The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-06 00:00:00

SECOND PUBLICATION for 1856. Ashby, Thomas, jtio. - , o : eines Austin, Henry De 11.-rZaling Bailey,' Henry, 71,. Gricechurch-street Banks Charles E., Esq., 6, West Strand Bannerman, James, 25, Connaught-square Baring, Edward C., 8, Bishopsgate-street Barnard, Thomas, Russell-street Baxendale, Joseph Hornby, Castle Inn, Wood-street Begbie, Matthew Bane, Esq., 4, Chancery-lane Bell, John, Esq., James-street Benham, John Honey, Tollington-park, Islington Bennett, William Henry, Esq., 14, Red Lion-square Bentinck, G. A. F., Esq., Lincoln's-inn Bidwell, Alfred Clarke, 180, Piccadilly Birt, Jacob, 30, Sussex-gardens Blackett, James D., 1, Shorter's-court Boulton, C. T., 5, York-place Bench, John, 8, Bread-street Bower, Henry, 3, Gloster-terrace, Bethnal-green Brassey, Thomas, sert., Chelsea Brassey, Thomas, jun., Chelsea Brett, W. a, Esq., Lincoln's-inn Bristow°, H. F., Esq., Old-square, Line°ln's-inn Brodie, Alfred, Esq., 5, Cavendish-square Bruce, Charles D., 10, King's Arms•yard Bryan, Edward Jones, Esq., 13, South-square, Gray's-inn Burgoyne, James, 6, Lowther-cottages, Islington Burnell, W., Acton Butler, Henry, 110, Gracechurch-street Butler, Major, Army and Navy Club Calder, W. H., Assistant-Surgeon, 40th Regt., Shorncliffe Carbonell, William Ch-axles, 132, Regent-street Chandler, Thomas, Pier-head, London Docks Chapman, David 8., 65, Lombard-street Cherryman, Joseph, 56, 3foorgate-street Clifton, Thomas Henry, c 1, Albany Coles, Henry Thomas, Esq., 77, Chancery-lane Cooper, Herbert Samuel, Park Hall, Fiuchley Corbett, Charles Joseph, 17, Gracechurch-street Cox, Charles, Chelsea Crealock, Capt. Henry Hope, Army and Navy Club Currie, Capt. Leonard D. H., 7, Clarendon-place, Hyde. Park-square Dance, Charles, King-street Davy, Edmund, 14, Irenmonger-lane D'Aumale, the Duke, Twickenham Deedes, John, Esq, Middle Temple De Lisle, Alfred Thornton, Austinfriars Dix on, John Cowherd, i 3, Nichol °square bowbiggan, Capt. Ed., Aberdeen Lodge, Upper Hamilton. term, Drake, Capt. William, 325, Oxford-street Ellis, George, Bury-street, Edmonton Elwes, George Carey, Chelsea Ernest, Henry, 99, Cheapside Farquhar, E. Townsend, 6, Gloucester -square Fawcett, Richard, 2, Sav ill e •plaee, Mile-end rerun, Thomas, Hig hgate Fletcher J. Dunnington, 5 7 , Glouce ster-terrace Fraser, Thomas Hiram, 1, Fleet-street French, George, Acton Gifford, Hon. and Rev. Geo. Robert, Littleton Goldsmith, J. W., 29, Clifton•street, Finsbury Goldsmith, Lieut., 93d Highlanders, 127, Strand Good, Henry William, Fulham Greenfell, Henry Ribbersdale, 45, St. James'ellaco Gregory, Jonas, 12, Clement's-inn Hanbury, C. A., Brick-lane, Spitalfields Rankey, Frederick A, 7, Fenchurch-street Hankey, Thomson, 7, Mincing-lane Harrison, Francis, Esq., 2, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn Hearn, Michael Elijah, 18a, 13asinghall-street lielps, T. Williams, 9, Dean's•yard Hicks, Hastings, Kensington Hugh, Esq., Q.C., Middle Temple Hoare, John Gurney, Hampstead-heath liolland, Henry L., 45, Bread-street Holland, Wilmot, 45, Bread-street Hue, Dr. John William, 9, Bedford. square Jacob, William, 119, Cheapside James, Edwin, 3, Inner Temple-lane "re e t sPhson, Sir Richard M., Bart,, 8, Argyll-street, Regent. J ohn, William , 99 Cheapsido Kindersley, Benjamin Torrin, Esq., 35, Harley-street, ,Aveudish-square K irkman, Joseph, Esq., 3, Soho-square Lamb, Walter, Esq., Clapham-park Leefe, Roger Beckwith, 65, Cornhill ~L in gham, Louis, James-street -doyd, Edward, 9, Austinfriars Locke, Joseph, 13, Duke-street, Piccadilly Charles, 24, Abingdon-street L uxmore, Captain C. T. C., 37th Regiment, Guilsfield, Welchpool. MacArthur, Sir Wm., 4, York-street, St. James M'lutosh, David, 24, Tavistock-squaro Mansell, Edward, Kensington Mansfield, Alfred John, 17, Frederick-st., Gray's-inn-road Mantle, Wm. Grimwood, 2, Leicester-square Mare, Samuel, 56, Lombard-street Mathews, Geo. K., 58, Charing-cross Matthew, W., Esq., Lincoln's-inn May, Thomas, 11, Warwick-crescent Melville, Philip, 4, Clarendon-place Meredith, Thomas, Bedford-lodge, Hampstead Mills, Mark, 23, Billiter-street. Milne, Alexander, 41, West Smithfield Mostyn, William, 3, Cork-street kure, James, 20, Gloster-place, Marylebone Minister, Henry, Esq., 4, Paper-buildings, Inner Temple Napier, Col. G. T. Connelly, Junior United Service Club Nelson, George, Esq., New-inn Newman, Matthew, Harlington 43.4 °Y, -Joint Stewart, 33 Mincing-lane partridge, John Francis, 2, Throgmorton-street '„ 11 P a terson, William ~ 4, New Bridge-street , s reaeoek e , Geo. Warren M., 31, Norfolk-street, Park-lane 'eaceek, R o b er t William, 8, Stanhope-street Pekthall, William, 71, Charlwood-street, Pimlico Winthorp Mackworth, 189, Fleet-street i'esectt, George Edward, 16, St James street CG E 90th Light Infantry, 80, Eaton-square . H., sq., 1 , 3111, Charles, Esq., 15, Montague - place , Rus sell- square D7 48 ° 131 e James Allen York Hotel, Bridge - street . w linson, Thos. A., 39, Oxford-terrace Rhodes, Arthur Muswell-hill, Hornsey Riddell P Esq. , Lincoln's-inn Ri dgway, James L., 169, Piccadilly Ro berts Robinson, Richard, 30, King William - street Anthony, 64, Mark-lane • rgers, Willia m , K ens i ng t on 17tliaine, William Govett, Esq., 10, Lincoln's-inn - fields iinler, Willi am , 2, T yn d a ll- p l ace , Upp e r street, Islington 11 488 ° 1 1, G. L., Esq., 21, Old-square, Lincoln's-inn R ussell, C. H Esc' Lincoln's-inn s6i_ "'a on, W. P., Esq., 15, Albemarle-street co t,Thomas, Scott's-plate, L•wer-place, Islington ,„,, Lieutenat J. Binney, 2, Alderman's-walk William, jun., 2, Alderman's-walk 4 4 : t wiand, Robert, 55, Regent. street , 1 , 1 e 1, :1, John, Esq., Tavistock Hotel krrierd, Joseph, 46, Fenchurch-street 8 4 g l eY, George Decks, St. James's-square Pooner Esq., 2 , Old-square, Lincoln's-inn Pr elf " '' le n _ e r, William, 194, Regent-street I,7 4 end, Thomas, 16, Lime-street T o ", Joseph, Craven-hill 140 ,Commander Louis C. H., Army and Navy Club Potter,lv Frederick, Esq., 7, Soho-square a,nwright, A. W., Esq., 25, Devonshire-place, Portland. Plac e le.„,',Vrave, the Hon. Granville, 26, Portland-place Vuo, Edward, 38, Mincing-lane ibfster, Benjamin , Church-side, Kennington W,.. Bl °Y, ' John, Enfild Ilrgisitmore, Major, 19, Ludyer-street lte j-, 2, Un 22, York-terrace ll `s, John, Tavistock Hotel 'Vv;'",er, William, Esq., Middle Temple Ivij: u ridge, John, Parthenon Club, Regent-street Wil t ", Henry, 29, Gracechurch-street \V„Brunswick-street, Hackney " ° dhouse, W. H., Esq., Bedford Hotel. LisT Ithe,„;.,° l PERSONS being ASSESSED SERVANTS for ta t h - "'AXE CERTIFICATES are taken out at 11. 7s. 6a . t he , including the Additional Duty of 10 per cent. under „Ac t t of 3 Viet , cap. 17. (Schedules A and B.) 11,1tnWtiejesatnleres-lbY J. D. Fletcher, for Foxmer Court, near .I'eland, Charles-by ' James Bannerman, North Hall, arapshire ; r • ZO. r . , 137 'OP PERSON§ LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME. Ad a Charles, 8, Portsdown-terrace AtV e ws, William, Harrow-on-the-Hill B (iun ) James Higbgate-centre ker, Charles: New ' con7e, ul and Baker, Samuel Cafield, Hid!. -moon-p assage r,techer, Wm., 1, Upper King-street, Bloomsbury-square 9:dell Thomas, Chelsea George, 11, Alfred-terrace, Paddington Bolton, Thomas, Newgate-market Bowron William, 14, Ch treet Pimlico Braddiciz J°n.s , James, Shattuck, Chelsea Britton, George, Boundary.road Brown, Ann Eliza, 62, Newgate-naarket Burrough, John, Kensington liyatt, David, 112, High-street, Marylebono Cavendish, Henry, 1, Wells-terra ce, - • Mile-end Chappell, John, Hungerford-market elishy, John, 2, Breeknoek-pla ce Courtney, Thomas, Bathurst street C ourtney, John, 6, Craven-place C rete'', William, Little Sussex-place ,Croton, Mrs. Sophia, 21, Westbourne-place entbush, Reuben, High-street, Highgate East, James, 59, Newgate -market .413 , J. E 9 New-street, Dorset-square Ellis, John, Pinner ' ''' t , l :riticio n Matthew, 88, High-street, Marylebone George,92, 147 h-street, Camden-town tish et, John 23 Duke-street, eet St. James's , °W leq, Robert, 3, Upper Duncan -place, City-road ttinston, Daniel, 83, Connaught-terrace 1, all John, Kensington la rs, George, Hun ,, erford-market b Charles-street, Mt. Margaret 51, // o r ir Mrs. Ann, 11, New Church-street 44"ges, Augustus Jas. Princes-street, 13, St Margaret g„ h es, Charles, 79, Edgware-road La 4, Charles, Kensington 1.::!Thell, John, 119, Fore-street t e i „t_ht Rbert, 27, Tottenham court-road kaTebeer, John, 108, Albany-street /yl,ewsen, Charles, Kensington ii °4 3", Charles, 88, Goawell-road, Clerkenwell Frederick, 1, Clarence-road, Regent's-park 1 ) 4 „... -ri dge, Henry, 8, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood 11„,4e, John, 13, Oxford-market efe, Thomas, 57 and 58, Newgate-market .Isri"6:,loseph, 5, Wellington-terrace b v roct o lienry, 11, Great Marylebone-street Vehar 4 aaines, 26, Westbonrne-grove "'odd Frederick, 51, High-street, Portland-town Roach 3% Ric 4 ,• " lace d, Albion-place Seale; redeye_ 18, Upper King-street, Bl•ornabitry•sq. e.P4l3(.er,eorge 40, tlaymarket _oeith Henry, 8, i..,ndon-street , - !::ayl oi % 4,% a :ae, 6, Celbrielge-place , To T'nas, 33, Queen's-road v."