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WIDOW LADY, titorod(2l.ly itertrainted ;with the rotrine of ilossekeeping, de,sirous of an eng,ige rnent et:*D Inestie Companion to an elderly or invalid Lady or Gen tleman or Widower with v un children, where one or m re servants are kept. A comtortanle lime the chief con-ideration. -Unexcep tionable references :. ,, en.—Address C. G., Airs. Powell's, 4, Trinity street, Bfackheath-hill. N ATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dec. 16111, ISsfi. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England l IEBEBY GIVE NOTICE that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, will be payable on the Company's Stock, on and after 16th January next, when the Dividend Warrants Will be obtained at the Company's office,ll2, Bishopsgate-street, or at the different Branches. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after Saturday, the 20111 inst., until the dividend becomes payable. By order ofthe Court of Directors. DAN. ROBERTSON - , Agent and Manager. COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, Lott:bury, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Subscribed Car ital, 1,500,0001. Paid-up Capital, 300,0001. • Guarantee Fund, 71,0001. DIRECTORS. MARK BUNTER, Esq., Chairman. JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Deputy-Chi:Urn:Lan. Charles Butler, Esq. 'Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, William Jackson, Esq., M.P. Esq., M.P. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. John Alfred Chowne, Esq. Robert Stacey Price, Esq. George Clive, Esq. Herbert Taylor, Esq. William Cooper, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Fsq. Charles Hill, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Thomas Winkworth, Esq. Manager—Mr. Alfred Richard Cutbill. Accounts of parties received atd kept on the plan generally adopted 15 7 London Bankers. Parties having current accounts with this Bank have the advan age of transferring any surplus balance to a depo sit account bearing I nterest ; and sums of money are received on de p osit f om parties not K eeping current accounts. The r. to of intere-t allowed is 1 per cent. ender the minimum rate of discount of 'he Bank of England, the deposit being subject to 10 days' notice of withdrawal. The agency of country and foreign banks under t a ken on such terms its .may be agreed upon. Purchases a nd sales of British and Foreign Securities, &c., effected, dividends received, and every description of banking business transacted. Letters of Credit are granted on the principal cities and towns in Europe and elsewhere. 11. 0 Christmas-boxes or other gratuities a r e allowed to be taken by the officers of the Bank. A. R. CUTEILL, Manager. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII ‘. particulars of the most' important Dividend and Progressive 4 tines will be found in the Fourth DPlion of BRITISH MINES C ONSIDERED :T AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. • M'URCITISON, Esq., F.S.S., price 3s. Gd.; by post 45. Mr. MURCUISON also publishes a QUARTERLY RETIEW of MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines 4t the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, &c. The Review for the quarter ending 30th Sept. last' contains a Map of the Bassett district, price Is. " The book will be found extremely valuable "- '—Observer. A valuable little book."—Globe. " A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume,"—Mornimg, Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Suaderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr. Murchison"—Leeds Times. "One of the most valuable mining publications which has come Under our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats."— Derby Tele.-Traph. "To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this work is of the first importance."—Welshman. " This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles; it la, in truth, an excellent guide."—Plymouth Journal. Copiesof the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's °tikes, 117, Liishops,gate-street Within, London ; and reliable infor blatlon and advice will be given at any time to those who may re attire it. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A MORSEL COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED ! gold in Cases containing 44S Packages—each Package One Feed, at the cost of Three half-pence each, equal to 56 5. per case. Carriage va l, l to any railway station. - • None are genuine without my signature— ,JOSEPll TIIORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. IlraE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). C apital One Million, in 100,009 Shares of 101. each, deposit 21. per Share on Allotment. TRUSTEES. I liS Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. 1 1 . S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane. 4. • M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England. DIRECTORS. Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. 'Aleut-Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay. Baron Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris. "William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and ".), Old Broad-street. J. Fortescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde- Park. Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. lizoirous—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). BANKERS. Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchero, Thorn 111 London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane. { Messrs. Hawkey, 7, Fenchnrch-street. In Mons Messrs. Guillochin, Sons, and Co. In Paris Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London. Monsieur Dolez, Avocat, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY—T. B. Preston, Esq. • , 4 „ Temporary Offices No. 46, lYfoorgate•street. lte object of this Company is to develops the resources of Certain collieries, situated in the most central and best portion ' 4f the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They co mprise two distinct sections , of which pa r t is a lread y in , fall Working operation, and the remainder consists of conces t l iros from the Belgian Government , grante d on condition "at the coal shall be worked. The unworked concession, known as " Bonne Victoire," eiltelsted at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called ions Nimy" and " Ghliu," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ; oX well-ascertained coal seams run thro u g h their whole e fte c t . , ~ ,The iu full work are five, viz., " Bonne Veine," Bonne Esperance," " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile," and •tidi du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres, 4 7th the right of working sixty - two seams o f coal. It is cal i`uated that their produce could be largely increased, within T he plant Years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Report.) Lie plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and all bstantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power, c !939 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum Z e t profit of 40,000/. per annum (see Rport), and it is agreed "'At a preferential interest of 6 per ce e nt. per annum on the c apital now to be raised shall be the first charge on these re turns. 