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To prevent as far as possible the recurrence of an evil so disgraceful to our social system, it is proposed in the first instance to establish n co-operative system of visiting the poor, by aiding and increasing the power of existing local institutions which have this object in view. To bring to the notice of parochial authorities such cases as legitimately telong to them alone, co aid the police and the Meridicity Society, to detect imposture, and to bring to the care of hospitals, refuges, penitentiaries, and existing charitable associations those cases for which their several institutions were established. Specibl And urgent cases of distress indicated by the clergy —ministers of all denominations, medical profession, or agents of any existing Society, Will be relieved as far as possible by the judicious application of funds entrusted to district committees and local responsible persons appointed by them for the purpose. No case's will be relieved by money or otherwise at the central office.' The promoters of this movement now come forward, not in any spirit of opposition to existing societies, but, on the contrary, with the strong desire to co-operate with and assist them in the arduous task in which they, with such praise worthy zeal and perseverance, have been so many years laboriously engaged. • They now claim to be met in the spirit in which they advance, with the sole purpose of furthering, by friendly intercourse, the great Christian object which all charitable associations have in view. The following noblemen and gentlemen having combined to form a Guarantee Committee, by whom the entire ex penses Of management are to be defrayed, the Society now call upon the public to entrust it with the requisite funds, which shall be applied, without the smallest deduction, to the relief of genuine distress. GUARANTEE His Grace the Duke of Marlborough The Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield The Right Hon. the Earl of Lichfield The Right Hon. the Earl of Sefton The Right Hon. the Earl of Darnley The Right Hon. the Lord Ashburton The Right Hon. the Lord Raglan The Hon. A. H. Vernon The Rev. W. Davenport Bromley Ne. 21,388. PUBLICATIONS. _Now ready, in 2 yols. Svo., with Portraits, THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAWS MEMOIRS of the COURTS atd CABINETS of WILLIAM IV. and VICTORIA. • From Original Family Documents. Among the principal interesting subjects of these volumes will be found —The Re-establishment of the Royal.House hold—The Sailor King and his Court—The Duke of Welling ton in, and out of, Office—The Refoim Cabinet and the Con servative Opposition—Career of Sir Robert Peel—Civil List Expenditure—Vicissitudes of Louis Philippe—Attacks on the Duke of Wellington— Coronations of William IV. and Queen Victoria—Rise and Fall of O'Connell—Lord Melbourne and his Ministry— Proceedings of the Kings of Hanover and Bel gium —Private Negotiations at Apsley House—Secret History of Court Arrangements, &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready, price 55., VOREIGN OFFICE LIST for 1861, forming a Complete Diplomatic and Consular Handbook, wit five Maps. London: Harrison, Bookseller to the Queen, 59, Pall-mall. This day is published, COMMITTEE. W.Devonport Bromley,Esq. M. T. Bass, Esq., M.P. C. E. Boothby, Esq. A. H. Davenport, Esq. J. H. Reynell de Castro,Esq. Richard Gibbs, Esq. H, A. Ilankey, Esq. R. Stuart Lane, Esq. D. Meinertzhagen, Esq. Admiral Meynell W. Wells, Esq. J. N. Murray, Esq. Charles Whitehead, Esq. Martin Ridley Smith, Esq. her 01: ina 'ere ens ( - With power to add to their number.) WOK ITTEE. The Ea r l of Lichfielß ING CO d Rev. MM W. Rogeis Lord Charles Bruce Martin Ridley Smith, Esq. Robert Barnett, Esq. Hon. A. IL-Vernon Rev. T. Beames Colonel Haygarth W. Davenport Bromley,Esq. Hon. Arthur Egerton T. H. Reynell Decastro, Esq. W. Ewing, Esq. 'illiam Gilbert, Esq. Rev. P. G. M'Gill Wm. Bevan, Esq. Hugh Astley, Esq. Colonel De Bathe Rev. W. Mayd C. Sartoris, Esq. Capt. Cunliffe Owen, R.N. St. Leger Glyn, Esq. Major-General R. B Wood Henry Alers Hankey, Esq. The Earl of Bessborough R. Stuart Lane, Esq. Dr. Horace Dobell Hon. E. Chandos Leigh Alfred Buckley, Esq. J. N. Murray, Esq. Algernon West, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) Every exertion has been made to hurry forward the for mation of the Soaiety, which commenced its operations on the let of January, 1861, in those districts where, in the opinion of the Central Committee, the requisite prepara • tions had been made. The machinery will be proportionately increased and perfected as the operations of the Society extend. W. DAVENPORT BROMLEY, F. HAYGARTH, Lieut.-Col., Hon. Secs. WILLM. GILBERT, Office, '2B, King-street, St. James's, Ls and Donations. List of Subscriptic (a signifies Ruin Amount already advertiE Craven, Earl of ...£2O 0 0 Jersey, Countess Dowager of 20 0 0 Leice s t er Countess oflo 0 0 Mount -Charles, Earl of Sandwich, Earl of 5 0 0 Bruce, Lady Ernest 5 0 0 Cremorne, Lord and Lady 10 0 0 Dawson, Lady Anna Maria .. R igby, Lord . ' 10 0 0 Greville, Lady Char lotte Loughborough, Lord 1 1 0 Morant, Lady lien. rietta. 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VIII. Home Ballads and Poems. IX. Hessey's Bampton Lecture. X. Autobiography of Dr. Carlyle. XL Lord Palmerston and his Foreign Policy. Edinburgh : T. and T. Clark. London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. try !et; rob of the lop THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." DR. KAHN on MARRIAGE.—A new and entirely re-written Edition (the 41. th) of this celebrated Treatise, with new Steel Plates, Woodcuts, &c., is now ready. 