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G., Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-hill. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v .rions Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, will be gives during the Christmas Holidays, in the Polyrraphlc-hall. King William-street. Charing-cross. Opening Night, FRIDAY, Dec. 26th. First MORNING PERFORMANCE on SATURDAY, Dec. 27, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured without extra charge, at the Box-office. Ihe Polygraphic Hall 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 London and ite environs into ten 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 Western 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 : _ _ JAMES THOMPSON, ESq , 500, High Holborn, W. C, Or, when the letter is from the country, thus : •• • Jewas THOMPSON, Esq., 500, High Holborn, London, Among other means of inducing this practice, it is Bug ge,slied that, when convenient, e a c h r e s id en t o f the Western District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to his own address inside his letters when writing to his corre spondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in 'isi zeta, he should give the name of the district, or the initials, in the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or placards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear kis 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 environs, or at any head post-office in provincial towns, at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, drc. will be kept for referenee. The British Postal Guide, which can be procured (price 6d.) at any head post-office, will hereafter contain a similar street list showing the district initials : and like information, the Postmaster General is a ssure d , w ill b e ~:;,igies,o In the London Post Office Directory for thy year 1857 • in the part headed " Street Direeterfr..tki-sAA-. , The following additional information may prove useful : TABLE OF DISTRICTS. Names. Eastern Central District Western Central District ' Northern District North Eastern District Eastern District . South Eastern District S. E. Southern District South Western District.. Western District North Western District Initials. E. C. W. C. N. E. S. W. N. W. If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart scent will be able to assort with facility and correctness the country letters, according to their resp ec ti ve di s t r i c t s , b e f ore they reach London in the morning. By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third, of such letters are already so assorted with as much correct. mess as circumstances allow—a change which has greatly ex pedited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous assortment, with full facility for correctness, can be extended to all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now in progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit Ufa further and important acceleration of the morning deli very throughout London. By command of the Postmaster-General. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec., 1856. THE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). Capital One Million, in 100,000 Shares of 101. each, deposit 21. per Share on Allotment. TRUSTEES. Kis Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. H. S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane. T. M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England. DIRECTORS. Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. Lieut.-Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay. Baron Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris. William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Boner and Co.), Old Broad-street. J. Fortescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde , park. Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. Awe oas—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). BANKERS, Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn , In London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane. Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street. In Mons !Messrs. Guillochin Sons, and Co. In Felix Messrs. Charl es LE:ffitte and Ce. SOLICITORS. Mesa% AlliorV. Travers, and Smith, London. Monsieur Dolez, Avocet, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Secarraar—T. R. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street. The object of this Company is to develope the resources of certain collieries, situated in the most central and best portiOn Of the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They comprise two distinct sections, of which part is already in full working operation, and the remainder consists of conces miens front the Belgian Government, granted on condition that the coal shall be worked. The unworked concession, known as " Bonne Tictoire," situated at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called " Mons Nimy" and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres; 156 well-ascertained coal seams run through their whole extent. The collieries in full work are five, viz., " Bonne Veine," " Bonne Esperance," " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile," and " Midi du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres, with the right of working sixty-two seams of coal. It is cal culated that their produce could be largely increased, within four years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Relied.) The plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and substantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power of 939 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum net profit of 40,000/- per annum (see Report), and it is agreed that a preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the capital now to be raised shall be the first charge on these returns. The confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries in the success of their new undertaking is further shown by their agreeing to accept in part payment of their property ,20,000 shares (representing 200,0001) denominated B shares, which, though considered as paid up, are only to receive di