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BANK OF DEPOSIT. (Established A.D. 1844.) No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Prospectuses and Forms for Op.ning Atuunts sent free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Capital subscribed, Two Millions.—Paid up, One Million. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE, Esq., Chairman. Sir MINTO T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman. nenry Hulse Berens, Esq., John Labouchere, Esq. Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Haiikey, Esq., M.P. Henry IL Reynolds, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. James Tulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq. Cornelius Payne, jun., Esq. Thomas Tallemach, Esq., Secretary. —Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPA RTMENT . —U NDER TETE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In surers EIGUTV PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in Is2l, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value .C 660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL ➢IILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre miums. Lt,ANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their vain( a, if such value be not less than £5O. ASIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re. Oeived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Pulley Stamps. Notice is hereby Oven, that FIRE Policies Nv'ti-'1 expire at M , chaelmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAms, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall• mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the dom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, BEAD Orrtems—Lombard-street, London ; and Royal Insurance liulding,s, Liverpool. Branch Offices— Manchester, Blrminttha.n, Bristol, Leeds Edinburgh, (ilaszow, and Dublin. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1860. " The success of the Company, e en in its earliest years, received the marked atten ion, and elicited the surprised comments, of *niters best acquainted with the history of In surance Companies. " Fire Premiums for 1860 EQUAL the Total Fire Premiums for the SEVFN YEARS 1815 to 1851. "Life Premiums for 1860 P XC- ED the Entire Life Pre miums for the EIGHT Y ARS endine• 1852. "Purcha e of Annuities in IQ6O LARGELY EXCEE "S the similar receipt for the first TEN YEARS, 1845 to 1814. "Thi , proeress, it is believed, is unsurpassed. cmasiderinz bat it applies to each of the three branches of the business." FIRE BRANCH. "The Fire Branch has certain y shown no exhaustion dim ing the year 1866 of that impetus which had previously brought it to a position of the first magnitude among the Insurance Companies of fhe United Kingdom. The Fire Premiums in 1859 had advanced to the sum of £2'8,314 7s. 3d. In 1860 the amount of Fire Premiums has arrived at a sum of 2 , 2977 19.. 11d., showily , ' an increase of £34,663 Its. Bd., ex ceeding the large advance of the preceding year, so that in two years the Fire Revenue of the Company has been en /a iaced by the enormous sum of £66,829 17s. sd. Parliamentary Report ot Returns of Duty paid to Government for the year 1860 exhibits the angmentation of the business an a more prominent way, as it affords the means of comparison with (Auer Companies. The Proprietors will be gratified to learn that the increase of Duty paid by the Royal in the last year is more than double that of any other Co pany, either London or Provincial, whilst only one of those Companies even approaches to 50 per cent. of the ad vance of this Comp ny. Our increase actually quais 30 Der cent. of the entire increase of the et hol of he Metropolitan Office, combined, whilst of the Provincial Offices it forms up wards of 30 per cent. of the total advance of the other 2 offices established out of London, LIFE "The Reports of the Company for BRANCH. several years have had invariably to announce a constant periodical expansion of its Life Business. the New Policies of each succeeding year show ing an advance over the one that had immediately preceded it. A similar result is shown in the year 1860, the Premiums on New Policies, after deducting Guarantees, be ng - 415,097 17s, wh ch is an increase on that item of 21,993 17s. sd. above the' am- unt received for the year 1859. "But even this advance is small when compared with the sudden and remarkable momentum which has been given to this Branch of the Business in the prevent year (1851). "It was not until the commencement of the year that the Public seemed to have become fully acquai-ted with the fact th t the Royal insurance Com any had published late in the last year an account of the investigation into the Assets and Liabilities of its Life Department, under a nowlform, and in as plain and intelliodble a manner as the abstruseness of the subject admitted, together with the entire statements and valuations necessary for that purpose. " It is conjectured from the extensive Notices of this Pam phlet and its accompanying* Diagrams, which have appeared In the Periodicals of the day, V at it has larE,rel , attracted the attention of vast numbers f Persons in all parts of the United Kingdom, as wed as in other parts of the World. Indeed a -most satisfactory and con-lusive evidence that such is the case is afforded by the fact that the sum Assured on N. w Policies in the six months to the 3d June of the present year is ac tually 50 per cent. in excess of the sum , ssured in the corres ponding, months of the y ear 18 60, although toe latter amount n Psed exceeded the sum assured in any like previous period of time " If this success be continued, the Royal Insurance Cam pany would, with respect to the amount of its new business, be at once placed (at least with one or two esrcentions , at the head of all the insurance Companies doing business in this Country, and the anticipations of the last Report, to the effect that the deta Is of the Li `e Business then to be pub lished would form an epoch of the Establishment, will have a speedy and very happy realisation." SPECIAL ADVANTAGES OF THE LIFE BRANCH. PROFITS. —Larne nroportion Returned every Five Years to Policies then in existence Two ENTIRE YEARS. Expenses ch efiv born by the Fire Branch, in order to Increase the florins t t be Returned. L 'PE BONUSES DECLARE!), Two per Cent. per Annum on the Sum A ssured : THE GREATEST BONUS EVER CONTINUOUSLY DECLARED BY ANY GERPANY. SECURITY FOR BOTH FIRE AND LIFE BRANCHES CAPITAL, TWO MILLIONS Sterling. Accumulated Funds In hand exceed £Bl PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary. ost Is., THE MEDICAL CONFIDANT on Midwifery. Pregnancy, the Disappointments in Marriw, and other ailments peculiar to Ladies. Fe nale Obstruction Pills, ss. a box, post free. Address, D:. Scott, 17, Adam street, Strand, London (since 1836). Consultation 4, 10 till 5. R. BRIGHT'S THREE DAYS' CURE. - 2 - , —The most speedy remedy ever known.—The BUCHU GLOB ULES,containing the Quintessence of Copgiba, Cu bebs, Buchu, &c., at once cure, without the possib lity failure, G,norrhcea, obstinate Gleet, Stricture, and Urethral Discharges, immediately subduing, all inflammatory action ; encased in sugar, free from taste or smell, and adapted for either sex. P r i ce 11s.; by post 125. 6d., free from observa t. Prepared and sold only at the laboratory, 44A, Maddox street, Regent—treet, W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church), London, by RALPH BRIGHT, NI D., Member of the Roya College of Surzeons England, Licenti a t e o f th e R oyal College of Physicians, Edinbu gh, ; author of " NERVOUS EXHAUSTION," Its cause and cure, with an Essay on g` showing the marvellous restor tire powers of the newly-divoyered and wend. rf ul remedy known universally as the Aphrod' sion. "As phosphorus in a state of nature illumines the darkne 's. so the exhaustei frame revives when impregnated w th its electrical properties." Price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. lOd. ; abridged edition Is.. by post 14 stamps. from the res'el nce of the author (14A Maddox-street), where he may be daily con sulted, from 11 to 4, for the cure of the above diseases, to which he has, for a lengthened period, devoted his exclusive attention. DR. LA'MERT on NERVOUS And PHYSICAL • ERILITY, resulting. from pernicious habits con tracted in Youth, excesses In Manhood. or residence in Troni cal Climates. With Cases and Engravings from Life. Licentiate of the Roya College of Physicians, Edinburgh ; M ember of the Roy a l C o l lege of Surgeons, England, dze. The Slat Edition. Section L CONTENTS. Section — The Physiology of the Gen era ti ve O rgans. IT. —Pub erty — Manho , d—The Mor a l e o f G enera ti ve PhYsiolog.y True and F a l se M orality. Section lII.