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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- EXCURSION'S to the SEA SIDE, commencing July 30, ending 15th October.—Tickets, available by any train for 28 days, are issued to Isle. of Man, Bangor, Llandndno, and Carnarvon, via Crest Western and Shr Iwsbury Railways, to Birkenhead and Liver- I 001, thence by any of the steamers leaving Live;poot for the Isle of -Tan, or t,) Bangor, Beclmnr:<:, 'Llandudno, and Carnarvon, by the Prince of Wales steamer, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Fatty TIIERE AND EArn. 1: Cass ar;', `ll Class and Best Cabin. Best I,abiu. From London to Isle of Man.. • • .... £3 0 0 .. £2 5 0 I Oxford to ditto ....., .. • • 25 0 .. 115 0 London to Bangor, Beaumaris, Llan dudno, and Carnarvon ...... •• • • 310 0 .. 210 0 Oxford to ditto ditto ditto.... -- 210 0 .. 1 15 0 Passengers must return from the Isle of Man by the same Com- Parly's boat that They proceed there by; also from Carnarvon, Llan dudno, Beaumaris, and Bangor, by steamers, on Monday, Wednes day, and Friday. They may on their return stop at Llangollen, but Must complete their journey within 28 days from the date of ticket. These tickets are available by any Train, but are not transferable. G REAT WESTERN and SHREWSBURY RAILWAYS. NORTH WALES TOURIST TICKETS available for Three Weeks from the day of issue. These tickets will be issued until the 15th October, at Paddington, Oxford, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, to Chester and back, with.permission for the passengers to stop at Shrewsbury either going ( , r returning, to proceed either from Llangollen-road to Cornwen, or from Oswestry to Welshpool by coach, the London passengers hav ing the option of calling at Leamington and Warwick, and returning le London either via Shrewsbury, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester, or 'via Shrewsbury, Birmingham, and Oxford. let Class and 2d Class and Fares. Inside Coach. Outside Coach. From London and back.... £3 10s. £2 10s. From Oxford and back • • • 2 10s. .... 1 15s. From Birmingham and back 2 Os. • • . 1 103. From Wolverhampton and back 1 15s. I is. These tickets are available by any train, but are not transferable, and they do not entitle the bolder to travel twice in the same direc lion over any portion of the lines of railway. Passengers can proceed into the interior of Wales by coach from Corwen or Welshpool, by arrangement with the coach proprietors from those places. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterleo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. Rt. An. Spencer H. Walpole,sl.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. I i lenrY Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Yansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged Per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FE it G USON C AMROUX, Manager. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, _ _ _ 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. Enrolled under the Acts of Parliament relating to Friendly Societies. • DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMlJEL HAYHUBST LUCAS, ESQ. Deputy Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. . _ Robert lagham, Esq., M.P. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. William Miller Christy, Esq. Jonathan Thorp, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. 1 William Tyler, Esq. Charles Gllpin, Esq. f Charles Whetham, Esq. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S7I --- Tliomas Hodgkin, M.D. BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Jansen, and Co. ; and Bank of England. SOLICITOR—Septimus Davidson, Esq. CONSULTING ACTUARY—CharIes .Ansell, Esq., F.R.S. Abstract of the Report of the Directors for 1855 The number of policies issued during the year Assuring the sum of • Annual premiums thereon .. • 18,445 8 6 Policies issued from the commencement of the institution in December, 1835 Policies now in force .......... • • • • • • • Annual Income From Pre miums (after deducting £33,348 abatement allowed) •••• • • .. £189,955 15 2 Ditto From Interest on in vested capital . ------.£239,763 13 5 Amount returned to members in abatement of premiums •• ...... . Amount of bonuses added to sums assured ...... 126,564 0 0 Amount paid in claims by death from the com mencement of the Institution .. balance of receipts over the disbursements is the year .. •• • Increasing the capital stock of the Institution to 1,211,049 17 4" At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852, the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the original amount ° f Premium, according to the a;re of the member and the time the „Dolicy had been in force ; and the bonuses ranged in like manner ‘ , 4 ' 011 1 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received durin g Lae preceding five years. The neat DIVISION of SURPLUS PROFITS will be made up to the Ch November next year (1857), and persons effecting Assura nces fore the 20th November next will be entitled to ONE YzAn's hems. Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist of October are re 'abided that they must be paid within 30 days from that date. Time Directors' Report for 1855 may be obtained on application. Sept. 17, 1856. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. SALE BT AUCTION. FREEHOLDS—GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pusuaut to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, mode by his Honour the Master of t he Rolls, in a cause of " Sp irks v. Rectal," by Auction, in 23 Lots , by Mr. Charles Furber, on the 30th and 31st OCTOBER, valuable F REEHOLD LAND and PROPERTY, situate in Oakridge, Oak 114e Lynch, 'Mines, Hay Hedge, Battlescornbe, Watercombs, Tun _en and t-iccaridge, all in the parish of Bisley, near Strand, toge ther with the timber growing thereon. A pew in Bisley Church, &0 Mortgage Bonds on the Tolls of Stroud and Chalford Turnpike . cad, and a Freehold House, situate in Park-street, Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester. As to the BISLEY ESTATES -0 the George Inn, Bisley, Gloucestershire, on Thursday, 30th Q etOber, 1856, in 22 Lots. As to the FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE at Cirencester — At the Ram Inn, Dyer-street, Cirencester, on Friday, 31st Octo ber, 1856. in One Lot. The Sale to commence on each day at 2 for 3 o'clock in the after noon, precise time. The various properties may be viewed and particular:, with con ditions of sale, obtained 14 days before the sale, at the Ram Inn, Ci rencester; the Reform Tavern, Chalford; the George Inn, Bis ley; the Bricklayers' Arms Inn, Dane,s ay ; the George Inn, _ s traticl; the Butchers' Arms, Oakridge Lynch ; of Messrs. Chubb, Veane, and Chubb. solicitors, South-square, Gray's-inn, London; Messrs. Trinder and Eyre. solicitors, 1, John-street, Bedford-row, Xondon; of Messrs. Lewis, Wood, and Street, solicitors, Ras mond buildings, Cray's-inn, London; of E. Mitchell, Esq., solicitor, ktroud ; of Messrs. Mullings and Co., solicitors, Cirencester; and at the auctioneers, in Warwick-court, Gray's-inn, I.ondon. clitaß, DEANE, and CHUBB, Plaintiff s Solicitors. CONTRACTS FOR RAISINS, TEA, TOBACCO, VINEGAR, AND SUET. Department of the Comptroller for Victuslling, Somerset House, fith October, 1856. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, d. do hereby give notice, that o n THURSDAY, the 23 1 Istant, at One o'clock, they will he ready to treat with -uch persons I n r j aa3 7 be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her 1 - estrs Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned articles, Tons tA ISINS• • .... • • ...... 25 When to be delivered. lbs. Half of each in three weeks, and ...... 50,000 the remainder in three weeks Tons. afterwards, or earlier if pre- T OBACCO . 1,5 I !erred by the party tendering. dallons.. NEGAR 15,000 lbs. In equal weekly deliveries be 11DET the 12th March, 1857. ,Z r enders may be made for the whole or any portion of any of the ieles, and their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when 'th e ten iers are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for a :ela part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, I. of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selec tion. The Raisins, Tea, and Tobacco to be exempted from the customs' tales, and parties tendering are to state where they are respectively ,Samples of the Raisis (not less than 3lbs.), and of the Tea not less `oan 2ibs., from the bonded warehouse), must be produced by ( the par- Iles tendering. Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade marks and F.nrbers, and the countries or places of its grow h or produce, and a ;Fresh dock sample of each cask or package must be produ c e d , r the parties tendering, and any cask or package that is found not to Z e Of the same mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered and ceopted will be rejected by the officers. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted ~ r• aceeuetd to be taken away by them immediately after the con has been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro t "led for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at "o said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service ' .t Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. t, °4 is Th conditions ofe rev, to which particular atten ;e called, may be seen is at ed the contracts said office, and at Liverpool and • Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, tld it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on is behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the 'exult of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, exicl bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for ," and Ibl:um also be delivered at Somerset House. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LA EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE • SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, nd all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and salad, nd by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, •London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. 11.8.—T0 guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA land PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. 1 GREY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL COLOUR with ease, safety, and certainty, by the PATENT lALVANIC COMBS and BRHSIIE.;, which are all) an unfailing I, emedy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus lrated pamphlets," Why Hair becomes Grey, and its Remedy," gratis, or by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affections are perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Brushes, the most safe, ,imple, and efficient galvanic instruments extant : patro -1 sised by the faculty. Offices :—F. 31. HERRING, 32, Basinghall- Arvet. Agents :—Child, South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and • Ma Ire ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit street; Ilendrie, 12, Tickborne-street ; Twinberrew, 2, Edwards street, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 B, Winter, 205, and Kennedy, 11 Bishopsgate-street ; Rimm e ll, 166, Oxford-street ; Ross, Ger rard-street, Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, I, Moles vortb-street, Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. 4 NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. atent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Phannacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRTESE NUR No. 1,2, and 3, p re pared in the form o f a l ozenge A 14 4 evoid of taste or smell, and can be carried In the waistcoat pocket old fn tin canes, divided into separate doses, as administered by "alpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., Ste. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPE RMATORIUREA, and all the distressing j"seqUences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too g residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual %It llg - th and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are n ow in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood ; and -nal ever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR l Ai, IE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. 'TRIESEMAR No. 11., ftectuLlny, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely ; - adicatos all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated . inns, meets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of rine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which i t vaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the in of the health of a vast portion ot the population. 1 1 . 1 TRIESEMAR No. 111., tv, the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and S econ d ar y Symp. ns. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all taneons Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup t)," ns and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate 1j.: 1 • virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration ough the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a e er-failing remedy for that class of di,order s which unfortunately I' l l English Physician treats with Mercury , te the inevitable tlostruc -4t •of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in world cannot restore. rice Ils., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves 11 s., and in 5/. `alk 4 . whereby there is a saving of I/. 12s. To be had wholesale and in London, of Johnson, 68, cornhill; Ilannal• and derou.g,gi, 6, 63,104x treet ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; P.. H. Ingham, lark, t-street, Manchester; 11. Bradbury, bco'tseller, Deausgate, ; J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord-street, Liverpool ,o,„'er, 15, Westmorciand-stfeet , Dublin ; Winuall, bookseller, 1 414. . s tmet , Birmingham, , ,a. (No. 20,064.) PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, I vol. Svo., 103.. Gd. bound, gilt edges, LAYS of MEMORY, SACRED and SOCIAL. By a MOVIER and SON. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. No. 1 r. , price 2d., THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. Edited by JOIIN SAUNDERS and WESTLAND MARSTON. CONTENTS. Principal Engraving : The Jealous Eye. By J. C. Horsley, A.R. A A Low Marriage : a Tale. By the Authoress Of " The Head of the Family,""Jchn H alifax, Gentleman." &e. Chapter I. The London of the Faun e. By W. Bridges Adams. A Valley in the Pyrenees. How to appreciate Pictures. Diana and Endymion—Basso Ilelievo. By E. Davis. English Queens in FrAlice. By Dr. Doran. The Home, Villa, and Cottage. Designs, Elevations, and Ground Plans. By E. L. Tarbuck, Architect. No. I. Sold by all booksellers, or No. 11. will be sent, post free, from the office, on receipt of two postage stamps. The work will also be sup plied regularly in the same way for 3s. 3d. a Quarter in Numbers, and for 3s. in Parts. Is, ational Magazine Company (Limited), 25, Essex-street, Strand, London. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated front the 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 us, that ho has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not bo the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evll which it may be in his pswer to cor rect."—London Medicra Gm.ctte. " The tri be of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical rricdids,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would ho saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, th9util it is tbatwhich the quacks most prize— much money'.;. - ...Thirrvolume is Well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spennatorrhoaili, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: H. ISaMere, 219. Regent-street Kand T. GILBERT, No. 4, Copthall-buildings, • back of the Bank of England, London, beg to inform the public that they allow a DISCOUNT of 2d. in the ; SHILLING off all Books, Magazines, Periodicals, Quarterly Reviews, Almanacks, Pocket B,oks, Diaries, Maps, Prints, &c. The rate of postage is for each y lb. Music supplied at a Discount of 4d. in the Is., post free, and detailed prospecttises sent post free to all applicants. N.B. All Goods warranted perfect in every respect, and precisely the samo as if the full price were paid.—Copy the address. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. —The above clegan Rooms are now open every evening for the wint er season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that ill's fashionable pace of resort ha' been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One Shilling. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen Only) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models and prepart of the human frame in racestin a g every frnen, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, andpration, disease, sa i . ill health 2, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN EVERY EVE NING.—The celebrated lIUNGA- F.IAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALoaDIT, will perform every E vening at 9 and 11 o'cl ,, ck, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment. The following company of talented Vocalists are permanently engaged for the performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :—Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and Miss Pearce ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonglimans. S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. Melling, Barker, Russell Grover, and P. Conde ; Masters E. Con nell, Austin, and Bennett, anal Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. J. Harroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. .7. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. THE NATIONAL SAVINGS-BANK ASSO CIATION (Limited). 50, King William-street, City, Lon don. Incorporated, pursuant to " The Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1856." Capital £lO,OOO. to be increased to £lOO,OOO. PATRONS AND HONORARY REFEREE. Francis Bennoch, Esq., Wood-street William Miller Christy, Esq., Director London Joint Stock Bank Rev. C. C. Collins, M.A.. Incumbent of St. Mary's, Aldermanbury, 46, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square Wm. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.l' , North Shropshire, 66, Portland-place Samuel Gurney. Esq., Lombard-street Sir G. F. Flodgkinson, Leadenhall-street Hon. Peter John Locke King, M.P., East Surrey, 33, Dover-street, Piccadilly Deputy Chairman, National Provident Ch i a n r s le ti s t, L it r n ingtOn, Samuel Morley, Esq., Wood-street H. G. Noyes, EFq , M.D., 34, Finsbury-circus Rev. J. B. Owen, M.A , Incumbent of St. John's, Bedford-rOW, 31, Great Ormond-street. James Peek, Esq , Ea , tcheap ApsleyPellatt, Esq., M.P., Southwark, Holland-street Jonathan Rigg, Esq., 17, Mark-lane Buxton Shillitoe, Esq., 31, Finsbury-circus Dinncrons. J. W. Williamson, Esq., 8, Serlc•street, Lincoln's-inn•flelds, Chair man Mr.-Deputy Bower, 106, touter Thames-street Josiah Brown. Esq., :44, Graceehnrch-street, and Lower Edmonton Henry Hall Dare, Esq., 90, Ebury-street Frederic Doulton. Esq,, Lambeth. and Manor-house, Dulwich-corn- mon . . , Rev. J. B. Hawkins, 8.A., 50, King William-street, City Edward James Oliver, Esq., Newington-causeway Thomas Riddell, Esq.. 40. Gibson-square, IRlington Matthew F. Wagstaffe, Esq., 10, Waleot-place West, Kennington- road E. T. Wakefield, Esq., 5, Old-square, T.lneoln's-inn Marie A. Watts. Esq., 12. Bridge-road, St. John's-wood Resident Managing Director—Rev, Joseph Beaumont Hawkins, B.A. A UDITORS: William Bagshaw, Esq. (Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westeott), 35, Coleman•street C. L. Lawson, Esq., F.LA., 14, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall William F. Pater, Esq., Mount-pleasant, Barnsbury SURVEYORS. Messrs. Traslam and Buckland, 89, Carrion-street West, and Reading. William Rogers, Esq., 13a, Cannon-row, Westininstn. SOLICITORS Messrs. Brady and Son, 1, Staple-inn. BANKERS.