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THE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COM PANY (Linli - ed).—Notioe is hereby given, that APPLICATIONS for SHARES in the Mons United Col lieries Company will not be receivcd after SATURDAY, the 3d day of January next. By. order of the Board of Directors. T. R. PRESTON, Secretary. 46, Moorgate-street, Dec. 27, 1856. T HE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). Capit a l O ne Million, in 100,000 Shares of 10/, each, deposit 21. per Share on Allotment. TRUSTEES. HIS Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. H. S. Thornton, Esq., Banker, arehin-lane. T. M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England, DIC,ECTORS. Lieut.-General the Right MILI. Lord James Hay, Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. Lieut.-Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay, Baron Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris. William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and Co.), Old Broad-street. J. Fortescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde- Park. Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, ➢Middlesex Aunrroas—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). BANKERS. {Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn 1 4 London ton, and Co., Birehindane, Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street. I 4 Mons Messrs. Guillochin, Sons, and Co. a lk Paris Messrs. Charles Liffittc and Co. SOLICITORS. • Messrs. Amory, Travers, and cmith, London. Monsieur Dolez, Avocat, Mons. BROKERS, Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY —T. R. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street. Prospectuses and Forms of application for Shares may be ,qtained at the temporary offices of the Company, o r a t th e brokers. Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into ono of the Bankers of the Company, one pound (11.) per Share, ° l l the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment o f th e "oPosit of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be !Yen. In the event of the Directors allotting less than the whole number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro priated towards the deposit of(2L) per Share payable on those blotted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the money lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free charge. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, Price Half-a-Crown, r JANUARY, contains—flow the World Wags.—The Million. naire of Mincing-lane. By Dudley Costello. —The Second Congr, ss. — Anecdotes of the Parisian theatres. -The Enchanted Hare of the Ardennes. —Surface-Life.— • I bras tics. Doing the Dun.— A Trip to Mkt:lli-Sara! —Gallery of Theatrical Portraits. I. William Farren. By T P. Gritistecl. —Shakspeareana : Collier and Coleridge. —The Spendthrift (concluding chapters.) London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington .street. t AST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. ft ., —The Court of Directors of the East and West I n di a D ock V r aPany hereby give Notice, that a Half-Yearly Court or Gener a l ,Teting of the said Company will be held, pursuant to the direction I . the Act Ist and 2d William IV., cap. 52, at the Dock House, N o . 1 ,, hilliter-square, on FRIDAY, the 9th January next, at which 6 eting a Dividend will be declared on the Capital Stock of the C=- 4 * for the Half .year ending the 31st instant. ... By Order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary. itSt and West India Dock House, R, 13illiter-square, 27th December, 1856. X.B.—The Chair will be t%ken at Two o'clock precisely. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTERATION OF TRAINs—JANUARY, • ' 857. t ,.. O WN.—The 1.30 p.m. Train from Paddington will be continued to Reading. 0!!) 6.15 p.m. Train from Paddington will ba discontinued below ng. tl 4 ile 4.10 p.m. Train from Read'ng to Hungerf or d w ill b e cl Otiiscon cl, and a Train will le tve Reading at :3.10 p.m., taking from th e h r o e , Train from Paddington, instead of the 2.45 p.m. as hereto ()SP.—The 8.40 a.m. Train from Oxfo 'd will be discontinued betvr een 'icrd and Reading. A Train for London will leave Reading at 11.30 4,tt . T he 4 p.m. Train from Windsor will start at 3.55 p.m. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL , \it , WA - Y.—IMPORTANT ALTERATION in the UP TRAINS I ,YgUARY, 1857. ) ti ;,ee 9.15 a m. and 10.30 a.m. Trains from Birmin g h am t o L on d on 1. 4 1 be united in one Train, and be despatched from Birmingham at e•rn., arriving in London at 2.0 p.m. The 8.0 a.m. Train from Stafford to London will leave at 8.30 a.m. Ii : 14 9.10 a.m. Train from Leamington to Coventry will leave at Ip t i o a.r v a rill a l n e d av t e he at 9. l s o o l a s m . .. m ßeturn Train from Coventry to Loam :n IZe tt 10.15 a.m. Train from Peterborough to London will leave at T,'! .2 •Tp., and cease calling at Elton ,`,! 0 _11 .30 a.m. Train from Northampton to Bllsworth will leave '0 noon. 110, 11 4 ..12.5 noon Train fr.m Bietchley to Bedford will leave at 12.15 1 1 e 1 2.30 noon Train from Birmingham to London will leave at ~Irlooo, arriving in London at 3.30 p.m. 11 44, 12.20 noon Train from Leamiugton to Rugby will leave at •Sl ioon 10 . 14 10 45 am Train from Birmingham to Leamington will leave l T,,e o a.m., arriving at Leamington 11 55 a m. "e 11.30 a m Train from Rugby to Learrip,gton wi I leave at •la a • • kt 449.30 a.m. Train from Stafford to Rugby. and the 3 .30 p.m. Train from Rugby to SOfford, will be discontinued. 8.15 a.m. Third Class Train from Birmingham to London will 8.0 a.m. 1.4 m g.35 a.m Train from Leamington to Coventry will leave at 14; 4 ._ 5 P-xed Train (First and Second Class) will leave Birmingham r,`•ondon at '2.45 p m. By order. saerieral Manager's Office, Easton Station, December, 1855. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS for Orphans and Necessitous Children, Pinder, Middlesex. Patron—His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT. t, 4 GENERAL HALF-YEARLY COURT was held at th e L on d on bern this day (Dec. 29. 1856), GEORGE MOOR E.q., in the chair, I,tpl an ELF: "iTION of 16 children, in boys and six girls, took e• The following is the result of the poll : SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. BOYS. 1 14, Jamea Guy LeNneon, David...... top i ,7 B , Alfred R. Walker, Edward A. ...... 5,567 "on, Henry ...... Vredertek - tv. -.”.-- 6,3 1 6 Areherillenry T. -.......: 3.917 , kol— GIRLS. q I 4 41 ,,,es , Sarah W. ...... B,gsn Mee, Florence A. • kik 4 r ie3 , Kate ...... • • • 7,304 Labllw, Fanny E. =Well, Margaret A..... 5,092 McKibben, Sarah .. UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES. jods,„ BOYS. NO. George 3,585 1 Brown, A lexand 1,323 ztt r , - 4, rd, 8. C. (deceased) 3,265 1 righ - , William It. .. • • 787 NOt, d tb, Walter . 2,571 Gill, Cornelius .. • • 714 klbril” John . • • • 2, 8 67 1 Williamson, John J 521 George T 1,825 j GIRLS. tl / 4 \ 4l "B. lz ary Anne • ... 3,892 1 Van der Oucht, Anne Mary 467 ~°llthL ucy 827 1 Challis, Jessie Mary .... . 188 -e motion of William Holt, Esq., a resolution was unani- Passed, That the last Wednesday In October of every year 44 4 1' , future be termed the " Orphans' Day," and that a si r ulta collectian then be made at all the commercial hotels in the 40 tet for the benefit of the Charity. ALFRED LENCII SAUL, Secretary. (11110 . el, 81, Cheapside, Dec. 29, 1856. II() HOLDERS OF POLICIES IN THE EQUITABLE LIFE OFFICE. BONUS SECURED. tt Ziet e .. Perms who will be entitled to Bonus Additions to their if they survive the 31st December, 18 are informed that iftlAVitions may be secured at the HAND-IN-11A.NO LIFE !'4,‘ - al e rn on m t mi t t favourable terms, which may bo ascertained t he Actnary. c h ttit Z y wi re s q ltg it a to avail t hemselves of this oiit d a el r a r y a7f n em or er e t ru tlr a e Ith e4l . Waite number mays'at iofi;ttahi obtained e s d a m an e h and the scheme adopted forth! 1 By order. RICHD. RAY. Secretary , 4 " - in-liand Fire and Life Office 1, New Bridge-street, Blackfriare, London. A NtA WIDOW LADY, thoroughly acquainted with the routine of Housekeeping, is desirous of an engage ;Pt 1 4 Domestic Companion to an el ierly or invalid Lady or Gen - P l tl► or Widower with young children, where one or m re servants i ti ' it t. A comfortable home the chief con , ideration. Unexcep- Q!, references given. —Address C. 