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~' ~; } ARGYLL ROOMS. --L ..-V LITRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The abr.ve elegan Rooms are now open every evening toL the inter sessco, with Lanrent'a celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet.a -piston, M. toulconrt. The Oronrietor begs to intorm the public that th s lashienable pace orresort hay been entirely redecorated during* the ,recess. Doors open at hail-past eight, commence at mine. Admis lion One Shilling. 11-It. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, -) 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen °WY) from 10 till 10, containing ripwirds of one thousand models and eal preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in bth and disease, the race of men, ite. Lectures delivered at 12, 2 . and half-past 7, by Dr. G, SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and t i ghlY-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery 7 Dr. Haim, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. CORDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER, will be AT HOME in his Encampment, surrounded by the Pupils and trophies of his achievements, and rive his new and ropular lIteERTAINM F.NT, illustrative of his ADVENTURES in the Far ior of SOUTH AFRICA, Pictorially and Musically illustrated every evening throughout the week, at 8 o'clock. Nang by Mr ' lla rries Wilson. Admission, Is. and 25.; stalls, 35.-232, Piccadilly CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN' EVERY EVENING.—The following company of ocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections 110111 all the P opular bi Opera., Madrigals, Choruses, Glees. Ducts, &c., viz. : DE. Pearce, Mrs. J. 'autfield, Miss Brunell, and Miss Summers ; Fermat, J. Caulfield, Derr F. Jonghmans It. Grover. T. Raino, T. arrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. and P. Corns; Masters A ustin Bennett, and Cord ; Mr. Sam Cowell fin E Mackney. Pia- Norte, J. li arroway, It.A. harmonium, J. Caulfield, Jun. ; , Mr. T. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'cloclr. precisely. Suppers, until twelve o'clock. SALE OF PROVISIONS, &c., AT GOSPORT. ADmIRALTT, SOMERSET-PLACE, 4th November, 1856. :11 HE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain ,1(1 Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY. the 25th Vi s .! , at 12 o'clock at noon, the Captain Superintendent will pnt up I,„ 4 °a le, in the Royal Cla , ence Victualling Yard at Gosport, several -"" of Army, Navy, Victualling, and Transport stores, consisting of a scuit. Salt Meat, Rice, Tongues. Cortes, Flour, Cooperage Stores, 43 CIS, Blankets, Ste., &c., &c., all lying in the sail Yard. f or l'er sons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent _notes of admission for that purpose. lark:a a talogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the To LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— Genuine YAR &LOUTH BLOATERS. These .highly emed delicacies forwarded to all parts. on receipt of the am ount 48 under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-Mille order :- 100 prime ......... ..... fs. Od. 100 especially selected.... Bs. 4d. Package included. 50 ditto .... 4s. 6d. A _Rend fall and plain directions, county, and n ea r es t s t a ti on. Ad - r• -- ur ess, TIIOXAS LETTES, Jun., I•lith Curer, Great Yarmouth. M E TROPOLITAN COUNTIES and Street GE NERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27 , Regent , Waterlco-plaee, London. Capital, 100,0001. MT:STEIL Itt .T l n.Speneer TT. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., MP. } fern , Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assuranco business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared rt the last divisioa of profits averaged 33 per cent, on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAIIROUX, Manager. • SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDO, Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN P OITR-FIFTHS, 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 are lower than in many other olg-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in pddition to the accumulated funds derived from the in of ?rem lams. Policy stampspaid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadncedle-street, I.oAdon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENR Y LI DDERDAT,E, Actuary. IHEEA.THER'S TRUST.—Under the Manage ment tof the ' Com.—At the Cour , to be pleien on th e 3d of December Clothvvorkers pan y next, this ComPany will distribute to E Poor Widows o f Decayed Housekeepers , the amount divisible under the above Trust being about 81. to each. ' r Printed forms of application may be obtained at th e C ompany ' s teelPerary OtHoes. Barbers' Hail, Monkwell-s reet, Cripidegate, l }l e e• The appli cant must state therein such particulars relative ,l) er eonaltion. an d circumstances as may b . proper to be considered ln deold J il f , ig on ber claim, and name references from whom Informa- Arflfty be obtained tor verifying such statements. cert.! t' aPPlication , accompanied by certificate of marriage, and a h_ lee eate or other proper proof of the death of the hushand, must '' at th e C ompany's Offices previous to the 231 November instant, addressed to --___ _______ Barbera' H all, lst November CKWITH TOWSE, Clerk. RnE , 11 18L lI*E. l A PPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. RA and PERRINS' WOWESTERSIIIRE 4 R AIJC • au,i ~,'- E imparts the most exquisite relish to . Steaks, Chops, r ait Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup. Curries, and Salad, re ',,, ,, by its tollic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to " e etlY digest the food; ThedailY Use of this aromatic and'deliclotts Sauce is the best safe- M ir(' to health. Longold I, 9 the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, Rii ,", ol l, and 68, Broad -street, Worcester ; also by Messrs. Barclay eb,„,7°,1, Messrs Crosse'and Blackwell, and other oilmen and uter i:lT: London ; and generally by the principal dealers hilgsuce. and pp -- ,,„ 1. ? guard against imitatioxs, see that the names of "LEA 4 ""'NFI" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. cAiv.ACOLOUR c l -irREY FLAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL with ease, safety, and certainty, by the PATENT NIC COMBS and BRUSHEA weich are als tan unfailing r ,!.. M . e dY for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus. .',. 4 'cl Paluishlets,., Why Hair becomes Grey, and its Rai nedy," grat is, Z 1!: V Pest for four starn s Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic aftectiois s perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Brushes, the Ids t cafe, s ituide, and efficient y galvanie instruments extant : patro tred by the faculty. Offices : —P. M. HERRING, 32. Easiughall• aro e o Age nts ; -- Child. South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and stree r t e . ; Atkinsott24, Old Bond street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit. 10 _ 0 _ , Rendrie, 12, Tichborne.street ; Twinberraw , 2, E , d wards -1",:‘ r.• Port man-square ; Saunders, 315 is, Winter, 205„andjvcutiedY, ~."°_ 9xford-street ; ROSi, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Dimme r % Ger -street, Rola); Worn. 17, Dattvson-street, and Birch, I, Moles- Worth -street. Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. RAMPTO2I'S PILL of HEALTH. Price la. 134 d. and 25. 9d. ner box j 7 his excellent Famil y P i ll is a medicine of long-tried efficacy f or i ll, lfying the blood, s o very essential for the foundation of -good T'altll, and correcting: all disorders of the stomach and bowelp. 1; 1 4 ' 0 Cr three doses will convinc e th e a ffli cted or its saletary effects, ll e stomach will speedily rezhin its strength ; a healthy action or I,, e , l !‘'er, bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take place; and renewed be the quick result of taking this medicine, according t o ; 1 wdirections accompanying each box. giti.:Y,FEMALES these Pills are truly excellent, removing all eb be e "° ,lB , the distressing Headache so very prevalent with the sex, 14Dte.ssion of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, 4/1 'i es, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy, juvenile to the complexion. bro w i ls Ora Full Habit, wi ts are subject to Headache, Giddiness, bi,o !Mess, and Sin g in g i n th e Ears, arising from too great a flow of the bead, should never be without them, as many danger 467em?_mtito ms will be entirelycarried off by their Immediate use. .are an excellent aperient, create appetite, re li ev e languor, qui e nt,orate the spirits, and if taken after Inclulgenc3 at ;Y restore the system to its natural state of repose. table they of— icl Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand, London, and all vendors 11-JAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Thi s Price Is. I d. and Is. 9d. p er b ox. c heinp r eParation is one he benefits which the science of modern Yea r , 6 ' 1 ,7 has conferred mankind ; for during the first twenty 'Ne t - -he Present ceutu o speak of a curs for the Gout was on rOrri a noe; but n w the e ffi cacy and - safety of this medicine y a e rnonstrated NT testimonials tropersons in Luftst i tn " ni c of life that public unsolicited teas opinion proclaims this one of the Pta„Portant discoveries of the present age. 1- 4 , 1;,7,'T: Proof of the great efficacy of BLAIR'S GOUT and RIIETT gi, 'ILLS, forwarded by Mr. Reinhardt, Chemist, : Saoneosed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who is qoin :,wll about hero ; he speaks in the highest terms of Illair's Rheunanun Pills, and would be glad to give information to ', "To Mr. Reinhardt, 22 Market-place, full. "December4tb, 1855. durtt,.ear 81r,---I have been afflicted with rheumatism for 12 years, thitliq g,..hich tlin. I have tried almost everything, both . internally ee er , allY, but could not obtain any permanent relief. Ashort 4447°,1 Purchased a 2s. 9d, box of lilab's Pills of you, and before lax b ee...