?was end tin, 2, Tyler's-court, Regent-street „it% , William, 3, Norris•street, Haymarket tard, N ewgate-market " l Alteh 1117 , Kensington oUse, Cinuch.streett liortou G AME LIST..-..LONDON, MIDDLESEX, and WESTMINSTER. LIST of IrEIRSONS who have taken out GENERAL GAME CERTIFICATES at 4/. Os. 10d, each, including the Addi. tional Duty of 10 per cent. under the Act of 3 Vict., cap.l7. (Schedule D.) NEW SY STEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. frIHE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL ASSURANrCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIA HON* invite attention to the ! .dew System of Life Assurance exc l usively adopted by this Assaciat',on, viz., that of allowing Interest on all Premiums paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usually adopted. By this plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing aratual income during life, as well as the payment of the sum assured to his representatives at his death. Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may be obtained, at the Office of the Company, 3, Pall-mall East, or for warded fro on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. METR OP OLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY Street, Waterloo-place, London. C a pi ta l , 100,000/. , 27, Regent ,TRUSTEES. ftt. fin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M P. i - halry 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 a per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROTIX, Manager. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LODN. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN FOUR-FIFT US, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained in the Society's ProSpectus. The Premiums required by this Society for Insuring Young Lives we lower than in many other OH-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the acculiulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stampspaid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office In Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. No. 20,114.) Wilce, James, 11, Vigo-street, Regent-street Woodward, Thomas, 2, Spring-street Made up to November 20, 1856. By order of the Board, T. lnland Revenue-office, Somerset-houseKEOGH, Secretary. PENALTIES. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue Hereby Give Notice, That every person tak i ng, killing, or pursuin game, without first obt ing a certificate, ncurs a penalty of 201., ands also liable to be sur charged in double the amount of the certificate duty. 4 Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to produce his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy thereof to be taken, or refusing to declare his true name and place of residence, also incurs a penalty of 2CI. Gamekeepers are desired to take notice that a certificate at the rare of 1/. is. 6d. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond tile limits of the manor for which he is deputed ; and, in order that a certificate at such a rate of duty may protect a gamekeeper, it is reqaisite, not only that lie should be deputed by some lord or lady of a manor or reputed manor, but also that such deputation shoold be registered with the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be liable to be surcharged in doable the duty of 41. Os. 10d , and also to be prosecuted by any common informer for the penalty of 201. N.B.—lt is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to publish in a separate list the names and residences of all persons surcharged In double duty for sporting without certificates. /~ • .41 c. 44% \ ciuf - /f t • Olt\ 14 ifo'f f / 411# - „ 'Y 'll ***) tat 0 0 • . 4 e •=4;‹ , ..V I\' A , • - • ." • .11., egijctit •°o,l ' ."" )- Pri' ) I NAME OF RAILWAY. << [ Pp,,.1C8 4D. STAMPED SD. DOUBLE MURDER IN YORKSDIRZ MingEtcSnA M, rEIDAI NIGHT. Another of those terrible crimes which, unhappily, have bdtorne so common since the adoption of the ticket of-leave system vette this morning discovered to have been committed At the village of Bolton-upon-Dearne, about eight miles north of Rotherham. The victims are Luke White, aged 61, and Elizabeth, his wife, aged 60. The aged couple resided alone, White acting as post master of the place, and carrying on the business of a druggist and grocer. Th e h ouse i s i n th e v ill age s t ree t, and consists of a shop with a parlour behind, and also a kitchen on the ground floor. The connection between the shop and the house is by an inner floor in the right hand corner of the shop into a passage; that passage runs along the back of the shop, and then along the side of the parlour to the kitchen. Along one side at the end of the shop is the counter, with an opening in it at the angle opposite the door into the pAsage; the kitchen is the room in which White and his wife ordinarily lived. White has for some years been a local preacher among the Wesleyans, and of late has been in the habit of sitting up reading until 11 or 12 o'clock at night. H e usua l ly closed the shutters and his shop at dusk, leaving the door unfastened till about ten. During the evening a lamp burnt upon the counter, and when any custniner came is he would go from the kitchen into the shop carrying a candle. He was last seen alive a little before 10 o'clock on Thursday night by a girl named Swallow, who called to purchase some candles. On Friday morn ing the shop was not opened as usual, and a woman named Downing, who wantid to purchase some articles, tried the door and found it unfastened. On walking into the shop she was horrified to find White lying dead in a pool of blood at the opening of the counter, which communicates with the inner door. A. candl9!, stick stood upon the counter, with the candle - burnt down to the socket. The old man's spectacles lay among the blood on the finer ; the oil-lamp on the counter had burnt out. Mrs. Downing raised an alarm, and Mr. J. Davy and others came in. It was found that White had beenstruok about the headand face by some heavy instru ment, which had inflicted some severe cuts. He appeared to have been struck down jest as he reached the counter and set down the candle. Passing into the house, the body of Mrs. White was found in the passage just outside the kitchen door. She lay with her head towards the shop, and a candle and candlestick lay separated, as if they had fallen from her hands. Her death had also been caused by frightful wounds on the head and face, which had bled profusely. On examining the shop a cupboard was found to have been broken open, but whether anything had been taken from it was not apparent. White was in the habit of keeping his money in a canvas bag in his shop desk, which was found unlocked and the bag empty. There were no marks of violence about it. On examining the pockets of the old man a sovereign in a leathern purse was found in his right hand trousers pocket, and 16s. 2d. in the left hand pocket. There were no appearances in the upper rooms of the house of the drawers, tic., having been ransacked, but all were found unlocked. White's brother is not aware whether there was any considerable sum of money in the house. The constable, whoe name happens to be the same as that of the deceased, though no relation, states tha; he called upon the old man during Thursday evening and found him sitting on the sofa with a rug about his stout , ders reading the Bible ; he complained sf the cold. When the murders were discovered the Bible was found open on the table and the rug thrown back on the sofa, as if the old man had arisen from the position in which the constable saw him to go into the shop. The surmise is that, on hearing some person enter the shop, the old man went there and was struck down by the assassin as soon as he had placed the candlo on the counter. His wife, alarmed by the noise, was no doubt going with another candle to the shop, when the murderer met her in the passage, and killed her with the same weapon which had destroyed her husband. No instrument likely to have been used by the murderer has been found about the premises. So far as is yet known no strange person had been seen about the place. The county coroner, Mr. Badger, will commence an inquest to-morrow. Within three or four miles of the scene of this tragedy a cattle dealer, named Whitaker, Was a few weeks ago waylaid, murdered, and robbed of about 2001., and as yet no clue has been obtained to the perpetrator of the outrage. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, DEC. 5. The improved demand for gray cloths noticed in the earlier part of the week in consequence of better advices from India and China, continues, and shirtings are higher, and iu some cases, sellers are asking 3d. per piece advance.: Other dopartments of the market have been somewhat strengthened, and heavy domestics for home use are in rather more request, and more inquiry has been experienced for long cloths. Narrow T cloths are also more sought after. Medium qualities of 32-inch T cloths are also in better request. The demand for printing cloth is moderate. The better demand for yarns from 16's to 30's suitable for China and India • mule yarns have caused more uniformity in prices. Medium counts of cops for borne consumption are also in more demand and firmer in price. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN& Receipts. 1856. 1855. EAST INDIA MOUSE, 3n DECEMBER, 1856. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the Rate •f Exchange at which they will receive Cash for Bills on Bengal and Madrris will, from :he present date, and until further notice, be 23.0 d. th?. Company's Rupee, and, for Bills Kt Bombay 2s. Oid. the Com- P 3 ,Ay's Rupee. JAMES C. AfELTILL, Secretary. EAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COM PANY. The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Com pany Hereby give Notice, That the Transfer Books of the said Com pany will he shut on SATURDAY, the 13th day of December, 1856, and open again on MONDAY, the sth January, 1857. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. Xnat and /Vest India Dock House, Billiter-square, sth December, 1856. GREAT 'WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Further Redaction of Fares between READING and LONDON. —The fires by the trains leaving Reading at 8.18 a.m, 11.5 a.m., and 7.45 p.m., and Paddington at II a.m., 4.45 p.m., and 6.15 p.m., and on Sundays from Beading at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m., and from Paddington at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. are now For the Single Journey, first class, 25.. second class, Is. 3d. For the Double Journey, available on the same or following day, first claw, 35., second class, 2s. These tickets will be available between Reading and London only, sad by the trains above named. Paddington, November 25, 1856. T HE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NOTES of 101. each, payable at every important place in Europe. These Notes are issued without charge, and they are cashed abroad free of commission. The Bank also issues, tree of charge, LETTERS of CREDIT on all the principal cities aid towns in Europe. City Office, Lothbury. Westminster Branch, 1, St. James's-square. Bloomsbury Branch, 214, High Holborn. Southwark Branch, 3, Wellington-street, Borough. Eastern Branch, 87, High-street, Whitechapel. Mesfylebone Branch, 4, Stratford-place, Oxford-street. Temple-bar rest Branch, 217, Strand. The rate of Inte allowed on deposits of 5001. and upwards, at the Bank or any of its Branches. Is now 51 per cent. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. j BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D., 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with perfect security. The interest is payable in January and July, at the Head Office In London, or at the various branches in the country. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, Vitt., cap. 9, and BRITANNLi MUTUAL LIFE -'...iSSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Be ak, London. MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, E lackheath-park, Chairman. Number of Policies issued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Premiwins (exclusive of Interest on Invest ments) upwards of 84,0001. Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible sclle compatible with security, and computed in such variety of ways as to suit the circumstances and convenience of every class of Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, secretary, METROPOLITAN sot LIFE ASSURANCE ETY. .street, Bank. !Tons. No. 3, Princes DIET Thos. A. Bushby, Esq., Liverpool. Peter Cator, Esq. JarAcs Dawson, Esq. Irichard Fry, Esq. itobert Grant, Esq. Wm. Grant, Esq., Portsmouth. Sir Benjamin Hawes, L.C.B. Frazer B. Renshaw, Esq. John Laurence, Esq. The Directors hereby give notic due on the sth of January next, t Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and Oeneral Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1856, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Tears' standing and upwards. The accumulated capital of the Society exceeds 700,0001. The annual premiums on existing policies are upwards of 100,0001, HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Bank, December 4, 1856. William J. Leseher, Esq. Tames Lloyd, Esq., Birmingham. Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Chatsworth. George Pearce, Esq. Henry Stui t, Esq. J. Ingram Tr.sers, Esq. . . Joseph Underwood, Esq. George Vaughan, Esq. to Members whose Premiums fall tat the same must be PAID within LAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price Is. I%cl. and 25. 9d. per box. T'Als: preparation is ono of the benefits which the science of modern chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for during the first twenty I' ears of the present century to speak of a cure for the Gout was con sidered a romance ; but now the efficacy and safety of this medicine s so fully demonstrated by unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank of life that public opinion proclaims this as one of the most important discoveries of the present age. Further proof of the great efficacy of BLAIR'S 0011 T and RHEU MATIC PILLS, forwarded by Mr. Reinhardt, Chemist, Hall : Sir, --Enclosed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who is well known about here ; he speaks in the highest terms of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and would be glad to give information to anybody. " To Mr. Reinhardt, 22 Market-place, Hull. "December4th, 1855. "Dear Sir,—l have been afflicted with rheumatism for 12 years, during which time I have tried almost everything, both internally end externally, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short time ago I purchased a 2s. 9d. box of lilair's Pills of you, and before Iliad taken the whole of them I was more free from pain than I had been for the last dozen years. , You will please let me have another box, as I mean to keep them by me in case I should again require them, and oblige, Dear Sir, yours obedlextly, Germs." Sold by Prout and ;Ilarsant, 229, Strand, London, and all Ven- dors of Medicine. A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of gre,at Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Parts. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No.. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin ca►es ; divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallenjand, Roux, Ricord, &c., 'TRIES - EMAR No. ytoefodirstreaßsingE AL LAAATION, st PER mwrol abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too co, ilserille , ices arising from early tong re 6 :tdence In hot climates. 1 ItICE a A R , n e n : : all ed atren di and vigour to thousands of . debilitated individuals who are lt has restored bodily and sexual n o.' In the enjoyment of health and t DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR- , wr.atever may be the cause for he Functions of Manhood; and P.IA.GE, they ar e effectually subdue d by this Wonderful Discovery, TRIESEMAR No. li° ,, , ,,mpletely and entirely effectually, in the short space of three days, ‘-•••• its mild and aggravated , radicates all traces of Gonorrhma, both in Non-retention of forms, G leeta , Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, . . _ I • antidote for, to the Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which opaivi and Cnbebs have go long been thought an ai :nisi of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impuriti es from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and e xpel it with the insens ibl e perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is 'a never-falling remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable detrnc tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price lls., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves cases, whereby there is a sa v i ng of 1/. 12s. To be had wholesale and re tail In London, of D er b y and Gordon,,ord-street 140, L e adenhall-street ; Trout, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, 0a ; Sanger, 150 , Oxford street.• Ils., and in Si. 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Waterford And Limerick • • West Cornwall • • • .... • • • • • • Wh itehaven Junction . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • York and Newcastle, and Berwick Sr York and North Midland & Leeds.. rOZEIGN: Dutch Rhenish • • • • • • • • • • •••• • • •• • LyonS and Mediterranean •• •••• • • Montereati acid Troyes Namur and titge ,• Northern of Franc-• • •• •• "•• • • •• •• Orleans and Central .‘• .• ••• .• Paris and Lyons ...