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" ''' ' '' ,l-, " ‘7"\;''' 1' —"IS' -' - 1 )1101T,.. P c, ,,, I , ;\\----- • 4 gentleman. Department , n the house !ommissariat on the lower itleman had would rather was for her oard was al 3- n old tins' t present no ng, and until ities iu arnai Afht a LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1856. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D- No. 19,779.1 Lpplementarl PUBLICATIONS. Spirit of the Public Journals. GOLD. After Holbion's celebrated Picture in Hampton Court Palace, Scene VI, GRAND CORRIDOR IN THE CHATEAU, Leading to the Bed-chamber of the Monarchs. Pour Fine Normandy Lassies, Six Feet Two Inches in thei - Clogs. Scene VII. RITE OUTSIDE OF BLONDETTE'S FARM. Blondette (a village Rosier° so purely innocent, that she sees no harm in having three lovers at a time, two of them bein g kings)—Miss Emma Horne. Coquelicot—a rustic youth, whose name being translated vide " Spier's Dictionary") signifies " Poppy." He is, never theless, the reverse of Soporific, being particularly wido awake. (He is one of the three lovers alluded to, who does not happen to be a king, and takes his measures accordingly) "-Mr. C. Brown. Scene VIII. The Abode of tho Fairy Queen in THE GOLDEN GROVES OF GOOD HUMOUR. (By Mr. Wm. Beverley.) . Miss E. Thorne The Fairy Queen.. Harlequin Pantaloon General Transformation Mr. C. BROWN W. A. BARNES. (The Transatlantic Pantomimist.) Columbine Miss EMMA HORNE. Clown Tho GREAT FLEXMORE ADULTERATION BUILDINGS, TURMERIC-ROW, REDLEAD-SQUARE. _ _ . A Glass of Ale and a Stomach-ache for 4d. Genuine double- Yon-np-Stout—Up to Snuff and down to Pepper—How the Bread Rises—Sweet upon Sugar. All pickles to believe in Pickles—Chalk-farm Dairy Cows v. Pumps—Gunpowder Tea, warranted to go off"—Pale Ale peculiarities. Imps,—Quassia, Mr. Wyatt ; Strychnine, Mr. Scott ; Blue Ruin, Mr. Carter; Oxyplumbi, Mr. Strangeways. The terror of The " Times"—The Lancinations of the " Lancet"—Black Crosses in Red Lead-square.. THE WIZARD'S LABORATORY IN THE CHATEAU DE MEPHISTOPITILES, HELIGOLAND. Magic Somersaults—The Bewitched Ottoman—The Dragon a la diable—The Inextinguishable, Inexhaustable, Unstopper able, Go-a-head Bottle—" 100/. Reward, who'll Shoot a Clown ?"--The Blunderbuss of Botheration—Bursting of the Wizard's Bust—Small Wizards made to order, Pattern Pre sented—Quickest way to Nowhere—How to make Harlequins —The way to Crush the Crushers, THE NEW CASTLE OF BALMORAL. _ _ . Rusticity in the Highlands—Pipers and fastoralities-- Xighland Reel, introducing a grand Flexmorean Medley The Portfolio of Inexhaustibility and Universality—The Incaptur able Harlequin—Very " fowl" proceedings—The. Seductive Sedan -chair—Strange Birds in a Cage. WATCHMAKERS' ESTABLISHMENT, CHRONOMETI CAL-VILLE—MILLINERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BON. NETVILLE BELLHANGERS' ESTABLISHMENT, BELLEVILLE. llexas kora Ficatliuld—Qii Fares ad Marie Forcs7Tho Movements of the Age—What's o'clock —" The Clock strikes two"—How to Ring a Belle—Umbrella Courtship—Whe's your Hatter ?—Early Closing Association " Love Laughs at Locksmiths"—La Varsoviatta—Tho Strike of Belles against . . Grand Equestrian Feats, by Signor Fleamorma. HIGH-STREET, SPIRIT-SQUARE. Apartments to Let. A Cold Roll for Breakfast—The Organised Nuisance Ta bleaux—Punch's Pocket Book—Patent Perambulators— Ast ley's Equestrian Feats— Policemen awl Cooks—Monsieur Tierce—Aß-round Collars and Punch's Coats—The quickest way to the Coal-cellar—Spirit Rapping Extraordinary. HAIR-DRESSER'S, FILTER MANUFACTORY, PIOKFORD'S PARCEL WAREHOUSE, AND NEWS- stores, !suing of the vents ? Thi ° a repetition, to provid e for this Put; •ent parts of quired. ) the erection o know if J' 6 objection be no othet 1. end the erec' enient,hiCh i p ?worlds(' addl . t brickwork , The whole of huts, which ao. Dub' not 10 ,3 :onunodatio n • with the leao t auch better LI i a per nanent had been PO' d would 11, 0 the objection► saner in Wh, It due inquirl e 1 W ming the . t quite useleee: ,saber increase of the nber had re B i been kneek B i to have go° asked him . d lath hut wow' em was on Oaf what bad b° ° : imy whish b% materials for* 9litific cointao' in; the oftlee rl a territorie e • fact, that oLe brevets werar. e any hope ? L ,,a ran k they w 7, le of their Wit a- a nd as the 7 xs ' he hoped the ily p iyablo I'l 40 report Pro' , to of suave' nount of toclt lat it would s that P r° P c rof ring dispose o il IY" g o h woulu 0 was agains t o s siontbs P 4 . r d d gain on Fri JO committee, ay next. do , 'ter a short third timo• men es Acts Aule 1 in reference tg oath of sbj u i :i me of 0 0, , D e sablo shoal L mind that ,m 3 principles night be son/ IS were talc° d Iles, the o st t ed d if they 1 0 ":,0 r contained tlaels; to the 9. 0 e, ded allcgl anc io that no fo r .e , o have, i nl . l d e, r, the alleg 0 ;, 0 0 .nd an imPo r i„ 0 , t es t an t prinoir could be sorri o t members of 1 was at a su bd o cl ne, and ord e 9th April. ~oe minutes to .. WON. M0T1014% Castleniel le Clartn% cu p Colane of rOSS Dean , '" Denman Dyn evor hiiwoes D onsoce Forester Fevershitin Grantley 10Inuits. Ken Yen Lyndhgrit Polwartb ItedeSda le Rayleigh_ A , St. LeOW" - Sandys Sondes Southall: o ' Tenterdsare Tengleiu. ° o Walsinga" wyoford Blantyre Bern , Cionbrec., Do Sallra ar Farnham Gray Hawke Beyteeburi Plunket Rayenswor Rodney Sinclair Duke Scene I. SUBTERRANEAN 13 SSIA. OF THE DRAGONS. at SEA. Scano IV. Earl , Bishop 11, Bishop' I's, BisboP , Bishop 3ne v- ,0 p oanno The Nee ry wtlo." j l AI vesse 1a Avi m Ale , t ar t) earn in 0 A, Mrs. A lf" 13 Hon. 3'6+ o vrx. 00."1 hislow-04 111 ` r°1 - 40 4 r. T. Lin - iv dor J. D° 11) .4, tmleart 0 0 ° 1 1 ;0 er of the -Bet. Lieut.-G.111,er004 E.I. C. 5 ' Y q6ti l I of the " v t to 1, of 7, -.11 1143-end d./ litaher, _ a p/2' treat, sr"; oras gel ci Stow 141' x ) y 0 l igi J ae,. go. A of the 00011.1 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. Professor ANDERSON'S GREAT CARNI VAL, BENEFIT, MONDAY and TUESDAY, March 3 and 4,1856. Professor ANDERSON most respectfully begs to inform his friends and the public, that his GRAND CARNIVAL COM PLIMENTARY BENEFIT and DRAMATIC GALA will oc cur on MONDAY and TUESDAY, 3d and 4th of March. It Will comprise Opera, Drama, Pantomime, Burletta, Melo- Ihama, and a Sal Masque, thus constituting a round of amuse ment more copious, attractive, anti varied than has ever oc curred in London. In fact, it will be the first time in the his tory of entertainments in England that any such thing has been even attempted. In America on benefit occasions, and whelk it is desired by professionals to pay a mark of respect to a deserving beneficiaire, a Dramatic Carnival has been organised and attended with the most profitable results. The Carnival at Covent garden will be an effort to realise on Eng lish ground that which American ingenuity' and enterprise has already accomplished with success in the Transatlantic Theatres. The Carnival will commence on Monday, March 3, at one o'clock, with the performance (the last in London for ever) of the great Pantomime of 1856, in 'which Miss Harriet Gorden, Miss Emma Horne, Mr. Harry Pearson, Mr. W. X halters, Mr. C. 'Brown, Mr. W. A. Barnes, and Mr Flex more will sustain their several characters. To be followed by the most popular Burletta of the day. After which, a two act Drama. Then a three-act Opera. To be succeeded by the greatest Farce of modern times. That to be followed by the New Squib. And the whole to conclude with an amusing Ballet. The whole of the various Artistes who are to appear, And among them are those who take highest rank in the Theatrical world, have most kindly, and without reserve, volunteered their services. Every employe in the Theatre ,bas, with similar good feeling . , expressed a wish to servo Without fee or reward. The performances commencing on Monday, at 1 p.m., with the Great Comic Pantomime of 1856, entitled YE BELLE ALLIANCE; or, - - - - BA.RLIZQUIN GOOD HUMOUR !LND THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Ihing a LEGEND of the MEETING of the MONARCHS " It was a marvellous sweets and goodlyo sight to see those two Princes, in the flowers of their age, in the height of their strengths and in the dignitic of theil maulye beautye, com manding two great Nations, that bade been so long rivals and enemies, instead of leading hostile armies to desolate and destroye, meet in that peaceful walleye, and embrace like brothers, in the sighte of the choice nobilitic of either land." —The Chroniclers. The Pantomime invented, arranged, and produced by Mr. A. Harris, with the same attention to Scenery, Costumes, Sad Effects, which has characterised the productions of " Ri goletto," "21 Trovatore," " L'Etoilo du Nord," and the 'various Operas lately produced at this, the recognised chief Theatre in Europe for Spectacular Display. The entirely Now And most elaborate Scenery Painted by and under the Super. intendence of Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY, assisted by Messrs. Cuthbert, C. Adams, W. Shaiders, W. Glover, and tumorous Assistants. The Openieg written by Mr. George Augustus Sala. The Music composed ley Mr. Loder (who has obligingly lent his aid on account of the Pantomime being Produced at this Theatre). The Ballet and Incidental Daneesarranged by Mr. Benjamin Barnett. The Comic Tricks invented by the Brothers Brough, Mr. A. Harris, and Mr. Willi am Dorriugton. The New Spectacular Designs by . If- Guerin, of Paris. The Extensive and Complicated Machi nery by Mr. H. Sloman and numerous Assistants The Ori ginal and Ultra-Grotesque Masks by Mr. G. Ewing. The Novel and Costly Properties by Mr. Prescott, assisted by 111.