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_TET COLLIERIES COM, / ~ . . „,- ~ 1 - , - . Acii.4, ‘ 0 '', v. ' , - 4 : % 1; k: I 0).- Notice is hereby t,iven, .. • - ._ SLI! .ES in the Mons United Col- ~., :) :: ,„ iirt.4 - \i ' ,4l ‘, tt e : 6 7 . ‘ 4, I, ~ ,9 " ' ~' l' ..8, %;:,1 "---- ;#1 , 9 7 ! I : ~_: ''Ho il , 4. . .1 ~, 44 tp I s 4 0 ) 7_ l ; - -.1 , 4111 ,..ii.„,,. c-1 :, / 1(C /2 ("-:----Jl---",: X -2:,k.-- - ---- -::„.-..., ~..,' )e re , ived after SATURDAY tie , 1 " .., u ~. ~1 1 : e . '' .tl' ' , the h3oard of Directors'. ~.,.,..:. x_ , ,-, ' , l- ) :r. i : 4.. , r, : a . .... , v ,A! , -- , 4,- c.., a - ,- , ,„, . e , -: ,x -0 , 4),_ 41 , 40). (II - . v -A-.. . , - --. --. ' ~,T - --,..- 4- - 4,4„, .... • T. R. PRESTON, Soorctary. / NI, ' ( 15t ) I x 1191;i: z ' " 7 - 4 ,, f"" - *() '';' l ,* -- ' .------ —* h.; • e- kNfr g‘ .. 4- 1:1, :‘' , ,t . ..,... 0 , ipi,,,,, ,a ,, . 1 . i 0,„,, J 01 .. ,#, = -.-- - .: .: • , , ,f,„. ~..., , . . .......—__ , , ,e. p 7, 1856. ....... ..p....1.•1111•110.0... - . • T t - 1 r ,0 re --''e—gr--439"-7 , f ~..,,, - . I - -.1,, ,, , • ( 4 Chitfp on Contracts not nyder . 54cm4' rf*: mid ••••,. t . :74`7 ' Broom's Coinn3entaries," Book 'II, PP- 2 f - ;", .bi . '*li',,,,<, "-,:-.4L'""44:t1.r.4- i os By, order of 11,9 cola -il, l .• '. ', -- 414,t,:; IP i RICHARD BVTElELlZ4iikorfatille e.t:', ! "Council Chamber, Lincoln's-inxl, Dec. ry -,,..;..,.. 7 :, 7,1,f 4. ' "Note.—The Educational Term corr..n]encel,ektkie ti of Jan. and ends on the 30th of March. The firstNtings of each private class will take place on tbo usual morning ;) or evening of meeting next' after the Ora t public lecture i on the same subject. ' , ", c 9) .1 rrIHE MONS lINII PANY (Lifirite , that APPLICATIONS for lieries:Cornpany will ilOt 3a day of January next. • By. order of 46, Moorgate-street, Del (No. 20,135.) T HE MONS lIT4"ITED OOLLIERIE, I COM . I3A/ Y (Limited).' .. Capital One Million, in - 10(,000 Shares of 104 eaeh ,. doposit 21. p'er Sh: re on Allotment. ROMMEL - His Grace the Duke of I rellington:. ' • - The Right Hon. the Em il of Albemarle.' - ~ • • H. S. Thornton, Esq:, ,Banker, 13irehin-lane. • • T. M. Weguelin, Esq., ;Governor of the Bank of England. VIREUTOR.S. - Lieut.. General the Rig ht - Hon. Lorct - James Hay, Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. Lieut.-Col. the Right aca.. Lord Arthur Hay.- Baron Guilin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris. William Gladstone, ,Ssq. , (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and Co.), Old Broad-street. J. Fortescue Harrison, Zvi., Cambridge-square, Hyde. park. Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Asl►ford-house, Middlesex. AUDITOAS—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). BANKERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labonchere, Thorn. In London ton, and Co., .Birchin-lane. -{ Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fench urch-street. In Mons Messrs. Guillochin, Sons, :and Co. . In Paris Messrs. Charles Laffitto and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smaith, London. Monsieur Dolez, Avocat, Mom BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sen. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, SECRETARY —T. R. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, 1111001 - gate-street. Prospectuses and Forms of application for Shares may be obtained at the temporary offices of the Company, or at the brokers. _ . _ Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one of the Bankers of the Company, one pound (1/.) per Share, on the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment o: the deposit of 21., in exchange for which a voucher R ill be given. In the event of the Directors allotting less than tl'e Whole number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro priated towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those allotted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the Money ledged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free of charge.- WILL OPEN ON SATURDAY NEXT, of the P 11, 1 130 ft IC Vile Gallery of the painters In Water Colours, 5, Pall.mall East. Admission ono ; catalogue sixpence. Evening, from seven till ten, sixpence. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, BADEN, up the RHINE, and PARIS, Is NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at 8 o'clock.—Stalls, 3s. : area, 2s. ; gallery, Is. Stalls can be secured at the box office, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven and four, with out any extra charge. The Morning Representations take place every Tuesday and z , aturday, at Three o'clock. RGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan !Zooms are now open every evening for the winter season,' with 1-surent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet.a-piston, Beeleourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this f ashionable . place of resort has been entirely'redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis 'ion One Shilling. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL, MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen 4,1 3') from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models s ad Preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &e. Lectures delivered at 12, n 4, and half-put 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and ii . riew and 4 , ll l'hly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course tif delivery Dr. KAHN, at a quarter put 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One atis *Wiling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Kh an (gr). GORDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER, S pell will be AT HOME in his Encampment, surrounded by the s and trophies of his achievements, and give his popular K.NTER :,4INMENT, describing his ADVENTURES in the Interior of PUTH AFRICA, every evening throughont the week, at 8 o'clock. SPECIAL AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE en SATURDAY, at I ltiree o'clock. Several imp3rtant additions and embellishments have k eela made to the Hunter's Museum, and three new views— illustra ee of Ostrich Hunting in the Karoo, the Death of the Giraffe. and vultures on their Prey in the Desert—painted by Samuel Hodson, I t4( led to the series of Dioramic Scenes. ,The Lion Hunter's native , rishmen will appear incidental to the Entertaiinment. i'iano by ;7. Harries Wilson. Admission, Is. ; area, 2 5.; stalls (which may ue taken daily between eleven and four), 35.-232, Piccadilly. G_ REA T WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTERATION OF TRAINS—JANUARY, 857. "OWN.—The 1.30 p.m. Train from Paddington will be continued „,. to Reading. The 6.15 p.m. Train from Paddington will be discontinued below ti The 4.10 p.m. Train from Reading to Flungerford will be discon -182155, and a Train wid leave Reading at 3.10 p.m., taking from the vat. Train from Paddington, instead of the 2.45 p.m. as hereto 40re, rk UP.—The 8.40 a.m. Train from Oxford will be discontinued between "xford and Reading. A Train for London will leave Reading at 11.30 41n, The 4 p.m. Train from Windsor will start at 3.55 p.m. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY._ _IMPORTANT ALTERATIONS in the UP TRAINS — 4ANuARY, 1857. The 9.15 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. Trains from Birmingham to London int be united in one Train, and be despatched from Birmingham at ' 3° a.m., arriving in London at 2.0 p.m. The 8.0 a.m. Train from Stafford to London will leave at 8.30 a.m. s The 9.10 a.m. Train from Leamington to Coventry will leave at IZ 4 ' ) _aan., and the 9.50 a.m. Return Train from Coventry to Learn n will leave at 10.15 a.m. 5 The 10 Is a.m. Train front Peterborough to London will leave at .15 • and cease calling at Elton. o'le 11.30 a.m. Train from Northa m p ton to Bllsworth will leave Q 2.20 noon. 40 o n e 12.5 noon Trainfrm Bletchley to Bedford will leave at 12 . 15 12 „he 12,30 noon Train from Birmingham to London will leave at *" noon, arriving in London at 3.30 p.m. 1 2 1 e 12.20 noon Train from Leamington to Rugby will leave at n. Itt Ple o° lo.4s a.m. Train from Birmingham to Leamington will leave _0.30 a.m., arriving at Leamington 11.55 a m. IJITIe 11.30 a.m. Train from Rugby to Leamington vrl,l leave at •(.15 a.m T he 9.30 . a.m. Train from Stafford to Rugby, and the 3 . 30 p .m. 1 1,111 Train from Rugby to Stafford, will be discontinued. 4; 115 8.15 a.m. Third Class Train from Birmingham to LOLlden will -. ye at 8.0 a.m. ,The a. m 8.35 a.m Train from Leamington to Coventry will leave at ' 5 . Mixed Train (First and Second Class) will leave Birmingham r London at 2.45 p.m. general By order. Manager's Office, Euston Station, December, 1856. ANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu- P" 4 has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor ieter] with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, 4,adllly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted the Brompton Esta'lishment, for one month, and for a longer Zrio.l if recommended by the medical officers. The number of p esser under treatment as in or out - door patients have averaged for e last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation 1,799 , suffn under ever torthis Hospital in 1851 poor, ' l.l of this dreadful malady, have perbons received theeri benefits of thisy tC„ ar itY. A Weekly Board manage Its affairs, and every inforrna ,tzn connected with the Institution may be obtained on application th, t he Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue Acidtreatb4lB,, work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be Wiiam Lexham Farrar,Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's (jl,;fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's ',lees, 167, Piccadilly. By onter. W. T. COCNERILL, Secretary. IJOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The Q E EN.