` 4l cen the whole of hem I was more free from pain than I had b v +or IA x 24 ...—e last dozen years You will please let me have another 1 Mean to keep them . by me in case 1 should again require s 441 oblige, "Dear Sir, yours obedientl y,S GAMESS." 4 0r80,._ rout ani llarsant, 229, Strand, London, and all Ven ,:_____L4edleine. • __. P I A-1 , FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Th„ ~ Patron —The QUEEN. —Pounded 18.28. - tteetp,'ck Poor are admitted on their own application alone; no b.aeudation is required. Or t his eh t he Past month the following number received the benefits 4PPlleatiolltaiz•ity, either as oat or in -door patients, on their personal . Week ending 7th Slept.— • • ..... D itto 14th Sept... ,• . ....9. 1,8415 D itto 2lst 5ept....... . 1,8 •. • . 1,784 D itto 28th Sept..... .. • • • • . 1,780 29 th and 30th S ept. ............. 787 (4 Which Tot in Sept ...... ...• .. 8,087 -W%ha,, _ 3,846 were new el cases, the remainder (still under treat virig been admitted previously. st,c'eareilYerxl2enscs are inevitably ten• incurred in affording such the Public. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the Tile managementof e a a id of .year y elected fr . the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, . oni the general list bf s bacribers, at ‘len, eral Meeting in J anuary u the Annual 4 o clock (itev J berm A Board is held every Thursday, at c a ab ,,, „,_ • . Owen, Chairman), to conduct the busin , ess, all ti '-' 41,)sCray attend, if so disposed the Board beinis at Mes desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation' balm47tnpte Hosptal is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun _eontributions and lee.acies, which are received' by the 'Preas , ur et', o ut E•q., M P., Nicholas -lane ; also by Messrs. coats . ilj.,_lCo. ;Dram rnond and Co.; }terries and Co.; Ransom and co., 3fescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith. Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; ;,ollea Loyd and Co.; itarelay and o Denison and Co. ; Williams. --.o_eacom, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and. Co., Ber ..ers.strect ; Menterman and Co" and at the Ilespital. Clothing for the destitute patientl./11.14thxzzan,kmful.kyrreelic:ilda.n. , By order. 4 l 'itVir AND IMPORTANT DIScoVERY IN TIIE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. P... 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It has y ta es t to ed red ind b i o , d id ilLa s n ,tv i i r tg hoe;',h and vigour to thousands of debilitated itlia,"ithe enjoyment of health and the u l n F li c o A ns T o l f o Ilf,k7er 'may e the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS an f h r d A an it r At d , `'`, they are effectually subdued by en, tt TRIESEM AR No. 11., this Wonderful Discovery. !r4d,,,41113,, hi the short space of three days, 'cm, -41- es all traces of Gonorrlicea, both in its inf comp l l d ete an i3da a n g d g e r n av tl a r t e ed ly lirl '''' Cleeta Strictures Irritation of the Bladder, disorders which toarta',',Pains Of the Loins ' and Kidneys, and those . Is_aa.retention of ilta-; and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the -_. °f the health of a vast portion of the popuiallon. . 1 i tii., TRIESEMAR No. HI., Lkna,c treat Continental a tßeedy for Syphilis and Secondary SYmP - C 1. 11 0 1 a ; to It also constitutes cer,taindeeurxeefor Fictaurivj ' course all corrun't Oa ° ,ll__Erup!ious, rem vi . from toheniltaanl stre p am, Is altogether to era:ditf: 14vira s Ott9duisreitasieseand exp Scrotal% and all ell it with the. insensible perspiration .B_ i lte,.tg.h the media n % of the pores of the skin and urine, amt a L! Ltethe pitiling r zveay for that class of disorders which unfortun le.: . `4,:-ll .fligLish Ph e ys'ician treats with Mercury, tothe inevitable de!tru in "'e Patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla , -0 114 ca ,s ita , ri ec i is casesnnotfrestore. in one for 335„ which saves I Is., and in Si. ret:,',. heie'boyr there is a saving of 1/. 12s. To be had wholesale and in in London, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street ; ° Xfor'd., 2 2, 9 _ • Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Sanger, 150, street. ttla kg A 111111=1111111•11 ,Work pri-'44.N. FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical t ‘ k r 4cl c ' eat a c° i on post free, beautifully illustt:ated with 100 engravings, k • It girog tile opinions of Valpeau, e.allernand, Roux, Ricord, s i" , arc,, " cordons Instructions for the perfect restoration of those , - ` 4 te, als,;"'evented by impediments from entering into the married e,:and ay's, lurtvlng the dreadful results from earlyeabeustn7, gonosrrshtanp ltiaerailZoisi; "39 _the benefits arising from he _h_ ,_ .constetrur eteccit rft, r esco pc. he s permatoza, by the au n _ _ o ri ., ewiY ' w i nu f....:21"_ Powerful lenses.—Piper a . d C lu l l P. t° rriOtiter iVW au Rap.... --" '" W for the sale of "Tries= ._ * (No. 20,08-i.) PUBLICATIONS T HE NEW NOVEL, MR. ARLE, is now ready stall the libraries, in 2 vols., " Mr. Arle' is a work 6f a very high order, and we are offering it no light tribute when we say that in style and conception it reminds As of the writintts of Mrs. Gaskell."—John Bull. Hurst and Illackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Thls day, post octavo, is. 6d., K ATE CON - ENTRY : An Autobiography, By G. J. WHY TE MELVILLE. _ . . _ Original y published in Fraser'd Magazine. By the same author, DIGBY GRAND. Tc► voli. 18s. GENERAL BOUNCE,. Two vols. . 158 London: John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. The Third Edition. Just FubHailed, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6 d • ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA, Kith 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 from the German of Dr. PICICIORD. "Dr. Ticliord is knoWn to English readers by his frequent peach!- ' •al contributions to German medical literature. This he the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the net's-medi cal realer. We trust this may rot be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet bympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposeci ; and if this book could find its w:,y into the hands cf those whs stiffer from the coin plaint of which It treats, we are satisfied that "hazy hundreds would he saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of Ics9 importance, though it is that which the quacks most much money ......This volume it well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spennatorrhosa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, akely to do much good."—Medical Circular. • tendon: H. Baliiere, 219, Regent-street. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. rpHE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL ASSURANCE and INTEgTMENr ASSOCIATION invite attention to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Assoolatlon, 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 ncreasing annual Income during life,. 1.9 well as the payment of the sum assured to his representatives at his death. Tables or Rates specially adapted to this system of Assura nce may be obtained 'at the Office of the Company, 3, Pa 1-mall East, or for warded free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. AN - IC OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL•IfALLEAST, LONDON, Established A.D., 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of ibis Institution, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with perfect security. The interest is payable in January and July, at the Read Office in London, or at the various branches in the country. PETER MORRNON, Managing Director. Prospectases and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free. FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATION, for allowing Pensions, not exceeding 49/. per annum, to the Widows and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen of th e Established Church, and for affording temporaty assistance to neces sitous Clergymen and their families, throughout Eag land, Wales, and Ireland. The next ELECTION of PEN3IONERS will take place at the London Tavern, Bishomate-street, on TUESDAY, November 25th, '856, at 12 o'clo.k precisely; The Rev. .Tosrin Baowsr. M.A., in the chair. The Report of the Proceedings of the Corwmation during the pass year, the snlance-sheet, list of subscribers and pensioners, &c., may be hid at the Offices, 4, St. Marrin's-place, Trafalgar-square, where donations and sunscriptions will be thankfully received. The Rev. JOARPH BROWN, M.A. , 7 Hon. The Rev. JOHN EDMUND COX, M.A., ALL, Secs. HENRY BRA.MALL, Secretary. R. lIOWAR 4 D, Stuteon-Dentist, 52, Fleet - v street, has introduced an entirely new description of A ETI ICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so Frf,3ctly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they Will never change colour or ecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful oration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is itaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth •rndered sound and useful in mastication.