-. Moreland. The Ladies' Costumes by Mrs. James. assisted by • Mr. Beauchamp. The Gentlemen's Costumes by Mr. Smithers, assisted by Mr. Lawrence. The Armoury Department by Mr. Ho g g. The Chappellerie by Mrs. Walker. Copyist, Mr. Horton. Prompter, Mr. Rance. Perruquier, Mr. Rick- Ards, of Brydges-street. Covent-garden. The Novel Gas Arrangements by Mr. Palmer and Assistants. The Whole Production being under the Immediate Superintendence of Mr. A. HARRIS. THE CAVERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNICUS IN Gnomes—Britanniens (a fine old English Gnome), one of the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old Gentleman," fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un adulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the bape of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great in his be lief in Beer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville. Ballabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey, Ricks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page, Gregory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosseliu, Turtle, Ford, Stewart, Ranee, and Clare Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candeseentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match well, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red blazes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervornit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight, Mr. Jatrer ; Blazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphurite, Mr. Topham ; Plamington, Mr. Paxman ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater vomit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; Illuminoso, Mr. Blockey ; Nitrebank, Mr. Pratt. Scene 11, THE LAND'S END, CORN Vi" ALL, WITH THE CAR Good Humour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con alleive to the very reverse of contempt The prettiest page in the whole volume of the Pantomime)—Miss Ihrriet Gordon Diorama—No. 1. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ARRIVAL IN LONDON, And his Enthusiastic Reception. Diorama—No. 2. QUEEN VICTORIA'S V TO NAPOLEON'S TOMB, In ti o Hotel des Invalides at Paris. " And o'er that shrine the last Rememl ranee quench Of Malice 'twist the English and the French !" Scene 111. TEE DECK OF "THE GREAT HARRY," FOUR DECKER, 128 Guns (the first English Man•of-War). The vessel lyin4 alcngside - the Quay at Dover, with THE EMBARKATION OF HENRY THE EIGHT "l Henry *s Eighth stout- mrin..re.h. of middle age, residing Rano time ago lit No. 1, Westminster, iuua It is impossible to have too much of a good thing, or a goo 1 king. A good wife being a good thing, ho thought that the more wives he bad the better. Himself being a good king, Le decided that he could not mike too much of himself, and he is accordingly made as extensive as possible in the person of his faithful representative)—Mr. Thrry rears .n. Pretty Poppet (Page to King Henry Vlll.)—Master Sloman. The Queen of England—Mr. Jones. Maids of the Bedchamber to,the English Queen— Mesilles. Roney, Pinky, Daisy, Pansy, and Lily. Cardinal Wolsey (a nautical gentleman much accustomed to " swim on bladders in seas of glory,") vide Shakespere —Mr. 1) .. Q. Villiers. Sir Jasper Spritsail (commander of the Great Harry), a 'weather-beaten seaman, who—paradoxical as it may appear will not allow himself to be beaten by the weather, a,u,i Whose maxim is " Needs must when the Old Harry Drives " - -Mr. D. Stewart. Crew—Tom Bowline, Mr. Silver; Jack Halyards, Mr. Upbam . ; Jim Foremast, Mr. Partiugton ; Bob Holystone,' Mr Ledyard • Joe Shectanchor, Mr. T. B. Smith ; Davy Docks, Mr. Woodfield; Ted Truuchion, Mr. Frisby ; Tins Towrope, Mr. Henry; Dick Longboat, Mr. Barry; Peter Stanchion. Kr. Sims ; Bill Figurehead, Mr. Solomon ; Hal Hammock, Mr. Harvey ; • Charles Caboose, Mr. White ; Sam Sailcloth, Mr. Mazzoni; Nat Northpole, Mr. Fredericks . ; Bill Bunt like, Mr. Payne. Diorama—No. 3. VOYAGE FROM ENGLAND TO FRANCE, with A STORM TIE INTERIOR OF THE CHATEAU OF FRANCIS I Between Guimes and Ardennes. Francis I.—(Next door neighbour of the aforesaid Henry VIII., No. I. Westminster, but who himself " (Ilan% quite live in Westminster" for au obvious reason—" he lived Vother Bide of the water.") A monarch of the same age as Henry, Ind nearly of the same size ; joint author (with Henry VIII.) of the original plot of the gorgeous Drama, YE BELLE ALLIANCE, now represented for the first time in a complete state on the Theatre of European Politics. A monarch with a hooked nose (wko, in consequence, always looks sharp)— Mr. W. Shalders. Pages.—Mesdemoiselles Fitzjerald, Bennett, St. Clair, Webber, Gaveston, E. Gaveston, Prince, &c., &c. Le .Sire de Firmboisy.—(Lord Grand Chamberlain to the French King)—Mr. H. Caries. _ _ Queen of France.—Mr. Gough. Maids of the Bed-Chamber of the French Queen.—MesMes , ) rapblane, Contrepoint, Rideaufin, Oreilleriuo. Scene V. THE FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD. Introducing a Grand Pas de Rosiere, by Miss Emma Horne. Moid.emoiselles Hicks, E. Honey, Gosselin, Ranee, litmdall, liartbez ' Rose, Arlington, Losh, Gregory, Turtle, Ford, gtewirt, Page, Rouse, Brown, St. Clair, Granville, Wood- Ward; and Tressidor. English Courtiers.—Norfolk, Mr. Roba. Suffolk, Mr. Al). melon, Buckingham, Mr. Jay. Rutland, Mr. Andrews. Cum berland, Mr. Sphinx. Northumberland, Mr. Cox. Essex, Mr. James. Sussex, Mr. Thomas. French Courtiers.—Chateau Margeaux, Mr. Thompson Chateaux Latitte, Mr. Rivers. Bordeaux, Mr. Abby. St. .Tul lien, Mr. Charles. St. Estafet, Mr. E,eynolds. Bourgoyne, Mr. Waters. De Chablis, Mr. Tower. Do Champagne, Mr. Scott. GRAND TOURNAMENT of the FIELD of the CLOTH of VENDER. The Purifying of Old Father Thames—The Invasion of London —The Russians set the Thames on fire—Foreign Fruits and British Stuffs—Odd Importation of Bear's Grease—Sar dinians and Zonaves—The Illustrated Londpu News —The Humours of GoOd Humour. . THE APOTHEOSIS OF YE EELLE ALLIANCE, Designed by M. Guerin. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. Mourners at One Altar—Victors on One Throne. The Coro nation with the Corona's of Valour by the Genius of Victory. Till PANTOMIME to he followed, at 4 o'clock, by the Drama of real life, in TW ,, Acts (with permission of T. Payne, Esq.) entitled TIME TRIES ALL, Mr, Leeson (a Merchant), Mr. George Cooko : Matthew Bates (his Partner), Mr. Basil Potter ; the Hon. Collander Yawn, Mr. Kinloch; Charles Clinton, Mr. F. Hall ; Tom Tack, Mr. T Clarke ; Laura Leeson, Miss Herbert ; Fanny Fact, Miss Somers. To be followed by, at half-past 5 o'clock, the Scottish drama of GILDEROY. Jock Muir, Professor Anderson At a quarter-past 7 o'clock, the favou rite Opera of LA SONNAMBULA, Arnim, Mrs. Henri Drayton (late Miss Lowe) ; Elvino, Mr. Henry Haigh ; Count Rodolpho, Mr. • urand. Then,- . ' a quarter-past 9 o'clock (by the very gracious per Mission of E. T. Smith, Esq.), Mr- Charles Mathews will himself appear in the celebrated Drury lane Farce of the GREAT GUN TRICK, supported by Mr, Tilbury., Mr. Worrell, Mr. James Rogers, Mr. Templeton, and Miss M. Oliver. After which, at half-past 10 o'clock, Mr. Leigh Murray will appear, in conjunction with Professor Anderson, and imitate Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Charles Kean, and Professor Anderson, in the new Squib entitled WHAT DOES HE WANT? The whole of the First. Even ing's Entertainments to Conclude with a Grand Ballet, in which Mademoiselle Auriol, Miss Emma Hane, Mr. W. A. Barnes, and Mr. Flexmore will appear. The Second Even ing, Tuesday, March 4, will be devoted to the Great Wizard's GRAND BAL MASQUE, which will commence at 10 o'clock —doors open at 9. The whole of the spacious Pit will be ertirely covered, the Stage thrown into the Salle de Danse. The Carnival will thus comprise a Dramatic-day, Monday, March 3, on which Seven different P - Tformances will take place, and more than six hundred artistes will appear ; and a Second day entirely devoted to the Bal Masque. Admission to the entertainment on Monday will be : Grand Bdcony, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit and Amphithe atre Stalls, 2s. rd. ; Gallery, Is, ; with the privilege of leav ing the theatre and returning, or of taking refreshment in the theatre. Adireission to the Bal Masque on Tuesday, for a lady or gentleman, ss. 3T ADAME JENNYI,GOLDSCB.MIDT-LIND. THE NIGHTINGALE; FUND. It is respectlulP announced that Mr. and Madame GOLD SCII Nirnr will give an EVENING cON( ERT of SACRED and MISCELL 011- MUSIC, with Full Band and Chorus, at Exeter flail, on TUESDAY EV .:NING, Mach 11, 1856, the proceeds of which will be presented to the Nightingale Fund. The Programme will comprise Mendelssohn's "Bearlyn 3 tra,da.eJENNY jxN my Prayer, 0 God," for Soprano. Chorus, and Organ, GOLDSCIIMIDT. B, etboven's Choral Fantasia, Pianoforte, Orchestra, , nd Chorus ; Pianoforte, Mr. Otto Goldschmidt. he 138th Psalm, for Soprano. Solo, and Chorus, by Mr. Otto Goldscbmidt (first time of performance) ; Solo part by Madame JENNY GOLDSCIIMIDT. Meyerbecr's Tr c, " Horst Da," for Soprano-and Two Flutes, Madame JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT ; Flutes, Messrs. Pratten and Rensusat. Finale In Weber's " Euoanthe ;" Seprona part, Ma 'ame JENNY GoLbscuminr. Beethoven's March and Choral , from "The Ruins of Athens." The Foil Programme will be chly announced. Con ductor, Mr. Benedict. On this occasion the seats throughout the Hall will be numbered and Reserved, pril'e One Guinea each. Application for Tickets received by Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. The places will be appropriated according to priority of applea !ion ; and tickets will be ready for delivery oa and after Monday, March 3. Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. 1,-R.. ALBERT SWIM'S MONT BLANC, 11 Y TO-NIMIT, and every evening (except Saturday), at 8 , 'c'ock, and Tuesrlav, Thursday, and aturclay Mornings at Stalls, 38. ; area, 28. ; gallery, ls.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.