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The sinews of war--money—are freely fortheornins, the subscription list being a most liberal one ; and at, present they seem determined to show a " nc• ble " defence for what their prompters call • public good." Such conspi rac i es are genera ll y more prolific in dupes than heroes. It is not, how ever, difficult to foresee what the ups h ot w ill b e . The farmer , are certainly preparing a rich harvest for the gentlemen of the long lobe, if they will only give them time to g3,ther it in.—Preston _Herald. TarsTErs. Et.lin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M I Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. 6-1) LON DE ) 1 5 FRIDAY EV -"'"P. G, DECEMBER 6, ,850. DELIVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster- General, anxious to promote rapidity and correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes, divided London and its environs into ten district ,, , each to be treated, in many respects, as a separate town ; and to render this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every 'leans 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 : , 20,131) [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 513. NION T BLANC TO-NIGHT AT EIGHT. PUBLICATLONS. LIVERPOOL REVISION OF TAXATION. free trade. From that experience you may form some faint idea of those which would flow from the total disenthral mont of commerce and manufactures. Do you need any other proof than your own experience ? If yow do, here it is : 1,376, Decrease on in-door poor, 73; decrease on out door poor, 166. Total decrease as compared with last year, 238. STRAND UNION. -Inmates of workhouse, 748 (last year 763) Men, 192 ; women, 315 ; children, 241. There are 201 children at the establishment at Edmon ton. The Christmas fare was—Boiled pork, 6 oatces ; vegetables, 12 ounces ; br.'ad, 15 ounces ; plum puddinv, 16 ounces ; and porter, 1 pint. The children roast beef and oranges &(.. Decrease on in-do r p mr, 5 ; on nut-door poor, 165 ; total decrease, 170 ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.—Inmates, 734 (last year 780), men, 258 ; women, 396 ; boys, 46 ; girls, 34 ; at the establishment for children at Brentwood, 260 chi!. dren. ChriAteas.day fare-6 ,z. baked meat, Bz. baked pota'oes, Boz plum pudding, and 1 pint of beer each a tuft ; children in proportion, and the latter, after dinner, ora' ges, figs, &c. Out-door poor, 3.078 ( Evt y. ar 3,155); relief in kind for the week, 1001 5., 7d ; money, 831. Os 3d.—total, 1861. 14.. 10d. ; last year. 1971 17s. 6 Decrea-43 on iu-door p or, 46 ;on out door poor, 77—total, 123. STEPNEY UNl , N.—lumateß of the Ratcliffe Hon.,. THE BANK CHARTER ACT. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v rious Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, T -N I GUT, and every evening (Saturday excepted) at Eight A NI OR SING PERFOR NI ANCE on S I VIID AYS, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polygraphic-hall, King William. street, Charing-cross, MR. JEAFFRESON'S NEW NOVEL. The following is the address of the President anal Council of the Liverpool Financial Reform Asso ciation upon this sahject :-- "To THE MIDDLE, COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING, AND INDUSTRIAL CLASSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. (Prom the Times.) Sniffing from afar the coming renewal of the Bank Charter, our correspondent " Mercator " lit .unts on the summit of the venerable edifice in Threadneedle -street, and blows his trumpet loud arid long, challenging all men to come forth, they have an thing to say against the act of 1844, on behalf of which he is ready to do battle. Reused at the sound, the small shilling men of Birmingham prepare themselves for the conflict, arid many a pamphleteer who has paid off the 'rational debt and noubled our capital on paper by a plan which cost not,ing to anybody is ready ince more to confide his invaluable nostrum to a neg ligent age and an ungrateful country. " Civis " and Salt have already raised their banners, and many a letter will he written and many a speech made before the real controversy is even opened. For ourselves, we do not presume to break a lance with so doughty a ,champion as " Mercator," or to penetrate more deeply than is granted to ordinary mortals into the mysteries of high finance; but we may perhaps suggest that the Act of 1844 was a very comprehensive measure, and contained in it many provisious besides those to which our correspondent so emphatically draws attention. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., ISABEL ; the Young Wife and the Old Love, By the tabor of " Crewe 11;se "&c. " is a novel in which the author maintains the good posl tion his first work obtaine 1 for him."—Fxaminer. " Less than 40 years age there was a village in the Esst, with a few scattered huts on the water side, the inhabit. ants of which were half fishermen and whole pirates. This wretched village is now the flourishing port of Singapore, which enjoys a trade of ten millions annually, and contri butes largely to the Indian revenue. What is the secret of Ibis wonderful metamorphosis ? Simply the fact that, at Singapore, there are no import or export duties—no taxes •n shipping. Who can calculate the immense development of the national resources which would cer , ainly be pro ducod if the same sound principles were extended to Bri tish industry, commerce, and manufactures ? Nobody can make such a calculation beforehand, but everybody who thinks must see that the demonstration can only be brought about by means of direct taxation. Fellow-countrymen,--Having now told you frankly in whit you err, according to our convictions, and having pointed out the course which, in our belief, you ought to pursue, and will pursue if you have any real and enlight ened regard for your own true interests and those of the ❑ation, we have discharged our duty. It is for you to perform yours. We make no apology for doing that which has been dictated alike by conscience and patriotism, but shall, in conclusion, content "ourselves with adjuring you to consider well what you are about, and to pause long before you determine o❑ playing out the game of the ene mies of all progress, who seek their own advantage, and that of particular classes only, at the cost of all the rest of the community. " In a second address we may point out more distinctly the evils and injustice of the present system, and also sug gest a scheme of taxation whioh shall be must productive to the revenue, at the smallest cost of collection, just to wards all classes, and, at the same time, press least inju riously on the springs of commerce, industry, and manu factures. "By order of the Council, "ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, President. " Financial Reform Association, 6, York-buildings, Dale-street, Liverpool, Dec., 1856." JAMES THOMPSON, Esq., 500, High Holborn, R.C. 'I ha present work, we are satisfies', wi'l keep up the popularity of air. JealTreson's pen. It abounds in clever sketches of society."— John Bull. " ,%n excellent novel."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. RUSSIA —Its PALACES and its PEOPLE.— Mt EAT GLOBE, Leicester-square.— k new and magnificent DiOrtAM A, in forty immense Tableaux, of RUSSIAN SCENERY, with novel scenic effects ,and the sites and scenes of the memorable events of the late Campaiun. The Ural Mountains, NUM Novog :rod during the fair. Panorama of St. Petersburg and Moscow, Corona tion of the Cz sr in the grand Cathedral of th Assumption. Ex planatory Lectures at three and eight. Admission to the whole building, Is. " Fellow-Countrynien,—As President and Council of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association, we deem it both a privilege and a duty to address a few words to you in reference to the efforts you are now making for the im mediate reduction of the income and prope►ty tax, and its total abolition at the period now fixed by law. We do so because, entirely concurring with you on some points, there are others on which we differ widely, and in which, as we conceive, your true interests and those of our com mon country are deeply involved. " Permit us to explain to you where and why we differ, and on'what points we are agreed. fr i when the letter is from the country, thus : - JAMES THOMPSON, Esq., 500, High Holborn, London, W.C. This day is published, in small octavo, JEISSIE CAMERON : A Highland Story, By LADY RACIIEL BUTL R. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sug gested that, when convenient, each resident of the Western District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to bib own address inside his letters when writing to his corre Vondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi %en, he should give the name of the district, or the initials, ill the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or ?lacarde, and on any article of manufacture which may bear las address. _ _ tttUYLL ROOMS.