—M rriage In its social and Physical Relations— Harpy and 'Unhappy Unions —H ow t o secure Healthy Off spring, Section TV.—Youthful Abuse—The Secret Cause of Nervous Debility, Impotence in Man, and Sterility in Man and Woman. Section V. — Spermatorrhcea, or Chronic impotence: its ITN tory, Causes, and Moral Consequences—The Sterility of Age. The ebjeet of this treatise is to furnish the reader with in formation of the most useful kind, and which every man should be acquainted with, on the physi logy of the repro ductive organs, and on the nature and pmullarities of those Physical functions n which the satisfactory fulfilment of the Obligations of Marriage depends. The work is not filled with mysterious and intricate theories, but is intended 'to elucidate the effects of imprudence, to remote unfou , ,ded I .',ELTJ : n, and, where there is real cause for arprehension, to in (;;:led7l,the course by which comps to recovery can be effected, e Preservation of functonal, phys cal, and nervous health secur Price e mps, b y a knost free for 13, or in a sealed envelope, 20 may be consulted d ph, Cornhill ;or the Author, who Bedford-squaare till g, and from 6 to 8, at his residence, 37, Jug Published, b y post, price Is., ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDI MENTS TO MARRIAGE. V ITA VITALIS.,---A popular Medical Work. attend illustrated with ino Enzrinzs, from Lif e , o f C ,se, c 1 at the H Act av Dieu Paris and other llosoitals, uthde and excesses tive of tof he baneful and mat effe consequ ut unon the errors ser yoturEr, ity, and the debility arisin from of t he nassions. 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TRIESEMAR No. IT. immediately eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms, gleet4, strictures, irritation of the blad ler, pains of the loins and kidneys, and all urine genital diseases. TRIES !MAR No. 111. is the great continental remedy, prescribed by the Eeole de 141edecine, fo.• syphilis and secondary symptoms. Price lls., o r f our cases in one for 335., wh i c h saves 11 • ; and in £5 case, at a saving of £1 12s. Packets, s curely packed, free from observation. sent to any part of th e wor ld on receipt or Post-office Order, direct from "Medicos" only, Member of the Royal College of '11 1 : geons, England; Licentiate of the Royal College of Physi cians, E , inburgh. &c. &c. The only duly qualified practitioner on the Medic a l R eg i ster, who for years has devoted his special attention to die above diseases, so often unskillfully treated by the general practitioner from want of practical knowledge and the non-administration of those restorative measures so essential for permanent health and manly vigour. Consultations daily from 10 till 5, and by appointment, 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, 77 nest door to the rfacliPZ Library, .7 THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF f IFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most •thattered consti•ution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by ail about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medics, press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Pr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for ' , se. at 1 , 5., or four quantities in one for 335.. and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance stamps. Sole Agents in London— Prout and Co., Patent Medi:ine Warehouse, 229. Strand (near Temple-bar). (Entered at Stationers' Ilall.) DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION TAE PHOSP 'MUSED NERVINE TONIC. The NEW CITE tt ICAL CO ITBINATTON of PHOSPHA TIC SALTS, Quinine, Iron, &c., adapted for both sexes, containing* ali the E.sential Constituents of the Blood, Brain, and Nerve Substance.—Grea - philosophical and chemical reiwareh has led to the discovery of this in valu ble remedy in its present perfect state, agreeable to the palate, a* , d innocent in its action still pre ser inn its wonderful pro , ierties, affording immediate relief, and ermanently curing all who_ suffer trom WASTING and WITIIER,NG Of file NE h VOUS and MUSCULAR TISSUES, SPER MATORRIICEA, DIaEASES Of the KIDNEY , BLADDER, and all URINARY t 'EPOSITS, wlrch cause inc 'pacify and degeneracy, total and partial prostraton, ,nd every other exhaustive de rangeme "t of the syst.m. 11e,. , en0-ratincr and Invigorating all the imncrtsnt elements of the human frame (when emasculat-d by youthful indis reams), and enabling man t once to ful 1 his mo.t sacred obligat ons. P• ices -11 s. per bottle, or fourll4. bottles in one, 339. ; and in cases c,ontaininz three Tls. bottles, £5, saving £1 12s.— Parcels securely ;lacked, free from ~ b servation, sent to any part of the world, on receipt of Post-office Order. Prepared and sold only at the laboratory, 44A, Iraddox street. Regent-strefg, W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church). London, by RALPH BRIGHT, ALD , Member of the Royal College of Surgeon., England ; Licentiate of the Royal College of Pir;sicians, Edinburgh, &c., &c. ; author of "NERVOUS EX El AUST ION," its cause and cure, with an Ess iy on Seminology, showing the marvellous rest , ira ive powers of the newly-discovered and wonderful remedy known universally as the Aphrodision. "As phos. horns in a state of nature illumines the dark nese, so -the exhausted frame rev - ye when impregnated with its electric 1 properties." Price 2s. 6d., by post, 10d. ; abridged edition. a.. by post 1t stamps, from the residence of the auth. r (44A. Maddox-street , where he may be daily con wilted, trout 11 to 4, for the cure of the above diseases, to which he has, for a lengthened period, devoted his exclusive attention. 5, GREAT MARLBOROUGH -STREET. W., THE PANTHEON. R. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal L. , College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and A.po heearic,s' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as hove, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, • oss of Menpry, Sterility, and Derangements f botb Sexes. emanating from early and excessive .Imdall enoee Has Just published, price ls. ; by post, IS stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and on Work. entitled OURSELVES. yhopsis: The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generatiou. —The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. 'so, an Exposition of. and Remedy for. all Urinary Derange m-tits and Marital. Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia • ;cnorrhceal, Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of "e Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, AM:, FEMALE. the Physiology and Anatomy of Women— Functional Ir re mlarities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— T reir Expectancies and Dliappointments—The Cause and R moval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. AlBO, No. I. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia. and Indigestion; No. 2. - LOVE AND MARRIAGE : heir Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love rod other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off ,ring scoured. No. S. THE CASE BOOK : WO Cases of SPIMMATORRHGEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and oy s.,s.uterissations, Galvanism, &o. &c. &c. bo be had of "9x nn. Sri, Cornhiii ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea: (SPECIAL NOTICE.) "r. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner livlnz of that name, and can be consulted (only as above.) N° 21.598. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., EAST AND WES T. By J. FRASER CORKRAN. " There is more than usual talent manifested in this at tractive novel, together with a combination of forge and originality which induces the greatest interest."—Messen ger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CIIARLFS READE'S NEW NOVEL. " THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH." A matter of f .ct Romance. By the Author of " It's Never Too La' eto %Te , .d." le in the press, and ‘‘ ill appear the first we, kin October. 