--LAIIRENT 2 S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter le son. Prin •ipal Cornet 4 Piston, M . iloulonurt.—imors open at 8. Admission one Shilling. I,aurent's new Varsoviana every night. VER. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, Fifty Instantaneous Iletarnorph,ses of Voice, Character, and Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mile. Rachel, as Camille in " Les linraces." Every evening, at 8. Morning Per formance every Saturday at 2 o'clock ; night at 8. Private boxes and stalls may be secured in advAnee without extra charge. lihail 11,......+•av• BANK OF LOND O N, Threadneedle , trezd. and Charinz-cross. CFIATTIMAN—S•T .TMIN VILLIERA gIIELLEY. Bart., M.P. VICE CHAI'MAN—JOAN GRIFFITH. FRI rn, Esq. Current Accr.unts are received, and interest allowed on Balances. 51. per cent. Interest is allowed on deposits, with 10 days' notice of withdrawal on awns of 10.. and upwards. By order. MXITH ENV MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. BEN - JAN.IINT SCOTT, Secretary, Threadneedle-stret, January 19, 1856. ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY, No. IM, Cannon-street, I ondon. February 23d. 1856. The Directors of this Compa ,, y beg to inform the shareholders that as soot' as it was discovered that any irreglilatities had taken place in The issue of the Shares and Obligations of this Company,the accounts of the Company were place lin the hands f the firm of Broom, BAgsbrv, and Westcott, tha eminent Accountants, who were appointed for that purpose by a committee of sh.reholders, and who:ire now employ zd in the investigation of its affairs. The Dire tors have no reason to believe that any forgot Shares or Obligations are in existence. Immediately after the Directors shall be eiiabled to make an accurate report, a meeting of the shareholders will be called. V V IESBA DEN DAILWAY COMPAN I . ERNI r PER CENT. PREFER r:NCE sHARES. The Company is prepared to receive Applications for Preference Shares of 6/. each, bearing Eight r.er Cent. interest, payable nalf yearly in London, Paris, or Frankfort, at the option ()t - the holders. A first instalment r f 21 Per share will be payable on allotment, the second 2/. on the 31st March next, and the remaining 21. on the Tlst May ne •t. T,e amount of these Olives to be issue' will not exceed .00,0001, being the amount required to open the hue to Rudesheim, opposite to Bingen. Applications may be made in the subjoined form to the Company's brokers, A. A. 11a4hton, Eso , 11, Angel-court, Throgmorton street ; and Messrs. Bragg and ' 4 tockdale, 6, Throgmorton-street ; or to the .4ecretary, at flew ~ i llces. London Agency, 18, Canno i-s:reet, City, London, l'Alt February, 18511. By order of the Council. W. W. LANDER, Secretary. FOIDI OF APPLICATION. To the Council of Administration of the Wiesbaden Railway Company. Gentlemen,-1 request that you will allot me Eight per Cent. Preference Shares of Cl. each in the Wiesbaden Railway Company, and I agree to accept the same or any le,s number that you may allot me, and to pay tr ei , stalrnents thereon at the dates fixed in your advertisement of the 16th February, 1856. Namo.... Address Date• • •• ..... • Retlrence .... • • • CONTRACTS FOR FREqti BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD, VEGETABLES, &c., FOR TIIE ROYAL MARINE INFIRMARIES AT WOOLWICH AND CHATHAM ADMIRALTY, 20th February, 185-i. lITE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord nigh Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain end Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the 13th March next, at One o'clock, they will be ready at th e o ffi ce of the Director-General of the Nt,dical Department of the Navy, Somerset-place, in London, to treat with such Persons as may he willing to Contract for the supply or all such quantities of all or an% of the .ollowing articles as shall from time to time be re , quired for lb use of either one or both of the Royal Marine Imfirma ries at Woolwich and Chatham, from the Ist day of April next to the 31st day of March, 1857, viz.: BEEF and MUTTON BREAD MILK SOAP (Yellow) CANDLES ( oulds and Dips) VEGET 4111,ES Samples of the Soap a'td Ca miles, together with the Conditions of the Revi.•ed Contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be seen at this Office, or by applying to the Purveyor, at the Infir maries at Woolwich and Chatham. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised is writ , ng. F. , ,ery tender must he addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty, nd bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a let tersigned by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum ofloo/. for the due performance of the contract•, for lie^f and Mutton, for itread and for Vegetables, and in the sum of 501. for each of the others. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the e'rench College of Physicians, ,accesstully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and Lcknowiedged by them to be the best remedy tor a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.— l'rice per 100, 4s. Gd. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, (MEMEL JOZEAU, French chemist,:49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and on the lith of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, ander a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imttatinc this Medicine, which is protected by qoyal Letters Patent of Lngland, and secured by the Seals of the and the Imp er i a l C o ll ege o f M e di c i ne. Ecole vienn a d ph3rmacie de Parts,.o TRlEsEmert; Si o , is a remeey for Relaxation, Spermatoreicea, and all the distressing consequences and its effects are OR cafrommanhood,early us d aobldae, & ge; e" arid tr - those persons who oouiyou a th ri , sirw are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, silectually, in the shat space of three days, completely and entirely radicates all traces of those D isorders which Capaivt and Cube!) )f a vast portion cf the P lave so long been thought au antidote for , to the rubs of the health TKIXSEMAR, No. 8, Is the great Continental °RPeu:etdi;mfor that class of Disord ers, whith unfortunately the English physician treat s wi t h M ercury, to the in. evitable destruction of the patient's constitution , and which all the sarsaparilla •n the world cannut remove. TRIESESIAIt, Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smelt, ,nd of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet t a b l: without their use beirri euspm e.ted TRIE-E MAR, Nos. 1,2, end 3 , e sold in tin cases, price 1 Is., or tour cases in one for 33s , which saves Ile. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby there is a saving of I/. I 2s. ; Luvinee uuN svaratc doses, as adminis tered by Valpes a, Lallein and, Roux, &c.,&c. To be had Wholesnle and Retail in London of Johnston, 62, ..;orthill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-str , et; and Sanger, 150, Ox. %Id-street ; K. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, 51 arket-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, :e2, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15 0 Westmoreland-street, Dalin ; WitulaU, bvolsaelleT, aigiptitztet, lonninshim, NOTICE, SIR BERNARD BURKE'S PEERAGE and BATtI)NETAGE for 1856, New Edition. corrected through out to the period of publication, will be ready with the Magazines, Fen. 29. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Maribor ;ugh-street, and to be had of all booksellers. MI - SS BUNBURY'3 NE R' WORK. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., " 0 W N STORY. By SELINA BIISBITRY, Author of" Life in Sweden," &c. Hurst awl Blackett, Publisheis, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Oreat Marlborough-street. DR. DORAN ' S NEW WORK. ThD day is publishO, in post svo., 10s. 63., KNIGHTS AND THEIR DAYS. Ey Dr. DoRAN, Author of "Habits and Msn," "Table lA." London : Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIA TIGN.—M ARYLERONE MEET ING ,Literary and 'dentine Institution. 17. Edwards-street, Portman-Square, on TUESDAY Evei ing, 26th February ; d'Acon BELL, Esq., in the Chair: Corrupt influence and favoritism in Government appointments— consequent ineflle en - y of the public service. Report of the Com missioners In the Crimea; warvation in the midst of plenty ; the reward of neglect, and the neglect of merit. The Chair will be taken at Eight o'clock precisely. For Cards of Admission apply at the Institution, 17, Edwards. street; or at the Office of the Administrative Reform Association, 86, King William-street. City. CAOUTCHOUC COMBS.--M. FANVELLE DE LEB AMIE, 10, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, Inven tor of the India Rubber Combs, has obtained a First-class Medal at the Universal Ex posit;on. The jury, wishing to recompense the signal servlees rendered by Messrs. Favrot and Desruelles, assistants to the abeve-named gentleman, have presented each of them with a medal of the second-class. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the Estate of William Greening, and in a cause, Richard Greening and others against Wal ter Stanton Itoustield, the CREOITOtts of WILLIAM GREENING, late of No 22, Marlborough-place, Old Kent-road, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, deceased, the Testator in the proceedings named (who died on or about the 6th day of June, 1855), are, by their solicitors, on or before the 29th day of February, 1856, to come in and prove their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, No. 12, Old muare, Lincoln s-iron, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from,the benefit of the said Order. Thursday, the 6th day of March, 1856, at one of the clock in the afternoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adju dicating upon the clabr s. _ ' """ Dated this 12th day of February, 1856. ALFRED STALL, Chief Clerk. HENRY BATT, Dyers' Hall, London, and Wandsworth, Surrey, Plaintiff's Solicitor. IJEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' MACASSAR OIL, now in circulation, and which se nearly resemble the original as frequently t, deceive the unwary—they have em ployed those eminent artists Messrs. Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own. have succeeded in producing from steel " A NEW LABEL," which cannot be forged. It is composed of a section of an enginv-tumed circle, repeated one hundred and thirty times —and tbrms an original lace work ground, upon whick is engraved in white lettvs, " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, FOR TIIE GROWTII, RESTORATION. AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE HUMAN HAIR." Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors in Red Ink " A. - ROWLAND & SONS.'J Sold by them at 20, Hlatton•garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. MINORITY FOR LORD °LENZ [JO'S% MOTION. Lord Chancellor Besaborough Falkland Gleneig alacnnisnors. Burlington Sydney Keane Canterbury Cowper Torrington Lilford York Craven BIIIIOPS. Manners DURO. Devon Chester Milford Argyll Elgin Manchester Mouteagle Roxburgh Ellismere Salisbury l'4l ostyn' Wellington Effingham Worcester Overtone MARQUISES. Fitzlia , dinge BARONS. Panmure I Aileslattry G °MO rd Arundel Poltimorel Breadalbane Granville Ashburton Saye and Sele Clanricarde Grey Byron Stafford; Lansdowne Harrowby Camoya Stanley of Alder- . Townahend Meath I 'reinorne lay EARLS. St. Germans De Manley Sude7ey Abingdon Somers De Tapley Wodehouse Albemarle VISCOUNTS. Bufferin Wrottesley Aber leen Enfield Erokino _ . - . nil/A I 4S. DUKES. Cork Stair Howard de Nal- Devonshire Claro Scarborough den Leeds H,nhigh Surf 4k Howden Sutherland Dude Yarborough Holland MARQUISES. Fingal 7,tian I Londesborough Anzit•ney Glasgow VISCOUNT. Lotrat Bristol Gainshorough M .ss.reone Lurgln Donegal Kintore Brs!lop. TWomson Headtort Leireiter Peterborough Methuen Huntley Lindsay BARONS. Portman Normatiby N into Crown. RoQsin:re Westminster Morley Porcb eq ter Stuart de Deeies EARLS.', Port mouth Godolphin faux of harrow. Camperdown Radnor Harris den MAJORITY FOR LORD LYNDIIURST'S RESOLUTION. PRESENT. DUKES. 'De aroy . :, Vernil•n Castlemaine Beaufort Eglinton Wilton Clarina lined each Egmont Winehilsea. Co!vile of Cul. Manehe,ter Erne ross Montrose Enniskillen vlscouNrs. De'arnere Effingham Canter'ory Denman MARQUISES. G . lloway Dungannon Dynevor Bath Ilardwieke Doneraile DoWilea Drogheda ilrrington F.hnou:ll D Inv audio Salisbury Monte Gaqe Forester Tweeddale LichUhl II awarden Feyersharn Winchester Laneshorough Hill Graraley Loosdale 4 Lifrord Minable E ARM. Lu 'an M,lville Kenyon Abergavenny Mornington Sidmouth Lyndhurst ileanchanyd M ahnesbury Polwarth Bathurst Orkney BARON I. Itedesdale Cardi;:an Pomfret Abinger Rayleigh Clisterfleld Ito ame 7 : Brou-tharn aad St. Leenirds Ca w,lor Sandwich Vault Sandys Carnarvon Sc qield Blaney Sondes Darnley Selkirk Batem in Southampton Desart Shettield Ber iers Tem oleo - lora Del a‘v arr Strathmore (2,. agleton Walsing ham Derby Shaftesbury CamOell Wyntbrd Donoughmore Stanhope Colchester MINORITY AGAINST LORD LYNDHURST'S RESOLUTION. PRESENT. Lord Chancellor Albemarle Falkland Erskine Dessborough Sydney Glenelg AnCIDITSTIOP. Burlington Torrington Lilford Canterbury Cotrenham Milford Cowper BISHOPS. Manners DUKES. Craven Chester• Monteagle Arglll Elgin Manchester Mo•tyn lioxburzh Gostord Sa.isbury Overtone Somerset Granville Panmure Grey BARONS. Po'timore litArtQuisEs. Harrowby A slitiu. toil Saye and Sele Ails ury lichcster Byron Stafford Breadai bane Kingston Cainoys Stanley of Alder. Clanricarde Meath Cremorne ley Townshend St. Germans Fe Manley Wodehouse Westminster Somers De Tabley Wrottesley Dufferin Ward EARLS. VISCOUNTS. Ablrgdon Enfield LanAdowno Devon PAIRS Ellenborow h Exeter, Bishop We , ester, Bishop Re heiter, 141ehop Fitzharlinge Buck] gliam Arundel Tenterden kudeley I.engf,rd THE BELLE-ISLE NUISANCE. On Saturday, at Clerkenwell, Mr. Richard Cross, of No. 8, Little King-street North, Camden-town, was summoned before Mr. Tyrwbitt, be being the occu pier of a ceitain building used for the purpose of slaughtering horses and boiling offal and blood, situate at the Shoot, its Belle-isle, Maiden-lane, the said bus ness being a nuisance injurious to the health of the inhabi tants of the neighbourhood. The court was crowded by the inhabitants of the district. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that the de fen lanes yard in which he carried on his business was only six yards long and four e ide. When the officers visited the defendant's premises, the stench was intoler able, and the place was filthy in the extreme. There were no means whatever employed for mitigating the nuisance, w hi c h is, however, capable of very great improvement. In the shed there was one copper, four feet in diameter, used for boiling the flesh, entrails, bones, &c., and at the time the visit was made the water was being heated prior to the introduction of the bones. There was no lid or cover to the boiler, and the vapours escapedunchecked through a hole in the roof. There was then a ton of bones piled on the floor in a very putrid state. The shed was paved, but the drain was almost useless, and l there were pools of putrid blood lying about. The walls were covered with filth and animal refuse. Some entrails in an advanced state of decomposition were hanging from one of the walls in the yard, and there were also two coppers containing putrid blood. The following are the recommendations of Mr. Brad ley, the surgeon,:-1. That the premises may be thoroughly cleaned. 2. That there might be a supply o f water laid on. 3. That the place may be properly drained and paved. And 4. That the effluvia arising from the boiling of bones should be made to pass through the ash pit or furnace previous to being earned away by a shaft into the external air, and also that no accumu lation of bones or offal should be allowed. ..... .. ..._ . _ .. ... Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant si. and costs, but before inflicting it, he would give the defendant three weeks to comply with the request of the parish, then, if they were properly carried out, the fine would not be enforced. SUICIDE.—A young man, twenty-eight years of age, named Jackson, committed suicide on Wednesday last, on the railway between Southampton and Dorchester, about three miles from the former town. He laid hini self deliberately down just before a running train, placed his head on the right hand rail, and his feet on the left, and was killed instantly. He appears to have been per fectly sober when be did this, but was an inveterate drunkard. (From the Times of this clay.) Fortune proverbially faVours the bold and does not always withdraw her smiles from the rash, and so the House of Peers may boast that it has triumphed for a moment over: the Crown. We have no wisk to deny or dissemble the magnitude of this victory, and as little to conceal our sense of the means by which it has been obtained. The Rouse of Peers saw in the attempt to renew peer ages for life what they believed 'to be an invasion of their dignity and a curtailment of the , privi leges of their Order ; their passions were excited, their fears were stimulated, and so they took the matter into their own hands, and assumed a posi tion requiring an impartiality which they scarcely pretended to possess. Nor was their chilli to act as judges in their own cause better founded in right than it was in fairness and sincerity. The deriving its existence House of Lords, as a 1)04 from a succession of individual acts of a higher power, does not appear to have any greater right to exercise any control over the adiniesiOn of new members into its Order than any other body sinii larly situated. What would be said of a . claim on the part of 59 County Court judges to resist the appointment of a sixtieth because they considered him disqualified accsrding to the law ender which they Sit, ordeal insurrection of the Privy Council because some member was obtrieded .upon it who had not, in their opinion, the proper sinalifications for the office ? Upon such a'foundation'is built the new jurisdiction, whieh - has circumscribed the prerogative of the Crowns and defeated a well meant attempt to remedy the monstrous deficiencies of the highest tribunal of appeal. The conclusion has been worthy of its commence ment. At first, denying that' Lsrd Wensleydale took by his patent any peerage at all, and speaking of him only as Sir James Parke, in utter contempt of his writ and patent, the Peers subsequently saw fit to retreat from this untenable position, and to take refuge in one which, could it be brought to any test, would surely not be more tenable—that her Majesty could, by her patent, make Sir James Parke a.nobleman, but could not by her writ make him a peer of Parliament. The writ, the law books say, gives the seat in the House of Peers and a peerage in fee ; the patent limits the effect of the writ. The peers hold, on the other hand, that the writ is absolutely void, and the patent limits that nullity, or rather extends it into a peerage for life. The conclusion, then, is, that half the Queen's pre rogative remains —that, namely, which allows her to confer honours ; but that the other half, which annexed to those honours a seat in the Legislature, is abrogated by a majority of the House of Peers, unless the Crown condescend to comply with the conditions which the Lords are pleased to press-ibe for its guidance. We know not whether the strug gle will be protracted, and the Lords compellel to inflict the last indignity on their Sovereign by re fusing the bearer of her writ and patent access to the chamber from which he has been, only as far as words are concerned, excluded. It matters little how the dispute terminates ; the victory has been gained, s and we have only to