-LA ['RENT'S CAS IN(!, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. —The above clegan ooms are now open every evening tor the winter season, with aurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. soulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that th's Wace of resort ha been entirely redecorated during the ecess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis •on ine shilling. Eary in January will be published, In Bvo., IVAPOLEON THE THIRD ; A Review of his L. Life, Char,eter. and Policy; With Extracts from is Writings and 'Anerches, and Reference to Contemporary Opinions. By a BRITISH OFFICER. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. " We agree with you that the quibble under which her Majesty's Chancellor of the Exchequer seeks to justify the 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, &c., will be kept f or re f erence . 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 assured, will be riven in the London Post Office Directory for the year 1857, in the part headed " Street Directory " The following additional information may prove useful : retention of the extra 91, imposed for war purposes, under the el-press stipulation that it was to cease within a certain 232 ; Mile-end House, 237 ; Warping Hom e ., 431 ; Ltinehonse, 581 ; at Margate, 9—total, 1,500 (t) - year, 1 410) ; males, 299 ; females, 553 ; childre: , 648, In asylu es, 181. Christmas dinner, ' , east beef, 1 pint of porter, plum pudding, &c., and apples and oratig,- e , in lieu t,f porter, for th• children. Out-door poor. 3,962 (bast yr. ar, 3,720) Increase on in- tuor poor, 90 ; (la out-door poor. 242 ; total increase of pluperistn, 332. WEST LONDON UNlON.—Tomatt . s of workh use, \Vest-street, 504 ; last year, 514 There are ale') nearly 200 children at the Central London District Same), N , trwood. The fare was 7 ounces roast beef, 8 ounces plum pudding. 12 ounces petat.te., a , d 1 pint porter. Ont-door poor, 2,138 ; last year, 2,381 ; decrease on in door poor, 10 ; on out-door po )r, 243 ; tutll deer ace cowered with corresponding perio.i last year, 253. ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD.— Inmate'- of workhouse. 165•; last Ceristrnas, • l77. 'rho usual Chris:inas fare of roast beef, p'um pudding, and 1 pint of best London porter. .11 price of provisione tally generally with tho ,, e other e-tabliehrnerits Decrease ri in-door poor, 12 HACKNEY UNlON.—lnmate, 645 ; la ;t year, 662 ; male., 166 ; females, 237 ; children, 242. The po r were regaled with Christmas fare of roast beef, plum pudding, and porter, with an extra allowance of tea, bread and butter, &c., morning anti evening. Out doer poor, 1.073 ; last Christmas, 1,147 ; decrease on iu door poor, 17 ; on t,ut door poor, 74 ; total decrease, 91. EDMONTON UNION —lnmates. 368 (las year, 356). Fare, roast beef and potatoes, 1 lb. p urn pudding, and 1 pint of porter. No return of out door poor. Decrease, as compared with last year, 12 ST. iv , ARY, PADDINGTON —ln the house, 369 ; (last Christmas, 292). Tue inmates were regaled with roast beef, mashed potatoes, plum pudding, and a pint of beer each adult, and less for children. The inmates are 67 men, 116 women, as 1 127 children. There is a slight decrease in out door rel , et. Total decrease, 17. It R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen •nly) from It till 10, containing upwirds of one thousand models and preparations, illusr;ating every part of the human frame in neslth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, J, 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and .ighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery 'Y or. Kstlig, at a quarter p ist 8n m. precisely. admission. One Catalogues containing Lectiires as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). Now ready, in 16mo . with Vignette by D. Waage. R.A., price ss. cloth, or 12s. Gd. hound in morocco by Hayday, m°ORE'S EPICUREAN. New Edition, with a l'reface. and the Notes from the Collective Edition of Moore's Poetics' Works; printed uniformly with Mo ye's Lslla Rookh ... • 16mo ss. cloth ; morocco, 121. Gd. Moore's Irish Melodies.. Moore's Songs, Ballads, and Sacred .16mo. ss. cloth; morocco, 12s. Ed rerm, Longmane, and Roberts. period after the signing of a treaty of peace, for a full year after the time prescribed, is one worthy only of a pettifog. ging attorney who had been struck off tho rolls for chi canery and dishonest practices. Songs • ... ...... ... London: Longman, Brown, "We agree with you that it is most unfair to tax pre carious and transitory incomes at precisely the same rate as incomes derived from property which descends from gene ration to generation. The first great provision of the Act of 1844, and One which is entitled to the highest. commendation, is the separation of the Issue from the Banking I/pantile:at of the Bank of F' land. A second provision, much more q....stionab;e, is the placing the issue of notes in the same hands as the manage. meta of the Bank. A third is the allowing the B.nk to issue no:es against 11,000,0001. of the public fundS, of which the Bank is the holder, against 3,000,0001. of oilier securities, and requir ing in the case of every note issued above these 14,000,0001. that:the gold or bullion against which atone it can he issued shall be lodged in the coffers of the Bank. Another provision restricts the issues of existing country batiks, forbids the establishment of new banks of issue, and contem plates that, as these banks drop in, their places shall be supplied by fresh issues from the Bank of England, though this provision has been inopera tive, because the Bank has no interest in increasing issues against which she must deposit a correspond- GENERAL TOM THUMB has arrived. This American Mart in Miniature, undo übtedly the smallest in the wor d intelligent, sprightly, educated, perfectly s , mmetrical in all his proportions, and graceful beyond belief, will hold Tillt , E PUBLIC LEVIES each day, for a short ti •-e only, at the REGENT GALLERY, Quadrant, Regent•strest, commencing THIS DAY, 26th December. He will appear in a great variety of NEW CHA RACTERS and COSTUMES, BONGS, DANCES. GRECIAN STATUES, Stc., &c. His MINIAI URE QUIPAGE will pro menade the streets daily. . . . . _ F RASER'S MAGA2 1857, price 2s. The Interpreter : a ' ale of the War. By G. J. Whyte Mel. viile, Author of " DigbyGrand," Sr.e. Part I. Tuscan roverbs. Ticket of Leave. Trip to Scotland. Cornelius Agrippa and the Alche mists. A Visit o a Model Farm in Asia Minor. Archbishop Whately an Bacon. The Last Salmon before Close Time. INE for JANUARY, id., contains lermons and 4ermonlsers. " We agree with you that the evils incident to the tax as at present levied are frequently much aggravated by the arbitrary and oppregsive_conduct of persons connected with its assessment and collection. TABLE OF DISTRICTS. Initials. E. C. W. C. N. N E. E. S. E. . S. S. W. w. N. W. Nantes. Eastern Central District Western Central District Northern District North Eastern District Eastern District South Eastern District Southern District South Western District Western District North Western District Sketches and Studies from Rel giom.—Bruges from the Belfry Tower The King of Denmark's ' ide. Translated from the original Danish by the Hon. Mrs. Nor- ton A Staff Officer on the War in the The General ,, was honoured with the patronage of her Majesty and he elite of fashion in 1841 , PARTICULAR OTIOE. —Ladies and families who can ronvenienily attend the early morning Levees from I I till I o'clock) will incur much less inconvenience from the crowd than by visiting the later Levees. Crimea. The Tea-Table. An unpublished Poem. By Hartley Coleridge. The rrlumph of Barbarism. By a New Yorker. r and Son, West Strand. If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart tent will be able to assort with facility and correctness the country letters, according to their respective districts, before they reach Loidon in the morning. _ . . London : John W. Parki Hours or Exhibition—from 11 t.llll ; 3 till 5 ; and 7 till 10 o'clock A dmi sion Is., without regard to age. Reset ved :galls, 2s. ; Children la. ; Drawing-room seats, 3s. ; children, Is. 6d. The Third Edition. Just rublished, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d ON TRUE AT FALSE SPERMATORRth EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the iteal Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from be German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the noa-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any )Cher equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p)wer to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' dud Medical Prionds,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those whe stiffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of !ess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money .... .. This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical syst-m of treating Spermatorrhoea, and to place the treat rent upon a more rational and phy , lolortical basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much zood."