• •••••••• •• • • • Paris and Rouen. • • •• • • • • • • • • •• •• •• Paris and Strasburgh •••••• • • " •• •• Rouen and HAVre•• •... ...... •• •• Western of France • • •• ..... •• ,-- 10011 2,084 5,438 12,341 5,396 223 1,008 1,414 1,445 517 1,076 992 6,175 22,408 5.196 5,914 699 6,646 24,756 6,603 24,974 5,412 21,594 58,218 1,235 11,684 12,440 637 10,160 713 1,034 29.009 4,966 6,580 865 1,798 5,318 11,308 4,840 145 275 938 1,542 1,338 1,540 2,861 4714 1,053 904 5,503 20,719 4,936 5,351 '842 2,138 15,681 6,437 676 6,037 26,406 7,281 23,189 5 637 20,173 58,074 1,163 11,684 12,399 704 10,038 4,125 1,407 956 655 369 812 28,130 4,845 6,470 884 1,223 2,523 771 1,973 15,39 5,521 1,870 3,470 1,404 1,241 514 326 37,963 1,642 41,981 immumss , s(or ,i The most inveterate liver tom. plaint and diarrhcea, which had esistea all medicines r n e er o v v o e u s s, i b n i d l i i g o e u s s t , io n u na (dyspep s i a ) , liver corn. for years, yielde d to, Du Barry's delicious R evalenta. com plaints, cough, asth ma, consum p tion, and debi lity. 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The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., QTRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments In the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COITRTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. " We know of no man to whose care we would sooner Intrust the treatment of a severe stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. Baill iire, 219, Regent-street. A RGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, JT% Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with • turent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. 'oulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the ecess. 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WANTED, at the House of Correction, at Coldbath-fields and Westminster, and at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, SUP PLIES of the undermentioned ARTICLES, for six calendar months from Christmas next, viz., about 19 cwt. of Bread d a ily, i n l oaves of various we i ghts ; goo Ox Beef without bone, consisting of clods and stickings ; Ox Heads, weighing on an average 23 lbs. each; Mutton, consisting of breasts, necks, and ribs ; Molasses, Sugar, Rice, Potatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Soap, Oils, Leather, Linen drapery, and Woollen Cloth. Persons willing to contract may see patterns and samples, according to which the tenders are to be made, and obtain the necessary forms of tender, upon application at either of the said Houses of Correction. Sealed tenders are to be delivered before half-past 10 o'clock ,on FRID AY , the 12th instant, at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell green ; and the persons tendering, or some authorised agent, must be in attendance there at 11 o'clock precisely on that day, with the names and addresses of two responsible sureties. The Visiting Jus tices do not bind themselves to accept the lowest, or any of the ten ders. Dated this Ist day or December, 1856. CHAS. WRIGHT, Clerks. CHAS. P. ALLEN, INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—F u II Mines particul ars will be in 'the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES CO NSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. H. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.5.,F.5.5., price 3s. 6d.; by post. 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also 'publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, &c. The Review for the quarter ending 30th Sept. last contains a Map of the Bassett di ,- ,trict, price Is. 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Freehold Building Ground an d H ouses—Liverpool and Everton. To BE SOLD BY AUCTION, pursuant to an Order of thelligh Court of Chancery, made in a cause of David Logan, plaintiff, and John Stewart and others, defendants, with the approbation of the Honourable the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, by Mr. Samuel Turner Winstanley. at the Clarendon ROOM?, South John-street, in Liverpool, on WED NESDAY, the 17th day of December, 1856, at two o'clock in the afternoadjoon, an extensive and valuable p'ece of Freehold Blng Land, ining Vauxhall -road, in Kirkdale, near Liverpool ui ;and several pieces of Building Land (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), in and near Sackville-street, Everton, near Liverpool ; and ft Freehold Dwelling-house, in Blackfleld-terrace, Kirkdale, and several Dwelling-houses (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), in Sackville-street, Everton. In 12 Lots. Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained gratis from Messrs. 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HOWARD, Surgeon-Denti s t, 52 Feel street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI rICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or iecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is nlarantced to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At tlome from ten till five. RAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price Is. 116 d. and 2s. 9d. per box. This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for purifying the blood, so very essential for the foundation of good health, and correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels. Two or three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. The stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and renewed health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to the directions accompanying each box. For FEMALES these Pills are truly excellent, removing all ob .tructions, the distressing Headache so very prevalent with the sex, Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy, juvenile bloom to the complexion. Persons of a M ull Habit, who are subject to Headache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of blood to the head, should never be without them, as many danger ous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. They are an excellent aperient, create appetite, relieve languor, and invigorate the spirits, and if taken after indulgence at table they quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Sold by Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand, London, and all vendors of medicine. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brom pton.—Fiecretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu Lion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted 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 Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 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 to the Secretary. Co ntributions to enable the Committee to continue this great Work of b enevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's- Of e s, 167, 16 ; 7, Piccadilly . Messrs. Coutts and Co., atrand ; and at the Secretary's BY order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron — The Q LIE EN.— Pounded 1828. on N their o own orer appli for admission cation alone is here required. The sick poor are admitted During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in -door patients, on their personal ipplication : Week ending 7th October.• ...... 2,188 Ditto 14th 0ct0ber........ 2,162 Ditto 21st October .....• • • 2,075 Ditto 28th 0ct0ber....,. • • 2,241 29th, 30th, and 31st October . . 1,014 the remainder (still under treat- --___ Total in October .. 9680 m ef e w nt h ) tc b h av 3 h , Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred In affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. i3gob3eweneraedmnietwtedcapsre:v'iously. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the annual ~,, dependent on volun- General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursda, 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the • givir- _ ward being s ' allwh etnimtvdsesuibrsocursiboefrmecaeyivianttr suggestions g if es s t o io d n i s sp o o r sed, the R , ~usino e , s a t The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholl-- _ K e xplanation. at tarp contributions and legacies, which at' , John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicho l eceived by the Treasurer, and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; .45-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts Prescott, Grote, and Co. : - sterries and Co.; Ransom and Co ; Jones Loyd and Co. • - . ontith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co.' ; Deacon, and C. , zsarelay and Co.; Denison.4l3cl,Ve. ; Williams. tiers-stree ; Over end, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ler- Cle -• i MeSterrnan and Co.; and at the Hospital. ,41Jrg (Or the destitute patients will be thanktblly received. 1;y order. J. D. owrx, al. A., CU:mu. THE BALLOT IN HOLLAND AND SARDINIA. We have been requested by the Vice-Chairman of the Vote by Ballot Society —E. C. Whitehurst, Esq.