4 , The confidence of the vendors of the working Collieries in success of their new undertaking is further shown by t heir agreeing to accept in . part payment o f th e i r property 40 ,000 shares (representing 200,0001.) denominated B shares, / thich, though considered as paid up, are only to receive di . l'idends in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares • o ffered to the public. The remainder of the purchase money, 'e,;onsisting of 254,0001., is to be paid in cash, out of the first ',ll:lds of the Company , a t an y time withi n two years from t he incorporation of the Comp an y. Two - thirds of the above `AO% shares will be annulled should the new concessions, c ontrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good com alercial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question re alised, not be handed over to the s ellers until suc h produce be The coal is generally of a semi-bituminous quality. it i s l oaded at the several pit-mouths into the waggons of the N orthern Railway of France for conve y ance to Paris and the . Owns and manufactories along the line, at which there is a beat demand, and also into those o f the Haut et Bas Flenu ztailway (which traverses the collieries of the district, and eclunects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel -lum)t„ for the supply of the towns and t he extensive manufac ;ri‘ng districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the however, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on the banks which there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded. ` ll e existing facilities for transit will be furt her extended by "u 3 railway now in construction between Mous, Haumont, and Maubeuge. The constant demand by railways, iron- W orks, gas-works, and for other manufacturing and house hold purposes, is more than sufficient to absorb, at all times, the Utmost produce of the collieries. . At the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the Present state of the collieries at work, and to be worked , w as • • Prepa re d by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N. 13 udot, which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain , a • l ocal mining ' engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr. Charles Manby, C.E., was deputed to verify the statements Blade. A majority of the Directors have also lately made a personal visit to the collieries, and having taken every means to satisfy themselves of the soundness of the undertaking, ..aud the truthfuln e ss of the above reports they now feel justi . uccl in inviting the investment of capital in the Association. The capital of the Company is divided into 100,0e0 shares 101. each, which arc sub-divided into two classes, viz A ? referential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will be 2 1. per share, and the first call of 2/. per share will be due on the Ist June, 1857. The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend on their B shares till 6 per cent, shall have been paid on all the A. shares, thus in fac ferential dividend to th e t giving to the A shareholders a pre amount unt of 6 per cent. ; and in the event of the winding up of the Company's affairs, the amount ' paid on the A shares will be_ repaid to their holders before kny payment is made on the B shares. Dividends will be paid half -yearly at the Company's bankers in London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be Paid up on the several shares. The administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is Carefully provided for. The various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been Printed, and may be obtained on applicatio n at the Com- Pauy's office, as also a chart, showing th e Position of the Collieries and the new concessions. Applications for shares must be accompanied by the bank ers' receipt for a sum equal to one pound up on every share applied for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such Shares applied for as may not be allotted. Forms of application may be obtained at the brokers' ; and at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate-street. Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one of the - Rankers of the Company, one pound (1/.) per Share, Ou the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the deposit of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be g i ven. In the event of the Directors" allotting less than the `fhole number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro priated towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those a llotted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the Money ledged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free of charge. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid into the hands of Messrs. , the Bankers of the Company, £ to your c redit, I request that you will allot me preferential A shares of 101. each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the remaining deposit, to execute the articles of asso ciation or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all ot her.repects to conform to the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Act, 1556. In the event of my failing to perfcrm "Y of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now Paid by me to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the allotment. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Profcsion or occupation Date Residence iu full Plato of buginoss, if auy ~,,, (No. 20,124.) B L .A. C 31 T3-NI T GHT, AT EIGHT. T A 4 XETER HALL-TO-MORROW NIGHT.- KEITH, DROWSE, and Co. have made arrangements by which they will be enabled to supply their friends and the pubii, with THI:EE and FIVE SHILLING TICKETS for the Sacre harmonic Society's performance of Handers Messiah to-morrow evening, up th the latest hour. VER. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and • rious Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, will be given during the Christmas holidays, in the Polvqrarhie-hall. King William-street. ('herring-crow. Opening Nights, FRIDAY, Dec. 26th. First 7'.TORNING PERFORMANCE on SA. , I3P,DAY, Dec. 27, at Three. PI ivate Ilexes and Stalls may be secured without extra charge, at the Eux-ofllce. :the Polygraphic Hall is being entirely redecorated. RGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, .4 Oreat Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet.a-piston, M. !oulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that .this fashionable place of resort ha' , been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at halt-past eight, commence at nine. Admis .ioa One Shilling. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen , nly) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models Ind preparations, illust - .•ating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, !, 4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.IZ.G.S. ; and a new and lighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery hr Dr. Kartzt, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). GENERAL TOM TIIIIMB !-THREE LEVEES DAILY.at ,the REGEI' , Ft GALLERY, Quadrant This American Mari in Miniature, undoubtedly the smallest An the world, intelligent, sprightly, educated, perfectly symmetrical in all his proportions, and graceful beyond belief, will arrive in the steamer Persia, on his way to Russia, accompanied by his mother and other members of his family. t•rior to his departure for the Continent the little General will hold Three Public levees cacti day, for a short tine only, at the Regent Gallery, Quadrant, Regent-street, near Air street, commencing on BOXING-DAY, 26th Dec. He will appear in a great variety of NEW CHARACTERS and COSTUMES, SONGiS, DANCES. GRECIAN STATUES, &c., &c. His MINIATURE CHARIOT and PONIES, with ELFIN COACHMAN and FOOT MAN, will promenade the streets daily, and he seen in front of Regent Gallery at the termination of each day levee. Thirteen years ago the General had the distinguished honour of appearing (by command) three times before her Majesty and the Itoyal Family, at Buckingham Palace, since which period he has performed before the principal Potentates of Europe, and more than TEN MILLIONS of Ladies and Gentlemen in the Old and Dew World. Hours of Exhibition—from 11 till I ; 3 till 5 ; and 7 till 10 o'clock Admission is., without regard to age. Reserved Stalls, 2s. ; Chi:dren IF JOHN NEWMAN, who formerly kept a toll-gate near Coventry, in the County of Warwick, and mar ried Susanna Palmer, one of the Grand- aughters of the late William Townsend, formerly of ,;tratford-upon-Avon, Innholder, deceased, will apply 10 Mr. IL B. Sowdon, Solicitor, Stratford•uponAvon, he will hoar of spmething to his advantage. LONDON an , LAND VALLI FIRST and SECOND the Euston Station, L' Lincoln Collingbam Newark Fii.kerton Thurgarton I owdham by all trains on WE] by the ordinary trains Day tickets will alsc .d NORTH-WESI WAYS.