—The London Joint-Stock Bank. This Asiociation has been formed to consoli late and improve the Savings-Bank system ; to offer better interest than has hitherto b een allowe d; facilities for unlimited deposit; means of convenient with drawal, and perfect security to the Depositor. The proof of the necessity which exists for this Association will be found in the fact that there are no less than 483 places, with more than 3,000 inhabitants each, in which a Savings-Bank does not exist. The system adopted by this Association has received the approval of the principal London daily and weekly papers. The Directors anticipate that the National Savings-BankAssocia tion will be able to pay its shareholders a large dividend on all cash paid-up on shares. J. BEAUMONT HAWKINS, 8.A.. Resident Managing Director. CIRINTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limited). For establishing Steam Naviga tion on the Rivers of India. Capital 250,0001. in 25,000 Shares of 101. each, with power to increase it to 1,C00,000/.—Deposit 10s. per Share. TRUSTEES. JAMES ALLAN, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The Honourable W. WILBERFORCE BIRD, Esq., late Deputy- Governor of Bengal PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. W. 'WILBERFORCE BIRD, Esq., late Dep.-Governor of Bengal. Captain BOLD, K.T.S., Belvidere Villa, Mil'brook, near Southampton. HARRY BORR_U)AILE, Esq., late Civil Service, Bombay. JOHN BOURNE Esq., late of Messrs. John Bourne and Co. Lieut.-General Joux BRIGGS, Madras Army, late Political Agent in Candeish, and officiating Resident at Nagpore. Colonel A. COTTON, late Chief Engineer of Madras. Capt. COTTON, R.N., Alport House, Whitechureh, Salop. Major-G enera l DICKINSON, late Chief Engineer of Bombay. MONTAGUE GORE, Esq., South Audley-street, Grosvenor. square. Lieut.-Col, GRIXES, Hon, E.1.C.5., lately stationed at Nag-pore, Clpt. C. H. HUTCIIINSON, Hon. E.1.C.5., Asst. Civ. Eng, Goda,very. COl. AVWELL LAKE, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, late Engineer of the Kistnah Irrigation Works. G. MAY, Esq. (Messrs. May, Mathewson, and Co.), London and Calcutta. Colonel the Hon. R T. RowLEr, 47, Berkeley-square. (With power to add to their number.) MANAGING DIRECTOR —JOHN BOURNE, Esq., late of Messrs. John Bourne and Co., Glasgow and Greenock. ENGINEER—JAMES KENNEDY, Esq., late of Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, Liverpool. SOLICITOR—HENRY R. HILL, Esq., 23, Throgmorton-street. BANKERS—Messrs. WILLIAMS, DEACON, and Co. SECRETARY —JOHN MATHEWSON, Esq. Offices, 9 Billiter-street, London. This company is established for two reasons—first, because it is wanted ; and second, because it will pay. India wants cheap means of conveyance for her produce; water conveyance is cheaper than any possible mode of conveyance by land ; and ten thousand miles of this cheap water conveyance will be afforded by the great rivers when properly navigated by steam. The last dividend of the Gauges Steam Company was 48 per cent. per annum, and the latest returns of a Navigation Com pany on the Godavery was 55 per cent. The field, however, is far too large to be adequately filled by local effort, and au English Company is necessary, which, with ad equate cap it a l , will render available the resources of European sc i ence. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the offices, 9, Billiter-street, London. ROBBERY BY RAILWAY SERVANTS.—The Court of Assizes, two days ago, tried two young men, named Goubaud and Renarre, in the service of the Western Railway, for robbery. On 12,th June last, one Four- nier, sub-chief of a station on the St. Germain line, took to a female named Bourgeade, receiver at one of the stations, a quantity of tickets which had already served, and requ este d h er to di spose o f them ; offering to leave her a part of the proceeds, on condition of the remainder being given to Goubaud, a ticket-taker at the St. Ger main station. Mine. Bourgeade refused to have any thin..' to do with th e tickets, a nd caused a communica tion to be made t o the railway authorities. :Fournier, being questioned, said that Gcubaud had given him the tickets to be disposed of for their joint benefit, and that lie had proposed to Mine. Bourgeade to be their ace.implice in the sale of them. He added that three years ago he and Gouband had begun defrauding the company ; he, who was then employed at Paris, selling tickets which had already served, and which Goubaud kept back out of those he received at St. Germain. A few days after making this confession Fournier com mitted suicide. The investigation being continued, au employe declared that Renarre, an employe also on the line, who lived in a style beyond his means, had fre quently taken whole pocketfuls of old tickets from the heaps on which they wPre thrown to be sorted, and had then disposed of them. This, however, Renarre positively denied, and defied any proof of th e f acts alleged aga i nst him to be adduced. T ie jury in his case brought in a verdict of acquittal, but convi,eted Goub au d. Th e cour t sentenced the latter to a year s imprisonment. „- ./l/PC--'` ' r -- ic, ,,,.. • , ,,K , / i ii / 7 .10° F , ~ . . 41 ,, i , ...- • - - ,, A , - w , -1 • 7 , ; „ jr. r=-.--'1 , , , - - ~, - • . 4111 Hill i . 4' r / ' ~ t - )) ~ f„....„,r,rit ;t i., -,--r-,-, ' ' be always agreeable ? 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' ~, ..„-,, T ii le,;r lC' hnt' i l S e p a e s e ei a w l ia... u h t ols ki l O tri g i l i t e i v o i n°ll .P r lora h ' is . ins ier4l master. .-- , It will be very curious it one of the first cvidencel, of_the milder and more di s.;p6zition (f the voLing mita cra,t shall have heca ci:eitcd en whu came to represent at his coronation, amid tlic wilds of central Russia, the free passage of England. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD. LONDON, rHURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER; 9. 1856. IBONMASTERS" QUARTERLY MEETING. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesdiy - Evening.—The last of the series of the meetings of the itanmasters of this dis trict for the current year Ockainenaea 'at Walsall on Tuesday ; the second assembly was held here this -after , noon, and was very numerously attended. As may be expected, the busindss- was remarkably flat. Orders, which had begun to come in more freely since the pre liminary meeting, have .received a sudden check, con sequent on the advance in its rate of discount by the Bank cf England, peculiarly affecting as that operation does the trade of this district, which is carried on chiefly' by means of four months' bills. Consumers are indis posed to buy pig iron with the money markeit in the state it now is, preferring instead to work up such stocks as they have on hand, lest the course of events-in the next week or two should lead to any fiirther stringent action by the Bank. This feeliei being general the sales of pig iron were nominal, and a flatter quarter-day has rarely been witnessed. The very little business transacted was in better qualities 'of pigs, for which there is what maybe considered a mode rate demand; for inferior and cinder pigs there is no in ;; quiry whatever, and as the mak e isnod,much •in exc ess of the consumption, it is quite certainihat, unless a reac tion takes place (which is anything bat probable) some of the furnaces must be let out, however undesirable that proceeding may be. The very best mine pigs have been done at 41., which may be regarded as the top price.. E - low this we - have a variety, of quotations, but a good make of pig iron has been done at 3/...,105. The price of coal is also against the pig niastero there being an ad vance of ls. per ton; but st one i s lie t i lon 'aud more [AMIE fnI; flats are about 17s. to 17a.teisk "; poor robbing ids. to 16s. 6d. per ton. There is the usual supply of red ore, and a small quantity from Northamptonshire, which is row but very little favoured in the district. The orders for malleable iron at the principal works are about sufficient to keep them in full operation, but there are no large contracts in, and at the second-rate esta blishments they are very scantily supplied, and in pre sent circumstances it is to be feared these are not likely to increase. From America the orders continue to be unusually small, and with the exception of some of the ports of the Mediterranean, the continental 'trade is any thing but brisk. A t to-day's meeting there were repre sentatives present from some London, Liverpool, and Bristol firms, but on this occasion they were merely lookers-on ; they concurred, however, in representang the shipping trade as unusually inactive. •In fact, the principal demand for finished iron at this moment is for depend u a c t h least. It thet e home future s m ta a t r e ke o t i s t : h u e p t o r n ade it f m er u s s e t m v u er t y im m e is just possible that there may be more animation at the meeting at Birmingham on Thursday (this day) ; but when the assembly broke up to-day, the prevailing im pression appeared to be that the prospects of the trade are anything but satisfactory, especially as commercial disasters in the district are of too recent date to render it probable that parties are in a position to cope with any pressing monetary difficulty. Last Saturday experiments were made on Mr. Besse mer's principle at some works held under Lord Ward, near Dudley. They had been represented as favourable, but it was stated to-day that malleable iron was not pro duced. CORONER'S INQUEST.-LAMENTABLE CASE. Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the Vine pub lic-house, in Broad -street, Ratcliff, on the body of the late Mr. Jas. H. Hopkinson, chemist and druggist, aged 29. The inquiry excited an unusual degree of interest among the inhabitants of Ratcliff. The deceased had been in business as a chemist and druggist for about six months only, at No. 85, Broad-street, next door to the Vine. Ho entered upon business with the best prospects, and was possessed of considerable poperty. He soon com menced drinking to excess ; the evil habit increased upon him, and for some time previous to his being- seized with the serious illness which caused his death, he was almost continually intoxicated. His wife, a young, well-educated and attractive female, to whom he bad been married 12 months, was more frequently bathe shop dispensing drugs and compounding medicines than her husband. About three weeks since she swallowed a large quantity of tinc ture of opium, of the properties of which she was igno rant, and which she obtained in her husband's shop. She took enough to kill 10 persons, and only for the purpose, as she expressed, of frightening her husband. The most strenuous exertions and skill of Mr. A. Carson, a surgeon, of Cock-hill, Ratcliff, and Mr. Burch, the resident medi cal officer of the London Hospital, alone saved her. Mr. Burch had no hopes of saving the unhappy woman when she was first brought in, but after a fortnight's treat ment he pronounced her nut pf danger,- and sent her tn. the Thames police-court, wherikshe expressed the utmost repentance for the rash and wicked act shei had com mitted. Mr. Yardley took - oneanion—to teas .Jklr. - + Hopkinson, who was then verging on delfremens, in severe terms, for allowing his wife to dispense drugs and poisons, while he was indulging in habits of intoxi cation, and said he was a most unfit man to carry on the business of a chemist and druggist. Mrs. Hopkinson was allowed to depart with her husband. On the same even ing Mr. and Mrs. Hopkinson proceeded to the West-end to transact business with their attorney, and receive some money of him. They then repaired to a respectable coffee-house at Charing.cross to partake of tea, and while he was putting a cup of tea to his lips and conversing with his wife, he ruptured a blood-vessel and vomited forth a quantity of blood. Mrs. Hopkinson immediately sent for a surgeon to attend upon her husband. Same temporary remedies were applied, and he was sent home in a cab. On reaching Broad-stseet, Mr. Carson, the deceased's neighbour and friend, was hastily summoned, and discovered the unfortunate man supported in the arms of his wife on a bed, partially undressed, and bringing up an immense quantity of blood from the left lung. Mr. Carson prepared a dose of medicine from the bottles in the deceased's shop, and administered it to him, and since then had been in constant attendance upon him day and night, with short intervals of rest, and had also called in two of the most eminent of the faculty to assist him. A severe attack of delirium tremens followed, and after that the deceased became perfectly isensible and collected, so much so, that he sent for his lawyer to make his will, bequeathing everything he pos. &eased to his dear Uzzy, as he called his wife. Mr. Car son assisted the deceased in affixing his signature to his will. On Monday the deceased was attacked with bleed ing at the nose, and that was the immediate cause of death. He expired the same night. lir. Carson had no doubt that Mr. Hopkinson had indulged in the vice of intemperance to a fearful extent, and that was the pri mary cause of the rupture of a blood-vessel. The loss of blood caused delirium tremens. Mr. Carson also stated that Mrs. Hopkinson was a most excellent and affec tionate wife ; that sbe employed the best nurses, and spared no expense during the illness of her husband. He never saw more kindness and attention towards an in valid husband than was exhibited by Mrs. Hopkinson. He also seemed greatly attached to her, and said he would leave all to his dear wife. Mr. Mathias, a bookseller, and other jurors said they knew that Mrs. Hopkinson was a kind and affectionate wife, and had been unremitting in her attentions to her husband. They also expressed a high opinion of the zeal and energy displayed by Mr. Carson when the wife took a large dose of poison, and again when her husband was brought home on the night of Monday, the 25th ult. The Coroner remarked on the peculiar and lamentable nature of the case. The fatal illness of the husband had followed close on the appearance of Mrs. Hopkinson at the Thames police-court, and it was greatly to be la mented that poisons could be so easily obtained. There was no doubt the death of the unfortunate deceased was causod by the loss of blood, and the jury would have no hesitation in saying that he died from natural causes. A verdict to that effect was immediately returned by the jury. lIORRIBLE ATROCITY- C HILD CHILD DEVOURED Br A . AVESBURY, WILTS, Wednesday.—Considerable excite ment prevails in this place and the surrounding neigh bourhood at the present time, owing to the discovery of a most horrible atrocity—no less than a mother throw ing her newly-born infant into a pig-stye to be devoured by pigs, in order to conceal her shame. From what has transpired, it appears that for some time past a young girl, named Wise, from Compton Bas sett, has been living in the service of Mr. Pope, of this place. Lately, from her appearance, it was suspected that she was enceinte, and she was spoken to on the 'Abject. She strenuously denied that such was the case, but her statement was not believed, although she was not fur ther questioned at the time. On Sunday last she ap peared to be suffering from illness, and was again inter- rcgated as to her condition, and advised to tell the truth, in order that arrangements for her confinement might be made ; but she still denied the accusation. Some hours afterwards, however, she was found lying on the floor, apparently in a fainting state, and she was then openly accused of having given birth to a child, but she persisted in her denial. Mr. Fitzgerald, the nearest surgeon, was summunecl as soon as possible, and upon his arrival he at once stated that she had given birth to a child, but she once more denied the fact. Mr. Fitzgerald, how- ever, being satisfied, directed that search should be made fur the infant. As far as the house was concerned the search was unsuccessful ; but at abcut 20 yards from the house, in a pig-stye, a fine healthy male child was dis covered being rapidly devoured by a tatting pi g , l arge pieces of flesh having been tiler off by the hungry an i ma l, and it was with some di fficult y the mangled remains could be recovered from the stye. The mother had previ- Jusly been removed, and placed under proper attention, she being in a most shocki n g state. She was n ot informed , of the discovery of th e bcd y until y ester day , when she appeared in a most dr eadful state of mind . She ad witted that the child was hers, and stated that th e f a th er was employed at the Swin don rail w a y station. • The particuanylarso order of e rhavethet o horrible gratify visitedra tif y t ithe e atrocityisrp spot morbid curiosity. A E rapidly spread, and m twhere the b o dy wat t soon as Wise is sufficiently recovered to be removed the aliole'affair will undergo investigatien. THE GERMAN LEGION. ( Prom, 'the Dublin Evening M ail. ) Who shall deny that "it is a good thing to have a friend at Court ?" The officers and soldiers of the British German Legion, we are sure, will be the last to con trovert that sound axiom ; for the contrast of their sunny prospects with the unfriended and outcast condi tion of the poor Italian Legionaries, discharged from the same service, cannot fail to bring its value home to their business and their bosoms. They have read in the public journals how the discharged soldiers of the Italian band have been laid hold upon,, wherever Aus trian malevolence could set its vindictive claws upon them, and handed over to the` inder mercies of a court martial, for having presumedto serve the Queen of Eng land in tho late war, and they should bless their stars thata like fate does not await themselves. For, assur edly, had, our Teutonic auxiliaries been sent adrift in the same manner, they would have received similar treat- Wen in Faderland. Whether they bent their steps to wards Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Baden, or Hanover it self, cool quarters and a hard dungeon floor would have been their welcome home in all those regions. But their services have been so sumptuously appreciated, that the most meritorious and the most favoured veterans of our own native troops will have cause to lament, to their dying hour, that they were not born in Germany. An asylum has been secured for them at the public expense far surpassing in liberality and provident care all that was ever before done for any British coloniits. ' German auxiliaries—officers and men—if they elect to becothe settlers at the Cape in preference to the articles of capitulation under which they entered her Majesty's service, are to enjoy their full pay, and allowance up to the day of embarkation for their new homes. A free passage will, of course, be given them, with a mess for the officers and plentiful food for the men during tho voyage. They will take with them their arms, accou trements, uniforms, and camp equipage, together with a canvas suit to be wore on board ship. That camp equi page, be it remembered, was originally supplied to them 'free of charge, while the British regiments were obliged to pay dearly for every article they were furnished withal ; and the untoward occurrences at Nenagh makes it unnecessary to point out how much more considerately these foreigners have been used in the article of " uni form" than the unfortunate sans culotte poor relations of Tipperary. Oh, surely