—to giro publicity to the following communi cations, received by them in answer to the queries contained in them. We may add that the two gentlemen whose names appear below are influen tial members of the Chambers of the Legislatures of their respective Companies : SIR, —I have great pleasure il izfr i e T p E ly ß i D n A g m t'o N yo o u v r " le l t B t s o 6 ; of 18th October. containing the que3tions that the ballot society wished you to propose to me, viz.:— let. If the ballot was adopted in Holland with the ob ject of securing secresy and independence of voting, to tenants, shopkeepers, debtors, and to any class that might be placed in a dependent position. 2d. If the plan adopted has bean found effectual to secure to the elector the liberty and independence required. And, lastly, Any further information that I might be able to give you. As regards the desires and motives which guided our Legislature in the establishment of our electoral law, and their real existence, I have not the leastdoubt. In order to convince myself I have reviewed everything that took place regarding the electoral law, as well among the Government as in committees and public discussions of the " States General." To strengthen my opinion I propose quoting several facts, extracted fresh official documents, which prove, in the most ev id en t manner, that the wish of our whole Le gislature was to render voting as free as possible, and to afford the elector the means of sheltering himself from all extraneous influent°, and to keep himself independent. The "Royal Commission," established 17th M arc h , 1848, "to consid er a n d point out any improvements pos sible in our political institutions," reporte as follows : " We are convinced that, in order to preserve the Nether- ' lands with its constitutions!. Monarchy, our institutions require from our citizens, before and above all things, a co operation widely differing, and infinitely More comprehen sive than it has yet received. No Constitution can create the necessary political spirit and will, bat it can crush theta, or, on the other band, excite and nourish them. The fundamentAl law created the, popular strength, now it must apply itself to the tacit of causing it to circulate through every vein of the State." .And, again—" The people were not aware till now that they might partici pate in the government. Yet without this knowledge the State does not rest upon the national strength, and with out a rational strength strongly developed from this day no Government can be preserved. This knowledge is given to the people by a true and simple representation in .tbe affairs of the Communes, the Provinces, and the State." Mr. Thorbecko, )Minister of the Interior, on the "Elec toral Laws" in the Second Camber, said—.." The end o f the law is, to r en d er as f ar sin its power every vote in dependent, and only governed by the feelings of the elec tor with reg ar d t o publi c a ff a i rs . , A Member of the Legislative Government, Mr. Costerns, proposed Its an amendment, " to decl are nu ll and void the votes of electors who had signed their voting papers," and although the Government was of opinion that it was un just to punish the elector by depriving him of his vote, because he had had the openness, by signing the voting paper, to declare for whom he had voted, yet the amend ment was carried by 36 to 30. As it is important to show that this triumph was not only due to the principle which influenced the whole law, that is to say, that it was above all things necessary to maintain the independence of the elector by protecting him from every possible influence, I will quot e th e pr i nc i pal arguments adduced duringe debate. Mr. Costerus says :—" The late Godernment de clared, and many members have repeated, that ' the prin ciple of the law is secret voting, that sect et voting is the safeguard of direct election ; ' and, after having set forth at great length abuses which may occur, and which are known to every one, finished by saying—" But is it not possible that we may have seasons of political schisms and parties, in which a self-constituted public opinion may proclaim as saviours of the country certain individuals, and that all who do not join in this popular chorus may be . branded as infamous—seasons in which the pressure of terror may destroy all energy—where then remains the real free will of the people ?" Another member, Mr. Van Ysett, lays :—" In times of popular excitement, the signing Of the voting papers might produce abuses, because an influential person might, by compelling the voter to sign in his presence, di rect the vote, the voter not daring to alter the signature for fear of detection at the opening of the ballot box (l'Urne Electorale). Au amendment of Mr. Lotsy, to the effect that " any elector who might be prevented personally inserting his vote in the box should be allowed to vote by sending his voting paper, and a statement that it enclosed his vote, signed by a notary before two witnesses, was rejected by 53 to 7, for the following reasons— let. That the possession of wealth allowing personsto absent themselves from the ballot box, an inequality would arise between citizens called on to fulfil a civic duty. 2d. That the fact of the possession of wealth freeing its owner from the trouble of going to vote would produce a class of pretenders who, while keeping their money in their pockets, would avoid voting to giye themselves the appear ance-of wealth, and "deprive' the box of their vote to appear remarkable. 3d. That by enclosing the voting paper in the signed statement, the opportunity of introducing several papers would be given, and the scrutineers deprived of the power of knowing that each elector only inserts one paper in the box. 4th. That this amendment would only benefit those who were able and willing to pay the expense of the witnessed envelope, and would afford no remedy to those who, though prevented attending personally by equally powerful rea sons, were unable or unwilling to incur the expense. sth. The minister said—" That no man, however rich, should be ashamed of appearing at the place where his duty as a citizen requires him to deposit his vote. All this proves that every class of our Legislature has been influenced by the desire and wish of givin gto every elector the greatest possible independence in voting, and to shelter him as far as the law allows from all extraneous influence. As regards the question, if such regulations have been found to guarantee the required " liberty and indepen dence," let us consult the experience of six years. To com mence. The law has secured to every elector, however de pendent he may be in the relations of life, the means of rendering himself entirely free from the influence of any one in the exercise of his right of voting ; and this is proved by the fact of the law allowing him the means of procuring a fresh voting paper ally time that any influence whatever may h ave compe ll e d hi m to fill one up against his free will, so that an elector is enabled to satisfy the wishes of the influencing agent by showing him a paper filled up in the name he requires, while it is in his power to depo sit in the box another signed after his own wish, without the possibility of the exchange being known by the agent. This precaution of the law is also a powerful remedy against corruption, because, presuming that either party is desirous of bribing, there can be no security that the elector who has sold his vote to one person will not sell it again, perhaps, to several others, and finish by voting his own way, as being compelled personally to attend to de posit his vote he can always find means of exchanging the papers. Thus, by rendering the success of bribery doubt ful, the corruptor is reduced to the influence of colloquial persuasion only, which, as it way be exercised for good as well as evil, is a lawful weapon. But although the law has duly provided means for the elector to free himself from extraneous influence, it is no less true that influences are still applied, and sometimes with effect; but this is not the fault of the Legislature, but of the citizen who yields himself up to them. It is a human failing which the development of national feeling, and the knowledge of his rights as a citizen, ought to remedy. The education of the ?Wawa is a distinct question—it is enough that the law points out the way of doing right, and as far as pos sible prevents the possibility of doing wrong. Besides, the good sense of the people remedies these abuses, if cir cumstances should produce them. We have a recent in stance of this in the Low Countries. When in 1853, after the dissolution of the Second Chamber, the clergy had succeeded in producing a panic among the voting classes on the question "Of the Erection of Catholic Bishoprics," a sufficient number of "anti -bishops" were returned to give the new Ministry a majority in the Chambers ; but at the re-election of the half of the " Second Chamber," in July last, the good sense of the nation being convinced that behind the cry of " Epise,ophobia" some political end was concealed, and that th e " Reactionary Party" had only made