—CHIZISTMAS CLASS DAY TICKETS ONDON, to— Nott;n;ham De!by York Bradford Leeds 'ERN and MlD nordnirs. will be issued from Normknton Oakenshaw Doncaster Sheffield, and Masboro' DNESD IT, De?. 24, FIN up to and including AIM ) be issued from the abo' ailable to return with ,nday, Dec. 29. me stations to London. By order. Ifilee, Euston station, General Manager's Pecember, 1856, L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS issued on WE ONERDAY, Dec. 24, and interven ing days, will be available until MONDAY, Dec. 29. By order. MARK TIMM . . General Manager's Office, Euston Station, DecemberoBs6. AIET ROP 0 LITAN COUNTIES , and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. Rt. Hn. Spencer 11. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits average& 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CA.MROUX, Manager. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN FOuR-FIFTTIS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, - ccording to the conditions contained In the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young.l.ives ire lower than in many other ohl-established offices, and Insurers are fuliy protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in Mditiou to the accumilated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of Me Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ESTABLISHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9, and BRITANNIA SIUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Number of Policies issued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest ments) upwards of 84,0001. Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible scale compatible with security, and computed in such variety of ways an to suit the circumstances and convenience of every class of Policy-holders. ,E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. DREW FRANC IS, Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and .ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wi7ram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., sub-Governor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry R ainb-idge, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Henry Nelson, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Tchn Garrett Cattley, Esq. Sir Joins Henry Pally, Bart. Edward 'Maxwell Daniel, Esq. S.. P. Calvert,_Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Alexander P, I'revost, Esq. 11exander Druce, Esq. Abraham George Roharts, Esq. Riversdale Wm. Grcnfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq, Soltau, Esq. . Esq. ib e be a t rt h ° William A T Tn e a tl fl o e sv " ll l I Sines Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. Charles John .Manning, Esq. J. T o is s o e m pl a i s E' roo e k s e, Esq. 'Lancelot Holland, Esq. MEDICAL REFEREE—SamueI Solly for avment of FIRE Solly, NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed PRE NIIUAIS falling due at Christmas wi l l expire on the 9th January. FIRE a o n n d a L dv lF ai _l I; ta A g S eO S . U s R t . e A r N m C s ES may be effected with this Cor poration In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation n profits, or, at l ower P rem i ums, w ith o ut such participation. l jThe Reversionary B onus on B r i t i s h P o li c ies has averaged near y 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 48 per cent. upon the Premiums paid. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sNm not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnershi p .- A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large invssted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. 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Thornton, of the firm of Willia ms , D eacon , an d C o ., and Mr. Weguelin, the Governor of the Bank of England, being trus tees, while the board of directors is also composed of persons whose position or experience invites re liance. The object is to develops the resources of the most central part of the coal district of Mons, and operations are to be directed to two sections, — namely, a set of collieries already in full work, and yielding a minimum net profit of 40,0001. a-year, and another set of which a concession has been granted by the Government on condition of their being forthwith opened. The nayment for the whole is fixed at 454,000/., of which 200,0001. is to be in shares not entitled to dividend until G per cent. shall have been paid on the general capital, and liable to cancelment to the extent of two-thirds in case the new mines should not yield coal of the anticipated commercial quality. Looking at the yearly profit already stated to be derived front the mine at present in work, and which according to the reports of engineers, could be greatly increased by an ou tl ay of 20,0001., the unlimited demand for coal in Belgium and France, and the increasing facilities of railway carriage, the terms appear to be sound and liberal. This con clusion, however, depends entirely upon the as sumption• that the examinations instituted by the directors have been such as to leave no possible doubt of the correctness of their statements, and that they are in every way capable of being verified by any practical party disposed to enter into the undertaking. In relation to the general produc tion of the Belgian colleries the following statistical statement is furnished :-- "The production of coats in the province of Mons has been considerably developed of late years. The forma tion of companies, possessing sufficient resources, has especially contributed to this result, by the application of the necessary capital to the works of extraction. It is shown by statistical documents that the extraction of coals in this province, which amounted in 1839 to only 1,968,169 tons, bad increased in 1855 to 6,453,416 tons. "A great part of this produce is exported to France, . where the consumption is greatly increasing every year; and it may be conceived that this augmentation will be still more considerable, judging from the fact that whereas in France the average annual consumption is but 276 kilogrammes per individual, in Belgium it is 1,174 kilogrammes, and in England 1,966. "The great coal companies in Belgium have all at tained a state of great prosperity ; their profits have especially increased since 1850, and their shares have in consequence doubled and tripled ix value. "The company of the colliery, called Le Vent elu Fleau,' which is contiguous to one of the concessions of the Mons United Collieries Company, has seen its shares of I,ooof. rise to 1,250 f. in 1851 ; to 1,630 f. in 1853 ; and to 3,200 f. on the Ist of December, 1856. The dividends to the shareholders amount to 30 per cent., independently of considerable sums reserved. " The import of foreign coals into Belgium is free of duty, but the experience of the present year has shown that English coal cannot compete in Belgium, even on the coast, with the Belgian coal. "It is known that in the vicinity of Valenciennes 152 new factories have been established within the last 12 months, and are large consumers of Belgian coal. Many more factories are also understood to be in course of formation." [P RICE 4D. STAMPED WE. JS who passed into society having no one at home to really control them. They could not hang young child ren, neither could they transport them, nor keep them year after year in prison ; in fad, no system of punish• went could, by itself, work the required end of diminM ing or preventing crime. Seeing, then, that they could not effectually punish or let them alone, they must turn to this mode of cure. In the first place, they should do all they could to promote the general morality of the working classe4, and endeavour to extirpate the vice of drunkenness, which was the cause of more than half the crime of the country. But while prevention was better than cure, reformatory schools were absolutely neces sary, and up to the present time they had been suc cessful to the extent of reforming seven out of ten, and in France, at Mettray, they had reformed nine out of ten. He assured them that the returns of the Mettray institution were to be depended on, because not a single prisoner was condemned iu France without all his an tecedents were inquired into, and it was found that out of 100 trained in Mettray for the last 16 years only 10 had