it is a very fine thing to be a cousin German ! Arrived in South Africa, these interesting emigrants will not be turned out upon the shore, like English or Irish free settlers, to forage for themselves, but rations for one year, or, at their option, a commuted allowance in money, will be served out, and from the day of their setting foot on the dry land, pay at the following rates per day will be granted them for three years : Pay of colour serjeant Serjeant Corporal Private Moreover, that they may have a full and immediate enjoyment of the provisions generously granted by the bounty of the State, an outfit of 51. per man is to be lent them, for the purchase of cooking utensils and tools. This advance they may repay during the second and third years of service. And although at first, for the want of ready-made houses, they must be content to abide in their tents, yet they will soon be in a condition to change that Government canvas to winnowing sheets and rick covers ; for a further allowanee of 201. to each non-com missioned officer, and of 181. to each private, will be dis bursed for the building of a cottage, which cottage, along with the allotment of land on which it stands, shall be held rent free for seven years—should the tenant prove conformable all the while, and not fraternise with the Kafirs. After that probation it shall be "his and his heirs' for ever." Nothing more is required of them, in order to become owners in fee simple of houses and lands, than that for a certain period they shall follow a peace ful and industrious course of life, endeavouring to avoid those violent and dishonest practices by which alone they have distinguished themselves since they took up arms in the service of the British Crown. Nor is this all. The wives and children of married soldier ,, , whether now resident in the British dominions or in Germany, shall be carried out and rationed, every frau and every fraulein of them, at the cost and charges of the British exchequer. Nay, to the unmarried soldier is allowed the privilege of sending to Germany for "the girl he left behind him," and if she is willing to go "the same indulgence will be extended" in the way of a free passage and rations, and of inheritance to her likewise, and to her future children, as to existing wives and to their families. Commissioned officers, who may feel disposed to ac company the men, will be provided for after the manner detailed above, but of course on a higher seals—half-pay being insured to them for three years after landing in the colony, and tree grants of land of the value of 3001., 2001., and 1001., being offered to the field-officers, cap tains, and subalterns, according to their several ranks. Ertirlfirg allowances will also be made to them in nearly the same proportions; 201. being awarded to the sups /goy atioars.,lsol. to, the captain, and 1001- to the sub. Their families likewise, with's female servant to each, if required, will be conveyed to the settlement " free of expense for passage or provisions," DJ not all things show, as we have said, what a mighty fine thing it is to have a friend at Court. The last review of the German Legion took place at Wivenhoe on Wednesday week, when their commander, Baron Von Stutterheim, pronounced an eloquent vale dictory address. The baron's name is an odd one for an orator, nevertheless he "did not hesitate" to utter these words :—" I consider it my duty to thank you for the good behaviour you have exhibited from the first moment of your arrival in this country down to the present time. I thank you again from my heart for your good con duet, which has proved that yon are an honour to your Fatherland 1" This, it must be confessed, is a very bold style of ora tory, unequalled, perhaps, on English ground since the immortal Kirk took leave of his "Lambs." The rat tling tongue of saucy and audacious eloquence would be hard pressed to go beyond it. The reader will not be surprised to learn that soldiers of such admirable repute are in high request all over the continent, and that King Bomba especially has already bid so high as 50 dollars a piece to induce them to enter his service. The fine spirit they displayed in attacking the gallant 41st, after its return from the Crimea, has no doubt inspired his Sulphuric Majesty with a lively con fidence in the zeal with which they would use their arras against any other subject of Queen Victoria. "At present (says a London-paper) it is by no means certain that any considerable number of them will accept the terms, however liberal these may be, offered by the Government to enable them to settle in British Kaf fraria. It is rumoured that the agents of the King of Naples, with a view to coming events, are already offer ing the men a bounty of 50 dollars a piece as an induce. ment to enter his service. It is said, with perhaps more certainty, that the Dutch are also holding out to them a premium of 51. to emigrate to their colony of Batavia, to recruit their military forces, now comparatively weak, from deaths and other casualties. France, too, and the Argentine Republic, it is suspected, have each an eye on these soldiers of fortune, who are now, on the first flush of peace, being disbanded by the English Government. In addition to all this, some of the revolutionary class of political refugees, both in this country and on the conti nent, counting on the men of the Legion being useful as some time in carrying out their designs, are striving to dissuade them from leaving Europe, alleging that the British Government are only sending them out to the Cape as food for Kafiri,." THE PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX. Last night a preliminary meeting was held at the Lon don Coffeehouse, Ludgate-hill, with the view to form an association for obtaining a speedy redaction of the pro perty and income tax .to 7d. in the pound, now that the war has ceased, and a more equitable adjustment of the charge upon income. The meeting was but thinly at tended, but that was probably owing to its being called a preliminary one, and convened somewhat hastily, after only one day's advertisement. Sir J. Duke, as the alder man of the ward in which it was held, had been invited to be present, but he wrote to excuse himself, on the ground of an imperative engagement in Manchester, expressing, however, at the same time, his entire concur rence in the object of the meeting. Mr. A. Smurr, who was called to the chair, stated, on assuming it, that he had not given much attention to the subject about to be brought before them. The summons to attend the meeting adverted to the property and in come tax, but he submitted that it would be more consis tent with the popular notions of taxation if they addressed themselves to the subject of the income tax only. The tax on property was based on something that looked very much like justice, fer the property of the country, of whatever denomination, ought to bear the principal share of the general taxation. (Hear.) It was different with income, depending as that did generally on the labour of the hands or the bead, which a man might be deprived at any moment of exerting. He cited the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that he had a surplus of 3,000,0001. in hand, as an argument for lessening the pressure of the income tax, and complained that the continuation of the double tax since the conclusion of the peace tended to paralyse the trade and industry of the country. Mr. HYAM moved a resolution, that an association be formed, to be called the " Property and Income-tax Association," for obtaining a speedy reduction of the tax to 7d. in the pound, and a more equitable adjust. ment of the charge upon income. He called attention to the fact that a great reduction was being made in the army, and expressed his apprehension that, in spite of that reduction, if a popular movement was not made for the diminution of the tax there would be great ex travagance in the expenditure of the public money. He contended that it was the spirit of the act of Parliament imposing the double tax that such double tax should cease on the expiration of the next financial year after the conclusion of the war, which would be on the sth of April next, but by the insertion of the words in the act that it should "continue in force during the present war, and until the 6th of April next after a ratification of a definitive treaty of peace and no longer," the result would be that the country would be liable to the tax for two years after the conclusion of war. (Hear.) This was a question seriously affecting the commerce of the coun try, for the tax in question raised some 14,000,0001. or 15,000,0001. a-year, and a large proportion of that sum was drawn from persons who could very ill afford it. He had no doubt that if the people would speak boldly out and say the tax should be reduced to 7d. in the pound the Chancellor of the Exchequer would concede the reduction. kilear, hear.) The motion was seconded by Mr. POTTER, who con tended that the property tax was the best we could have if it could be properly adjusted, though at present an un necessarily large amount of it went for collection. He also expressed a hope that the Government would act up to the spirit of the act of Parliament, and assent to the reduction of the property and income tax at the conclu sion of the financial year next after the termination of the war, instead of insisting on a liberal construction of th e words employed in it to define when the reduction should take place. Mr. PEACHEY reminded the meeting that he gave evi dence before the committee of the House of pommons which sat on the subject of the property and income tax, and that the tendency of his evidence was to dispel the general delusion throughout the country that real pro perty was well assessed under the Property and Income tax Acts. The fact was that, to his knowledge, the most