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Contents :—Modern Treatment of Syphilis—Stricture— Impotency—Unhealthy and Debilitated Offspring—Diseases of the Urinary Organs—Non retention of Urine—Desire for Solitude—Groundless Fears—lncapacity for Married Life, Arc. ; showing. how these supposed incurable maladies may be effectually eradicated by the most simple means. Pub lished and sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster row, London. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1861. CONTRACT FOR PIG LEAD. Department of the Storekeeper-General • of the Navy, Somerset-place, 29th Jan:, Mt. rriffE COMMISSIONERS. for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 12th February next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham with PIG LEAD, under a contract for six months certain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. - - - A form of the Tender may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for PIG LEAD," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two re sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £lOOO for the due performance of the Contract. CONTRACTS FOR FRESH. BEEF, MUTTON, BREAD, VEGETABLES, ticc., For the Royal Marine Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham. ADMIRALTY, 28th January, 1861. 'THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the -1-• OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 26th February next, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready at the Office of the Director General of the Medical Depart ment of the Navy, Somerset-place, in London, to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for the supply of all such quantities of all or any of the following articles as shall from time to time be required for the use of either one or both of the Royal Marine Infirmaries at WOOLWICH and CHATHAM, from the let day of April next to the 31st day of March, 1861, viz. : BEEF and MUTTON, BREAD, MILK, SOAP, Yellow, VEGETABLES. Samples of the Soap, together with the conditions of the Revised Contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be seen at this Office, or by applying to the Purveyor at the Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham. No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten der fbr ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible per son, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Contracts for Beef and Mutton, for Bread and for Vegetables, and in the sum of £5O for each of the others. India Office, Victoria-street, Westminster, 28th January, 1861. THE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Council gives notice that he will be prepared to receive, on Friday, the Bth February, at or before One o'Clock, Ten ders for a Loan of £3,000,000, on security of Stock to be created under the provisions of an Act of the last Session of Parlia ment, and to bear Interest at the rate of Five per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly at the Bank of England, on the sth .lanuary and sth July in each year. The Stock not to be redeemable until sth July, 1870, but to be redeemable at par on or after that day, upon one year's previous notice having been given in " The London Gazette" by the Secretary of State for India in Council. The Books of the Stock will be kept at the Bank of England, where all Assignments and Transfers will be made. No Stamp Duties whatsoever will be charged on the Transfers. The Tenders to be for the whole or any part of such Loan, but not for sums of less than £5OO stock, and to state what amount of money will be given for every £lOO of the said stock. The Tenders are to be delivered in, sealed, at the Accountant-General's Department, at this Office. A deposit of 2 per cent. upon the amount of stock tendered for must at the same time beptid at the Accountant General's Department, to be returned in the event of the tenders not being accepted ; and parties tendering must be careful not to enclose the deposit in the sealed tender. So much of the amount tendered and accepted to be paid at the Bank of England, on account of the Secretary of State for India in Council, on Friday, the 15th of February, 1861, as, when added to the deposit paid on the tenders being delivered, will leave eighty pounds for each hundred pounds of stock, to be paid as under, viz.:— £2O per cent. on Tuesday, the 12th of March, 1861; £3O per cent. on Tuesday, the 2th of April, 1861 ; £3O per cent. on Friday, the 10th of May, 1861; but parties who so desire may pay up in full, and will be allowed a discount at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum upon the anticipated payments. The dividend payable on the sth of July, 1861, to be a six months' dividend upon the capital amount of stock contracted for on the said Bth February. In the event of the receipt of tenders (at or above the mini mum price to be fixed by the Secretary of State for India in Council on the Bth February) for a larger amount than that proposed to be raised, the tenders, at the lowest price accepted, wi'l be subject to a pro rata diminution. Due notice will be given when the Scrip Receipts arc ready, and these will be delivered only to the parties entitled, or to their order, at the Chief Cashier's Office at the Bank of Eng land, in exchange for the receipt for the first instalment. For each instalment after the payment of the first, which is due on the 15th of February, 1861, a proportional amount of Stock will be created for the contributors. The Stock for the first instalment, including the Deposit, to be created at the same time with that which will be due on the last. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the said Bth day of February. nor unless upon a printed Form, which must not be enclosed in an envelope. 