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(10LBURN'S UNITED SERVICE ‘_,) MAGAZINE and N VAL and MBA rain: JOURNAL for JANUARY contains :—The New Staff Organisation—The Great Operation of Breaking the Lino—The Brevet General Williams, General Kmetty, and the De ence of Ears The Military Road to Rult--English and American 'gates, with Diagrams - The Army List, as C :rrecte , " by Authority" — Notes on Military S erv i ce—The Organisation of the Royal Artillery — raking in a Reef—L or d Pan more and Capt. Boxer—The Pause at Gallipoll—The dew Cavalry College—Crimean -ketches—lmprovement of Military Training— Herat—Examinations at Sandhurst—The Austrian Empire—Ga zettes, Promotions, and all the Naval and Military Intelligence of the mouth. _ --- 11urst and Blackett, Publishers, suceetsors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE ART JOURNAL for JANUARY, price 2s. Gd., contains : The Book of the Thames, by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall, illustrated. Botany as applied to the Arts, be C. Dresser, illustrated. 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Just rublisheci, price 55., by post, tree. ss. 6d N TRUE (tz FALSE SPERMATOR it lit EA , with the rew of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from .1.11:4 German of Dr. PICIZFORD. "Dr. Pic fore: , s known to English renders by his frequent practi ,fti contribution., to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he hiss adOressed himselt to the non -medi cal reader. We trust this may rot be the last, if he shall letect any other equally fkgrant evil which It may he in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathiser,' Fwd 'Medical irrhaids,' arc mercilessly exposed; and if this book nuld find its way into the hands of those why collar from the con:. nlaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be sawed much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of Its., Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ---,This volume is well. qualified to put an end to the empirical system 01 treating Spermatorrhosa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational cm' ohydological basis. It is, therefore, 'ilcely to do much good."—Medical Circular. Tendon : lII', Rezent-street. 11 R. HOWARD, 6urgeou-Dentist, 52, Fleet. 43 street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI TOUT. T EFlTll,flxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or eeay, Ind will be found v er y superior to any teeth ever before used. his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful cration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is uaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth ndered sound and useful in mastication.-62, Fleet-street. At - ome from ten till five. PHARMACEUTICAL POISONS.—The Great Oyer of Poisoning before the British Parliament of 1857. People of England! This question is no longer fit for courts of law, since the Law and Judges are powerless, but must be grappled with by the cod try. Let members of both Houses of Parliament look to it, and let them remember that no law on the subject will be worth the parchment on which it is wriiten, if deadly poisons are still to be held out as "medicines" or " medicinally" by any class of men The name of James MOrlson, the Ilygelst, must rise on this question. Read tne British College of Health, New-road, London, for which or lclimay be had grati s on application. io th7e, 1 .00 MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE - RESISTI VG SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the im , rovemen's, under their Quadruple Patents of 840-51-54 and I Including their Gunpowder Proef Solid Lock nd Door (without which no SAfe is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT, MILNERS' PIICENIX (2.20) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool, LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE -,TREET, City. Circulars free by post. ------ CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—recretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly. —This Institu tion has been established ex cluiivel y for the treatment of the poor filleted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patient, are admitted at the Brompton Esta'ashment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the , redical officers. The number of per ons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 41,07099capseosoreapcherysoenasr: suSffienrcientuheunfoduenrdeavteloryn malady, have received the benefit s o f this cif for t m h 1 s o il ogi s ta d l r i a n d f l u S is i, Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contrit , utions to enable the Committee to continue this crest work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William I.corham Farrar, the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-Hold; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. 111 , 0YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Fousided 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 pplication : Week ending 7th November ....•• 2,154 Ditto 14th November.. •• • • 2,043 Ditto 21st November .. •• • • 1,972 Ditto 28th November 2,309 29th and 30th November • • • • • ... .. 269 Total in November ••• • • • 8,747 of which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat. ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. . . Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such eaten -ive 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, Eeq., 31. P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; 'Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Grot , ,and Co. ; :I rein, Payer, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyu and Co. ; I -arelay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Ni►bet and Co., Ber llers-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., chairman, ,/ . e• • .. . . .. / " r' ' . . ' • - '' ' \ /€--, . / -- 4t_;77) —, C--- -- - --- - - - 7 •• • - -- f72 -1-- / , - • --- Z-e-z-----1 ZrZ ` -- t 7c . • • 4 ,,,,. . , :•;•- , ... .0• i1y., 4 • (fi'* .::::4. , 5g.!= .ite • , . • .-<.,,• -•-i o tc.-zpA . . 1 . UNITED ASSOCIATION OF .Beft-0 Ix 7 , . 6,, tad , ....v".,,iA ;": 0.-n• 31 . ,, _ ~, .-- ..,A 4, 11. : . „,,,... T 4 - - J ~.• 4 ,4 , i -,;, , , ,54i1 . ,:. •••:., ;• - MASTER, ( 111 ; "1111*/ 74 , . \ e r" , ' 4l ' , firiA , , , •• 0 „Wi,4- _• :, I:: il'o- /,--., la D ~. P '' (~, 11P - It ---- --.111.--..._ -A. 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P ( - ,. .t.,- _...:it /N:y The third annual meeting of this alsoeiatieittio;4rfa place at the Society of Arts, Johnsstreet, . - -AOPlPlke t et . 1 . ., yesterday, and in the absence of Mr. rateiAhe Preeligt see dent prevented by illness from attending, \ tlitt*Or.viriuo:e'ree<:::Pl _,-'' t e taken by Mr. W. MtLeoi, F.R.G.S., and\clie:Presi . ' 4-- : ! dent of the Institution. ee' 13 .i..e. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, The SECRETARY read the annual report, from which ; it appeared that the acting committee have to report have ay left ha v e to record the resignation of 12 others. They have also removed from the list the names of nine members who th t e o ir re f g or re m t er the res d i e d c e e n a c s e e , members , and municated their new address. The total number of of bu t t wo ha ra v e e rub n e o r : are resident in London or its vicinity. There are also that 18 members have been added to the list of the association since the last anniversary meeting. B ut members is now 232. About one-half of the number three local association. in union with the institution, namely, the London Elementary Teachers' Association, Kent and Sussex Schoolmasters' and Schoolmistresses' Association, and the North If ackinghamshire and West Bedferdshire Association of British Teachers. The committee ventured to express a hope in their last re port, that the managers of one of the London schools might be able to greet the use of a room for the perman ent educational exhibition which it is one of the objects of this association to establish. They are happy to be able to state that the hope thus expressed has been re sponded to in the most comeeeue and cordial manner by the well known and indefatigable manager of the St. Thomas Charterhouse Schools, the Rev. Wm. Rogers, who has placed at their disposal for the purpose the h,rge and convenient roam in which his upper school is held. It is intended that the collection, when formed, shall be open to the inspection of the members and their friends between the hours of two and five on the afternoon of every Saturday during the annual session of the associa tion ; and that members shall be admitted on presenting a card of membership to be furnished by the committee, and other persons on presenting an order signed by a member. The amount of enbscripirons for the year was 221. Gs. ; donations. 