vidends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares offered to the public. The remainder of the purchase money, consisting of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, out of the first funds of the Company, at any time within two years from the incorporation of the Company. Two-thirds of the above 2%000 shares will be annulled should the new concessions, contrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal ef a good corn , lee / vial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question ' will not be handed over to the sellers until such produce be realised. The coal is generally of a semi -bituminous quality. It is loaded at the several pit-mouths into the waggons ef the Northern Railway of Fra nce for convey ance t o Paris and the ' towns and ilaiufactor ies along the line, at which there is a treat demand, and also into those of the Haut et Bas Flenu Railway (which traverses the collieries of the district, and connects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel ' slum) for the supply of the towns and the extensive manufac turing districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the coal, however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on the banks of which there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded. The existing facilities for transit will be further extended by the railway now in construction between Mona, Haumont, and Maubouge. The constant demand by railways, iron "works,. gas-wwks, and for other manufacturing and house hold purposes, is more than sufficient to absorb, at all times, the utmost, produce of the collieries. At the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the present state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, was pprepared by the eminent F renc h Ci v il Engineer, Mr. F. N . Dudet, which report has b een con fi rme d by Mr. H. Gain, a 14)011 mining engineer of great exrience, Subsequently M r . Charles Manby, C.E., was depu ted to verify the statements bade. A majority of the Directors have also lately made a personal visit to the collieries, and having taken every means to satisfy themselves of the soundness of the undertaking, and the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi led in inviting the investment of capital in the Association. The capital ef the Comps is divided into 100,000 shares of 101. each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz., A Preferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will be 2 1. per share, and the first call of 21. per share will be due on the Ist June, 1857. The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend on their B shares till 6 per cent. shall have been paid on all P e A sh ares, thus in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre ervntial dividend to the amount of 6 per cent. ; and in the event of the winding paid on the h a res up of the Company's affairs, the amount an y p ayme : il r raa re a s e on will be repaid to their holders before Dividends win In London, Mons, paid half -yea yrl at the Company's bankers au Paris, upon whatever amount may be paid up on the several shares, m administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is carnfully provided for. The various reports alluded to in this printed, and may be obtai ned on application at the Com pany's office, as also a chart, showing the position of the collieries and the new concessions. Applications for shares must be accompanied by the bank ers' receipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share applied for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such shares applied for as may not be allotted. Forms of application may be obtained at the brokers' ; and at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate-street. Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one of the Bankers of the Company, one pound (it.) per Share on the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the deposit of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be Liven. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the whole number applied for, the amount paid hi will be appro priated towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those allotted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the Loney lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free of charge. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid into the hands of Meosrs. • . - , .....,, ...., _ , the Bankers of the Company, £ to your credit, I request that you will allot me preferential A shares of IA each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept such shares 3, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the remaining deposit, to execute the articles of asso ciation or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all other respects to conform to the provisions of the Joint Steck Companies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform any of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now Paid by nee to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the alletraent• I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Profession or occupation. Date, Residence in full .. Place of badness, if oay IC's (Nu. 20,126.) LONDON an, LAND RAILI MT and SECOND the Euston Station, LI Lincoln Collingham Newark Fiskerton Thurgarton lowdham by all trains on WEDNESDAT, De , . 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. General Manager's Office, Euston a tation, December, ISM. td NORTH-WESTERN and MID WAYS.—C RIZIiTIVIAS HOLIDAYS. 7LASS DAY TICKETS will be issued from )NDON, to— Nottingham I Normenton Derby Oakenshaw York Doncaster Bradford I Sheffield, and Leeds Masboro' L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL. WAY.—CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS issued on WEDNESDAY, Dee. 24, and interven , ing days, will be available until MONDAY, Dee. 29. By order. M lIITISH. General Manage 's Office, E us t on Stat i on, Decemb AßK er, 1856. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES of 101. 