4 vol ~ price £1 Ils. 6d. I'HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GItOSSMITII'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Rent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.RC.S.E., - - And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan . lnflrmary for the Cure'of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power, in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab. contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Just published, 132 pages, illustrated with cases, in a neat 12m0., price is., or post free for 18 stamps, The Third Edition of MANLY VIGOUR; she Art of Preserving, Improving, and Recovering It. With Practical Remarks on Spermatorrhcea, Seminal Weakness, and Nervous Debility, Imontence. Barrenness, Sterility, and all other Disorders of the Generative Organisa tion in Stales arid Females. Likewise a chapter on Venereal Diseases, interspers. d wth clear instructions for self man igement and prescripti ins for cure, and for ensuring the blessings o" we ided happiness, and restorati in to the privi— leges of health and vigour. From this work it will be seen that none need despair, but all may look fore and confidently to germane .t recovery. By Dr. A. F. HENE ti Y. London: PublishiA by the Author, Medical Institution, 53, Dorset-street, Manchester square, W. TRULY °'EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. eott, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and fiver complaints, indigestion, wind, spa'ms, giddiness, iizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as a fa mily aperient med , cine. a-rd as a purifier of the blood, they ire truly excellent; mild in their operation and grateful to 'he s omach, they create appe 're, promote digestion, and 'trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street. ,nd by most druggists, in boxes, 13. led., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure ask for Dr. Scott's rsilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE. or SACCHARATED CAPSULES.—ropaiba end rubeba are doubtless the best remedies, but these drugs are of a repulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric die 'urbance. M..7ozeau h,s succeeded in rendering these valu able therapeutic ag , •nts • erfectly innocuous by increasing in his Copahine all t e curative properties. This preparation has been adopted by the Parts Academy of Medicine, after more than a thousand trial. , in Part • and the different Lon don hospita , s viz., rilhomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholo mew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland. and Legros Cta.k. -" Lane';," Nov 6 ind Dec. 10, 1857. The Copahine. which is in form of a pre ty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in ab -tit six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. 100 capsules, 45. 6d. ; post free, as. 2d. Post -office order required; at J. JozEAtf's, French Chemist, 42, ii.ymarket, London ; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris ; and all the most important Chemists. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD _ MEDICAL v ESSAY ON S PER AI ATO RREICE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, arc. fist Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, mANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or t'erfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. Cuame, 15. Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological itructure and Function. of the Reproductive Organs. CFI APT E R IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence: fo.arly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect CHAPTER 1 . 11.—A Review of the various Disqua lification. I .I TarriaLre ; whether malting from Youthful Abase, the olies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. _ ...iPIAPT MRS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment o f norrhcca and . Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting Got n. se ios, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive REVIEWS O}' THE WORK. old."—" Sunday Times," sh " ot: in on th N e lt i t a n i l i l d o:g i -- ; T un hts ga is nd atty valuable work, and 13d MarcMah, 18.56. little work, in which i s d "The author has co nferred a great boon by publishing this which produce decline in " frequently premature youth or more old age "-....,.es described the source of those diseases Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empiri lal hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications an d impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful"—Reoord. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mum, 19, CornhiU. 2. 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Under the distinguished Patronage of H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE, H.R.H. THE PRINCESS MARY OF CAMBRIDGE. Lady Blantyre Lord and Lady Rokeby Lord and Lady Charleu Bruce Lady Stanley of Alderley The Baroness de Rothschild Hight Hon. William Cowper Hon. Mrs. Cowper Hon. Mrs. Wellesley i.ady Filmer Lady Peto Mrs. Tait (Fulham Palace) Mrs. ..'etts Mrs. G. R. Birt Mrs. Brassey Mrs. H. A. Bruce Mrs. Capper Mrs. R. loergusson Mrs. G. G. Glynn Mrs. Henry kingscote Mrs. Colert lee Kennard Mrs. M,rrison Miss Morrison Mrs. Odams Mrs. Arthur Otway Mrs. Pelly Mrs. L. M. Rate Mrs. Sartoris MADAME LIND •GOLDSC HMIDT - Ha-ing generously given her servi,es in aid of the Funds for the corn,letion of a Church, and for the enlargement of the Industrial Institutions in the Victoria. Docks district, "Lon don over the Border," under the pastoral care of the Rev. Herman DolL!las, the acting Committee have great pleasure in announcing that there will be a performance in Exeter Hall, of Mendelssohn's ( oratorio, Duke and iluchess of Marl borou;ti Duchess of Arg - yll Duchess of Inverness .►Marchioness Townshencl March iOnes+ of Northampton MArchi.ness of Londonderry Maria, Marchioness of Ailes bury Marchioness of Westminster Countess spencer Dowager Countess Spencer Dowager Countess of Essex Countess F'oulett Countess of Portarlingtou Countess of Hare wood Earl and Countess de Grey Countess Vane Countess of Liecester Countess of Elle-mere Far! and Countess Russell Viscountess Sydney Viscounte+s Palmerston Viscountess Jocelyn Viscountess Enfield Lady San .ys Lady Ebury "ELIJAH," ON TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 22, The principal parts by Madame LTND• GOLDSCHMIDT, Miss PALMER, Mr. Sims REEVES, and Mr. W. WElss. Assisted by a complete OrIh• stra and Chorus. Conductor, Mr. (:TTO GOLDSCRMIDT. Reserved and Numbered Seats, Xi ls. ; Unreserved Seats and West Gallery, 10s. ed. ; Back Area, 78. Reserved seats will be appropriated act ord;nz to the order of application • and no more Tick e ts will be issued than can be conveniently accommodated. Applications'for Tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 13, Old Bond-street : and at Messrs Addison and Co.'s, 210, Regent•street ; and at the principal Libraries and Music shops. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay ma.ket, TS NOW OPEN for the Season EVERY EVENING, under the direction of Monsieur BOULCOURT principal Cornet-a-piston and Conductor. The music will be selected from Verdi, bleyerbeer, Rossini, Flotow. Balfe, and other eminent Compo-ers. During - the recess these well known Rooms have been en'irely RE-DECORATED and I IPROVED by Mes , ra. IT. T. SMITH and assistants. The new Chandeliers by M. Benjamin. Admiss - on, One Shilling.. —All the new Music to be had at the Office, No. 7, Great Windmill-street. 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Do not hesitate—do not delay ! a clean stom ich must make a clean body. A clean body will con'ain pore blood, when the stomach, body. and blood are pure, from regulating and cleansing the bowel 4, 'health Is certain. Be ,in at the be ginning, waste no time; strike at the root of your ailment. Again, I say, look to your stomach. One trial of these pills will force cony'cti2n. _ _ _ Soidinly;itles, at is. lid., •>s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and lls. Sold by 'Buchan and Co., 22, Newman-street, Oxford street. London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and country, or forwarded on reeipt of stamps. Wholesale Agents : —Barclay a) d Son, 75, Farringdon-st. SPORTING IVTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES-THURSDAY. A partial settling of accounts on the St. Leger took place at the rooms during the morning, the remainder standing over until Monday, when they will be adjusted at Tatter. sail's. No complaints of any kind were heard—the winner, Caller Ou, having been scarcely touched upon in the b tting market. The Derby winner, Kettledrum, has not been dis graced by his defeat s for the winner was tried at home, and thought to be a second Blink Bonny, but her subsequent running hal dissatisfied her owner so much that he feared to trust her again. The easy beating which