--52, Fleet-street. At come from ten till five. .) . 11 90 MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE " RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the imerbvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1 810.51-54 and 1455, includ'ng their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). THE • STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS" PIICENIX (212.) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the must complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool, LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOOROATE STR.EET, City. Circulars iree.by post. COAL REAR LONDON. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times t--- Sir,--The letters which have appeared in your columns, and thofe with which I have been favoured privately in consequence of the insertion of my letter to you of the 28th ult., convince me that a serious amount to miscon ception prevalent, oven among educated classes, upon the subject thus brought before the public. Without, therefore, assuming to teach an abstract science in a few lines, I feel it incumbent upon me (as the person who, by your permi , sion, raised the discussion) to call atten tion to some of the most serious errors which have thus be'en shown to prevail. In the first place your correspondent "Post the Coal" and some of the gentlemen who have written to me pri vately have been misled into the belief in the existence of coal deposits near London by the occurrence of beds of lignite in the Bagshot sand formation. the history of the Worplesdoa Colliery Company was a sad com• m upon the eagerness with which these t a l es o f coal near ar London are received, and upon the inevitable disappointment they must , bring to those who are foolish enough to believe that any workable deposits of fossil fuel are to be found in the strata above the new red sandstone. In the second place I would observe that the lignite beds of the Bagshot sand district may perhaps occur of a sufficient thickness to render it worth while to work them for local purposes, just as the Bovey coal is worked in North Devon ; bat neither their quantity nor their quality will be found to be such as to repay operations upon a large scale, or for the delivery of the material so raised at a distance, "The circumstance which induces me to believe that there is a possibility of finding coal near London is pre cisely the occurrence of beds which I have reason to suppose are members of the new red sandstone series nearer to the surface than ,they were formerly considered to be. Unlike " Post the Coal;" however, Ido not de sire to make any absolute assertion on this eubject sim ply from an inspection of the plants on the surfice or the character of the soil and waters. There are far more things in geology than are, I fear, dreamt of in his phi losophy ; and when the most able men of the co entry have been unable to decide upon the pric se character of the Highgate beds, after the boring had been continued in it for a depth of above 180 feet, it would be very pre sumptuous were I to speak positively from the results of a boring in the red clays only 8 feet deep. It is, however, the simultaneous discovery of the beds of red clay, 63 strikingly like the analogous clays of the new red sand stone series, which gives such importance to their occur rence at Highgate and at Horsham, and I do not think that I am exaggerating when I say there are few geo logical problems which it would be more necessary to solve than that connected with the precise nature of these beds of red clay. A sum of 3001. would, I think, suffice to set that question at rest. If it should be found that these beds were 'indeed such as I suspect them to be, it would then be worth while to bore forecoal, and the results of similar operations in the department of the Pas de Calais have been cirtainly of a nature to en courage such operations ; but it must be evident to every one who has; studied even the rudiments of geology that no coal can be found until the whole thickness of the supposed new red sandstone beds shall have been tra versed, and even then the operation of boring may fail to discover the objects of the "researches" for which it was undertaken. Of the borings recorded by Messrs. Degoussee and Laurent, as having been executed of late years in the Valenciennes coal basin, 67 in number, no less than 17, or about 1 in 4, gave negative results. It seems to me that the landowners of the district ne: r Horsham, under the guidance of the bench of magistrate. would do wisely if they were to subscribe for the purpose of trying the first experiment, as they are mo,t directly interested in the solution et the problem. Tile's= I have named would, I think, suffice for the purpse, and at any rate the boring might be ,made of use for the water supply of the district, even if nothing else Caine of the matter. At present it would be folly to attempt to esti mate the cost of further researches for coal. The artesian borin g now in course of execution at Passy, ing evenb that Ahreallyreally sum occurhere h e attempt m to t u t l do pass s w t o h r r t o h u position init that "no the public re' y depend upon coal" will be found "near 4 it be in some sequence of strata have be r en in m ar o y dified ; and hhitle.heimis.k. which theo ordinary unless oe geological laws of but small deposits of lignite are to be fountidialtenaontyhine! the more relcernetwstariztae.ir your obedient servant, 14, Lincoln'e-inn•fieldg, Nov. 3. G. R. BURNELL, C.E. A TONGUE FOR, "BIG BEN."—Tho county of Durham may fairly claim th e parentage of " B ig B en ," for We understand that Mr. G. Hopper, of the Houghton-le - Spring Ironworks; near Durham, is now engaged in sup plyingtongue. Thi s f i ne apecimenwrought ironwo him rkiswnitoh a wlyiof lying at Mr. Hopper's new ironworks at Fence Houses, where workmen are now employed in fitting and finishing it prior to its being despatched to London. The part of the clapper which strikes the bell is .composed, of a monster spheroid of solid wrought iron, the diameter of which is 24 inches. It is expected that the whole when 'finished will weigh somewhere about 1,6001 b, - • . 6 7 • I M L.A4I-44 1 „ i) 2 -- .• Xf , ‘" • • o.Tri• /0- „A, , • ; 3 1 , • •• • r - ra % \. 1 4 - 40 . _ • A 14- , 3 3i15 .) t) !14,1 1 ' , ' Imo; • rpiticic 4D. sTATbfpF:n :; E. L. - SIR B. HALL AND THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. 71iiimasmiczmesi LONDON. Til u SDA 1r EvEN LNG NOVEMBER 6, 1856. immeavestilm. have to fill in the constitution of the empire. Let us range ourselves around the throne, that by our means it may re ceive strength, lustre, and that influence which it has the right to expect from greatjndicial bodies. We should fail of our constitutional mission were we to choose to shut our selves always anti obstinately within our office as judges. For great judicial companionships there are a governmen t:a attitude, an exalted sentiment of political loyalty, a con stant and well-understood desire to work together for the general good, things which are not matters of choice and taste, but duties. Such a spirit animated the ancient French magistracy; let it be ours if we would remain 'faithful to the traditions of our order, and the essential conditions of our institutions. M. Vaisse then proceeds to give his view of the actual state of political feeling in France, and dwells with elaborate severity on taiat spirit of opposition which manifests itself in what the orator stigmatises as "a little ivretched wratare carried on by means of false reports, malignant insinuations,!alluions, and • epigrams " —a warfare of wo r d s , not deeds, having nothing real or deep snout it, and involving nothing serious, except it be s the result of "creating . a false pnblieopinion.