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, free of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all the principal cities and towns in Europe. City Office, Lothbury. Westmiaster Branch, I , St. James's-square. Bloomsbury Branch, 214, High Holborn. Southwark Branch, 3, Wellington-street, Borough. Eastern Branch, 87, High-street, %Vhitechapel. Marylebone Branch, 4, Stratf , rd-place, Oxtbrd-street. Temple-bar Branch, 217, Strand. The rate of Interest allowed on deposits of 501/. and upwards, at the Bank or any of Its Branches. is now FIVE per cent. J. IV. GILI3AILT, General Manager. L Oil DON JOINT STOCK BANK. 18TH DECEMBER, 1856. NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN, That the next GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this COMPANY will be held in t h e 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 Goidoey, Esq., William Miller . Christy, Esq., William Orin,by Gore, Esq., 81.1'., Thomas Tilson, Esq., and Henry Grace, Esq., who will on that day go out of office, in conformity with the provision 3 in the Deed of Settlement; all of whom offer themselves for re-elecl ion Notice is &so given, that the Transfer Books of the Bank will be closed on Wednesday, the 31st inst., Mid remain so until Friday, the 16th January next. By order of the Board. JNO. WAR DROPE, Secretary. COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, Lottbury, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Subscribed Capital, 1,500,0001. Paid•up Capital, 300,0001. Guarantee Fund, 71,0001. DIRECTORS. MARK HUNTER, Esq., Chairman. JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Charles Butler. Esq. Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Edwa• d bttillingflcet 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. Accounts 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 t•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 or country and foreign banks undertaken on such terms as may be agreed upon. Purchases and soles 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-hoses or other gratuities are allowed to be taken by the officers of the Bank. A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. NI ETROPOLITAN SO No. 3, Prim LIFE ASSURANCE ETY. -street, Bank. Thos. A. Bnshby, Esq., Li'rerpool. William J. Leacher, Esq. Peter Cator, Esq. 'ames Lloyd, Esq., Birmingham, James Dawson, Esq. Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Chatsworth, Richard Fry, Esq. George Pearce, Esq. Robert Grant, Esq. Henry Stint, Esq. Wm. Grant, Esq., Portsmouth. .1". Ingram Traders, Esq. Sir Benjamin Elawes, 1i.C.8. Joseph Uuderwood. Esq. Frazer B. Renshaw, Esq. George Vaughan, Esq. John Laurence, Esq. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due on the sth of January next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the 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 of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth or 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 700,0001. The annual premiums on existing policies are upwards of 100,0001. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Bank, December 4, 1856. ARUYLL ROOMS.—LAITRE.NT'S Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan gowns are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Roulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the , ecess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis ion One Shilling. FIR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen nly) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models sod preparations, illastrsting every part of the human frame in lealth and disease, the race of men, Ste. 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. KANN, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission. One Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). GENERAL TOM THUMB I the Am er i can Man in Miniature, will hold THREE LEVEES each day, for a short time only, at the REGENT GALLERY , Quadrant, Regent street, commencing on BOXING-DAY, 26th Dec. He will appear in a great variety of NEW CHARACTERS and COSTUMES, SONGS, DANCES, GRECIAN STATUES, &c., &c. His MINI 4.TURE CHARIOT and PONIES, with ELFIN COACHMAN 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 and the Royal Family, at Buckingham Palace. Hours of Exhibition—from II till 1 ; 3 till 5 ; and 7 till 10 o'clock. Admission Is., without regard to age. Reserved Stalls, 2s. ; Children, Is. 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 especia attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season thatl ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, For creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair ; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, For rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming ; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, For Imnarting a pearl-like whiteness to the teeth, are called into in creased requisition, to the attainment of those personal advantages R ' so universally snught for and admired. thenenwa Beware of spurious imit a ti ons ! ! th e on l y genu i ne o f eac h b ears or label the . a byo w a l a . nd s ' Rowland aprecedingd Sons,that o 2 f o t He attHatton-garden, article n g o a r n d t e h n e , w Lo r n ap do p n er , and by Chemist& and Perfumers. COOKS'S CEL EBRATED 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 llsh and sauces. J. and C.:Cocks, Reading, sole Manufacturers. 2l 2° MILNER'S lIOLDFAST and FlRE with all RESl mprovemeSTlNG SAFE s S (non- conducting and vapourising), the int, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840 - 5 144 and 1455, in c l u di ng their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (witho u t w hi ch no Safe is secure). TILE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CGEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PRCENIX (2120) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, STREET, erpoolirculars nee L DI N DEPOT, 475, OORGATE by post. -s E tr T ee , , City.o IMPORTANT TO EVERY COW MAN WHO REEFS A. MORSE, , SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR. CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST zvaß VET INTRODUCED I at t Sol he d In Cases Half-ee of Three cont taU ne. ncaining 44a Packages —ea c h P ackage One Feed, cost en each, equal to Hs, per case. Carriage Nonellwarsegeonuin without my signat ure N JEPII TIIORLEY, the Inv en t or, 115 , High-street, H a ll . paid to any ra Post-oftlee Orders must be made payable as above. NEW ♦ND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. 