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In a nation so renowned as this for the sanctity of its domestic ties, it appears unaccountable that so many marriages, contracted under cvumstances apparently auspicious, should result in sorrow, disgust, and degradation, and that this should occur even to those who before wedlock had passionately loved each other. If the inquirers into the cause of this mystery had consulted the great book of nature, instead of dwelling on conventional theories, they might probably have had less difficulty in arriving at the truth. Have they ever sufficiently considered how much these constant revelations of unhappy marriages may be connected with a peculiar INFLUENCE, frequently originating in corrupt associations at college, or at school, and the pernicious effects of which, too often unsuspected by medical men, poison the very well-springs of life, and produce many of the disappointments witnessed in the connubial state. 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The Programme will be changed erery week.sa as to enable them to produce all their most l'opular Novelties, the Burlesque Operatic Selections will be varied, including "Lucretia Borgia, ' "Cenerentola," " Tro vatore," and "La Sonnambula." Doors open every night at half past Seven. A Day Performance every Wednesday and Saturday. Doors open at half-past Two. Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, le. St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, 19th January, 1861. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King Wit lam-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes, £1 Is. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. -A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box office, from 10 till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, Jan. 19. tVANS'S Magnificent MUSIC an d SUPPER ROOMS; Covent-Garden. HACKNEY has returned to this Establishment. 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The valuable advantage derived from their invention is, that vision becomes preserved and strengthened ; very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation, can see with these lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assist ance.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel TELESCOPES, Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly a person to know him at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from 8 to 10 miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guard are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are a.so preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. 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They also beg to introduce their new Instrument, which is one of the most amusing and in structive ever brought out. It illustrates the motion of the Planets, Armstrong's shot, and many wonderful effects, price 255. Also, the improved Life-boat Barometer, by Admiral Fitzroy; it needs no comment upon its superiority, and is now arranged by them for the use of the public. Price £4 4s. Scientific Instrument Makers, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, W. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN SHEER- NESS DOCITAI?D. SHEERNESS, THURSDAY. This morning (Thursday) a most 'distressing and fatal accident occurred in the dock at Sheerness, involving the sacrifice of three persons' lives and jeopardising another, besides inflicting serious in juries on three more workmen. From information obtained on the spot, immedi ately after the fatal occurrence, the following par ticulars may be relied upon :—lt is necessary to mention that the Sheerness yard, as in other Government establishments of the kind, is divided into a number of separate compartments or work shops, each compartment being devoted to some particular branch of Government employment, and that the department in which the accident occurred is termed the boiler shop, and is in connection with the steam factory. This building is about 320 feet in length, 70 in width, and 60 in height, and is fitted with forges and machinery. Transversely in the building, at an elevation of about 40 feet from the floor, are erected what are technically termed " tra vellers," or tramways, which can be moved from one end of the building to the other, as circum stances require. On thew travellers are placed "jennys," or locomotive cranes, which can be - 'moved backward and forward for the purpose of lifting or moving boilers, and other ponderous pieces of machinery. At the time of the accident, which was about 10 minutes past 7 a.m., 100 men, asnearly ascan be ascertained, were at work in the building, 8 of whom were on the traveller, or tramway in question, engaged in moving a huge boiler, weighing not less than 28 tons. A connection between the crane and boiler had been formed, and the men who were on the tramway were turning the jenny for the purpose of raising the boiler from its position, when, from some cause not explained, but most probably from the heavy strain, the traveller broke with a sudden crash just above the boiler, and at the point where the strain must necessarily havebeen greatest, throwing down seven out of the eight men, as well as the jenny or crane. The names of the men are John M'Donnell, Anthony Bessell, Wm. Hadlow, Timothy Parker, Walter Weybraw, Wm. Fackerell, and J. Harragh. Six of them fell on the boiler which they were ope rating upon, and one of them was precipitated to the ground a distance of 40 feet. The jenny, which is from three to four tons in weight, also fell on the top of the boiler as well as on the top of the six men, instantly killing two of them, and seriously injuring the four others. Assistance being at hand it was immediately called into requisition, by which means the bodies of the unfortunate fellows were speedily extricated. Dr. Cross, surgeon to the esta blishment, was also quickly in attendance, and ren dered every aid. The two men who were killed, viz., M'Donnell and Bessell, must have died instan taneously, their bodies, which presented a frightful spectacle, being very muoh mutilated. Of those injured, the one who had fallen to the ground, and whose name is Hadlow, sustained a severe fracture on the skull, besides