the two gave the rest of the field shows that the mare has recovered her form, and that the horse is a really good animal. Brown Stout was found to have suffered from a rush of blood to the head, and, after returning to his stable, several clotted lumps came away at his mouth. Several magnificent yearlings were sold in the horse fair before the races, one having rea lised 850 guineas, and two or three others upwards of 500 a piece. The races did not commence until a quarter past 2 o'clock, and of the seven which were run two created a vast amount of interest—namely, the Portland Plate of 5 fur longs and 152 yards, with 29 horses at the post; and the Cleveland Handicap, in which the winner of the St. Leger appeared. A selling race added £l6O to the funds of the Race Committee, and a very nice afternoon's sport was got through in good time, the weather being beautiful, and the noise and turmoil of a Leger day being absent. The Zetland Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. Winners extra. One mile and a half. 8 subs. Lord Stamford's Adrasta, Bst 3lb (N. Edwards) 1 Lord Fitzwilliam's B 1 e Stocking, Set 31b.. (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. H. Lowther's Zingaro, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Adrasta, and 3to 1 agst Zingaro. Zingaro made play, followed by the favourite and Blue Stocking in the order we have given them, to the Red House, when Adrasta went to the front. At the distance Zingaro was beaten, leav'ng the favourite and Blue Stock ing to finish the race home, the favourite winning in a canter by a length and a half. Zinger() finished a bad third. A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for two yr-cld colts, Bst 71b ; and Hie', Bst 41b. The owner of the second horse to receive 20 sous out of the stakes. 35 subs. T.Y C. Mr. Gordon's Johnny Armstrong, Bst 121 b (in. slb ex.) (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Zetland, Bst 121 b (in. slb ex.) (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. J. Jackson's Neptunus, Bst 121 b (in. 51b extra) (Bullock 3 Mr. Lincoln's Ross, Bst 7113. (L. Snowden) 4 Lord Z'tland's Piccador, Bst 71b (G. Fordham) 5 Lord Exeter's The Knight of St. Michael, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) 6 Baron Rothschild's Morocco, Bst 71b Mr. G. S. Thompson's Grio , ston, Bst 71b (Owner) 8 churchman, Bst 71b (Midgley) 9 Betting-7 to 2 each agst riccaaor Lulu Leuuna, oto I agst Johnny Armstrong, and 11 to 2 agst Neptunus. Atter one slight failure the lot were despatched from the post in close order, the first to show in advance being Ross in company with Piccador next the rails, and Neptunus, Zetland, and Knight of St. Michael lying up, Churchman, being last. In this way they ran to thebend, where Johnny Armstrong joined the front, and went on in waiting to the stand enclosure, where he joined Zetland, Neptunus, and Ross, the four finishing a close race home, Johnny Arm strong running the longest, winning cleverly by three parts of a length, a neck separating the s. cond, and third, and a head between the third and fourth. Piccador was fifth, Morocco next. Grimston and Churchman were the last two. The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds ; cults, 9st ; fillie and geldings, Bst 101 b; with optional selling weights. Half a mile. Mr. Nicholson's Miss Pen-ill, £4O, 73t 101 b (Challoner) 1 Captain Christie's Gazelle, £4O, 7st 101 b (Bottom) 2 Mr. Gilby's Jackal, £4O, Bst (Calvert) 3 The following also ran :—Giltnook, Hernani, May Queen, Widdington, Discretion, and Peahen. Betting:--2 tb 1 agst Discretion, 3to I agst Peahen, 7to 2 agst Gazelle, and 6 to 1 any other. An excellent start was effected at the first attempt. Dis cretion, on the outside, made the running, folowed by Gazelle next the rails, with Miss Pennill, Peahen, and Widdington lying in a cluster at their heels, in which way they ran so closely together that, as they neared the dis tance, it was impossible to assign them places, but on ap proaching the stand enclosure Discretion fell back, and Gaulle, in company with Miss Pennill, Jackal, and Pea hen, came ou together to the stand, where Miss Pennill headed Cal , t. Christie's filly, and won a good race by a neck ; a length between the second and third ; Peahen was fourth, Widdington fifth, Discretion sixth; May Queen and Hernani were the last two. The winner was sold to Mr. Bruce for 200 guineas. The Portland Plate of 200 sovs in specie, added to a handi cap stakes of 5 sovs each, for all ages. The owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes, and the e e h r r t i o st p ie ay s sous race i t i o fd t e h n e , 3 ra y c r e s fun ss d t. .. (RLersinHowoduesne Snowden) Copt.M w r. i W. Vn . King's Brahmin, 2 yrs, sst 71b (carried Sat 81b) (Hardcastle) 2 Lord Exeter's Knight of St. Patrick, 3 yrs, 7st• 131 b (Norman) 3 Mr. Owen's Brilliant, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (H. Taylor) 4 The following also ran :—Neophyte, Fravola, Benbow, Suburban, Horace, Eidolon, Tattoo, Lancelin, Longshot, Recluse, Pancake, Glen Stewart, Reverie, Camperdown, Lapidist„ Birthday, Biondella, Hadji Stavros, Hoodwink, Tommy Jones, Gorse, Humphrey, Marksman, Cantatrice, and Maggiore. Betting-5 to 1 agst Neophyte, 8 to 1 agst Glen Stewart, 10 to 1 eaoh agst Lady Clifden, Brilliant,, and Knight of St. Patrick, 100 to 8 each agst Recluse and Fravola, 100 to 6 agst Camperdown, 25 to 1 agst Humphrey, and 100 to 3 each agst Eidolon, Maggiore, Tattoo, and Tommy Jones. After some little time eneumedixt getting the large gold of horses to the post, the flag was lowered to an excellent start, the lot leaving the post in such compact order that it was with difficulty we could discern which was in possession of ;he lead, but on rounding the bend Lady Clifden with Fravola, Neophyte, Knight of St. Patrick, Glen Stewart, and Pancake were clearly seen in front, Captain Christie's filly having a slight lead, with the others lying in a cluster at their heels. On entering the straight Lady Clifden, with Fravola and Knight of St. Patrick, came on with a clear lead, Brilliant, Branham, Longshot, Suburban, and Pancake as their im mediate followers. At the distance Lady Clifden and Knight of St. Patrick singled themaelves out and came on together, the mare with a slight lead, but on reaching the stand Bramham ran up to Lord Exeter's colt, and shortly after took second place, but was unable to reach Lady Clifden, who won by a length; two lengths between the second and third. Brilliant was a bad fourth, Longshot fifth, Suburban sixth, Pancake seventh, and Gorse eighth. The others, widely spread, pulled up as they passed the post. The Cleveland Handicap of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the winner of the Leaming ton Stakes or Great Yorkshire Handicap to carry 71b, or both 101 b, of any other race 41b extra. One mile. 53 subs., 29 of whom declared. Mr. W. I'Anson's Caller Ou, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (in. 41b ex.) (Challone►) 1 Mr. Gilby's Flash in the Pan, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (J. Snowden) 2 Baron Rothschild's King of biamonds, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran:—Comforter, Mademoiselle de Chantilly, Sweetsance, Curlew, Billy Dwindles, and Rock Scorpion. Betting-2 to 1 agst Mademoiselle de Chantilly, 4to 1 agst Comforter, 5 to 1 agst Curlew, 100 to 15 agst Caller Ou, 12 to 1 agst King of Diamonds, 100 to 6 agst Flash in the Pan. Flash in the Pan, with Curlew, Comforter, and Sweet sauce led to the distance, with Mademoiselle de Chantilly and Caller Ou in their wake, when Caller Ou took up the running, and won easily by half a length; a neck between second and third ; Comforter a good fourth, Curlew fifth, Sweetsauce sixth. The Eglinton Stakes of 10 sovs each ; 5 ft with 100 added ; 2-yr-olds, 7st ; 3-yr-olds, Oat ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b ; the winner of a 2,000 sovs stake in 1860 or 1861 to carry 71b; of 1,000, 51b ; of 500, 31b extra; maidens having run twice allowed alb ; thrice, 51b ; four times, 71b. T.Y.C. 34 subs. Admiral Rous's Asteroid, 3 yrs, 9st (Wells) 1 Baron Niviere's Genealogie, 2 yrs. 6st 61b (Daley) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Zetland, 2 yrs, 7st (Challoner) 3 The following also ran :—lmperatrice, Lady Ripon, Bar ricade, The Pilot, The Knave, and Flytrap. Betting-2 to 1 agst Asteroid, 4to 1 agst Pilot, sto 1 agst Genealogie, 6 to 1 agst The Knave, 7 to 1 agst Impe ratrice, 10 to 1 agst Lady Ripon, 100 to 8 agst Barricade. Flytrap, with Genealogie, Barricade, and Asteroid, led to the straight, when the favourite went up, and with Gene alogie fin shed a good race home, winning by a length and a half ; bad third ; The Knave fourth, Imperatrice fifth, and Lady sixth. • The Scarborough Stakes of 20 sous each, 10 ft, for 3-yr olds ; colts, Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b; One mile. 10 subs. Lord Stamford's Tmaus, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 1 Lord Fitzwilliam's Conjuror, 3 yrs, Bst 21b....