'atent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'E co l e de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medi c in e, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared ht the form of a lozenge, levoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. old in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpcau, Lallemand , Roux,Word, Sic., &c. riIItIESEMAR bto. 1 is a Remedy f or RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRIREA, and all tan distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. 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To cases in one for 335„ which saves . lls., and in I/. cases, whereby there be had wholesale and retail in Lond on, of Oxford-street. by and Gordon, 140, Le adenhall-stre(?t ; Prout, 229, St rand; LI V and Co., 63, 0.1,0 rd-street ; Sanger, 10, HU MAN FRAILTY • a Popular Medical work, price le., post free, bea utifullYillastrated with 100 engrayings, and containing the opinions of Valpcau, Lallcmand, lions, Rico d, tic. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the beoeflts arising f rom the c h em i ca l t e sts and examination of the spermatoza, by th e author ' s newly-cons t ruc t e d microscope, with powerful lenses,—Piper and Co., 23, Paternooter.! row; al2d ttOUI All agent s for the sale of"Trlesemar.! LoNE) sATUEDAY EVENING DECEMBER 2b, 856. PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL BY CAPT. KNIGIIT. Just ready, in 3 vols., post Svo., T HE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER. A Novel. By Cant. BROOK J. KNIGHT. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13 Great Marlborough-street. VALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Cheap Edition, with Portraits of every Queen, complete in 8 vole. price 7s. g IVES of the QUEENS und of ENGLAND By AGNE-; STRICKL AND. _ _ _ " A valuah'e contriliution to historical knowledge. It contatns a miss of every kind of historical matter of interest whit') industry and research could collect. We have derived much instruction and entertainment from the work."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett,•Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., 6.,7 1 TRI CTURE OF THE URETHRA. PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHR k, 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, M.R.C.S.E. " We know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe stricture." —Medical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Pi‘OGIiES3 OF THE UNITED STATES, LIVERPOOL, DEO. 18. From the report if the Secretary of tae 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, 1856—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 inert ase the revenue dur ing the past 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 correeponding period of the past year. The estimated receipt.: 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 t r 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 eas 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 for their cotton and tobacco, with the abundance of money in the country, increased by the payment 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 5326,9645918, andthe imports $314,639,942, being an excess in favour of the former of $12,325,066. The continued increase of the population, and of 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 revenue from Customs. 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 7,000,000 dels. 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 dols.— was deemed all-suffi cient for 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, flaying biit little exceeded 48,000,000 dols. The Secretary considered that free trade, if expedient, should be approached gradually. Upon this subject he reports that, pari passu 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 producticins of each State, in exchange for the prolate. dons 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 Imo ifficatton and reduction now called for they should make t as equal and jut as possible to their own people, and cake 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 tuction 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 manufacture 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 del. of wool for manufacturers, who pay a duty of 30 per cent. upon it ; and they imported 23,297,334 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. Tnieswas 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 distinct business. Nearly all that was done was in private farnilie , 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 483,278,215 dole. ; and in 1850 they were re turned in the census of that year at 1,055,595,899 dole. The ratio of increase made their manufactures for 1855 1,391,031,293 dole. In the same year, 1790, their plan tors raised no cotton for exportation ; but at present, after manufacturing the coarse cotton goods for the en tire population, they exported 7,000,000 dols. worth annually to foreign coun ries. Their manufacture of cotton in 1840 was 46,350,453 dole.; in 1850 61,869,184 dols. ; and the same ratio of increase in 1855 would give 70,974,712 dole. In iron and steel, taking the same ratio of produc tion from 1350 to 1855 as was taken from the censuses of 1840 and 1850, the production and manufacture was estimated at 73,406,538 dole., to which must be aided 23,945,274 dole for the amount of the imports of iron and steel, and manufactures of iron and etee , for the year 1855, first deducting the export of tho,e articles, and there was iron and steel, and th,e 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 eqeectations 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 bides. Thu manufac 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, and 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 on the increase. The manufactured article is, therefore, to continue to be subject to an import duty; the imports t on 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 some will, con siderably reduce the sail tonnai.