from a report of the Ordnance Select Committee on Mr. Greener's claim to the invention of the Minie bullet, dated the 28th of August and the 4th of Sep tember, 1856. "The committee, having attentively considered the whole of the correspondence and discussed the different points connected with this subject at their meetings on the 28th of August and the 4th of September, have agreed on the following report : " ' The records of the committee furnish no information as to the shape of the bullet used in the experiments carried on at Newcastle in the year 1536. Mr. Greener states that it was an oc al shaped bullet, but, whether oval or spherical, it appears, as far as the committee can judge from their records / that Mr. Greener was the first to propose and an ticipate the principle of expanding the ball, which since has been so successfully applied. " ' It does not appear that in 1836, or again in 1842 (whe❑ Mr. Greener was before the committee), that the committee were made fully acquainted with the form of projectile proposed or the principle involved ; but Mr. Greener has referred to a letter written by him to the Times newspaper, Dec. 25, 1811. (copy enclosed), which bears ample evidence of his having, at all events, at that time been quite aware of the principle now in general use; and if any reward is considered due for the contribution to a discovery without bringing it to a practical result the committee consider Mr. Greener entitled to a reward.' " MEETING OF EUROPEAN MAGISTRATES. ( From Punch,.) AL a special adjourned meeting of European magis trates, held in the Conference-room, Paris, Alexander Rotnanoff, aged M, was placed at the bar, charged with forgery and attempted burglary. The magistrates decided to take each case separately. Cowley, a detective officer, resident in Paris, proved that the prisoner had ►ecently been engaged in a dispute with some of his neighbours as to a right of way, and, the same being referred to arbitration, the prisoner had con trived that false maps should be produced before the arbi trators, and by this means had obtained an award entirely opposed to the spirit of the agreement under which the reference had been made. The prisoner said that he had nothing to do with the forgery, but that if people were fools enough to be led astray in that manner, he saw no reason for not profiting by their folly. - The Magistrates made some severe and eontem t marks upon the conduct of the ar bit ra t ors in question, dealingwho, knowing that they were dealing with avowedly an p uou s re dishonest person, ought to have been doubly careful. Th e Bench, although morally convinced of the guilty know ledge and intention of the prisoner, did not think that the evidence would warrant a conviction. In the second case, Lyons, a valuable officer, whose duties are chicly on board ship, proved that the prisoner had upon several occasions tried to break into premises called Serpents' Isle, the possession of NNhich had been taken from him by sen tence of law, but which ho was very eager to get hold of again. He, the officer, had received information on the subject, and in consequence had taken precautions which had enabled him to baffle the repeated attempts of the pri soner; lout he had reason to think they would be renewed. The prisoner said that he had been entirely misunder stood. He had noticed with regret that the gas lamp on the premises in question was out of repair; and he had gone in the kindest manner, knowing something of brass work—(a laugh)—to put it right. He complained of ill usage by the officer, who had incited some sailors to kick him out of doom. The Magistrates asked whether there was any evidence to character? Clarendon, policeman, said that there was not much known against the prisoner, except that he was an asso ciate and friend of several foreign thieves. His father had been a notoriously bad character, but it had been hoped that the son would have taken warning. He could not plead distress, because to his, the officer's knowledge, the prisoner had a crown given him only the other day. Buol, detective in the Austrian service, said that the pri soner was a most dangerous neighbour, and was always blocking up a water-course, harbouring rogues, or poach ing, and these had been the habits of his family for many years. _ _ _ Persigny, a French detective, said that the prisoner had been trying to become intimate with a distinguishedfamily in Paris, evidently with ulterior designs. He had also en deavoured to bring about a quarrel between neighbours, but had been defeated by the good sense on both sides. The Magistrates, after a brief conference, said that they had hoped that they were to hear no more of theprisoner, who had, as appeared on record, been severely punished in the preceding year. They had given consideration to all the circumstances, and had decided that he should have ono more chance of becoming an honest man. They should not convict him in the forgery case, but he must give up pos session of the property thereby acquired, and he must be bound over to keep the peace in the second case. They hoped that this extreme leniency would have its effect, but they warned him that should ho appear again at this bar their course would be one of unmitigated severity. The prisoner professed his thankfulness, and was led out singing a Russian hymn. THE LATE GALES. —Last summer the Elder Brethren of the Trinity-house erected on the Rundle Stone at considerable expense an iron beacon and mast, sun. During mounted t the e y r eacebnatl severe fixed gales,about 30 feet from the base. in Mount's Bay has also b een drifted out of its place, and instructions were i n consequence sent to Mr. earpertabTlyhea Mopusb ou tth b e uy inst., the whole fabric disappeared. 