relapsed into a state of crime. By the French law boys convicted and sent to Mettray were condemned to stay at Mottray until they were of age. For the seven years' existence of Rodhill, seeing that they had nearly 1,000 boys, nearly two-thirds of those at Mettray in 17, therefore their measure of success was by no means con temptible. Another great difficulty was that of getting proper persons to devote themselves to this work. I❑ Mettray nearly 40 young men gave their services for almost a nominal sum, but here our young men must have almost always the arguntentunt act crumenam—the quid pro quo in their pocket. The consequence was that they not only had fewer but less devoted teachers. Yet with all these difficulties something like 7 out of 10 had turned out honestly. The larger portion of their inmates went abroad, which was a very fair price to pay for the kindness and mercy shown them. Ile did not consider that it would be just to take the criminal popu lation and teach them useful trades, and then throw them into the great mass of honest workmen in England, to compete with them. Altogether about 400 young men had left, and, from the communications received from the colonies, he had no doubt of the correctness of the statistics of reformed young criminals. In conclu sion, he reminded them that they could all do mnoh in preventing crime, and he exhorted them to use all their endeavours in their own sphere to assist in this good work. (During the delivery of the address the rev, gen tleman was frequently cheered, and on its conclusion a vote of thanks was cordially given to him.) Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. For the Derby, 550 to 25 was laid agst M.D., 500 to 20 ag=t Lady Hawthorn, 1,000 to 15 agst Beeswax colt, and 20A to 6 agst Ackworth ; 325 to 25 was offered agst Blink Bonny. The only beta made upon the Chester Cup were 500 to 10 agst Tasmania, and 500 to 6 agst Riseber. CHESTER Cur. 50 to 1 agst Tasmania (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (offered) 100 to 7 agst Loyola (offered) 100 to 6 agst Tournament (offered) 22 to 1 agst M.D. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorne (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken and offered) 66 to 1 'agst Beeswax colt (taken) SUSPENSION OF THE KIDDERMINSTER OLD BANK. (From the Birmingham Journal.) The operations of another private bank in this dis trict have been brought suddenly and unexpectedly to a close. Last Saturday morning the old bank at Kidder. minster, carried on in the name of Farley, Turner, and Co., was not opened for business as usual, but an intima tion was posted outside to the effect that in consequence of the death of Mr. Turner there was no one invested with authority to carry on the bank. Up to Tuesday afternoon business had not been resumed, although the door:, of the establishment have been kept open for the purpose of answering inquiries ; in the meantime suffi cient has transpired relative to the state in which Mr. Turner's affairs are left to preclude all possibility of the bank being again opened for business. The bank of Farley, Turner, and Co. was established, we believe, between 50 and 60 years ago. Amongst the original members of the firm was one or more of the family of Farley, of the banking-house at Worcester. A few years ago that connection was broken by the retire ment of Mr. Farley from the firm at Kidderminster, and about the same time a gentleman named Jones, who bad been for many years a clerk in the house, was taken in as a partner. At the time this arrangement was made it was understood that Mr. Jones did not take any money into the concern. He did not survive the date of his part nership more than 3 years. By his death Mr. A. Turner became the sole member of the firm, and his death at Cheltenham, last Thursday, has broughtabout a stoppage prematurely, but which was inevitable on no very distant day. _ WALTHAM ABBEY STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY. The Selling Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. 8 subs. Mr. Drake's Affghan, 4 yrs ( 30/.), 9st tilb (Kendall) 1 Mr. lineeshain's Hernandez, aged (301.) lOst 71b (W. White) 2 Mr. Mellish's Dashaway ( late F1o), 3 yrs (301.) Bst 811) (Escott) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Affghan. Won by two lengths; about four lengths between the second and third. The Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 25 added. Mr. Price's Flageolet, by Hautboy, 4 yrs, 9st (Kendall) 1 Mr. Sydney's Victory, aged, lOst (M'Clean) 2 Mr. Byrne's Cripple, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Palmer) 3 lolaus, Hymaly (late Preston Strike), and The Cale donian also ran. Betting—Even on Flageolet, 3 to 1 agst The Caled°. nian, 7 to 2 aget Victory. A. good race in, won by a " short head ;" about four lengths separated the second from the third. The other three finished widely apart. The Hunt Cup Steeplechase, value 50 sovs, by subscrip tions of 5 soya each, the rest in specie ; for 4-yr-olds and upwards ; two miles. 9 subs. Captain Durant'• Marmaduke, 5 yrs, list 21b (Mr. Crymes) 1 Mr. Deacon's Lilford, aged, list 71b ..(Mr. Edwards) 2 Mr. T. Besley's Petropolouslii (late Punchbox), 5 yrs, list 71b (Bosley) 3 Saudboy and Sir Charles Napier also ran. Batting—Even on Marmaduke, 5 to 2 agst Sir Charles Napier, and 5 to 1 agst Sandboy. Won in a canter ; very bad third. Sir Charles Napier and Sandboy fell nearly at the finish, but were re mounted and trotted in. On returning to scale the rider of Liiford objected to Marmaduke, on the ground that he had not gone far enough by nearly half a mile. The rider of Marmaduke, however, contended that he only had been the right course, and that the others had gone farther than necessary, having mistaken the turning flags which were fixed for the Four Mile Handicap Steeplechase. The race remains in dispute. It has transpired that Mr. Turner has died intestate; of the tact that he was insolvent to a considerable amount, there is, we fear, no doubt whatever. The bank had the privilege of issuing notes to the amount of 14,3001., but it is supposed that the number actually in circulation will not amount to more than 8,0001.; the liabilities are estimated at a sum not exceeding 70,0001. As to the value of the assets, or their nature, nothing is known ; but for some time prior to the stoppage, a disposition has been evinced on the part of the management to restrict operations as much as possible, the consequence in all probability of the limited means at command. The London agents of the house, Messrs. Robarts and Co., were, it is under stood,l f a o c r t some Mr. cr in et Turnees pr w ep a a n r t ed of fo m r e w an h s at h h ad as boeeencunrroedse; time prior to his demise, so that the town agents would. be sure to provide against any accident. Indeed, it is not improbable that they had a balance ; for, if we are correctly informed, Farley and Turner's notes were cashed in London on Saturday morning. In Kidderminster the loss and inconvenience conse quent on the stoppage will be very severely felt. As the news spread early and rapidly on Saturday morning that the Old Bank had stopped, hundreds hastened to see the notice posted on the establishment, before they could credit that which they were reluctant to believe. Saturday is pay-day at Kidderminster, and many per sons were dependent on a supply from the bank for their workmen's wages ; they had seen the house open as usual on the Friday afternoon, paying and receiving in the ordinary way, and Saturday morning found the doors virtually closed; As usual, in a score such cases that might be mentioned, there was no suspicion of the Old Bank ; and at this establishment the funds of most of the public institutions of the town (including the Corporation) were deposited. Instances of peculiar and individual hardship have reached us as the oensequence of this stoppage; of funds paid into the bank on Friday for the advice of acceptances, which, of course, remai n has unadvised ; and in many ways has been a severe blow, as may be expected, in such a manufacturing nonanau. nity as Kidderminster. The Stourbridge and Xidder lniboetriacleitythaast circumstancesth presumed minster is now the only banking establishment in the behaved admit of to parties most seriously affected by this unfor• tunate occurrence. ed W w e ith ar a e s g m la u d e t h o The stoppage of a bank under the circumstances above wdeitnadiilnedg_uips a w v i e l very y t rare, pilfaicte isunnodteraltthoeg tional occurrence. It may be an excep tional Turner was a ma gistrate edtileere t t h ito e han c t o o u f county of Worcester, and in other respects of Co T u h rt el a late 3 i r. Chancery. he occupied socially a high pesition in his neighbourhood. ...,_—__--...