181. 12e, which, with a baekuce on hand, made 711. Bs. 2:., while the expenditure was nearly the same ainoteet. Mr. T. T URNER brought forward a motion, of w hi c h he bad given notice, which was — " That the second rule be rescinded, and the follerving rule be substituted in place.thereof :---‘ That all who are professionally engaged in education shall be eligible to become members of this association, but the acting committee shall have power to refuse ev.y applicant whosevoreinct they may deem toe.. • -.—... be inc)nsistent with the moral precepts of the Bible, sub ject, however, to the aeeroval of the members generally at the next annual meeting.'" He contmided that the present test prepesed to nietnhers on tle it es. trance had a most injurious effect on the interests of the association, and prevented many members from joining who would otherwise have done so. el - ZICE: 4D. STAMPED !AT,. L. A 2.1 . DUBLIN, Dix. 29. The Phoenix-park yelterlay wan the scene of a dis tressing and fatal accident. The pond was partially frozen and a number of persons were engaged skating wherever the ice appeared thickest. A large dog having fallen through a hole, one of the skaters in attempting to rescue him fell in, but was extricated by a number of those present, though with much difficulty. As soon as the excitement attendant on this accident had subsided, it was found that four boys had fallen in in another part of the pond. Although the danger of attempting to rescue them was very great, two young men, named Burke and Henson, plunged in and succeeded in extri- • eating three of the four. The fourth was subsequently drawn out, and although every possible effort was made to restore him he died soon afterwards. A subscription was entered into on the spot to reward the men who had perilled their lives. A 811E11 of 3/. was at once collected, upwards of 10s. of which was made up of th e pence o f the poor boys who were amusing themselves about the grounds. The Mining Ceinpany of Ireland have issued their ac• count previous to their half-yearly meeting. The net profit is 12,222/., or about 8i per cent. for the half-year. The directors have raised the salary of their secretary, Mr. Heron; from 3001. to 5001. ' An extraordinary general meeting of the Belfast and County Down Railway Company was held at the Ter minus of the company, in Belfast, On Friday, "for the purpose of considering an appiication made by the promo ters of the British and Irish Grand Junction Railway to the directors of the Belfast and County Down Railway Company, to subscribe a sum of 15,0001 to the proposed undertaking-, being a line from Castle Douglas to Pert patrick ; and also to,autherise the directors to enter into agreements, and do such other act: as may he necessary to give effect to any determilystion that way be come to by the shareholders in respect 'ef the :said application." The meeting was largely and inffientiallyatteaded, 4. 678 shares having been represented. The chairwas filled by Mr. Anketeit. The following resolution was passed with one dissentient :—" That. the directors of the Belfaat and County Down Itoilway be requcalted, end are hereby authorised, to entered into' agreements, and do all such other acts as may be necessary for contributing or sub scribing the sum of 15,0001. sterling to the British and Irish Junction Railway, being a linefrom Castle Douglas to Portpatrick, with branches to the harbour of Stranraer, and to the North Pier of Portpatrick harbour ; and fur ther that the clitaictors of the Belf oft and County Down Railway be authorised to sign the Parliamentary sub scription contract for the British and Irish Jutiction Railway, for 15,0001., and pay the deposit of ten per cent, thereon." Mr. BETHELL cordially seconded the motion, and hoped the good sense of the society would repeal a rule which was un❑ecessary, and injurious to the interests o the association. Mr. DAINTREE moved as an atnednaent, " That the second rule do etand as at present—na:nely, That the association embrace all teachers (public and privatt) who acknowledge the essential doctrines of ChrLitianity, and. hold the Bible to be the rule of faith and practice, and the only sure basis of true education.' " He thought that rule a most excellent one. It had l - tato discussed at great length before it wee adopted, and ho uow pro tested against any alteration being made in it. Mr. SMIIRTEINTAITE seconded the amendment, after which The following announcement appears in Saunders' News Letter:—" Excellency the Lotd Lieutenant will return to the Viceregal Lodge on Tuesday, the 30th inst. His Excellency will embark from Holyhead on Tuesday afternoon, on the arrival of the express train, i❑ a special boat belonging to the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company." The sates in the Ineumberid Estates Court last week amounted to 167,0381. The estate of the children of the late Eliot IVarburton, autkor of " The Crescent and the Cross," whose melancholy fate is so well known, was amongst those who were disposed of. A discussion of considerable length took place, but on the motion being put from the chair, it was lost by a considerable majority. Tile numbers mere, for the amendment, 19 ; for th? original motion, 8. The meeting then adjourned to 6 o'clock, when an inaugural address was delivered by the Rev. J. BOOTH, treasurer of the Society of Arts ; and on "The :Eichool, in its Relation to After Life," by Mr. G. KEASLEY, secretary to the Voluntary School Association. The meeting then adjourned till to-morrow. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-MON/my. The room was thinly attended, and the transactions were few and far between. For the Two Thousand, Loyola was much talked about, but not backed ; 4 to 1 was the highest off..r against him ; 9 to 2 was wanted. The betting on the Derby was very limited. The odds quoted against Lady Hawthorne were taken to 751. The other investments were in smaller amounts. CLOSING PRICES. CHESTER CUP. 400 to 10 agst Tasnuinia (taken) 400 to 10 agst Claret (taken) 500 to 10 agst Vengeance (taken.) Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4to 1 agst Loyola (take 9 to 2) 1000 to 35 about Loyola winning this event and the Derby (taken) DERBY. It to 1 eget Link Bunny (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tournament (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Htwthorne (taken) 28 to 1 agst Glenmasson (taken) FILLY NAMED.— gr. F. Robinson has named his filly 'oal by Neashani, out of Maid of Saragossa, "Heroine." TURF STATISTICS. PRINCIPAL WINNING FlossEs.—Ellinfzton is at the top of the tree, having won 5,725 sway. Fazzoletto pres.,ing him very close, only falling 225 soya. short of that `sum 117 le j' ;% " i7ht ba v l ie v t ° o 4) r n ie t s " biZ i wa ili tte ls 2, ll 2 . 3 '4 6 13- ;ov ° s t . he ' t ."riji; yr-olds—Paietot has won 1.800 sove.; Vengeance, 1.390 sow. ; and Fandango, 1,305 sow., and the Newmarket Cup ; Sidiny, Shoreham, and Lady Tattoo, all clearing over a thousand each. The six-year-olds have eclip-ed the five-year-olds, thanks to Tvpse, (who won 1,592 goys.), and New Brighton (1,260 sovs.) ; the highest five-year-old b?ing Winktield, 885 soya. PRINCIPAL, WINNING OWNERS —Mr. T. Parr has won 53 races, and 8,741 sovcreign+ (with but eiuht hordes) ; Messr4. Saxon and Barber, 4Eq races, and 8,660 sovs. ; Lord Derby, 8 races, and 7,785 sovs. ; Hr. 1.1. ward, 22 raceQ, and 6.576 sove. ; Duke of Bedford, 35 races, and 6,490 soya.; Admiral Harcourt, 3 race.s and 5,990 sore.; Lord Ciifden, 24 races, and 5,489 sow.; and Mr. H. Hill, 3 races, and 5,870 SOVS. Mr. Jackson's horses have won 244 times ; Mr. Oshorne's 45, and Mr. Hen derson's 20, though the amount in stakes does not reach 4,000 s.)vs. each. SUCCESSFUL STALLIONS.—Birdca! - cher is a long way a-head of any other, his progeny having won 72 races, and 15,937 cove. Next on the list comes Orlando, with 57 races and 13,874 elvs. ; Melbourne being next with 521 races, and 11,113 soya. The Touch stone produce winning 411 races ; Flying Dutchman's 331 (though the latter, thanks to Ellington's Derby victory, passes Touchstone in the value of the stakes, 10,702 and 10,592 soya. being their winnings), and Annandale's 37 races and 7,314 soya. Alarm' s produce have won 30 races ; Surplice's, 23 ; Flat catcher's, 39 ; Chanticleer's 21 ; Heron's, 27; Van Tromp's, 23 ; The Cure, 28i ; lago's, 26 ; Faugh-a- Ballagh's, 34 ; and Gameboy's, 32 ; but they have missed most of the " good things." Seeing that Orlando, Annandale, and the host of others are by Touch stone, by Camel, that blood must be considered the most succe.sful of the year. PRINCIPAL WINNING JOCKEYS.