— Founded 1828 . tin so,ho en sick poor are admitted admitted on their own application alone; no re stdti s re. ti l l i Fing the st month the following number received the benefits ap , s Charity either as out or in-door patients, on their personal k'ucation : Week ending 7th November ...... 2,154 Ditto 14th November .. .. 2,043 Ditto 21st November 1,972 Ditto 28th November ...• .. 2,309 29th and 30th November .• • • ....•• 269 Of Total in November ••• • • • 8,747 11s- 4 ,1 1) 1ch ha g 2,775 were admitted new ca prev ses, iousl the remainder (still under treat vin been y. k tien c ts elergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the siv li c , e avpenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten t r elie Y f ex The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of ; 01,111 )11cl h T ,„ . ll e management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, 1 Y elected fro m the general list of subscribers, at the Annual `'eral Meeting in JanuarSr. A Board is held every Thursday, at `Khank (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, ~ any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at The desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. l t tc Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun q contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, is ki n r ,Masterman, Esq., 31. P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts l'n• ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. 4 4 'cOtt, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; D:a Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Deuison and Co. ; Williams. bei ei) n, Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber „astreet ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. `'lcllung for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. 1• OF Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Aarmaclen de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. 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THE ROYAL KALENDAR and COURT and CITY REGISTER, for England, Scot'a'id, Ireland, and the Colonies ; containing an imptoved and enlarged P - era'e and Ba ronetage ; .the House of Commons rt:th.the latest alterat , ons ; the Queen's Ministers; Royal Horsehold ; Gcvernment Departments ; A mbr‘radors, British a- d Foreign; Navy and Army; Law and Civil Officers; Eccielastivl E'tablishments ; 17Mversities ; Lite rary, Scientific, and Religious Societies; Charitable and Commercial Institutions; Ma7,istiates, Hospitals, BDe. London : R. and A. Suttaby, Stationers'•court ; and other pro prietors. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, 58. 6d., 7 TRICTURE OF THE URETHRA . THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, 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 s'aicture."—Medical Circular. London: lii. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. A WIDOW LADY, th oroug hl y acqua i nted with the routine of Housekeeping, Is desirous of an engage ment as Domestic Companion to an elderly or invalid Lady or Gen tleman or Widower vrith young children, where one or m-re servants are kept. A comfortable home the chief consideratien. Unexcep tionable references p;iven.—Address C. G., Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity street, Blackheath- hill. METRO P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent. treet, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. t. Tin. Spencer A. Walpole, Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. Henry Peter Fuller, E sq. l E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits avera , sed 3 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FEItGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. ESTABLISHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, • e,mpowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Pict., cap. 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. mAjoft-GENzast. ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Number of Policies iv ued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest ments) upwards of 84,000/. Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible scale compatible with security, and computed in such variety of ways as to suit the circumstances and convenience of every class of Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1 .0 HOLDERS `OF POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE LIFE OFFICE. _ - -- BNU. Those per one who will be S entitIed SECURED to Bonus Additions to their Policies. it they survive the gist December, less, aro informed that such addition. may be secured at the HAND-IN-HAND LIFE OFFICE, upon most favourable terms, which may be ascertained upon application to the Actuary. Parties wishing to avail themselves of this arrangement are respectfully requested to signify the same without delay, in order that the requisite number may be obtained end the scheme adopted forth with. By order. M RICD. RAY, Secretary.ad-in-Hand Fire an d Li fe Office, 1, New Ll Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY (FIRE, LIFE, and ANNIIITIt A.D. 1714. Cornhill, and 70, Baker-street, London. College•green, Dublin.-61ronengen•street, Hamburg. Exchange-street West, and Tithebarn-street, Liverpool. North Nelson-street, Edinburgh. Instituted in the reign of Queen Anne, A D. 1714, with large Invested Funds. DIRECTORS. Scu. CHAIRMAN—JOH N RE vi INGTON MILLS, Esq. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —HENRY ALDWIN SbAMES, Esq. John Paynter, John Rogers, Esq. Henry Butt, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq. Richd. Horsman Soily, Esq. W. Foster White, Esq. Samuel Wilson, Esq., Aid. Stephen Wilson, Esq. James Bentley, Esq. Thomas Bodley, Esq. Daniel Britten, Esq. Nicholas Charrington, Esq. S. rcston Child, Esq. William Gilpin, Esq. Thomas .ewis, Esq. Thomas Mills, Esq., M.P. John Morley, Esq. Reduced rates for young and middle ages, with guarantee of a company in existence upwards of 140 years, and a large accumulated capital. The' last Bonus (1855) gave additions to policies varying from 25 to 70 per cent. on the previous seven years' premiums. Lower rates, without profits. Two-thirds only of the premiums may be paid until death. Decreasing and increasing rates of premium, and half-yearly or quarterly. Medical fees allowed. FIRE. . . Insurances at the usual ratas,ancipiofits returned on policies taken out for seven years by pi ompi pay meat. Lo sea occasioned by ex plosion of gai made good. The offices close on Saturdays at two o'clock. excepting in the fifteen days after each quarter-day. Insurances now expiring must be paid on or before the 9th Janu ary, at the office in London, or of the respective agents. W IL 11131 B. LEWIS, Secretary. INVESTMENTS i n BRITISH MINES.—F u II Particulars of the m os t i mpor t an t Di v id en d an d Progressive Mines will be found i n th e F ourth Edition of BRITISH MI NES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. 11. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.S., price 3s. 6d.; by post. 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW tf BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, & c. The Review for the quarter ending 30th Sept. last contains a Map of the Bassett district, price Is. " The book will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. " A valuable little book."—Globe. "A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume."—Morning Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr Murchison." —Leeds Times. " One of the most valuable mining publications which has come under our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats."—Derby Telegraph. " To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this Work is of the first importance."—Welshman. "This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles ; it publicationse t guide " "—Plymouth be e o o ti b t t ahJourna l, obtained at at Mr. Murchison' s Copies o o ffi ces , 117, tiishopsgate-street Withi n, L ondon ; and reliable infor mation's, in truth Ah an e a e b x o e v e e ll and advice will be given at any time to those who may re. quire it. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. II EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIR E IA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to erfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best Isafe uard to health. ' , old by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchnrch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer ;fleas, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitatioxs, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. "1 RESISTING 2° MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FE LSAFES (non -conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 840.51-54 and 1455, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PIICENIX (212 , t) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE STREET, City. Circulars tree by post. II R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52 , Fleet _ street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natnral teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or tecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. Phis method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful ,peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At Nome from ten till five. 