• used in commerce, and o t h a a t i t o c o h a e o a p a e d r v c a a o p t i e t a a e l i o n v e G r r t e h a e t üBo ited s w t l , l t give to e te tb a a m t tonnage and the carrying trade of their own and other countries, and they attribute the reduction of their ton nage to that cause. Tale may be so, to some extent, but no continued reduction of their commercial tonnage was apprehended ; nor was it apprehended then 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 trade and the trade of other nations. 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, shoal', by like mutual agreement, be taken off, and port charges equalised. The amount of their agricultural and manufacturing production for theyearlBss is estimated at 2,602,363,92 4 dols. ; and 15 per cent. deducted as the estimated amount of the foreign trade leaves a balance of 1,352,009,33 6 dole, as the amount of the:r internal trade. The effect of reciprocal free trade with the British North American provinces exhibits itself to a wonderful extent, and ought certainly to urge on those Governments who 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 dole. and their admission of the raw material are suggested imports f from Ame r t i h e a e o m p t r o o d 7 0 , 0 5 e 50 t , 0 71 8 8 a i d d o p i s r . 0 , v o n e l e B B s a 6 m t o h o e n teexd dole., and their imports from them to ports o 1 697 d015. The enlargement of the free list to snl ,d 2 3 2 ltt , hoh 7 e, ti d and other products, and of cultivating amity and e d a s e f d r l4 i 4 e 2 a ,be d s s t h beneficial ansurest mode of giving increased w i m th ark t e h ts for eut t h h e e ru ir m n an ei n g f h a b ct o u ur re p s , beneficial employment to their tonnage and in- and also the beat 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 rutations t of peace and friendship, and remove from their minds all apprehension from their expansion. They should :mete 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 p,wer to act upon the charters granted by the States to the b nis which represented commercial agencies to the amount of $344,000,000 of capital, and maintained a circulation of nearly $200,000,000 of bank notes, 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 circulation is promised by the withdrawal of the notes of smaller denominations, the amount of which undor $5 is set down at $50,000,000. It is stated that it these etuatl.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 th e b an k s an d up o n 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 fur 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 favouraAe result. This day, Bvo , 165., k-7 TATE PAPERS and CORRESPONDENCE, Illustrative of the Political and Social State of Europe, frem the Revolution to the Accession of the House of Ilanoyer. Edited, 'th Historical Introduction, Memoirs and Notes, by J. M. liE'.IIBLE, London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. OUTLEDGE'S SHAKESPEARE. Part It, l'rice One Shilling, will be ready on the 23d December. It comprises " LOVE'S LABOUIt'S LOST," with 19 Illustrations by Joins' GILBERT, including a full page Frontispiece. NOTICE. Fncouraged by the great success that has attended the Publication of the First Part of Routledge's Shakespeare, the Pub• Hikers have determined to give a full page Frontispiece to each Play ; one for the " Two Gentlemen of Verona" has also been prepared, and will he given in the Third Number of the Work, to be ready on the Ist February. London : George 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 ThVENTION OF THE IJIINIE RIFLE. The enclosed communication from Lord Partmure is respectfully submitted to the Editor of The Sun for publication. I am, Sir, you rs respect f u ll y, WILLIAM GREENER. Aston New Town, Birmingham, Dec. 18. " War Department, Dec. 17. " Sir,—Adyerting to your memorial, dated the 19th of June last, and to the correspondence which has taken place relative to your claim for remuneration in respect to your ha . ving 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 f'anmure 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 p u bli c recogn iti on o f your priority in bringing this invention before the War Department. "I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " To Mr. William Greener, "Aston New Town, Birmingham." "F. PEEL. "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 1836. Mr. Greener states that it was an oval 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. ," 'lt does not appear that in 1836, or again in 1842 (when 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, 1841 (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.) At a special adjourned meeting of European magis trates, held iu the Conference-room, Paris, Alexander Romanoff, aged 3g, was placed at the bar, charged with for ger y an d a tt emp t e d b urg l ary. The magistrates decided to take each case separately. Cowley, a detective officer, resident in Paris, proved that the prisoner had recently 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. Tho prisoner said that he had nothing to do with the forgery, but that if people wore 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 contemptuous re marks upon the conduct of the arbitrators in question, who, knowing that they were dealing with an avowedly dishonest person, ought to have been doubly careful. The 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 chiefly on board ship, proved that the prisoner had upon several occasions tried to break into premises called Serpents' Isle, the possession of which had been taken from him by sen tence of law, but which he was very eager to get hold of again, He, the officer, had received information on the subject, and in consequexce had taken precautions which had enabled him to baffle the repeated attempts of the pri soner;The prisonerbut hehad said r that he had been entirely eason to think they would be renewed. 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 doors. The Magistrates asked whether there was any evidence ;o 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. 