—Medical Circular. By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third, 4) f such letters are already so assorted with as much correct kegs as circumstances allow a change which has greatly ex- Padited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous a aaortment. with full facility for correctness, can be extended t 5 all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now _,, 11 Progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit . 4 4 further and important acceleration of the morning deli ter? throughout London. By command of the Postmaster-General. RowLAxo HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec., 1856. AWIDOW LADY, thoroughly acquainted with the routine of Housekeeping, is desirous of an engage ment as D .mestic Companion to an elderly or invalid Lady or Gen tleman or Widower with young children, where one or m re servants are kept. A comfortable home the chief con•ideratien. Unexcep tionable references given. —Address C. G., Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-hill. OIIRISTMAS-DAY IN TEE WO hi:KROUSE& Yesterday the poor inmates of the metropolitan and suburban workhouses and unions were regaled with the usual Christmas fare. Gratifying as it may be to the rate payers of the metropolis to know that the recipients of their bounty are not forgotten at this festive season, it is a matter of equal interest to those who contribute the funds, that they should be made acquainted, at least once a-year, with the number of the poor and other local sta• tisties in their respective parishes. With this view we ing amount of bullion in her cellars. We so far agree with "Mercator" that we do not expect the pending discussion on the renewal of the Bank Charter to result in restoring to !he pub- T HE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSt RANCE COMPANY, 37, Castle-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, London. 1855. 1856. £146,096 •• • • • . Fire Premiums .. ........ £186,271 10,269 .. New Life Premiums ...... 11,137 57,979...... 13,713 • • 10,763. •• • Paid Annuitants....... .. 11,396 Annuities immediate or deferred. Persons whose Fire Policies with this Company expire at Christ. mas are reminded that receipts for the renewal of the same will be found at the Offices of the ompany in Liverpool, London, and Man vhester, and in the hands of the agents. WIN ON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJ. HENDERSON, Res. Sec., London. ST. LUKE, MIDDLESEz.—T•ptaI inmates, 682 (last year, 665), viz, male adults, 153; females, 266; child ren, 16 ; at infant establishment, 33 ; lunatic asy'ums, 70. Christmas fare, 8 ounces roast beef, 16 ounces plum pudding, 16 ounces of potatoes, one pint of ale. Adultg, tobacco and snuff, and oranges, acc., fur ch.ld ren. The contracts are much the same as in other parishes. No return made of out door poor. Increase, 17. TELE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). t l aPital o!te Million, in 100,000 Shares of 10/. each, deposit 2/. per Share on Allotment. nnii•-un • tj •taifiere, KeLretlt-qtree,. TRUSTEES. liie Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. 11. S. Thornton, Esq., Banker, Birchin-lane. 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 Bonar and G, Old Broad-street. • Fortescuo Harrison, Esq Cambridge-square, Hyde tobert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex . ' 6 lllrress—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). BANKERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn. 4 Loudon { ton, and Co., Birchin-lane Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street. Ilk limn 'Messrs. Guillochin, Sons. and Co, ' 4l Paris Messrs. Charles Laffitte and C.. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Faith, Londe*. Monsieur Dole; Avocat, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sen. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY—T. R. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate•street. The object of this Company le to develope the resources of Main collieries, situated in the most central and best portion " the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They Zilliprise two distinct sections, of which part is already in I working operation, and the remainder consists of conces -111,448 from the Belgian Government, granted on conditi on 44 t the coal shall be worked T/se unworked concession, known as " Bonne Victoi ro , ,;mated at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called it. Baas Nimy" and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ; • well-ascertained coal seams run through their whole elteut. e The collieries in full work are five, viz., " Bonne Veine," Esperance " " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile," and midi du Flenn." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres, Ith the right of working sixty-two seams of coal. It is cal plated that their produce could be largely increased, withi n ; 111 ' Years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Report.) ,e Plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and b rtantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power 2 3 0 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum " Profit of 40,0001. per annum (see Report), and it is agreed t hat a preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the Dital now to be raised shall be the first charge on these stun s The confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries in e success of their new undertaking is further shown by 51eir agreeing to accept in part payment of their property W hich, shares (representing 200,0001.) denominated shares, ~,4 1s h, though considered as paid up, ar e only to receive di 'deude in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares vrered t, the public. The remainder of the purchase money, Zusisting of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, ou t o f th e fi rs t 1 1cls of the Company, at any time within t wo years f rom Ze incorporation of the Company Two-thirds of th e a b ove 'OOO shares will be annulled should the new concessions, 4 trat7 to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good com 'sercial quality, a nd this proportion of the sbai es i n quest i on 1 , 43.40 0 d. *111 t be handed over to the sellers until such produce be 1 The coal is g enerally of a semi - bituminous quality. It is 2 aded at th e sev eral pit-mouths into the waggons of tie • rthera Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the ' r ua and manufactories along t he line, at which th ere is a f eat dem an d, a nd also into those of t he Haut e t Bas Flew Railway (which traverses the collieries of the district, and tu iVleets them with the net-work o f the State Railwa y s of Bel t) for the supply of the towns and the extensive manufac ,llg districts of Flanders ; the g reater p roportion of the e, however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, en the banks ;which there are extensive sheds, whe re the boats are loaded. t h e existing facilities for transit will be further extended by 11l railway now in construction between Mons, Haumont, ,; 4 Maubeuge. The constant demand by railways, iron lk°l:,ka, gas-works, and for other manufacturing and house -414m Isinrp•ses, is More than sufficient to absorb, at all times, ntraoet produce of the collieries. At the request of the Directors, a detailed rep ort on the pr esent state of the collieries at work, and to be wor ked, was 'V'ePared by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N. j.flot, which report has been confirmed by Mr. H . Gain, a 71 mining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr. Manby, 0.E., was deputed to verify the statements —.41• 0 - A majority of the Directors have also lately made a i o nal visit to the collieries, and having taken every mean s 4 e atisfy themselves of the soundness of the underta kin g , d the t ru thf u l nes s of the above reports, they now feel justi -1 u 11 4 inviting the investment of capita,l in the Association. ‘ j i he capital of the Company is divided into 100,000 shares p,; (0 /- each, which are sub - divided into two classes, viz. A a;eferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The depos i t will' be i k 's Der share, and the first call of 21. per share will be due on bit June, 1857. rr he vendors consent to waive their claim te any dividend • their B shares till 6 per cent. shall have been paid on all u ° A shares, thus in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre :el:dial dividend to the amount of 6 per cent. ; and in the bald en o f th e w i n di ng u p o f th e C om p a ny's affairs, the amount a: 4 en the A shares will be repaid to their holders before Payment is made on the B shares. D ividends will be paid half-yearly at the Company's bankers h .i pladon, Mona, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be I.° ' up on the several shares. 