use of " religion" as a shield for their political views, all the rejected Liberals were again elected; and, on the other hand, five of the " Reactionists." were thrown Another significant fact is, that Ate. Thorbecke, our Premier in 1853, whom the " Reactionary Party" were enabled to defeat, was re-elected in two districts, one of which Maestriclit,r(for which ho had sat before), was Catho lic, and the other, " Derenter," Protestant. We find, I think, a further proof that the elections are influenced by the state of the education of the electors, in the fact that, in the districts where they return usually Liberal members, the national feeling is generally much further advanced in " Liberalism." in its widest accepta tion, political, religious, or commercial, than in those where they return " Reactionists," or at least " Sta tionists,," who do not agree with the motto of our Libe rals, " Progress by me ans o f f re e D eve l opment, " Another drawback, which must also be attributed to the passions of man, and not to the spirit of the electoral law, is occasioned by the " periodical press." The influence of the press has frequently, and with great justice, been de• nounced as injurious to the system of " free voting," be cause the elector is not always enabled to estimate at their groat value the plots and arguments of journals, who gene rally admit in their columns only opinions analogous to the politics of their own party. This ispeculiarly the C 330 in our country, because in none of our large towns are there more than one or two journals, and these seldom publish an honest and enlightened controversy, but generally blindly and ob stinately maintain their individual theories, instead of ho nestly endeavouring to, assist the public mind to establish the principle of common sense by just and logical conclu sions. With you, from the advanced state of your press, the same inconvenience cannot exist. The schemes of party and the abuse of the press have in- ' duced the honest opponents of our electoral systas- hive that by the new system of election not , - -se to be except,patty who assume t o h f a t be t i h n e g n e a h t o io se n tl i S i, p u t s - `aeg is gained greater eipettd, known as "the aristocr- well•being of Society, and and that t pe i r n h s a te p a s d , to be most interested in the forward and sic party, we are now brought other by peer . " ~,t by parties es - effort against each chance, P . _filar and selfish motives, to either of which of f^• salter by lucky circumstances, or the result 4 .tunate combinations, may give th e v i ctory. Rut so this I h ave on ly t o reply, that though the practical result may be the same, yet the original difference is palpable---in the first case, if evil arises, it is produced systematically by one party always interested in the business; while in the other case, it originates in instru ments, divided by interests which compel them to act, and only possessing accidental, and not permanentjhorests to influence the body of electors. This difference is the more striking, as in one supposi ,tion it remains fixed, permanent, and exposed to the sel fishness of a party; while in the other it fluctuates amidst a thousand various interests, and only requires to be ex. plairied and recoguieed to be Appreciated by good sew.. It is, moreover, an advantage th a t, accidental, though it may be, it yet o n ly requ i res th e education of the citizens to become firni and lasting, by elevating the elector above the plots had passiond of Meth to the position which the law has given him. But if the Press sometimes abuses its power, it is only fair to say that it almost invariably points out secret de signs (Menet:o which from that moment are counteracted by publi c opinion, and very often prevented by the officers of justice, who dare not p u t th emse l ves a b ove th e p u blic voice, whatever may be their personal opinions. In sunihning up, then, the abuses which experience shows us to exist in our elections, we find it existing with out and in sp i te of the law, which affords the means of free dom, and leaves to the education and good sense of the citizen the charge of raising him to the elevation of his civic duty, and to preserve him from any influence hostile to his conscience. By the opportunity afforded of changing the voting paper at pleasure, by the clause in the law which enacts that every elector must himself place his paper in the box, as well as by the means which the scrutineers publicly use to satisfy themselves that no one can insert more than one paper at a time, or vote more than once (the name of each voter being recisbred as soon as ho has voted), the law has endeavoured Co satisfy all the requirements necessary to assure independence to electors, and to insure a secrecy in voting which can only be violated at the will of him who places the voting paper in the box. With thess remarks I hope I have replied to your ques tions, at least I have done so to the best of my ability • if there are other point s un d er di scussion, if you will refer them to me I shall be equally happy to reply. If it is more convenient to you to write in English, pray do so, as I understand it perfectly ; only I must beg to be allowed to reply in French, as that language is more familiar to ale. J. M. JANCLAIS. Miles opened. 1856. 26% 117 198 3 9414 _6y6 183% 283 203% 388 25% 90 286% 637 5% 183% 267 173 X 28 498 74 116 ~9 52 78 14 149 233 87% 32 29 57X 289 17136 273 k 12 682 EXTRACTS FROM THE ELECTORAL LAW OF HOLLAND. The members of the Second Chamber of the States-Ge• _electedlrealy 'And directly in Ale nation. The members ofthe First Chainter are elected by the Provin cial States, elected directly by the nation. The Town Councils are elected by the nation directly. Article 37. At least eight days before the election each elector receives at his house a sealed letter, informing him of the time, place, and object of election, and a voting pa per, with the town stamp and seal, on which he is to write the name or names of the persons for whom he votes. If this paper be lost he can demand another. 38: The elector must, in his own person, deposit this paper in the ballot•box. 43. The scrutineers consist of the president and two members of the Town Council. 45. The table is placed in such a manner that the electors can overlook the scrutineers. 46. The ballot-box placed on the table is fastened by two different locks, of which the key of one is kept by the pre sident, the other by the eldest; scrutineer. 47. No person is admitted to the ballot-box who is not, according to the register of electors, entitled to be present. 51. When the poll closes, the president publicly shuts and seals the ballot-box with the town seal and the seals of - the scrutineer, so that the papers cannot get out of the box. 55. The opening of the voting papers takes place in the chief town of the electoral district. 56. The opening'of the voting papers is in public. The electors present may object to votes. 59. The voting papers are counted before opening, to see that their number agrees with the list of persons voting. They are mixed together before they are opened. 60. The president reads aloud each paper and passes it to the senior scrutineer, who in turn passes it to the other. 61. Those voting papers are null and void which are not authenticated in manner prescribed by Article 37, those signed by the elector, and those which do not plainly indi cate the person voted for, or which are blanks. TURIN, Nov. 9, 1856. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter containing the questions proposed to me by you on behalf of the Society for Establishing the Vote by Ballot. I have forwarded by post an official copy of the Electoral Law" of the Chamber of Representatives of the kingdom of Sardinia, and now hasten to reply to your questions. Ist. The law established among, us to insure the cer tainty of secrecy to our voters will be found in paragraphs 82, 86, 83 of our Electoral Law, of which I send a copy. 2d. It is an established fact that the law was not only intended to secure freedom of voting to shopkeepers, tenants, and tradespeople of every sort that might be under the influence of pressure, but also to remedy the effects of the Government interest on the very numerous body in their employ (which is one of the greatest blemishes is our constitution). 