13n , )1, 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 distinguished family in Paris, evidently with ulterior designs. He had also en deavoured to bring about a quarrel between neighbour:, 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 the prisoner, 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 one 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 he 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 th e Trinity-house. erected on the Rundle Stone at considerable expense an iron beacon and mast, sur mounted by a ball fixed about 30 feet from the base. During the recent severe gales probably about the 7th inst., the wh o l e fabric disappeared. The Mopus buoy in Mount's Bay h as also been drifted out of its place, and inst ructions were i n consequence sen t t o Mr. Ditchen, the Trinity agent in Pl mouth to visit the locality in the Diligence cutter! The , Moras buoy has been replaeed, and as a temporary measure a buoy has been moored 50 or 60 fathoms south-weAt of the Rundle Stone. The depth is from 18 to 20 fathoms; and a boat in charge of Mr. Hoppen, the mate, was first placed her as a mark. When he at tempted to pull up the boat's grapne l it fouled, as if a ship's mast and rigging were in th e way, and this 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 small rock about 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 tid es an d the heavy ground swell of the Atlantic make it a most dangerous obstacle to navigation. In the winter 011854, during a fog, a French brig and two English schooner, were lost on it ; their crews were saved. The only lbeacon at that time was a cone-shaped buoy, METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS, The ordinary meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works .vas held yesterday in the Chamberlain's Court, the Council Chamber being occupied—Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and con. firmed. The cash account showed a total general balance of £97,096 Bi. 41. COMPENSATION. An appeal was made by Mr. Pulley against the deter ruination 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 10s. 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 Feudal-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, for the clerk to givo 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 board. 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 atter it had been printed. Mr. CARPMAEL had been told that the report had re appeared in the Observer, and he ,(Nir. 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 waa sent to the newspapers from that board. The discussion then dropped. STREET PROJECTIONS. A third application was received from Mr. Jas. Batty asking the oonsent 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. BURSLEN, 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 motion and negatived. After some uninteresting business being disposed of, he board adjourned. PROTEST AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE BOARD AS TO THE OUTFALL OF THE METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE. Mr. Crellin handed in the foliating 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." Tile ARCTIC SHIP RESOLUPPI. 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 from the Royal yacht being made. Oa the Fairy passing up the harbour to the Clarence-yard the officers mounted the bulwarks and the crew the rigging, aed gave three times three hearty cheers, led off by the vice count, 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 invitathn of the Mayor and Corporation of Portsmouth to dine with them on Wedue,day next. The banquet will be provided by Mr. Digby Dent, of the Portland Hotel, at the halt of tha Beneficial Sooiety in Portsea. The British officers formerly in the Resolute who are now in England will, we believe, be 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-Caief, who has invited a distinguished circle to meet them at the Admiralty. 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Muir, Malta, [P RICE 4D. STAMPED 08. LONDON CHARTERED BANK OF AUSIRALL4 An extraordinary general meeting of proprietors in the above company was hell 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 cont. was paid in Dec., 1855, amounting to 11,0001. It was now proposed to pay a further dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum up to June, 1656, and there would re nain on the profit side of the account a sum of 2,5071. 10s. Bd, . The CHAIRMAN, with one or two observations, tender ing infornation if required, proposed that a dividend at ' the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, up to the 30th June, 1856. be dux arid payable on the 15th Jan. next. A Slut:tumid:ma asked whether it could not be paid sooner The CHAIRMAN said it had usually been paid on the 15th of Jan. and the 15th of July, and the great number of shareholders (900) reildered 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 to, great a difference. Last year all their dividends were trittered 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, M one y was very scarce, and had b- en able to command high rates both at home and in the colonies. Under these circuit). stances a much higher dividend might have been realised but for the enormous expenditure, which absolutely ate then► up. He 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 , bad been furnished a considerable amount was struck off far bad debts. The Bros profit for the half-year was 27.675/., but 10,3001. was deducted for bad debts and pro pmion of preliminary expens,,,-. The amount of Rem rities held, and which paid no interest, was 530,0001, no inconsiderable amount when they reflected how young wa,- their ins , itution. As to the expenses, he admitted they were heavy, but it must he recollected that the principal p r i n of their business was carried on at a dis tance of 14 000 miles, and in a plebe where the whole scale of expenditure was much higher than in this coun try. With respect to bad debts, be 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 bad 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 2/. 10s. the ounce and selling it at 4/. 