7tho Ditchen, the Trinity agent in Plymouth, to visit the locality in the Diligence cutter. The Mopus buoy has been replaced, and as a temporary measure a buoy has been moored 60 or 60 fathoms south.we4 of the Rundle Stone. The depth is from 18 to 20 fathoms; and a boat in charge of Mr. Hopp en , the mate, was first placed her as a mark. W hen he at tempted to pull up the boat's grapnel it fouled, as if a ship's mast and rigging were in the way, an d th i s continued so within five or six fathoms of the surface. It is conjectured that some ill-fated ship ran against the rock, knocked down the beacon, and then ran off and foundered. The Rundle or Runnel Stone, a sma l l rock aboat four yards long and two broad, lies oily a mile south of the western point of Cornwall, near the Land's-end, where the immense power of the tides and the heavy ground swell of the Atlantic make it a most dangerous obstacle to navigation. In the winter of 1854, during a fog, a French brig and two English schooner', their was a he w ircre c w o s ne. w oh e a re pea sa b v u ed oy .. The only beacon at lost tt on; timet METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The ordinary meeting of Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the Chamberlain's Court, the Council Chamber being occupied—Mr. J. Thvraites in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and con firmed. The cash account showed a total general balance of £97,196 Se. 4.i. COMPENSATION. An appeal was made by Mr. Pulley against the deter. urination of the Board of Works for the Hackney dis trict, refusing him compensation for the loss of his offices as clerk to the Highway Board, and to the Trustees for Lighting, &c., Hackney. It was resolved that Mr. Pulley do receive an amount of £77 108. for life. PURCHASING PREMISES. The next business on the paper was the further con sideration of the report of the Committee of Works, &c.. recommending that the application of the vestry of Ber mondsey, requesting that this board will purchase cer tain premises in Fendal-street, Bermondsey, at a cost of £l6O, for the purpose of widening such street, be complied with, and that such premises be purchased by this board accordingly. After some discussion it was resolved that the subject should be adjourned to a future day, fur the clerk to give a legal opinion on the whole question. STREET NOMENCLATURE. Mr. D'IFFANGER asked permission to withdraw that portion •f his report on street nomenclature, which sug gested the baptismal table of certain streets and places, with the names of certain members of the metropolitan beard. The CHAIRMAN stated that several strong protests had been sent in to the board on the particular question. Mr. Deputy HARRISON protested against any report from a committee being altered or modified after it bad been printed. Mr. CARPMAEL had been told that the report had re appeared in the Observer, and he tnr. Carpmael) treated it as a joke— ( laughter)—and he was surprised to find his own name among the number. The CHAIRMAN said that no copy was sent to the newspapers from that board. The discussion then dropped. STREET PROJECTIONS. A. third application was received from Mr. Jas. Botty asking the consent of the board to the extension of the bar of his house seven feet beyond the present front, four feet being given to the footway. Mr. 13nusLEm, as a member of the vestry in which the premises are situate, said he only yesterday inspected them, and he believed that if the house was brought out as requested, the erection would be unobjectionable. This subject led to a long and animated discussion, it being contended that it was the duty of that board to pre vent such erections, as they tended to diminish the width of the public thoroughfares, and to interrupt the free cir culation of light and air. The application was then put in the form of a motio❑ and negatived. After some uninteresting business being disposed of, the board adjourned. PROTEST AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE BOARD AS TO THE OUTFALL OF THE METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE. Mr. Crelila handed in the folio wing protest against tho decision of the majority of the board in favour of the engineer's plan marked B" " 1. Because the discharge of the sewage into the River Thames at the place indicated by such plan is calculated to injure the health of those residing in the neighbourhood, and of all persons passing up and down the part of the river. " 2. Because no inquiry has been made by the board as to the probability of disposing of the sewage of the metro polis for agricultural purposes, in harmony with the