consider what will be the next step to be taken now that the ap pointment of peers for life has been established by the same proceeding to be theoretically legal and constitutional and practically impossible. The remedy is gone, but the grievance remains. To reform the peerage, by rendering it more easy of access to men of shining abilities but of moderate fortunes, is denied to us, and the house must shine on by its own light with such aid as it may gain from an occasional legal luminary who has, in addi tion to a profound knowledge of the law, the equally indispensable talent of saving a large for tune. The non-legal peerscannot administerjustice; the legal peers are few in number and advanced iu age. The house is closed for three months of the legal year, and might be closed to the suitors altogether without any loss to the suitors. A tour of appeal, unless stronger and abler than the Court appealed from is a heavy and cruel op pres ;ion, a souse of delay and expense incurred only to give the worse reason a chance of triumph ine over the better. The matter, therefore, comes to this—that there is no chance of reforming the Judicial Tribunal of the House of Lerds front within, and the questionseelsee hathmr t. be abon.b,..t a t t ogetner. Tots latter remedy wOuld, indeed, be prderable to existing abuses, but would be liable to grave objections. The constitution of the Exchequir Chamber is by no means perfect, the administration of equity would suffer much from want of a Court of Appeal, and the law of Scotland would probably be far more technical and narrow in its principles than it is had it been left to the exclusive interpretation of Scotch expositors. Is there, then, no remedy, and must we give up in sheer despair our highest tribunal because its members will not let us reform it by an exercise of the prerogative ? We think not. We believe that ancient precedent and modern praotice combine to point out a simple and satisfactory solution of the difficulty. The House of Lords and the Privy Council are, it appears, only two branches from the same stock— the ordinary or lesser Council of the King. Both have inherited judicial powers, but, while the House of Lords has insisted •n exercising thoie powers itself, the Privy Council has delegated them, with great advantage to the public, and without any loss of dignity or consideration to itself, to the Judicial Committee. Such, it appears, was anciently the practice of the Lords, who were aided by a Court of Assistants, which heard the arguments and pronouncedjudgment in the name of the Sove reign and tire Peers. This us, ful tribunal gradually fell into desuetude, and the Peers, by successive encroachments, made themselves masters, after the Restoration, of the appellate jurisdiction of courts of equity, and of the right of reviewing the deci sions of the Scottish Court of Session. From that time to the present they have exercised this juris diction with a dissatisfaction gradually increasing as the public has now become more enlightened, till it has reached its culminating point iu the re cent abortive attempt at correction by the establish ment of a life peerage. Now, what would be easier than to return to the state of things which formerly existed in the House of Lords, and has for the last 20 years prevailed in the Privy Council? Let there be formed by act of Parliament a Judicial Com mittee of the House of Lords, consisting partly of such members of the House as are skilled in law, together with such other judges as may be neces sary to give the Court the requisite strength, who might bear the title of "Lord," and be members of the House in its judicial capacity, without being created Lords of Parliament. Something must be done, and we can imagine nothing more likely to extricate us from our present embarrassment with out injury to the Peerage than such a proposition. It is of no use to lament past errors. Whatever be the faults that the Peers have committed they are an essential part of the constitution, and it be comes the nation to take more care of the dignity of their order than they seem disposed to do them selves, under the guidance of rash and impetuous counsellors. (From the Times of this day.) loss and There is to be an end of the internecine warfare between the four great railway companies. The Great Northern, the North-Western, the Midland, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have agreed to refer their differences to the impartial arbitrament of Mr. Gladstone, the late Chancel lor of the Exchequer. The ex-Minister some five years ago made an award under similar circum stances, which, if it has not satisfied every one, may at least, in fairness, be said to have given very general satisfaction. This is a result at which the public should rejoice, as well as the shareholders of the different companies, for it can never be the interest of the public that any one of these great corporations should cease to prosper. No concern in the long run can afford to do business so cheaply as a thriving one. Any temporary abatement of price dependent upon the necessity of defeating an opposition must in the end "be followed by a cor responding rise. The shareholders must, and will in the end, make up their losses, as well as replace their operations upon a correct basis. They must, in fact, be indemnified for every penny they have uselessly spent during the abnormal period of mad competition. The passengers who rejoice that they can now run down to Leeds for 55., or to Peterborough for may feel very sure that when the period of opposition fares is at an end they will be compelled to reimburse to the com pany, in some &Alia or other, every penny they now appear to have saved. This is, in other words, to say that, in the long run, the railways must be worked at a profit, and not at a loss. Great incoi ivenience may, no doubt, result to the shareholders in the meanwhile, and many who had placed their money in the concern as a permanent investment will suff er gre at incon ven i ence . S e ll ers will be m:in Y----buyers, save on speculation, will be few, and altogether the great lines of communi cation thi:oughout the country will be affected with the taint of jobbery. This cannot he a.whole some state of things, and therefore we ought all to rejoigo that good sense has prevailed, and Viat the chairman and directors of the four compa nies have perceived in time that the interest of their constituents is best consulted by compromise and reciprocal concession. A scheme of a traffic arrangement, which is to he binding for 14 years, is to be submitted to Mr. Gladstone, and his award is to be final for the periCid named. It was at the meeting of the proprietors of the Great .Northern lino, held on Saturday at the Lon don Tavern, that the opening of the Railway Peace Conferences was announced. The proposition to Which we bare just referred was first made to a de putation from the other companies, and by them rejected. After a little time for consideration bet ter counsels, however, prevailed, and the original proposition of the Great Northern directors was returned to them as the basis of a settlement by the very persons who had previously rejected it. When the measure was laid on Saturday before the general meeting for its approval or rejection, it was carried by acclamation ; followed, " by long and enthusiastic cheering." Thus far, then, the matter is in good train, and there is every reason to believe that the three other companies are quite as much in earnest as the Great Northern. It is only from compromises of this kind that any safety or stability can be looked for in our English system of railway property. • There must either be Parliamentary control, or, competition for all practical purposes unchecked. With us the latter system has prevailed, and, whether for good or for evil, we must accept it with all its conse quences, and the good sense of the shareholders must supply the place of legislative check or con trol. A district which is traversed by two, three, or four competing lines must be worked; in fact, as though the lines were but one concern. Oppo sition begets opposition, to the detriment of all the competing parties, until theY are driven in the end to do that which they might just as well have done in the first instance—namely, accept the decision of an impartial arbitrator, and a scheme for con ducting their traffic which shall offer equal advan tages to all. The pity is that the same principle has not been applied to the allotment and con struction of lines as to their working. 'A district must be pre-occupied. The directors of lines which appear to be remote enough from the scene of ac tion rush into mad contest. Branches are formed long before the districts upon which they are thrust are really ripe for their reception, and the trunk lines are bled that the useless suckers may flourish. It is meet unfortunate that some form of arbitra tion could not be applied to these ruinous contests for priority of occupation, as well as to the strug gles for the monepoly of traffic when the lines have been once formed. Before concluding our few remarks upon this very important subject, we would draw attention to the financial result from the reduction of fares in the recent instance of the Great Northern. It appears that during the first week of the cheap trains 556 persons were booked from Doncaster to London—the total receipts being 1041. 2s. During the week ending on Saturday last there were 775 passengers booked as before—the total receipts being 1461. 17s. ; total for the two weeks 2501. 