4 e administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is 7,fully provided for. 1 , 4 ne various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been Vlted, and may be obtained on application at the Com fite office, as also a chart, showing the position of the eries and the new concessions. % ,...9plications for shares must be accompanied by the bank • ,!eceipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share t f i lued for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such 4te s appled fas not bo allotted. F orms of i application may may be obtained at the brokers' ; at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgato-street. tt 4 eh applicant for Shares will be requir e d to pay into one 04 7 10 Bankers ef the Company, one pound (1/.) per Share, d 'he numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the 4 , osit of 21., In exchange for which a voucher will be % e ll- In the event of the Directors allotting less than the D I Z e uumber applied for, the amount paid in will be appro ap—ted towards the deposit of (V.) per Share payable on those 14.6utted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the of I . le Y 'edged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company (Limited). Cte ntletnen,—Having paid into the hands of Messrs. cr edit , the Bankers of the Company, £ to you r e, I request that you will allot me preferential A es of 10/. each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept e h shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, ei ,t i a7 the remaining deposit, to execute the articles of asso ,Z on or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all e "er respects to confornt to the provisions of the Joint Steck p: lll l l anies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perform aof these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now by me t o Bankers, and authorise y ou t o canc el the • Itllotramit.year I an y Gentlenton, your obedient servant, Name in full Profession or occupation Date... Residence in full Place of business, if any t. r o HOLDERS OF POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE LIFE OFr ICE. BONUS SECURED, Those per ons who will be entitled to Bonus Addition , ' to their Policies, it they survive the 31st December, 18 , 9, are 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 and the scheme adopted forth with. By order. RICHD. RAY. Secretary. Nand-in-Hand Fire and Life Office 1. New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, Lmpowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Number of Policies irued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Prenrums (exclusive of Interest on Invest ments) upwards of 94,000/. Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible st ile compatible with security, and comp u t e d i n such variety of wa, s as to suit the circumstances and convenie nce of every class of Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. NDREW FRANCIS, secretary. T HE GENERAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMP.INY. Established 11137. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. 62, King William•street, London. Capital, 1,000,0001. DIRECTORS. George laousfield, Esq. Chas. Ilindley, Esq., M.P. T. übatlis, Esq., Alderman, M.P. I James Pilkingten, Esq., M.P. Jacob Geo. Cope, Esq. Thomas Piper, Esq. Joseph Dawson, Esq. Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. John Dixon, Esq. I I he alight lion. Chas. P. Villiers, Benjamin .dgington, Esq. M.P. John T. Fletcher, Esq. Edward Wilson, Esq. The CHtfIST , t.AS P'ire Renewal Receipts are now ready, and may be bad on application at the Head-office of the Company, or of any of its agents ihroughout the country Losses by Explosion of Gas made good b the Company. In the LIFE DEP kRPNIENT Fu(JR-FIFTHS of the PROFITS divisible by the Company's Deed of Settlement, allowed to Assurers; and the Company transacts all business relating to Life Assurances, Deferred Annuities, and Family Endowments, on the most liberal terms consistent with sound principles and public security. Ne charge for Stamps on Life Assurance Policies. LOANS granted on personal security, and the deposit of a Life borrower. To all Agents, Auctioneers, and S urveyors, a liberal allowance Is made. Pulley to be effect so ed i bcyitotrh:, By order of th, , , Board. THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, 'Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-0 wernor. Air John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. lenry Bainbridge, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. . Howley Palmer, q , F sq nmond S. P. Calvert, Esq.• nhn Garrett ('attley, Esq. s, Henryn E P Telly, Bart. dward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Esq. Abraham William Davidson, Esq. tlexander Druce. Esq. iversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles RobiWilliam nson, Esq. obert Amadeus Heath, Esq. S A Ellid l re e wnj x ra a oyr n hd d nN e e r l P. Prevost . William Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Josephso Go m e es r E e o . bar ts, Esq ames Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. William Wallaee, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq MEDICAL REFEREE —U=o golly. Esq., V. 11.5. NOTICE —The usull fifteen days allowed tor payment of FIRE PRE MIHMS falling due at Christmas will expire on the 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSUR %/WES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are g rated ith partici in profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such pawrticipation.pation The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 48 per cent upon the Premiums paid. Equivalent redactions have been made in the Premiums payable y those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large inv. sted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. Royal Exchange, London. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. GIIJARDIAN Fl A.SSURANcE No. 11, Lombard. DIREC' FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY HULSE BERENf John Dixon, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bait. Sir Walter EL Farquhar, Brt. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. AUDI' [RE AND LIFE COMPANY, I-street, London. : I TORS. Esq., Chairman. IS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John .tartin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. TORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq. i Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, Jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE I)EPARTMEIIT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par- Lament, this Company now offers to future inserers Four-fifths of he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when 11 participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year t Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 , . At Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards ft 4,240,0001.; the Income Irons the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.- --Persons who are not In such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, hay have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for Policy Stamps. Notice is hereby given, That Fire Policies which expire at Christ mas must be renewed within fifteen days at this office, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St James's -street, corner of Pall-m 11; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company, II R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet . I , I street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI IAL T ETH , fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or ecay, and will be found very superior to any t ee th ev er before used. his 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 home from ten till five. PIIRSUANT to an Order of the Hi g h C our t o f Chancery, made in a cause, Sarah Stanton against Henry Aluggeridge, James Allberry, and Henry whitta Teesdale, the Creditors of John roms Stanton, late of - ourlan Grove, Larkhail lane, ,tockwell, in the county of -u rey, Tea Dealer, who die , in or about the month ofJune, 1856, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 31st day ofJanuary, 1857, to come in and prove their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, at Ko. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, middiesex ; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Monday, the second day of February, 1857, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 9th day of December, 1856. CHAS PUGH, Chief Clerk. WILLIAM HENRY GREEN, 20; Moorgate-street, Plaintiff's Solicitor. COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, Lothbury, and 6, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden. Subscribed Capital, 1,500,0001. Paid tin Capital, 300,0001. Guarantee Fund, 71,0001. S. MARK HUNTER, DIRECTO Esq., R Chairman. JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Charles Butler, Esq. Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Edwa*d Stillingfieet Cayley, William Jackson, Esq., M.P. Esq , M.P. John Alfred Chowne, Esq. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. Robert Stacey Price, Esq. George Clive, Esq Herbert Taylor, Esq. William Cooper. Esq, Joseph Thompson. sq. Charles Hill, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Thomas Winkworth, Esq. Manager Mr. Anted Richard Cutbill. A ccoun's 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 aunts of Inoue, are t cce ed on deposit f out inircieli not keeping current accounts. The r to of interest allowed is 1 per cent. under the minimum rate of discount of 'he Bank of England, the deposit be ng subject to 10 days' nstice of withdrawal. The agency co' country and foreign banks undertaken on such terms as may be agreed upon. Purchases and sales of British and Foreign Securities, &e., effec'ed, dividends received, and every description of banking business trans acted. Letters of Credit are granted on the principal cities and towns in Europe and elsewhere. No Christmas -poxes or other gratuities are allowed to be taken by the officers of the Bank. A. R. CUTBILL, Manager. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE ..xuberance of the feelings, amid scenes of R atty, 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 tha ROWLANDS' MACASiAR 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 Imnarling a oearl-like whiteness to the teeth, are called Into in creased requisition, to the attainment of those personal advantages so universallr srlight for and admired. Beware of sourious imitations ! ! ,he 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, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Fecretary's ce, 167 Pcadilly.—Ths Initu t ion has been e.tablished exclu, O l i vely for , the ic treatment of i the st poor z filleted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton EstaAishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the edical officers. The number of per ,ons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each ear. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 18M, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage Its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application t , ) the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this reat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer. 66, Lincoln's inn-fields; Messrs. Cout.ts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary'' , Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W.J.COCKERI I LL, Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted .qt their own application alone; zo re commendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits 1 this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal pplication :-- Week ending 7th November ...... 2,154 Ditto 14th November.. • • 2,043 Ditto 21st November.... • • 1, 9 7 2 Ditto 28th November ,• .. 2,309 29th and 30th November •• • • ..... • 269 Total in November 8,747 f which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such eaten , Ave relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid 01 the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in ianuary. A Board is held every Thursday, at i o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; narclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurnw , and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. Be order, J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. ' NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office ' 4 eal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacle Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TIiIE4E MAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge,level,' of taste o r smell, and can he carried in the *elstcoat pocket. old in tin cases, divided into separate dose!, as administered by Val peau, Lallemand, R oux, Ricord, &e.,c' TRIESEMA.R No, 1 is a Remedy for RE consequenc LAXAT l ON n , sPEt MATORRTEE A, and all tee distressing e es ag (*reit early a b use, i n di scr iminate excesses, 0 r gmg residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily tretwth and vigOur to thousands of •lebilitated individuals who _ -ow in the enlaynaent of health and U. Functions of ,Manhood; and 'e for MAR whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., eradicates all traces of Gonorrhcea, both in s its mild an and who effectually, in the short space of three both s, completely and entirely forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder. Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which tapalvi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the uirt of tho health of a vast portion of the population. TWEESEMAR No. 111., Is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary 831111/- toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula. and Ml d aggravated Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course ail tOrrulf tiOnS and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate he hrough virus of di ease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-faith; remedy for that class of disorders Which unfortunately to the Inevitable destruc- I\alnerd"ThiCh all the sarsaparilla in thttl€PnErwnic:fergitidielea:.nPottrori patien t'suce Physi c i an oc:enr, cases treats at l i t : tu O lvit n io e tnh for 335„ which saves I ls., and in 5/. of 11. 12s. 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" On these points her Majesty's Chancellor of the Ex chequer agreed both with you and us when, in the course of last session, he moved and carried the previous ques tion' against the motion of Mr. Muntz, substantially on three strange pleas, which rise progressively in absurdity— the first that the law is too bad to be mended ; the second, that it is hardly worth while to incur the trouble of at tempting to mend it, the tax being only temporary ; and the third, that the injustice of the tax is, in some degree, remedied by extensive evasions. You can determine for yourselves which of these excuses for a palpable neglect of duty on the part of Government exhibits most, or least, of statesmanship ; but, as to the last, we think it eminently characteristic of a Ministry all the members of which, with one single exception, evaded payment of a stamp duty of about 200'. each, by neglecting to take out their patents of office until (the attention of Parliament having been called to the circumstance in the interim) they found that they were legally and constitutionally bound to do so. "In addition to the grievances enumerated there is another, not less serious, to which, as far as we are aware, scarcely any reference has been msde at any of the public meetings you hare held. We allude to the partiality shown to the agricultural classes, not for thebenefit of the farwers, as some of them most unwisely suppose it is, but for that of landlords, who, in their capacity as legislators, framed the law with a lively'appreheesion that any favour shown to their tenants in the matter of taxes must operate bene ficially on rents. It has been assumed that a fair and uni- versal gauge of the profits of the tenant•farmer is jut half his rent, without any reference to the fact that in the case of renewable leases, the nominal rent may be low in con sideration of the payment of periodical fines on renewals. Now, we know no good reason why the farmer should not be required to pay on his actual prbfits, just like the rest of the community. "Another favour shown to the farmer consists in this- if his profits be less than half his rent he has the;ivi lege of appeal, and can demand a reduction; but if they double, treble, or even quintuple the prescribed moiety, the satisfaction of the recipient is enhanced by the know ledge that the taxgatherer has nothing to do with the ex cess, since he cannot go beyond the half•zent tether. " And yet, again, if the tenant-farmer's annual rent be less than 3001., even though it should really be much more, calculating fines, and though his profits should quintuple his rent, he is not liable to the impost. Now, we all know that the farmer who pays a rent of, say 2931. per annum, in much better position than the clerk or artisan who earns 1001. a-year, especially now when agriculture is in so flourishing a condition that for the first time in the memory of living man agriculturists have ceased togrumble; yet one is obliged to pay the tax; the other wholly escapes it. " Once more; where was the justice of reducing the point of exomption front 150/.. 