—G. Fordbam has had 108 winning mounts (38 more than last year); J. Wells, 55 (not so bad, considering that he declared his lowest weight in the spring to be 7st 41b, while Fordham's was sst 41h); E. Flatman, 7st 71b, 41; T. Aldcroft, 7st 21b, 37 ; F. Bates, 6st, 37 ; T. Challoner, 4st 101 b, 36 ; D. Hughes, 34 ; W. Bearpark, 6st 41b, 30 ; R. Bullock, 4st 71b, 29 ; J. Charlton, Est 10th, 28 ; Withington, sst 81b, 28 ; J. Quinton, fist 41b, 27 ; J. Bartholomew, Bst 31b, 26 (no mount since July) ; W. Creswell, sst, 23 ; Kendall, 23 ; T. Cliff, Est 101 b, 22 ; H. Bray, 21 ; C. Prior, 21 ; and J. Snowden, 3st 101 b, 21. The weights are those declared as the lowest in the spring. DEATH OF ALDERMAN LANGSDALE.—LiverpooI, Monday.—We regard to announce the death of an old and valuable member of the community—one who had devoted a long life to the public good, and bad so lived among men as to have obtained the esteem and respect of all who knew him. Mr. Langsdale sat in the council as an alderman of the borough for a number of years, and had held the office of chairman of the Health Committee until the formation of the new council, when his failing health induced him to withdraw from public life. He had removed to Southport, and had some intention of proceeding to the South of France, when he was taken suddenly worse, and died this morning. The flag at the Town-hall, and those upon other public buildings, have been placed half-mast, as a sign that death has deprived the town of another old and valued citizen. NEw GERMAN LLOYDS, AT BREMEN.—A letter from Bremen, in the Allgenteine Zeitung, says that the forma tion of a joint stock company for the north of Germany, on a plan similar to that of the Austrian Lloyds of Trieste, has been finally approved by the Senate of Bre men, and its statutes have already been sanctioned. The objects comprised in this undertaking are the following : e am or tu di gs to —A regular line of screw steam packets between Bre men and New York ; regular and frequent steam packet communication between Bremen and London, or some other English port ; abund . an 4 accommodati, is b y 1 agl,t ers, for the traffic of the Lower W l e a s s e u r y i s t t h e assist vessels at the mouth of that . river; steam hoaareteetzu.i ply on the Weser ; the establishment of dockyards foro the repair of steam vessels ; and, `business of marine insurance. From the manner nar.y which this enterprise is begun t2h6e g .. r_: E k o t sxtt r p e r s i u n. l t t e s d paper pected. G E NfoErRLP trap-miffingosT-o 1 through o D ug e o h . 26.—. Extension of Privi legess addressed to France, &c.—On the Ist January next,. and thenceforward, the regulations with respect to panted papersaddressed to France or Algeri a French offices in Turkey, Syria, or to any of the as follows :—The printed papers Egypt, wilt be Tiond ing, mounting, or covering, "whethrserrasanycbhebiendeieng ezc. ' rol lers of prints or map" , they of paper or otherwise, ma y be ' sent with books or other printed papers. Nopack - packet sent however, exceed All pap e. other il regulations remain the m • a nd markers, whs. the dimensions of 18 inches in elen:lnguth,, width, or depth. specified will not apply i f n or the transmission of these printed correspondence of which is conducted through Franco. Fmnce fotroceo,thaenrd foreign the cprivilegesuntri above countries th the audretta, Bey ru The places in Turkey Syria, and Egypt, at which pOll, Jaffa, Latakia 0 - g t t. , ffices are : —Alexandrla, Alex. and Tripoli in Syri , a 3l .- ---ersina' Rhodes, Smyrna, ut PCoostantinople, Dardanelles, Galli poli, By command of the Postmaster- General, ROWLAND Ilia, Secretary. LONDON, TUESDAY EV FIN IN G. DECEMBER 30, 1856. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29. The White Star clipper ship Red Jacket, Capt. O'Halloran, belonging to Messrs. Pilkington. and Wilson, of Liverpool, arrived in the Mersey this afternoon from Melbourne, with advices from Mel bourne to the 2d of October, making the passage in eighty-eight days. She has brought 200 pas sengers, and 133,000 ounces of gold, valued at 532,0001. The latest advices from England were to the Gth of July, brought out by the Royal Mail ship Morning Light, Captain Gillies, of the Black Ball line, which made the passage in, 73 days. It is reported that the Red Jacket, in conse quence of the prevalence Of strong easterly winds, has been within five days' sail for the last three weeks. The following vessels had arrived out :—Sept. 5, Guiding Star ; 7th, Victory and Rienzi ; 10th, Temperly and Brilliant ; 12th, ITltonia ; 14th, Vic toria ; 15th, Czar, Admiral, and Athlete ; 17th, Moses Davenport ; 22d, Derwent ; 24th, Corrie Mulzie and M ounta i n M a id— a ll from London. Sep . . 4th, Ellen ; sth, British Trident ; 9th, Sen. De Salaterry and Golden Era; 10th, Tornado ; 12th, Almira and Beemah ; 17th, Saldanha (R.M S.) and Morning Light, from Liverpool. Sept. Gth, Queen of the Seas, from New York. The date s p er th e Red Jacket are—Melbourne, Oct. 2' • Sidney, Sept. 24 ; Adelaide and Hobart Town, 22 ; Launceston, 23, and Now Zealand, Sept. 3. The news by the Red Jacket is a fortnight later than by the True Briton. We abridge from the Melbourne Argus a sum mary of the events which had occurred subsequently to the departure of the previous advices " GOLD. "Although the winter which is now passing away has been a very unf, , rtunate one to the miners, the heavy rains having frequently flooded their works, the produce of the gold fields for the first nine months of the year has already reached the enormous quantity of 190 tons, or 180,000 lbs. troy. The subjoined statement will show at a glance the yield of the first three-quarters of the present compared with those of the three preceding years : Received by 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856. escort - 1,519,545 1,296,557 1,526,702 1,900,969 Shipment.... 1,831,468 1,653,999 1,815,284 2,142,361 "The effect of the incessant rains has, however, told on the escort returns of the past three months, which show a slight decline when compared with the corre sponding period of the past year. "So soon as the summer has fairly set in it is quite certain that the accounts sent down weekly will increase rapidly. Many of the wet sinkings in the older fields and some on the later discoveries are now being 'shepherded,' until the state of the weather permits of their being worked. The quartz reefs show no symptoms of exhaus tion, imt on the contrary are yielding more plentifully than ever, and everything bids lair to stamp the current year as the most prolific since the discovery of the precious metal. The two events of greatest interest since the date of our last summary have been the discovery of a new goldfie'd—Duuolly, to the north-west of Bendigo, and the ‘rush' thitl , er, within the month, of nearly 50,000 miners from Bendigo, Maryborough, and other places. The siuteings is this field vary from 25 to 40 feet, many of them being very wet. Several parties have been very fortunate, but we have not heard of any authen ticated instances of extraordinary luck. The large num bers remaining steadily at work, however, demonstrate that Dunolly is above the average of recent discoveries, and that it will become a valuable addition to the re- sources of the colony._ -4 ‘ POPULATION. " The returns of the Rejat , ar-General's-office are now complete up to the 30th of June for the entire colony. The population on the 31st Dec., 1855, amounted to 319,379 ; the increase for the half-year, by the balance of arrivals over departures, was 8,714 ; and the increase by the balance of births over deaths was 3,345 ; giving a total of 331,438 souls at the end of the first half of the current year. " In our last summary we gave a digest of the immi gration returns for the month of July. We now subjoin ono for the month of August. This month and the pre ceding having been the dullest of the year as regards arrivals, and have been chiefly remarkable for the tem porary 'rush' towards the Sydney goldfields which has occurred. This movement is now at an end, and many miners have already returned in the steamers to Mel bourne, while many more have made their way overland to the Ovens goldfields. "The arrivals and departures from the colony were— Arrived Departed Increase. Decrease. from. for. Now South Wales 698 1,254 556 South Australia -9 , 109 lio Van -- Van Dierutin'sLand 424 - 19* - 223 New Zealand Total neighbouring colonies 1,459 1,610 405 556 United Kingdom 6lB 402 216 Foreign ports list from which electors bad to chooso