(Osborne) 2 Betting-2 to lon Tmaus. Won easily by a length, BETTING AT MIDNIGHT. THE DONCASTER CUP. Cto 4on The Wizard 3to 1 agst Kettledrum 6to 1 agst Avalanche (offered) CESAREWITCH. STAKES. 100 to 8 agst Aster,id 100 to 7 agt t Makeless filly CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 30 te 1 agst Confectioner 30 to 1 agst Sporting Life 33 to 1 agst The Roe 40 to 1 agst Invader A QUA TICS. GREAT BOAT RACE FOR £2OO. A great boat race for £lOO aside came off yesterday, and attracted a large number of spectators. The competitors were Geo. Everson and Geo. Hammerton, the former from Greenwich and the latter from Kingston, both being very celebrated. The distance was from Putney to Mortlake. No less than six steamboats accompanied the vessels. There was a great crowd on the banks of the river. Bet ting was no less than 2 to 1 on Hammerton (chiefly on account of his being a most finished sculler, the style of his opponent being a very bad one.) Shortly before 2 o'clock the men, trained to a nicety, made their appearance, Ham merton taking up the best position on the Surrey side. Mr. Charles Clifford, the inventor of the boat-lowering appa ratus, had been appointed referee by Bell's Life; and the umpires were Biffen, the boat-builder, for Everson, and Messenger for Hammerton. After a false start they were away in beautiful style; but Hammerton led immediately, owing to' Everson catching a crab. This, however, did not trouble him much, for in half-a-dozen strokes he was alongside again, and then commenced such a struggle as is only seen where two really good men are opposed. For 200 yards they rowed strictly level, and then a second time Hammerton led slightly, 131:t his opponent, a strong powerful man, his superior in stature by hur inches, and much heavier, was soon up with him again. At the end of half a mile Hammerton put en a fine spurt and drew a yard or two away, and this lead at times slightly de creased, and then was lengthened again. He held to be yond the Point, where Everson was once more level, but Hammerton, rowing in beautiful form, broke away again, and was upwards of half his length in advance at Cra ven-cottage. Between this point and the Crab-tree Everson gradually came abreast of his opponent, and now in his turn led, although another crab threatened seriously to interfere with his progress, but he drew in front again, and passed under Hammersmith-bridge a clear length ahead. From this spot to the winning post he gradually increased his lead, and, notwithstanding the magnificent rowing and plucky spurts of Hammerton, won the race easily by four lengths. THE REC.ENT FRA SAT.,4Si ON-PARE BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 19. At the Aston Police Station, near this town, to day, before a bench of magistrates, composed of the Rev. R. K. Bedford, rector of Sutton Coldfield, Messrs. J. 0. Bacchus i and Joseph Ledsam, the charges were gone into against the principal per sons alleged to have been implicated in a otsturb ance which took place at Aston-park on Monday von_= ug uu the ut,comion of Illondiu'is ascent. The circumstances attendant upon and the character of this affair having been much exaggerated, it may be well to state the charge preferred against the defendants. It was that of "resisting James Wil son, drill-master of the Birmingham police force, and the other officers under his command and orders on the 16th inst." The defendants were Chas. 13elton, upholsterer; William Ward, lamplighter ; James Jackson, brass founder; William Gwilliam, pumprnaker; John Hewitt, bricklayer ; William Daniels, gun-imple ment maker ; and Robert White, clerk, two or three of whom were defended. From the evidence of Wilson, the police-officer, it appeared that on Monday he was sent, with 11 men, to Aston, to preserve order. About half past 5 o'clock in the afternoon he received in formation that a number of persons who were assembled outside the park were endeavouring to gain admittance through the boundary of the grounds; in a short time, the crowd being great, a portion of the fence was broken down, and admission was obtained to a field contiguous to the land of the company. Wilson, assisted by two of his men, succeeded in driving the intruders back into the road, but immedißtely afterwards he and his party were obliged to beat a retreat; the crowd then proceeded to break down the fence, and by that means obtain admission to the grounds where the fete was taking place. The police force on duty being in this respect overpowered, an extra force was sent for from Birmingham, but . before it arrived the police on duty were assailed with stones, and a leg of one of the horses of the mounted police was fractured ; the mob also col lected the broken timber and made a bonfire in the road. Upon the arrival of the additional police the intruders were driven from the ground, and the defendants were captured. In the case of the defendant Belton, a youth, it was sworn to that he was seen throwing stones, and when taken he had stones in his hand. He was fined £5 and costs, or in default 14 days' hard labour. Jackson was discharged from insufficiency of evidence; and Daniels, who wai seen to throw stones at the police, was fined £lO and costs, or two months' impris onmen t. In the case of Hewitt the evidence was to the effect that he not only threw stones but that he was the person who threw one which struck a constable in the face by which he was knocked down : fined £lO. or two months' imprisonment. Ward was discharged upon recognisances, the evidence of identity being insufficient; White and Gwilliam were also discharged, it appearing that the latter had really been engaged in aiding the police. The hearing of these cases occupied five hours. 111. R. S. LAI2VG AND 2HE COTTON TRADE. Yesterday morning Mr. S. Laing, the Finance Minister of India, attended a meeting of the Man chester Chamber of Commerce, the Cotton Supply Association, arid the Manchester Cotton Cultiva tion Company, summoned for the purpose of com municating to the hon. gentleman their views and wishes relative to the promotion of commerce with our East Indian possessions, and especially with re gard to the supply of cotton for the manufactures of England. The meeting took place at Manchester, in the Mayor's parlour at the Town-hall, and was pre sided over by Mr. Curtis, ,the Mayor of the city. Among the gentlemen present were Mr. Bazley, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Sir E. Armitage, Mr, G. Wilson, Mr. J. Shuttleworth, Mr. W. R, Wood, Mr. H. Mason, Mr. J. Platt, Mr. J. Cheetham, Mr. B. Nicholls, Mr. M. Ross, Mr. E. Ashworth, Mr. T. Clegg, Mr. T. Mosley, Mr. M. Gladstone, and many other representatives of the three commercial bodies above named. The MAYOR having briefly introduced Mr. Laing, and directed attention to the objects of the con ference, Mr. Ross, Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce, rose to present an address from the Chamber, and was followed by Mr. J. CHEETHAM, who presented an address from the Cotton Supply Association. Mr. J. PLATT, of Oldham, presented an address from the Manchester Cotton Cultivation Company. All these gentlemen addressed the meeting at some length in reference to India, their remarks being mainly directed to the importance of improving the internal means of communication in India by the improvement of common roads, the means of water carriage, and the construction of railways. They also called attention to the still unsatisfactory state of the law in India with re ference to the land tenures. With regard to the supply of cotton from India, Mr. Cheetham directed attention to the importance of increasing the quality as well as the quantity, which was of the utmost importance if our dependence on America was to be avoided, and this could only - be done by facilitating the settlement of Europeans. and alter ing the land tenure of the country so that Euro peans could acquire the fee simple. The following is the address of the Chamber of Commerce : "To THE HON. SA➢IUEL LAING, &C. "Sir,—We, the members of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, in public