„---....._ N P - management 'would Selling Steeplechase, of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for three-sr-olds and upwards ; optional selling weights, &c.; two miles and a-half. 6 subs. Mr. Griffith's Moonraker, aged (25/.), lOst 71b (Donaldson) 1 Mr. B. Land's Penelope, 5 yrs (251.), lOst 71b (B. Land, jun.) 0 Mr. Kneesham's Hernandez, aged (251.), lOst 71b (W. White). 0 _ _ _ Betting-6 to 4on Moonraker. Penelope refused soon after starting, and was pulled up ; Hernandez fell at the ditch leap into the lane, and Moonraker cantered in alone. The winner was " knocked down" for 160 guineas. Handicap Steeplechase of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared, &c., with 100 added ; four miles. 28 subs, 16 of whom declared. Mr. C. Brown's Janus, aged, lOst 91b (Green) 1 Mr. Frampton's British Yeoman, aged lOst (Mr. Bonham) 2 Mr. N. Mason's Honeycomb, aged, 9st 71b (Mr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Tom Gurney, Theodine, Rebecca, and Tortoise. Betting-6 to 4 agst Tom Gurney, 3 to 1 agst Janus, 4 to 1 agst British Yeoman. Won by six lengths ; same distance between the se cond and third. Tortoise slipped up and fell at the first obstacle, and was so severely injured that he was eventually destroyed. Theodine refused soon after starting, and was turned back. Rebecca was pulled up after repeated refusals at the far side, and Tom Gurney, who was lying close up with Janus, slipped at the taking off side of the bank at the leap into the winning field and fell. Both horse and jockey were unhurt. On returning to scale an objection was made to Janus by the rider of British Yeoman, on the ground that he had not kept on the right track towards the end of the race. This event likewise remains in abey ance. Much disapprobation was expressed at the very un satisfactory and incomplete manner in which the line of country was indicated, which in two instances gave rise to objections and wrangling. The Abbey Stakes (free handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. One mile. .oiEw - osTAL ARRA.NGEuE Ts h a ve great N --..,..._ we satisfaction in announcing that, by a new postal con vention with Fr ance, the revisions of which will come into operati on f rom the Ist of Jan. next, a re duction has been e ff ected in the amount of the tran sit rate paid to F rance for the conveyance of that portion of the Indian mail which is forwarded via Marseilles. In consequence of this arrangement a re di‘uicarsedeicilheasrge will in future be levied upon all letters exchanged between the united kingdom and India tics oz. and not der :-9d., if not g exceeding i oz. ; ls., if exceeding . 4, oz. and not exceeding A oz. ; 1 8 . ed., if e d xFeeding or ! m e a x li ce in edin t g he .7 total r 2 a s t . e , f .i o i r exx a cce l e e ee tt di e n r ngg as un. i 1 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. ; 3s. 3d., if d., if e exceeding 11 and not exceeding 1i oz. . lezt.terasndconnyeety6 The charges upon convention, between France and India, that upon all such letters the and it has been agreed shall be collected in France conveyed g y entire British sea postage shall via Egypt, are also reduced under the I'4 e3s 1 the the Red Sea rate of s. half-ounce, arrangement have hitherto been subjected in to which such letters on behalf of the English Post-office . Under this India, will no longer be chargeable , and no charge will hereafter be levied by th e for sea conveyan ce papers to France, or on the delive r y o f and printed Indian Post-office, either on the despatch of l e tt ers l printed papers from France.—A// en ' s Indiantters Mail,and, 17. GENERAL WALKER AND SLAVERY.—A con t roversy has arisen in England, says the New York Jo urna l of e on imerce, in respect to the effect of Walker's Dec ree o f e Oct. Sept. 6, repealing all acts and decrees o f t h e Federal Constituent Assembly of 17 th April, 1824, whi c h h a d been declared to remain in force by the Constituent Assembly of Nicaragua on the dissolution of the Central American Confederacy. In a copy of the London Times received by the Persia, we notice a letter from E. G. Squier, then in London, denying that the effect of the repealing decree is to legalise slavery in Ni caragua . This effect, Mr. Squier says, is imputed to it "on the strength of some partisan statements in the late Ameri• can newspapers." We can only say that if the repe al fails to accomplish that o bj ect, it falls short of the e ff ec t attributed to it by its au th or, or rather by his newspaper organ. Appended to th e off i cial publication o f the d ecree in Gen. Walker's own organ of communication with the public, El Nicaraguensc of Oct. 4, is the following ex. planation of its purport :—" Amongst the decrees which the foregoing repeals, is an act of the Federal Consti tuent Assembly of 17th April, 1824, abolishing slavery in Central America. The repeal of the repealing statute revives the original law, and therefore the right to hold slaves is acknowledg acknowledgment by ow ledgment of the right to the government of Nicara. gun. Of course the hold slav es i mposes th e obligation to secure owners in the enjoyment of their property.'! 10 subs. Mr. Drake's Affghan, 4 yrs, lOst (Kendall) 1 Mr. Nesbitt's St. Julian, 4 yrs, tst (carried 9st 131 b (Mr. Thomas) 2 Mr. W. Robinson's Shiner, 2 yrs, 7st 7.1) (carried 7st 91b) (Quinton) 3 Mr. Price's Flageolet, 4 yrs, gat 121 b Betting-3 and 4tol on Affghan, who had it all his own way, and won by two lengths ; same distance be tween second and third and fourth. A letter from Turin says :—" The Sardi n i an Govern ment, it is said, has determined to undertake, at its own cost, the difficult task of cutting through Mont Cenis, in order to unite the Victor Emmanuel Railway with the French lines." THE IRISH LINEN TRADE.—The improvement noted in our last commercial report continues to maintain its progress. White goods are made in large quantities, and the sale of brown finished linens are quite up to sup plies. There has been a full amount of orders to hand from the United States per last steamer. Handker chiefs are now inquired after, and the market is bare of medium shirtings. Fine linens have bean taken at prices up to the highest of last month. Bleachers anti cipate higher markets f or goods, but find it no easy mat ter to raise the value o f th e finished article. If the presen t condition of dem an d f or goods be kept up rates must advance, as in m os t cases bleachers cou ld no t replaceru of stocks at the fi gures now current for the average_h _ u the goods. Brow n mar k ets were better attended this week. several seats A large qua n tit y of goods appeared at of sale. A rmag h was pretty lae, and the extent of transactions much ab ove that of any market in the last month. Next day, rsday 'a at Tandragee, the sale of fine goods was active a n d Th u out at Lurgan was fair for the se ason . D amas k good s off. No change in the Birds eye and o th er di apers f ree ly taken al not accumulated so largely as yarn trade. 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In ordering Fish it will be desirable to state for bow many persons it is required, and whether for visitors or domestic use. A post-office order or reference will have prompt attention. Superior Oyster Rooms. THE ST EAM-PLOII Ci "I. A. C." writes to a contemporary as fo: lows :--- Sir,----On Friday last I had the pleasure of witnessing Mr. Fowler's new steam-plough at work_ on the farm of Mr. Chater, near Slough ; and I wish the public to knew that machinery has at last been set in motion which really can plough with economy as well as efficiency. Since the Chelmsford and l3oxted trials last Jul.