other injuries, and has since died in the military hospital from the effects. An other of the injured persons, named Timothy Par ker, who has been removed to the military hospital, lies in a dangerous condition, having been in jured in the ribs and had his thigh broken just above the knee. The injuries inflicted on the others are, we are happy to state, not of an alarm ing or fatal character. The following is an authentic list of the casualties Killed—John M'Donnell, boiler-maker, aged 48, leaving a widow, and Anthony Bessell, aged 50, leaving a widow and six children. Since Dead—William Hadlow, assistant boiler maker, aged 28, a single man from Sittingbourne, having been engaged only a few days in the estab lishment. Injured—Timothy Parker (in the hospital), boiler maker, aged 46 ; thigh and ribs broken ; has a wife and three children. Walter Weybraw, assistant boiler-maker, aged 34 ; a severe fracture in the knee ; has a wife and two children. William Fackerell, boiler-maker, age 30; fracture in the knee ; has a wife and one child. John Harragh, boiler-maker, age 36 ; injuries in the ribs and back ; has a wife and two children. _ _ _ An inquiry into the cause of the calamity is ex• pected to-morrow (Friday), GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—The Government emigrant vessel Nile, of 716 tons, Captain F. S. Watley, belonging to Mr. Duncan Dunbar, of London, sailed from Plymouth, on the 29th ult., for Sydney, New South Wales, with 17 married couples, 116 single men, 102 single women, 15 boys between the ages of 1 and 12, 8 girls between the same ages, and 1 malskinfant, making a total of 270 souls, equal to 2571 statute adults, under charge of Surgeon- Superintendent William Holman, assisted by the services of Mary A. Robertson, matron, and Edward H. Flannery, schoolmaster. 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NANCILESTER AND INDIA. MANCHESTER, JAN. 3 31, Yesterday an important conference was held at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, for the pur pose of considering generally the condition of India in her relations with this country. Mr. Edmund Potter oceupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN having briefly explained why the conference had been called together, said that in order to give it a commencement, a minute which had been prepared by the Manchester Chamber of Commerce would be first read and laid upon the table. After that four resolutions, which had also been prepared by them, would be read and laid upon the table Mr. MURRAY GLADSTONE then rose to move the first resolution as follows :—" That in the opinion of this conferenc e th e fi nanc i a l p os ition of India is such as to excite great uneasiness, owing to her increasing debt, the contin ue d exce ss of expendi ture over revenue, and the suspension of reproduc tive werks throughout the country, upon which large sums have already been expended, as an nounced in a minute issued by th, Supreme Go vernment at Calcutta, on the 19th November last ; and this conference is further of opinion that clear and simple statements of the accounts of the revenue and expenditure of India should be published an nually, or more frequently if possible, showing distinctly the manner in which the revenue is re ceived and disposed of, distinguishing the receipts and disbursements on the railways, and on all other public works." He observed that gentlemen might probably be aware that the Governor-General of India had lately published a minute, in which he stated that, in consequence of the absolute inability to raise any further sums of money in that country, it would be impracticable to continue the execution of the great public works in which they were engaged in India, such as railways and other works of that kind. The government of India had guaranteed a certain rate of interest-5 per cent.—upon the money which had been lent for the purpose of for warding those r a il way wor k s i n I n di a, w hi ch interest would have to be paid. More money was wanted to carry on these works, but it appeared that more money was not forthcoming. It appeared, therefore, to this board that a separate loan should b e raised in thi s coun t ry f or th e purpose o f provid ing the government of this country with the funds necessary to carry on these public works. Upon the completion of these public works depended the regeneration of India. A further sum of 20 per cent. was requisite to enable the government to improve the drainage, to make roads so as to bring down the produce of the interior to the seaboard. He could say, after an experience of ten years, that India produced everything they could desire, and all that was wanted was to have the resources of the country properly developed. Happy would it be for them if the present crisis of affairs turned their attention to that country. India was the only place from which they could get an immediate supply of cotton. From other quarters he had no doubt they might get it in time; but from no quarter could they obtain a supply so quickly as from India. The cotton was there, and all that was wanted was the means of bringing it down cheaply to the seaboard. He thought that England should raise £5,000,000 or £6,000,000 for the next five years and lend it to India, which would enable her public works to be completed; and it appeared to him to be the only means of restoring equilibrium to India. He hoped the resolution would commend itself to the judgment of all present. (Hear, hear.) Mr. DUNLOP said that the resolution spoke so much for itself that it scarcely required any support from him. That the financial position was such as to excite great uneasiness was too clear to be denied, and that public works should be promoted was undoubtedly most desirable and necessary. Railways, common roads, works of irrigation, and improvement of harbours, was what India re quired. He was not aware that the works