4:llllrogard. other anode., And leaving the agricultural boundary as it stoud before—viz., at 300/. per annum ? " Fully endorsingyour own catalogue of grievances, and having reminded you of others which seem to have been very generally forgotten, we are not at all surprised that you should be indignant and disgusted at and with the in come and property tax as it is at present assessed and levied,; but we think, nevertheless, that a little serious reflection will suffice to convince you that the remedy you seek will be very much worse than the disease of which you complain. " You know that a certain amount of revenue must be raised ; you cannot but be aware that a huge gap of 15,000,0001. which you propose to make in the revenue mpst be filled up in some way or other. How is this to be done? It must be either by some better system of direst taxation, or by a great increase of indirect taxation; that to say, by more and heavier duties on commodities and mateaials of manufacture—in other words, by an abnega tion of the doctrine of free trade, and a return to restric tive and proteotionht principles, which, in theory at least, were supposed to hove been dead and buried long ago. " Are you prepared for this lamentable retrogression ? Will you, after having seen, and felt, and rejoiced in the blessings resulting from a very imperfect system of free trade, brought into operation by a partial system of di rect taxation, return to the principles of restriction which you have repudiated, and reject the only means by which free trade can be accomplished and the nation placed in a condition of health, vigour, and assured prosperity such as it has never yet known ? " We can scarcely believe in the possibility of such an exhibition of national infatuation ; yet every reflecting man of ordinary intelligence must see that it is to this, and to nothing else, that your present efforts tend. " Protectionists and monopolists may rejoice in your movement; their tied tongues may have been loosed at your meetings against the tax which gave so rude a shock to their system, because they see clearly that if that move ment be successful, its success must be followed by a re versal of the commercial policy inaugurated by the late Sir IL Peel, which has carried us through an expensive war without materially trenching upon our resources ; but surely these are not the leaders whom thinking men would follow—not the allies whose aid they should desire. " What, then, should you do if you wish to promote your own true interests and those of the nation ? " We answer, meet, by all means meet, in every 'city, town, and hamlet in the kingdom ; but meet to demand an entire revision of our fiscal system, an equitable scheme of direct taxation, which shall exact from every man above pauperism, or not closely bordering upon it, his fair con tribution to the just necessities of the State —nothing more and nothing less, and the abolition of Customs and Excise duties, with all their train of evils, social and moral, fiscal, commercial, and political. " It is almost impossible to over-estimate the advaa- r this. than You w ork i a n r g e a m l l e o d , e e w p h l y o o n o t ew shape of restricted employment, rested n o di f r s e u i et c , : ya a ,o ad r o f d o o : t r ee tmh a eo s much more than they would ever be called upon to pay under a properly adjusted system of direct taxation. What can be more absurd or more prejudicial than a sys tem of duties under which, in order to put 12d. into the Exchequer, 2s. must be taken out of somebody's pocket? "The ruling Powers are opposed to any change of this system, and it is well worth your while to consider the reasons why. They are chiefly these :—" They know that people CSIli be got to pay in driblets, and, as regards the great majority, unconsciously, very much more than they would be willing to pay, either in one sum or by fixed in stalments. They do not wish to lose the means of patron. age and corruption afforded by costly establishments, which would be unnecessary under a proper system of tax ation, and they are quite aware that if the people did know exactly what they pay individually for being governed they would be sure to look mot e strictly into both the constitution of Government and its expenditure than they have ever hitherto done. It is for you to weigh what these reasons are worth, and to decide whether they are such as should induce you to persevere in your present course, or to adopt that which we have ventured to recommend to your consideration. " We know that all sorts of difficulties have been, Ire, and will be started in opposition to this most wise and sa- WM, reform. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the occasion to which we have already alluded, conjured tip goodly number of them, as men unwilling to take any par ticular course, even when convinced of its propriety, are never at a loss to do, In such cases objections are always plentiful as blac'sberries in autumn. Iktow, it is not our place, nor is it yours, to devise how that which we know to be wise and just and necessary is to be done. This is the duty of the Government, which we pay fur no other pur pose, and of the Parliament, which represents us and sets in our name. Oar duty is to demand, simply but deter minedly, that it shall be done. For our own part we have ever found that where there was a will there was always a way. Let ours be the will; let us insist that Government shall find the way ; and then, you may depend upon it, the thing will be done, for, as there never yet was, so there never will be a Government able to withstand suc cessfully the will of a whole united people. " You have, had experience of the blessings of partial lay the following details before the public, with the number of inmates in each workhouse, compared with the corresponding period last year, so that' it may be seen at a glance whether there has been a decrease or increase of pauperista in any parish within the metro• politan district. ST. MARYLEIONE.—Inmates of the workhouse, 1,931. Thus divided—Meo, 456 ; women, 778 ; boy, 173 ; girl, 155 ; infants, 154 ; infirmary, 213. (Last Christ mas-day the number was 2,024.) Out-door poor for the week ending December 24, 5,356 (corresponding day last year, 4,928). The following ingredients cousti tuted the Christmas pudding : Flour, 3001bs. ; fruit, 280ibs. : suer, 2451b5. ; sugar, 951b1. ; eggs, 361bs. ; milk, 85:bs. ; ale, 50Ibs. ; spice, Sibs. ; peel, slbs. The Christmas fare to each inmate was Alb plum pudding, ,alb. roast beef, 1 pint of porter, 1 oz. of tea, 4 oz 4. of sugar, and 1 oz. of butter, with other extras. Provision contracts are somewhat lower than last year. Meat last year was 4s. 6d. per stone, this year 4s. Flour per sack in 1855, 545. ; present price, 495. 10d. Potatoes, per ton, 1295. ; now,B7s. 6d. There is, however, an increase in the price of cheese, butter, and eggs. 10,,- crease on in-door poor this year, as compared with last Christmas, 93 ; increase of out-door poor, 428—Total increase of panperism, 335. ST. PANORAS.—lnmates of the workhouse, 1,433 (last year, 1,663). Out-door poor, 3,840 (last Christmas, 6.138) Relief in kind and money during the week, 1771. 16.. 6id. ; corresponding week last year, 2401. 10,, 114 d. There are also 214 children at the Whitechapel Union Schools, at Fore t-gate. The Christmas fare w..s 1 pound of plum pudding, half a pound of roast beef free from bone, tea, sugar, and tobacco and snuff for those who desired it, and apples, orange., nuts, and sweet meats for the children. Decrease on in-door poor, as compared with last Christmas (includin%; children at Forest-gate), 16 ; or, out-door poor, 2,298 ; total de crease, 2,314. ST. MARY, ISLINGTON.—Inmates of workhouse 400 (last year 420), exclusive of 150 children at. tie infant establishment, Hornsey-road. Males 151, females 219, children 30. There are also 170 lunatics farmed out, 46 males and 71 females. The Cnri,t,no,s fare was 6 ounces cooked roast beef, free from bone, 12 °lances baked potatoes, 4 ounces bread, 1 pound of rich boikd plum pudding, and 1 pint of Trumsn and Han'.ury'a porter each. Out-door poor, 1,635 (last year, 1,872). Decrease on in-door poor, 20; on out-door poor, 237. Total decrease, 257. _ . ST. GEORGE'S, HANOVER-SQUARE.—lnmates, 612 (144 year 582). 199 men, 264 women, 70 boys, 79 girls. Christmas-day fare, roast beef, plum pudding, &c., with out restriction. The inmates have holidays, and the children an additional treat on New Year's day. The out door poor are about the same as last year. In• crease, 30. ST. MARY, LAMBETH.—lnmates, 1,553 (last year 991). Male adults, 419 ; female, 588 ; children, 576. Christ mas day dinner, roast beet and plum pudding, with a pint of porter to each adult, and chiltlren .n propor• tion, Out-door poor, 6,761 (last year, 4,870). Increase on in-door poor, 562 ;on out-door pour, 1,891. Total increase of pauperism in Lambeth as compared with las year, 2,453. ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FlELDS.—lnmates of workhouse 638 (last Chriwmas, 642) Men, 174 ; women, 379 ; boys, 43 ; girls, 42 Children at Norwood, 146. The Christmas-day fare was roast beet, plum pudding, vege tables, and 1 pint of porter to each adult, and halt a pint for each child between 5 and 15. In lunatic a-ylums, 60 ; out-door poor, 685 (last year 665). Decrease on in-door poor, 2 ; increase on out-door poor, 30 ; total increase, 28 ST. JAMES'S, WESTMINSTER.