oppressive of the lords of the soil—those who were lords of manors--maintained their feudal rights so rigidly that many of them escaped taxation altogether. (Rear.) For instance, in the parish of Islington there were five manors, and some of them exceedingly productive, not }e of the lords of which was assessed to the property tax (Hear) The fact of "itself wodfd` pel lt i trldireenCral delusion that at present land could not escape taxation. He could also assert as a fact that the manors held in the names of the peers and commoners who petitioned Par liament against the passing of the Copyholds Enfran chisement Bill could not be found in the assessment to the property tax. He drew a great distinction between a property and an income tax. Property was a fair sub ject of taxation, for it might be reasonably said, espe cially in a time of war, that such taxation was imposed with a view to its protection. The lords of the soil, at such a time, called on men to enlist and fight in defence of their property, and it would be well if they would al ways remember their obligations. It was wholly diffe rent with an income which depended on the sweat of the brow or the exercise of the brain, and which might cease to-morrow and leave a man's family in a state of penury. That surely was not as fit a subject for taxation as the land, which would descend to a man's heirs at his death and relieve him from all anxiety as to his family. When they taxed industry they taxed the very sources of the wealth and prosperity of the country, With those feelings, he was certainly not disposed to con cur in the proposition for reducing the tax on property. By a return moved for by the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, and going down to 1848, it appeared that, in 1814, the aggregate annual rental of the land under as sessment was 34,330,0001., and, in 1848, 42,000,0001. Again, that of messuages and houses was, in 1814, 14,895,0001., and in 1848, 38,822,0001. He contended that they could never bring the broad acres of the coun try under taxation in any other manner than by a pro perty tax. If they reduced the property ta x the y relieved the great landed interest, the very last entitled to any relief. The lords of the soil had for centuries held com plete dominion in one branch of the Legislature and a majority in the other ; and the consequence had been that they who were, under the original grants of their lands, bound to the general defence of their country, to the repair of roads, bridges, and the like, and to p rovide means for the Government, had during a long period of time thrown off the burdens incident to the tenure of their estates and created new taxes which bore on the people. If the meeting could be the means of procuring a committee of the House of Commons to consider the whole subject of the taxation of the country they would confer a greater advantage on the people generally than by the formation of a society for the limited purpose of effecting a reduction of the property and an equalisation of the income tax. Mr. ELT supported the resolution, and in doing so stated that Sir R. Peel, when he proposed his income tax, introduced a new principle of levying it, and that was to collect it from the tenant instead of the owner, which in many instances caused a great amount of in- justice and inconvenience. He trusted in any new legis lation on the subject steps would be taken to do away with that stoppage of the tax in transitu. Mr. FLEMING reminded the meeting that Mr. Glad stone, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, with all his desire to deal with the anomalies incident to the property and income tax, confessed that the subject was environed with insuperable difficulty. Adverting to the discon tinuance of the double tax, he (Mr. Fleming) contended that the distinct understanding in Parliament, when the successive measures for increasing the tax were under consideration, was that it should take place at the expi ration of one financial year after the conclusion of the war, which would be in April, 1557, and that it would be a breach of that understanding, by a strict literal in• terpretation of an expression in those acts of Parliament, to continue the double tax until the end of the financial year in April, 1858, The motion, which was also supported by Mr. PAYNE, was then put and carried unanimously. A subscription was entered into for defraying the ex penses connected with the for:nation of the association, Mr. Buott was appointed honorary secretary, and a corn tnittde was appointed for making the necessary arrange ments. [ADVERTISEMENT.} —Holloway ' s Pills a Certain Cur for Liver and Stomach Complaints.—Mrs. Amelia Hen derson, widow of Edward Henderson, , Newport, Monmouthshire, was afflicted for sumo years with a dis ordered liver and stomach, accompanied with sickness, pain in her side, and nervous headache. The faculty in formed her it was constitutional, and gave her clearly to understand she could never be thoroughly restored to Health. At this stage of the malady she commenced using Holloway' s pill s , w hich cured her in six weeks, after every other medicine bad failed. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and SO, Maiden-lane, New York ; uy A. Stampa, Constanti , uople ; A. Gaidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. TURKISH NOTE ON THE ISLES OF THE DANUBE. n ad g nel T v li d e ip to m rd at , ic of do E c r u u m ss e e n i t s, f p r u om bli t sh he es p t e h n e ofufllFoNev! Pacha, Minister of the Foreign Affairs of the Sub lime Porte. The note is addressed to the minis ters of the Sultan at the courts of the Great Powers, and is dated August 8 : Sir,—At the Congress of Paris, when the works to be executed at the mouth of the Danube were under discus sion, the Ottoman plenipotentiaries stated that the Sub lime Porte would willingly make the advances demanded for those works. This declaration is registered in the Protocol of the 27th March, No. 16 ; and immediately after the exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty of Pars, the Imperial government hastened to carry it into execution by sending a dredginr , machine to the Suliria mouth, and a steamboat to assist in Clearing the chan nel, and by establiAing a lighthouse for the security of tho navigation. The commencement of carrying out these preparatory improvements, which ought to be fol lowed by such as may be deemed 'necessary . by the European commission, was. at the same time a formal taking possession of the • mouths and islands of the Danube, which fell back to it of right. The Sublime Porte never had, and cannot have, doubts as to its rights, or the intentions of its allies, in respect to the islands of the Danube and their•direct ownership. If the question is now reverted to, it is to render it more dear, and to scatter the slightest doubt that may remain on.the point. The stipulations of the Treaty of Paris fix new fron tiers between the Ottoman empire and Russia on the Bessaiabian side. One part of that province is restored to'Turkey and annexed to. Moldavia. But the '.lands of the Danube Cannot belong to that clasS, but must fall under a special and separate rale. - • The territory that is to be annexed to 'Moldavia is a portion of Bessarabia that was formerly part of the daviati principality, and wars coded to Russia by the Treaty of Bucharest in 1812. • The islands of the Danube, which never formed part of Bessarabia, were placed under the regime by which they were ruled, prior to the late war, by the Treaty of Adrianople, in 1829, and that regime differed essentially from the Russian administration of the other bank of the river. That treaty even bound Russia not to raise any fortification, and to build no other than quarantine. estab lishments. Taus the islands at the mouth of the Danube never formed part of MoldaVia, and the period of their cession ddmonstrates that they were not ceded to Russia with Bessarabia as a part of that'province. . . A part of Bessarabia returns to Turkey, and it is to be annexed to Moldavia in virtue of the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris, whilst the return of these islands to their former state of things issues from another principle. The cancelling of the Treaty of Adrianople, putting an end to the domination of Russia, restores them to their ancient possessor. The same principle that cancels the neutrality of the right bank of the St. George's Channel restores these islands to Turkey, from which they had been detached. The treaty of the 30th March speaks only of that part of Bessarabia which is ceded by Russia. Art. 20 fixes the new frontier between the Ottoman empireand Russia. Art.2l says that "the territory ceded by Russia shall be annexed to the principality of Moldavia, for the suze rainty of the Sublime Porte. The inhabitants of that territory shall enjoy the rights and privileges assured to the Principalitie', and they shall be allowed for three years to change their domicile elsewhere with the power of freely disposing of their property." The spirit of this last article makes it easy to compre hend that the annexation to Moldavia of the territory ceded by Russia applies only to Bessarabia, and not to the islands in the embouchure ; for, speaking of the in• habitants of the ceded territory, the treaty evidently ex cludes the inhabited islands from the circle of territory that is to be annexed to Moldavia. If the contracting Powers desired to give the islands to the Moldavian principality, the treaty should have so expressed it in an express clause. The declaration of our plenipotentiaries at the Paris Conference, embodied in the protocol without any obser vation on the part of the Congress, confirms the return of the mouths of the Danube to the direct ownership of Turkey. It promises the discharge of a duty in return for a right recovered. The condition in which