3d. In general, and with very few exceptions, the laws established have been found to preserve the independence of the electoral body, and it never enters the head of any one here to require "open voting." It is certain that if that system of public voting was established, the indepen dent members would be excluded from our Parliament, and all the elections would as certainly result in favour of the ministerialist, the bishops, and the clergy. I have said that secrecy is preserved, except in a few cases, and I will explain myself. Many of our electoral colleges are sufficiently numerous. In others whore the number is limited, it sometimes happens that influen tial persons are chosen as scrutineers whence it hap pens that electors depending on these persons cannot vote freely as the scrutineer might recognise their writing. Bat in England, where the number of electors is so large, I do not think this objection would hold good ; at any rate this might lse avoided by the use of printed voting papers, such as those used by the French since the introduction of the " Universal Suffrage." You Must be aware that this country is quite a novice as regards the " Representative System"—which was adopted after the national movement in 1843, when the constitution was established (promulgata), which was taken in a great measure from Belgium, and our legislators have also imitated the electoral law in use in that country, where it has given satisfaction. With us this law has acted sufficiently well, and with the exception of the admission of deputies employed by Government (see paragraph IC3) I believe, and it is the general opinion, that it will .13e best to leave it unchanged. We have also the " Secret Voting" established by the fundamental law in the two chambers, but this I consider as injurious, as I believe it to be useful and even necessary at the elections. I believe I have thus replied to your requests, but I shall be at all times happy to afford further Information if required, and shall feel honoured by being in the smallest manner connected with a society entertaining such noble designs. _ LORENZO VIL)IRIA, Deputato. EXTRACTS•FROM THE ELECTORAL LAW OF THE KINGDOM OF SARDINIA. Art. 66. The electors cannot appear by proxy. In those colleges not exceeding 400, the electors to meet in one place; above 400, the college to be dividel in sections, every section to be at least 200, and to consent directly in the election of the deputy to be chosen by the college. 82. Each elector having answered to his name, shall receive from the president an open voting paper, on which he shall write, or cause to be written by a person chosen by himself, his vote ; he shall then hand the paper folded to the President, who shall put it in the urn. The table at which the elector fills up his paper shall be separated from that of the officers ; that at which the president, scrutineers, and the secretary sit shall be so placed that the electors can have free access to it during the scrutiny. 83. As each voter deposits his paper in the urn, the vote shall be certified by one of the scrutineers and the secretary signing their names opposite that of the voter in a list containing the names and qualifications of the whole college or section. 81. At. one hour after noon the names of those who omitted to apply for their voting papers shall be again called over. This being done the president shall declare the voting complete. 85. The urn being then opened and the papers counted, a scrutineer takes the papers one at a time, opens them, and hands them (one by one) to the president, who reads them aloud, and passes them to another scrutineer. The result of each scrutiny is immediately made public. 86. Shortly after the scrutiny the voting papers are burned in the presence of the college, except disputed ones, which shall be annexed to the peaces verbal, and settled by at least three members of the bureau. 84. Where the college is divided into sections, the scru tiny shall take place in each section, the result to be de clared by a proces verbal, signed by the members. The president of each section is to convey the result at once to the bureau of the chief section, which shall, in the pre sence of the presidents of sections, proceed to the general examination of the votes of the whole college. 88. The voting papers in which voters have male public the names shall be void. 100. Public functionaries or Government employes shall not be admitted to the Chambers in numbers exceeding one-fourth of the whole number of deputies ; if such pro portion be exceeded the Chamber shall decide by lot what elections shall bo declared void. When the number of employes shall be completed, new elections of such em ployes shall be declared void. SEIZURE OP A DUTCH GOVERNMENT PILOT BOAT FOR SMUGGLING. PORTSMOUTH, Dn. 5. A little excitement bas been caused here to-day by the capture or seizure of A Dutch pilot-vessel on the charge of being most extensively engaged in smuggling tobacco into this country. Dutch and Belgium pilot-boats ere in the habit of coming down Channel to fall in with the va rious merchant-ships homeward bound from the Dutch colonial possessions. These pilot-boats are the property of Government ? and not of individual pilots as in this country. This morning, at about 8 o'clock, a licensed widen:nen of this port, named Richard Jurd, was seen with a large package in his possession in a back street named East street. His antecedents, if nothing else, justigetl suspi cions on the part of the Customhouse officers, and Jurd was seized, when the packagn vvat foutid to contain 3 cwt. of tobacco. Becoming alarmed at being pland in this position, he said that ho had received the tobacco from a Detel) pilot boat lying at Spithead. The Cus tom-I -1: .Ause cutter was at once maned with upwards of 20 officers, and she proceeded out to Spithead, when Jurd, who tids with the officers, pointed out a fine pilot boat bt 1 o tons berdem the No. 3, pilot boat, of Flush; iog, M'Schott master. The Custom-house officers at once boarded. and seized her, and took the m aster and crew, six in all, into custody. The pilot vessel was utne sitSpicidesl±t lyieg at enehor off Ryde Sands, but Customs o ffi cers soon speead her canvass and brought her into harbour this afternoon. We understand that about 4 cwt. of tobacco was found on board the vessel , and that it is of a similar description to that t a ken a from Jurd. The captain denies, however , that T urd re ceived any tobacco from his ship, that he had been on board, or even alongside. L. A. Vandenburgh, Esq., the Dutch vice-consul at this port , has been on board the pilot vessel, and had an i nterview with the captain. Baill; REDILIpENTATION OF LANABICSPBE. -- Mr. ...saline Cochrane, of Lanarkshire, has started as a candidate for this county, vacant by the recent demise of Mr. Wm. Lockhart. ~T-~ G - - e I -u ~, The non-commissioned officers belonging to 'Oe Hussars who have been transferred to the Cape Mks have received an order to ou embark at Derpitoed*llth 4 the 12th inst.,' on board the Trafalgar, for theVAp 4 l4--:' G oo d Hope. The non-commissioned officers selected aft attached to the 12th depot at Chatham. Yesterday the Commissioners from Chelsea 13:ospitai i 1- - who have been engaged at Chatham in medically inspect ing those sick and wounded troops who were con sidered unfit for further service, concluded their inspection of upwards of 200 men, the whole of whom were ordered to receive their discharge. The Commissioners were Dr. D. Maclachlan, Deputy-Inspector-General of Hosloitals, and Mr. A. Moorhead, secretary of Chelsea Ho4pital, assisted by Dr. J. R. Taylor, C.B. The officers belonging to the Chatham division, of Royal Marines gave a soiree last evening in their me as veal, which was elegantly fitted up for the occasion. The invit4t , conr, which were very numerous, included the principal officers of the navy, the Provisional Battalion, and the Royal and East India Company's Engineers, and the heads of the public departments. The paddlewheel steamsloop Salamander, 6, Comman der G. T. Mecham, sailed from Plymouth on Thursday for The screw steamship Cornwallis, 60, was commissioned in Devonport on Wednesday by Captain Powell. The troopship Belleisle, 6, is ordered to be brought forward at Devonport for commission. It having been arranged that the dockyard and marine departments of Woolwich should undergo the Admiralty I annual inspection yesterday, Sir C. Wood, First Lord of the !Admiralty, accompanied by Rear - Admiral Peter Richards, Captain Sir B. Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, and Colonel Green, Superintendent of the Civil Engineer Department, arrived at the dockyard at 12 o'clock, and were'received in their official capacity by Commodore J. Shepherd, superintendent of the yard ; Mr. M'Donald, matter attendant ; Mr. Vintner, store keeper; Mr. A therton, superintending engineer; and Mr. Rice and Mr. Large, master and assistant shipwrights of the yard. A detachment of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, stationed for the duties of the dockyard, under the coninilnd of Captain T. Page Casey, R. 3,1., turned out and presented farms lon their Lordships' arrival. They proceeded to a careful inspection of the factory departments, through the building slips and basins, and owx the docks ; examined the internal arrangements T apidiy , progreSaing4the new s#,smen's hog the Cry- ledonia ; and ettisequentlylinlipectid 'ilieietilaihing 'de partments and passed through the steam saw mills,Whi6 are receiving new boil ers ; and having examined the im proVed method recently introduced for the more speedy payment of the labourers, their lordships were conducted by Mr. Edwin Bernays, clerk of the works, to the site in preparation for erecting the new church in the dock yard. They thence repaired to the Royal Marine Bar racks, where they were received by Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant of the Garrison ; Col. J. T. Brown, Commandant of the Royal Marines ; Col. J. Hawkins, Lient.