meeting assembled, gladly avail our selves of the opportunity afforded us by your visit to our city to offer to you our sincere congratulations upon the re storation of your health, and to express to you the satisfac tion with which we have heard of your approaching return to Calcutta, in order to carry out the sound financial and commercial policy of which you have already proved your self so able an exponent. When you originally undertook the arduous duties of your important office we were well aware that you were making many sacrifices in proceeding to India to Encounter difficulties from which a public man, holding no mean position in England, might well have re coiled ; and the failure of your mission would have caused us less surprise than sorrow. But we have been spared any other feeling with respect to you than that of sincere re gret that sickness should have compelled you to relinquish your task before time had been afforded for its completion. " We have now for many years past been engaged from time to time in urging on her Majesty's Government the special requirements of India. We have pressed upon our rulers the policy —nay, the absolute necessity of opening up that great country by means of roads, canals, and other public works; and very recently, in furtherance of resolu tions adopted at a conference on Indian affairs, originally held here and then adjourned to London, pie endeavoured to show the material benefits that must ensue from the intro duction of certain changes in the administration and general policy of the Indian Government, under which our Eastern empire ought to be no longer a source of anxiety but of strength to the Crown of England. We have, therefore, witnessed with much satisfaction the progress now being made towards the realisation of the views which we enter tained. The reduction of our military expend ture, the proposed establishment of local legislative councils, the opening_ out of, roads, and other undertakings of a like character we regard as the commencement of a new era in the history of India. For the share you have had in intro ducing these promising measures we desire, Sir, to tender you our best thanks ; as also for the promptitude with which you reduced the import duty on cotton yarns from 10 to 5 per cent., and we earnestly trust that circumstances will shortly admit of your adopting a similar policy with regard to the heavy duties now levied on the imp2rt of our manu factures, with a view to the ultimate abolition of all such imposts. " We feel that it is wholly unnecessary to enter into any of the reasons which have convinced us of the impolicy of protective duties, your own recorded opinio.is affording the strongest testimony that the cause of free trade cannot have a more earnest and enlightened advocate than yourself. " India at the present moment occupies a large share of the attention of the educated and reflection portion of the community. The deplorable events which are taking place in America imperil the welfare of millions of industrious men, women, and children in these districts. The approach ing dearth of cotton would indeed be appalling, if we had not India to look to as another, perhaps the chief, source whence we may draw the needed supply of the raw material. Those among us who know India best are the most sanguine as to the advantages which England must derive from a more intimate connection between the two countries. We ask you, Sir, to aid us, with your high intelligence and sa gadity, in urging forward the adoption of measures by which alone such results can be secured ; and we make this request the more confidently, because we know that we are serving no mere selfish ends—because we know that India cannot bring prosperity to Great Britain without being hit.- self raised in intellectual and material wellbeing at the same time. " You will on your return to Calcutta probably find a body of our fellow -countrymen who have long been en gaged in the cultivation of indigo and other produce in a position of much difficulty and embarrassment. We ex press no opinion at the present on the circumstances which have led to this state of affairs, but the subject is alluded to simply to draw your attention to the necessity which we are convinced exists of amending the law of contract throughout the country, and to the policy of encouraging in every possible manner the employment of British capital, industry, and enterprise in India as the surest means of giving life and energy to the still latent powers of that mar vellous country, and of improving the moral and intellectual character of her people. " To these expressions of opinion we desire to add the assurance of our entire confidence in the devotion of your utmost energies to the arduous task which you have under. taken, and it is our earnest hope that the issue of your labours may be honourable alike to yourself and conducive to the interests of our common country. (Signed on behalf of the Manchester Chamber of Com merce.) The following is the address of the Cotton Supply Association : " Sir,—The members of the Cotton Supply Association offer their sincere congratulations on your restoration to health, and the prospect of your speedy return to India to resume the duties of your high and important office in the government of that country. They trust you may long be spared in the enjoyment of your accustomed mental and bodily vigour, aed be enabled to carry into more complete fruition those sound economical principles which have hitherto distinguished your financial policy. " The association cannot in duty neglect this opportunity of laying before you their deliberate opinion that there are serious obstacles to an extended commerce between India and this country which it is within the power of an en lightened and vigorous Government to remove. Their claim on your attention in connection with this subject arises from the fact that India has, among her other undeveloped sources of wealth, the proved capacity of furnishing in un limited quantity, and of approved quality, the raw material of our cotton manufactures. The entire cessation of Ame rican supplies, and the uncertain prospect of their resump tion, invest this fact with tremendous importance. " They rejoice to observe that one main obstacle to the material prosperity of India is practically engaging the at tention of the Government. The lamentable deficiency of intern al communication, of which the association have so long complained, is being partially remecied. They have noted with satisfaction the steady progress of railway works, the active efforts which have followed the late minute of the Governor-General directing the improvement of cart an i bullock tracks in the interior, the promised opening of the Godavery navigation, and the sanction by the Govern ment of part of an important road scheme, which, carried out in its integrity, would place the vast cotton resources of Barer and Dharwar at the disposal of the country. In these projects they see evidence of a disposition on the part of the present Government to atone in some measure for the ne glect of their predecessors. They would urge a still more liberal provision in future budgets for such purposes. The association have recently had the honour of expressing in detail to the Governor •General their views on the evils of the present system of land tenure, and the importance of gone equitable law for enforcing contracts between the ca- _ ~, -~- ~~ PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. pitalist and the cultivator. They regret to say that on these subjects, so momentous to the interests of India, they have received no satisfactory assurances of immediate reform. In connection with the question of tenure there is one point on which they desire to offer a few remarks. The associa tion is informed that about one-third of the soil of India may be classed under the head of waste lands, and so little of this vast tract has ever been offered to the public in fee• simple that no sufficient inducement has been offered to the British capitalist to embark in agricultural pursuits. They are furtherinformed on unimpeachable testimony, that aeon siderable part of this waste land is immediately available for cotton cultivation, and they submit that by selling that at its own disposal in fee-simple the GOvernment would, while deriving a large accession of revenue, offer a material inducement to the employment of European energy and capital in the country. They confess their great surprise that a course attended with such obvious advent ges, and which was