* very great improvements have been made in the framework and steering of the ploughs ; the anchorage at the ends ,ot the work are now self-acting, being shifted forward, when required, by the same wirerope that hauls the plough up and down the field, and this is supported upon friction rollers, mounted on light frames so as to lighten friction and reduce the draught. The engine I saw was one of Ransome and Sims' 10-horse portable engines, and so stationed along with the windlass that a length of more than half a mile of rope could be led out to em brace about two days' work on one side, and, when that was completed, plough an equal extent of ground on the other. Owing to a wrong pressure-gauge being then on the engine I was unable to compute the power engaged ; but the attendant considered it to be about eight or nine horse-power; and this kept three ploughs in work at once, with about half a mile of rope out, at a pace of about two miles and a quarter per hour. In two hours the extent of ground ploughed was about 1 acre 25 perches —say at the rate of five acres in a short winter day. Five men were working in the engine, windlass, and plough, and a man and horse were fetching water; and the total expenses—including se. per day for interest, wear, and tear, &c., and allowing one removal of the engine and tackle every fourth day, I estimated at 385., or about 7s. 7d. per acre. But the machinery was not working at its full advantage ; the four-plough im plement ought to have been used instead of the smaller three-plough frame, which would be best had the land been heavier, and thus a smaller percentage of power would have been consumed by the tackle and a larger proportion been available for ploughing. Were it allow able so to trespass on your space I could give you figures for all I assert ; and I believe it to be a fair statement of the ca,,abilities of the apparatus, as I saw it in work, to say that it could just as well have been ploughing six as five acres per day, thus making the cost Os. 4d. per acre. By adopting another form of windlass, with self-winding mechanism, it appears to me that the labour of one man might be dispensed with, bringing the expense down to only Os. per acre. The field was a very level wheat-stubble, and the ploughs, going 5,1- inches deep, an operation considered by farmers and labourers on the spot to be good stiff work fur a pair of horses in a common plough, and worth, I sup pose, about 7s. per acre at the lowest computation of the expense of horse-teams. The furrows were beauti fully straight, the bottom smooth and even, the slices well turned and laid ; and the only improvement needed seemed to be the addition of skim-coulters, to bury the surface vegetation perfectly. Mr. Fowler is able to plough very light land, I was informed, for 35., and heavy land for Os. per acre ; and he is now trenching for his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Shore Farm, 10 inches deep, at 158. per acre. For turn-wrest, or one-way work, it is now proved that the steam-plough can operate more cheaply than horse-ploughs ; while there are other general practical advantages which com pletely establish its superiority. And now, Sir, suffer me to ask whether Mr. Fowler has received the encouragement that he deserves, not so much from the general public as from the Royal Agricultural Society—the professed patron and rewarder of all great improvements in tillage machinery ? The society offered a prize of 5001. for " the steam-cultivator • which shall in the most efficient manner turn over the soil, and be an economical substitute for the plough or the spade." Only one of the competitors who appeared ,at Chelmsford attempted to show how much land could be " turned over" in a given time. Mr. Boydell's trac tion-engine did not actually perform enough ploughing to determine the cost of its labour ; Mr. Smith's steam implements did not plough at all, but effected a novel kind of tillage not answering to the society's " condi tions ;" but Mr. Fowler's plough and trenching plough were evidently so nearly equal to the duty demanded that an adjourned trial was resolved upon. The judge's report of the trials at Boxted-lodge has not been publish ed, and the consulting engineer's determination of the power, expenses, and other items remain, therefore, un known; but the newspaper accounts at the time stated that in a level field of great length (and so requiring an excessive length of wire rope to be travelling at once), about 21 horse power was employed ; the work proceeded at the rate of about acres per day of 10 hours (turning at the ends included), and the total expenses, with inte rest, wear and tear, removal to the field, &c., amounted to a trifle over 7s. per acre, while the cost by horse labour would have been about the same sum. The quality of the work was universally considered to be very regular and well done ; and the germs of improvement were easily dis cernible in various partied—the apparatus. Last week the Moiety itetd stepeciel comma to decideczespecting tbz adjudication of the prize, 4.lthough so closely alifioach ing to the cost of horse labour, the steam plough had not fulfilledthe strict letter of the "conditions," and so the "undivided sum"of 5001. could not be awarded. Perhaps a handsome pecuniary remuneration was thereupon spontaneously voted by the council for Mr. Fowler's wonderful exertions and success in the:solution of a great agricultural problem ? No. A geld medal, as some mark of distinction and encouragement ? No. Not a farthing —not a tangible acknowledgment in any shape has been offered him. After six years of astonishing public success in the application of portable steam-power and wire-rope and pulley-apparatus to drainage and tillage—after ex pending lay thousands of pounds, overcoming extraor dinary mechanical difficulties, and the still stouter pre judices of the farming world—after training many thou sand of acres by his novel and marvellous method, and achieving at last a greater measure of success in steam ploughing than any other inventor has yet shown us, John Fowler has received from the Royal Agricultural Society (the great promoter of all improvements that can benefit husbandry), the munificent encouragement and assistance of—nothing. I beg pardon. At the Lincoln meeting'in 1854 the judges manifested their apprecia tion of his genius by conferring upon him a silver medal; and, if I remember rightly, an exceedingly useful cottage cooking stove, a one-horse cart, and some corrugated piping obtained for their exhibitors the like high honour on the same occasion. I do not know that any great blame attaches to the society ; the good souls keep to their rules, and carefully watch against the creeping in of " precedent ;" but the point is, if they go on year after year giving handsome presents to the identical old ploughs, hoes, drills, &c., that have duly pocketed and puffed the honour for many successive meetings, and have nothing to bestow, either in accordance with the " terms of their offer," or beyond a nd in spite of them, upon an inventor who stands a lmost in a class by himself, and who, by amazing exer tion of thought, physical energy, and outlay of eapital, has produced a novel order of machinery sufficient to revolutionise our method of draining and cultivation, will not the public begin to inquire where are the national spirit and enterprise of such a society ! However, if the society dare not remunerate John Fowler, I have no hesitation in affirming that his inven tion is now so far advanced and so thoroughly recognized and appreciated by the agricultural community that his personal success is independent of all prize-lists what ever. INTERESTING CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Now ready, in 1 vol., with numerous Illustrations by the author, PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES. By THOMAS HOOD. " Few will have seen this book announced without having a wish to welcome it. By his poetry and his prose Thomas Hood the second distinctly announces himself to be his father's son."—Athenmuin. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. li t if R. HOWARD, Surgeon - Dentist, 52 , Fleet . •1: 0 street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI 1-CIAT. TEETI-I,flxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from lie original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or eca y, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. Tide method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful , peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is ,haranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. rEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, end all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game. Soup, Curries, and Salad, tied by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fcnchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay cud Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor :filleted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Pieeadiily; on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per ,ons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on appliection to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66 , Lincoln's inn-fields; Messr s . C outts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron —The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in -door patients, on their personal application : Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November 2,043 Ditto 21st November .... • • 1 , 972 Ditto 28th N ovember.,..., 2,309 29th and 30th Nove m b er .. • . Total in November .... • . 8,747 f which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat [tient) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order, J. B. OWEN, M.A., Naval and Military Intelligence. There is no foundation for the rumour prevalent a few days since that Lord John Hay would supersede Captain Provost in the command of the Satellite. SHEERNESS—WEDNESDAY. Thistle, gunboat, Mr. Sutton, second master, in com mand, arrived here yesterday from surveying the coast of Scotland, under the Porcupine, and this morning she hauled into the camber to relit, we believe. Emerald, 50, screw, is still at the basin moorings. She would, we believe, have gone on her trial trip this day ; but owing to the dense fog it is postponed by the Government. Hawke, 60, screw block ship, Captain James Wilcox, hauled down this aftsrnooon to fit out as a coast guard ship. She has gone into the basin. Wellington, 74, screw, is rigged complete at the fair-way , moorings. She is also for the coast-guard, but not com missioned. Melampus, 42, is still in No. 3 dry dock. Meeaneo, 84, screw, hauled into No. 2 dry dock, where she will be fitted with a screw propeller. She will not be lengthened more than an additional sternpost, which will make her about three feet longer, She was built iu Bom bay, and is considered as sound as ever she was. DEVONPORT----WEDNESDAT. Indus, 70, fitting at this port, as flag ship for tho Weal Indies, was taken into dock on Monday, and will come out on Thursday. James Watt, 91, Captain Talavora V. Anson, at this port, went out of harbour on Wednesday last, and on Thursday proceeded outside the Breakwater to try her engines, which proving satisfactory, sho now only awaits sailing orders. _ Eagle, 50, is to be commissioned at this port for the coast-guard service by Captain IL A. Storey, with a com plement of 90 officers and men. - An order has for some time been in existence, issued by the Admiralty, against the sale of excisable liquors by par ties in employ in the dockyard, but that order has not until recently been strictly enforced. A. few days since, however, it was ascertained that a labourer in the Govern ment employ kept a beer-house, upon the knowledge of which he was ordered to give up one or the other of his avocations. Ho preferred retaining the beer-house, and was, accordingly, dismissed her Majesty's service. WOOLWICH-WEDNESDAY. The select committee of Royal Artillery officers pro ceeded to the long-practice range in the Government marshes, Plumstead, at 12 o'clock this day, for the purpos. of carrying on some interesting experiments with 68- pounders, which were 'fired with the aid of electricity. The target wa.s made to imitate the bulk-head of a vessel, and the timber was lined with iron plates four inches thick, being the same description as the iron pl ttes which form the inner portion of the Thunderbolt and other floating batte ries. A rapid succession of firing took place, and the re sult was deemed favourable to the combination of timber and iron. The experiments are to be repeated. THE ARCTIC SHIP RESOLUTE. PORTSMOUTll—Wednesday.—The Resolute, Arctic dis covery ship, is the lion of the day. Nothing can equal the impression made on the officers belonging to the ship by the visit of her Majesty, and the kind invitation given to Captain Hartstein to dine with the Queen at the Palace of Osborne, besides the officers being enabled to r oam over the grounds of this fairy-like spot. The American com mander has been received more in the light of an intimate Mend than in his official capacity as a commander in the American navy. Suffice it to say that our " cousins " have received a British welcome. After dining with the Queen, Prince Albert entertained the American commander at a game of billiards, and otherwise courteously did the hos pitalities of the Royal domain in a manner that will never be forgotten by the American officers. Her Majesty, out of her privy purse, has desired that 1001. shall be distri buted amongst the American crew. it is questionable whether at any period the Queen's health has been pro posed and done so much honour to as on this special oc casion ; we vouch for it never by Americans ; and we may make mention of the hilarity and joyous feeling kept up on board the Resolute, where American and British officers again pledged the glass of friendship on England's shares as they pledged each other in the Arctic regions. THE THREE-DECKER—PRINCE OF WALES. The interesting operation of lowering the after body of the Prince of Wales, 131, screw three-decker, 31 feet 6 inches, took place at Portsmouth yesterday. This makes the third ship at the port which has been so successively lowered—the Marlborough, Royal Sovereign, and:the pre sent ship, Prince of Wales, converted from a 120 gun sail ing ship to a 131 screw. The rib-bands had been pre viously cut through, and the body shored up. The cradle and poppets took the weight of the after-body this morn ning, and at eleven o'clock great anxiety was evinced by a vast multitude to witness this hitherto novel experiment. About 30 feet forward of the stern was but ied the fluke of an immense anchor, covered with tons of pig ballast; to the ring of this was attached two powerful falls, under the direction of Mr. Harvey, the boatswain of the yard ; the ends were made fast to the fore part of the bilge or launch ing planks, by which the immense weigh was to be go verned. At 11.30 the commander-in-chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, the Rear-Admiral Superintendent Mar tin, supported by their flag officers, besides a numerous cortege of elegantly-dressed lalioa.and friends, took their stations on stages and on the edge of theidip. The master shipwright (Mr. Abotbell) was early at his post, assisted by Messrs. Craddock, Moody, Brains, and the various fore men of the establishment. The shipwrights' men awaited the word of command, and the vigorous strokes of the hammer parted the noble fabric amidships, ancyn ten seconds a gap appeared of 31 feet ; the after-body glided down the ways noiselessly and beautifully, amid the clap ping of hands and immense cheering. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RESOLUTE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday, after the departure of the Queen, the ship was thrown open to the inspection of all who chose to avail themselves of the opportunity of inspecting her, and about 3,600 persons of all ranks visited the ship and partook of the hospitality of Capt. Hartstein and his officers. At night Messrs. White, the ship-builders of Cowes, illumi nated their premises and wharves with flaming tar barrels, and gave their men a liberal allowance of liquor to drink success to the union between Great Britain and America. The officers of the Resolute entertained the officers of her Majesty's ship Retribution at dinner, and some most loyal and gratifying sentiments were exchanged. To-day, between 1 and 2 o'clock, the Resolute was taken in tow by the Government steam-tug Echo, and left Cowes harbour vociferously cheered by the inhabitants on both sides, and by the crews of all the craft afloat. Her Majes ty's steam frigate Retribution and the steam tender Sprightly were in company. The former, on passing Osborne, fired a Royal salute, when the Americani and British ensign at the peak of the Resolute were thrice dipped. On passing through Spithead che3rs greeted the passage of the Resolute from all the vessels assembled there, and on entering the harbour's mouth a Royal salute of 21 guns was fired in her honour from the Governor's battery. The Victoria-pier was thronged with a well dressed multitude, anxious to cheer the return of the " abandoned one" to her home, and the fine band of her Majesty's 22d Foot played lively airs. The company cheered, and the cheers were taken up by hundreds congre gated on the ramparts adjacent, which enthusiasm was as warmly acknowledged by the officers on deck and the crew in the rigging of the Resolute. As soon as Captain Hartstein dropped anchor in Ports mouth Harbour, abreast of the Kiog's-stairs, he assembled all his officers around the table in the state cabin below, and in a bumper of champagne proposed "the health of the Queen of Great Britain : God bless her 1" which was most vociferously responded to in cheers. Her Majesty has sent Captain Hartstein 1001. to be dis tributed among the crew. Colonel Eyre, and the officers of the Royal Artillery at Portsmouth, have invited Captain Hartstein and the other officers of the Resolute to dine with them on any day most convenient to them during their sojourn at Portsmouth. A deputation waited upon Chevalier Pappalardo this afternoon from the inhabitants of Portsmouth to invite the crew of the Resolute to a dinner, to be given on the day after that given by the Mayor and Corporation to the officers. The deputation were afterwards presented to Captain Hartstein, on board the Resolute, by the consul, when Captain Hartstein expressed his warmest pleasure at such a mark of hospitality, and gave his cordial consent to the acceptance of the invitation, saying at the same time he felt sure that any mark of respect shown to the Ameri can people would be as warmly appreciated on the other side of the Atlantic as it could be tendered by the people on this. Captain Hartstein and Mr. Cornelius Grinnell left Portsmouth for London this evening by the 6.30 South- Western train. LIFE-BOAT SERVICES. - The Sun recently stated that the Tenby life-boat, which belongs to the Na tional Life-boat Institution, had saved, nine poor fel lows from a Spanish vessel, which went to pieces near that place on the 7th inst., and the following is the cox swain's interesting account of the said service :—"Tenby, Sunday night, 7th December.—Wind S.W. ; strong gales and squally. Several vessels in Caldy Roads riding heavily. At 8 p.m. a vessel reported on the White Back (the shoal on which the French schooner Alexandre was lost last winter). The life-boat being already out of the home on the slip was very soon run down into the water and launched off the carriage. We were then compelled to go round St. Catherine's Island, as it was only one hour's flood. Here we had a flood tide and heavy cross seas to contend with, which for half an hour almost baffled us, as the sea was constantly break ing over us. Passing this we progressed gradually till we got to windward of ihevessel, which had been driven over the shoal, and was lying on the strand, bow on, the sea making a clear breach over her stern and port quarter. We dropped the anchor and backed in. We should have made quick work now, but unfortunately the mainsail, boom, and gaff, were washed over the lee quar t er , i n back ing clear of which, to avoid being stove, a sea struck us on the broadside, going over us, the force of which broke three of our lee oars, leaving us clear of the loose wreck. Here we found the benefit of our anchor, for the next sea would have thrown us on the strand but for the anchor bringing us up. The hand grapnel was then thrown aboard, and nine poor fellows were soon stowed away in the life-boat. We gave a hearty cheer, and then hauled her through, the surf and pulled away to windward with a will, and then bore up for the har bour, thankful to Divine Providence fo r ena bling us once more to perform this errand of mercy, and to poor fellows from inevitable destruc tion—forabout two hours from our leaving her snatch nine e (before high water) she was all to pieces. The boat behaved admirably ; in fact, I . am persuaded the crew would cheerfully face any sea in her when it is possible to row ahead. The crew also showed) the most perfect coolness and fixed determination to effect their purpose, if possible, which, by the Divine blessing, they acorn plished.—ROßNAT PARBOTT, coxewain.". THE REFORMATORY MOVEMENT. On Tuesiay the Rev. Sydney Turner, a gentleman known from his connection withlthe juvenile reformatory movement and chaplain of the philanthropic establish ment at It edhill, delivered an address at the Tailors' Labour Agency Literary Institute, Newington-causeway, on "Boy Crime and its Remedies." The room was well Mid, but not crowded. Mr. Dunn took the chair. The Rev. S. TURNER, on rising, was received with cheers. He said he had not come to give them a methodised systenr, but merely to express his views inte'- ligibly to them. He did not intend to plead for a par ticular nostrum or panacea for boy crime, but to set them thinking and acting upon the subject. They would at once sympathise with him when boy crime affected them as the middle class much more than it did the higher class. He had recently seen in the Economist that crime only affected capitalists, or persons with fixed property. He was astonished at such doctrines, which embodied one of the strangest fallacies he had fever seen. The question of boy crime was essentially one which affected the working and middle classes. Whose property did young thieves principally steal ? If he went to the Westminster Bridewell, and got the young thieves out, who would they live upon ? Would they live upon the property of the Duke of Devonshire, or Lord Palmerston, or even such large firms as Fortnum and Mason's? No, it was the great class of working tradesmen that these young hornets stung. And more than that, it was the children of the poor man that they associated with, and who were exposed to their corruption. It was a painful thing to find that the more humble the station in life of men, the more exposed they were to the temptations thrown in their way by the younger portion of attest thieves. Out of the 120,000 of all ages, and both sexes, who annually passed through our prisons, from 12,000 to 13,000 consisted of boys and girls, and of that por tion about 1-10th were girls. In the police districts I of London there were about 3,000 boys and girls impri soned. The great theory of our forefathers was to punish only, and adopting Sir Peter Laurie's theory " to put them down." He should be very glad to adopt that if it answered. He was not one of those amiable phi'an thropists who were averse to all secondary punishment-% lie considered that in proportion to the knowledge of the offender be should be punished. They had a large num ber of boys at Redhill ; some of them had been in pri-on sixteen times, many for ten times, and a great proportion four or five times. The result was uniformly the same ; he was not deterred by the punishment he had received, and be thought the reason was clear. No person com mitted crime so much from the love of it, but because his habits and his whole course of education bad been such as to make petty crime almost a necessity to him. 'With in the last year—that was from the let January to the present—they bad admitted 118 boys into the Redhill Reformatory, and out of that number 31 had lost father or mother, the surviving parent not re-marrying, 16 had lost both parents, and 21 had lost one parent, the sur vivor re-warryipg, Thus, of the whole 118, there were