—apublic opinion calculated to deceive alike government andpeople, leadinggovernment to believe that it ought no longer,to place reliance;tha the people, and the people that it can no longer look for protection from government. M. Vaisse then passes by an easy gradation, from this mere vulgar war of epigrams and envy, to the hostility of those abler and more dangerous foes "who," as M. Vaisse assures his hearers, ,‘ would unhesi ingly sidamith the zmernment If ITZ'govern men t could consent to accept their services:" This sec tion of. his Imperial Majesty's opposition--(" au temps de la Fronde," says M. Vaisse, "on les ap pellait le parti des Importans ")—comprises many persons of considerable ability, who under various governments have formerly been employed in pub lic affairs. The orator proceeds as follows :--- It would be too much to expect from the weakness of human nature that they should approve of what has been done, and is doing, after them and without them. They, feel a degree of impatience which, in their place, we should, no doubt, feel equally, at seeing power and ad ministration in the hands of those whom they naturally regard as exceedingly incompetent, and they lose no op portunity, public or private, direct or indirect, of mag nifying themselves by comparison, and consoling them selves by criticism. They affect, moreover, to take under their especial protection the cause of liberty. Doubtless, it is a high game to play; but we must first understand clearly what the word Liberty means. When the aristo cracy of old Rome' had lost its hold one the assemlslies of the people, it took every opportunity of proclaithing that liberty was no more; and fur a long time it succeeded by the aid of its orators and historians in imposing this belief on the world. Modern times, however, have taught us to comprehend ancient flints, and we now know what the word liberty meant as employed by the friends of Pompey. Let it be conceded to governments founded on the basis of an aristocracy, whether patrician or mercantile, that they are,well adapted to produce, and more especially to pro mote and encircle with notoriety —men of distinguished parts; that these men are habituated in the noise that is made about them to find tho principal evidence of the free political life of a nation; that there is thus formed in and around the press, the tribune and the higher regions of power orspecies of political life, which is no doubt suffi ciently Active, and admirably well adapted to conceal from view the real hollowness and factitiousness which underlies the animation and bustle of parliamentary existence. This is what we have seen during the last reign, and we will not say that, like so many others, we may not ourselves have been so far seduced and carried away as to mistake this imposing spectacle for a real manifestation of political life. But when these 7reat actors abruptly quitted the scene, and a secondary class of agents, feeling the weight of responsibi lity which rested on them, sought everywhere for support, and nowhere found any—neither in the government, nor in the army, nor in the constituencies, then it was that all re cognised that the base of that system was too narrow and confined, that the nation had never entered heartily into it, that she spent her force in soaking to manifest to herself her owe existence, until organised and disciplined, she ac quired the right of suffrage to make her will known, and a single chief to carry that will into execution. A people and an Emperor—that is what the nation wanted—that in two words, the political constitution of France. It is very sublime this cons,tip,rtion,, says M. Vaisse, but IVG must not shut our eyes to wharirre alleged to be its dangers. Among these dangers— which M. Vaisse only alludes to with the greatest caution —are, it seems, to be reckoned that want of facile mechanism, elastic movethent, and easy self adaptation which characterise parliamentary govern ments ; it requires implicit confidence between go vernor.and governed--a community of sentiment being the indispensable condition of the unity of power. But, gays M. Vaisse, if this system has its dangers, it has a stability also . which no other form of government has ever equalled. As an organisation of social powers, comprehending not a fraction alone of the country and a given category of citi zens, but the,whole country in its entirety and all classes of the citizens without distinction—it possesses a power and a reality which oven regarded theoretically leaves no ground for regretting the fictions of the Parliamentary system. M. Vaisso then proceeds to exemplify the bene ficial results of this 'system in the material and moral progress which he represents France as hav ing made since 1852. He exhorts the members of the bar to show themselves the ministers of order and peace. If their liberal tendencies incline them to the cause of popular freedom, they ought, he're minds them, to remember that liberty, like all the other gifts of God, " ought to be proportioned to our strength and the necessities of the time." He quotes from the famous address on the opening of the Session of 1852 the memorable words that " on the day after a revolution the first guarantee for a people consists, not in the immoderate exercise o f the press and the tribune, but in tho right . of choosing such government as it pleases." That right (continues the orator) you have exercised in its plenitude. Yon live under a Government founded "on the people, the source of all power; the army, the source of all strength ; and religion, the source of all j us tice." With institutions established on such bases, liberty cannot be wanting, The pledge of this is to be found in those words, which France, as stored in her memory, and which I have no hesitation in repating on this solemn oc casion. "To those who regret," said an august voice, " that a greater measure of freedom has not been conceded, I would reply, Liberty has never taken part in founding a durable political edifice. She comes to crown the work when time has consolidated it." (Address of the ' parer at the opening of the session, 1853.) Let these noble expressions, said M. Vaisse, in conclusion, "form the appropriate termination of my discourse. Let us all labour, laying aside party differences, at the great work of public peace ; this will be the means of raising ourselves towards that liberty which is the sure crowning grace of the , completed edifice."—Daily News. N4vai and titteditzett;e. The visit which his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge intends making to Chatham is now understood to be for the purpose of brigading the whole of the troops belonging to the different branches of the service stationed at Chatham garrison with the view of testing their effi ciericy and their ability to act together. The review of the troops will take place on the Great Lines, and prepa rations are being made by the troops in anticipation of the visit of the Commander-in-Chief. During the afternoon of yesterday and the previous day the duty men belonging to the several depots, comprising the previsional batta lions under the command of Col. H. Jervis, were marched on to the Lines, where they, were joined by the corps of Royal and the Eastlndia Company's Engipeers, under the command of Col. H. Sandham and Col. H. Savage,- and the troops belonging to the Royal Marine Light Infantry, under the command of Col. J. A. Philips, the whole forming a brigade of .about 3,000 men under the command of Col. W. H. Eden, commandant of the garris , wi. After each battalion lad taken up its proper po:4'.ion, with the regiments- of the line in the Centre, various movements were executed with considerable cele; city and precision, and the manoeuvres that will be per fc rmed on the occasion of the visit of the Duke of Cain k.ridge were rehearsed by the whole of the troops. The visit of his Royal Highness was fixed for to-day, but a telegraphic despatch was received last night at Chatham announcing that unforeseen circumstances compelled him to postpone it. , Lieut.-Col. E. W. C. Wright, Deputy-Assistant Quat : terniaster-General at -Pcirtremouth, succeeds Lieut.- Col. Dalgetty in the appointment 'of Assistant-Quarter master-General of the South-Western District. An inspection of the troops belonging to both cavalry and hifantry regiments stationed at St. Mary's barracks, Chatham, to the number of nearly 1,700 men of all tar.ks, took place yesterday, for the purpose of selecting those non-commissioned officers and men who are to re ceive their discharge, agreeably to instructions ,received from the Horse Guards. The number selected is 150, belonging to nearly every regiment in the service. The 50th Regiment, in Kilkenny, which received a letter of readiness on Friday, got the route by Saturday's post directing them to leave yesterday for Belfast. The screw eteam•ship Alma, Capt. Potts, put in at Portsmouth yesterday, owing to strong easterly winds arcd defective 'machinery, from Constantinople and Malta fort. London, having on board 150 non•commissionod offi, cars and men of the Polish Legion. She has had a very I ong and tedious passage. Two of the transports (Culloden and Sultana) taken up by the Government for the conveyance of the British un..rman Legion to the Cape of Good Hope, Will be ready at Portsmouth dockyard to-day at noon, and the embarkations will take place to-morrow. Her Majesty's paddlewheel ateamsloop Vesuvius, Cle mniander Hore, from the Mediterranean, arrived at W oolwieh on Tuesday night, and was yesterday mornieg ale patched on a trial trip ),o Greenhithe. The Vesuvius liming completed her term of commission is .ordered to return stores, and will be paid off at Woolwich. • - The freightship Norman Morrison is ordered down to Woolwich to receive Ordnance stores, and to embark Major Tupper's company of the 13th battalion Royal krtillery for Bermuda. The Maid of the Isles has been chartered by Govern. mpent, and is to commence shipping ammunition to-day from the Ordnance department, Woolwich, for Algoa•bay. No. 3awooden mortar float, having been stripped of I,er mortar bed and fittings, was yesterday morning I rowed down to Woolwich to be appropriated for the con• reyance of steam machinery. ' The following appointments were made yesterday ai le Admiralty : E. M. Tupper, Midshipman, to the Impregnable.; A. T. Collier, Midshipman, to the James Watt; C. A. :Hayward, Midshipman, to the Indefatigable ; W. EL T. - ...engelley and F. G. D. Bedford, Midshipman, to the