distinctly recommended in 1858 by Lord Stanley, the then Secretary of State for India, should not have been long since adopted. In cases where private rights intervene the influence of the Government might readily bring about a sale on terms which would insure a speedy reclamation of the land from its present unproductiveness. " These are briefly the points on which the association solicit your services. They have only, in conclusion, to as sure you that in the fulfilment of your arduous and impor tant mission, and especially in promoting any measures for extending the cultivation ,of Indian cotton, you may fully rely on the active support of the Cotton Supply Association. " Signed on behalf of the Association, " JOHN CHEETHAM, President. EDMUND ASHURST, Vice-President. S. 0. SUTTON, Interim Secretary." Mr. FERGUSSON called attention to the prohibi tory duties at present levied upon cotton cloths ex ported to India, which he calculated, with the charges for freight, insurance, &c., amounted to a protection in favour of natives equal to 30 per cent. He knew this was a delicate question in the finan cial difficulties besetting the Indian Government. He contended that the people of this country ought not to be taxed to this extent for the support of a dependency. He estimated the loss of British mer chants through the measure of Mr. Laing's prede cessors at a million and a half sterling. There was a class of orders from native merchants called " in dents," which he was told had fallen off since the duty was raised to the extent of 75 per cent. Mr. LAING, who was warmly cheered on rising, returned his most sincere thanks for the kind man. ner in which he had been personally referred to. As he thought nothing could be in worse taste than for a public man to have the appearance of blowing his own trumpet, and as, moreover, the arduous task in which he was engaged was not yet fully ac complished, he preferred as speedily as might be to pass on to those more general topics on which he was expected to address them. Of course, it would be borne in mind that he was only one member of a Government sitting at Calcutta, 10,000 miles distant, and he could not, therefore, be understood as committing the Government, either at home or in India, by anything he might say. He was placed in the alternative of speaking with a great deal of official reserve, or, if he spoke frankly, as he should wish to do, and as he believed would be most acceptable—(cheers)—it must be taken merely as an expression of his own sentiments whatever they might be worth. He most heartily agreed in what had been said of the great duties and resporsibilities resting on the Government and people of England with regard to India. He briefly recounted the wonderful progress of our dominion in that country, till it had expanded from the Black hole of Calcutta into an empire bounded only by the Himalayas and the ocean, and to the consequent necessity of suppressing the mutiny of that army of our own creation by means of which we had conquered India. That danger was hap pily overcome, and there seemed but one obstacle left before the era of warfare in India should ter minate, and the era of peaceful progress begin in earnest. That obstacle was the financial crisis. For years and years a deficit had gone on accumulat ing, until at last it became a question, almost from month to month, whether the Government could continue to pay its way. This was an ob stacle to further improvement, and, perhaps, the main reason why many of those useful re forms which had been urged to-day had been suspended or hindered. When he arrived in India, hardly nine months ago, nothing could well be more g!comy than the financial prospect. In the three preceding years some 38 millions had been added to the national debt, and an official cir cular had just b,?.en issued admitting a deficit for the current year of over six millions. The very gravity of the danger, perhaps, proved the means of extri cating the Government from this position, because through it they were enabled to carry out some very large measures of reduction which were sure to encounter much opposition and difficulty. The French saying, " Aide-toi, et le Ciel t'aidera," was never better exemplified than in this case. The moment the Government applied themselves in earnest to the work of reduction the tile seemed to turn, and they had a complete run of luck. The rains fell in the very nick of time, so that the famine which had threatened to be so overwhelming was confined within the limits that were not so very important financially, though of course it was pto ductive of much individual suffering. The price of opium ran up to an unprecedented height, and other sources of revenue turned out more produc tive than had been anticipated. The result was that in April he was enabled to present a budget in which the deficit (previously only reduced to about five millions by taking into account the proceeds of income-tax and the other new taxes imposed by Mr. Wilson) was met and an additional expendi tuie of X 500,000 on roads and communications was provided for by, in round numbers, about three and and a half to four millions of reduction in expendi ture, and a million and a half in almost impercep tible additions to indirect taxation. It would indeed be too much to assume that all the estimates of the budget would be completely realised, and that the financial crisis was completely at an end. In a coun- try where many of the sources of the revenue was so extremely speculative, like opium, where such very important changes were being carried out, where, above all, the system of budget and esti- mates was completely new, and the financial ma chinery had to be made to his hand, so to speak, by a finance minister who was himself new to the country and to his work, it would be absurd to say that there was not a wide margin of uncer tainty. At the same time, he should mislead this meeting if he did not state that he felt the greatest possible confidence that the crisis was so far sur mounted as no longer to be seriously formidable, or stand in the way of other measures of improvement. (sear.) It was mainly with a view to realise his Own estimates that he was going back to India, at some amount of inconvenience perhaps, for a short time. (Cheers.) He should not wish the meeting to run away with the idea that all Indian estimates were quite delusive, and that Indian finance was wrapped in impenetrable mystery. There was one simple test by which we could always tell pretty cer tainly how they were going on. This was the state of the cash balances in India. As they had no loans open, and every penny borrowed in England was ap plied to the construction of railways, and he did not pretend to have discovered the philosopher's stone, it stood to reason that if they spent at a greater rate than they received, the balance at their banker's must run down, and vice versa. Now, since the reductions were commenced in earnest at the begin ning of the year, the cash balances in India had in creased by more than £3,000,000. He did not mean that there was an actual surplus of £3,000,000 in six months, because temporary exceptional circum stances would account for a good deal of it; - but he referred to this with considerable confidence as proving that, on the whole, they could not be far off from a substantial equilibrium. The greater outlay on communications which was desired, and the re- duction of tariff on imports, all depended on finan cial improvement. It was in further economy and reductions we must seek the means of meeting those necessary demands, for he thought we had nearly reached the limit of taxation in India. He would mention, as another reason for confidence, that an , ZZ ) era of peace . was being at last entered on. Until recently there could not have been, one year with another, less than from 500,000 to 1,000,000 armed men in India, or men subsisting by the profession of arms. As - things were now ar ranged there would not be more than► 120,000 or 150,000 natives holding arms in their hands, and whose object in living was rapine and slaughter. Although he was not an advocate of peace at any price, and thought the Volunteers had a right impulse, he conceived this must necessarily make in the course of a short time • a great differ ence in the habits of the rising generation ; and ad ding to this the great rise in wages; and 'consequent increasing habit of steady industry, it must tell in diminishing the tendency to manufacture wars. The army of 75,000 Europeans was a solid element of strength, in the face