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 especial attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season that 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 Pcarl Dentifrice, For imparting a pearl-like whiteness to the teeth, are called into in creased requisition, to the attainment of those personal advantages so universally sought for and admired. Beware of spurious imitations ! ! The only genuine of each bears the name of "Rowlands" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or label. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Ilattou-garden, London, and by Cheatata and Periluueq. LONDOM .....__ _ NG I , DECEMBER 31, 1856. •••••11 , 0•1=0.• to 'the scheme not coming back to them, they all knew that sozn scheme must come back. Mr. Howe said, if the motion had referred merely to the specific plan B*, then the objection of Mr. Taylor would have some force ; but the question was not confined to any particular plan. Of one thing they were certain that some main drainage plan must be carried out. Mr. TURNER said if the object of Major Lyon was to die. tribute the burden more equally no time ought to be lost, otherwise the main drainage scheme would be settled by Parliament next session, and another session world be re quired by the board to obtain the powers to determine by whom, the expense should be borne. • After a few words from Mr. Deputy Harrison the mo tion was agreed to. The same question as regarded the improvements of the metropolis was also referred to the committee. SUBSOIL OP THE NEW STREETS. Mr. WRIGHT moved that the committee be instructed to insert a clause in the bill relating to the formation of the now streets, giving the board power to deal with the sub soil of the new streets in the constriction of subways if the board should deem it advisable, and to retain or dispose of the property in such subsoil as they might think proper. Mr. CARPAIAEL seconded the motion. Mr H. L. TAYLOR thought the board ought to have in creased powers. The new street in Southwark was to come oat opposite Stamford-street. Everybody must have ob served that at the corner of that street there were several houses which were a perfect nuisance to the neighbour. hood and highly detrimental to the property near them; besides which they were entirely released from all taxa tion, which ought not to be. Yet there was no board which could deal with such houses unless they were in what was legally termed a dilapidated state. There were houses in a similar condition on Snow-hill, all belonging to the same individual, who was a .very eccentric person. He bad been told, lodged, that t 1; 614-41 av was (glad, but that his body was still kept in One of the houses in Stam ford-street by his wife, who was equally eccentric or mad. He was sure the public would consider it a great benefit if the board had the power to deal with all property thus circumstanced. Major LYON said, however desirable it might be to get power over those houses, he did not think it likely that Parliament would give it to them. They all knew that when men were mad or eccentric they used their property in very strange ways. Mr. Howe said it was worth a trial, becauSe those houses were a public nuisance, and the owners of property in the neighbourhood were greatly injured by them. Mr. Deputy HARRISON asked whether the object of the clause was to obtain a temporary or a permanent control over the surface and subsoil ? He did not see any advan tage to the board in obtaining that control. It would be the means of involving the board in constant controversies with other parties. Mr. CARPMAEL did not know any way in which the board could improve the metropolis in a larger degree than by having the fullest powers over the subsoil. Mr. D'IFFANGER thought it would be a great dereliction of duty on the part of the board if they did not reserve to themselves this right. By possessing the control of the subsoil the board might form a tunnel through the streets for gas-pipes, water-pipes, telegraph wires, and other use ful public purposes. _ _ Mr. WniGHT said, if the motion were agreed to he would suggest that the board should advertise for the plan of a model section of the sabsoil of the street. That being done for tho new slxeet in Southwark, it might be from time to time applied to the old streets, so that, at the end of 30 years, there might be subways throughout the whole of the metropolis. The motion was then put and agreed tb-,finanimously. The board, having disposed of the whole* the business on the agenda paper, adjourned at a quartO,r before five o'clock. eisely the came rate as incomes derived from property which descends from generation to generation. We agree with you that th e evils incident to the tax, as at present levied, are frequently much aggravated by the arbitrary and oppressive conduct of persons oonneoted with its as sessment and collection." agree with them word for word, anti I also concur with them when they go on to give you the strongest possible advice to take care how you fall into the trap of doing away with direct to reestablish indirect taxation. (Hear.) Something has been said of the representatives by whose votes this t4a was imposed; but look who it was that con sented to the tax, and see whether they were not what is called the "friends of the people," and look at those who opposed the vote, and you will find that it was the men who throughout their lives had been bolsterers up of mo nopoly. It may be well to call to mind a man who is called the man of the people, a man whom the people taxed themselves to reward for the exertions which ho had made in their favour. 1 refer to Richard Cobden, who, speaking of the income tax, said : " Is there anything intrinsically worse in the income tax than in the taxes on tea and wine ? In what way is it worse? Does it give rise to greater oppression in its inci dence? See how large a portion of the income of a poor man with a family is spent on the half ounce of tea that he is under the necessity of purchasing. What is paid for the duty on that tea? The same duty is paid on his tea which you can purchase in the bonded , warchouss at lOid. per lb. as on the finest flavoured Pekoe or gunpowder, which costs ss. or n's. Can you show anything in the income tax more unjust in its operatioa: than that? I might go through the whole list of taxes, and, although you would not find the same inequalities in all cases, yet let it he borne in mind that when you'levy a tax on con sumable articles of every-day comfort you may be sure the mass of the people pay a far larger sum . in proportion to their incom e th an i s pa id b y th rich. I maintain you may always collect direct taxes cheaper than indirect taxes. I never heard it said that the income tax interferes with the progr ess o f i n d us t ry, or i mpe d es commerce in any way whatever." I am sorry to. have detained you so long, but I was desirous you should set yourselves right with your representatives. - . I am as anxious as any one to do away- with this obnoxious tar t - bat before i can consent so to - do I must see my way clearly that Great Britain shall pay her debts honestly. I will only refer to one other matter, and that is almost personal to myself, as one who has the management of that arm of th e serv i ce w hi c h we a ll so dearly love—the navy. We are told to reduce that navy, and, in short, to put it down altogether. Now, I can assure you, as I stand before you an honest man, that had the navy been kept up in that state of efficiency which I believe it ought to have been, you would not have been charged by at least one-third the amount which the war expendtiure of the navy has been. It is unfortunately too true that when we undertook the war we were not prepared, so far as the navy is concerned, to carry it out in a way that this great maritime nation ought to have been. But while I say this I will not go the length of the late. Commander-in- Chief of the Baltic fleet, for I believe no doubt can be en tertained as to the result of the conflict had the Russian fleet come out. The Admiral was pleaso:d to say that he doubted the issue of such a conflict. I say that there was neither an officer, man, nor boy in his fleet that entertained any such doubt whatever—(cheers)—and had such a doubt existed in the mind of any man whose nerves were not shaken by age I could not have slept in my bed, knowin g it was I who had sent them to sea. I was in correspondence with most of the offic3rs of that fleet, and they one and all felt confident in the men they had under them, and assured me that if the Russians would but give them a chance by coming out, that those ships which were not sunk would be led in triumph to a British port. (Cheers.) This much I think I owe to myself to state, because the gallant ad miral has publicly said he felt a doubt as to the issue of the conflict. (Loud cheers, and a voice—" Why didn't you go yourself ?") Other speeches followed, and a petition to Parliament, embodying the views of the meeting in opposition to the income tax, was agreed to, and the meeting, which did not terminate until past 11 o'clock, then broke up. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A meeting of the board was held yesterday in the Coun cil-chamber, Guildhall, for various purp'ose s ; Mr. Thwaites in the chair. FINANCE. The report of the finance committ ee set forth the follow. ing cash account : s. d. 2 Balance in h an d s o f treasurer, P. 26, 1856 9,255 15 9 Checks drawn b u t not presented Available balance 2,725 17 8 Amount of dep os it account BO,OO 0 0 Total general 'balance BERACH OF PRP7ILEGE. Mr. ECIRSLEM called the attention of the board to what he conceived to be a breach of privilege. A meeting was held at the London-bridge Hotel on Monday by the occu piers of lands bordering upon the Thames, to consider the main drainage scheme, at which the hon. member for Mary lebone (Mr. D'lffanger) was reported to have used the fol lowing words :—" There were some good and useful men members of the Metropolitan Board of Works, but there were also some who appeared to have.been sent there only to bring local self-government into contempt. Those gentle men had formed themselves into a brutish, tyrannical ma jority, and the consequence was that Sir B. Hall had been slandered, maligned, and insulted by the board." H e wished to ask the hon. member whether he admitted having used such language, and, if so, whether he abided by it ? Mr. HAWSES rose to orler, when The CHAIRMAN' interposed, and said it would be a dangerous precedent if the board were to catechise hon. members with regard to speeches they might make else where, however much they might disapprove language which was neither courteous nor gentlemanly. Mr. SAVAGE and Mr. DAVIS appealed to the hoa. mem ber to retract the expressions he had used. : Mr. - VITA/Wm—The words objected to, I understanT" /ma' " a bruti s h an d t yrann i cal majority." (Hear, hear.) Well, then, I must abide by them, and I feel myself fully vindicated by the record of your own proceedings on the 22d of October last. PUBLIC/ PARKS, PLEASURE GROUNDS, &c. Mr. OFFOR said the principle had been settled with re gard to the necessity of having places of recreation for the public all round London. (" No, no !") Why, it was part of the duty prescribed to them by act of Parliament, which enacted that "parks, pleasure grounds, places of recreation, and open spaces, and appropriated thereto for the improve ment of the metropolis, or the public benefit of the inhabi tants thereof," should be provided by the board, whenever they had the opportunity of doing it. He conceived they were bound to carry that provision as far as possible into eff e ct. Several plans had already been proposed, and a diagram had been exhibited showing how the metropolis was to be belted round by parks and places of recreation. When the board waited on the Chancellor of the Exche quer he asked how much money they would require for the various works they had to effect, but at that time their attention was exclUsively devoted to the great drainage scheme, and they were not then prepared with estimates in regard to any other works. No doubt they would be of very serious amount, more especially when they came—as he hoped they would sooner or later come—to the embank. ment of the Thames. There would also be the purchasing of certain bridges. What he wished, therefore, was to have all the memorials addressed to the board on these various subjects printed with the plans and estimates, in order that the board might be able to jude to what extent they could proceed, and to determine which of such works should be first undertaken. He therefore moved that the memorials relating to the formation of parks, plea sure grounds, &c., be printed, n ith the plans and esti mates. Mr. SAVAGE seconded the motion. The CHAIRMAN said the whole question had been re ferred to a committee, who would no doubt report upon the memorials. The motion was thereupon withdrawn. DISCHARGE OF SEWAGE INTO THE DUNES. Mr: OFFOR said it was a common remark that, even if the board succeeded in making London itself free of sew age, there would still be an amazing quantity of impure matter coming down the river from above and beyond the metropolitan districts. If, therefore, they intended to make the Thames thoroughly pure, it was of importance to know what legal powers the board possessed for stop ping any impurities from going into the Thames or any of its tributaries. He therefore would move : " That inasmuch as it will be necessary to prevent the discharge of sewage and other impurities into the Thames and its tributaries above and beyond the metropolitan dis trictl, in order to carry out completely the purification of the river, the clerk be instructed to report to the board the present state of the law upon this subject, and to ad vise them if they have any, and, if any, what powers in this respect." Mr. SNOW seconded the motion. Mr. Deputy HARRISON—Do you include Oxford ? Mr. OFFOR—I include all matter that runs into the river and defiles it, whether from places above or beyond the metropolitan districts. Mr. BVRSLEM—How do you mean to dispose of the large quantity of sewage and foul water that Comes from the shipping in the Pool ? (A laugh.) Mr. CARPMAEL said the last repoa of the Board of Health called the attention of the Government to the fact that a great many towns on the banks of the Thames were turning their sewage into the river, and pointed out the necessity of something being done by the Government to prevent that state of things continuing. It was much to be regretted that the Board of Health had itself been the cause of 19-20ths of all these openings of sewers into the river. The subject, however, was being dealt with else where; he therefore did not think it necessary that the board should interfere. Major LYON thought it was a matt3r that did not con cern the board. Mr. DAVIS was of opinion that they should wait until they had purified their own river, before they interfered with the tributaries. Mr. TURNER considered it a question which did concern them, and that this was the proper time to act; but not exctly in the way suggested. No doubt many towns had obtained what were called "easements," and had a rightto throw their sewage into the river. What, therefore, the board ought to do was to represent to the Government that as long as these rights existed, and were exercised, the efforts of the board to purify the Thames within the limits of the metropolis would be rendered fruitless, and to re present to Government that some legislative measure was necessary to obviate that difficulty. The motion was then put and negatived. VESTRY OF ST. PANCRAS. Mr. WILKINSON presented a " memorial" from the ves try of St. Pancras, stating that the vestry was of opinion that it was the duty of the Metropolitan Board of Works to inquire whether the main drainage scheme, which was to be adopted at a cost to the ratepayers of 3ad. in the pound for a period of 50 years, might not be so . modified as to allow the adopti o n of the deodorising principle, and leave an opportunity for the usage of the sewage hereafter, and thus save the ratepayers from a heavy permanent tax. The CHAIRMAN said it was very desirable that memo rials coming from vestries should be correct in regard to the facts set forth in them. It was here stated that the con struction of the main drainage would cost the ratepayers zad. in the pound for 50 years. That was not the case. It was true an advance of 4,000,030/. would regalia a rate of that amount, and for that period ; but not half of that sum would be repaired on account of the drainage scheme. In stead of 3ad.., in all probability the rate for that purpose would not be more than lid. in the pound. World his hon. friend persist after this in presenting the memorial? Mr. TURNER thought the memorial ought not to be re jected merely because it was supposed to be incorrect in one of its statements. Mr. OFPOR having looked at the documents, point3d out to the board that it was not a memorial, but only a copy of a resolution which had been passed by the vestry. A long and warm discussion then ensued as to whether the document should be received or rejected not only on account of the inaccurate statement it was alleged to con tain, but also on account of its informality. The question was put to the vote, and on a division the members were equal, 12 voting for and 12 against the mo tion. The chairman then gave his casting vote for the reception of the memorial. EXP ENSE OF TEE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS. Major LYON moved that it be refet:e I to the Finance Committee to consider who the parties were who should be called on to contribute towards the main drainage works of the metropolis. If the co ntemplated works should be successful the property of the metropolis would be greatly benefited. It was not just, therefore, to impose the whole cost on the present leaseholder s and occupiers. By spread ing the rater over a space of 200 years, instead of 59, the owners of the property which would be improved would be required to pay a fair proportion of the expense. Mr. DIFFANGER seconded the motion. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR thought the motion came too late. The scheme for drainage was now before the Government, and that board did not know whether it would ever come back to them again. They knew not what the plan or the expenses would be ; it would, therefore, in his opinion, be premature to entertain the motion. Mr. WRIGHT said what the board had hitherto done was to consider the mechanical. or physical means to be adopted; what remained for them to do was to determine tbe financial means. It was quite obvious that the question as to who were the parties that would have to pay for the work en tirely depended upon the length of time in which the money was to be paid. It was therefore of the utmost importance to know upon what term the Blowy Wa4 to be raises' vti AB THS ANTI-INCOME TAX AGITATION. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 30. A second public meeting to petition Parliament for the entire and immediate abolition of the income-tax was held here last night, and the event derived additional import ance in consequence of the attendance of Admiral Berkeley, who made a speech on the occasion. The meeting was con vened by the Mayor, who presided ; and was most nume rously and influentially attended. Both the city members, the Right Hon,. Sir M. F. Berkeley and Mr. W. P. Price, were present, and most of the merchants, professional gen tlemen, and tradesmen of the city. The lkle.YOR having opened the proceedings, Mr. S. BowLY proposed the first resolution : " That this meeting deprcsates the principle of an Income-tax roi'llitaoquA4 -441,d,Ulaiost ils- > .1 1 1 1 4datiOn, op pressive in its execution, vexatious in its assessments, de moralising in its tendency, and from its inquisitorial cha racter derogatory to the freedom of Englishmen, more par ticularly when applied to trade, professions, and uncertain incomes, and should th ere f ore b e i mmediately and totally repealed as far as relates to schedule D." (Cheers.) He condemned the inquisitorial and unjust character of the tax, and said the arguments of its supporters furnished ample grounds for its abolition. To the objection that if the tax were repealed a substitute must be provided he said the duty of every honest Government, as of every honest man, was to limit its expenditure to its income. The resolution was seconded by Mr. T. M. ST URGE, who strongly denounced the tax as iniquitous, and said the meeting did not deserve the name of Englishmen if they submitted to the tax any longer. Admiral Sir M. F. BERKELEY, M.P., on rising, was r ceived with loud applause. He said,—l should not have risen to address you upon this occasion if it had not been for some few words which fell from my hon. friend who seconded the resolution ; and also to explain to you that when I came down here through the kindness of one of the committee, I was fully led to understand that there would not only have been a direct censure upon the Government to which I have the honour to belong, but that there was also an intention expressed in that resolution to tie the tongues—l will not sa y th e h an d s—of myself and my hon. collague, Mr. Price, binding us in that sort of way that we were no longer to be your free representatives, but tied down and told that if we did not choose to be put into leading strings we were no longer fit to be your represen tatives. (Cheers, and a voice ; " That's true.") My hon. colleague can speak more eloquently than I can attempt to do, but I will say this for myself, and in all kindness and goodwill to you, citizens of Gloucester, that I am gl a d th e resolution has not bee n so f rame d , and that no attempt has been made to bind us; because, although I am growing, and even now am, an old man, yet have I the spirit of an Englishman about me, and I never would be a bondsman as a representative. (Cheers.) Mr. Sturge has slightly touched, and in a gentlemanlike manner, upon a subject that has been alluded to elsewhere ; I don't complain of the be enwhayanindlewdhiienh e h e h as coarsetr e a a n t e d d it, ung e b e u t e el e s n e i h k e e r e s ty i t l e h ; as mean as to whether the Government intend to take advan tage of some 28 days having elapsed over the financial year to impose the increased war tax for another year. Some have gone so far as to say that it is the intention of the Government so to do. Some say that it is a quibble ; some that is worthy only of a pettifogging attorney, who would be struck off the rolls for such conduct; and they at once assume that because a man is a member of a Government, and is in the proud position of governing a body of free men, that he would be guilty of a dirty action. (Cheers.) Now, let me sa y thi s— i t has been prophesied, it is so stated by the Financial Reform Ass, ciation of Liverpool, and also by certain country gentlemen (who, I think, in meddling with the income tax before an agricultural population are knocking their heads against a stone wall), that, this petti fogging conduct will be pursed by the Government. It is even said that such is the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, as we all know, is a very hard task-master; it is his business to make a bargain for the country ; and it is his busi ness, also, to stand by it when it is made. But the Chan cellor of the Exchequer has a master over him in the Prime Minister. Now, I will venture to contradict all those who have said that it is the intention of the Government to take this advantage of the people. (Cheers.) Let me not be mistaken ; I do not say this upon authority, but I say it as a subordinate of that Government. I do not believe that it would be capable of taking such an advantage. (Cheers.) And why do I say so ? Look at the antecedents —look at the character the noble lord the member for Tiverton, who is now at the head of the Government, has established for himself. His is no sneaking policy ; he makes no attempt to obtain anything by a quibble that he can obtain by asking for honourably and honestly of the repro senta.tives of the nation. Therefore do I say wait till the time comes. I will not believe it till I sea it, and I, for one, would not be a party to it. (Cheers.) Mr. Bowly, proposing the resolution, told you to abolish the tax at once, to do away with it altogether. (A Voice.—" That's what we want.") I should be very glad to see it. (A Voice.—" And we must have it.") Mr. Bowly told you to abolish it, and in the same breath to reduce your ex penditure to meet your income. It is very well to say that now, but unfortunately we have spent the money. I would ask this assembly whether it would be willine . ; land from her proud position—whether it is prepared to take down from her high position tb Co take Eng belongs ?We stand foremost by country to which is our wealth, intelligence, courage, love of freedom, :sled Christian charity, in the ;se of the term—we stand forth the most comprehensive ser champion of the wo :id against s l avery , despotism , and the the weak.. (Loud cheers.) you, to take that a d v i ce w hi ch will remove you strongthe, censer overpowering from that "high pedestal, and place you in the lowest scale of na f :ions ? (Hear.) It is well to say we are not to keep up an army, that we do not want a navy—but where would you be without them ? If you reduce your army and navy— mind, Ido not wish you to keep up a useless expenditure—but if you reduce your forces to that lo w point that you cannot upon any sudden emergency bring into operation that power which you Englishmen alone throughout the world are able to wield, then I say good by to the English character, good by to th e greatness of Great Britain. (Loud cheers.) I would willingly go o with my friends who have addressed you t o t a k e off this tax ; and I agree with the Liv er p oo l Fi nance Reform Association, though they are rather harsh in their terms, as to the intentions of the Government. That asso ciation, after stating Government mean to eon dune the present tax for another year, goes on to say or which her Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer deka to justify the " We agree with you that the quibble una extension of the extra 9d. imposed r the exp ress s ti pu l a ti o n th a t or war purposes, under after the ti m e _.,g of a treaty of peace, for a full year prescribe 1 is one worthy only of a petti attorney who has been struck off the rolls for chica nery and dishonest purposes. _ . period after the signi' ..s was to cease within a certain with you that it is unfair to tax proomns anti tot n 31t W_ e agre Q e .nom ea at pre. MEETING AT DEPTFORD. Last night a public meeting convened by this association, for the pm pose of obtaining a speedy reduction of the in quisitorial and oppressive income tax, was held in the large lecture hall of the Literary Institution, High-street. The meeting was very numerously attended. Mr. Alderman Wire took the chair, and among other influential gentlemen we noticed Mr. M.. Chambers Mr. J. Thwaites (Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works), Mr. Churchwarden Veness, Mr. Churchwarden Higham, Mr. Duvall, Mr. Cadell, Mr. Armitage, &c. Col. Sleigh, one of the candidates for the representation of Greenwich, was also present. Messrs. Nicholay, Paine, and Buott attended as a deputation from the parent Metro politan Association. _ _ - The CHAIRMAN, who was greatly applauded, 'on opening the proceedings, stated the object of the meeting, and briefly recapitulated the circumstances under which the tax had been originally imposed by Sir R. Peel, and the successive continuations by subsequent Government, until the break ing out of the war with Russia, when Mr. Gladstone, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, adopting what he (Mr. Alderman Wire) considered the sound principle—that the generation which enters upon war ought to pay its costs, and not leave them a burden to posterity—proposed to double the tax during the continuence of the war. That proposal was, if not cheerfully, at least willingly acceded to by the nation, as was the subsequent proposition of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, to impose an addi tional 2d. in the pound, making 16d. in all. In addition to this increase bf the tax upon incomes originally: Messed, the tax had been extended to Ireland, and to incomes as low as 1001. a year, the year 1860 being fixed by Mr. Glad stone