—In the workhouse 616 (last year, 614). Males, 200 ; females, 361 ; children, 55. Number admitted during the year, 1,394; birth-,, 42 ; discharged, 1,324 ; deaths, 113 . Fare-8 ounces roast beef, 10 ounces baked potatoes, 1 pound of p um pudding, and 1 pint of porter. After dinner and two following days those who chose were allowed to go and stay with their friends. The children at the parodial industrial school, Battersea-common, had roast beet and pudding ad lib., and to-day (Friday) a treat of buns and fruit, lecture and dissolving views. No return given as to out-door poor. Increase 4. ST. MARY'S, NEWINGTON. —ln the house 550 (last year 652). The inmates were regaled with roast b et, roamt mutton, baked potatoes, and plum pudding ad libitum, and with a pint of Barclay's best porter to each man and woman. Divine service was performed in the dining hall, which was tastefully decorated with holly and ever greens, by the chaplains, the Rev. F. F. Statham, in cumbent of St. Peter's. The guardians and a number of ladies and gentlemen were present during the dinner, and at its conclusion one of the elder inmates returned thanks for the consideration and kindness they had ex perienced from the authorities during the past year. ST. GILES'S, CAMBERWELL.—Inmates of worth , use, 448 (last Christmas, 486). Males, 129 ; females, 169 ; children, 62. At the school at Sutton, 88. Dinner— roast bee , plum pudding, one pint >f p rt,r, &.. Sup per, a plentiful supply of tea, cake, &c., to each inmate. A liberal sub-cription has also been raised by the guar dians and others interested in the welfare of the poor, for an addition of tobacco, snuff, oranges, apples, &c. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, SOUTHWARK.—Intnates of workhouse, 448 (last year, 444) At Lewisham estab lishment, for girls, 139 (last year, 129) ; at Mitcham, for boys, 130 each year. Dinner—roast beef, plum puddiug, &c ,ad libitum. By subscriptions of guardians, tobacco and snuff for the aged and oranges, &0., for the children. Out-door poor, 2,083 (last Christmas 1,817) ; total in• crease as ompared with last year, 289. ST. JAMES'S, CLERKENWELL.—In.door poor, 542 (last year, 577) ;in the schools, 104 (last year, 100). The Christmas fare was 8 ounces roast beef, 8 ounces pota toes, 4 ounces bread, 16 ounces plum pudding, with one pint of Reid and Co.'s best porter ; children, 6 ounces roast beef, 6 ounces potatoes, and 8 ounces of ddin The children are not farme d out, The aged are allows holidays for any length of time, according Go c'iaracter and conduct, Out - door poor, 1,374 (la t year, 1,310) decrease on indoor poor, 35; inciea,e on out door poor, 64 ; total increase, 29. H OLBOR N UNION.—In-door poor, 754 latit year, 763); .males 191, females 330, boys 116, girls 117. The inmates were regaled with 6 ounces baked beef, i lb. baked po tatoes, I lb. plum pudding, and one pint of porter each adult ; children in proportion. Number of out-door poor, men, women, and children, 1,244 (last year, 1,078); decrease on the indoor poor. 9 ; increase on out-door poor, 166 ; total increase as compared with last Christ mas, 155. WHITECHAPEL UM/I.—lnmates of workhorse, 909 (last Christmas, 1,118) ; melee 225, females 353, children 331. Breakfast, 6 ounces of bread, with butter, and one pint of good tea • dinner, i pound roast be ef, 1 p ound baked potatoes, 1 9 pound plum pudding, and 1 pint of porter ; children in proportion to age. Outdoor poor, 2,516 (last year, 2,549) ; decrease on in-door poor, 209; on out-door poor, 33i total decrease, 242. POPLAR UNlON.—lnmates, 480 (last Christmas, 482); 157 children at the Whitechapel Industrial Schools. The Christmas fare was as usual. Out-door pour, 2,353 (las year, 2,694) ; decrease on in-door poor, 2; on out-door poor, 341 ; total decrease, 343. ST. SAVIOUR'S UNION.—In the workhouse 423 (las Christmas 495) ; men 134, women 228, boys 22, gir' , 11, infants 28. The inmates were regaled with pint' pudding, roast beef, and 1 pint of Barclay's porter. The well conducted are allowed a holiday to visit then friends. The number receiving out-door relief are— adults, 613; children, 597 ; total, 1,210 ; last Christmas, Sr. MARGARET AND ST. JOHN, WESTMINSTER —ln mates of workhouses, 707 (last Christmas, 743). Fare, roast beef, plum pudding, &c., ad libitum, and one pint of porter each, with tobacco and snuff to those wtoo de e:re it. Men,2o3 ; women, 299 ; oys,llo ; girl., 95 Out door poor, 2,983 (last year, 3,178). Decrease on in door poor, 38 ; on out door poor, 195 ; total decrease of pauperism, 233 WANDSWORTH AND CLAPHAM UNION.—No return O ven as to numbers. Christmas tale, halt a pound of roast beef without bone, llb. potatoes, Lb. pudding, 1 pint porter, tobacco, and snuff for the aged ; oranges, &c , for the children, and tea and butter for all classes. KENSINGTON—L:Mates of workhouse, 421 (last year 382). Males, 159 ; females, 179 ; children, 82. The c Ildre.n, 102, are farmed out a' George's InduAr.al School, Plasket, E..ex. The Christmas fare wa., for adults, ilb. roast beef, potatoes, 110., plum pu and a pint of Barclay's porter, tobacco and fruit, &e Holidays are allowed. Increase on in door poor 39 our, door poor 1,379 (last year, 1,675, decrease on on - loon poor 296, total decrease 257. FULHAM UNlON—Rites, 436 (last Christmas, 44.5); male, 116 ; females, 1- ; cnildren, 150. Christ ilas fare. 8 ounces of heef dre-ced, 12 ounces of pu.iding, 16 ounces of potatoes, 1 pint of good porter; the aged no n and women tobacc . and -fluff, and the children frui., outs, &c., in lieu of porter. No return made of oat -dory poor. Decrease on in-door poor, 10 ST. °LAVE'S UNION--Inmates, 364 (ast year, 380) ; men, 88 ; women, 149 ; noys, 43 ; girls, 65, with 19 enieiren at the district school, igutt),.... C ort..tansbo fare was roast beef and plum pudding. Decree-el on door poor, 16 ; out door poor, 943 (last year, 878) ; Mores..., 65 ; total increase, .49. BROMLEY UNION—Total inmates, 231 (last year. 211); men, 96 ; women, 60 ; children, 57. The fare was three quarters of a you , d of r,ast beef, three quarters of a pound of plum pudd ng, and a pint of ale ; children in prop), tion. No return as to the out-d.o.r poor ; increase of in-door poor, 2. GREENWICH UNlON—lntnate , ., 7,037(1a5t year, 1,115). Christmas dsy tare, one pound 01 p.uin pudding, half a pnun (4 roast beef, and one Vint of Lon i port-r, for adults,. children ted in proportion, and alio ved oranges, kc. N o returns as to out-door pour; increase On in door poor. 22. BERMONDSEY WORKHOUSE—Inmat es, 559 (last Christ. mas, 531). Men, 162 ; women. 275 ; bovs, 52 ; 70. There are als 75 boys and 50 girls at the Indos,iial School, Sutton. A much larger number of children are at. present in the workhouse, in consequence of the late calamitous fire at the Sutton Schools. Christmas dinner —Boiled pork, po'a oes, plum pudding, and a pint of Barclay's porter. Children had oranges instead of beer, and a maeio lantern for their amusement in the evening. Out-door p or, 1,001 (last year, 980). Increase on in door poor, 28 ; on out-door poor, 21. Total increase, 49. BRENTFoRD UNlON, —lnure ea of workhouse, 516 ; last ye Jr, 468 ; men, 157 ; women, 156 ; children, 203. Christmas-day fare : lb of roast beet, 1 lb. of p , .tatoes, 1 In. of plum pudding, and 1 pint of beer, with extra tea to each adult ; ..ranges and nuts to the Uoidren ; wi, b snuff, &c., to the infirm poor. Out-door poor, 1,918; adults, 1,116 ; chi.dren, 802 ; last year, 1,532. Deere oe on in-door poor, 48 Incrrase on out-door, Ro,r, 386 Total increase, 338. CENTRAL LONDON DISTRICT SCHOOL.—TotaI inmatte,. 1,078 Boys. 605 ; girls, 473. the /winners last year were—B,)ys, 597 ; girls, 477 ; total,al,ol3 The dinner etotisisted .if roast beef an I pork, plum pudding, bread, and vegetables ad libitum, and bread and butter and coffee in the evening. Two sermons were delivered by the Rev. S. A. Edwards, the chaplain. Increase, 8. From the foregoing report the gratifying fact will be' observed that, as o ,mpared with last year, there is a vast increase of pauperism throughout the metropolis. lEEVIES PATENT APPARATUS FOR CHEESE MAKING. Many of our readers will remember that there was exhibited at the Wigan and Royal North Lan cashire Agricultural Shows a patent apparatus for cheese making ; promising a great benefit to the dairy maid. As it was so perfect and simple in its operations, Mr. John Singleton, of Sc. Michael's on- Wyre, obtained the first in this county, with the determination to give it a fair trial ; he there fore alternately used the old and the new apparatuS in competition, and carefully registered the resul tsi; he also accorded to the public the privilege of in specting the new apparatus and the mothiid of working it. As is generally the casa in rural dis tricts, much jealousy and some prejudice was incited against the newfangled machine, insomuch that considerable watchfulness was requisite to secure for it fair play without tampering. Tar) results however were such as to obtain for the apparatus univers .1 favour ; and many of the farmers were determined to have the benefit of the invention, but hesitated at the expense, although the outlay would be wore than repaid in using it a single season. A cautious reserve before adding to the cost of any cownsodity may he considered very laudable by our o bui, ry friends when they take into account the curreni, price of dairy produce. It therefore soon bee„ me rumoured that certain parties in the imineiLate neighbourhood had adopted part of the patented principle—that of filtration —to the " irouttoy /A, 7/ in common use; and this fact beco a m im i a n known, one of the patentees came over from mingham and paid a visit to several of f the p ar i3 t i i e - s making or using the filters; and u w s. ere unwilling shop in the village lie found two tubs l up so as to filter off the whey in an e Joiner's becoming , -- 6 .