19s. Before the period of the competition the same station produced as the result of its London traffic about 601., the number of passengers being, on the average, 40. Of course, on glancing at arithmetical results of this kind, the expense of extra trains, additional staff, wear and tear - of the line, &e., must be taken into account ; still, on the whole, do not the calculations seem to show that upon a system of far cheaper fares the railway traffic might Ise made much more productive to the shareholders ? The custom of more frequent travelling would beget the necessity for it. If such results were obtained in a fortnight, what might not a year produce ? If this contest tends to prove that cheap fares are not inconsistent with good dividends, both the public and the shareholders will have no reason to regret it. THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS. The following official reports have been sent to the Board of Trade from the gentlemen charged with the late official investigation into the circuin stanccs of the loss, by collision with the Manger ton steamer, of the above vessel : " Mu. YARDLEY'S REPORT. " Thames Police-court, Feb. 20. 1,.„ 6 to elate teat, peeeeen t to the instructions contained in your lordships' letter, dated the 6th inst., assisted by Commander Robinson, R.N., antler as assessor, I have made ingetry respecting +Are of the Jesephiee Willis on the night of the 3d inst., to report as follows : The Josephine Willis was a - British ship of 786 tons register, which, manned by a crew of 40, including all hands, and carrying 70 passengers, sailed from the port of London, bound for Auckland, New Zealand, on the 2d inst. " Immediately before departure elm was surveyed and in every particular approved by an authorised emigration agent. About six p.m. on the 3d she passed the South Foreland ; the wind was south-east, the sky was clear and starlight ; the atmo-phere hazy on the water and horizon. Soon after passing the South Foreland the wind changed to south-sonth ea•t. The collision which led to the loss of the ship happened a few minutes after eight p.re., the direction of the wind and the state of the atmosphere being then as last stated. Tee ship's course was W.S.W. the regts ler channel course to clear Dungeness. The rate of sailing—a'l plain sail being set—was sev en knots. Folks stone bore N. by W., 4t miles distant. The town lights and harbour light were indistinctly visible, The chief officer, Fester Claytor, was en deck in command. The master was below ; two men were ler ward on the look out. One of the look-out men now reported `a light a head on the starboard bow withel.' The chief officer ran forward from the poop and obsi rued a bright light ahead, and, mistaking this for Dungeness light, ordered the helm te he etarboarded, so as in his judgment to bring the ship a point to port, and steedied the helm. After a time he saw a red light on the starboard bow, according to his statement, as much as four ponete, and very shortly afterwards a green light also. As song as the red light and bright light were visible, they wete known to proceed from a steamer. The green light being in sight, and all the lights being visible, showed that the steamer wee coming directly on the sailing ship ; but, according to the chief officer's evidence, the direction leas abaft the stern of the ship (see vol. 1, p. 102) ; the ships being now very near, the stearnei's helm being hard-a port, that of the ship, by order of the chief officer, sae put hard-e-starboard, in order to ease the blow. The steamer struck the ship stem on, just before the main rig,ging. The steamer was the Mangerton, of 363 tons register, commanded by Bourchier, tracFne; between Limerick and London, worked by a screw of 130-horse power, with a crew of 25, carrying on that voyage about 40 passenger', 25 of whom were women and six or seven children. At the time of the accident the deck was in the temporary command of the boatswain, stationed o the bridge, who was acting second mate, and assisting in the captain's watch. There was a look-out for ward, and also another on the bridge, and a very experienced seaman at the helm. '-roe captain was justifiably below for a short time, with the first mate, for the purpose of consulting the chart, to be prepared in the event of not obtaining the assistance of a pilot. The steamer was proceeding in a course E. by N. N., under easy steam, at about eight knots. Seven or eight minutes before the collision a bright light was seen at au apparent distance of a mile to a mile and a hal, about a point and a half on the port bow. After a few minutes this vanished, when the helm . was put a-port. The light again became visible, and also the sails of a large ship, when the helm was put hard a-port and the collision took place as above described. Im mediately before the collision the engine was stopped, and immediately afterwards backed. The bowsprit of the steamer being foul of the main rigging the ships were not got apart under 10 minutes. I will new venture to express my opinion as to the causes of this disaster. This I do with the greatest diffidence, inasmuch as the question involves considerable nautical knowledge. It mey safely be said that if the chief officer of the Josephine Willis had not mistaken the nature of the bright light which he saw, and if lie had followed literally the rule of the road,' as prescribed by section 296 of the Merchant Shipping Act, this accident could live been avoided. Considering the haziness of the atmosphere, this mistake, notwithstand ing the disparity of the distances, seems excusable. Having starboarded Ms helm upon the assumption that the light seen was that of Dungeness, the red light and soon afterwards the green light were visible. In fact, the three lights were together visible, and so as to seem to indicate that, by pursuing her then course, the ship would have easily cleared the steamer if the latter, in stead of porting, had starboarded her helm. Tlis brings me to what I cniceive to be another cause of the acci dent—viz., the deficient light on board the Josephine Willis. This l'ght was placed on the bowsprit, and con eisted of a lamp with three pa n e s, each showing a differ ent light, the centre one being bright, and the others red and green respectively. This undoubtedly is not such a light as ought to be shown when danger is had minent. It, however, unfortunately happens that it a received the sanction and approval of the emigration agent who inspected Ithe ship, and was thus calculated to mislead the commander of the ship into a confidence of its efficiency. Moreover, it appears that there an ambiguity in the Admiralty directions on the to of ships' lights, one clause mentioning ' bright white lights,' another bright lights.' I think that it will appear from the evidence that the lights of the steamer were seen before that of the Josephine Willis; and that of the latter perceptible. The officer in the coloured sides were c ommand of the latter ship having confidence in his light would probably assume that it was visible as soon as the others, and that the commander of the steame z mould shape his course according to that of his own ship. An other concurring case I suggest with great diffidence is the order given on hard the Ateaunr to port the helm, 11m......xwa instead of the contrary order. 11 these causes all con curred in producing the accident, we cannot conclude that it was solely caked by the blameful conduet of any one in particular. After the collision the Mangerton pro. ceeded a short distance from the Josephine Willis and lay 1 to. Her commander, notwithstanding the urgent request of his passengers that he would proceed for safety towards the shore, expressed a determination to remain to assist the damaged ship. He, however, hrid reason to fear that his own ship was in eonsilerable danger, and was com pelled to devote . all his attention to her safety. Two of the boats of the Mangerton were lowered, not without difficulty, on account of the improper manner in which they were stowed and secured ; and when in the water were found wanting in plugs and tholes. One of them, manned by two passengers of the Mangerton (very young seamen named Newham and Anderson), proceeded to the Josephine Willis and rescued seven of her crew and pas sengers. The effect of the collision on the Josephine Willis was a breach on her starboard side, which allowed the water to rush in and thrOw the ship on her beam ends. Proceedings were immediately taken to lower the boats ; one, the lifeboat, was successfully lowered. This also wanted its plug. Another quarter boat was partially stove in the lowering, but it was not rendered quite useless. There seem to have been saved in these two boats 26 of the crew and passengers. The lifeboat, with a portion of the ship's crew, after having placed her passengers in the Maegait>n, lay off for nearly two hours, within hearing of the cries of 40 persons clinging to the wreck, n about an effort being made to afford relief. The chief officer was taken on board the Mangerton, where he remained without making an effort to succour the crew and passengers of his ship either by his own exer tions or by commands or entreaties. It is true, he was at first benumbed from immersion, but from this ha soon recovered. The second officer showed equal apathy and want of feeling. A Deal iugger, commanded by the wit ness Pearson, rescued that remained on the wreck. 