scarcely contained one really good name. We expect that the L ,wer House will prove far superior in character to the Upper, while the constitution of the latter and the length of time for which members retain their seats make it most unpleasant to reflect that the new Council is little, if at all, better than the one that has passed away. Fortu nately, a considerable 'umber of the members have given specific pledges to resign if called upon by the majority of their constituents to do so, and we believe, if the Upper House is to enjoy the repu'ation it ought to pos sess, it will become desirable in a great many cases to insist upon the performance of these promises. raged and strengthened smaller and feebler holders, who would otherwise have ruined the market by forced auc tion sales, which, taking into account the large arrivals, have been comparatively few, if we except the articles of butter and boots and shoes. Sach being the case, and late shipments not having gone into actual consump tion, it may easily be inferred that stocks in town ara unusually and extraordinarily large—heavier, perhaps, than at any former period of the existence of the colony ; and, as arrivals will continue large, it will be matter enough for congratulation if, without any proportionate increase of immigration, prices are maintained at the present point. The impert trade is now undergoing a very great change, the effects of which have not yet been percsivad, and are not fully de veloped. Our imports from the neighbouring colonies are declining every week in value, and our exports are increasing, and Melbourne is fast becoming the central emporium for the supply of the neighbouring colonies, instead of being, as heretofore, the general terminus towards which.a very great portion of the imports of New Seuth Wales, Tasmania, and South Australia was eventually attracted. The diminution of exports from Great Britain to those colonies will account for the in, crease to Victoria ; ar.d looking at it in this light we do not feel so much alarmed at the greatly increased oper ations to this colony, and think rather that they will conduce to the greater stability and prosperity of Vic toria by rendering her the chief emporium of commerce in the Australian, and to which she is fairly entitle , : by her central situation, greater wealth, and larger consum ing powers. Bottled ale continues in very good demand, and stocks of all good brands are running low'. The market for butt-r remains in a very unsatisfactory state. Candles aro in good demand. Cheese has mostly arrived in good order, and is selling pretty quickly. C Hee is working off fast, and prices in the absence of arrivals are firmer. The demand for dry goods has been better, but arrivals being large sales, in most in stances, jaseteeb.een at a ,reeliadion on advances lately ruling, and present sales can scarcely leave any profit to English shippers. Good white-ground prints, small patterns, are much asked for, and worth a eood advance. The market for boots and shoes is mach duller, the dealers being frightened by the large quantity of goods offering at auction ; ladies and children' , Tends sell remuneratively, but men's goods generally are over stocked and dull of sale, except best class of Wellingtons. There is no change to notice in the tea market. The scarcity of flour and wheat on the west coast, and the high prices ruling there far breadstuffs have exercised no influence on our market, as stocks are heavy and the demand for the diggings not large, owing to the in creased rates of cartace Oats remained in fair demand. There has been a good demand for low sherries, which are far scarier than any other class of wine. Port in balk is saleable, but stocks here are heavy, and there is consequently no rise in value in proportion to the in creased cost in England. Case port sells only at miserable prices, which leave a loss on importations. Good sparkling hock and Moselle are very saleable, at 31 s. to 455., according to quality. The demand for case claret is good, but buyers will not pay more than 245., duty paid, which, on anything except most ordinary wines, leaves a loss. In tobacco there is no iinprost ment, and arrivals continue heavy. Bar and rod iron is firm. Timber generaly is steady at our quotations, hut flooring boards are largely in over supply. Slates are lower, and more difficult to move. For blasting powder there is some demand, and the price has im proved a shade. Oilmen's stores have not improved, and are if anything rather lower. Pearl barley is improving, and is worth 3 , 1. There is a fair demand for African ginger, both brown and bleached. Dried fruits conti nue at former paying rates, say, currants 1471., Elernst raisins Bd., Jordan almonds 2s. to 2s. 3d. Soft-shell almonds, muscatels, figs, and Barcelona nuts are, how ever, bad stock, and do not pay to ship. Salt, in con sequence of heavy arrivals, is again lower, and difficult to place. Manilla rope, small sizes, is wanted, and sells readily at 751. Invoices of good cutlery are asked for, and are saleable at 40 per cent. advance. Ewhasilt's nails were worth 10 per cent. on list, but are now more plentiful, and worth only 21 to 5 per cent. on list. Wrapping paper is saleable at 441. Chicory is lower, and worth but 51d., duty paid. With tobacco pipes the market is glutted, and prices are much lower. Blacking in tins is wanted. Spirits, with the excep tion of good brands of pale brandy, are lower." INfoisrs. Clough and Co. report as follows of the wool trade : " What may be the shipments of the coming season it is difficult to predict, but we may positively depend upon the supply being still smaller. Many large gr3wers have directed their attention to cattle, and have given up breedidg sheep, and from the assessment of stock returns we are led to believe the reduction in quantity will he very consid, rable. " In consequence of the copious rains which ha`Ve fallen during the winter we are informed that on many stations where washing cannot usually be effected fir want of water, there will be a good supply, and that we may expect the wool this seasop to be well got up throughout the colony. The news per Montmorency, confirmed by the Golrls.e. Bra, oft a:decline at the close of *lac 34. y of about 23 bag had the effect of causing buyers to operate very crititeeuoy In tins market, the supply however being small, and consisting (until the arrival of the new clip, which we may expect comm , ..ncing to come down from the interior in October and November), entirely of fellmongers' scoured and hann washed wools, has prevented holders accepting the full reduction as pit. We may, however, quote prices about id. per lb. lower." From Adelaide we learn that Capt. Kirby, of Port Adelaide, was fitting out at his own expense an expedition to try for three months what could !,;e done at the rumoured gold field in Kangaroo Island. The party was to consist of himself and four practical diggers. 653 556 Totals... Net increase 2,216 2,119 " The balance in favour of the colony of arrivals over departures was only 97 souls. Daring the mouth of July the balance was against the colony to the number of 90. The balance in favour of Sydney was 556. Of the departures for foreign ports about 350 were Chinese. The totals are thus divided : Arrived 2,216, of whom 1,559 were adult males, 416 adult females, 111 male and 100 female children. Departed 2,119, of whom 1,796 were adult males, 228 adult females, 48 male and 47 fe• male children. Of the arrivals 2,179 landed at Mel bourne, 12 at Geelong, and 29 at all other ports. Of the departures 2,091 sailed from Melbourne, 24 from Gee long, and 4 from all other ports. During the current mouth the stream has set in ward with considerable force, as the weekly returns of the arrivals and departures at the port of Melbourne demonstrate : Weeks Ended. Arrived. Departed. Increase. September 6 September 13 September 20 " The net increase by excess of arrivals over depar tures at the port of Melbourne alone in the first three weeks of September has therefore been 2,656 souls. In consequence of the acknowledged deficiencies of the census in 1854, the estimates of population are not at all reliable. Preparations are being made for a new census to be taken early in December next. Tn A D u perioda p ' COMMERCE. mEn ct i. "After a protracted dullness, preparations are being made for an active summer trade. The roads, which for the last four months have been in a condition that has greatly enhanced the price of carriage, will, after a few da)s of settled weather, be in good order for the transport of merchandise; and there is every pros spect of