as the period when, having been reduced first to 6d., and then to sd. in the pound, the whole tax should expire. If be (.11r. Alderman Wire) thought the agitation for the modification or reduction of the tax would have the effect of increasing indirect taxation he should be the last to join such a movement, because he believed that direct taxation equitably assessed and properly collected was the system .under which the country could best compel the Govern ment to carry on the business of the country at once effi ciently and economically. (Hear, hear.) With the ques tion of the inequality and injustice of the tax in its present incidence upon precarious and permanent incomes they were hardly called upon to deal that night. What they were especially called upon to do was, to see that the Go vernment were not allowed to profit by a pettifogging trick which would have disgraced the lowest attorney. (Cheers.) They were aware that the additional tax was only granted for one year following the conclusion of the war, and no longer; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer, taking advantage of the wording of a particular part of the act, proposed in effect to continue the addition for two years after the termination of hostilities, or until April, 1858, in stead of April, 1857. The treaty of peace having been signed on the 30th March, 1856, the verbal quibble by which this fraud was sought to be perpetrated lay in theintrocluction of the term ratification instead of the conclusion of a treaty of peace. (Hear.) It was for the people of this country to say whether they would permit the Chancellor of the Exchequer to carry out such a violation of the spirit of the agreement, or whether they would compel the Go vernment to carry out the arrangements which had been entered into in 1853 by Mr. Gladstone. He believed that if this were done—if the additional tax ceased, as it ought to, next April, and the people could look forward to the ultimate fulfilment of Mr. Gladstone's plans, that the people of this country would cheerfully and willingly submit to any fiscal burdens that might be necessary to maintain the dignity and the interests of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. THWAITES moved the first resolution, which was— " That the present charge of 16d in the pound upon pro perty and income is unfairly levied and extremelyoppres sive ; and that when the tax was first increased, it was by act of Parliament to continue in force for one year only after the termination of the war, and no longer; and that the acts for increasing the tax ought to be repealed from and after the sth of April next; and that levying the in come tax upon permanent and precarious incomes is a grievous injustice, and that its inquisitorial and arbitrary mode of assessment is extremely harassing and oppres sive • and thatothis meeting pledges it s elf to u se ev e r y legi timate means to obtain a more equitable adjustment of the tax, or a total repeal of it upon trades and professions." He could add but little to the statement of the chairman, but he had very strong objections to the tax upon preca rious incomes, and it was clear that the addition of 9d was intended only to continue for a definite and a limited time. It was for the people, who were called upon to pay this large addition, to insist upon a bona fide fulfilment of the arrangement entered into, and not to permit the perpetra tion of such a trick. It was, indeed, humiliating to think that any Government, because of the largo amount yielded by the tax, should have had resort to such a mere verbal quibble as this, and he trusted the borough of Greenwich, low as it had sunk as a corrupt Government borough - (hisses and cheers)—low as it had sunk, would yet show by its attitude on this occasion, that it was not prepared to sub mit to such an imposition. He had also to complain that, in that district especially, the commissioners, by their surcharges, were treating the ti ading and professional classes most unjustly and insultingly. They appeared to look upon the returns made to them as untrue, and they all knew that against such arbitrary surcharges there was no chance of redress upon appeal. (Hear, hear.) When he saw this combination of trick and oppression on the part of the Government, he could not help asking himself, if the representative system of this country was in that state we were so fond of bo as ti ng o f? (H ear , h e ar.) There was something unsound in it, or the people of this country would never permit the Government to levy such a tax, and to continue its collection by such offensive machinery. They wore called upon iu these circumstances to do their individual duty—to take care that their one representa tive now in the House of Commons did his duty—(hear, hear)—and, oppose the continuance of the war tax, and also to an sent t r i — n taon thatd farther, rhtone house to take e, to fill t h care h a e t an a tt seatthe pledged man whona himself they r equitable adjustment of any future impost upon property into and Parliament for hee them incomes.)(C would trusted e that er t tto hand whoever them went over to a Government. That he would go in free — not having purchased his seat—and, therefore, in one sense, justified in riot selling it. (Cheers.) rs. Mr. VE )ESS, senior churchwarden, seconded the resolu tion. _ _ Mr. M. CHAMBERS, M.P. (who was received with great applause), supported the resolution, and said he regretted to be under the necessity of leaving the meeting early, in order to attend the anniversary of the Working Man's In stitute of East Greenwich, but ho hoped the cause would induce them to grant their hearty pardon for • leaving so soon. He felt a eeep interest in the question under consi deration, because it affected very seriously a large body of his constituents. The legal, the medical, and the commer cial classes all suffered deeply at present from the tax. But he found also that it most grievously pressed on many of the labouring classes in the borough. There were impor tant principles involved in the question, whether there should be any tax upon incomes at all ; and if so, whether there should be any difference between the tax upon permanent and casual or precarious incomes. They were not, however, met to discuss the abstract principle that night, but to grapple with a practical question. One point it was important to keep in view, which was, that since 1798, when Mr. Pitt first introduced the income tar, up to the present day, not one advocate of such a tax had ventured to say more than such a tax should be imposed only in times of war or of great emergency. Sir R. Peel, when he re-imposed the tax in 1843, did so, first, on the ground that it was necessary to meet the deficiency of two or three millions a year which had existed forseveral years PrOViou ; and, Watt upon the wore il,l2Mtallt gXiAncis 4 STAMPED 57 ' ry. that by that means h e w ould b e a bl e t o g i ve a boarto th e public through the remission of indirect taxes. Efe ad mitted distieetty that it was a tax only for times of great onsrgeacy, and having made out a case of emergency, asked for the tax only for a limited and temporary period. He confessed that the pleas for its successive' extension ' had by no means been satisfactory to his mind, but he was still more surprised at the ground upon which it was pro posed to extend the increased till April, 185$. Why, the limit was distinctly fixed for one year after the termfna tion of the war, Well, what was the termination of 'the War ? The cessation of hostilities and the signing of the articles of the peace. But the Chancellor of the Exchequei said, " all great statesmen knew that a war had not ceased until the treaty of peace was ratified." All the great states men in the House of Commons applauded that statement -- (laughter)—and the consequence was, that although the trestrwas - signed -a week before the expiration of the finan cial year, the ratifications having been postponed for three weeks after that period, they were asked to paytwo years' additional tax instead of one. Now, he had no hesitation in saying that' had Ministers come forward, and asked for the extension of the tax for soother year, there would have been such an opposition to it that they would have been compelled to withdraw the proposition. It was clear, there fore, that the tax rested upon a very slender and unsound foundation. There could be no doubt whatever that the tax was a war tax, and nothing else, and now that the war was ended, the tax specially s imposed to meet the demands of the.warishould cease also. They all knew that in that borough and elsewhere the Government establishments had been very materially reduced, and he should like to know why the tax should not be reduced also. As to the question Whether the tax, in a reduced and different shape, should become a part of oar financial system, they were not called upon to discuss it that night, and having pointed out what he considered the point really at issue, he should have great pleasure in giving effect to the decision of his consti tuents to the utmost of his power in his place in the House of Commons. (Cheers.) In conclusion, Mr. Chambers, re ferring to some observations of Mr. Thwaites, denied that the-borough 'was either a Government or a corrupt borough. Had it been either, he should not have occupied the posi tion of its repre - entative. The reaolution was agreed to unanimously, amidst loud applause. . Mr. C4DELL then moved the adoption of a petition em bodying the resolution, and that Mr. Chambers be re quested