engi neer's report of the 25th September,pages 7 and B,in which is the following statement :—` The substitution of deodo rising works for reservoirs at Barking Creek and Plum stead Marshes involves the smallest expenditure of capi tal, but the largest annual outlay. The capital would not , therefore, be irrevocably sunk ; and this plan presents the following advantages—viz., that if the sewage manure should be found to be of a commercial value, it would be valuable for sale ; or should any mode hereafter be dis covered by which it could be rendered more profitable, or deodorised more economically, advantage could hereafter be taken of any such improvements. On the other hand, should it appear that the solid manure was altogether valueless, a considerable saving might be effected in the manufacture, by merely precipitating, deodorising, and carrying it away, and thus dispensing with the drying process and preparation for sale. This process would, I conceive, entirely remove the sewage from the river, and in a practical point of view; and by preserving the sewage in a dry, inoffensive, and portable condition, it would test the very prevalent opinion that metropolitan sewage can tins profitably be applied to agriculture. A further saving of probably nearly half a million might, however, be effected by terminating the sewers and establishing deodo rising works nearer to London, say in the Greenwich marshes on the south side of the river, and the West Ham marshes on the north side, which would, in our judgment, accomplish the object desired without creating a nuisance.' (Signed) " J. WILKINSON. P. CRELLIN." THE ARCTIC SHIP RESOLUTE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 19. To-day having been especially fine, the ship has been visited by numerous parties, who have been shown over her with the politest attention by the American officers. The ship was handsomely dressed in colours in honour of the Queen's return to Gosport to-day, and her accommo dation ladder was decorated in the event of any visit from the Royal yacht being made. On the Fairy passing up the harbour to the Clarence-yard the officers mounted the bulwarks and the crew the rigging , and gave three times three hearty cheers, led off by the vice consul, Che valier Pappalardo, who, in the absence of Capt. Hart stein, attended on board, Her Majesty and Prince Albert graciously acknowledged the enthusiastic greeting of the Americans by repeatedly bowing from the gang way of the Fairy. Capt. Hartstein has accepted the invitation of the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth to dine with them on Wednesday next. The banquet will .be provided by Mr. Digby Dent, of the Portland Hotel, at the hall of tha Beneficial Society in Portsea. The British officers formerly in the Resolute who are now in England will, we believe, he invited to meet their American brethren. This is the only entertainment the American visitors can avail themselves of, owing to an order for their speedy return to the United States, whither they will be con veyed in her Majesty's first-class paddle steam frigate Retribution, 28, Captain Barker. A telegraphic order came down from the Admiralty to-day, stopping all leave from the Retribution, and recalling all officers and men who are absent. Among the distinguished persons who visited the Resolute to-day were Major-General Breton (the Lieut.- Governor of Portsmouth) and Staff, Colonel Eyre, Commandant of the Royal Artillery in the South-West District, &c. To-morrow evening the captain and officers of the Resolute will be entertained at dinner by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief, who has invited a distinguished circle to meet them at the Admiralty. 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Muir, Malta. /Z- J --- (From the Belfast News Letter of Dec. 17.) (- '44. .T.A7 . 4 .1 The long expected concert took place in the Mai :IV, I hall, Belfast, last evening, and was att en .l e d b y on e • , s -.- the most numerous and respectable audi ences w hi c hsweß t.o._ have seen assembled for a lengthened p erio d on ay , " similar occasion. The great attraction was our gifted X countrywoman, Catherine Hayes ; nor was the feeling in her favour confined to those congregated within the ball . Largecrowds were assembled outside, who cheered lustily as the carriage in which she was seated drove up to the entrance in Musi c -h a ll-lane; a regular furore ' in fact, was excited. nas Hayes was acoom Madlle. pai,ied by C o . relh, a y oung Braham, as vo ca li s t s ; th e i nstrameu tal corps consist e d lady of great promise, and Mr. Charles of Mr. G. A. Osborne, composer and pianist, Herr Ernst, violinist, and Signor Piatti, the well known and much esteemed violoncellist. Such a carte could not but produce a numerous attendance, and although the prices were high the demand for seats could not be met. In this emergency the orchestra was appropriated to the accommodation of the applicants, and many paid their half-guinea each for a place there. In the body of the hall there was not room for one more ; the gallery was equally crowded. The concert commenced with an adagio and rondo from Beethoven, in which Herr Ernst, Signor