69 perished, of whom 57, were passengers, and including the commander, of the crew. " I have the honour to be, my Lords, " Your obedient servant " E. YARDLEY." " CAPTIIN ROBERT:ON'S REPORT. ' My Lords,—Referring to the 434th section of the Merchant Shipping Act, which provides that an assessor appointed by the Board of Trade to assist at an investi gation shall, upon the conclusion of the case, either sig nify his concurrence in the report by signing the same, or, if he dissents therefrom, shall signify such dissent and his reasons therefor to the Board of Trade,' I beg to submit that I differ from Mr. Yardley in the conclusion come to him respecting the cause of collision between the Josephine Willis and the Mangerton, and consider that, so far from the chief officer of the Josephine Willis, who was in charge of the deck at the time, being excus able, the collision wait caused by his wrongful act and default, and I submit the following reasons for forming that opinion, viz. : " 1. That the chief mate of the Josephine Willis, at the time of a light being reported ahead, rather on the star board bow, was in charge of the deck of that vessel, and ought to have known, from the bearings and distance of Folkestone, that the light on Dungeness was some 12 or 14 miles to the westward ; and if the night was such as is described it was impossible to see so far ; consequently there could be no necessity for immediately altering the course of the ship for the reason stated by him. "2. That be should have carefully watched the light, and upon seeing a d light ought then to have :newel that it was the port bow of a steamer crossing or edging to starboard ; that there was a risk of collision if they continued their respective courses, and have ported his helm in ac:ordance with the 296th section of the Mer chant Shipping Act ; they would then have passed on the port side of each other, and tlaus have avoided a collision. The evidence of Mr. Ray, late chief officer of the Josephine Willis, is confirmatory of this in a great measure, as ho admits that bad the Josephine Willie ported her helm no collision would have taken place. "3. With respect to the chief mate's evidence as to his seeing a green Ugh', I cannot conceive that was pos sible until the vessels were so close that a collision was inevitable, "4. With respect to the course pursued by the Mae gerton, I think they did perfectly right in porting their helm after losing sight of a light they had just before seen a point to a point and a half on their port bow, as they could not pozsibly tell the way the vessel ml ht be standing, which they could have done if she had been a steamer. It is to ha regretted that the helm was not put hard a-port at first. " I am also inclined to think that bal a bright light, such as is required to be used by all sailing vessels, been shown the collision might not have taken place. The steamer Mangerton losing sight of the light of the Jose phine Willis arose, in my opinion, from the latter star boarding her helm, thereby presenting to the steamer a green light, and that being a fainter light accounts for its not being again seen up to the time of the collision,. as stated by some of the witnesses. The lantern in question was fixed at the bowsprit end of the Josephine Willis, and showed a bright light ahead, a green light on the starboard bow, and a red l;glit_ the pork, tainly not such a light as is required to be shown by the Admiralty regulations. I consider, therefore, that there is no blame to be attached to any person on board the Mangerton as regards the collision. " With regard to the conduct of the captain of the Mangerton after the collision, I coincide in the opinion expressed by Mr. Yardley, excepting that I consider him to blame for having all his boats inboard on deck; and one of the boats a Bich was got out, and by which seven persons were saved, had neither thole's nor even a plug to keep the water from coming in. This is noticed in Mr. Yardley's report. " The conduct of the two mates and part of the crew of the Josephine Willis, after getting on board the Man gerton, seems to have been very reprehensible, no at tempt having been made by them to go to the assistance of the persons left on the wreck of the Josephine Willis. "There are four particulars elicited in this evidence to which I would beg to call their lordships' attention : " 1. The state of the boats and their being carried in board, which is said to be very common. "2. The particular kind of lantern carried by the Josephine Willis, and which is said to be coming into general use. " 3. To the very unsatisfactory answers given by the several witnesses as regards the lights and the rule of the road. " s l. The creditable conduct of two young seamen, passengers bythe ahg Anderson, w the wreck and saved seven of the crew a nd p assen g ers aon went erto n, in nt h a ci .Tames Mangerton boatewhata and to when no one else would go, and who are, I submit, deserving of such a reward as their lordships may deem fit.—l have the honour to be, "Your Lordships' obedient servant, "13. ROBERTSON, Commander, R.N., Surveyor-General. " Board of Trade, Feb. 21." TOWN DUES-MEETING- IN LIVERPOOL, On Friday a , oublic meeting, convened by the Mayor , in compliance wite a requisition signed by nearly 2;000 of the bankers mere ants, brokers, and general traders , of Liverpool, was held h. St. George's-hall ; John Stew art, Esq., the Mayor, prey. ling. The meeting was con vened in opposition to the bii: introduced into tne House of Commons by the Vice-Presitle,,,t of the Board of Trade, by which it is proposed to deprive the corporation of the borough of the properties of the town dues and anchor age. The meeting was exceedingly crowded, and there were present on the platform most of the members of the corporation, dock committee, and the leading gentlemen of the town. The CHAIRMAN in opening the proceedings, said that the property sought to be wrested front the corpotation had been secured to them by conveyance, and those who were for abstracting it, forgot that they were losing oae of the great strongholds of society by which the property of the country was held, not only by municipalities, but by individuals. (Cheers.) He tool it front unquestionable authority—that there was property held to an enormous amount by municipalities, noble lords, dukes, and others derived from that very title of which their town dues formed only a small part. (Cheers.) Mr. J. P. HEYWOOD, late high sheriff of the *aunty, moved the first resolution, as follows : "That this inen t- itig has learnt with astonishment tha t a bill has been i troduced into Parliament by the Vice.President.of the Board of Trade, by which it is p ro p osed to deprive the burgesses and corporation of this and many other sea ports in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, of the revenue which they now lawfully derive from dues on goods and shipping." ure In the me m j as of the Govern ent, ho could see nei ther reason norjustice. The town dues were not devoted to fecal purposes only, thed districts s ar ound Liverpoo l, l rgel y by but the greater part of them were expended in matters connected with the welfare e I the nationa large, and more particular l y whicho li of the tmanufacturingted a en efi facili ties afforded b y the corporation of Liverp oo l t o the commerc e of the town. The jealousy with which some of their neighbours regarded the town dues was, in fact, foolish and unbounded. Those dues were obtained by the Corporation as the result of a fair and free bargain and sale, and consequently there could be no justice in ta king them from the Corporation, except upon the principle of an ample compensation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GEORGE HOLT seconded the resolution. They had seen how legally the foundation of their rights rested in a court of law, when it had been decided that the town dues were their property ; and who of them would not be satisfied that their claim was good after such an assertion as the courts of law gave ? (Hear, hear.) The dues had mainly been devoted to purposes of a national character. For the purpose of having better access to the docks from the town, and from the former to the railways, the Corporation had granted land of their es- I tate, at almost nominal prices, for the benefit of the 1 docks, and for the promotion of the commerce of the country. Look at the conservancy of the river, the landing stage, &c., paid for out of the funds of, the Cor poration ; and if the dues were taken from them, did they think they would have a remission of those rates ? Did they imagine that the Vice President of the Board of Trade would administer far better than the Corpora tion of Liverpool had done ? (Cries of "No, no.") He was properly reminded of St. George's Hall, which had been a very sore subject, Was it not built as much for the county as for that borough ? Was it not also built for the Hundred of West Derby, and for Salford, as much as for Liverpool ?—for the administration of jus t'ee ; and if a tax were laid on the hundreds, the county would greatly repine. (Cheers.) . With regard to the meeting at Manchester, held the previona day, be "-as surprised to see such inaccuracies ; he had almost said foolery —(laughter)—speakers agreeing in favour of the bill, and supposing that they would he relieved by its operation. They would not be relieved one farthing, but they might go elsewhere were they successful. Mr. S. R. GRAVES, chairman of the Shipov. - ners' Aeso elation, moved the next resolution to the effect, that the dues on anchorag e t o ll s an d on goo d s h a d been legally acquired by the corporation, and were too trifling in amount to be of serious importance to the - shipping interest, the right having, been also ratified by the highest law courts. The Vice-President of the Board of Trade, in the speech which he delivered in introducing the bill into the House of Commons, complained of the griev ances which the shipowners of -his country felt by the operation of their town dues. Now he (Ur. Gra. e ) denied that the shipowners of that town, or of the country, had ever asked to be relieved from the town dues. He felt convinced that the Government them selves were ignorant of the measure which they asked tie country to support. For himself, he looked upon the bill as notl-ing mare nor less than a mockery for, instead cf a bow, he conceived that it won d absedst,ly become a barthen to the shipowner. (Hear.) lie felt that he was justified in stating that the ehii swat r• that port had unanimously expresied their 61am-rival of the measure, and were determined