to present and support the same. In supporting the resolution, he said that this was no party question. It was one which affected alike ell parties and all classes, and therefore all were called upon alike to exert themselves to see justice done- Mr. DUVALL seconded the motion. Mr. NICHOLAY, one of the deputation from the Metropo litan Aisociation, supported the resolution, and earnestly advisci the constituencies of the cities and boroughs throughout the country to imitate the electors of Stroud, who had signed a declaration pledging themselves not to support any candidate at the next election who did'not pledge himself to the apt ady reduction, and the future equitable adjustment, or final repeal of the tax: The re presentative of Stroud was Mr. Horsman, the Secretary for Ireland. That movement would, therefore, be felt at once ith - e - aafernizient. In Marylebone, the important metro olitan borough to which he (Mr. Nicholay) belonged, they ad also a Minister of the Crown (Sir B. Hall) for a repre ientative. They would soon have a borough meeting, and he would endeavour to lead Sir Benjamin to, that meeting by a silken string, and to get such a pledge from him. If not, woe '. o Sir Benjamin. This was not a question upon which they should be mealy mouthed. They must speak out, and he was happy to say that the movement was spreading with unexampled rapidity throughout the whole country.' The tocsin was sounded, and in a short time he believed that unity and energy would give them a triumphant victory. (Cheers.) Colonel SLEIGH next addressed the meeting in condem nation of what he called a hideous imposture, a scandalous abomination, and a shocking fraud upon the industry and the intelligence of the country. If they took an income of 1501. a-year, derived from professional and personal exer tions, it would be only worth their purchase, and the mar ket value would be 4161. If they took 1501. a-year, derived from permanent property, its value in the market would be 3,7501. The Government taxed both these incomes alike, and the result was that the income from casual and precarious resources was taxed at the rate of i2l. ts. per cent , while that from permanent sources was taxed only ss. 4d. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear," and "Shame.") For his own part he went fu ther than previous speakers, and would entirely abolish the tax upon professional and trad ing incomes. (Cheers.) The resolution was then unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings closed with a cordial vote of thanks to the Chairman. MEETING AT DORCHESTER. A meeting of the inhabitants ofDorchqstei was held in their Guildhall on Tuesday—the Mayor, Mr. J. Ensor, presiding—" to consider the best means of effecting a speedy abolition of the income tax." The Rev. W. Barnes moved a resolution declaring the income tax to be unjust in its.pi inciple and offensive in its character, which was seconded. by Mr. J. T. Shorto.—The next resolution was proposed' by Mr. M. C. Weston, seconded by Mr. T. Y. Talloch, declaring that the practical operation of the laws relating to the income tax was inquisitorial and productive of great hardship, inequality, and injustice, and that this meeting would be satisfied with nothing less than their totaland iwmediate abolition. It was urged by the first speaker that there is a positive immorality in putting a tax upon virtue—and that the income tax is a tax upon the virtue of industry; but, as a clergyman, he found a still greater objection to it, that it almost compels _a man to tamper with his conscience, or else he must over tax him self. Any law (said the rev, gentleman) which tempted a man, although not extortionate in any other way, any law which tempted a man to tamper with his conscience was a bad one, and would be found in course of time to be as demoralising as it was bad. The resolutions were all passed unanimously, and h petition to Parliament in accordance with them was adopted. INNS Oil COURT. The following is a prospectus of the lectures to be delivered during the ensuing Educational Term by the several Readers appointed by the Inns of Court : "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL HISTORY. "The public lectures to be delivered by the Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History will comprise the following subjects : "The Reign and Policy of William 111. ; the Reign of Queen Anne, and the character of the Government of George I. and George II.; the Progress of our Jurispru dence, as exemplified by the Statute Book; the State Trials, and the Proceedings of Parliament during that period. "In his private classes the Reader will proceed from 1641 to the year 1782. " Books Millar's View of the English Constitution ; ' State Trials of the Period ; Statute Book; Rapin's History ;' Hallam's Constitutional History ; 'Burnet's History of his own Time ; ' May's' History ; ' White lock's ' Diary ; " Clarendon,' Ist vol. ; Maeaulay's His tory,' 4th vol. " EQUITY. " The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during the ensuing Educational Term nine lectures on the following subjects : "1. On the General Principles adopted by Courts of Equity. "2. On the Creation of Trusts by express declaration. " 3. On Implied and Resulting Trusts. " 4. On Voluntary Settlements and Conveyances. "5. On the Rights and Liabilities of Married Women recognised by Courts of Equity alone. "6. On Presumptive Performance and Satisfaction ; and on the Doctrine of Election. "The Reader will continue with his senior and junior classes the general course of Equity already commenced, using, as before, Smith's Manual of Equity Jurispru dence' as a text book. He will also, in the senior class, explain the leading rules of pleading in Equity, from the work of Lord Redesdale. "LAW OF REAL PROPERTY, &c. " The Reader on the Law of Real Preperty, &c., pro poses to deliver, in the ensuing Educational Term , a course of nine public lectures on the following subjects : " 1. On the Doctriue of Notice. "2. On a Testamentary Charge of Debts, and the power to sell Real Estate under that charge. " In his private classes the Reader on Real Property Law will discuss more fully the leading cases cited in the public lectures. He will also explain the common forms of con veyances and mortgages, and give suggestions as to their outline and language. " JURISPRUDENCE AND THE CIVIL LAW. "The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law pro poses, in the course of the ensuing Educational Term, to deliver a course of nine public lectures on the following subjects : " The Early History of some of the Fundamental Con ceptions of Law ; the Ancient Cot:es—European and Asiatic —their history, character, and influence; the Mechanism of the Roman Legal System, and the points in which it differed from the mechanism of English law; the Princi ples of the Roman Praetorian Jurisprudence, and their in fluence on modern law and modern thought; Classifications in Law—their use and abuse; the Sources of the Roman Law of Persons. " With his private classes the Reader proposes to pro ceed regularly through the principal departments of R oman Law, beginning with the Law of Contract. The Com ments— ry of Gains' will be the text - book of the lectures and will be read together with the 1 I nstitutes of ll ei r n es ' tinian.' On particular days certain selected portions- —8" Digest' will be taken. of th e "COMMON LAW. " The Reader on Common Law proposes to deliver during the Educational Term, commencing the .11th of January. 1857, a course of nine public lectures on Contracts u nder Seal, Contracts between Landlord an d T enant, and Simple Contracts, wherein he will en d eavour to elucidate 1" Rules of Law governing such con t racts, and direct atten tion,,__ to the statutes regulating them. Th e plan which r " Reader purposes to adopt will be as under Law : " Lecture 1 will be I n t ro d uctory to the Study of the of Contracts. "Lectures 2 and 3.—The various species of Contracts i ha under Seal will in th ese l ectures be ex mined, dineetd their c ucible from racteristics consid ere d , and the principles d other im ' Collins v. Bl an t ern ' (1 Smith L. a, 154), tin portant cases stated and explained. t h e Contracts and "Lectures 4 and 5 will be devoted + between which and Agreements of Landlord and Tenant, ordinary contracts the specific diffe le n ctures of the course b ees will be noted. "Lectures 6 to 9.—The last four espec .. ng r ti simple con will be occupied with an inquir itilo or otherwise. The , tracts, written and oral, ("'• treatment of this s u bject will, be resumed in 1 the succeeding term. "With his private class of Contracts in its various the Reader on Common Law proposes to discuss tho , b L e a p w lan above indicated. He will pbrriannecihpeasliyacrcoeferrdiwn. t; t f o llowing it out to the books here hi l d's Touchstone,' by Preston; `Smith's Specified :- 4th e 1 ion ; 4 Sheppa r d d't . ) ' roodfall's Treatise on . Leading Cases' ( & ~ . 0.4. 