were altogether suspended, and believed that they were only partially so. He agreed with the last speaker, that India was the only country to which they could look for an immediate supply of cotton. This was a national question, and was second only to the supply of food for the people. High prices might be sufficient to stimulate Europeans, but they had to deal with Asiatics, and the govern. ment ought at once to instruct the government collectors to encourage the people in every way. He hoped that by this means they would be able to some extent to make up for the deficiency of the exports from America. (Hear.) Mr. CIIEETHAM thought that the resolution should not merely express the sense of uneasiness which was felt at the financial condition of India, but should point out some mode by which that uneasiness could be diminished, and the income and expenditure brought more nearly to balance one another. (Hear, hear.) Now he found that the income of India for 1860-61 was £39,140,000, in cluding the new taxes proposed by Mr. Wilson, and the expenditure £45,234,000, leaving a defi ciency of £6,250,000. That was the state of things which made him uneasy, and which called for a remedy. Of this £39,000,000, no less than 17,154,000 was for the cost of collection ; £3,397,000 for the political establishment ; £BBB,OOO for marine, which was a large sum con sidering they had no naval enemies to contend with in India; £3,124,000 for the interest of the debt ; £5,157,000 for home charges, including stores; £1,276,000 for the guaranteed interest on railways. Then came three items, to which ho wished to call special attention—the judicial and police charge, which cost £4,000,000. Now so far as that had been expended on the judicial admi nistration of India, nothing could be more desi rable, because it was of great importance that they should have magistrates of learning and impar tiality in that country. At the present moment £4,000,000 were spent on the police, one-half of which might be put to the military account, the police being now organised as a sort of irregular infantry. (Hear.) The expenditure on buildings, roads, aid public works was £4,390,000. But they would find, on looking into that item, that a great part of the amount was for new barracks for troops, and matters of that kind, which strictly belonged to military expenditure. The military estimate for last year was £21,000,000. The esti mate for this year was £15,276,000 ; but adding to this the half of the police and public works expenditure the amount would be £20,000,000, which was far too large a sum out of the £39,000,000 which constituted the whole revenue of India. (Cheers.) As long as this state of things continued it was in vain to suppose that equilibrium would ever be restored between income and revenue. He begged, therefore, to move an addition to the reso lution to the effect that the military expenditure should be cut down. Mr. FOSTER, of the Bradford Chamber of Com merce, seconded the amendment. Mr. PENDER thought it would be altogether a wrong policy if India was to be kept up as a nur sery for military mutineers. He should support the amendment because it was practical. If India was to be held for glory only, by means of forts and armies, the sooner they gave it up altogether the better. But he had hopes that by good manage ment the finances of India might be brought not only to an equilibrium between revenue and expen diture, but that India might become the brightest gem in the British crown. (Hear, hear.) The cotton of India was not of the staple they required; but he had no doubt it could be improved, and he was told that machinery could be made to spin that shorter stapled cotton. But the great points to be gained in the first instance were to facilitate the carriage of the cotton to the seaboard, and to bring the expenditure and income to balance. (Hear, hear.) Mr. KINNAIRD, M.P., said that he thought they were met to discuss the value of India as a cotton growing country in the present crisis of American affairs ; but it appeared to him that they were en tering on a discussion of the military estimates of India without sufficient information on the subject. (Hear.) Mr. CAMPBELL believed that the great military force in India was the chief cause of the evils of the country, and he did not expect any prosperity as long as they maintained an enormous native force and a European army for the purpose of keeping the native army to their duty. (Hear.) Mr. Ross supported the original motion. Mr. MURRAY GLADSTONE said he could not accept the amendment, because they came there as men of business to discuss practical questions, and not politics. Mr. CHEETIIAM said he should withdraw his amendment, and introduce it in another form. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the original motion carried unanimously. resMolru.tioCnil :LEM That, then the proposed opinion o f than army is confer ence, the enormous cost of t he In of debt, ciou over-taxation, t fi. a n x a a n ti c o i one of the chief causes of t he excess of expendi tureal r over distress , resulting revenuein increase of h and stoppage of publ ic works ; and that this con ference would most earnest l y s u pp or t h er Majesty's the oe Government in the determination they have ex pressed to reduce the number, and therefore the cost, of the Indian army, especially the native army and armed police." They had still 300,000 native troops in India and 80,000 European troops, and if India could not be maintained without such a force, the sooner it was given up the better. (Hear.) Mr. FOSTER 'seconded the motion, and said it was because he wished to retain their hold of India that he desired to see a reduction of the military expen diture. He believed the Government would be glad to see their progress towards retrenchment strengthened by a resolution like this. (Hear.) Mr. J. PEEL was of opinion they acted unwisely in