12s. The directors bad, perhaps, a large nest-egg of this gol I 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 cqmmencerzent, and he had every hope that the divi d mds would steadily improve. As regarded the expen diture he could not hold out any hope of reduction at the present moment. A SHORE lOLDER asked what proportion of this divi dend would go to the holders of new shares TAO 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 re:olution, declaring a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, uas 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 cJuipany,*and he bad 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 AUSTRALIAN COMPANY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this c-bmpany 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 ro►ls, 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, of 1,3421.135. 4d. ; and 2,5971. over the amount of the 25th of 11 1 Ltrch, 1855. The particulars are as fol lows, viz.:—Rental of country lands, 15,3161 ss. 7d. ; rental of town lands and buildings, 4,2001. 18s. 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 cnintry 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 tin half-year at the 30th of April last, is:—Rest from country lands, 7,096/ Os. 9d.; town lands and buildings, 2,0581. 14s. 3d. ; port lands and building-, 1,0491. Bs. 3d. ; mineral lands, 3301. 113 6d. ; wharfage and warehouse rent,4,631/ ls. ld.; making a total of 15,1651. 15s. 10d., and being an increase of 9061. 16s. 7d. on the preceding half-year. The dividend for the hal-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 Univers publishesa 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 masters, refused to shed upon China a single drop of water. This ha ,, 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 bad, 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 right bank of the river is in their possession, to the distance of 60 miles up from thi.. place where we now are. Since the events which took pace at Shanghae, we have had no occasion to complain of the conduct of the rebels, who pay due respect to the 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, s ay as much for the imperialist party. The French admiral, on board the Virginie, has just received, through M. de Cuurcy, 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 and the children were enoouraged to throw stones at it for sdveral days. What is still more frightful, and will hardly be believed as a tact , is that his heart was cut in pieces, then cooked along with some pigs tripe, and eaten by the soldiers of the mandarin—tigers rather than men. The missionary who has thus been put to death was n amed Chapelaine. We , upo n arriving at Macao, shall demand satisfaction from the Viceroy at Canton. e r e a . , Th e discussions with the Ch ine s e g overn ment, Which w ill ens ue upon this affsir. are likely to be very p rotracted and they will result, I have no do ubt, in thee x executing of some criminal or o t her , dr ess ed up as amandar i n, pass for the guilty offieial. That is wh a t we to Chinese justice . may call 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., isi lat. 48.20 S . , long 12.8 W. ; and brig Marian, Captai n L e i ster, from London, for sa tte . tander, with pumps choked. • two o'clock A ROBBER SHOT BY A WomAN.— yesterday (Friday) morning, named Elizabeth Braithwaite, who keeps a small shop - a widowAbnat Elizabeth Barnsley, Yorkshire, was awakened persons talking in front of her houtsoe. b y_j_ Ina a e a r s i h n o g r t sometibi ti m e which a bell is some one tried the front door, attached, a n d M rs. Braithwaite, on hearing the bell ring, 7 leaped out o f b ed, opened the %_ She asked them what theyine ow, and saw four men standing cl ose to the door . wanted, and one o f th e roan s aid, " Two of you go round this Mrs. Braithwaite tn to the ba c k d oor. " On hearing pistol in a g t the men, when one of them fell on th e gro imediatalY fired o ti ff nd a , and,by his associates. An alarm was raised, but the police as the courageous woman states, was carried Away did not succeed in apprehend. ing any of the men. piece of rag, supposed to have been torn off one o f the villains' shirts, was found close to Mrs. Braith o wa e ite's house-dotr, saturated with blood, which se ems to show that one of the men was wounded. r>f (From the Belfast News Lelia . ' of pee: The long exoected concert took . A1y.2447 hall, Belfast , last evening, nnd was atte,nlid by ene;;WPS, the most numerous and respectable audienctls . whi ' have seen assembled for a lengthened Nod similar occasion. The great att.raction was our gifted 'nuntrywoman, Catherine Hayes ; ner was the feeling in hir favour confined to those congregated within the hall . barge crow ,, s were assembled outside, who cheered lustily as the carriage in wLi. - .th she .was seated drove up to the entrance in Music-hail-lane; a regularfeirore, in fact, was excited. Miss Hayes was accompanied by Madile. Co. relli, a young lady of great promise, and Mr. Charles Brabam, as vocalists ; the instrumental corps consisted 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 bat. produce a numerous attendance, and although the prices were high the demand for seats could not. be met. In this ernergepcy 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 wait not roam for one more; the gallery was equally crowded. The concert commenced with an adagio aria 'rondo from Beethoven, in which Herr Ernst, SignorPfatti, and Mr. Osbirne took part. It is needless to say that it passed off wi h effect, bin it was felt that the pleasure of the hearers was a little diminished by an accident which heel Herr Ernst, the string of who se violin snapped. Mane. Corelli and Mt. Charles Brabato sang the duetto, " Si Ia Stancbezzt," from Verdi's "II Trovatore" with much applause. Mdlle. Corelli may not be ranked as a superior singer, but she ie a very pleasing one ; her range of voice is extensive, and she is puwerful in the 'ow notes ; but occasionally a little huskiness is percep tible, marring the effect of what would else have 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 waved 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 "Alt mon file," from Meyerbeer'e "Pruphete," and the uproar began to aubside. 