Piatti, and Mr. Osborne took part. It is needless to say that it passed off with effect, but it was felt that the pleasure of the hearers was a little diminished by an accident which befel Herr Ernst, the string of whose violin snapped. Madlle. Corelli and Mr. Charles Braham sang the duetto, "Si la Stanchezze," from Verdi's "Il Trovatore" with much applause. Mdlle. Corelli may not be ranked as a superior singer, but she is a very pleasing one ; her range of voice is extensive, and she is powerful in the low notes ; but occasionally a little huskiness is percep tible, marring the effect of what would else Lave been unexceptionably agreeable. The appearance of Miss Hayes on the stage of the orchestra was the signal for loud and long continued applause. The ladies w ave d their kerchiefs in unison with the cheers from the gen tlemen, and the house might be described as in an up roar for some minutes. Ultimately the prelude was sounded on the piano to the fine air " It mon fits," from Meyerbeer's " Prophete," and the uproar began to subside. The first word came thrilling from the lips of the Cantatrice, and a stillness profound was established. The rendering of the air was as it should be—the touch ing tenderness of the mother blessing her son was told in tone as eloquently as if the language is which the idea is concealed were intelligible to every ear. A general encore followed, but Miss Hayes came on the stage merely to bow her thanks, and retired. Mr. G s A. Os borne's piano solo was a master piece of instrumenta tion. The "Ab cbe la morte," from Verdi's "II Tro vatore," formed the first, and a " Morceau de Concert," Mr. Osborne's own composition, the second part of the piece. tlt was warmly applauded. Madlle. Corelli sang the "Ii segreto," from " Lucrezia Burgle," in excellent style, and Signor Piatti followed with a violoncello solo, from " Sonnambula," which also elicited much applause. Miss Hayes again appeared to sing "Auld Robin Gray." She was greeted with a storm of applause, and repeatedly bowed her thanks. This fine melody was given by the gifted singer with as much feeling as though she were herself a native of the 4 , Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Laud of the mountain and the flood." If anything detracted from the charm which her singing produced it was, perhaps, that there was more of the ()mature of vocalisation than was thought necessary in a simple ballad which we are accustomed to hear simply sung at our fireside in the North. But, however over classical, and beyond the reach of imitation, the song was sung, it had a wondrous effect. The wailing way in which the gifted singer sang the verse— " I had na been a wife but weeks only four, When sitting sae mournfully at my sin door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I could ns think it he, Till he said, 'Love, I'm come back for to marry thee,'" evoked a responsive throb in every bosom. The audience with difficulty restrained their applause ; but the same dulcet notes were still issuing, and though they were thrilled they were silent till the ballad came to a close, and then the pent-up torrent burst forth in its fullness. Tho applause was deafening. Miss Hayes, wearied though she has been, on this occasion honoured the encore, sing ing "Oh, Steer my Barque." The song was very applica ble to herself, who has only recently returned from " many foreign lands," but the attachment co country which the words breathe struck the audience with magi cal effect. Some shouted, others stamped their applause, more clapped ; and there were many who were pre vented from making any manifestation of the effect pro duced on them by the tears which they tried to conceal. With this triumph ended the first part. A slow aria, and a pretty rondo , both the composi tion of Mr. Osborne, were played by Messrs. Osborne, Ernst, and Piatti as the commencement of the second part. The piece was applauded. Balfe's "The Sailor Sighs " was exquisitely rendered by Madlle. Corelli and Mr. C. Braham. The melody is quaint, but though elegant and rather classic, we do not suppose that it will ever be popular. The "Come per me sereno" from "La Sonnambula," brought out Miss Hayes, who was again greeted with rapturous applause. Her perfect vocalisation was hero most strongly displayed ; the volume of sound issuing from her magnificent organ filled and reverberated through the hall ; and gave the best answ er th a t cou ld be returned to those atrabilious or hypercritical person ages who recently attempted, from motives to us un known, to depreciate a lady who is reflecting lustre on her country. The audience of last night comprised more discriminating auditors than ,perhaps could be found in any other assemblage of the same numbers elsewhere in Ireland ; and their appreciation of Miss Hayeslextra ordinary powers was attested with a fervour which we have never seen approached. The applause was deafening. Herr Ernst then gave a violin fantasia from Bellini's "IL Pirate," in which he displayed singular beauty, and power. The effects produced astonished not more by their power than by their singularity. They were weird-like ; and the illusion would have been kept up better if