a brisk and extensive traffic. The stores, especially on the northern gold fields, have become bare of goods, and the demands of a thriving and increasing population have to be met. Notwithstanding these encouraging prospects, there is a feeling of uneasiness abroad, caused in a great measure by the excessive arrivals of general merchandise. From the official published returns we find that we have already imported g rods to the value of 8 752,602/. in the fir. t nine months of 1856, against 6,951,228/. for the same period of 1855, while our population has] not increased in anything like the same ratio. During the week ended the 20th inst. out imports amounted to the enor mous sum of 665,0721. It is true that the exports have steadily increased with the imports, but this merely goes to prove our power of production. "From statistics of exports derived from Customs' re turns the shipments of wool during the past season show a very considerable falling off in quantity compared with the seasons 1854 and 1855, the shipments from this port for the respective periods being :—October 10, 1854, to August 31, 1855, 1g,878,2811b. ; October 10, 1855, to August, 1856, 11,717,6171 b., being a reduction of 3 ,160,61541 b., or about 10,500 bales. "Puma() WORES. " Contracts have been accepted for providing looomo tives, rolling stock, b.., from England for the Melbourne and Williamstown Railway, the successful tenderers being Messrs. De Pass, Brothers, and Co., at per cent. upon the English prices. The same firm have also contracted for the supply of 18,000 tons of rails. Ten ders have also been invited for the supply of 110,000 sleepers of the Melbourne, Mount Alexander, and Mur ray River ßailway, and the branch line to Williamstown, and for a three -rail fence on both sides of the maiti line for 20 miles from Melbourne. Tenders have been re ceived for the supply of a large quantity of rolling stock of colonial manufacture, but have not yet been decided upon. The railway from this city to St. Kilda is being rapidly proceeded with and the line from Melbourne to Geelong will b e opened for traffic throughout, it is con fidently assert e d, i n F ebruary next. "The new Houses of Parliament are being pushed on with great vigour, as they will be required for occupa tion early in November. "The construction of the telegraphic line connecting Melbourne, Kyneton, Castlernaine, and Sandhurst is rapidly progressing towards completion. " The Geelong and Ballarat line is also in a forward state, and communication between these places will be established, it is expected, on or before the Ist of December. , " The survey of the N or th E astern line, to connect Melbourne, Kilmore, Seymour, Benalla, Beechworth and Belvoir, is in progress. "The construction of the Western line, embracing Geelong, Ballarat, Raglan, Warranambool, B e lf ast, Portland, and Mount Gambi er ( a b out 250 miles), will be proceeded with during the ensuing summer. " THE ELEGTIONS. "Taking the results of the Upper House elections into consideration altogether, we cannot congratulate the country upon them. Perhaps in each province the Fe!ection of rv. , rcb;irs nut of the list of candidates to choo - c irum v.as as g )c,d as could be expected, but the candidates were so unequally distributed that, while in some provinces there were not seats for all the eligible men presenting themselves, in other places the entire SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. The Montmorency, J. Kiddie ; the Ellen, 24.‘Garry ; the British Trident, Cunningham ; the Tornado, R. Crighton ; the De Salibeiry, G. lelsby ; the Sea, D. Houston ; the Almora, H. Williams ; the Beemah, J. Pickersgill ; the Saldanha, W. H. Watts ; the Morning Light, J. Gillies ; and the Defence, H. Pear3on, hence. The State of Maine, J. Humphrey ; the ()jiver van Moord, Guyt ; the Guiding Star, J, E. Hall ; the Vie. tory ; the Rienzi, J. Stevens ; the John Timperley, D. Smith ; the Utonia ; the Victoria, S. Baker ; the Admi ral, J. Picker ; the Athlet, T. Potter ; the Moses Davenport, L. L. Condry ; the Zoboah, Morrison ; and the Jacob Badger, from London. The Amethyst, W. Campbell, from Glasgow ; the Czar, J. Cochrane, from Greenock ; the Resolution, J. Middleton, from Leith ; and the Corriemulzie, A. Blacklock, from Dundee, at Melbiurne. POSITION OF WALKER IN NICARAQUA. The New York papers received yesterday reduce to jester proportions the triumphs of Walker, of Nicara gua, reported by the A.rago. The New York Journal of Commerce of the 16th instant remarks of the current victories : " The accounts tell us that Walker had razed his own capital of Grenada to the ground, leaving not a vestige of its existence, and has removed the seat of his govern ment to Rivas. This looks like retreating. Granada lies between Massaya and Rivas, but is much nearer to Massaya. Why did Walker burn the town of Granada ? Was it to prevent its falling into the enemy's hands, as he continued his advance, which had already been ac complished from Leon to Massaya, and might be still pressed on in the same direction to Granada ? But we are told that the fighting at Massaya had ended in the entire defeat of the enemy." Perhaps, there being no longer any enemy to contend with, General Walker thought he bad no further business in the North. So he went to the South, where he could be at hand to con front any new invasion from Costa Rica, or welcome the emigration from California, which, no doubt, his success would tend to invite ; or whence, if occasion should require him to revisit that State, he might easily repair to San Juan del Sur to embark. But the inha bitants of Granada had removed to Rivas with all their effects.' Possibly, then, the conflagration of the town was a persuasive expedient which the general adopted to induce a community to which he had become attached by long residence among them to accompany him in his removal. Well, we shall know in time. For the present we can only be certain that the allies must indeed be pretty well extinguished, seeing that they hare lost 8,000 men in the various battles since October.' " P.S.—Since the above was in type we have received advices by the Tennessee. The intelligence they bring fully confirms the views above expressed, intimati❑g our conviction that the victory claimed for the filibusters was in fact a defeat, ending in the flight of Walker to the vi cinity of the Transit route, where he. could be in readi ness either to take advantage of any succours that might come from this country to his relief, or to avail himself of such refuge and means of safety as the steamers of the Transit Company would afford." THE WITELISCOMBE MIIRDER.—An inquest was held on Saturday last at the town-hall, Wiveliscombe, on the body of John Aplin, a farm labourer, aged 22, who was robbed and murdered on the night of Tuesday, the 23d inst., near Wiveliscombe, the particulars of which have already appeared in our columns. The evidence proved that Thomas Nation, the person accused of the murder, rode home with the deceased on the night in question, and was the last person seen in his company. A blood stained knife was also found in the prisoner's pockets, ' and marks of blood on various parts of his clothes. The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder " against Nation, wbo was committed for trial. [ADVERTISMENT.] —Rollo way's Ointment and Pills peculiar remedies for Wounds or Tuini,urs.—Mr. ClJrk, druggist, of Bowling, states, in a letter to Professor Holloway, that a young man residing at Laister Dyke, with whom he is personally acquainted, suffered severely for a long time with a large tumour on the side of his neck, which seemed to be incurable, as he tried various remedies without any good effect ; but by the use of Holloway's Ointment and Pills a sound and perfect cure was soon effected. The accuracy of this statement Mr. Clark can vouch for, as he was an eye-witness to this marvtll3nB cure—Sold by all medicine vendore through out the world ; at Prof.i.hor Holloway's Estahiikiti ,-uents, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, 1 , 4, , w York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; A. G i ajcy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. TEE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ,CCITOOL. Yesterday the general half-yearly court of the gover nors of this institution took place at the London Tavern, Bishopegate street—Mr. George Moore, the treasurer, in the chair. A report was read, which stated that the receipts for the half-year, including the sum of 1,0781., collected by the " eiraultaleous subscription" in the month of October last, amounted to 4,3421. 