Ytonarch. Yesterday afternoon, in accordance with previous ar rangement, a deputation from the Metropolitan Board of Works, consisting of Mr. J. Thwaites, preeiaent ;Mr. Bazalgette, engineer•in-chief ; Mr. E. H. Woolrych, se• cretary ; and Mr. Marrable, architect to the board, waited on the Eight Hon. Sir B. Hall, at the office of Public Works, Whitehall-place, for the purpose of sub mitting for his approval the amended scheme adopted by the Metropolitan Board for the main intercepting Rye age, and plans for other metropolitan improvements. Mr. THWAITES said that in conformity with the provi sions of the Metropolis Local Management Act, they had attended to submit for the approval of the Govern ment, through its Chief Commissioner of Public Works, the amended plan adopted by the Metropolitan Board of Works for the main intercepting sewage of the metropolis marked "B." This plan proposed for its outfall "Halfway-reach" and a point of the river Thames below Erith. Another plan had been before them for extending the outfall to "Sea-reach," but, inasmuch as the carrying of tee London sewage to such a distance through the counties of Kent and Essex would involve an additional outlay of 2,000,0001., the Metropolitan Board did not feel Itself jus;iieditt throwing that addi th n d amount of taxation upon the metropolis • but if the Government approved the latter plan, and would provide for the extra expense, then the Board of Works would cheerfully carry that plan. out. Sir B. HALL wished the deputation to understand that any plan which they might submit to him, and which he conceived was calculated to 'bring the sewage within the metropolitan district, he had the power to reject. He knew nothing of the plan now proposed, except what he had read in the newspapers, and there fore he should require Mr. Bazalgette to enter into an explanation of the Whole sehetne froun4segirming.ao end;- beginning from one side of the Thames and then taking the other. Mr. BAZALGETTE then entered at great length into the details of his plan, with the aid of maps and di grams, &c., and, in answer to questions put by the right hon. la -erect, he admitted that it would be necessary to have various outfalls into the Thames between Vauxhall. bridge and Deptford-creek to carry off the surface storm water which it might be expected would be necessary from 20 to 30 days in each year. It might so happen that with these floods some of the sewage would un avoidably be carried into the Thames. It was proposed that the outfall of the sewage at "Hafway reach" should take place one hour before and two hours after the eiange of tide. The points of discharge would be two miles and a half beyond the metropolitan area on the south side, and thtee miles and a quarter on the north side of the Thames. It had been calculated that the flow of the sewage, after being discharged into the Thamoe, might come within about a quarter of a mile of the metropolitan boundary. Sir B. HALL said two plans had already been rejected, one on the 22d July, and the other on the 6al Oct. What he (Sir B. Hall) wanted to know was how it was that the Metropolitan Board had brought before him (the right hon. baronet) this plan " B," seeing that the Board bad themselves, in the first instance, partially con demned it, when they rejected it for further it,formation, and that in the second instance they had wholly con demned it. On the latter occasion, when the chairman, gave the casting vote, he (Sir B. Hall) recollected read ing that one of the members exclaimed, in reference to that vote, "You have saved the Board." Mr. THWAITES explained that that was in reference to an amendment that the outfall should be west of Meth, which was neaatived. Sir B. HALL said he supposed that the plan "B" had been submitted to him, under the impression that it com plied with the provisions of the act. All he could then say 'was that the whole subject would have his best and most speedy attention. Mr. MARRARLE then submitted the plan for the Covent-garden improvements, the net estimate for the cost of which is 46,0001., of which the Duke of Bedford subscribes 15,0001. Sir B. HALL said upon this subject he had very seri ous complaints to make against the Metropolitan Board. With reference to the Covent-garden improvements he had called their attention to the subject so far back as the 16th July, and had stated that he would prefer that the Metropolitan Board should carry out the works, but that if they did not desire to do so it should be done by his department. On the 28th, 11 days afterwards, he re ceived a letter thanki ng hi m f or th e p l ans, and had never heard anything more till that day, when the plans were brought to him and he was called upon to decide at once, so that the Parliamentary notices might appear on the 15th. It was really too bad. Mr. Terwasam said the board had had its attention occupied with the main drainage queetioo, and other subjects as well. Sir HALL said the effect would be that he would have to throw aside all Government business to attend to these matters, but there was anet4er matter upon which he felt it his duty to talk to the deputation most seriously. He alluded to the Southwark improvements. What were the facts ? On the Bth March last th e Metro politan Board requir e d t o b e informed what funds there were at disposal for Southwark improvements. On the 13thheinformed them that there were t wo sums of 30,0001., which, with interest, amounted to 83,9001. raised under the 12th, 13th, and 14th Vic., cap. 103, and 16th Vie., cap. 18, for waking a continuous line of street between Southwark and Westminster bri lges through Stamford. street and the York-road, within seven years from the date of the last-mentioned act, and that in case the mone y was not so applied within that period it would be repaid to the Consolidated Fund. On the 15th April the Metro politan Board requested to be furnished with the plans and documents before that board relative to these im provements, and on the 17th a letter with the plans, &c., required, was sent. Nothing further took place until the 31st July, when a letter was written to the Metro politan Board expressing the wish of 'the First Commis sioner to be informed whether they contemplated pro ceeding with the formation of any new line of road on the Surrey side, and requesting to be furnished with such plan, as it might affect the contemplated improvements near Parliament -street. On the 7th August he received a reply stating that the subject was under consideration, and the result would be communicated as early as po s . sible. This was 11 weeks after his first communication ; and from the 7th August, when he received the reply, saying the subject was under consideration, he (Sir B. Hall) received no commuei:lation until that day, when ho was informed that he would have the plan laid before him, involving an otatlay of 300,000/, of public money, to decide upon, and only five days to do it iu in order to get the Parliamentary notices ready, while the Metropo litan Board had had the subject under consideration since the Sth of March lest. It was really too bad. Mr. THWAITES said the board would certainly, as a matter of courtesy, lay the Southwark improvement plan before Sir B. Hall ; but ;there was a doubt whether it was requisite to do more than give the Parliamentary notices, the sum being above 50,0001. Tne board had not themselves agreed as to the plan. Sir B. HALL said, if the Metropolitan Board felt they had no right to send their Southwark plan to him for approval, let them not do so. He must tell them that he thought, however, they were bound to do so under the act. It was really monstrous that the Board of Works should have had tee matter so long before them, and then give him (Sir B. Hall) only a few days to con sider,plans involving an outlay of 300,000/. Mr. THWAITES, Mr. WOOLRYCH, and other gentlemen admitted that the time was exceedingly short, and after some discussion, Sir B. HALL said if the plans were sent to him on Monday he would put aside other Governmeut business to attend to the subject, so that the Parliamentary notices might be in time ; but he really must request the Metropolitan Beard to let this be the last time they would allow such delays to occur. He would also give his opinion on the sewage plan as early as possible. The deputation then withdrew. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTEItA RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the weok ending Nov. 1,185 G £19,840 19 10 Corresponding week last year..... :632 9 3 nercase in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 1, 1856 Corresponding week last year... 12,673 13 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 328,547 710 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 30.),636 !8 5 GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY,—Traffia return f. r the week ending Oct. 26, 1856 4 .. 9 6,011 5 0 Corresponding week last year "5,717 2 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 2, 1856 Di1,037 0 0 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 2, 1856 i'r,447 0 0 Corresponding week last year 6,0 , ,7 0 0 Innemo in 1856 . . X33O 0 0 - - GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN DAl LWAY. — Traffic re turn for the week ending Nov. 1, 1856 .........£6,6.13 9 11 Corresponding w oak last year ..................... 