the player had not descended to the trick of imitating a piccolo. We do not wish to convey that the imitation was not good. It was excellent. If it were possible to keep one's eyes off that attenuated face, encircled with its long black hair, the belief would be that a piccolo was being played. So, also, when he simulated the guitar and the vii loncello accompaniments. These feats showed his power over his violin, aptly called the Queen of instruments, but they seemed to us at least, as a like case to that of the illegitimate drama trenching on the ground of the legitimate. The applause, at the conclusion, was, of course, general, but Herr Ernst only bowed his thanks. Mr. Charles Braham was set down in the programme for "Il Pescatore." By request he altered it, much to the delight of the audience, to one of his father's songs, "The Death of Nelson." Never did we hear this gen tleman's voice to greater advantage. The thundering bass of his father, as we have heard it described, was absent; but the cry of the famous watchword was, per haps, given better than it could have been by any other vocalist now alive. To the encore which followed Mr. Braham responded readily—a complaisance which the audience applauded warmly. They even counted upon Mr. Braham's good nature so far as to call for "The Bay of Biscay," and the score having been procured, Mr. Braham gave this fine sea song with even more effect than the former. Ile left the stage amid general cheers. _ _ appeared. The exciteme n t o f the ------- au l d l ie i n ss ce n w ay a e s s r a e g n a e i w n ed. She sanz, as only she c an , " The Harp that once through T.,ra's Halls." The pathos 'which she threw into Moore 's exquisite wor d s evidently sprung from a heart swelling with nationality. We will not forget, as long as remembrance lasts, the dejection of tone with which she sang, or rather "caohaer out, the lines : "And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel its pulse uo more ;" and equally enduring will be our recollection of her hopeful, almost defiant expr ess i on, When singing_ ~— Freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb s h e gi ves Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives." The spirit of the poetry was caught up in the true vein, and the words were rendered with even more than the poet's fire. It was a chef d'oeuvre, and on the principle of keeping the best for the last, it appropriately con. eluded the evening's perform a n ce . In the encore the last verse was gi ven. Cheer followed cheer at its termi. nation. Rather we should say roar resounded after roar. The audienc e s t ood up to h o n ou r the gifted woman who had so ma g i ca ll y Miss Hayes was kept bowing fo r some entranced them. minwutheistl aanppdlasuhsee.only retired when literally overwhelmed THE METROPOLITAN BOAR) OF WORKS .4ND THE LONDON SEWAGE SCHEMES. --- The Metropolitan Board of Works seems emulous to acquire a character like that once attributed to the Bour bons that they learn nothing, and forget nothing. Plans and propositions approved of by practical men have been "damned with faint praise, or slighted with hardly a show of earnest discussion. They have taken no practical means to ascertain the feasibility of deodo risation. They still adhere to their old scheme of empty. lag the sewage of London (concerning whose amount the report of their engineer has varied twice or thrice a l rea dy) into the Th ames. Havin g b roken down in (which provided the outlet at Erith), tkey re sPeiratn, l n ike a bad pool player, to a " star" as the onl y chance. on y chance. And Plan 13" is the title of the new sch eme w h ere by they purpose to discharge into the Tha e illesat lv Sea Reach a n unascertained amount of sewage, ho; r ' and into -- w hose effects on the fish - supply of London, a n d on the health of crews, the opinions of those most cap 2 ab in le th o e f judging have not been sought. Instead of ca l lin g aid of chemists and engineers and medicalrnen, the me mbers of the Board have wasted timer durin g three sittings, by talking and disputing in the ahmanner most un fitting to a discussion that involves e lives and health is an evil which can only be checked o ti n ve to in ourselves from those afflicted with by Summarily treeing 18 es and it —even as Faithful got w ri e d hoafverrarelkasathe "P ilgri m ' s Progress. hope that Government will shortly appoint a Commission to consider the whole matter of the sewerage, with the aid of the highest and most reliable authorities on differ en t parts of the subject. Such an undertaking would, ~ w e believe, elicit general approval. A corporate body at mistakes obstinacy for determi n that ation, and petulance for dignity—that meddles mid muddles with h lf a -a•dozen subjects, and accomplishes nothing—exa c tl y illustrates the famous lines of Dry. den— " Stiff in opinion—always in the wrong— Is everything by starts, and nothing long " and can hardly expect to find much favour in the sight of practical folks like the inhabitants of buoy London.— Titc kinca, NE WSPAPEB CATHRRIAT HAYPS IN BnFAST. 7 1 -Lr ..:a".7 . -' 4-- T,.,-- ; or, g ,, a s .b. i ace& Oa OM 5 3a. DO 11 0 IS 0 19 6 17 0 19 • 11 A a° ,te• '">°