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 eig tenderness of the mother blessing her son was told intone as eloquently as if the language in which the idea 14 concealed were intelligibie to every ear. A general encore followed, but Miss Hayes came on the stage useirely,,t4k w her thanks and retired. Mr.. G. A. master Os borne's pian o so l o was a piece of instrumenta tion. The the Ia morte," from Verdi's "II Tro vatore," formed the first, and t " Moreeau de Concert," Mr. Osborne'e own composition, the second part of the eiece. It was warmly applauded. Madge. Cor,lii sang the "II segreto," from "Lucrezia Burgia," in excellent style, and Sznor Piatti followed with a violoncello solo, from " Sonnambule," 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 flue melody was given by the gifted singer with as much feeling as though she were herself a native of the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood." If anything detracted from the cbarrn which her singing produced it was, perhaps, that there was more of the orna'.ure of vocalisation than was thought necessary in a -imple 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 ♦erse— " I had na been a wife but weeks only four, When sitting sae mournfully at my ain door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I could na 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. The 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 app:im. ble to herself, who has only recently returned from " many foreign lands," but the attachment to 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, bath 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. Brabam. The melody is quain', but though elegant and rather classic, we do not suppose that it will ever be popular. The "Com'e per me sereno" from "La Sonnambula," brought out Miss Hayes, who was again gree.ed with rapturous applause. Her perfect vocalisation was here 'nest strongly displayed ; the volume of 'sound issuing from her ►magnificent organ filled and reverberated through the hall ; and gave the best answer that could be returned to those atrabilious or hypercritical person ages who recently attempted, from motives to us un known, to depreciate a lady who is rt fleeting 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 Pirata," in which be displayed singular brilliancy, beauty, and power. The effects produced astonished not mere by their power 'than by their singularity, They were weird-like ; and the illusion would have been kept up better if the player bad 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 watt being played. So, also, when he simulated the guitar and the vit loncello accompaniments. Tuese feats showed his power over his violin, a ptl y called the Queen of instruments, but they s eeme d t 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 "II 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 ad vat,tage. The thundering bass of his father, as we have heard it described, was absent; hut 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. He left the stage amid g enera l cheers. Miss Hayes aga i n appeared. The excitement of the audience was rsnewed. She sang, as only she can, which s e s th re w into Moore's we;xAunisatnwaolTirtdhyes. "The Harp that once throu g h Tar a's Halls. ,, pathos evidently vide w n i t il fromnolysptrufonrgget, as lo ahneg as artswreelrulinegmbrance lasts, the dejection of tone with which she sang, or rather '' caoinee out, the lines "And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel its pulse n o more ;" heonr.warecollection of her hopeful, altnoYt defiant expr ess i on, when singing— and equally now s o seld om I s The whe onnsloymt some rhoebmshe i indignant sthhoewptoheattrystiwll:lB.l el caught e e la s v ' a e n s t „ breaks, • The spirit and the wordeArere rendered poet's fire. It was of keeping the af chef ite tt y p en in in t o h r e e t t r h u s e n ve th in e , the evening's t I d'oeuvre, and on the . principle best or the last, it appropria e ycon cluded la-t verse was given. Cheer followed cheer at its termi nation. Rather performance . In the encore the we should sa roar resounded after roar. The audience stood u to honour the gifted woman who literally had 8° 1134 g'eally entranced them bowing for Miss Hayes was kept some minutes, and she only retired when o verwhelmed which applause. THE METROPOLIT.AN BOARD OF WORKS AND 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 ing the sewage of London (concerning whose amount the report of their engneet has varied twice or thrice a l rea dy) into the Tham e s. H a vin g broken down in pool player, to a "stagy" as th e onl y c h a nce. And Plan B * is the t it l e of the new scheme re sort, Plan like ß a bad (which provided the o ut l et at Eritb), they whereby they p ur p ose to dischar g e into the Tham es at wh ose Reach an unascertained amount of sewage, 00.- value they have ta ken no pains to discover, and into w h o se effects on the fish-supply of London, an d health of crews, the opinions of those most wasted time, m e judging have not been sought. Instead of calli ng i n t h e aid an o d ard en h g a in v e e er w s a t n e d d t medical dur rn in e g n ihree the members of eh e o te f it t s he s B sittings, by talking and disputing in a manner moat un fitting to a discussion that involv es t h of millions of people. We fear that e lives and health is an evil which can only be checked this cacoethes loquendi by summarity treeing ourselves from those afflicted with it —ev en as Faithful got rid of Talkative in the f "Pilgrim's Progress. " We have reason to hope tha t ' Government will shortly appoint a Commis.ion to col R i ider the whole matter of the seweroge, with the aid of the highest and most reliable autbori;ies on different parts of the subject. Such an undertaking wiouid w e L believe, elicit general approval. A corporate b od y , that mistakesobstinacy for datum' i• nation, and petulance for dignity--that meddles and muddles with half-a dozen subje cts, and accomplishes nothing—_exactly tl c y illustrates the famous lines of Dry. den— " Stiff in opinion—always in the wrong— Is eve r ythi ng b y s tarts, and nothing long " and can hardly expect to find much favour in the sight of practical folks like the inhabitants of busy London.— The Lancet.