the islands at the mouth now are, the spirit of the treaty itself, and this declaration of taking possession—a declaration accepted by the con gress—will be evidence of the intentions of our allies as to the future condition of the mouths of the Danube. in stipulating for the restitution of Bessarabia to Mol davia, they undoubtedly had no intoution of wronging Turkey by depriving her of what rightfully returned to her, to unite it to a province having no claim to it. Our august allies must have recollected the blood shed at o:tenitza, Kalafat, and Silistria. The object aimed at by Europe in stipulating fur the restitution of the mouths of the Danube was the freedom of that river. It is plainly evident that tina- bAt means of attaining that object is to place them again in the bands of t.oe h , gitirriate. propel-oto.. As we have said above, the Sublime i'orte, never hav ing conceived any doubt as to its right or the intentions of its allies, took possession of the Delta of the Danube by beginning to carry out improvements. It exercises that right by discharging its duty for the interest of the whole world. You are desired, sir, to offer these reflections and ex planations to the court to which you are accredited, by affording a perusal of this despatch. TRE RUSSIAN POST-OFFICE AND TELEGRAPH. Various persons (gays a correspondent from Moscow) have shown me letters just delivered to them which had manifestly been opened before their delivery and alter their postage. There was one such I saw on Friday, addressed to an Englishman in the same hotel with me ; it had been fastened first by the gum of the adhesive envelope, and secondly by wax. To open the gum or a wafer, without tearing the paper, nothing but humidity is necessary, and for wax heat ; but for both together both moisture and heat are required, and required shntil taneously. Steam affords the only adequate process. The letter in question had evidently been subjected thus to the action of a powerful jet of hot vapour, all about the juncture of the envelope. This had been done • with defiant carelessness, for the whole of the part I. have mentioned was still damp, distended, creased, and limp with the process ; while instead of the seal which the addresses expected, there was a rude blotch of wax, stamped crosswise with the back of a knife, as it seemed. In general, the seal is copied before the steam is applied; the letter is placed, face downwards, on a block of soft lead, into which the impression is struck by one smart blow of a broad steel hammer, made for the purpose. But in the case to which I allude, no such pains had been taken. All persons, besides, tell me that nothing can be more wayward than the delivery of letters and papers sant to them from their countries ; a portion is all they ever see. But you may say this is only ex perience at second hand, what is your own ? Well, on Friday there came to me a letter from home, calling itself the eleventh which the same writer had despatched to me, and it was only the fourth which had received from that writer. At Moscow, when you prepay a letter, they give you a receipt for the money you disburse ; at St. Petersburg, never. It will have some relation to this subject to mention what occurred to me with respect to a telegraphic message which I wanted to send, just be- , fore leaving Moscow. The telegraph office for foreign and distant places is in the Kremlin, under the palace ; that for St. Petersburg is at the railway station. After the rain-pelted festivities of the 20th at Hadinka, I proceeded to the Kremlin with a certain message which I wished to send you. This was on Saturday evening. The clerk,, after a moment's consulation with another person, told me that they had upwards of a hundred despatches, and could not undertake to send my message that day. Could I return to-morrow ? To-morrow I was going to St. Petersburg. He advised me to apply at the office there. On my arrival at St. Petersburg I proceeded with my message to the telegraph office, in Galernoi. The clerk read it, carefully counting the words, which, including the address, were 89 in number. He then read the mes sage a second time, looking up here and there at me with an uneasy and even startled expression. After this he said quietly, "Thirty-five silver roubles.: "And when will the message be delivered in London ? asked I, taking out the money. "Ah! that I cannot say," "Howl cannot say ? But yet you can take the 35 silver roubles. I suppose you know for what they are paid ?" He immedi-, ately began to expatiate on the number of despatches they had to forward, and said, with a confused look, that, if I would pay for the message and leave it, he had no doubt that, in a day or two, it would be expedited. I begged him to tell me frankly whether there was any thing in the message itself which would prevent it being sent. He answered, "No ; oh no ;" but with such a guilty look, that I repeated my question more earnestly, promising that, if I requested them to forward it at all, I would myself - erase anything that might be disliked. Upon this lie took the slip of paper into an inner room, aed when he reappeared he told are the chief would speak to me. About two minutes elapsed, when this . f u nctionary came, holding my message. He was ex ceedingly civil. Ho pointed out two passages, and said is would be better if I erased them. "These things will be known in the end," he remarked, "but to ineution thorn now would cloud over a joyous mo ment." Now here im my message, word for word as I wrote it :—" St. Petersburg, September 22..—Deux cent mill" paysans dinerent ensemble, eamedi, prey Hadinka, a nouf heures, aux frail do l'Empeseur. A quatre cent rnillo curieux s'y rassemblerent pour voir uu festin qu'ile tie savient pas etre dej t fiui; II totnl.a.it dos torren's de pluie. Deux personnes furent ecrasees. L i e banquet donne par l'Empereur aux ambassadeurs cut lieu le 18 au Kremlin. Le 16 l'lmporatri.e-mere it tine legere blestire acciden 'eelt. Les departs ceininencent." The two passages which I wag to omit were those where 1 stated that two persons had been crushed (I fear the recent version thirty , is the trutl), and where I mentioned the Empress Mother's " slight accidertal wound," the mliole;story of which I gave you in a letter from M"' . If for such passages as these they would suppress , r mangle a message for which they had pocketed nearly Six pounds sterling, what fate may not have awaited long letters ccntrining a great deal too much truth to THE MONETARY CRISIS. ( From the Times City Article.) The character of the accounts from saris has not been improved by the report of the Finance Minis ter, the prohibition of all discussions on the crisis; • or the police regulation forbidding money-changers to offer a premium for silver. The opinion still is that there is no danger of a collapse, except as a Consequence of the Vinci apprehensions of the crnoeegssible to regard such a con people ; but it is believed that the measures rtelopted are calculated to increase rather than to allay these apprehensions. It is said, moreover, that some of the leading persons .connected. with the Bank of to the views of the Em peror of consideration, and hence Franca have already l a py n a opinion iyirmg eedn t.s, a a s nd to th th a e t In these suggested as to what would be its effects on this side. cieatptixeirrilpisoeui amainly s(cli o tueui f sniinrs s idi u dtnee s esit p sf)sete e arri r I n: ive cl ini opn i s u s b a r ro A i ys u h i s n t P a v e io v s e ° t l b a o y n f y a s n p g i e r n c e i t a e e t r il n a d a y i l m s feuaonrnria gold m ti especially s Inay .when t c li fe e e or s n r. - IWioahrgclnin g c people om m o a r r c e o rushing suffers being able to get it. -If there is no serious foreign drain remaining to be met, and if the rate of no injury by-their not discount is sufficiently- high to promote economy and check speculation, so as to prevent an . adverse balance arising with other countries, everything, after the first shock from the announcement had passed, might go on almost precisely as before. The note circulation would maintain its par value, the panic would gradually subside, unda resump tion would be found practicable. But an appre hension may be entertained that it is.not in this way, after the note circulation in France had been declared inconvertible, matters would be allowed to work round to a healthy point. The cry for a suspension is chiefly that commerce may be relieved —a phrase familiar to all speculators, whether in France, England, or America, and which simply means that an increased issue of currency should be authorised such as would produce a great rise in prices, and enable them to realise without loss the depreciated securities with which they fine them selves burdened. The probability exists, therefore, that the Bank of France would forthwith receive directions from the Government to relax its mea sures of severity, to make ample advances on stocks and shares, and also to deal liberally with com mercial paper. In this way animation would again be restored to the Bourse, speculators, such as the Credit Mobilier, would no longer seek to postpone or cancel their foreign commitments, and mer chants would renew thir orders for the importation of produce. The advantages of the measure would be universally extolled, and, as the interests of all financiers of the prominent school require that a rise in prices should go on for ever, there would never come a time at which, in the view of these parties, the circulation should cease to expand. Supposing them to maintain their ascendancy, a contraction would be out of the question, and would be denounced as a malevolent blow against the prosperity of the nation. Meanwhile the high prices would be attracting all kinds of goods and securities to the French market, a heavy and con stantly increasing debt would become