4 on Bills of F4O ll OB O ; Landlord and Tenant; ' a AN ACTION - TO RECOVER - Oitrx Hu .N . DBED 11.110FISAND FRANCA • It has been stated that great sensation has be au caused by a lady having broright'an action agai n , 4 a lieutenant-colonel of the army to recove r 100,000 f. damages for his refusal to marry h er according to the civil form, after being married to her according to the forms of the church—and the principal circumstances of the case have also been re lated. On. Wednesday the matter was brought on before the Civil Tribunal, Paris, and it excited ex traordinary interest, the Court being crowded by fashionable personages. M. Berry, advocate for the lady, after some preliminary observations; made a statement to this effect :—The lady, Mme. indouin by name, daughter of an adjutant-general of the Neapolitan army, was married to a superior officer of the army, who died in 1854, leaving her with a son. She was an affectionate wife to him, as his family testified. M. Dubost, the defendant, then % chef d'escadr on , was a friend of her husband, and frequently visited hi m . Af ter his death, he con tinued his visits to her, took great interest in her - position, endeavoured to get her child placed in a public school, and with the consent of her family became the boy's guardian. Before long he began to manifest sentiments of affection for the lady, and employed all means to touch her heart. She in time conceived a passion for him. He proposed marriage, and on the 28th May, 1854, wrote to her mother to demand her hand. The mother gave hei:consent, but immediately after he told Mme. ',Audouin that his parents and all his family were vehemently.opposed to the marriag e, and that hi s mother thr ea t ene d t o curse him if he persisted in making it. This plunged her into despair', and on the Bth June she attempted to kill herself by taking a dose of laudanum. M. Dubost, hearing of what she had done, b at t ene d tivter, and manifested the most prefOund aiffiction. Medical men were called - in, and they declared that she could not live ; the cure of Saint Thomas d'Aquin was accordingly summoned, and he administered the last sacra ments of the church, M. Dubost all the time being on his knees by the side of the bed weeping. When the ceremony was over he begged the priest to marry him and the lady, and the latter by her ges tures made a similar. prayer. The cure hesitated, and went into an adjacent room to question the physicians on the condition of the lady ; they told him that "she could not pass the night." He, therefore, to console her, performed the marriage ceremony between her and Dubost. The next day a favourable turn took place in her situation, and ten days after she was well enough to leave the house. She and M. Dubost then drove to.a jewel ler's, and he there purchased two wedding-rings, on whicfi he caused to be engraved, " C. 0., E.D., united the Bth June, 1854." On the 22d the couple attended mass, and the cure afterwards, in the vestry, blessed the rings and presented them to the pair. From that day they believed themselves husband and wife. M. Dubost wrote several let ters to Mme. Audouin, expressing the most pro found affection for her ; in one of them he said, " Claire, lam your husband before God t In my honour and my love you should confide I" On the 31st July, expecting that his military service might call him away, he executed before a notary a deed authorising M. an engineer by profession, to take measures for obtaining the consent of his . parents to the marriage, and even, if necessary, to • give the notice that it would be effected without their consent ; also to settle the conditions of the. marriage settlement. The day after he handed thr.t gentleman a letter addressed to the Minister of W-ar, soliciting his authorisation to the marriage. In the evening he promised to visit Mine. Audouin, but never went. In the course of the evening that lady's maid received an anonymous letter, stating that " a great misfortune had occurred in the Du.- boat family, and that Felix (the defendant) must remain at home." She took the letter to the cure of St. Thomas d'Aquin, and he called on Mine. Audouin to communicate the contents to her. She went to the house 'of old M. Dubost—nothing had occurred ; she then went to the lodgings of her lover—he was not there. She afterwards received a letter from him, saying that " something had happened which rendered calm and isolation neces sary to him," begging of her to love him, for he loved her and was her husband, and declaring mysteriously that "it was from Algiers the blo w had come !" Madame Audouin knew from his own confession that he had abandoned a woman at Algiers, by whom he had had a child—and she fared from this reference to that country that lip meant to abandon her likewise. Not hearing of him for some days siaO made inquiries, and learned that on his own demand he had been sent to the Crimea. She went to the Crimea, and had him summoned to herpresence in the teutof the chaplain. 1 She then solemnly called on him to fulfil his pro mise to her, but he refused. "I have forgotten all that has passed between us," said he, " and will not hear talk of it !" On this she drew forth a poignard, stabbed herself in the breast, and fell bathed in blood. For three weeks her life was in. danger, and then she was brought back to Paris. Some time after M. Dubost, who had risen to the rank of lieutenant-colonel, came to Paris, and she and her friends called on him to have a civil mar riage celebrated between them, so as to make the religious one valid ; but be refused. She went to him, and supplicated him to fulfil his engagement to her, but he again positively refused. She then drew forth a pistol, and seemed disposed. to dis charge it at him or herself, but he wrested it from her. He afterwards denounced her to the police. Seeing that he was determined not to fulfil his ea gagements she brought the action. The learned counsel then proceeded to argue that the lady bad suffered grievous wrong at the hands of the defei dapt, and that the tribunal ought to grant heavy damages.—M. Mogent Saint Laurens, advocate of Lieutenant-Colonel Dubost, said that the law with regard to breach of promises of marriage was that damages could not be obtained when the promise alleged to be broken had not been freely given ; and his answer to the case was that his client had. not given a free promise. He then said that Mme. Audouin, who was forty years of age and wag of an irascible, violent, romantic character, had, very shortly after the death of her husband, at which she pretended to be profoundly afflicted, begun to lay her nets for M. Dubost, and he being good-natured, and perhaps rather frivolous, was not on his guard against them. Not content with the visits which he paid her, she wrote him letters i n which she called him the " friend of her unoccu pied hours," and applied to him endearing epithets. Passionate language soon began to be employed between them, but as he did not talk o f marriage,- as she wished, she on the 26th of M a y of poison, and when he p r esent lu ed a h y im t rel k f it a t the house he found her pale o a n a d t h h a is gg h ard, and ap parently to oin a dying state: her, wrote to her mother to dem an d h e, hand , at that time the ashes of her husband id w who e h r. had Only been dead two months, were not yet she made no objection to M. Dubost opposed the his Writ' ! co The family of ing m a r r i a g o e t! t o h n e ae oouns of the violent and eccentric character on the Bth June she h ad lady, and so ing. On that day eoune to a nother poison meant to take laudanum in order to procure sleep, but she added, too strong she wrote rc to him to say that she " I a deceive myself by taking a dose was intended. to announce a suicide, and he hasten edl" many saw clearly that theletter to her hou se . He there found her in apparently a dying state,a priest in his robes , l ig hted can dles, and ' with seve r al pe rson s around her bed; the scene - was very d rama tic. When the priest had adminis te • red extr eme unction to the lady, who appeared to h e dying' M. D e bost, who really felt great em o. tion, cried'Ma rr Y ng us i" and the marriage ceremony Was gone thro i s . But that ceremony was void, both in the eye ofth e l a w an d accordin g to' the can on s of the c hurch. The question su b sequently presented itself to the mind of M. Dubost — was the' poisoning of Madame Audouin fictitious or real I If fictitio u s the case fell to the ground, and the learned counsel contended that it was so, inasmuch as Madame Audouin was perfectly conscious of all tb . at was passing, and had subsequently recorded it in writing ; whereas if she had taken poison enough to cause her death, she would have been in a stu pefied state. This doubt and the violence of Ma. dame Audouin's character convinced M. Dubost that marriage would only be misery for both, esp e _ cially as he had not disguised from her that he had been connected with another female, and was the fathei of a child. As to the scenestbat subsequently took place between him and the lady, they pr o v e d the prudence of his resolution. The learned gentle man concluded by contending that as the promise M. Dubost was alleged to have made had been given under moral constraint it was not binding in law, and that therefore no damage s w ere due from him. The Public Prosecutor, after summing up the case, expressed the opinion that the action ought to be dismissed. The Tribune postponed judgment for a week.--Go/ignanesAfesseilger• Mit, TRACKERAY'S LECTllllo.—Yesterday evening, at the Marylebone Institution, the first time in L on d on, the Afr. Thackeray began, for se ries of lectures on the "Four Georges," w hi ch h e had previous.ly delivered in the United ,States of America, in Scotland, and in the proyinceß. Tie room was crowded in every part. eOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING ty„ SAUCE, which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, 4 135, Grills, Gravies, Hot ano Cold Meats, and unrivalled for gene n lase, is sold by the most respectable dealers in fish and sauces. J. and C. Cockb, Reading, sole Manufacturers.