6,037 8 10 Increase in 1856 .............................. £609 1 1 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY. — Traf f ic return for week ending Nov. 1, 1856 ........................ Q293 17 10 Corresponding week last y ear 314 10 11 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAI LWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Nov. 2, 1356 £Boo 15 9 • LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re turns for the week ending Nov. 1, 1856 £10,039 16 0 DROWNED IN A FRIGIIT.—Late on Menday evening a man named Win. Birehall and his wife were returning to Hoyland from notherba,m " statutes," and had reached a part of the read near the village of Elgeear where there is a reservoir on each side of the path, when they were alarmed by some missiles being thrown at them. The nig%t was very dark, and the woman screamed out " Murder," while her spouse made a precipitate flight, leaving his wife to take care of herself.' Ile dashed through a hedge and fell into one of tho reservoirs , where Lis body was found on the following morning. I Sir,—Observing that your correspondent, in his letter from Boston, says, in regard to the battle of Bunker's-hill, " who commanded on the American side is still disputed ;" and, further on, " who conceived the Flan of seizing on the hill is not known," I, as a descendant of one who commanded on that day, will endeavour to enlighten your readers on what is known by every schoolboy in the United States. With regard to the conception, says Washington Irving, " the heights, which swell up in the rear of the village (Charlestown), overlook the town (Boston) and shipping. The project was conceived in the besieging camp to seize and occupy those heights. A council of war was held upon the sub ject. General Putnam was one of the most strenu ous in favour of- the measure. Some of the most wary and judicious, among whom w ere G enera l Ward and Dr. Warren, doubted the expediency," &c. Putnam made light of the danger. He was con fident of the bravery of the militia, if entrenched, having seen it tried in the old French war. Ho was seconded by Gen. Pomeroy, a leader of like stamp, and another veteran of the French war. He had been a hunter in his time, a dead shot with the rifle, and was ready to lead troops against the enemy, " with five cartridges to a man." He wa s seconded by Col. Win. Prescott, whose opinion, says Irving, "probably settled the question, and it was determin e d t o seize on and fortify Bunk hill. C o l. P rescott was chosen by Geu. ward to , conduct th e enterprise at Charlest own-neck . while on t h e march they were met by Gen. tls." Put nam with wa ggons l a d en with entrenching tools." Bunker's-hilt commences at the nec k an d es 8 . lo P about 300 yards to the summit ; it Is connected by a ridg e with 13rud'i...--hill. The c rests of the two d er,s hills are about 700 yards apart. they should pro ceed"a question arose which cf the two " On attaining these heights," specified in the to fortify; Bunker says our author, o l mmand of the town was much nea:• to written ,Boston, o a r n d d e r i s i , a d bu a t B b e l u t, :i e s ' r s - b h c i i i i ' l l s t u ll l ' t a ti on , and shipping." After a Brud's-bill called " the battle of Bunker s-hi ,ll " was fought, I: e c % , the . ac , inn, commonly command Prescott un was determined on, and it, although other officers of note doubtedly had portions of the were on the ground and commanded With regard to the _ redoubt. _ _ - and " Will he fi g h t ?" The -- General Gage is said to hare caught s i g h t of him through glass walking the par a p e t , and to have re ply, "To the last drop of blood," d oes not, how- asked ever, seem to have shaken hi s d etermination to carry the hill, for the troop s f rom Boston were wh h o is he was, despatched at once. General Warren was offered the command of a P ortion of the redoubt, but d eclined it, and served merely as a volunteer with his musket. I trust in all fairness you will ingert this, whey, believe me, you will receive the thanks of London, Nov. 5. YOWNG AMERICA. • ....- INIGRATION TO Tat UNITED STATlS._Liverpool, Weinesday.—The screw steamer City of Wash . ngtoo, Ca2tain Wm. Wyli e , sa i led from the Mersey for Ph i la . detphia to - day, vs ith a large number of passengers, and a full cargQ of merchandi se on freight. SPANISH' RAILWAYS. From returns lately made in Spain to the Govern ment concerning the railways conceded 'and at work ins that country in 1856, it appears that the whole of the lines open to the public, including that from Madrid to Saragossa conceded to the Spanish Credit Mobilier, gave a length of 1,955 kilometres (1,222 miles). In the concession granted to that company of the two sections of the rail road from Madrid to Valladolid, and from Burgos to the frontier of France, the first section will leave Madrid, pun by Avila, Ardvola, and Medina del Campo, and will stop at Valladolid, where it will join the section already traced out fzom Valladolid to Burgos. The third section will quit the station of the last town, and, passing by Mi randa do I'Ebre, Vittoria, Alsasua, Tolosa, Andoain, and San Sebastian, will terminate at the French frontiers. The works from Madrid to Avila are to be terminated and opened to circulation within a delay of five years; those from Avila to Valladolid, to Burgos, and from Burgos to Vittoria, in four years ; those from the latter town to the frontiers in seven years, dating from the 15th October, of fom Sprain Barcelona, 'l3l el kilo metres to 1856. The works are to commence in three month s . The Spanish Credit Mobilier is thus master over th e w h ole, Northern line, the extent of which is not less th an 621 kilometres. If we add the 110 kilometres of the li ne from Alar to Santander, it results that the said comp any h as undertaken (4s7 to miles) o f constructrai rail. The the l ne in rt e h s Mataro, from Barcelona to Granollers, from Jativa to Va lence to the port of Grao, are. at work throughout their whole extent. On the line from Xeres to the Trocadero, the provisional bridges of the section from Puerto Santa Maria to the Trocadero, are terminated, and have been subjected to the usual trials. All that new remains is the official reception. The commission which had proceeded from Madrid to the frontier, to fix the point of junction of the Spanish line with that of France, has returned, after having attained the object of its journey. Th e two lines are to be joined together a little beyond Torten, two miles distance from Hostalrich. TILE NAPOLEON DY‘ASTY AND TIJE JUDGES OF FRANCE. The pages of the 1129niteur were yesterday de voted almost entirely to the publication of the ora tions delivered on the previous day at the opening of the courts of law. Ordinarily these addresses hate little more than a professional and legal inte rest; the present occasion, however, has been turned • to political account in a very remarkable manner. The judges in a body proceeded to the Ste. Cha• pelle and attended mass, which was performed by the Abbe Surat, Archdeacon of Ste. Genevieve, and after the service repaired to their respective courts. In the Court of Cessation,. the First Presi dent Trciplong presiding, M. tie Royer, the Procu reur General, delivered the opening speech, the sub ject of whi -h was the judicial and legislative refornis of LomsXIV. In the Imperial Court M. Vaisse, the Procereur-General, delivered an address, which the French papers state " was frequently inter rupted by the plaudits of the assembly." M. Vaisse commenced thus : Among the duties imposed on the magistracy there is noire more essential to its institution, and more necessary to the well-being of the state, than that which binds it and obliges it towards the 'sovereign. The regard for the good of the public, which everybody pretends to, is but a vain word, or a lie, if it begin by excluding respect for him who is "the most exalted and most legitimate representative of the public weal. After. maintaining that this is a truly French sentiment, and thoroughly reconcileable with judi cial independence, and then condemning those 'magistrates who, in past times, have nourished a spirit of faction 'under pretence of zeal for reform, M. Vaisse told the judges : The danger exists not only ie. isolated and particular offences, in that uniform succession of transgressions which each year brings with it ; another danger for the social state is found in the dissolving action of party-spirit, and in the want of conviction and intelligence as to the worth of our political institutions. In France we too easily give way to the spirit of criticism, and to the words of those who speak only to blacken and blame both perseit and in stitutions. Let me dare, without d e p ar ti ng f rom t at mode. ration,which: becomes this assembly, to proclaim a few whclesome truths. Let me vindicate to our government the nationality and grandeur which are its own. The authority of your presence will supply what is wanting to my words, and will perhaps make what is a mere custo mary discourse an act useful to the public cause. We shall not be diverted from our design by that false maxim which more than once has fallen ou our ears, " The judges shall not meddle with politics." Here the Procureur-General makes a subtle dis• tinction between the politics which are forbidden to the judge and those with with which he may pro perly concern himself. Ho then proceeds : Without reverting to the utopias of the 18th century, we may affirm that in morality and justice the consent of a free people i 3 the legitimate and reasonable foundation of government: The ,will of God has laid upon us in this matter only the law of obedience to powers regularly esta blished. As to the Divine choice, there has been manifested in this contury—we ourselves have seen it—two memorable examples of it, two great occasions ih which a man has limn up to lay hold on abandoned power, and show himself a true chief and leader of a nation, guiding the bewildered generations into the promised land of obedience and duty. The providential exigency, the consent of the people, services rendered—such are the legitimate conse cration of all new power. It appears, however, that it is neither in the destiny of man nor the will of Providence that the same blocel, transmitted from race to race, shall give the same nation sovereigns for the duration of its existence. Men may persist obstinately in asserting that a royal race should lose its original in the night of time if it would retain its prestige; but their words will not change the laws of Providence, nor avert the rise of dynasties which establish themselves by great services recently per formed. To say of a dynasty that it is new, is only to say that it is and 'should he so much the more dear to the nation, as it is nearer to the time in which publicgratituds consecrates it. • Its title is not its antiquity, but in its work accomplished. What work is greater in its results, more marvellous and more worthy of a crown, than the work of Napoleon ? What founder of a new dynasty like this ;nazi, who held, like Caesar, the sword and the pen ; who com— manded like Ale sander, who governed like the Auto nines? What glory, what prestige, surrounds this name, el often repeated in the homes of the people and the palaces of kings? By what sign aro we to recognise consecration by Providence, if we deny it to this legisla tor, this captain, this statesman, who has given to France laws which all nations envy, and a glory which will re nnin immortal, and who only sinned against humanity by the excess of his genius ? Yes, he was the founder of a dynasty ; and it were al most a blasphemy against the laws of Providence not to desire for this fotinder that he might have descendants, and enjoy, like all the great men who have preceded him, the supreme glory of transmitting the empire to the heirs of his name. Let us disengage ourselves for an instant from contemporary prejudices, and ask ourselves what had been the sentiment of posterity, astonished with the gran- . dear of this reign, if Providence, belying itself, had no t accorded successors to this new Charlemagne. Ah ! let us not leave to posterity to be only just. Let us accept with gratitude the descent of a great man, whom glory and mis fortune have doubly consecrated. We are yet too near that great epoch to enable the historian who recounts it, though fiudi , r.g Lis excu se i n th e severity even of his con temporaries, to reckon up the wounds which the war has initiated on us, and indicate, with jealous care, the rare weaknesses of genius. The modern taste inclines more to memoirs than epopees. But if Providence ever accord to Napoleon what Alexander passionately desired—a poet to recount, or rather to celebrate, the prodigies of his reign, never will poem more marvellous and complete have struck the minds, and charmed the imagination of man. One must place oneself at this distant and grand point of view, in order justly and truly to appreciate the Napoleonic epopee, and the prestige which must one day environ the commencement of that dynasty. But a great trial is imposed on the now dynasty. Its illustrious founder dies in exile. He leaves the field free for the two experiments of 1814 and 1830, and at tie end of these 'trials the Franca of 1818, exhausted for thirty years in the inanity of her internal contentions, has no longer strength against anarchy. She is about to perish, unless she find a saviour. To what quarter turn the popular regards and hopes? What name, what ser vices, are found uppermost in the great candidatureship submitted to the ballot of December, 1818? Politicians who regulate in your cabinets the destinies of empires, it is not you who shall indicate the preserver of France. The instinct of the people turns to one who, nevertheless to tha hour, had but the recommendation of his name. But the prince who would show himself worthy of so high a des• tiny must not be merely elected. His actions should jus tify his title. Recall now in your memory those mournful days where in Franca, as if fascinated by a date, viz., that of the ex piration of the powers of the President, waited the crisis of 1852, as the patient resignedly expects the mortal stroke which terminates his existence. What was to bo done ? The nation, through its councils-general, demanded, as a transition to a more, assuring and stable order of things, the prolongation of the President's authority. If the poll • tic men who had rendered such great services in reconsti tuting the party of order, and resolutely placing themselves at its head, had united without hesitating in support of the vote of the councils-general the solution would have been found. But the cry of France was responded to only by irresolution and division. This was the moment marked by socialism for letting loose its armed bands on all parts of the country. Our intestine divisions and anticipatory fear delivered us, without defence, to an envy so much themoro formidable in that he had already made essay of his strength, and had vowed that Lis prey should no longer es• cape him. It was then that —fatally decided and morally convinced—the executive chief believed it his duty to have recourse to one of those great measures of national safety, the judgment of which must boleft to posterity. Posterity, I am firmly persuaded, will class it in her jnagment with the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire. The suffrages of the nation have already forestalled the verdict of history. Nothing but the most obstinate personal prejudice can harden itself against the irresistible authority of eight millions of suf frages- Let us acknowledge that at no epoch was there made a delegation of power more complete, unanimous, necessary, unconstrained, and, consequently, more legiti mate. It remained, nevertheless, to France to consolidate by a more stable form of government the conquest she had made over herself. That is what she desired, what also she accomplished with an enthusiasm and concourse of suffrages still more considerable, in the ballot of 1852, re lative to the declaration of the Empire. The orator next recounted the great things which the first Napoleon had done for the judicial body Looking round one, anti observing these crowded ranks, this sovereign toga, this bar so dignified—in a word, all the apparatus of justice, I cannot but rocal that it is the genius a of Napoleon which has raised us up f rom the dust and who after as given organising u u s titles, shas bequeathed insignia,theu - l aws which we have to apply.to h f :r district ty u a ncao who, rts, Let the idea of Montesquieu indicate to us the part we UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 4. In a Congregation held this day at 2 o'clock the form of statute allowing the retention of College Fellowstdps Principals of Halls was read and promulgated. The examination of candidates for honours in the (Alai) Classical School commenced this day is the Writ izz School. In a Convocation to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 11, tire form of Statute on Delegacies, which was accepted by Congregation on Thursday last, will be submitted to the House. At the same time a Congregation %ill be tt , 3ld, and the statute on the election, duties, &c., of the Proctors, which was promulgated on Th urs d ay, w ill b e vut to the vote. CA.MBRIDGE, Nov. 4. Dr. Philpott, the Masterof St. Catherine's College, was its day elected Vice• Chancellor for the year ensuing. The select preacher at the University Church for the peresent month is the Dean of Westminster. On Monday, the 3d, Mr. E. L. Bowling was elected Port Latin exhibitioner, and alto a foundation scholar of t. John's ColleE, , e, Cambridge. Mr. Bowling was an , ashibitioner of King Edward's School, Birmingham. On the 31st Oct. the Rev. Thos. J. Baty Wad elected :E'ellow of Sidney Sussex College. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. B.A. EXAMINATION.-1556. The following is a list of the candidates who passed the hate B.A. examination : First Division. Co A brahams, B arne tt University lleges. A nstie, James King's Parker, William Nutter University Best, William Stepney Bradford, Job Wesleyan, Taunton Charles, Ebenezer University elein.ince, Clement Western Cobb, Henry Peyton University Dawson, Robert University Dick, Archibald liastie 11 add ei afield :Eccles James University :Eduilslds, David Owens Emanuel, Leonard University :Evans ' Maurice John N ew :Field, Allan University Field, Basil University :Ford, Charles Lawrence , . Wesley, Sheffield 'Godrich, Henry King's 'Greg, Percy University Harrop, Robert Owens Hartley, Richard Griffiths ...... „ Lancashirelndependent Hennell, John University Herbert, Edward Gilbert Springhill • Knott, George University Langton, John... University McAll, Samuel Wardlaw University Mays, Thomas William Hackney Moore, Alpheus Herrman King's Phillips, Thomas Lloyd University Prevent, Augustus ... University Richards, John St. 