-Col.Nolloth, Lieut.-Col. Fleming,Lient. Col. Walsh, and the several officers of the division. Im mediately on their alighting the band of the corps struck up the national anthem, the troops presenter: aims, and then formed into a brigade of columns in line and quar ter dietance, mustering upwards of 1,700 men. The ranks were then opened, when their lordships com menced the inspection of the lines, examining the indivi dual bearing and accoutrements of the men, and inspect ing their kit. They then proceeded to the ship-gem drill battery, under the superintendence of Capt. M'Carthy where a series of interesting manoeuvres with 32-poander and heavy pivot-guns were ordered. Their lordships then proceeded to the inspection of the barrack appoint ments, books, and official departments, and returned,;as they arrived, in two private carriages to London. The ordnance steamer Balaklava, W. Pellet, master., has arrived at Woolwich, laden with Russian shot, corn. mis , ariat stores, bags of shot and shell, machinery, tar paulins, &c., landed at Plymouth from the transpor is Gopdola and Triumph. Official information has been received at Woolwic h to the effect that the duties of the transport departmont are to be referred back to the charge of Mr. Grant, COOL. troller of the Victualling Department, as that establish ment originally stood prior to the war. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Mate—A. M. Norman, to the Trident. Clerk—W. H. Whichelo, to the Pembroke ; D. M ar tin, to the Cornwallis. Assistant-Clerk—Robt. W. Parish, to the Mseander. Assistant-Paymaster —C. W. M'Dermott, to tae Meander. TEE CATASTROPHE ON BOARD THE R 0 YAL WEST INDIA 111 - AILsSTEAMER PARANA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NI GMT. The inquiry into the circumstances attending t his de plorable accident, which resulted in the almost i nstan taneous death of four unfortunate men employed in the stokehole and serious injury to several others, spas re sumed to-day before Mr. Edward Colwell, corone r for the borough of Southampton, and the jury assembled on the 27th ult. Captain Robertson, R.N., Surveyor-General of the Marine Department of the Board of Trade, again at tended to watch the case on behalf of the Government. Captain Mangles, chairman of the Royal Mail St earn packet CJuipany ; Captain Vincent, the superintend ent ; Mr. Miller, chief engineer; Captain Bevis, commanding the Parana, and other officials were present. William Smale was the first witness called. He said he was a fireman on board the Parana, and was in the stoke hole at the time of the explosion of tie starboard forward boiler. The fires had been drawn from the other three boilers, and were very low under this one, which was being fired with cinders drawn from the other fires by a stoker named Feltham. At the moment of the accident witness was engaged preparing to take off the mudlole door from the port forward boiler, in consequence of a leakage that had been discovered. The explosion at first sounded like a light clap of thunder, and then a louder crushing noise followed. Witness was not injured by the accident. As soon as witness heard the first sound of something wrong he ran into the after stokehole, a. dia. Lance of about 12 yards. The steam overtook him, but . did not scald him. The fires of all the boilers had been kept up pretty smartly during the afternoon. Witness could form no opinion as to the cause of the accident. 'The Coroner asked if the stoker, Feltham, was able to be examined. Capt. Vincent said he was not. They had sent for him, bit he was unable to get his clothes on yet. Another stoker, named Paddington, in whose deposi tion there was no important fact, having been examined, Mr. Edward Tate, second engineer of the Parana, was recalled and examined by Captain Robertson—l was in the engine-room about two minutes before the explosion occurred. I left for the purpose of giving one of the engineers some instructions as to what he had to do to one of the cranks. I had been left in charge by the first engineer. About four minutes before 'I left the. engine. room I shut down the stop valve of the port after boiler. I did so because the water and steam in that boiler had been blown off. Previously to that the steam could have passed from the starboard forward boiler into the port after boiler. My only reason for shutting the valve of the port after boiler four minutes before the accident was that that boiler was the last blown off, and that it was not ready to have the commu nication valve shut previously. There was no special in structions to keep strong fires up during the afternoon. The Foreman—Do you think the boiler exploded at a pressure of 121 b.? Witness—l should scarcely think it did. I should have thought it quite safe at 171 b. pressure. The Foreman —Do you think it exploded at 211 b.?, Witness—No, I should think it would be safe at from 201 b. to 251 b. I believe it would stand that pressure. Mr. G. Mills was next called. He said—l am superin tendent engineer of the Royal West India Mail Steam packet Company. I am well acquainted with the boilers oo able t o form o f them, an of the Parana, and previously to the 26th u lt. I consi dered them to be in a good and safe st a t e . I h ave s i nce made I e a p n e a r v s n o n been examination o f p ro in m ion wh a ic s li to l tbhee ucluse of the occurrence. I believe the accident arose, in the first instance, from the bre • aking away of the stays inside the boiler. These stays sixteen • were zs number, and being all broken the steam must have been thrown entirely upon the shell. I cannot account - . for the breaking of the stays. The ordinary pressure which the Parana's boilers would have to bear at sea would be about 141 b. The safety- va l ve would be self acting at 161 b., a n d I should have considered the boilers safe with a loressure of from 201 b to 301 b. Captain Robinsou . evidence —_Having heard all the taken before the account coroner, can you in any way for the accident ? Mr. Mills —As the accident has occurred, I think the oauses assigned by Mr. Summers may p erhaps account for it. Had it not occurred, I could not have believed,. it possible. After the examination of several ether witnesses, The jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after, being closeted for a long period, the foreman announced the following as the unanimous finding of himself and brother jurors • • " Tlfat in the opinion of thisry the deceased. juper sons, Daniel Knowlton, Alfred Rogers, John Pothecary, and James Hobbs, came to their deaths by scalding, consequent upon the accidental bursting of the star board . forward boiler of the Royal West India Mail steamer Parana during the trial of an experiment as to the superfluous heat in the up-tak d e t of that b ; and, although the jury are not prepared of o a t p f r o ycensure e t , any parties under the safety-valve having been open one eighth of au inch, and being, as as the evidence shows, free to open at 1616. pressure to the square inch, as also that the steam gauge so shortly previously to the explosion had indicated apressure o f only 121 b., yet they caun et su rees their PPconvictio n that by a greet amount of caution the accident was of a preventible charac.er, and therefore they consider it is to be regretted that it was n o t by some unusual foresight avoided. The jury desire to add that, in their opinion, the evidence clearly proves that a single safety-valve applied to one boiler is not sufficient protection to life and property (even though such boiler may or may not be in connection with other boilers) when the engine is not consuming. the steam ; and that it is a grave ques tion with the jury whether or not safety-valves are at present constructed on sound and effective principles, which question induces the jury to doubt whether the valve of this particular .boiler was ' hung up' as sug gested by some of the witnesses, the jury rather believ ing that it was inauffieient in dimensions and defective in principle. Lastly, the jury desire to express their conviction of great couridenc,, in the directors and officers of the Royal WOI India Mail Steampacket Company, and of their general arrangements for securing perfection of machinery and guarding against accident, by having all the details of their boilers and engines in excellent order before going to sea, as torify proved in the course of the present inquiry. , P 11. P E R Naval and Military Intelligence 11 S 7•'", Z 3/ • t ' , ,, 7sit •,-,:e , -- , -7,0 ~,, -, 4 .... , .7k