due to foreign ers, and, as foreigners would not accept payment in French bank notes, but would require gold or its equivalent, gold would come into great demand as an article of merchandise, and would rise to a pre mium in proportion to its scarcity. That is to say, the exportable produce and manufactures of France being insufficient to pay for the goods imported, and a balance of debt remaining to be discharged, she would have to obtain specie for the purpose, and, as her only means of obtaining it would be by her promissory paper, an extra price would be charged for the gold in proportion to the distrust with which these promises were regarded. Hence, with all the abundance of circulation, the country would never become richer. If a 100 f. note would not purchase more than 50f. of gold, and the Go vernment, with a view to relieve the people, were immediately to double the existing issues, the dis covery would then he made that it would purchase only 25f. of gold, cr a still smaller sum, in propor tion as faith might be destroyed by their increasing recklessness. The national credit would be entirely extinguished, and at the same time, as all the Government employ-es, the public creditors, pro prietors of lands or houses let on lease, and an nuitants of every kind, would be paid only in this paper, the question of their starvation would depend simply on the point to which the deprecia tion might be •limited. Ultimately the mass of circulation might be such as to preclude all idea of its honest redemption, and a return to a convertible currency would be practicable only by a compro mise, in which the note holders would sacrifice 70, 80, or such other percentage of their nominal claims as the state of the bullion market might render necessary. This is the inevitable end of a forced paper cir culation, running the course contemplated for it by those who believe it to be in the power of a State to afford at all times a sufficient supply for the wants of the people. It has been witnessed in Russia, in America, and a number of other coun tries, and there is nothing new to be learnt with regard to it. It will be said that there is no pro bability it would ever be carried to such a point' by the French Government ; but this reduces the question merely to a matter of degree. Just in proportion as they yield to the clamour for such an extended issue of paper as shall re-animate the Bourse will be the difficulty of returning to their former position. All the contracts in the shape of loans or otherwise made during the period of suspension must be on condition that they shall ultimately be fulfilled in specie, and when' the time for this sacrifice arrives there will be a popular sense of 'grievance similar to that manifested in Eneland in 1819, bitter recollections of which are cherished in some minds even to this day. On the other hand, if the suspension of specie payments is followed by no increase of the paper circulation or reduction of the rates of discount, there will be every reason to expect that the prudence thus enforced will soon bring the balance of trade in favour of France, so that she will have to receive specie, instead of its being withdrawn from her. In that case the note circulation, being not more than sufficient at existing prices for the legitimate pur poses of trade, would be prevented from falling to a permanent discount, and a gradual and safe re sumption might be effected by the Bank in the first instance voluntarily giving change for. their notes on application, but without holding themselves bound to do so, and ultimately, when this had fa miliarised the people with the idea of convertibility as an ordinary condition, by the removal of the decree for its suspension. The considerations thus presented will enable all persons to estimate the results to be expected in this country from the measure, according to the manner in which it may be carried out. Supposing prudent counsels to prevail, the only consequence of the change will be that the artificial purchases of gold which the Bank of France are now driven to make in London will cease, and that our discount-market will return to an easier position according to the progress towards a general revival of confidence on the Contin en t. Assuming, on the contrary, an inflation in Paris from increased paper issues, gold will be drained thence to this and other countries, and great buoyancy of trade, coupled with an in creasing abundance of money, must be anticipated here—results, however, that would appear miser ably poor in face of th e ev il s t o b e sustained fr o m the ultimat e i n j ur y w hi c h th e cre dit a nd comme rce of France mu s t und ergo an d the political uncer tainties that would be consequent upon it. lastiarlifiursee was WILFUL FIRE-RAISING. A marred named se w .d o e _ n woman a uw n s as o sa f uax a ,fe r a e w - t spectable position in soeiety, named Garntihe Aml it \vas evident . days ago tried by the Court of Assizes o ly f arson. On the night of the Bth of Ju ly discovered in the house of a farmer Bonnet, but it was promptly extingei b s -d . I),uSsaux and. his family were absent at the time, of man we d from the manner in which a quantity„, • 0 was scattered abotit-that the fire bad been wilfully' c a;d: se d . ... who, with her huS- - - • The house, it G e : t r h n e kr fi , re; fter a band, lived next door, and she -itt w hile confessed but this latter was unable to pay the that i t Suspicion w a s fe s l h l e on wh tl o le h w ad om ea a a n s had been the property of hei litiebami,'Who77 appeared, 40 purchase assurance on the house being. paid by her husband, she Id it to Doss:tux ; bad determined to burn the place down in order to vie fraud the cotnpany. She added that she had pieviously made two attempts to set fire to the house, and gate a description of the manner in which she . had done so. in consequence of this confession it tc-M supposed that she might have been the author of a fire which had corn p'etely destroyed the house in which she and her hus band lived on the `...oth of January, 1845, and for which he received s,ooofr. as an indemnity' from an insurance company—and she being closely questioned admitted that she had done so. She professed to feel. no sort of attachment for her husband, and it was stated that in the fire of 1815 she abandoned one of her children in the midst of the flames ; it, however, wa s reso ed by a stranger. He'r advocate attempted to prove that she was mad, but the jury convicted her, though with ex tenuating circumstances, and the court saltercad her to ten years hard labour - ROBBERIES BY FRENCH 'SOLDIERS. The French law punishes with excessive severity any soldier, who may commit a robbery, however petty, in a house in which he is billeted. On Tuesday the military tribunal tried a soldier of the Gist Regiment, named Benard, for having taken a pair of embroidered slippers from a public-house in the Department of the Yonne, to which ho was assigned in the course of a march with a small detachment. Thaman did not deny having taken the slippers ; indeed they were found on his feet by the innkeeper, who on missing them rode after him ; but ho said that finding them placed by his bedside on getting up in the morning, he bad supposed that the hostess, on whom he flattered himself he had made a favourable im pression, had presented them to him, and that at all evetts he had taken them as a simple souvenir without the slightest intention of stealing them. The tribunal told the man that he had rendered himself liable to ten years' hard labour in irons, but that, taking an indulgent view of the case, it would only sentence him to five years' imprisonment. The military tribunal of Paris on Tuesday tried a soldier of the Army Works Corps, named Gatherot, for robbery. He formed part of a detachment stationed in Fort Va lerian, and on the 12th August last he went with three comrades to a wine shop at Suresnes. There the four men drank eight quarts of white wine, and when they came to pay the score Gatherot avowed that he had only if. 15c. A little after, however, he took his three comrades to a cafe in the village, and to their surpri , e treated them liberally. After they had left the wine shop, the landlord discovered that three pieces of 51. and about sf. in small coin had been stolen from his till, and he communicated his loss to a corporal who hap pened to come in. The corporal went alter the four men, and finding that Gatherot had treated the others at the cafe, he asked him where bad got the money ; b e answered that a frieni', named Etienne, , of Paris, had lent him a piece of 201. It was, however, stated teat i , was not with a piece of gold that he had paid in the cafe, and on searching him the corporal foul d that he had on him two pieces of sf. and some small coin, which, with what he had paid, made up about 201. The cor poral insisted that he should take him to the M. 'Etienne referred to, in order that that person might declare• whether or not he had made any loan of 20f. ; but, on arriving in Paris, Gatherot requested the corporal to go alone to Etienne, whilst he waited for him at a. cafe. The corporal went to Etienne, who told him that he had not lent the prisoner any money for a long time ; and on returning to the cafe the corporal foetid that Gatheret had left for Rouen. The man was subsequently erreeteti in that city, and he confessed that he bad robbed the Keeper of the wine shop, but promised to repay what he tole—a promised which he afterwards kept. The Court ee!entenced hien to a year's iinprisoewent. to. q's ero, i-: Fob air tone 10 3 I rok, [leo , is,, too* „o•J o 01° C T1 0 ii " tl o' 197 .19 t 711. 06' a 16 56 d is. ;s lsll s l 6 rid /6 0 1° ; 0;10 , 919 ° itla ° 0 116 All 1;160 1 6 til° aj de ° be ! vr igif a oto n AO C° Got' 0 31° I ti le 11%00' to EsT , tkio: est?' Esq• , [oVI O, E the Nrr• d 14, Ladi atm' NG, Na \lntl