'Gregory's Riding, William Steer King's Scott, John Gibbons Queen's, Birmingham Shea, John University Sidgreaves, George Stonyhurst Sturges, Decimus King s. Taunton, John Bi r d —University, Watson, Thomas University of Glasgow. West, Walker King's. Wingfield, John University. Wimterbotham, Henry Solfe Page University. Second Division. Allen, John Petherick - Western. Bingham, Alfred University. Chapman, William Stacey University. Darlington, Henry Cecil King's. Evans, John Brecon. (3 arrarcl, Frederick King's. Hodson, Thomas Jones, Frederick Foster University, Manning, Henry John University. Paice, William University. Pankhurst, Richard Marsden Owens. Reed, John Gibbon New. Schofield, James Huddersfield. Stronach, William Gavin Spring Hill. Thomson, James Rodway University. Wall, Henry We read in the Paris correspondence of Le Nor ct :-- " For several days past certain foreign journals, and even s,sno French ones, have borne a little black mark in the corner, denoting that the service (f surveillance and control, having examined them, have decided that t'ley may be diimbuted and road without inconve 1, i( nee. WIVES FOR THE GERMAN LEGION.—HAMBURG, Nor. 2.—one hundred arid five soldiers of the British Ger man Legion arrived here on Friday by the Caledonia steamer from London. Some of them are discharged from the service and are going to their homes, but the !;reater part of them are come over for matrirdo nial purposes, and have obtained lease of absence. Some speculative individuals hwire established regular recruiting offices hare for females willim; to accom pany the German Legion to the Cape of Good Hope and settle there. One of them hag already engaged more than fifty young women, chiefly amongst the milliners, dressmakers, shop girls, and even those connected with the theatres. When one considers that in this c;tykwe have 0,000 more females than men the last year's census gives 80,000 women and only 80,000 men—it is not to be wondered, at that there should be many amongst them who find difficult to make an honest livelihood, and are there fore diposed to try their fortune in a distant colony. Al though this recruiting for females is carried on pretty openly, and has even been advertised in the local papers, no opposition has been offered to it by the police. ( 191-c 15 LIN, ,WHIVTPSDAY,ATORNING THE TENANT LEAGUE,. - • Mr. M'Envoy, M.P.; preaided'afthe council the Tenant League, held -yesterday, •• % g le n so, matters connected with the "great" meeting to held on Tuesday next' were discussed. On th motion of Mr. Kennedy, M.P., a resolution wa: passed that a circular should be issued to thef.riends of the Tenant League calling on them to-Attead the proposed meeting in Dublin on the .11th inst. „It - is '- stated by th ose in t h e secret t h at the meetini4villt. be more remarkable for the number and position of those who will not be there, than for those who will. The apologies already are numerous, and, as • the reporters.say, very influential. IuWaRSENTATION OF ATH.LO,NE. • There is an authorised contradiction in the Free man's Journal that the Hon. Mr. Handcock means to vacate his seat for Athlone. THE TIPPELARY 13.115 a. The loungers. about the law courts, who have the reputation, of knowin g more than ordinary people, say the expected compromise in favour of the con tributories to the Tipperary Dank will not be car ried out. They know certain depositors who will, not abate one jot of their demands. Meanwhile the litigation proceeds in the several law courts, to the great profit of the bar and the solicitors, and the' edification of an impartial and unaffected people. In the Common Pleas yesterday the affairs of the concern were again under consideration, in the cases of "Ryan v. M`Dowell," and two or three others against the same personage. Mr. Bland, Q.C., moved on the part of the plaintiff (Mr. Ryan) to snake absolute a conditional order granted last June to issue a mite facias, upon the usual affida vit, There was no opposition to the motion, and The court eranted it with costs. • Mr. Heron made similar applications in two other Un opposed cases, which were granted.' The Chief Justice then inquired of Counsel what order the . Court of Exchequer made in like applications as to costs ? Mr. Heron—The order was that the shareholder should bear the costs of making the conditional order absolute. The Chierefiistice—Did make the - oasts of the conditional order costs in the cause, or did they say nothing about them ! Mr. Heron—They did not say anything about them, and then, as a matter of course, they are costs in the cause. The Chief Justice.—And we make the same order in those cases. We say nothing of the costs of the condi tional orders, and give the costs of the motion. D. Bergin v. Al‘Dowell.—J. Bergin v. Same.—Tooker v. Same. Mr. Heron moved in all these cases for orders to make absolute conditional orders of the 27th of June last, for liberty to issue writs of scire facias against Mr. Vincent Scully, M.P, notwithstanding the cause shown, and for the costs of the motion. The applications were grounded on the affidavits of the plaiutiff,, which stated the facts of the failure of the bank, &c. ; the particular case against Mr. Scully being that his name appeared on the last Stamp-office return as a shareLo der, which was suffi cient, he (Mr. Heron) contended, to sustain the motions. The affidavits filed as cause stated that Mr. Scully ceased to be a shareholder in March, 1855 ; that he knew no thing of the bank report of Feb., 1856, or that Mr. John Sadleir was allowed to overdraw his account. The Chief Justice—Th e defence is, in fact, that Mr. Scully is not a shareholder, although his name appears in the Stamp-office return. Mr. Heron replied in the affirmative, and cited the case of Carroll v. Kennedy, it,h Irish Jurist, as an autho rity in support of his motion. Mr. Sullivan opposed the motion. The question was whether Mr. Scully was a shareholder within the mean ing of the 6 Geo. IV., against whom a seise facias could go ? He had assigned all his shares in March, 1855, and swore he knew nothing of the fraudulent report, or of the advances of Mr. John Sadleir. The Master of the Rolls had acquitted his (sir. Sullivan's) client of all fraud in the matter, although he held him liable ; yet all the imputations of fraud were repeated in the present appli cation. He (Mr. Sullivan contended tbat, before a scire facias could issue against Mr. Scully, it should be first issued against all the existing shareholders. The Court were of opinion that the conditional orders . should b e ma d e a b solute in all cases in this court, with costs, to a certain extent, subject to taxation. THE MODEL CORPORATION OF DROGHEDA.. The corporation of Drogheda is a liberal —very liberal body. It has shown this by its hostility to ministers' money and its present ruffi-- ; but it would not be deemed good taste to finish the word; let us therefore glance at a picture of this assembly of local legislators, as sketched by several gentle men who have just resigned in disgust. Thomas Hammond, Esq., who was mayor last year, says "My election to the office of chief magistrate of your town—an honour which it is well known I neither soli cited nor wished—immediately upon my becoming a member of the council, unhappily led to some bitter ness of feeling on the part of certain members of that body, which I am pained to say displayed itself in petty annoyances on several occasions during my yearof office. ' More recently this wretched feeling has assumed such a character that tho public business is neglected or over , looked, private feelin g s and miserable personalities in dulged in, and the council (instead of being engaged in consultation for thegood of the municipality) has become an arena for the display of sectional and party differences and uncharitable invective. • Those of the council who preserve their consistency and endeavour to do their duty are branded as being influenced by vindictive mo tives or individual hostility —calm deliberation on cer tain subjects lately brought before the council being totally out of the question. None will be heard but those who speck for the chair or with the chair —the clamour of a few stifling all legitimate discussion. On elate occasion, in my endeavour to discharge my duty to rec iver property long withheld from the public I stu. diously avoided using strong or offensive language ; yet I was assailed in themost ungentlemanly manner from the chair, and the coarsest and most insulting personalities used towards me. • . . I can therefore have no wish to remain a member of a body where the public good is made subservient to the triumph of a party, and I now most respectfully beg leave to resign the trust reposed in me into the hands of those who gave it." Dr. Atkinson has also published an address of resignation, in which he says— " The corporation has ceased to be a deliberative as sembly, and clamorous and personal invective, un checked by the chairman, has usurped the place of calm dictission and attention to the business of the town." Three other members of the body are, it is said, likewise about to retire. THE BATTLE OF BUNKEt.'S HILL. 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