not taking the Indian widow for better or for worse, with all her debts and responsibilities, but fine property. (Laughter.) If they had done that when they succeeded to the East India Company, the House of Commons and the country generally would take more interest in the affairs of that coun try, and would not allow her revenues to be squan dered. (Hear.) Mr, MASSEY, M.P., said he could not support the original amendment, because it committed them to a rash opinion on a matter with regard to which their information was avowedly imperfect. (Hear, hear.) But it was different with regard to the resolution now before the conference; for whilst it would not alarm the people of India with the idea that military protection was about to be withdrawn from them, it would encourage the Government to proceed in the career of retrenchment. (Hear.) The motion was then put and carried, three hands having been raised in opposition to its passing. Mr. DUNLOP moved the next resolution, as fol lows. :—" That, in the opinion of this conference, unless means are otherwise available, a loan should be raised, to be speeially and exclusively applied to the resumption and completion of reproductive works in India, under the control of a board of works, to be appointed for each of the three presi dencies respectively, it being their firm conviction that some such course is necessary to develop the vast resources of the empire ; and it is further the opinion of this conference, that the revenue to be expected from judiciously conducted reproductive works in India will suffice to pay the interest upon expenditure within a brief space of time, and may be so dealt with as to liquidate the whole outlay in the course of a limited number of years." Dr. BEGG seconded the resolution, and said that the natives of India required to be stimulated by European energy and capital. Mr. ASHWORTH believed that if the natives got a more secure land tenure it would stimulate their exertions very considerably. Sir C. Trevelyan stated that if they had a secure land tenure, five or six regiments might be dispensed with in Madras alone. (Hear.) Mr. TURNER, "M.P., said that a loan had been suggested if other means were not available. He believed that other means were available. The) British Government were in possession of an im mense estate in India, and one of the great objects for which that property was transferred to them was that they might administer it as good land lords, relieving the tenantry from the oppression of former owners, making them contented and happy, whilst at the same time they derived an advantage themselves from the capital they laid out. If neces sary, there was no reason why they should not sell a small portion of that estate, like other landlords, in order to improve the remainder. (Hear, hear.) The late Minister of India, Lord Stanley, sent out a minute authorising the Government to make sales of land in fee. That ought to raise money sufficient to develop the resources of the country. (Hear.) He believed no notice was taken of that by the Indian Government. He did not know whether Sir C. Wood required compliance with the order of his predecessor, though he had his own opinion on the subject; but at all events that appeared to him to be one of the means available for improving an immense estate which had hitherto been totally neglected. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., said he feared the observa tion of his hon. colleague might lead to a miscon ception, because the minute which Lord Stanley sent out had reference to the waste lands of India only. He did not propose that the land tenure of India should be altered, and he (Mr. Bazley) thought that a much more extensive measure was required than one by which mere jungle and waste land could be reclaimed and appropriated. (Hear.) His own opinion was that the Indian mutiny and the other evils of that country originated in bad government and the want of a proper ad ministration of justice. Until they removed these obstacles to the improvement of India, and introduced a good system of conveyance by which the products of India could be brought easily and cheaply to the seaboard, they need not look for any important reduction in the expenditure of that country, or hope that India would be as profitable to herself and to England as she ought to be. The public works of India:might be made to con stitute a fund of wealth to the country into which capital would be poured as into the stocks at home. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was put and carried unanimously Mr. Slum, chairman of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, moved—" That this conference is of opinion that the high customs duties recently im posed in India are greatly to be deprecated, inas much as they check the expansion of trade, and in the case of imports foster native manufactures under a false system of protection, reversing the free trade policy under which our own country has made rapid:progress in civilisation, influence, and wealth; and this conference is further of opinion, that the Government should be urged to reduce the customs duties now levied in India, being convinced that high duties are unsound in principle, and can never be expedient in practice." Mr. M. Ross seconded the resolution. Mr. J. PENDER said the question of duties at Bombay affected not only the interests of India, but materially affected the interests of this com munity. If it could be proved that the people of India could spin cotton and manufacture cotton goods as cheaply as could be done in Manchester, then he said India was the place to spin and manu facture cotton. But if they required protection in order to create this industry, then he said we were going back to a system which England had con demned, and through the abolition of which Eng land had greatly increased in wealth, while giving at the same time a great impetus