( , w t identical manner y fitted b m r a in n g e i e n r g to ou th t e su p e a h ten co te n d tr a iv p a p n a contrivances As the parties mence d against two of them for give them up, legal proceedings have been coui ei infringing the pa tent. One of the farmershia f elan the right have used some wicker the invention because t a u id u r korelarthderrsainainreg said the o work whey, but that the family had ° discontinued the use of it many years ago, and that as led to resume he . ir their original practice from Mark-lane Express a tion of " Keevirs )n . i havio r t7. particular t o u mak ing.'' Th e i nv ,Patent apparatus been considerably the entivefacultiesof t a noticed iu the detailed descrip- 9 for cheese hese men may have assisted by a close inspection of specimens exhibited at the recent local shows. The question the farmers has already created great excitement among farmers of the Fyldv district, and meetings having been held in Poulton, Gars tang, and other places, to form a league and col lect funds for the defence of the parties against whom the actions have been commented. I see (a taxy, treasurer, and committee have been appointed • to ma na ge the proceedings, in shielding, the defen dants and opposing the rights of the patentees. lie at large the privilege of issuing money, which they had usurped, and, as it appeals t) us greatly abused, before the passing of Sir Robert Peers Act. Nor do we suppose that, iu whatever hands the issue of paper money be placed, those hands will be suffered to set it in circulation without giving adequate security that the note shall be exchanged for gold ou demand. This country is becoming more and more every year the entrepot of the whole word,—the bank through which payments are made and received, not without duly enriching the hands through which they pass. It is absolutely and essentially necessary for such a country that its currency should be immediately convertible—so as to faci litate large remittances to foreign countries—and elastic—so as to repress by a spontaneous and vigorous action at the very earliest moment the tendency to contraction or expansion. This can only ne done by requiring that the currency should contract and expand just as it would do if it were only metallic ; and this again can only be effected by the most stringent precautionsagaiest over-issue. So far, then, we entirely agree with "Mercator." But the questiou will arise, to which he dues not seem to have addressed his mind, whether the prin ciple,. of the act of 1844 do not of themselves con demn the very machinery they employ ? The great principle of that ac, undoubtedly is that the powerof issuing paper money is as much an imperial preroga tive as the power of issuing gold, and consequently that whatever profit may be made by the process :410112 be the profit of the State, and not of any trading company. The Bank has lent to the Go vernment 11.000,000/. of money, for which the Bank receives the ordinary rate of in , erel paid to any other lender. The security on which 11,000,0001. of bank-notes are issued is the ability of the Go vernment to pty the interest, and, if necessary, the pliticip ot its debt. What reason can be given why the Government should delegate to the Bank with one hand its own prerogative of issuing this money, and with tLe other supply it with that credit without which such a power of issuing would avail but little ? Every farthing that the Bank makes byt he power of issuing 14,000,0001. of money against securities on which it receives interest is just so much abstracted from the purse of the country without any consideration whatever. To put the matter in another way, the credit upon which 14,000,000/. of notes are issued is the credit of the country, and would remain if a department of the Government, instead of the Bank, were to undertake the issues. fu all the banks of issue it is found that a certain sum is required ix) meet the notes daily presented for payment, and that beyond that sum and a sufficient margin a supply of gold need not be kept. It is upon the remainder that the profit of the Bank is made This remainder is assumed by the Bank Act of 1844 to be 14,000,000/., and it has never been considered to be too large. If Government, then, undertook the office of is suing its own notes, it is evident that it would have 14,000,0001. at its disposition, and might prac tically lessen the national debt by that amount, or save itself, in round numbers, about half a million per annum. This seems to dispose of the Issue D partment of the Bank. Stripped of the power of issuing notes, and re stricted merely to the ordinary operation of bank ing, there seems no good reason why the Bank of England should enjoy the exclusive patronage of the Government more than any other establish ment. Many may think that the concerns of the Government are sufficientlylarge, that credit is suf ficiently good, and their means of inv estin g in th eir own securities sufficiently ample, to make it worth their while to be their own bankers, just as large shipowners find their advantage in being their o wn insurers. This consideration derives considerable force when we remember that it has been the p r ,,_ tice of the Bank till ver y latel y to lend the Govern ment their own money at inter st, adva ncing the ill striking a bal i nt i to i meet the defici enc i es Oauce, as any e baele.a . would do with h; privat • cos 'omer instead tea a d ect o between receipts an d p a y ments, and charging in terest oniy on the gross excess of the latter over the former. It may also be very questionable in these days of Free Trade whether Government, at any rate, should go out of its way to vest in any corporation time power of regulatine the rate of dis count, and thus place it in a situation in which it must be divided between fhb public interest and the advantage of its shareholders. We save sug4ested these topics as matters which are more likely to be seri , tcousidered by Par liament and the eioint r v than otls return to the old system of unlimited i u by aprivate banks, and an abolition of th e d• ss . s • established between Istinctiou este • the Issue and Departments of the Bank Banking Departm of England. \V hall be very glad to bear our e s correspondent " Mercator" on these subjects. It is, no d v-r true t hat the act of of 1844 has been tested b y y ' di v e c x tr etnes of scarcity and abund ance) by the famine of 1847, and by the gold (I . is coveriee of California and Australia. It is_ gdratify jug to hear, as he tells us, that Fr i e d e de T n ra ou e t t Las succeeded, and that the ship hae are r l undamaged. stor m with sails, tackle, and like to know how, But stilt more should wtehe act of 1844, the upon the principles of of the Batik of Eng - continuance of th e privileges Government, an d why the land can be d efended, k amply for all that it does after paying the 13.111.er should de l egate to it of banker for it in its cap acit y the privilege o f creating 14,000,0001. sterling for no consideration at all. r t i e la r y br rn ,,k o e rn o in u g t - intoto ' I G r r e J a t . abtf:ultftE3 ol,licioTeraßfiOrßeOrHa-sß,OrA.Diuu.--; character George-row, l e 'e s i tTn ig d i i ' n g g Union -street Borough-road. Southwark. The building in which the disaster commenced was nearly 70 feet long, and contsLied several thousand tons' weight of rags, J iv e ' ve t e h l e l s e i x tu te a l t i e m i v n e bags, carpets, &c. Tile property flanked the premises of Mr. Raines, mathematical kat' ument maker, and the newly erected property of Messrs, Sc evens and Sons, the proprietors of the Darlington Iron Werke in the South wark-bridge-road, so that at one time it was apprehended hat the entire clump of houses and workshops in the immediate neighbourhood would have been consumed, and this no doubt would have been the case bad the wind been higher than it wa3 at the time. TJufortunately, by some mistake, the turncocks were not sent for until after the engines arrived, but the moment they reached the spot water was obtained from the Southwark and Lam. beth plugs, and the engi, ea having been set to work, the firemen, under MI. Hender,on and Mr. Co,norton of the West of England, were enabled to confine the flame- principally wit hi n the wa rehOwes of Mr. J-well ; nevertheless, a great deal of misc hief has been done to the premises o f M r. R a i nes , the mathema t ical instru ment maker, a n d some trifling injury has been also done to the new works of Mcsbrs. Stevens and Sons. Fortu• nately the sufferers were insured.