t r adopt every means ito oppose it. The association was prepared to offer the mist vigorous opp .sition to the bill in its pas sage t'hough Parliament. (Loud cheers.) [Here the gee titer read an extract from the proceedings of the speoial meeting of the Shipowners' Aesociatien, which was to the effect that that b rdy had never considered the town dues as bearing injuriously on shippirg or the commerce of the port of the Mersey. Teat th 7 had never made any etch complaints to Geiernment or Par liement, and that any such representations w rich might have been made to their honourable house had been made in error and without inquiry. The speaker also read an extract from a petitie n to F'arliament against the bill, which was agreed to at a meeting of the Asso ciation.] In continuation Mr. Graves proceeded to say that he thoUght such a forcible appeal from the ship : wh ich' w o b w hi msen m em be rs er - owners whße was nsfil l R d ; not :trahaanßi readn :Agi sal NI s i ime a Kekd i ;ee l liNndl to ti proaa ine tffdatt secondeder rt c h e t tochtno t he attention of the influence:er: os d t." rig ne foil lc a t : u r t 4 t.t v i : r e ° votes o ° , nf n a j ta p h u o aa ct n et a shipowner, denied that from his 40 yearn' experience, that the removal of the dues would benefit shippirg. Quite the contrary. He instanced the fact of the surplus funds of the Marine Board and anothei association hav ing been applied to the benefit of other places than Liverpool. (Cheers.) Mr. JAMES AIKEN, the next speaker, entered at length into the origin and history of the town dues, tracing them from the earliest period to the time when they were absolutely purchased from the Sefton family by the corporation, and then reverted to the trial as to their legality, which took plane in the year 1830. The trial, he said, took place before the Lord Chief Justice of England, when most eminent counsel were engaged on both sides. Eventually, the case went to the jury, and the corporation obtained fa 'verdict. Their opponents then availed themselves of a bill of exceptions, but on their own counsel intimating to them that they had not a leg to stand u) on—that our right to them was clear and complete, they gave up the contest, and submitt e d to an . adversedecision. Though entitled to those dues, ithout performing any act, the corporation gave ground for the making of dockr, and, instead of seeking for power to rate the dock estate, they were parties to an act being obtained by which the docks of Liverpool were ma le national property, and freed from being rated at all. (Hear, bear.) If the Manchester gentlemen and others would but reed the statement made by the Vice- President of the Board of Trade in the House of Com mons they will find the title to those dues indisputably clear and complete. He felt confident the bill would be rejected by a large mejority. He supposed the Vice- President of the Board would not deny that if these dues had still remained the property of the Earl of Sefton, be would not have thought of touching them ; but as they were no longer the property of an individual, they were no longer to be held sacred. (Applause.) Mr: J. H. SMITH, a shipowner, also argued at consi derable length that the shipping interest did not consider the town dues as at present levied a burden, while there was nothing in Mr. Lowe's to show them, that when the dues were collected by the Board of Trade, they would not be appropriated to matters unconnected with the port, such as the harbour of Holyhead, which was not of the slightest use to the commerce of Liver. pool. The resolution was passed unanimously. The third resolution, condemnatory of the proposed bill as a measure of unjustifiable spoliation, was moved by Mr. Amnaoss LACE, and seconded by Mr. R. BROCLEB.I):K, Mr. Councillor PICTON, in supporting it, contended that hitherto no acknowledged right or property had been taken from individuals or communities without granting compensation. In reference to the Manchester meeting, be deprecated the terms applied to the corpo- r ation of Liverpool, and strongly condemned thephra. es of plunder and plunderers applied to those dues and to the corporation. It seemed to have been taken for granted throughout the Manchester meeting, that if Mr. Lowe's bill pee ed there would be no mots dues on goods—than 2d. per bale on a bale of goods would for ever cease, awl that halcyon days for the people of Manchester weu`d begin. But he felt tbat Manchester would not be quite in this happy /oat', for he had looked icarsfully over the bill brought in by the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and he did not fee that the town dues were to be done away with at all—(heao—neither did he see the slightest reference to it in Mr. Lowe's speech. He warned the gentlemen of Manchester, that, if successlul in uhtaining all that was . proposed in the bill, they would find that they bad got rid of the Liver pool town dues, but had merely been successful in trans. !erring them to the hands of Government. Be (con demned the bill as one el the numerous attempts o the G'.vernrnent to carry out the reprehensible system of cent) alisatior . The resolution passed nem, con. Mr. IL A. MAME opposed the fourth resolution, which condemned the drawing of any distinctions be tween the rights of property belonging to private indivi duals and that held by communities. In the course of a lengthy speech, Mr. Macfie detailed the various public purposes for which the corporation had expended their funds. They had built public baths and wasbhouees, opened free public libraries., spent upwards of 1,000,0001. in widening streets, principally for facilitating the com mercial business of the port ; 30,0001. had been laid out in the constriction of a li,;hthouse, and upwards of 1201. was now being expended in the construction of a large landing stage for sea-going steamers. The very cotton and timber brought to Liverpool for Manchester and the surrounding towns involved the corporation in a vast annual expense in repairing the streets. Mr. CHAS. SAUNDEP.S seconded the resolution, which Wact un.inimors y adoptect. Mr. W. RATHBONB moved the fifth resolution, which protested against the attempts made in the bill t re move the control of the corporate fund.: from municipal to Government officials. The Government, if successful in their attacks on the right of corporations, might some day take a fancy to confiscate railway property, for the great and wealthy railway companies were also corpo rations, with no better legal title to their vast revenues than that possessed by Liverpool to their town dues. As to Manchester, the corporation of that city devote the profits of their gasworks to municipal purposes, and by them they have paid for many town improvements. Some day the Board of Trade might take a fancy to manage that property, and he would like to know what the Manchester people would say to that ? The resolution was seconded by Mr. A. F. HAMILTON, of the firm of Brows, Shipley, and Co., who said that the mercantile community had always found the corpo ration ready and willing to do anything which would facilitate the business of the port. The resolution having been supported by Mr. CHRIS. TOPHER BUSHELL, was passed unanimously. The adoption of a petition to Parliament, embodying the resolutions agreed to at the meeting , w as moved b y Mr. U. DAbisoN b (agent for Messrs. Allsopp and Co.) The resolution was seconded by M r. SIDNEY, boot an d ed e in terminated sh o em a k er, B to the chair man, and three cheers f or the Queen. and havi w n g ith be a been vote of thanks passed item. con., the pro LAST YEAL'S IMPORTS OF GRAIN AND FLOUR. A return has just been published by the Board of Trade of the grain and flour imported into this country during the year 1855, distinguishing the relative propor• tious from the various sources of supply. The total taken of grain of all sorts appears to have been 5,729,241 quarters, and of flour 1,922,318 cwt. This presents a considerable diminution from 1854, when the quantities were of grain 6,850,498 quarters, and of flour 3,705,161 cwt. The quantity ordinarily to have been looked for from Russia, against which there is now a blank, may be eQtirnated at about 1,560,000 quarters of grain. Of the total of grain the quantities of each description were : Qrs. Wheat Barley Oats liye Peas Beans 1, 3 2 14 1 1432 5, : 3 943 3 754 3 898 Indian Corn 340 Buckwheat Bare or bigg Total Of these the chief portion of the barley and oats came from Denmark, Sweden, Hanover, and Holland. Of peas the largest importation _was from Denmark and the Those Towns. The beans were principally from Egypt. Of the Indian corn the United States supplied more than half, and the remainder was mostly fr om Greece and Egypt. EXPLOSION OF GAS.—During Friday night a chan delier in the head offices of the Manchester and Shef field Railway, at Manchester, fell from the ceiling, and on Saturday morning, when the woman employed to light fires entered for that purpose, so much gas had es caped jthat an immediate explosion occurred. The woman was a good deal burnt, several windows wero blown out, and doors detached from their hinges ; some fittings also caught fire, but the porters and servants of the company being speedily in attendance, the Rams were extinguished with very slight damage being done. Tllo loss will therefore be inconsiderable To be had at all the libraries, in 2 vol;., 215., EA A .0 R A A NOVEL. G A• Y ; " Llura Gay' is a novel of modern life, distinguished by clearness and soirit as a narrative, a lively, graceful, and piquant style, and much insight into and delicate portraiture of eharact,r. It is marked by a freshness and orkinality of treatment which sustain the interest of the reader throughout."—Morning Chronicle. Burst and B'acitett, l'ilblishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Ma r11»rou,11. street.