to civilisation throughout the world. (Hear.) He was satisfied that if this system went on in Bombay, of building fresh mills, it would drive India back to a certain extent to the resumption of the old cotton hand loom manufactures of that country. Since we com menced to supply ourselves labour had increased in value in India , showing that we had not injured, but developed the native industry. If we now created this trade in India we should not be bene fiting the finances of the Indian Government ; we should actually be killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. (Hear, bear.) The next step the Indian Government must take must be to get taxa tion out of this industry that they were creating ; and thus they would at once destroy it again, after having inflicted so much injury on our own trade. He had some statements respecting the progress of cotton spinning in India, which showed that the works in Bombay were entered into with the view of supplying the whole of India with their produc tion. The figures showed an extraordinary expan sion in this respect, and that we were dealing with a people who had, to say the least of it, a great desire to "go ahead." (Hear, hear.) The Parsee population of Bombay seemed to have no lack of ambition to become very large manufacturers, because the new mills and extensions in contempla tion were no less than 311,842 spindles and 4,025 looms, and there were at work 82,566 spindles and 240 looms. He had no doubt at all that at whatever cost these mills might be built, they would be not the ruin of a great number of people. He di dd in believe that a different policy was to be his pursuedcountry. India than was found to be the rule a i Those mills, therefore, would be wonr a k t edat cost d would ulti which would pay the p u rchaser, le who would so mutely come into the hands of p work them. The course no:Padopted by the Government was contrary to the free trade policy of this country, and as such he deprecated such a mode of raising revenue, and thought that the sooner India. It would be better to borrow money for two or three years, until the finances of India were in a sound state, than to destroy an industry the absence of which must eventually retard the pro gress of the country. In America the cost of convey ing cotton by way of the Lakes was 1-9 d. to 2-9 d. per ton per mile • by the Erie Canal, 3-9 d.; but in India, down the Ganges, it was id. to ; and the cost of conveying cotton from Berar, the great cotton-producing land of Bombay, on pack bullocks, was no less than 101 d. per ton per mile. The Go. vernment ought to give us cheaper Conveyance. The same obstacle was in the way of taking our goods to the interior. India was the country to which we had to look for increased consumption of English fabrics, and if India could give us back cotton, both countries would be enriched. We not only wanted roads to bring cotton cheaply to tho L ~~ seaboard, but the same roads to take our goods to the interior. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GLADSTONE remarked that the trade in saltpetre was materially affected. Saltpetre was much more used in this country in peace even than in war, because it entered so largely into the com position of bleaching materials. A very high export duty had been placed on saltpetre, because it was considered that India was the only country that produced it. The result was that the manufacture on the Bombay side was entirely crushed ; the pro duction of artificial saltpetre had been got up in this country and France, and we were in a fair way to see the export of the article from Bengal cease entirely. What English traders wanted was no protection for themselves, but a fair field to both countries and no favour to either. (Hear, hear.) Mr. 'MASSEY, M.P., thought the sense of this meeting was against the retention of any duty at all, and suggested that the resolution should be shortened by omitting the words after the word "wealth," in order to avoid implying that the con ference had no further objection to urge if the duties were placed on the reduced scale. This was agreed to by the mover, and seconded, and the resolution so abridged was adopted unani mously. Mr. WHITWORTH, of Halifax, moved :—" That in the opinion of this conference the Government ought to be urged to afford every possible encour agement to European traders, planters, and capi talists who may be induced to settle or purchase property in India, it being their belief that in the iucrease of British settlers will be found the per manent prosperity of the country. And in order to give confidence to such settlers or capitalists, simple and effective powers, especially as regards contracts, should be enacted, and that every pos sible opportunity should be given for the purchase of land in fee simple." The motion was agreed to, and the conference broke up. T" CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Sperwtatorrhces and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting sees, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS Ole THE WORK. 