of which it seemed utterly im possible there should be any serious attempt at com motion, half that number having sufficed to put clown a mutiny under every possible disadvantage. He entirely agreed in the broad principle that h been laid down, that the improved state of things in India which we all desired was chiefly d ependant on the infusion of European enterprise and capital into that country. (Hear, hear.) In the first place, of course, was counted what might be called generally good government. One thing which lay very much at the root of the whole matter was, whether the Government of India should continue to be conducted in England, or be conducted in India. As surely as we lost the United States of America, by attempting to govern them in England, and nearly lost Canada by the same process, and while we turned Canada, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope into loyal and prosperous colonies by simply letting the local government be conducted in those colonies, instead of attempting to keep them in lead ing -strings from Downing-slreet,so the like results would follow from like causes in India. (Cheers.) He thought the measures recently adopted in ►iving Legislative Councils for the different Presidencies was a step in the right direction. Although there might be a certain amount of discussion in a country like India, on the whole there was more to be gained by it than would be lost. Therefore, with the amount of free institutions we had in India--with a free press, liberty of 'discussion, and these local councils, as an authorised expression of public opin ion,—if we left India a good deal to itself, and did not attempt to govern it too much in detail from this country, he saw reason to hope we should make things right, and that habits of self-government would gradually spring up. As to the proposed specific measures for the extension of commerce, he agreed in the opinion that the question of communications was at the root of the whole matter. The railways would not only be important politi cally, because, though water carriage might be a cheaper mode of transport for cotton or bulky com modities, yet it was equally true that in many cases there was no water carriage available, and in still more cases the railroad, if it was not the route for coming down to the sea, must be the route for Eu ropeans to go up to look after the growth of cotton in the interior. He did not think there was much to be said against the Indian Government on the score of railways at present, though it was perfectly true that a good many years ago the East India Company did discourage their formation. It was rather a question, perhaps, whether too much had not been done, or whether it had not been done too expensively. Under the guarantee system, perhaps, a good deal had been wasted. However, in two years from this time we should have a very com plete system of railway communication throughout India. Water communications were in many re spects preferable, but most Indian streams were not so much rivers as gigantic mountain torrents, which in the dry season were reduced to mere threads of water winding in devious and impracticable chan nels. The most promising, no doubt, was the Goda very. He was sanguine that something might be done there to enable native boats and barges with a supply of cotton to get down, but whether the river would be rendered navigable for steamers going up depended on the engineers, not upon the Govern men t. The Indian Government were fully sensible of the importance of communications of that sort. Be fore despatches reached them from home they ha provided in the last budget for the outlay on th. Godavery on all those portions which had been su veyed and reduced to anything like a defitiaL estimate, and, although the financial crisis was not absolutely surmounted, something like £500,000 more had been devoted this year than last to that and similar works, consisting mainly of roads and communications in the cotton districts. He believed the greatest outlay that could now be made profitably was in common roads, so as to enable the bullock-cart, the universal conveyance of India, to carry produce as cheaply as possible, either to the nearest railway station or to the!. nearest shipping port; and it was very much with a view to accelerate the construction of these works that he had been anxious to introduce the system of 'local budgets, by which different localities might supplement the Government grants by local rates or taxation. The question of tenure of land and the question of the law of contracts were of about equal importance, or perhaps the latter was the more important. Relative to the immediate supply of cotton—the question of getting cotton next year, a good deal depended on European capitalists being in a position to make advances to the native growers. It was for the true benefit of the natives themselves that the law of contracts should be stringent. (Hear, hear.) The chief difficulty in getting speedy results in India from a fee simple tenure by Europeans was the distance of the weste lands from the population. Ceylon and the Mau- ritius were more favourably situated in this respect for the supply of coolies. Wherever there were efforts of enterprising Europeans in India it was the desire as well as the duty of the Government to encourage them ; in the Bengal P res id enc y a great deal had been already effected as to the land settlement, but they could not pass exceptional or special laws, inconsistent with equal rights and justice to the natives. After some further observa tions Mr. Laing sat down amid loud applause. A vote of thanks was given to the hon. gentle man on the motion of Mr. BAZLEY, THE DRAWBACK oN PAFER.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer has refused the request contained in the memorial on behalf of the letterpress printers, publishers, lithographers, and copperplate printers, to be allowed draw back on their stocks of papor, on the ground that the Act of Parliament was passed after much deliberation, and its terms were during two Sessions known to the public, and that the Act gives no authority to her Majesty's Govern ment enabling them to pay drawback to the trades in ques tion. At the same time he is not able to subscribe to the propriety of the claim itself which, if granted, would pro duce a number of other claims, which it would be difficult to refuse and exceptionahe to concede. A Boy' MURDERER.—An inquest was held at Westholme Bank-house, Maywood, near Barnardcastle, on Wednesday, touching the death of Ann Middleton, 38 years of age, housekeeper to Mr. Wm. Gibson, farmer. She was shot dead on Sunday afternoon by a boy in the service of Mr. Gibson named Little, only 12 years old, and the evi deuce went to show that his master had left his gun loaded hanging upon some crooks in the kitchen. The deceased and the boy were left by t'aemselves in the house, and the former had complained in the morning to her master of the lad having used abusive language to her. A man named Kidd called at the house about 2 o'clock and found the housekeeper and the lad in the yard. The lad had a gun in his hand, and the deceased said, " You had better make him take the gun in," and Kidd told the boy to do so. The boy was then playing with the hammer, made no reply, but laughed, and lifting the gun to his shoulder pointed it at Kidd, pulled the trigger, and the hammer went down, but as there was no snap Kidd thought there was no cap on it. Kidd sprang forward to seize him, but he stepped out of his reach, whereupon Kidd said, " You young villain, if you do not take the gun in I will break your back." Kidd then engaged in conversation with the deceased, and was just turning away when the boy put the gun to his shoulder again and shot at the deceased. The gun went off, and the shot struck her on the right arm and side. The lad said, " Oh, Ann, has it struck you r and then made off. Kid d Billowed after him and brought him back. The deceased was lying on the ground bleeding, and Kidd sent the boy for assistance. The lad never came back, and he was last seen g h it is supposed, towards Ll TT exham in Northumberland, where ,where ho was mice before, his guardians , an u ncle and aunt, living at Piercebridge, by ' unknown to w hom he has been brought up. T h ic oh, William, he has shot me to the heart," and died soon after. Mr. Gibson stat e d th at tion in the house, but ' he had some loose ammuni tion could not say whether it had been dis turbed in his absence. The inquiry was adjourned to allow of the fugitive's capture I \i'