16s. In consequence of the success of the simultaneous collection, it was proposed that a similar movement should take place on the last Wednesday in October every rear, and . that the day should be oa'led the " Orphans' Day." The amount required to meet the remaining liabilities on the ,new building had been raised, and the institution was now alogether free from debt. The cost of the building, with the works in connexion therewith, including gas wcets, farm buildings, draining, making roads, fences, water supply, play ground, and all fittings, internal and extrnal, was 22,2211. Tile architect's commission and law charges amounted to a farther sum of 1,2261., mak ing altogether, with 2,000/. for the site, an aggregate of 25,4471. After paying for these various hems, there remained a balance in favour of the building fund of about 6001., which would be sufficient tome-t the cost of a lodge and two cottages, now iii canrse of erection, for the accommodaiion of Vie gardener and labourers who might be erup;oyed about the hoiee , and lands. There were now in tho establishment 99 bls and 46 girls; of these nine were about to leave, haring attained the age of 15 Litxteen children wou'd he admitted-to --- • • * hat_ th n n I.IOM : -- 49 girls, making altogether 152 scholars. ne report ot the surgeon gave a most favourable account of the sani tary condition of the chi . ciren and the prospects of the schools. were such as to produce a feeling of general satis faction amongst their friends and supporters. The re port was adopted, and a resolution was passel to the effect that the last 'Wednesday in October every year should be Set apart as the "Orphans' Day," for the pur pose of raising a simultaneous collecti , n amongst the general body of commercial travellers. The election was then proceeded with, and 10 boys and 6 girls having been admitted from a list of 23 candidates, the business terminated. LIGHTHOUSES ON THE SICILIAN COAST —A letter from Pal, rum of tue ISea states that a royal rescript had just been received from Naples relative to the system to be adopted for the moro cam.plete lighting of tho coasts of Sicily. Fourteen new li;ethouses are to be erected leitheut delay, which will increase the total number to 28. THE BULLION ROBBERY AND THE GBRAT NORTHERN 1 RAILWAY FRAUD CASES.—Arrangeroe • similar to those which were made in the Palmer case, eeid e hich gave such general satisfactlon, are to be adopted with respect to the gold dust robhery case and the trial of Redpath fx the Great Northern Railway frauds. An application has been made by Mr. Bodkin cn the suhject to Baron Martin, by whose direction it is understood that the Grand Jury, who are to meet at the next session of the Central Criminal Court en the sth of Jan., will be ad journed on the 6th till the following Menthe , (the 12th of Jan ), when they will re-assemble for the considera tion of those two important cases, and the trials will take place on Tuesday, the 13th. By this arrangement the numerous witnesses will have the comfort of being accommodated in one of the courts, and thus he exempted from the serious inconvenience which has been so fre quently and justly complained of, that of being kept waiting in the different lobeies of the courts. REMOVAL OF A POLICE STATION.—For some time past it has been considered by the Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police that the station house in Lock's Fields was not in a situation and adequate to th e requirements of so extensive and important a district as that comprised in the P Division, of which Yr. Lund is the superintendent, his district extending as far as Croy don, and in consequence a lar g e mansio n , with spacious rt grounds, situate at the Walworth - road entrance of Car ter-street, being unoccupied , was purchased by govern- ment, as a substitute, and a nunab.:r of workmen have been for a very long time employed in erecti ng th e neces sary cells, mustering yards , and. rendering th e b u ilding vi vacate Seen e n t h e ir brought to quarters a on in every way available for the nu merous Lock's-fieldserous staff of officers. The w completion, the P Thursday morning, the Ist of January, 1857, and take Division hole will ha up their position in their new quarters the same day. INQUESTS.—Last night an inqu s+ was held before Mr. Baker, at the London H o -- e l . 'on t h e body of a man named Elderton, _ spite , . from the fol lowing.. aged ee, who died injuries received on the 19th in-tant. A brick layer, named Gollicker, me t the deceued , who was . smoking a pipe in • Whitechapel, and a public-house in taxed him with robbing him . of a shilling a twelvemonth since. The deceased t into the street to avoid a quarrel, when Gollick went refonllowed and struck him on the mouth, breaking-6pipe, and forcing the the bowl oflbs other part medical testina o y pd a pieceroved that the pipe had passed ton n through the 4 inches and a halt long - had penet rated ' h the integuments o f the neck into tnro gue. ue an death. The jury the carotid artery, thereby causing . e __, re turned ...,.a verdict of "Manslaughter against Gollicker. 1 an inquest was held before Mr. x esterday evening Baker, at the London Hospital, on the body of an elderly woman, named Carroll, who was knocked down Friday evening while crossing the by an O mnibus on . near the Cambridge Heath-gate, Hackney carriage wa ye " Accidental 'teeth." Hackney road. Verdict—" WRECK or TH E BRIG ST. LAWRENCE, WITH Loss or LIFE.H ART LEPOOL, DEC. 27.—Last evening, a b ou t 9 o'clock, sea, the wi nd E N. 8., with strong a li g ht brig came on shore a little to the north ofthe Hough Lighthouse. Her perilous s i t u ation bei n g soon disc ov ered, a number of the coast-guard officers were presently on the moor with the rocket apparatus for saving life, when several rockets were fired at intervale, with lines attached. The first, it is stated, fell short of the vessel, and the others, which fell across her, were from some !cause unavailable. As the tide rose, the vessel fell over, her broadside to the sea. and Coon broke in twain. The crew were clinging to the bowsprit, a n d and their cries for help were most heartrending, the sea making complete breaches over them. Owing to the vessel being on the rocks, it was not prudent for the life boats to venture near. At about 2 a.m. a wave struck the wreck, Another 1 ied cry from the crew was beard, and all was over—the whole of them (supposed to be 9 or 10 in number) perished. This morning the beack is strewed with fragments of the wreck, from which it appears the vessel has been identified to be the St. Law rence, of Shields, and is now from Run, w here she bad discharged a cargo. Referenc e t o "Marwood's Regis ter" shows that the said vessel was built at Quebec in 1819, registered 277 tons, and belonged to Mr. H. May ors, of South Shields :Wm. Smith, master. 28, 1 p.m. —Six of the bodies have washed on shore. It is reported that a fresh crew bad been shipped at Hull, and a mas. ter despatched from Shields to Join her at that port. " MINERAL DISCOVERIES. "Fresh discoveries are reported of manganese ore, galena, and virgin copper—the last by Mr W. W. Wil son, of Castlemaine. A sample of the manganese ore has been handed to us by Mr. Da.nburghy, who has also a fife specimen of galena. Mr. Wesley Anderson, of Wombat-for est, reports the discovery of a bed of coal of good quality in that district; Silver is alleged to have Leen found on the Coliban diggings, but at present we are destitute of the information requisite to confirm the rumour. ig VALUE OF LAND. "The following is from a communication received from our correspondent at Beechworth, the most dis tant of our gold fields : " This district used to boast of sending down its 6,000 or 7,000 ounces of gold per week by escort. The quantity rapidly augmented to 15,000, and even as much as 18,000 ounces. With the news of our wealth came population and a consequent impetus to trade ; business sites in the town wet e,o much sought after that the cinsci-mces of the fortunate proprietors became the only test of their value. The Surveyor-General was besieged to lay out more town lots ; accordingly a large sale came off in May at the Court-house, some of the lots selling at the rate of 2,500/. per acre. This was considered a pretty fair price, but at another Government sale in the ensuing month they realist 4,600/ per acre. The Bank of New South Wales purchased an allotment at this figure, on which a new banking-house is now in course of erection ; the cost of the building, I hear, will he something over 4,0001 , and it will doubtless be an archi tectaral embellishment