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The coroner continued his inquiry yesterday, after the despatch of our parcel, and resumed it this morning. Mr. Morgan Morgan, at present manager of a colliery in Somersetshire, and formerly employed for about ten years in the Risca Colliery, which he quitted in 1858, said he had been down the Black Vein Pit. Entering first, and at great length, upon the question of ventilation, he gave the results of a series of observations which he had made for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of air passing per minute into different parts of the workings respectively. He stated his opinion was that the current of air sent down by the ventilating machine was intermittent, being governed by the strokes of the piston (the current created by furnace ventila tion being regular and continuous), while there was a drag upon the current in some parts arising from the insufficient size of the air-ways and return. The mode of ventilation in the Black Vein he characterised as being of the most primitive description, and he advised the splitting of the air in numerous currents, each to travel a separate and independent dis trict, so as to confine the effects of an explosion to the particular district in which it occurred, which would make the pit as safe to work with naked lights as it was now with lamps. He agreed with some previous witnesses in tracing the original ex plosion to Sage's stall, or some stall near it in the Fourth East Level, and thought with Mr. Harri son, the chief viewer of the pit, that subsequent explosions followed as the fire reached accumula tions of gas in other places. In reply to Mr. Evans, the witness said he thought it quite possible to work the Black Vein without powder, and extremely undesirable to use it where safety lamps are thought necessary. The use of powder was in itself a mere question of ex pense, and he had never seen coal that could not be cut without it. In reply to Mr: Brough, the witness expressed a decided preference for safety, or spare doors, over canvas sheets. Being asked whether the system of ventilation adopted in the Black Vein Colliery, and which he had described as being of the most primitive simplicity, was not general in the neigh bouring valleys, he replied that there were few if any pits in the neighbourhood of so fiery a nature as the Risca Black Vein, and that, just in proportion to its fire-generating properties should be the care directed to prevent the accumulation of gas in a coal mine. He declined to commit himself to express any conclusion with regard to the cause of the accumulation of gas in Sage's stall, to which he and other witnesses traced the explosion, but unhesitatingly asserted his conviction that there must have been a rapid series of minor explosions following the great or primary explosion, and aris ing from accumulations of gas previously lurking in the workings—decidedly opposing the theory of Mr. Harrison, that the secondary explosions wero caused by the contact of the flame of the first ex plosion with various bodies of gas set free by falls from the roof, those falls being occasioned by the concussion. In support of his own view on this point he said the fire of the first explosion would pass before the falls took place, so that it could not actually reach the gases newly set free, and that at the same time there would not be a proper interval to allow of a su ffi c i en t a d m i xture of atmospheric IT., viz., three or four parts of pure atmospheric air to one part of pure carburetted hydrogen, to render ignition possible. Finally, in reply to Mr. Brough, he said that years ago, when in the ser vice of the company, he recommended the working of a new pit to the Black Vein, in order to improve the ventilation. The cross-examination of this witness was still proceeding when our report left. THE STEAMER QUEEN VICTORIA. We have already reported the safety of the Queen Victoria. The Western Morning News describes the process of getting her afloat : "This large vessel has been extricated from her dangerous position at Barn Pool, where she ran ashore on the 2d instant, and she now lies in safety on Cremyll Beach, where at low water she will be dry, and therefore can be repaired. As we have previously explained, two portable steam engines had been taken on board the vessel, and arrangements made for driving two of Gwynne's pumps, which were put in operation and found to work successfully. The cascades which poured from the sides of the ship gave evidence of the efficiency of the pumps. The diver, Benjamin Harris, went under the vessel, and on finding the openings through which the water was admitted to the hull, he shoved in some felt, which had the effect of stopping a portion of the influx, and it was then found that the pumps were nearly equal to discharging the water as fast as it came in. It was soon obvious that if this contest between the pumps and the leakage could be maintained for a few hours the vessel would float as the tide rose. The engines were put to their speed, and the race continued with increasing prospects of suc cess, and at five o'clock it was found that the ves sel was actually afloat. So unexpected was this result that no steamer was alongside to take charge of the ship, and a message was hastily despatched to the Victualling office at Stonehouse for assistance. The steamer Thais was promptly despatched to the assistance of the Queen Victoria, and at six o'clock she was moved from her dangerous position, and taken taken out into deep water. It was quickly ld b a e r that with one steamer much difficulty u rfo ex perienced in getting this unwieldy h b ee n given for posi tion, and especially as no time had n board the Vie fir junto making suitable arrangements toria for the unexpected ell, holdover, proved him taken place. Capt. R deliverance which had and deserves as great which he acted at the equal for t t o he th self credit ll receive for the d ju critical moment as hisbe previous went with which p, arrangements were the ast 6 clock Lord Yarborough made. At half-past ceooemlneersgsussewnie:Yli another steamer on and, steam -t u g came up each bide, the Victoria was brought we ll un d er eon- W A. F or tunately the tide was still risin g , an d When s he took the ground at an i nconven i ent spot it wa s soon possible to move her off to a better position. Precisely at high water (7.8 p.m.) she was grounded fore and aft on Crempl Beach, just above the ferry, where the bottom is shingle, and will allow of her resting without damage. It is Captain Russell's intention to repair her where she now lies, an operation which will not be difficult, as at low water she will be dry. 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