to our town. The Bank of Vic toria was f rtunate ermugh to obtain a site for an office (area about 60 by 80 feet) fur the moderate sum of 2,0001., and I hear that 1,0001. has been offered by the London Chartered Bank for a site, 30 feet frontage, aith a slab building thereon, and that 301. per foot has been refused for; a vacant site in the principal street. Leases are effected at 61. and 71. per foot per annum for frontages, the fortunate lessees erecting their oxen buildings. There is, of amrse, a cause for this unprecedented rise in the value of property within a year ; it is to be found in the extent and lucrative nature of the business transacted, of which one or two specimens will suffice. I heard of one storekeeper having cleared out with something like 20,00E.' " LABOUR. "Au increasing demand is s p r i ng i ng up for labourersl and dm - nestle servants. The 440 Government immi grants brought by the ..kitoora, which arrived at this port on the 13th inst., and the 327 brought by the Omega to Geelong, were all engaged at the full rates quoted in our labour report within four days of their arrival. Of those who came by the latter vessel the Geelong Advertiser states that 80 single women were engage.l at wages averaging 251. per annum ; 20 mar ried couples were hired at an average of 701. per annum; and four or five single young men were also hired at 501. per annum, with rations. Many immigrants have joined their friends, in cons e qu e n ce of w hi c h no single woman is to be obtained. An increase has taken place in the rate of wages paid to most descriptions of skilled la bourers ; and as, according to the eight-hour system now in force, the working day terminates at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the position of artificers in this city is one which may well be regarded with envy by their less for tunate brethren in the other hemisphere. Owing to the public works now being prosecuted, or about to be com menced, and the impetus which the building trade is likely to receive from the general prosperity of the colony, the present rates of remuneration to artisans will probably be maintained ; but we do not anticipate any further advance, as we look forward to a considerable influx of immigrants during the enseing half-year. Complaints of a scarcity of agrisuitural labourers reach us from the extreme eastern and western districts of the colony ; female domestics of good character and average capabilities are by no means plentiful ; and `navvies' and r,:tigh labourers generally will be in active demand for many months to come." A vein of black lead ore had been discovered on the south side of Mount Kembla. FURTHER GOLD DISCOVERIES. The Melbourne Argus of Sept. 27th, 6aya : "A gentleman ju-t arrived in town from Braidwood, on whose information implicit reliance may be placed, informs us that gold has been discovered, and that in paying quantities, at. Dwyer's Creek, near Mornya. This place is forty miles from Braioood, twenty-five from the present diggings at Araltt) al,)0 1 1t one hundred from Goulburn, aod within a. few ; ; miles from the sea coast. Some three or four parties are at work, with varying - success. The most successful party is a Mr. Hawd,n's, and they appeared to be getting upwards of an ounce per day. The gold is of a coarse character, although it cannot be said that any nuggets have yet been outained. The sinking at present has reached no deeper than eleven feet, but the further the diggers go, the greater appears to be the yield." GEELONG GOLD CIRCULAR. SATURDAY. Sept. 27.—The price of gold remains at 76e 6d to 76s 9.1. per ounce for Ballarat samples. Nothing particularly interesting from any of the gold fields tlis week. The reports from Ballarat are good. The dig gers on the Ovens seem to be doinv, well. Some heavy finds are mentioned at Daitily. The news from Stei glitz is favourable. Exchange on London—The banks at present issue their drafts on London at par, and buy at 1 per cent. dis count. Freight on gold delivered in London, 41c1. per ounce. MELBOURNE GOLD CIRCULIR. SATURDAY, Sept. 27. The supply of gold this week has been fully equal to the demand, which was brisk for the Red Jacket. This vev>el takes a fair shipment, over 5,1 tons. The price of gold remains at 75. 6d. The reports from the various gold-fields are favourable, and the mining of both alluvial and quartz gold progressing. NEW SOUTH WALES. We have Sydney papers to the 24th of Sept. In the Legislative Assembly, on the day previous, Mr. Cowper laid on the table the despatch an nouncing the establishment of a line of steam com munication with Great Britain. The adjourned debate on the motion of Mr. Hay, for want of confidence in the present Ministry, was restitned by Mr. Wm. Mackay, who spoke in favour of the motion. Mr. Dacvall, in a lengthy and eloquent speech, also supported the motion, which was opposed by Mr. Robertson, Mr. Arnold, Mr. Jones, and Mr. F. W. Rusden. The Sydney Morning Herald observes : "The Governor-General will soon have to determine whether, acting on the advice of the present Ministry, he will consent to dissolve the present assembly. This is one of the questions in which he must take counsel with himself. It the Ministry assure him that they have no alternative, he must determine whether he can find any other or nos. The rejection of their advice would, of course, be tantamount to their dismissal. They may take office without a Parliamentary majority, but keep it they cannot under a constitutional Government. Were Sir William Denison to permit them to govern in defiance of the house, he would become a party to a despotism without parallel save in the SJuth American States." THE ROCKY RIVER GOLD FIELDS. The Maitland Mercury, of the 22d September, contains the following " The first northern escort arrived in Maitland on Sunday, bringing down 3,500 ounces of gold from the Rocky River, and leaving, as we are informed by one of its members, a large quantity behind. A few diggers left within the last fortnight; but these have been far more than replaced by new arrivals, which continue to increase with the amended weather. Let them come. The present population is fully 4,500 to 5,500, and were it 20,000 there is more than sufficient room for them. The parties now exploring and prospecting in different directions will prove to some extent the very great area to which these diggings will ultimately attain. Gold is to be found in the very township of Armidale. Thence to the Rocky River, fifteen miles, gold is also to be found. From Armidale to Mihi Creek, a different direction, also fifteen miles, there are more and stronger indications of gold than at Rocky River. l'here is now no room to doubt but that the entire extent of coun try by which Armidale is surrounded constitutes one vast continuous gold field, requiring but population and capital to reveal its hidden treasures," The Goulburn Herald of the 20th, says : " We have within the last few days received informa tion, from a most reliable sourw, that there exists to all appearance an extensive and rich gold field within 35 miles of this town. The new gold field is situate at Callan, the rented land of Mr. John Croker, and two miles from that person's resider:cc ; its distance is five miles from Mr. Huggins, at Nadg)gomar." COMMERCIAL INrELLinENcE. The money-market continued without variation, money being plentiful at 8 per cent., but approved secu rities are still unobtainable for that rate., The Melbourne Journal of Commerce, reviewing the state of the markets, says — "In but very few articles do we look for any inn;rove raent on to-day's value, and those articles are most): of Eastern, not British produce. We think it indeed wo. l detail that 1 , 60,4 are maintained at the present point, and it must chiefly be actributed to the Arinness and spirit of our large import houses, who, by withdrawing and storing a very large quantity of goods, have encou, ESTABLISHED 1837. hItITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, ' ll lpowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, mpowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. 1, Princes-street, Bank. London. ii -4 0143ixtraiAL ALEXANDER, B lackheath-park, Chairman. ellber of Policies ist•ued, upwards of 11,000. t:Lnilfll Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest )44) upwards of 114,0001. 111 1 41, of Premium reduced to the lowest possible scale compatible likiltecurity, and computed in such variety of wai s as to suit the lances and convenience of every class or Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, secretary. BL ANC fu ISI- TO-Ici T GHT AT EIGHT. .